Death Was Out of Reach

"Hmph! You can forget about it. I won't tell you anything."

The maid in the blue dress gave a cold snort and stood up expressionlessly.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two Golden Dragon Claws appeared in an instant and shot straight toward the maid's legs.

Crack!!!

Her legs snapped clean off. The maid in the blue dress collapsed to the ground, convulsing as she let out a piercing scream.

"Did I tell you to stand up?"

Qin Yuan walked over to the maid in the blue dress, his face expressionless. His icy, brilliant golden eyes looked down at her from above.

"You... just kill me! You won't get a single scrap of information out of me!"

The maid in the blue dress clenched her teeth and spoke through the pain, defiant.

"Heh, you want to die?" Qin Yuan let out a scoff.

"From the day I was born until now, you're the first person who's tried to assassinate me. What a surprise. I'm just a useless nobody in everyone's eyes, after all."

"You're useless? Hahaha! Then everyone in the world must be useless!"

The maid in the blue dress actually managed to laugh, though her laughter was filled with self-mockery and shock.

"Qin Yuan, I never expected you to hide your abilities so well. You have the talent to shake the entire continent, yet you're willing to play the useless nobody in everyone's eyes. What a grand scheme you have... You're so cunning!"

A boy of only thirteen had easily crushed her, a Soul King. Talent like his was one of a kind across the entire continent!

But she had misunderstood Qin Yuan. He didn't want to hide his abilities, either; he simply had no way to explain how his Martial Soul had leaped from Little Grass Snake to the top-tier Golden Dragon.

And his Soul Power had improved at such a terrifying rate.

It would attract the covetous attention of top powers like Spirit Hall. Even his uncle would make a move against him.

So, until he could protect himself, he couldn't possibly reveal his abilities.

Hmph, you think flattering me will make me let you go?

Qin Yuan thought viciously. He glanced at the maid in the blue dress and immediately used Teleportation to leave.

When he appeared again, an old man stood beside him.

The instant the old man appeared, he fixed the maid in the blue dress with a fearsome stare, as if he wanted to devour her.

The maid in the blue dress shivered. She felt as though a mad, vicious ghost had its eyes locked on her.

"Uncle Fu, make her spit everything out," Qin Yuan ordered calmly.

"Yes, young master." Li Fu's expression was dark and frightening as he walked toward the maid in the blue dress, one step at a time.

"You dared to assassinate the young master. You... deserve to die!"

For the first time, fear appeared on the maid's face.

Li Fu took out a short knife. He didn't attack the maid in the blue dress right away; instead, he honed the knife on the whetstone beside her, stroke after stroke.

The shrill, piercing sound of sharpening—enough to make one's heart stop—kept ringing in the maid's ears, battering at her soul.

The fear on her face grew more and more intense.

By the time Li Fu finished sharpening the knife, the maid's psychological defenses were nearly shattered. Yet she remained defiant and didn't utter a single word.

She glared at Qin Yuan, her face twisted with rage.

"You'll get nothing out of me in this life! Hahahahahahaha..."

Laughing wildly, the maid in the blue dress struck her own forehead with her palm. Her head split open, blood streaming down.

Her eyes began to glaze over rapidly.

Through her fading vision, she saw Qin Yuan's peerlessly handsome face, a playful smile on his lips.

"You want to die? Dream on."

A dense white light welled up in Qin Yuan's palm. He pressed it against the maid's forehead, and the split in her skull swiftly healed.

The maid in the blue dress came back from the brink of death.

"This... this... What is this? A miracle...?"

The maid in the blue dress clearly felt her life force swiftly returning and saw Qin Yuan's terrifying ability for herself.

Along with her shock, a vast fear that chilled her to the bone filled her heart.

She knew what awaited her next.

Li Fu's figure grew larger and larger in her violently trembling, shrunken pupils, along with the short knife he had honed to a razor's edge.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh..."

In the dark, cramped basement, the maid in the blue dress's agonized, despairing screams rang out without end.

Whenever the maid in the blue dress couldn't take any more, Qin Yuan used Life Miracle to heal her.

Then the maid in the blue dress would endure the same agonizing torture again and again.

Under Li Fu's cruel methods and Qin Yuan's peerless healing, the cramped basement became the maid in the blue dress's own terrifying hell.

The maid in the blue dress was stubborn indeed. She endured five rounds before finally begging for mercy.

"Ahhhhhhh... Stop, stop cutting me! I'll talk, I'll talk! Ahhhhhhhhh..."

She didn't want to experience the feeling of being sliced a thousand times for even one more second.

Li Fu didn't stop.

You think I'll stop just because you say so? Who do you think you are? I only listen to the young master.

"Uncle Fu, stop," Qin Yuan said when the maid in the blue dress finally gave in.

Li Fu stopped.

The maid's screams ceased, but she continued to moan weakly in pain. Qin Yuan hadn't healed her.

"Tell me. Who sent you?" Qin Yuan asked.

"It... it was Duke Li Hong of the Star Luo Empire," the maid in the blue dress replied weakly.

"Duke Li Hong of the Star Luo Empire?" Qin Yuan frowned, confused.

"I don't remember ever offending him. Why did he try to assassinate me?"

"I... I don't know, either. I was only following orders."

After asking a few more questions, Qin Yuan killed the maid in the blue dress.

He couldn't let her go, not when she knew his secret.

Then he went to complain to Qian Renxue.

"What?! You were assassinated?!"

Qian Renxue rushed over to Qin Yuan, shocked and furious. She examined him from head to toe more than ten times, and only after seeing that he was unharmed did she finally let out a breath of relief.

Qin Yuan said that Li Fu had acted in time to save him. Then he told her that after Li Fu's rigorous interrogation, the assassin had finally revealed the mastermind: Duke Li Hong of the Star Luo Empire.

"That old bastard?!" Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes, her killing intent surging.

"He does have a motive for sending someone to assassinate you."

"Why?" Qin Yuan asked, puzzled.

"Your father killed that old bastard's youngest and most beloved son on the battlefield all those years ago. He must have sent someone to assassinate you for revenge."

Qian Renxue's eyes seemed to burn with fury.

"That old bastard's lived long enough. I won't let this go!"

"Should we tell Uncle about this?" Qin Yuan asked after a moment of silence.

"Him? Hah. He wouldn't care about you, his nephew." Qian Renxue gritted her teeth. Then her gaze shifted, and after a moment's hesitation, she said:

"Xiao Yuan, if I accidentally kill him someday, will you blame me?"

At the question, Qin Yuan hardly even had to think. He had long since given up on his cold-blooded, heartless uncle, and the words slipped out:

"No. Whoever you kill, I'll never blame you."

Qian Renxue was taken aback. Her expression softened considerably.

"Me neither."

After Qin Yuan left, Qian Renxue's face turned cold.

"Snake Lance, Pufferfish."

"Miss." Two figures suddenly appeared like ghosts.

"Level Duke Li Hong's mansion. Leave no one... alive!"

Like the grim reaper from the underworld, Qian Renxue spoke each word slowly, her voice cold and merciless.