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"You’ve improved quite a bit..."

In the cabin, the mysterious woman in black licked her finger as she looked at Weichi Feihu, who stood three feet away covered in blood.

The black nails contained intense poison, and now one was broken off, oozing purplish blood. Weichi Feihu was in a much more tragic state, bleeding profusely as if he were a drained calf, with his skin turning blue and purple—a clear sign of being poisoned.

"If I remember correctly, you were only a Second Rank Martial Husband before you left the capital, weren’t you? In just one year, you’ve managed to fight to nearly the level of a Super First Rank? And... what kind of medicine did you use?"

The woman in black frowned slightly as she saw that her opponent could still stand.

His endurance was a bit too strong...

The moment she recognized Weichi Feihu, she had not intended to kill him. After all, families like the Weichi Clan, despite being in different camps, might be allies in the future. Killing a legitimate member of such a family would mean making an enemy for no good reason.

But this little guy, even without a death blow, was quite troublesome.

Several arterial wounds had been opened, bleeding so heavily, and yet he was still persistent, especially since this was under the influence of her poison.

Those familiar with her knew she was a master of poisons, particularly adept at using anaesthetics. The amount she had just used felt sufficient to take down ten First Rank Warriors, yet this guy could still stand? What kind of constitution did he have?

"Who are you, exactly?" Weichi Feihu gasped for air as he stood up, breathing heavily, his consciousness so blurry he could hardly keep his eyes open.

Each wound felt as if it had been stung by a venomous bee, throbbing with severe pain, especially at the thigh.

He did not know how he had managed to stand.

"Didn’t your elders ever mention my name to you? You’ve really been well-protected..." The woman said with a gentle laugh, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

Was it an issue with his constitution or something else...

This kid was strange; there seemed to be something very special in his body, delaying the poison. Despite severe blood loss and intense poisoning, he was still hanging on...

If he weren’t from the Weichi Clan, she might even have been unable to resist taking him back home to study.

Luckily she was there because just her subordinates might not have been able to snatch the person from this kid...

"Madam, we’ve found them!"

In the shadows in the distance, several black-clothed women appeared as if from nowhere, their voices tinged with caution.

Weichi Feihu glanced over. His pupils shrank instantly as he saw that the women were holding the poisoned Yun Yuye and her daughter, while others held the heads of his trusted lieutenants...

"All this trouble for a little girl?" The woman looked at the pale-faced child, smiling gently.

The girl’s face showed terror as she clearly sensed the woman’s intense malice.

"An interesting little thing..." The woman narrowed her eyes. She had noticed from afar that this little girl had detected her presence from a great distance. When she and her subordinates boarded the ship, the girl had managed to hide beforehand. It seemed she had some secrets on her, but it didn’t matter.

She could slowly study them after taking her back.

She had plenty of ways to make a child talk.

The subordinates holding the heads explained, "That girl is quite sneaky, almost as if she could predict our location in advance. She’s better at hiding than a mouse.

And the soldiers protecting her and her mother are also strange, with incredibly strong resistance to poison and more powerful muscles and flesh than the average Warrior.

Without your deadly methods, madam, it took us some time. "

The woman nodded slightly, accepting their explanation. She had noticed when she had taken action that these soldiers were quite different from those of any typical martial lineage.

"Take the heads with you. It’s time for madam to do some thorough research when we get back."

"Yes..."

She looked back at Weichi Feihu, covered in blood, his eyes now closed as if he had given up struggling.

"Hmph..." The woman sneered coldly as she saw this. The kid, after all, didn’t dare to really fight for his life. Just now he had seemed ready to risk his life for his subordinates, but when it came to a life-and-death situation, he still knew how to choose...

But that was to be expected. Humans after all... are much more hypocritical.

Just as she was about to lead her people away, she suddenly sensed something and sharply turned to look into the distance!

It was from the south, something was approaching.

Under the dense night sky, their vision was astonishing!

Even separated by tens of thousands of meters, they could still see that beneath the waves, a huge military ship propelled by enormous waves was closing in on their location at an incredible pace!

"Madam, that is..." The subordinates were immediately stunned by the sight.

"So Chen Qing does have some tricks up his sleeve," the woman said with a cold laugh. "Never mind, let’s go!"

They all nodded rapidly, wanting nothing to do with the ship that seemed overwhelmingly formidable.

But just as they were about to move, Weichi Feihu, who had closed his eyes a moment before, suddenly pounced towards the woman.

"Madam!"

"Seeking death?" said the woman with an icy look in her eyes. A shadow flickered beneath her black dress and struck at Weichi Feihu again with a speed almost invisible to the eye. This time with extraordinary force, it sparked friction in the air, clearly intending to deliver a heavy blow!

Shhh!

Metal piercing flesh, and blood spurted out again, but this time it was the woman in black whose brow furrowed.

"I finally got you..." Weichi Feihu gasped, his muscles tensed, veins bulging hideously. The wound in his abdomen clamped down on that shadow tightly, and his hands, in an instant, latched onto it firmly.

It was only then that one could clearly see that it was a snake tail, with a stinger at the end resembling that of a venomous bee, like a dagger.....

"So this is what it looks like..." Weichi Feihu clung to the snake tail, fresh blood continuously flowing from his mouth, making his exposed smile look even more ferocious.

"You really want to die?" the woman frowned. This man’s improvement was visible to the naked eye, from initially not being able to see his skills at all, to now being able to predict her attack location in advance and even grabbing her snake tail. Indeed impressive, his talent, I’m afraid, is no less than Weichi Peng’s. ....

But what is this man trying to do by holding her like this? To leave her behind by sacrificing his life?

The woman sneered and shook violently, causing his wounds to burst open discharging his entrails which had become like tofu pudding, continually spilling out from the wound.

But the next second, the woman’s smile froze!

He...didn’t let go!

This guy...

The woman fiercely looked toward the distant, where the huge ship was approaching fast, closing in on ten thousand meters in just a few breaths. If this lad delayed her further, she and her men might indeed be left behind!

"Senior...." Weichi Feihu spat out black blood, chuckling, "After killing someone... don’t you want to leave anything untaken?"

"You..."

"Madam?" The subordinates in the distance, who were startled by this scene, hurried forward after recovering. Poisonous blades came at Weichi Feihu from all directions, aiming at his vital spots.

In a moment of desperation, the woman who couldn’t pull out her tail also felt a rare surge of anxiety. What’s the deal with this man?

Any ordinary First Rank Warrior who had been stabbed inside, with that strike just now, would have had their internal organs shattered, and under the extreme pain, their muscles would relax, allowing her to immediately cut him in half.

But this youngster, the toughness of his internal organs far exceeded that of an ordinary warrior. She didn’t hold back her strength just now and only managed to shatter his stomach, and yet this man’s muscles still managed to stay firm, as if his severe injuries were unreal.

Are all the men from the Weichi Clan this tough?

Damn it!

Seeing the ship approaching ever closer, she dared not go near and use her weapon to finish him. The youngster was insane—if she got close, his desperate clinging, not fearing death, might actually leave her behind.

Seeing her men approaching, she no longer took any chances and shook her tail.

The tip broke off by itself, leaving the poison stinger forever in Weichi Feihu’s body.

Weichi Feihu, concentrating all his strength in the tug-of-war with the woman, was caught off guard by this and was sent flying.

The woman took this chance to dash towards the outside of the ship without hesitation and shouted, "Retreat! "

But in the next instant, just as she was about to leap from the deck into the river in a flash-like retreat, she suddenly came to her senses and turned fiercely to look towards Weichi Feihu’s side!

Sure enough, she saw Weichi Feihu flying backwards with a look of triumph on his face!

In an instant, she understood. This man’s target from the start was not her, but that mother and daughter!!

Indeed, as Weichi Feihu, propelled by the force of his backward flight, quickly lunged at two subordinates holding the mother and daughter hostage.

Those two, about to retreat, were caught off guard by this abrupt change.

The woman standing in front didn’t even have time to react and had her head crushed by the pouncing Weichi Feihu, falling into the river with the little girl!

The man holding Yun Yuye, because he was further back, managed a slight reaction and dodged. But he could only watch helplessly as Weichi Feihu took his sister with him into the river!

"Good lad...." The leader with the severed tail flashed a fierce smile, "I’ll remember you!!"

The next moment, without further hesitation, she jumped into the river on the other side of the ship with all her people.....

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"Lord Tian?"

When Chen Ying arrived, it was already two hours later. As soon as she boarded the ship and smelled the thick scent of blood, she felt a sense of foreboding and immediately looked for Tian Heng.

"You’re here?" Tian Heng looked at Chen Ying, his face also heavy.

Chen Ying glanced at the deck and saw about forty corpses covered with white cloths. Even through the cloths, she could smell the exaggerated stench of decay. Clearly, the perpetrator had used some unknown lethal poison to rot the corpses of the Dou Shen Guards in such a short time!

"Weichi Feihu?" Chen Ying quickly located Weichi Feihu.

He was on the deck, unconscious, with a body purplish and bruised, hardly a patch of intact skin, and his abdomen... had half a snake tail and a spine-chilling poisonous stinger impaled in it. In his arms, he firmly held the girl of about ten, showing no intention of letting go.

"That child is..."

"The child you’re looking for." Tian Heng nodded, "Don’t move rashly. This lad is currently in a delirious state and has only one thought of protecting this child. If you approach now, he might instinctively attack you."

"He can still strike?" Chen Ying said, looking at his severe injuries.

"That’s hard to say..." Tian Heng chuckled, "This lad, he’s a real hero!"

"Who did this?" Chen Ying’s face darkened.

"Who else but the malicious woman from the Lu Family?" Tian Heng’s smiling face vanished, replaced by a heavy look.

Letting that woman escape could lead to endless trouble.

"How could that be?" Chen Ying frowned upon hearing this, "Your Majesty has been keeping an eye on Minister Pang at Nanming Prefecture."

"Hm?"