The Snow Empress held a grudge.
She clearly remembered the old man shouting at her own Xiao Shuangbai.
So the main target of the sword she had just brought down was the old man.
Yu Yuanzhen was merely the secondary target.
She used Soul Power to wipe the blood from the Emperor Sword.
The Snow Empress wore an expressionless face, her features as still as a deep well. She seemed as calm as if she had merely crushed an ant.
If you dared to shout at her Xiao Shuangbai like that, you had to be prepared to pay the price.
As for Yu Yuanzhen, whose clansman had been beheaded right before his eyes, his face had turned livid.
Although the Snow Empress's action had not hurt him, it was no less than a direct slap in the face.
No, that wasn't right. It wasn't just a slap in the face.
She had practically ground his dignity into the dirt!
The instant the Snow Empress's sword fell, he had already realized that he wasn't her primary target.
But it was too late.
The Snow Empress's sword had been far too fast.
Before he could stop her, the old man beside him had already been separated from his head.
The two brothers, Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, saw this scene.
The fear in their hearts reached its peak.
If Yu Yuanzhen hadn't been there, they would probably have turned tail and run.
She had really done it.
They had never imagined that anyone would actually dare attack someone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!
Yu Shuangbai's expression was just as calm as the Snow Empress's.
Utterly composed and cold.
Although the one who had died was technically his clansman,
Yu Shuangbai felt nothing.
He wasn't heartless, but neither was he a saint.
When he left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had decided to sever all ties with them, and he wouldn't go back on that decision.
So in Yu Shuangbai's heart, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was no longer his clan.
It was just a strange sect.
Yu Shuangbai didn't care who died in some strange sect.
Besides, the Snow Empress had killed the man because she was standing up for him.
"You've gone too far!"
Yu Yuanzhen's eyes were bloodshot.
The lightning dancing around him grew violently wild with his anger.
"You bastard!"
His savage dragon claw, wrapped in blue arcs of electricity, hurtled through the air.
"Pathetic trick."
The Snow Empress smiled disdainfully, raised the sword in her hand, and met the oncoming dragon claw head-on.
The terrifying shockwaves from the collision of their powers made the floor seem to heave up. Fragments flew everywhere.
The nearby tables were crushed into powder in an instant.
This was bad!
The waiter, huddled behind the counter and trembling, peered out at the scene with only his eyes showing and silently cursed his luck.
It wasn't his fault, and he had no way of stopping them.
But this had happened on his shift.
The restaurant had suffered so much damage that he was sure to lose his job.
When the mighty fought, the little ones got caught in the crossfire!
Apart from a few diners whose curiosity was so strong that they stayed off to the side to watch,
the rest were so stunned by the terrifying spectacle that they fled the restaurant before they'd even finished their meals.
Yu Yuanzhen hadn't earned the title of Thunder Douluo for nothing.
Even against the Snow Empress, he didn't immediately collapse.
His dragon claw pressed hard against the Snow Empress's Emperor Sword.
Dense beads of sweat appeared on Yu Yuanzhen's brow.
The Snow Empress was even stronger than he had expected!
Yu Yuanzhen had already mobilized every bit of Soul Power in his body to defend himself.
By comparison, the Snow Empress seemed far more at ease.
Though she couldn't defeat Yu Yuanzhen in a short time, she still had plenty of room to maneuver against him, even as he fought with all his might.
"Why don't you two stop for now?"
Just as the stalemate began to settle in,
a voice suddenly rang out.
A young man in an expensive brocade robe approached slowly, a warm smile on his face.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince?"
Unable to withstand the bone-chilling power of the Emperor Sword, Yu Yuanzhen took a step back, putting a little distance between them.
He recognized the newcomer.
It was none other than Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, played by Qian Renxue.
He had met the Crown Prince once before, at a banquet hosted by the imperial family that he had attended as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's patriarch.
Though they had met only once, the memory of a Super Douluo was sharp enough for him to remember clearly the face of Xue Qinghe, the identity Qian Renxue had assumed.
Yu Yuanzhen hadn't expected to run into the Crown Prince here.
Qian Renxue walked over slowly.
Her gaze lingered on the Snow Empress for just a moment, so subtly that it was barely noticeable, then quickly shifted away.
Her movements were perfectly measured.
She didn't want to seem too presumptuous.
"Both of you, this is within the borders of my Heaven Dou City, after all."
"With strength like yours, a clash here could cause considerable trouble."
"I have no intention of involving myself in your affairs. But as Crown Prince, it is my duty to step in. I hope you understand."
Qian Renxue spoke softly.
As if to prove her point,
the rhythmic tramp of footsteps sounded outside the restaurant.
The Heaven Dou City guards had noticed the commotion and had already surrounded the restaurant.
Their leader entered.
After a brief look of surprise at the frost-covered interior, he immediately spotted Xue Qinghe, the identity Qian Renxue had assumed.
He hurriedly bowed with respect.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
"Your subordinate noticed the commotion and feared trouble might break out, so I brought the guards over to investigate."
"It's fine. You may leave."
"This is just a misunderstanding."
Qian Renxue glanced at him and spoke calmly.
Her tone was gentle, yet carried the authority befitting the Crown Prince of an empire.
She certainly didn't expect these guards to be of any use.
Neither Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen nor the mysterious, powerful woman known as the Snow Empress was someone the Heaven Dou guards could handle.
Their presence here would only cause trouble.
"Yes."
Seeing that the Crown Prince had spoken, the captain of the guards, who had only come over despite his misgivings, quickly answered.
He waved his hand and led the Heaven Dou guards out of the restaurant.
Only after that did Qian Renxue turn her gaze back to the others.
"Senior, might I ask you to do me this favor and let today's matter end here?"
Although she had no desire to get involved,
her current identity was Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of Heaven Dou.
With something like this happening in Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue had to make a show of addressing it.
"Since the Crown Prince has said so, I'll let it go."
Yu Yuanzhen had already sensed, after exchanging blows with the Snow Empress, that he was no match for her, and fear had begun to take hold.
But as the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he couldn't back down first.
Now that Qian Renxue had offered him a way out, Yu Yuanzhen naturally took it.
That way, if the Snow Empress still refused to yield,
he would also have the Heaven Dou Imperial Family on his side.
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