When Tang Qinghe saw this scene, he felt a pang of pity for Zhu Zhuyun. She had only been demonstrating her skill when these people suddenly attacked her. They hadn't meant to hurt her, but some of them had been aiming to wound her badly. Even so, their strength was overwhelming, and she was already at her limit.
She was knocked off her feet and fell to the ground.
"Damn it! Those guys must be insane. They didn't go after that woman, but came after me instead!"
Xiao Chenyu had also been sent flying by Zhu Zhuyun, but Tang Qinghe, whose strength far surpassed his, showed no panic at all. He merely released his martial soul.
A black-and-white tiger appeared beneath his feet. In an instant, he transformed into a humanoid tiger.
"I knew it. Let me use my venomous insect to deal with him." The Nether Spirit Cat's four spirit rings rose beneath her feet. She released her venomous insect martial soul and was about to attack.
Tang Qinghe stopped her. "No need. Your martial soul is too weak. Leave him to me."
The Nether White Tiger's abilities activated. Three black spirit rings rose beneath Tang Qinghe's feet. He stepped forward, and with a flash, he completed his White Tiger Possession. His imposing figure vanished from sight, then reappeared before the three bow-wielding Spirit Masters. Black energy streamed around his body as he shot toward them.
In the chaos, the three men were swallowed by black energy. One crashed to the ground, another was thrown into a tree, and the last was sent flying into a wooden wall.
"What?"
In a scene just as sudden as before, Zhu Zhuyun's pupils contracted. Her four spirit rings flared, and she instinctively wanted to summon her martial soul to help the Nether Spirit Cat.
But before she could complete her possession, Tang Qinghe's right hand, wrapped in black energy, had already seized her by the neck. He lifted her entire body into the air.
Zhu Zhuyun was caught off guard. Tang Qinghe's grip was so strong that no matter how she struggled, it was no use. Her spirit rings and martial soul vanished, and she was forced back into her human form.
At the sight of this, the three bow-wielding Spirit Masters were stunned. The Nether Spirit Cat was stunned too, and so was Xiao Chenyu. Everyone was frozen in place.
Without using any spirit skills, he'd taken down three Spirit Elders in an instant and subdued a Spirit Master. He'd even seized the martial soul of a Spirit Master. What kind of strength was this?
It was simply terrifying.
Only the Nether Spirit Cat, who had spent three years with Tang Qinghe, wasn't surprised. She knew how powerful he was.
Smack!
The little instrument-wielding female Spirit Master slapped away the instrument in her hand and fell to her knees, begging, "No! Please don't hurt my sister. She didn't mean to harm you!"
"I know. Otherwise, she'd already be dead."
Tang Qinghe grabbed Zhu Zhuyun by the neck. She stood before him, tall and proud, and he couldn't help but wonder how she could be so bold.
Just a moment earlier, she'd been trying to help Xiao Chenyu. Yet now she was begging him to spare her sister.
Zhu Zhuyun coughed violently on the ground. She gulped down fresh air.
For a moment, she had felt the fear of death.
At the same time, she sensed the mutual pull between their martial souls.
She'd never thought that, in a place like this, she would meet a young Spirit Master with such powerful spirit power. He was about her age, and even if he was stronger, he couldn't be that much stronger.
He possessed astonishing spirit power, and his black tiger martial soul seemed to be similar to the White Tiger martial soul. There was even a possibility that it could fuse with the Nether Spirit Cat.
That was something worth investigating.
A moment later, with the little instrument-wielding female Spirit Master supporting her, Zhu Zhuyun stood up and bowed to Tang Qinghe. "Thank you for sparing me, Young Master."
Then she glanced at the still-dazed Zhu Zhuyun, looking a little suspicious. "I wonder if you'd let me take my sister with me?"
The Nether Spirit Cat sneered. "What, you haven't had enough? You're still trying to act tough in front of me?"
"Please, don't misunderstand. I'm not trying to bully her. I want to take her for treatment. She's lost too much blood, and if we don't treat her right away, she'll die. Once she's bandaged, I'll leave with my people." Zhu Zhuyun smiled bitterly.
"Very well." Tang Qinghe waved his hand.
"Thank you." Zhu Zhuyun answered, then helped Zhu Zhuyun up.
"This person seems to have a good heart. He was the one who wanted to hurt my sister, yet he's also the one who saved her. I really don't understand what he's thinking."
The Nether Spirit Cat watched Zhu Zhuyun's retreating figure, looking puzzled.
Tang Qinghe explained, "As the Star Emperor sees it, the Nether Spirit Cat and the Zhu family of the Netherworld Empire have been joined in marriage for generations. Because their families inherited the Nether Spirit Cat and White Tiger martial souls, they could achieve martial soul fusion and create the Nether White Tiger. Their bloodlines have continued through the ages. In every generation, the founding emperor would choose a Zhu family daughter to be his consort. Then, in the year the founding emperor turned twenty-five, they would compete. The winner would become crown prince, and the loser would have their spirit power crippled and be imprisoned for life, eventually dying in confinement."
"So that's how it is. The sisters were doomed to kill each other." The Nether Spirit Cat was shocked.
Xiao Chenyu asked in confusion, "If that's the case, why save the woman? Wouldn't it be better to let her die?"
Tang Qinghe said, "If that woman truly wanted to kill her sister, she would have done it a thousand times over by now. She's only just reached the point of being a Spirit Master. Rather than say she wants to kill her sister, she's more like a bystander."
As they spoke, Zhu Zhuyun had already taken Zhu Zhuyun into a room.
ps: Tomorrow we'll start posting early. The update time has been moved to 12:00 tonight. I'll be here when it's time.
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