Conflict... But It Had Nothing to Do with Ling Wuyuan

Just as Deng Yong, Hou Jinxuan, Tang Shucheng, and Yang Zhengyu stood ready in utmost vigilance, prepared at any moment to unleash all their strength and deliver a thunderous blow to the enemy about to reveal themselves.

A burst of laughter suddenly came from within that Floating Rune Warship, which had lowered its own formation barrier.

Laughter that made Hou Jinxuan freeze for a moment in recognition.

But very quickly, the expression on her face shifted from wary readiness and stunned bewilderment to anger—or rather, embarrassed fury. It was an enormous change!!

Then.

Before she could speak, the owner of that laughter emerged onto the deck with two others, smiling as they walked.

"Jinxuan, it seems you still welcome me quite a bit."

"Just now, I hadn't even noticed you, yet you came knocking on my door yourself—"

"Originally, after seeing you avoid me for so many days in a row, I thought you hated me. Now, though, perhaps that isn't necessarily the case—"

The speaker was none other than Hou Jinxuan's old flame—or old nemesis—Di Zixuan, the man who had once crossed paths with Ling Wuyuan.

Faced with Di Zixuan's words.

Hou Jinxuan, who had always kept a straight face before Deng Yong, Tang Shucheng, Yang Zhengyu, and the others, had her composure shattered on the spot.

She had never expected that, even after hiding herself so carefully, he would still find her so quickly... And she had even revealed herself of her own accord.

Hou Jinxuan had originally intended to meet Di Zixuan only after completely accomplishing her goal, after proving to him openly and honorably that he had been wrong. Now, she felt nothing but humiliation and anguish!!

It felt like storming out after a huge argument, intending to return only after making something of herself and