"Who is it?!"
Chu Wu immediately turned around, flinging out several small paper-sculpted scorpions.
Though made of paper, these scorpions possessed a semblance of life, their tails coated with potent venom.
Once stung by these scorpions, any living being would perish within seven steps!
However, the figure behind him neither dodged nor flinched, allowing the paper scorpions to land upon her.
The venomous tails continuously struck her body, yet she felt no pain, utterly unmoved.
She was a woman clad in simple attire, her appearance rather plain. Her complexion was a ghastly purple, giving her the appearance of being no longer alive.
Upon seeing her face clearly, Chu Wu's pupils contracted in terror!
The one approaching was none other than the mercury female corpse, A Fangnu!
Back in the inner city, Chu Wu and his group had exerted all their might, only managing to defeat the actor Lü Huai and seize his Ziyu Crown.
Little did they know, shortly after Lü Huai’s death, A Fangnu had descended into a frenzy, her strength skyrocketing, and had killed several more of Chu Wu’s subordinates.
A Fangnu possessed immense strength, was impervious to blades and arrows, and unaffected by fire or water. Even Chu Wu found himself unable to deal with her.
In the end, his only recourse was to find a way to temporarily seal her!
Chu Wu believed it impossible for A Fangnu to break free from her seal so quickly, and thus, he had led his men to the inner city to join the commotion.
Who would have thought that not only would he encounter Wei Changqing, who had been concealing his strength, but now he would also face A Fangnu, who had broken her seal!
No…
Chu Wu suddenly realized something.
The direction from which Wei Changqing had appeared earlier was the same direction from which he had previously sealed A Fangnu!
Thinking this, Wei Changqing's delayed appearance wasn't because he hadn't arrived yet, but because he had been devising a way to unseal A Fangnu!
"Damn you, Wei Changqing!!!"
Chu Wu cursed inwardly, a wave of confusion also rising within him.
Why wasn't A Fangnu attacking Wei Changqing, who had openly revealed himself, and instead chose to pursue and kill him?
Before Chu Wu could ponder this question, A Fangnu had already swung her slender arm.
Bang!!!
With a single punch, the house behind Chu Wu instantly collapsed!
Fortunately, Chu Wu had managed to dodge in time!
He fled frantically through the streets of the imperial city, his back already drenched in cold sweat.
Despite A Fangnu's delicate frame and the seemingly feeble appearance of her fists, her strength was terrifyingly immense; the collapsed house behind him was the best proof of this!!
"I must escape, I can’t even bother with the Ziyu Crown anymore, or I'll surely die!!"
Chu Wu was determined to flee, abandoning all else behind him and heading straight for the inner city.
But as he looked down, he found a deep blue Qimen Dunjia compass inexplicably appearing beneath his feet once more!
At that moment, Chu Wu's heart chilled to its core!
"Kill!"
Wei Changqing's icy voice rang out, and the compass instantly locked onto Chu Wu!
From the ground beneath his feet, countless sharp swords erupted, piercing Chu Wu’s body on the spot!
Overwhelmed by pain, Chu Wu prepared to use his Golden Cicada Shedding technique to escape once more.
However, A Fangnu had already caught up, meeting him head-on with a punch!
Bang!!
Blood splattered, and brains burst forth!
The fearsome power of the punch had directly exploded Chu Wu's head!
This time, Chu Wu didn't have the chance to employ the Golden Cicada Shedding; it wasn't paper that exploded, but his head.
With a single punch, Chu Wu’s body hadn’t even had time to react. Thus, before A Fangnu remained only a half-severed corpse, still impaled by swords!
Chu Wu was dead!!
Yan Shouyi and the others had witnessed the entire event.
The characters they considered relatively difficult to deal with were, in the face of Wei Changqing, left with no option but to flee.
While A Fangnu had contributed to Chu Wu's demise, everyone understood that even without her, killing Chu Wu would have been no easy feat for Wei Changqing!
"Second Uncle is so powerful," Long Feicheng murmured.
Yan Shouyi chuckled softly, "He's a disciple of my grandfather."
"Does that mean Dad is even stronger?"
Yan Shouyi pondered for a moment. Truthfully, he wasn't quite sure of his father's true prowess.
But at least he wouldn't be weaker than Wei Changqing; of that, Yan Shouyi was certain.
"Chu Wu is dead."
Wei Changqing didn't even spare a second glance at the headless corpse, turning instead to face Chu Wu's surviving subordinates.
These men were already terrified out of their wits, trembling uncontrollably.
One of them immediately knelt down, shouting loudly, "We were wrong! We shouldn't have aided the wicked! We repent and will turn over a new leaf!"
"Heh, turn over a new leaf?"
Wei Changqing's lips curved into a slight smile.
It seemed he had no intention of killing these men.
But in the next instant.
A shadowy figure suddenly appeared behind one of them, and a dagger plunged without hesitation into the man's heart!
*Thwack!*
*Thwack!*
*Thwack!*
He killed several people in quick succession, without the slightest hesitation!
Yan Shouyi's gaze sharpened; the one acting was Xue Kai, his shadow.
All of Chu Wu's subordinates were killed by Xue Kai. Xue Kai, holding the blood-red dagger, had no emotion in his eyes.
"Uncle-Master, if you spared them, you would also spare them, and that is why I exist," Xue Kai said coldly.
He was Yan Shouyi's shadow, his reason for existence was to clear away those Yan Shouyi was unwilling to kill.
These men were desperately pleading, and Yan Shouyi would surely soften, but sparing them now would inevitably lead to future trouble.
Even if Yan Shouyi knew these men harbored lingering wicked intentions, he would likely let them go.
But Xue Kai did not care.
Yan Shouyi looked at Xue Kai deeply and shook his head without saying a word.
He finally understood the purpose of Xue Kai's existence.
Now that Yan Shouyi had inherited the legacy of Qin Shi Huang and obtained the Zulong Sword, to wield the Zulong Sword, he needed to acquire True Dragon Purple Qi.
To acquire True Dragon Purple Qi, he could only perform more good deeds.
However, while doing good deeds, Yan Shouyi would inevitably be stained by some blood, and this blood would offset the True Dragon Purple Qi.
That was why Xue Kai appeared; he was there to deal with those who would bring bloodshed upon Yan Shouyi.
This both eliminated potential threats and did not affect Yan Shouyi.
"Dad prepared Xue Kai for me and also helped me obtain the Zulong Sword. Is there a connection between these two matters? If so… Dad, oh Dad, you've planned too much!"
Yan Shouyi sighed inwardly, realizing he was still perfectly arranged by his father.
At this moment, Lin Zitong tugged at Yan Shouyi's sleeve and whispered, "A Fangnu."
Only then did Yan Shouyi snap back to reality.
A Fangnu was still right before their eyes!
This mercury female corpse, who killed without batting an eye, was an even greater threat than Chu Wu.
Now that Chu Wu was dead, would A Fangnu turn her attention to them?
Suddenly, A Fangnu moved, walking towards them.
Having witnessed A Fangnu's power, Long Feicheng immediately panicked, "She, she, she's coming! What do we do?"
"Don't be nervous," Luo Ning said, frowning, "She doesn't seem to have any hostility towards us."
"No hostility?" Everyone was confused. Didn't A Fangnu lack consciousness?
But these words came from Luo Ning, the corpse driver, and they had no grounds to refute her.
A Fangnu moved stiffly, not quickly, but her target was clear – she intended to approach Qin Shi Huang!