Two men and one woman stepped out from the forest behind Monsoon.
"Ji Lei, Ji Yun, Season Snow." Lian Yiyue's gaze swept over the three, a hint of mockery on her pale face. "The Season Family is really generous, sending out Thunder Cloud Snow all at once. Aren't you afraid of all of you falling in Ziyang Sect, leaving the Season Family without any successors?"
Monsoon, the Daozi of this generation of the Season Family, stood with Ji Lei, Ji Yun, and Season Snow behind him. Although they were somewhat inferior to him, their strength was still formidable. In some top-tier sects, they would be considered Heavenly Pride figures. These four were the most outstanding individuals of the Season Family's current generation. Aside from them, most of the Season Family's younger generation were rather ordinary.
Therefore, as Lian Yiyue said, if all four of them fell in Ziyang Sect, it could indeed lead to a situation where the Season Family had no successors.
However, it was clear that Lian Yiyue's words angered Monsoon and his companions.
Furrowing his brows, Monsoon's previously smiling expression darkened. Season Snow directly shot back at Lian Yiyue with a cold voice: "The matters of my Season Family are not for you to comment on. If you have this much free time, you should think about what to do after falling into Azure Vine's hands."
"Fairy? Hah, by then you might not even be as good as a dog!" Season Snow retorted sharply.
"Hehe..." Ji Lei and Ji Yun sneered beside her, their eyes filled with malicious intent and thick mockery as they looked at Lian Yiyue's delicate figure.
This gaze made Lian Yiyue's already pale face turn an even darker shade of gray filled with despair.
She understood very well that although Season Snow's words were harsh and venomous, if she truly fell into Azure Vine's hands—given Azure Vine's crazed nature and the current situation where he was actively hunting her down—living would indeed be more painful than dying.
Although the true strength of Charming Immortal Sect was far from what it appeared to be on the surface, and Azure Flame did not hold as high a position in Charming Immortal Sect as Azure Vine imagined, this was not Charming Immortal Sect. The crazed Azure Vine would not heed her words or be threatened by her.
"Since living might be worse than dying, then I might as well just die," Lian Yiyue whispered to herself.
At this moment, Fang Chen was eerily frozen, his life unknown. With her soul injured and weakened to the extreme, facing the Four Sons of the Ji Family left her with no chance of escape. The thought of what might happen if she fell into Azure Vine's hands only deepened the despair on her face.
Closing her eyes, Lian Yiyue prepared to shatter her own heart pulse with Qi Energy. Just then, her body suddenly stiffened as a faint voice rang in her ear: "You cannot die right now."
Monsoon grasped Lian Yiyue's wrist, a surge of Qi Energy suddenly rushed into her body from his hand, completely sealing away the little Qi Energy she had left and cutting off her possibility of self-destruction.
"To die, you can only die at the hands of Azure Vine," Monsoon said coldly, his face devoid of any smile.
Indifferent and selfish, this was the true nature of the Season Family's current Daozi!
"Daozi, quite a few people are gathering here," Ji Yun suddenly whispered beside Monsoon.
"Do they want to snatch people from us?" Upon hearing this, Monsoon scanned the surroundings and sneered.
One Lian Yiyue was equivalent to two slots through the only passage. Although Lian Yiyue was already under their control, there were still many people arriving around them. It was nearly impossible to make others give up completely; it was very likely they would join forces to snatch people from the four of them.
"A bunch of useless fools dare to snatch people from my Season Family? They truly do not know how to die! If they dare to act, we will eliminate them all!" Ji Lei, with a fiery temper, glared at the vaguely visible crowd around them, his eyes filled with Killing Intent.
Though this statement was extremely arrogant, after the previous influence of the Underworld Evil Eye's Heart Demon power, over a hundred had already died in the ensuing slaughter. The group now consisted of about thirty people who had rushed over from Purple Sun Valley. Among them, the strongest were still inferior to the three of them. Any one of them could easily crush many, let alone Monsoon, who was the strongest among the four.
"A bunch of useless fools, but they do have numbers. It's better not to stir up trouble at this time," Monsoon said lightly after glancing at Lian Yiyue beside him.
With thirty or so people present and none being Heavenly Geniuses among them, their four's strength made them feel no fear. However, with Lian Yiyue right next to them, they had more to consider. Moreover, if a battle broke out, it could provide some with an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos. This was a situation Monsoon did not wish to see.
"What Daozi says is right; we should quickly hand Lian Yiyue over to Azure Vine to avoid further trouble," Qingyun nodded in agreement.
With a wave of his sleeve, a surge of Qi Energy enveloped Lian Yiyue instantly. Then Monsoon took the lead and began moving toward Purple Sun Valley. However, at that moment, he caught sight of a figure out of the corner of his eye that made his steps abruptly halt.
"Hmm?" He raised an eyebrow as if recalling something.
"Did you kill all these people?!" Monsoon's gaze suddenly sharpened as he asked Lian Yiyue.
After the previous frenzy where over a hundred had killed each other, the small forest was almost covered in corpses. In the area where Monsoon and the others were located, there were relatively fewer bodies, but looking far into other areas still gave a chilling feeling. In such a scene filled with corpses, Fang Chen's frozen body stood out like a sculpture among them, increasingly shocking to behold.
Previously, everyone's attention was mostly focused on Lian Yiyue, and they hadn't had the chance to notice certain areas around them. However, as Monsoon took a glance before leaving, he suddenly saw Fang Chen's body encased in ice. Coupled with the news that had come earlier and the bloody incident in the small forest, even Monsoon's pride couldn't help but make his pupils constrict.
Lian Yiyue had a capable companion by her side; they all knew this. Moreover, they were aware of how many people had besieged Lian Yiyue and her companion in the small forest, even if they didn't know the specifics. But looking at the corpses scattered around, they could roughly imagine what had happened.
With just two Human Powers, they had managed to kill over a hundred martial artists of the same realm? This was simply unbelievable! Yet, as they gazed at the numerous bodies in the small forest, even though Monsoon and his three companions were reluctant to believe it, reason told them that it must indeed be true.
Monsoon knew Lian Yiyue's combat power well; thus, the only question remained about Fang Chen, whose body was now encased in ice.
Could this guy's combat power have reached such a terrifying level, or did he possess some kind of secret treasure?
The light in Monsoon's eyes flickered. As soon as these two thoughts flashed through his mind, he immediately dismissed the former. One person killing over a hundred martial artists of the same realm—especially since these were all strong individuals within that realm—was simply too abnormal. Therefore, Monsoon quickly concluded that Fang Chen must possess some extremely powerful secret treasure to achieve such shocking results.
"This kind of secret treasure..." Monsoon murmured to himself, a hint of fervor flashing in his eyes. Then, with a sudden movement, he appeared beside Fang Chen.
With a wave of his sleeve, a surge of Qi Energy suddenly struck Fang Chen. However, this powerful force, which could severely injure an ordinary ninth-level Body Refinement Realm martial artist, merely produced a crisp sound upon hitting the icy layer covering Fang Chen and then quietly dissipated without leaving even a mark.
"Hiss!" Seeing this scene, Monsoon and the three behind him couldn't help but have their pupils constrict sharply as they gasped in shock. Only Lian Yiyue revealed a cold smile; if breaking through this icy layer was truly so easy, she would have acted long ago instead of waiting until now.
"Let's take him away first and discuss later." As he noticed the crowd gradually closing in and becoming restless, Monsoon felt a chill in his heart and thought to himself. He then waved his sleeve again; his Storage Ring suddenly glowed brightly as a faint blue light enveloped Fang Chen.
"Using a Storage Ring?" The mockery on Lian Yiyue's face deepened.
Clearly, by attempting to use the Storage Ring to collect Fang Chen's body, Monsoon had already regarded him as a corpse without thoroughly investigating. However, Lian Yiyue knew very well that Fang Chen was not dead; although the Storage Ring could store items, it could not contain living beings.
But in the next moment, watching Fang Chen's figure gradually become ethereal within the faint blue light, Lian Yiyue's expression stiffened. Could this Storage Ring really accommodate Fang Chen? He clearly wasn't dead yet; there was still a trace of life energy! Although this life energy was merely repressed and hidden deeply.
Could it be because of this? Or was it due to the icy layer on him?
Lian Yiyue was puzzled, but as she watched Fang Chen gradually being taken into the Storage Ring, she could only speculate.
"Haha, let's go!" With Fang Chen now inside the Storage Ring, Monsoon was clearly in a great mood. He laughed heartily and waved his hand to address everyone.
"Congratulations, Daozi."
"Congratulations, Brother Feng."
"Congratulations..."
Seeing Monsoon in such high spirits, Ji Lei and the others also smiled and offered their congratulations.
The four of them were all members of the Season Family, and this trip to Ziyang Sect was led by Monsoon. Now that Monsoon had obtained Fang Chen's body, they viewed it as if he had acquired a treasure from Fang Chen. With such a treasure to assist him, how much would Monsoon's strength increase?
The three found it hard to imagine, but it was clear that the stronger Monsoon became, the more beneficial it would be for them.
However, amidst their laughter, the four did not notice that when Fang Chen was taken into the Storage Ring, tiny shards of ice quietly broke off from the little finger on his right hand that hung at his waist.
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