Chapter 692 677: Die

At that moment, Long Fong had no intention of helping. Instead, as he watched Ye Xue being bullied, his eyes filled with a sadistic glee, as if a great wrong had finally been avenged.

The other Imperial Dragon Sect disciples were all snickering, their eyes full of undisguised glee at her misfortune.

Ye Xue's eyes were filled with despair. Her long hair fell, obscuring half her face. She simply hung her head, gritting her teeth and desperately holding on.

Seeing that Ye Xue wasn't reacting, Lü Qi grew annoyed. He raised his hand and slapped her across the face, cursing, "You bitch! Playing mute in front of me? You think staying silent will solve anything?"

As he spoke, Lü Qi lifted his right foot and kicked Ye Xue in the stomach, sending her flying back more than two meters.

Collapsed on the ground, Ye Xue whipped her long hair back. She clutched her stomach with one hand, her eyes revealing a look of pure hatred as she stared fixedly at Lü Qi.

Just then, a few female disciples from Red Demon Valley standing behind Lü Qi spoke up.

"Oh, oh, I say, Sister Ye Xue, why make it so hard on yourself? A Restriction has already been placed on you, and you can't use even an iota of your power. Why bother struggling? Look at our Senior Brother Lü Qi—he's handsome and his Cultivation is high. It's your lucky day that he's taken a liking to you!"

"That's right, that's right. Our Senior Brother Lü Qi wouldn't even glance at your average woman. Don't be ungrateful for the kindness he's showing you."

"Ye Xue, just be obedient. Senior Brother Lü Qi will treat you well, you know!"

The women from Red Demon Valley kept up their "persuasion."

Their eyes held a kind of manic glee, as if they thoroughly enjoyed watching such scenes.

Meanwhile, the other men's gazes roved incessantly over Ye Xue's body.

To be fair, Ye Xue was indeed very beautiful. This was especially true now, with that indescribable melancholy in her eyes that made the hearts of these Demon Martial Artists pound.

If Lü Qi hadn't already claimed her, they probably would have pounced on her long ago.

"You animals! I'll haunt you even after I'm dead!"

Ye Xue's voice was low as she roared like a cornered beast, blood seeping from between her clenched teeth.

SMACK!

The corner of Lü Qi's mouth twitched, and he slapped Ye Xue, who had just struggled to her feet, back down to the ground.

"Haunt me? In your dreams! Do you really think I'd give you the chance to even become a ghost?"

"You ungrateful bitch! It's your lucky day that I've taken an interest in you!"

Saying this, Lü Qi grabbed Ye Xue by her clothes and hauled her to her feet.

"Senior Brother Long Fong, we're from the same sect! Can you really bear to watch these animals defile me?"

Ye Xue cried out, her eyes filled with humiliation and hatred.

The people from Red Demon Valley sneered, casting a sidelong glance at the group from the Imperial Dragon Sect.

'The few from the Imperial Dragon Sect were no match for this group. Anyone who dared to interfere would just be courting death.'

Long Fong shot Ye Xue a cold look and sneered, "Fellow disciples? Fuck your 'fellow disciples'!"

"Who's a fellow disciple with a bitch like you?"

"Back then in Celestial Phoenix City, we were supposed to help Xu Daolin take the city, but that little bastard Shen Lang ruined everything!"

"Now, because of what happened with our master, Yuwen Huaji, everyone in the Imperial Dragon Sect looks down on us, they all ostracize us! When you get down to it, aside from Shen Lang, it's all because of your Ye Family!"

"If your Ye Family had just obediently handed over Celestial Phoenix City back then, we would never have ended up in this situation!"

The more Long Fong spoke, the angrier he became. "If you're going to die, then just die already! Don't drag us down with you!"

"Hmph. You hid it well, but for these past two years, you've wanted to kill me every single moment. Did you really think I couldn't feel it?"

"Your old man died because Yun Qing and I severely wounded him, and now you want to ask me for help? HAHAHAHA!"

Hearing Long Fong's words, the light in Ye Xue's eyes dimmed. She bit her lip so hard that it bled.

"Now, who do you think can save you?"

Lü Qi said with a smug smile, "The Imperial Dragon Sect? So what? As if anyone from there would dare to cross me."

"Bitch! If you won't do this the easy way, we'll do it the hard way!"

With that, Lü Qi slapped Ye Xue across the face again.

Ye Xue's Spiritual Power was completely sealed; she couldn't muster an ounce of strength. Only despair remained in her eyes.

But just as Lü Qi's hand reached for her clothes...

SWOOSH!

Ye Xue suddenly gritted her teeth, wrenched herself free, and, with her head lowered, charged toward a large boulder to her right!

The boulder was only a few feet away. The people from Red Demon Valley and Lü Qi never expected that she could still move so fast with her Spiritual Power sealed. By the time they thought to stop her, it was already too late!

Just as Ye Xue's head was about to smash against the boulder...

A figure appeared out of thin air!

The moment the figure appeared, a circular ripple, like the surface of water, manifested around his body.

Ye Xue's head struck the ripple, which caved inward, instantly negating the force of her charge.

While Ye Xue was still dizzy and hadn't yet figured out what had happened...

Shen Lang, who had appeared from nowhere, flicked his finger. A streak of Sword Qi, fast as lightning, shot out and swept past the horrified Lü Qi's left shoulder!

PSHHT!

An arc of blood spurted from Lü Qi's left shoulder. His left arm had been severed at the joint!

"AHH!"

Lü Qi, who had been so arrogant and domineering just moments before, clutched his stump and began to howl hysterically.

The sound was absolutely blood-curdling, enough to make anyone's skin crawl!

Everyone around was stunned. A chill, as if from the depths of Hell, rose in their hearts.

Long Fong grabbed a junior sister beside him and threw her toward Shen Lang like a sack of potatoes, then turned and bolted!

Long Fong had always thought he'd never been afraid of anyone in his life.

But ever since the incident in Celestial Phoenix City, those two words—Shen Lang—had become a lingering nightmare buried deep in his heart, impossible to shake.

From that moment on, Long Fong never wanted to encounter that demonic youth ever again...

Now, seeing Shen Lang appear, only a single word remained in Long Fong's mind: Flee!

Just then, Shen Lang's voice drifted over faintly. "Do you think you have any chance of escaping from me?"

Long Fong's body trembled violently, and he stopped in his tracks, looking utterly crestfallen.

Immediately, he spun around and dropped to his knees with a THUD. "Shen Lang, I beg you, spare me! I'm just an insignificant nobody, not worth you even dirtying your hands on me!"

"Ever since what happened in Celestial Phoenix City, I haven't dared to oppose you. You... just let me go!"

"The ones who did this to Ye Xue were Lü Qi and the people from Red Demon Valley! It has nothing to do with us!"

The other members of the Imperial Dragon Sect, their hearts frozen with terror, followed Long Fong's lead and knelt, their eyes filled with fear.

Shen Lang slowly turned around and pointed at the still-shivering Ye Xue. "Isn't she a junior sister from your Imperial Dragon Sect? You just stood by and watched her be violated, and did nothing?"

"I... I..." Long Fong couldn't form a response and just kowtowed frantically toward Shen Lang.

Ye Xue slowly sank into a crouch, hugging her arms and trembling uncontrollably. She didn't even dare to look at Shen Lang.

The arrogant and domineering posture of the City Lord's Mansion's young miss was long gone.

Right now, Ye Xue looked just like any ordinary, weak woman who had been bullied.

Pitiable, helpless...

Even though she had prayed to the heavens thousands of times to save her, Ye Xue never imagined... that her savior would be Shen Lang.

'Ye Xue didn't harbor much hatred for Shen Lang. In fact, if anyone should feel hatred, it should be Shen Lang who hated her.'

'Shen Lang owed her nothing. On the contrary, she owed Shen Lang and the Shen Family a great deal...'

'It was because of her jealousy toward Shen Moran that Shen Lang's father had nearly been sent to the Yellow Springs, and then suffered from corpse poison for more than three years.'

'Afterward, Ye Xue had also tried to kill Shen Lang multiple times, but had never succeeded...'

'Given Shen Lang's temperament, it was nothing short of a miracle that Ye Xue was still alive today.'

'When it came down to it, the person who caused the great upheaval in Celestial Phoenix City and the eventual collapse of the Ye Family wasn't actually Shen Lang, but Xu Daolin.'

'Before Shen Lang even appeared, Xu Daolin had already led the Xu Family and his helpers from the Imperial Dragon Sect to storm the City Lord's Mansion.'

'Later, Xu Daolin even publicly exposed Ye Xiao Zheng's collusion with the Demon Dao, utterly ruining his reputation and causing him to lose all power.'

'And because of that, after Shen Lang severely injured Xu Daolin and was chased off by Yuwen Huaji, a furious Ye Xiao Zheng took advantage of the distraction of the Imperial Dragon Sect's experts and led the few remaining masters of the Ye Family in a desperate assault on the Xu Family!'

'The Xu Family's Clan Leader, Xu Jing, and several Elders were killed on the spot...'

'Meanwhile, Ye Xiao Zheng was also severely wounded by the Imperial Dragon Sect disciples Long Fong and Yun Qing.'

'At the critical moment, Yan Congyun and two other Imperial Dragon Sect disciples who had been subdued by Shen Lang intervened, driving back Long Fong and Yun Qing and saving Ye Xiao Zheng.'

'Unfortunately, his injuries were too severe. In the end, after begging for and receiving Shen Lang's forgiveness, Ye Xiao Zheng still died in the City Lord's Mansion's Martial Arts Arena.'

'From that day on, Ye Xue lived only to kill three people.'

'One was Xu Daolin, another was Long Fong, and the last was Yun Qing!'

'But her Cultivation was currently too low; she couldn't even kill Yun Qing, who had the lowest Cultivation of them all. As for Xu Daolin, he had vanished without a trace after being taken away by Black Impermanence.'

'Ye Xue could only focus on her Cultivation in secret and wait for an opportunity...'

'She had never, ever imagined that Shen Lang would come to the Imperial Capital, let alone be here in the Yumu Cave Blessed Land... and that he would save her at her most helpless and desperate moment.'

Ye Xue remained curled into a ball, tears welling in her eyes. She fought them back desperately, refusing to cry out.

Just then...

"Shen Lang, go to hell!"

Lü Qi, his arm severed by Shen Lang, brandished a Fangtian Halberd with a crazed look on his face and lunged at Shen Lang!

Seemingly aware that he had no chance of survival, Lü Qi's demonic nature erupted. Completely forgetting Shen Lang's current level of Cultivation, he charged forward with the frenzied air of someone determined to take his enemy down with him!

"Hmph!"

Shen Lang glanced indifferently at the charging Lü Qi, let out a cold snort, and reached out his right hand, making a grabbing motion in Lü Qi's direction!