Stubborn Fool!

Zhan Xue was pinned to the ground, helplessly watching as the blade descended toward her.

"It's over. This is the end!"

Zhan Xue thought to herself, despair filling every corner of her mind. She knew perfectly well that with her hands and feet restrained, there was no way she could block that strike.

The moment that blade cleaved into her skull, she would undoubtedly die!

Die! Die!

I just love that look—wanting to struggle, yet utterly powerless to do so. Lei La's face twisted grotesquely, his once somewhat handsome features now resembling those of a demon!

The blade drew closer and closer, but just as it was about to pierce Zhan Xue's forehead, suddenly...

A palm covered in dark golden flames abruptly appeared in the blade's path.

The next instant...

The blade struck the palm!

In a moment, the flames surged, and the blade was "melted" by them—or rather, devoured!

Because nothing remained.

Lei La's right hand continued its downward strike, yet it could not shake that palm in the slightest.

"How is this possible?"

Lei La stared in disbelief at the vanished blade in his hand, terror filling his heart. "Who is it?"

He suddenly raised his head, and then he saw...

A face he would never forget, a face he wanted to tear to pieces with his own hands!

Gu Fang!

How could it be you? Why are you here? Shouldn't you be with the Mite'er Family?

And...

How did you get in?

My grandfather was clearly outside. How could there have been no movement at all?

But Lei La no longer had the chance to ask those questions. The instant his fist collided with Gu Fang's palm, dark golden flames surged up his arm against the flow!

In the blink of an eye, they had covered half of Lei La's body.

"Ah..."

The bone-piercing agony of the flames burning his body made Lei La howl, but the fury and desire to survive in his heart still drove him to circulate his Dou Qi.

He threw another punch at Gu Fang.

But...

Even at his peak, Lei La had not been able to withstand a single move from Gu Fang. How could he possibly hurt Gu Fang now?

Lei La's all-out strike was casually caught in Gu Fang's palm with a wave of his hand.

A cold laugh escaped Gu Fang's lips. "An ant trying to topple a tree!"

Then his arm shook, and solid force erupted from Gu Fang's body. Lei La was blasted away, smashing through the door and tumbling into the courtyard!

Looking at Lei La, who was completely engulfed by Heavenly Flames, Gu Fang lightly shook his head. "My strength is still too weak right now. I can't unleash the full power of the Heavenly Flames at all.

If I could use my full strength, then the instant I touched Lei La...

He would probably already have turned to ash!"

As Gu Fang spoke, a sharp whistling sound suddenly cut through the air. Then...

A humanoid object crashed onto Lei La's body, knocking him to the ground. Flames surged and spread over that person as well.

By the light cast by the Origin Flame formed from the fusion of Nihility Devouring Flame and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, it was possible to see that the humanoid figure was Lei La's grandfather...

Lei Ou!

It was obvious that...

This elder, who had lorded over the Mite'er Family and acted so arrogantly, had already become a corpse!

"Young Clan Leader, it's taken care of!"

Ling Wu's voice rang out within Gu Fang's soul.

"Mm!"

Gu Fang gave a slight nod. With Ling Wu's Peak Dou Huang strength, dealing with Lei Ou had been effortless. Crushing and killing him was only natural; if Lei Ou had been allowed to resist even once, that would have been Ling Wu's failure!

Zhan Xue lay on the ground, staring blankly at Gu Fang's back. She was still in a daze, still trapped in the terror of being surrounded by death!

Even...

She seemed to still see Lei La's savage face, hear his howls, and see the rapidly descending blade tip.

But at the same time...

She could see the flames in the courtyard and hear Lei La's agonized screams!

"It's over!"

Gu Fang withdrew his gaze, turned and crouched down, placing a hand on Zhan Xue's head as he softly comforted her.

As he comforted her, he narrowed his eyes, trying not to look at Zhan Xue's body, exposed by Lei La when he tore open her clothes, and helped gather her garments around her.

But before Gu Fang could fully pull her clothes together, Zhan Xue suddenly began to cry.

And then...

As if she had seized the last straw that could save her life, she clutched Gu Fang's arm tightly and burrowed into his embrace like a kitten!

Like an octopus, she wrapped herself around his body.

And then...

Her sobs completely broke loose, one after another, as though she wanted to pour out all the terror she had endured through her crying!

Listening to the sobs by his ear and feeling the kitten-like body trembling endlessly in his arms, Gu Fang let out a soft sigh.

Gu Fang already knew...

In this situation, unless he used overwhelming force, there was no way he could pull Zhan Xue off himself.

"Forget it, forget it!"

Gu Fang shook his head. "If not for me, this wouldn't have happened today. And luckily, the pill refinement went smoothly today. Otherwise, if I had arrived a step later...

I really might have regretted it for the rest of my life!

Who would have thought those two beasts would lay their hands on her?"

After sighing, he looked at Zhan Xue in his arms, covered in dirt and fallen leaves. The mud had soiled her body—something every woman would normally care about.

But right now...

She paid no heed to it at all. She only cried.

His soul trembled. "Uncle Ling, go to the Mite'er Family and bring Ya Fei here. Remember to have her bring a set of women's clothes."

"Young Clan Leader, following the Clan Leader's orders, I cannot leave your side!"

"It's fine. Just go. Nothing will happen during this time!" Gu Fang continued speaking to Ling Wu.

But this time, Ling Wu did not answer again.

Gu Fang's face filled with helplessness. "What a stubborn fool!"

As Gu Fang said this, he simply did not know...

Whether he was talking about himself or Ling Wu over there!

With a thought, he activated his Storage Ring. A black robe appeared, and he draped it over Zhan Xue.

"This will do for now!"

A quarter-hour, half an hour...

One hour!

The cool moonlight blanketed the entire little courtyard. In the courtyard lay a pile of black ashes—the corpses of Lei La and Lei Ou, though they were now completely unrecognizable.

In the small room nearby, beneath the light of a Magic Crystal lamp, a handsome young man gently held a sleeping woman draped in a black robe.

The woman slept deeply, but her arms still clung to the young man with all her strength!

As though...

That young man was her entire world!

At the same time, if one listened carefully, they could hear an occasional sob escape from the sleeping woman's throat!

They were Gu Fang and Zhan Xue.

"That should be enough. She's sleeping soundly now!"

Hearing her nearly even breathing, he reached out and pulled away Zhan Xue's arm wrapped around his waist. Zhan Xue whimpered, but she still released her arm.

Gu Fang stood up, tightened the black robe around Zhan Xue, and carefully held her in his arms.

He darted out the door, determined the direction, and sped toward the Temir Auction House!