Show of Force

"You dare bring a thief to Forget Worries Pavilion?"

The black shadow leader heard the angry shout and looked up in alarm, seeing Ye Hanxue and Ye Zifeng descend from the sky, radiating an aura of terror. Ye Hanxue's body shimmered with five Soul Rings: yellow, purple, and black. Ye Zifeng's body also shimmered with five Soul Rings: yellow, purple, and black.

"Huayang Needle Technique."

"Departure - Meteor Shower."

Watching the flying needles and a sky full of flames rush towards him, the black shadow leader jumped. He quickly concentrated his power to expel the silver needles from his body, recovering a small portion of his Soul Power, and swiftly dodged the siblings' attack.

"Ding!"

"Boom!"

The black shadow leader looked towards his original position and saw a large pit had suddenly appeared there, shocking him.

"This power is actually from two Soul Kings?"

"Even an ordinary Soul Sage wouldn't be able to produce such power. It's too terrifying!"

The black shadow leader thought for a moment, forcing himself to calm down, and looked up at the siblings.

"Gentlemen, I meant no offense. I was merely entrusted to retrieve something. It has nothing to do with us!"

Ye Hanxue, upon hearing this, angrily said, "Hmph, entrusted to retrieve something? To steal something?"

"It's quite something to be so shameless about admitting to stealing!"

"What does that make Forget Worries Pavilion?"

She then flung another Huayang Needle towards the black shadow leader.

Seeing this, the black shadow leader could only dodge the needle aimed at him and threatened Ye Hanxue.

"Little girl, I'm a powerful Soul Sage. If you provoke me, you won't have a good time. How about we each take a step back?"

"What do you think?"

The black shadow leader seemed calm while threatening, but the reality was that he was in a terrible state, having been messed with for so long within Forget Worries Pavilion and recently poisoned.

Although the two of them looked young, their combat power was far from ordinary. Her poison and flying needles were incredibly powerful. Based on his experiences within Forget Worries Pavilion, her brother definitely possessed the ability to control elements. If the two siblings joined forces, he wouldn't be able to defeat them; they were also classified as agility-type Soul Masters, not combat-type.

Hearing the black shadow leader's words, Ye Hanxue hesitated, carefully considering his words. But the family's cleverest member, Ye Zifeng, immediately analyzed the situation.

"Hehe, you were played around with quite a bit in Forget Worries Pavilion, and you were also pierced by my sister's Huayang Needle just now. I suspect you're already poisoned, and your Soul Power is barely functioning now, right?"

Hearing Ye Zifeng's words, Ye Hanxue immediately reacted and angrily shouted towards the black shadow leader, "You dare deceive me! Prepare to die."

She then flung another Huayang Needle towards the black shadow leader.

Seeing his scheme exposed, the black shadow leader frantically channeled all the Soul Power he could, and his fourth Soul Ring lit up.

"I'll fight you both!"

"Fourth Soul Skill - Dark Soul Devouring Claw."

In an instant, countless black giant claws appeared around the black shadow leader, reaching towards Ye Hanxue.

Seeing the black shadow leader counterattack, Ye Zifeng worried that his older sister would be hurt, and quickly took action.

"Zhen Character - Lightning Law!"

A pure white bolt of lightning, more swift than the needles, shot towards the black shadow leader.

"Boom!"

A tremendous explosion echoed through the air. All the black giant claws were shattered by the lightning, which continued to strike the black shadow leader.

With his current strength, Ye Zifeng's lightning wouldn't normally be able to easily shatter the black shadow leader's fourth Soul Skill. However, because the black shadow leader's skill belonged to a dark Soul Skill and his own Soul Power was insufficient, the fourth Soul Skill's power couldn't be fully unleashed. Furthermore, lightning was a force of pure yang, repelling all evil, perfectly countering the black shadow leader's fourth Soul Skill.

Immediately after, the lightning struck the black shadow leader, followed by the Huayang Needles, causing an explosion where he stood, accompanied by the black shadow leader's pained cries.

"Boom!"

"Shhh!"

"Ah!"

As the smoke cleared, Ye Hanxue and Ye Zifeng looked towards the center of the explosion.

They saw the black shadow leader, now barely alive, with not a single spot on his body untouched. His entire body was charred by the lightning, and three Huayang Needles had pierced his vital acupoints, his life force slowly draining away.

Finally, he could only gasp his last breath before the two siblings.

Ye Zifeng, seeing this, turned to the surrounding area and called out:

"Neighbors, my Forget Worries Pavilion was robbed tonight, so I made a bit of a commotion. Sorry for disturbing everyone. I truly apologize!"

He then gave his sister, Ye Hanxue, a look.

Ye Hanxue, seeing her brother's gaze, took a step forward and addressed the surrounding area:

"But Forget Worries Pavilion isn't a place where anyone can just come and go as they please. It's not a place to cause trouble on a whim. I hope you all won't cause trouble just because you're bored. Otherwise, you'll end up like these two."

She then flicked a drop of poison at the black shadow leader's corpse and the nearby black shadow underlings, instantly turning them into puddles of blood.

Having finished all this, the two siblings glanced at each other and headed back towards Forget Worries Pavilion.

Returning to Forget Worries Pavilion, Ye Zifeng was so tired he quickly found a stool to sit on.

"I'm exhausted, I've completely drained my Soul Power!"

That was right. Facing a Soul Sage of that caliber meant that every attack Ye Zifeng made was with his full power, leaving his Soul Power completely depleted.

Ye Hanxue, upon hearing this, quickly sat down across from her younger brother, Ye Zifeng.

"I'm fine. Aside from using Soul Power with the Huayang Needle Technique, I haven't used much otherwise."

"By the way, how are you so sure someone is monitoring everything outside?"

In response to her sister's questioning, Ye Zifeng adjusted his posture, poured himself a cup of tea, and slowly savored it, drawing out his words, "Of course."

Upon hearing this, Ye Hanxue looked expectantly at him. Then, a voice came from elsewhere.

"Of course not certain."

Hearing his mischievous younger brother trying to mislead her, Ye Hanxue's anger slowly began to rise.

Immediately after, Ye Zifeng continued, speaking in a relaxed and self-assured tone, "We made such a big commotion. Don't you think it's a little too quiet around here?"

"I just think that after we dealt with those two, it's too quiet, so I'm suspicious."

"Of course. If someone is monitoring, then let it be a warning to them. If no one's watching, even better."

"Anyway, it's always best to be cautious. Figuring things out is my job. Your brain is the size of a walnut; it wouldn't be useful even if you tried, you're not suited for high-intelligence operations like this."

"And I need to sleep now. I'm so tired today, I need a good rest. Don't bother me unless it's important."

After Ye Zifeng finished speaking, he headed towards his room.

Completely oblivious, he didn't notice that his sister behind him was already at her anger limit, slowly moving towards her younger brother and placing a hand on his shoulder, preventing him from leaving.