Chapter 113

Chapter 113: Internal Collapse
With Boss Wu helping to smooth things over, and with a common enemy in front of them, the conflict between Long Three and Lady Hua was temporarily pushed aside. The seven of them began to plan how to get rid of Yu Zhao.

Ji Han Zhou, who had been ignored for a long time, finally had a presence again.

Long One made a suggestion: “The six of us will join hands against Yu Zhao. Long Three will go grab Ji Han Zhou.”

Lady Hua curled her lips and said: “That little girl is enough for me to deal with alone. You all go handle the other one.”

“Lady Hua, Yu Zhao is not as simple as you think.” Boss Wu tried to persuade her.

“Hmph.” Lady Hua let out a scornful snort and said: “I want to see just how not simple she is.”

Among the seven, Lady Hua was the strongest. Since she insisted, the others could not really object.

So they planned to split into two groups. Lady Hua would go deal with Yu Zhao. The rest would go grab Ji Han Zhou. Once they caught him, they would use him to threaten Yu Zhao.

If Yu Zhao did not give in, they would kill Ji Han Zhou first, then surround and attack her together.

Even if Yu Zhao had three heads and six arms, she would never walk out of here alive.

They did not bother to lower their voices while they talked. Yu Zhao and Ji Han Zhou heard their entire plan, word for word.

Ji Han Zhou clenched his fists in shame and anger.

Back in the Heavenly Sword Sect, he was a Genius Disciple everyone placed their hopes on, someone countless Fellow Disciples looked up to. But here, he was a burden, a weakness that others could use to threaten Senior Sister Yu.

[Strength.

My strength is still not enough.

Only the strong can gain real respect.

Just like Senior Sister Yu. Everyone is racking their brains to deal with her. No one cares about me.]

Yu Zhao’s face stayed calm, but in her heart, she also quietly tensed up.

Her Illusion Art was almost always successful because she relied on a mental state beyond her cultivation level and her powerful soul.

Because she had lived two lives, her soul force was several times stronger than that of cultivators at the same level. Once someone fell into the Illusory Realm she set up, it was very hard for them to escape.

But right now, the enemies standing in front of Yu Zhao were not one person but seven. Casting Illusion Art on seven people would consume a huge amount of soul force.

She was not very sure that she could make all seven of them fall into the Illusory Realm at the same time. So she did not plan to fight all seven head on by herself. Instead, she would use her old method.

Borrow a knife to kill.

Her hands moved quickly through a series of hand seals, forming an invisible Talisman Seal.

Then she pushed both hands in Lady Hua’s direction.

Lady Hua seemed to sense something and quickly lifted her head to sweep her gaze around.

But she found nothing.

In the next instant, the Talisman Seal silently merged into Lady Hua’s body.

Her delicate body trembled, and her vision blurred for a moment.

She blinked lightly. When her sight cleared again, her flower-like red lips began to tremble.

“Gu Lang~”

Her voice was like sobbing, filled with endless resentment.

Zhao Xian did not understand at all.

Gu Lang?

Who was Gu Lang?

Relying on a woman’s intuition, Wang Zhen keenly noticed that the look in Lady Hua’s eyes when she looked at Zhao Xian was wrong.

She instinctively took half a step forward to block Lady Hua’s resentful gaze, then turned back to glare at Zhao Xian.

Zhao Xian felt even more at a loss.

Lady Hua looked at him sadly and said: “Gu Lang, who is she? You have not come to see me for so long, and it turns out you were outside letting some other woman steal your heart.”

Her expression was lonely, and the way she looked at Zhao Xian was like she was looking at a heartless man who had betrayed her.

“Lady Hua, mind your words!”

“Brother Xian is my husband!”

Zhao Xian and Wang Zhen spoke at the same time.

Lady Hua yelled with a twisted face: “You actually formed a Dao Companion with someone else! Gu Yuan Chen, how could you do this to me!”

Gu Yuan Chen?

Boss Wu and the Long Family Three Brothers, who had thought they were just watching a show and that Lady Hua and Zhao Xian had some kind of affair, finally realized that something was wrong.

Boss Wu frowned and said: “Lady Hua, you’ve mistaken him. He is not Gu Yuan Chen.”

“Shut up. I am talking to my husband. When is it your turn to speak!” Lady Hua shouted harshly. Not only that, she flung out her sleeve and sent a streak of spiritual light flying.

Bang!

Boss Wu raised his giant axe to block the attack, but the heavy force still drove him back several steps.

His pupils shrank.

Lady Hua was really attacking him.

She had gone crazy.

Zhao Xian and Wang Zhen were also shocked.

They were all rogue cultivators active near Nanming City and had all heard of each other.

Lady Hua was famous for her beauty, but what was even more famous than her looks were her ruthless methods and unquestioned strength.

If the couple faced Lady Hua head on, they would definitely not come out well.

Zhao Xian called out in a rush: “Lady Hua, I am not Gu Yuan Chen, I am Zhao Xian!”

Wang Zhen also said: “Lady Hua, he is my husband, you have the wrong person!”

“Gu Yuan Chen, you are still lying to me! I, Hua Zi Yan, hate it most when people lie to me! If you will not be my husband, then go die!”

Lady Hua laughed miserably, then formed a hand seal with her right hand and shouted: “Hundred Flowers Technique -”

Countless flower petals appeared out of thin air in the sky.

Lady Hua then opened her mouth and sprayed out a stream of spirit power.

“Kill!!!”

In an instant, the petals turned into countless tiny pink swords that shot toward Zhao Xian.

Thick killing intent filled heaven and earth. The sight was shocking.

Wang Zhen was actually not inside the range of Lady Hua’s attack. If she moved aside in time, she would not be affected at all.

But she did not move. Instead, she summoned her life-bound Dharma Artifact, the Jade Zither. Her fingertips plucked across its strings at high speed, sending out one wave of musical notes after another.

Zhao Xian pulled a crystal brush from his sleeve and quickly drew a character in the air.

When he finished the last stroke, he slapped his chest with his palm.

“Puff!”

Blood sprayed out and was quickly absorbed by the character. The character then rapidly expanded.

The tiny swords formed by the petals clashed again and again with the notes, making booming sounds.

The remaining petal swords struck the blood-red character, then suddenly melted and disappeared without a trace.

The whole process lasted for nearly half a stick of incense. By the time the petal swords had completely vanished, Zhao Xian and Wang Zhen were both pale and visibly tired.

“Boss Wu! Long Clan brothers! Please help us!” Zhao Xian shouted.

Lady Hua’s reputation was well deserved. He was almost unable to hold on.

Boss Wu and the Long Family Three Brothers hesitated.

They did not have any deep friendship with Zhao Xian and Wang Zhen. They were actually competitors. It was not worth it to offend Lady Hua for their sake.

Wang Zhen shouted: “Lady Hua is already crazy. Do you think she will spare you? Don’t dream!”

Her words woke Long One up.

Lady Hua had been fine before. How could she suddenly start seeing Zhao Xian as her Gu Lang for no reason after they got on the island? Clearly someone was messing around in secret.

He suddenly looked toward Yu Zhao in the distance, killing intent flashing in his eyes.

“It was you!”

Yu Zhao only smiled and said nothing.

Long One’s fear of Yu Zhao shot up to the highest point.

[This woman absolutely cannot be allowed to live.]

Long One shouted an order: “Boss Wu, you go help Zhao Xian and his wife! Second Brother, Third Brother, come with me. No matter the cost, kill her!”

Long One was the brain among the Long Family Three Brothers. The decisions he made were followed without question by Long Two and Long Three.

The three brothers turned into three streaks of rainbow light and rushed quickly toward Yu Zhao.

Boss Wu hesitated for a moment, then chose to follow Long One’s arrangement and moved to help Zhao Xian and Wang Zhen.

But he actually had his own plan.

Among the seven of them, he was the weakest. After Zhao Xian and his wife suffered, the next unlucky one would be him. It would be better to first join forces to get rid of one of the strongest. That would give him a bit more chance to survive.