Chapter 065
Chapter 65: Get Lost!
Hearing this, Zhu Feng Lan trembled, her whole body shaking with a dark, chilling aura. Dirt and fragments of bone scattered wildly in all directions.
She drew her foot free from the sunken earth and hovered slightly above the ground. The old crone and two maidservants stood protectively beside her, eyes wary as they watched Marquis Cang Yuan approach.
“You think you alone can kill me?” Zhu Feng Lan suddenly sneered, cold laughter spilling forth. She stared contemptuously at the man she had trampled beneath her feet for so many years, with barely a trace of fear in her gaze.
At that very moment, two elderly figures darted out from another part of the Marquis’s residence. Their speed was astonishing, slicing through the still night air with a sharp, whistling sound.
Marquis Cang Yuan halted, sensing two powerful auras quickly closing in.
“Wretched woman, don’t rush. I’ll slaughter your bastard child first, then killing you afterward won’t be too late!”
Abruptly, Marquis Cang Yuan turned, corpse Qi swirling fiercely around him as he charged toward Cang Yu Ning’s courtyard. Given the situation, killing Zhu Feng Lan had become difficult, so he chose to vent his rage by murdering Cang Yu Ning first.
However, at that very instant, a heartbreaking, agonized scream erupted from Cang Yu Ning’s courtyard.
Immediately afterward, Cang Yu Ning stumbled from his room, staggering forward with his lower body drenched in crimson blood. Bits of mutilated flesh hung gruesomely from his groin.
Behind him, a heroic-looking young woman burst from the room, dagger dripping with fresh blood gripped tightly in her hand. Eyes filled with murderous intent, she hurled the blade fiercely, sending a flash of silver streaking toward Cang Yu Ning’s back.
Unfortunately, despite his intense pain, Cang Yu Ning narrowly shifted aside and avoided a fatal strike. Still, the dagger pierced through his back and exited through his chest.
At that moment, Cang Yu Ning spotted Marquis Cang Yuan rushing toward him. Desperately, as though grasping at a final lifeline, he reached out, hoping for rescue.
But all he received was a brutal slap filled with foul corpse Qi, delivered by Marquis Cang Yuan. The blow flung him violently through the air, spinning him helplessly several times before Marquis Cang Yuan seized him again, gripping him tightly by the throat.
“If any of you dare come closer, I’ll kill this bastard right now!”
Marquis Cang Yuan turned abruptly, his cold gaze settling upon Zhu Feng Lan and the two elders who had approached within a few dozen feet.
Seeing this, Zhu Feng Lan stopped abruptly, wary and frightened. She immediately raised her hand to stop the two elders from moving further.
The heroic-looking woman, with her black hair tied back in a neat ponytail, also stopped. Her dark, clear eyes swept across the scene before her. Sensing the intense martial aura emanating from Marquis Cang Yuan and the others, she narrowed her eyes slightly and chose not to attack Cang Yu Ning further.
“Release Yu Ning, and I can spare your life,” Zhu Feng Lan hissed coldly at Marquis Cang Yuan.
However, Marquis Cang Yuan glanced mockingly at the weakly struggling figure in his grasp. Noticing the bloody, mutilated wound below, he suddenly burst into laughter.
“This bastard has already been castrated! His only future now is serving as a eunuch in the palace. Wretched woman, what use do you still have for him?”
Zhu Feng Lan’s face darkened ominously. She glanced at the injured Cang Yu Ning, then at the heroic woman, eyes instantly filling with savage killing intent.
“Granny Rong, kill her!”
Upon Zhu Feng Lan’s order, the old crone moved without hesitation, rushing murderously toward the heroic young woman.
Marquis Cang Yuan remained cold and indifferent. He stared fiercely at Zhu Feng Lan and the two elders, commanding sharply, “Stay right there! Don’t move!”
With those words, he swiftly retreated, flinging Cang Yu Ning’s weakened body toward the trio. Then, turning suddenly, he dashed away from the Marquis’s residence, releasing a burst of mad laughter.
“No!”
Zhu Feng Lan suddenly screamed in anger and shock. She had instinctively moved to catch Cang Yu Ning, but before she could, his body exploded midair, ripped apart by a burst of corpse Qi, scattering flesh and blood everywhere.
Witnessing this horrifying scene, Zhu Feng Lan froze, her arms outstretched helplessly, her entire body trembling.
“Kill him! Kill that beast!”
Zhu Feng Lan’s features twisted in rage, screaming hysterically.
The two elders, their expressions drastically changing, were from the Tai Yin Primordial Sect. They were trusted by the sect’s Fourth Elder, tasked with protecting Zhu Feng Lan and her son, fully aware of the hidden circumstances. Seeing the son of their Fourth Elder killed, they too erupted in fury. Without another word, they charged fiercely after Marquis Cang Yuan.
At the same time, noticing the old crone chasing after her, Shangguan Qing Qing quickly fled toward the outskirts of the residence.
“He died far too easily! It’s too good for him!” Shangguan Qing Qing glanced bitterly back at Cang Yu Ning’s shattered corpse, muttering angrily to herself.
She wasn’t from the Imperial Capital but from the Heavenly River Blade Sect in the Great Li Qing Province. Back in Qing Province, a female disciple she knew well had been cruelly violated and murdered by a serial rapist, her body abandoned in the wilderness.
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Qing Qing felt deeply grieved and enraged. She had expected Six Gates, the local authorities, to swiftly capture the culprit. Yet days passed without any results. So she resolved to investigate the matter herself and avenge her fallen sister.
Through careful inquiry, she discovered this criminal had committed similar crimes across multiple regions, always leaving the same marks. Shangguan Qing Qing tracked the culprit’s path all the way to the Imperial Capital.
She learned that each time the criminal struck, he marked the victim’s home beforehand. This time, she fortunately found the mark early and convinced a young lady from that household to play along with her trick.
Though an unexpected complication arose with Guan Shan Xue and Granny Rong, she waited until after being brought into Marquis Cang Yuan’s residence. Then, seizing the opportunity, she swiftly and brutally castrated Cang Yu Ning.
“You old woman, your precious rapist has already been killed by someone else! My small injury was nothing in comparison! Why chase me relentlessly?” Shangguan Qing Qing shouted irritably toward Granny Rong.
If she had truly been the one to kill Cang Yu Ning, she’d accept the chase without complaint. But now, the old crone’s actions felt unjustified.
Granny Rong didn’t respond, continuing fiercely in pursuit.
Feeling frustrated, Shangguan Qing Qing glanced sideways at Marquis Cang Yuan, who was attempting to escape nearby. Suddenly, her eyes widened in shock.
Marquis Cang Yuan, surrounded by corpse Qi and fleeing swiftly, had somehow reversed direction, hurtling backward at incredible speed. Like a shooting star, he crashed violently into the two elders chasing him.
Caught entirely off guard, the two elders were swept along by Marquis Cang Yuan’s terrifying force. Together, they plummeted back toward the Marquis’s residence, crashing thunderously into Zhu Feng Lan’s courtyard.
Everything had happened so fast, stunning everyone present. Only after the deafening collision did Zhu Feng Lan and the others realize what had occurred, staring blankly in disbelief.
Just then, a youthful figure appeared swiftly, stepping lightly into view from afar.