Chapter 22: Change of Situation
"Now, you see. You can't even touch me! Quickly choose, or I'll destroy this ring in 10 breaths," snickered Feng Luo while tightly squeezing the ring with his hand.
Feng Xue stumped. She couldn't sacrifice Snowy even for her father; she was already an important part of her life whether she acknowledged it or not.
However, she also couldn't let go of an opportunity to cure her father. Even though they had got the recipe for his medicine, there was no guarantee it can be gathered in a short period of time. Some of the ingredients were extremely rare. There was a chance that they didn't even exist in Eastern Region.
Suddenly, Snowy stepped forward, walking toward Feng Luo's direction. This action made Feng Xue speechless; Snowy didn't bat an eye to walk into a wolf den for her.
"Don't… don't do it, Snowy!" Feng Xue screamed and crawled toward Snowy.
Snowy turned her head around and smiled at Feng Xue, "It's okay, just believe me." And then she turned forward and continued walking.
"Come here faster, you bitch! Let me show you what pain and pleasure mean!" said Feng Luo impatient.
'Just a bit more, and I can taste your delicious body,' thought Feng Luo inwardly as he licked his lip lasciviously.
"Yin Yang Shadow Step!" Contrary to his expectation, Snowy figure abruptly turned blurry and disappeared from his line of sight.
Yan Tian and his lackeys, who were initially laughing at the situation, were stunned by the unexpected turn of events; their earlier glee changed into wariness.
In that brief window of opportunity, Feng Xue dashed toward her mother, grabbed her waist, and retreat toward the mansion.
"Not good!" Seeing Feng Xue and Madam Fang were moving toward the mansion, Yan Tian quickly chased after her. Two golden core and several qi transformation cultivators followed him from behind. However, the mansion's guards immediately block their path. The situation turned into a stalemate.
Then, A loud shout interrupted the battle.
"Brother Tian!!"
Everyone turned their head, looking at the owner of the voice. They saw Feng Luo with a dagger an inch away from slitting his neck. His face ashen; His body freeze but his leg was shaking violently on the verge of collapsing.
The one holding the dagger was Snowy. Her gaze was cold; no other emotion can be seen inside those eyes, only indifference and apathy. It made people felt that they were only a chicken waiting to be butchered.
"Any last words?" Snowy's flat tone and expressionless face made the spectator felt chill on the back of their neck.
"I-if you kill me, your fate will be worse than a dog! I am brother Tian's sworn brother, and many Qi Transformations and golden core experts are surrounding this mansion. You cannot escape!" Feng Luo still acting tough and threatening her.
"Is that your last words?" There was no ripple found on Snowy's calm voice.
Feng Luo finally scared out of his wit, he realized that Snowy was serious and definitely would kill him in the next moment. He pissed his pants, the pungent smell coming from it spreading in the air.
"You…! If you let me go I will make you the first wife and…"
Snowy didn't bother to give Feng Luo a chance to finish his sentence. His fate was already sealed when he used her as a means to make Feng Xue suffered. She flawlessly decapitated Feng Luo's head using her World Devouring Twin Dagger fused with sword qi.
The dagger's special skill was activated when Snowy kills Feng Luo. His life force drained and flowed to Snowy's body increasing her cultivation. Feng Luo's body shriveled to the point that only his skin and bone were left. The ding sound in her mind indicating that the skill was working properly.
Ding!
[Qi increased by 1,190. Current Qi 139,070/176,000]
Despite this was the first time she killed another human, she felt nothing. Whether it was slicing chicken meat or Feng Luo's neck, she didn't feel any difference.
Seeing Feng Luo's gruesome body and Snowy's nonchalant attitude, all the spectators trembled, especially Yan Tian and his lackeys. They looked at Snowy as if she was a devil. The smell of death looming in the air made everybody quivered.
'What an evil weapon was that?! It can absorb another person qi!'
The Nascent Soul stage expert hiding in the shadow survival instinct was alarmed by the devilish dagger's sight. He couldn't wait any longer and was forced to come out from the shadow. He immobilized Snowy with his spiritual pressure, pushing her to the ground.
"Aargh…"
Snowy can hear a shattering and crackling sound from her body when she crashed on the ground. It's felt like she was trampled by a house-sized giant rock. She felt more of her bones were broken every time she tried to move.
But suddenly, the heavy pressure pushing down her body disappeared as if it was never there when an imposing voice echoed within the mansion.
"Wu Qing, is it just you or all Heavenly Blood experts so shameless that they can wantonly bully a junior?"
There were three figures showed up above the mansion's roof. They were the Heaven Sword trio: Elder Yang, Lin Ming, and Zi Ling. Their gaze was sharp and fierce made every enemy on the ground feel like a sword looming around their neck readily separated their head from their body.
Wu Qing back away when he Elder Yang and shout, "How can you still here?! I've already made sure that you're going back to your sect! How can you deceive my spiritual sense?!"
"You don't need to know that. All you need to know is today your opponent is me. You don't need to bother with those juniors." Elder Yang shook his head and calmly said: "And Patriarch Yan, how much longer will you hide in the shadow like a turtle? I didn't know that one of the great family is a coward!"
"I don't know you have such a keen sense, Elder Yang. Truly your reputation is preceding you," Patriarch Yan appeared in the air in a dignified manner with his hand tied behind his back. His words as calm as the surface of the lake on a windless day.
"There is no need for such pleasantries, Patriarch Yan. We both know that what awaits you is death," Elder Yang said coldly.
"Is there a need to go that far? Why don't we both take a step back and settle our difference in a more civilized manner? The one who dies is also one of their family, can't we just see this as an internal fight? There's no need to take another life." Wu Qing said while trying to weasel his way out of this messy situation.
He initially thought that their operation this time was simple and he was only here as a lifeline if something going wrong. Their sect has mobilized their disciples to make some trouble in Heaven Sword Sect territory and forced the trio to go back to the sect. Then, they will stall their way until Patriarch Yan succeeded in seizing power from Feng Family.
But the current situation was worst than he expected.
Elder Yang somehow managed to trick them to think that he and the other two disciples had already left. And now, they appeared here without anyone notice them. How can the situation evolve in this way? Wu Qing lamented his bad luck.
Elder Yang shook his head and calmly answered, "Isn't it too late for that, Wu Qing? Sect Master has already taken this action as his own matter. Patriarch Yang dared to involve Heaven Sword in their scheme it means he should be ready to face the consequence in case of failure. This is the only way to show that the Heaven Sword sect isn't easy to trifle with. You only need to wait, after we finish with Yan Family, we will go visit the Heavenly Blood sect for an explanation."
Elder Yang continued speaking, but this time his expression turned cold, and killing intent leaked from his body, "That's one reason. Another reason was simply personal. You dare to touch my brother means that you'll also against me! Now, stop this useless chattering and draw your weapon!"
"To Death, then," Patriarch Yan looked at Elder Yang and said with a calm tone while holding his huge heavy sword.
Wu Qing shook his head and draw his weapon.