Rebel General Xiahou En

"Quick, those rebel generals will catch up to us any moment!"

"My foot hurts..."

"Our lives are at stake right now! Miss, just bear with it!"

In the woods, a man and a woman hurriedly fled. They wore matching blue robes, each with a longsword at their waist. The man was handsome and tall, while the woman was pure and lovely.

Yet they looked extremely bedraggled at the moment. The man's clothes had been slashed open across his back, blood overflowing from the wound in a shocking sight. Although the girl was uninjured, her face was filled with pain, and she limped with every step.

Chang Hao was deeply unwilling. He hated his own lack of strength. He had failed to protect his junior sister and had gotten her dragged into being hunted down with him.

Chang Qianqian was full of regret. She regretted pestering her Senior Disciple Brother into taking her down the mountain. The world outside was not nearly as wonderful as she had imagined.

With different thoughts in their hearts, they soon rushed out of the woods. Before them lay a lake, and on the opposite shore stood a man and a woman. Both were dressed in white, making them especially conspicuous beneath the night sky.

Daji wore magnificent white robes, while Qin Jun's hair was a mess and his clothes were filthy. Standing together, they looked utterly mismatched.

"Damn it, you ruined my good thing!"

Qin Jun's eyes nearly spewed fire. If looks could kill, Chang Hao and Chang Qianqian would already be corpses.

Daji's brows remained tightly knit as she murmured, "I didn't expect to encounter a Golden Core Realm cultivator in such a remote wilderness."

Golden Core Realm!

Qin Jun shuddered. There were only a handful of Golden Core Realm experts in the Gan Yue Kingdom, though that estimate excluded the cultivation sects.

Cultivation sects were not under the kingdom's rule. At present, the Gan Yue Kingdom had Three Great Sects, each guarded by a Golden Core Realm expert. Although they were based within the Gan Yue Kingdom, they stood on equal footing with the Imperial Family, joining them in resisting foreign enemies. The Imperial Family even sent talented youths to the Three Great Sects for training.

Xuanling Sect, Purple Light Sect, Burning Mountain Valley!

The Three Great Sects were like sacred lands within the Gan Yue Kingdom, revered by countless people!

Among them, Qin Jun's sworn enemy, Fifth Prince Qin Yu, was the chief disciple of the Purple Light Sect!

"You two, run! Rebel General Xiahou En is chasing us!"

Chang Qianqian shouted as she ran toward Qin Jun and Daji. Chang Hao cursed inwardly. At a time like this, she was still warning others? Wouldn't it be better if they stayed behind to delay Xiahou En?

Xiahou En!

Qin Jun immediately frowned. Every nation had rebels, and Xiahou En was the strongest rebel general in the Gan Yue Kingdom. He had once been the Great General of the Nation, but after having an affair with one of the emperor's consorts, he incurred the emperor's wrath. The emperor sent Nan Meng to kill Xiahou En, but unfortunately, he escaped.

After that, Nan Meng replaced Xiahou En as the new Great General of the Nation!

However, Qin Jun was not afraid. What a joke. A super expert at the Void Transformation Fifth Layer was standing right beside him—why would he fear a mere Golden Core Realm cultivator?

Chang Hao and Chang Qianqian drew closer and closer to Qin Jun's group. They were soon stunned by Daji's peerless beauty.

There is actually such a beautiful woman in this world...

The senior and junior disciples sighed in their hearts at the same time. Chang Hao in particular was practically drooling!

"What are you looking at? If you're running, then get lost already!"

Qin Jun snapped. You dare look at my woman?

Chang Qianqian became angry as well. "We kindly warned you, so what's with that attitude?"

"Who needs your warning? Xiahou En is nothing! A total weakling!" Qin Jun said disdainfully.

His words brought Chang Qianqian to a halt. She stared at him with her watery eyes and asked, "You're not afraid of Xiahou En?"

Though she did not understand what "total weakling" meant, she could tell that Qin Jun did not seem to fear Xiahou En.

Could this little beggar be an expert?

If Qin Jun knew that Chang Qianqian was calling him a little beggar in her heart, he would definitely cough up blood.

"What does it have to do with you?" Qin Jun rolled his eyes, while his mind began to race.

If he killed Xiahou En, he could return to the royal capital openly!

His useless father hated Xiahou En most of all. Qin Jun could use Xiahou En's head to atone for his crimes and perhaps even win the emperor's favor!

"What kind of attitude is that?" Chang Qianqian was the daughter of the Xuanling Sect Master. When had anyone ever treated her so rudely?

Of course, Xiahou En did not count. He was not even human!

Seeing his junior sister being bullied, Chang Hao immediately roared, "Kid, you're seeking death. Do you know that?"

Even though Qin Jun's face was filthy, he could tell that Qin Jun was no older than himself, perhaps even younger, while Daji looked to be in the bloom of youth.

As a genius of the Xuanling Sect, he did not believe Qin Jun and Daji were stronger than him.

In his eyes, Qin Jun was merely boasting in front of Daji.

Chang Hao had never even heard of Golden Core Realm experts under twenty years old. Qin Jun and Daji could not possibly be a match for Xiahou En, an established Golden Core Realm expert.

"Junior Sister, let's go! Don't die with them!" Chang Hao hurriedly turned to Chang Qianqian.

"Go? Do you think you can still leave?"

At that moment, a domineering shout rang beneath the night sky. A burly figure suddenly leaped from the woods on the opposite shore.

Qin Jun turned and focused his gaze. Having reached the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, his eyesight surpassed that of ordinary people, allowing him to clearly see the newcomer at a glance.

It was a burly man in battered iron armor, holding a massive blade high over his head with both arms. His muscles were as solid as knotted dragons, carrying immense visual impact. With a boom, he smashed onto the grass on the opposite shore, driving the soil beneath his feet inward. His messy black hair whipped in the wind, and his savage face bore a pair of leopard-like eyes filled with ferocity.

A Golden Core Realm expert, the Gan Yue Kingdom's strongest rebel general—Xiahou En!

"It's over..."

Chang Hao's legs went limp, and he collapsed to the ground without a trace of the bearing expected from a genius disciple of a great sect.

Chang Qianqian was equally pale with fright. Her entire body trembled in terror.

Qin Jun, on the other hand, curiously sized Xiahou En up. Good lord, he was definitely over two meters tall!

He was no less imposing than the bodybuilders of Europe and America from Qin Jun's previous life on Earth—he was even more muscular. That huge blade was over three meters long. If it struck someone, it would undoubtedly kill them in a single blow.

"Brute."

Daji cast Xiahou En a cold glance. Whether in strength or appearance, Xiahou En clearly did not meet her standards.

At the same time, Xiahou En noticed Daji. His leopard eyes widened as he muttered, "What a beautiful woman!"

The surprise in his eyes turned into lust the next second.

Such a beauty had to be claimed!

"Look again, and I'll gouge out your eyes!"

Daji said coldly, leaving Qin Jun speechless. As expected of a demoness from Investiture of the Gods—she was ruthless enough!

Instead, Xiahou En laughed. He strolled toward Qin Jun and Daji, walking across the lake's surface as if it were solid ground. As he walked, he sneered, "Beauty, come gouge out my eyes, then!"

We're dead!

Chang Hao could not help closing his eyes. Facing Xiahou En of the Golden Core Realm, he knew there was no hope even if he fled.

Chang Qianqian was so frightened that she instinctively hid behind Qin Jun, clutching tightly at his shoulders with both hands. She had originally wanted to grab her Senior Disciple Brother, but that coward had already collapsed onto the ground.

Then she suddenly heard Qin Jun mutter, "Golden Core Realm... I wonder how many Experience Points I'd get for killing one..."