Zhu Zhuqing sprang to her feet and turned to leave.
But Dai Mubai took a long stride and blocked her way.
"Don't go. Since we don't have to compete for the family anymore, I've already prepared a room. How about we let loose tonight?"
His shameless words enraged Zhu Zhuqing.
"Get out of my way!" Zhu Zhuqing snapped furiously.
Insulted in front of everyone, Dai Mubai flew into a rage.
"I've been fawning over you this whole time, and you're still so cold. Who are you pretending to be so virtuous for?"
With that, relying on his superior strength, he reached out with a huge hand and tried to grab her.
Zhu Zhuqing was horrified.
"What are you trying to do?"
She was forced to stumble backward.
Just as Dai Mubai was about to get his way,
"Stop."
A voice suddenly boomed out of nowhere, carrying an immense pressure.
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's hearts jolted at the same time.
They both turned around in unison and saw a young man appear.
Dressed in black, with black hair, he exuded a faintly intimidating aura.
Coming to his senses, Dai Mubai gritted his teeth and demanded,
"What do you want?"
Tang Yu swept his gaze across the scene and immediately understood what had happened.
Dai Mubai, that womanizer, was trying to make a move on Zhu Zhuqing.
Tang Yu stood with his hands behind his back and didn't even spare Dai Mubai a proper glance.
"Get lost."
Dai Mubai flew into a rage, his anger ignited by that contemptuous attitude.
"What's it to you!" Dai Mubai shouted angrily.
Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes widened as she studied Tang Yu, wondering who he was.
"I'm already in a bad mood!"
Dai Mubai roared as his Soul Rings rose one after another.
"If you know what's good for you, get lost." Dai Mubai raised his chin arrogantly.
People around the plaza were drawn over.
Countless onlookers cried out in surprise. This person was so young, yet so powerful.
Tang Yu remained unfazed, carrying himself with an air of superiority and ignoring Dai Mubai completely.
His gaze passed over Dai Mubai and settled on Zhu Zhuqing behind him.
Being ignored like that enraged Dai Mubai.
"Then don't blame me!"
Dai Mubai's eyes turned bloodshot. He unleashed his Soul Skill, White Tiger Intense Light Wave, and blasted it fiercely at Tang Yu.
But before the beam could get close,
Tang Yu let out a deeply contemptuous snort through his nose.
In an instant, an utterly terrifying pressure crashed down.
The moment the beam Dai Mubai had just unleashed touched that pressure, it disintegrated.
His whole body trembled as the terrifying pressure slammed down on his shoulders.
"Thud!"
With no chance to fight back, he dropped straight to his knees!
Tang Yu walked toward him at an unhurried pace. With every step closer, the pressure crushing Dai Mubai grew stronger.
Dai Mubai could no longer hold out. At last, he was pressed face-down against the paving stones, limbs splayed.
The others in the plaza felt the terrifying pressure too. Their faces turned deathly pale, and they stared in shock.
Zhu Zhuqing was even more stunned, her mind completely blank.
Who was this young man? How could he suppress a Soul Ancestor with nothing but his aura?
With tears and snot streaming down his face, Dai Mubai felt like he could barely breathe. The pressure on him kept growing stronger.
Tang Yu didn't spare the lump of filth at his feet another glance. He simply stepped over him.
He went straight to Zhu Zhuqing.
"Did he hurt you just now?"
Only then did Zhu Zhuqing snap out of the lingering shock from that terrifying pressure.
Her slender waist instinctively straightened, while her ample chest, tightly encased in a leather outfit, continued to rise and fall uncontrollably.
Her usually cool, proud face was now filled with shock and disbelief she could not hide.
She hurriedly shook her head again and again. Her voice even stumbled over the words.
"I... I'm fine."
"Thank you for stepping in just now."
After speaking, she couldn't help lifting her eyes again, cautiously studying the young man standing before her.
He wore black and had black hair; his figure was tall and straight, and his features were exceptionally handsome.
Most importantly, he looked so young—at most, about the same age as her.
Yet this young man had faced Dai Mubai, a Soul Ancestor, without even lifting a finger.
He hadn't even bothered to release his Martial Soul or Soul Rings, relying only on the aura that had burst forth in that instant.
He had crushed a bona fide Four-Ring Soul Ancestor against the stone paving, leaving him struggling even to breathe.
That overwhelming difference in strength was far beyond anything Zhu Zhuqing could comprehend.
Zhu Zhuqing drew a deep breath, forcing down the tempest raging inside her.
She straightened her hem, folded her hands in front of her, and bowed deeply to Tang Yu with utmost solemnity.
It was a perfectly formal gesture of thanks.
"No matter what, I'll always remember what you did for me today."
Tang Yu calmly accepted her bow, but didn't immediately respond to her thanks.
He studied the girl for a moment before speaking slowly.
"You're Zhu Zhuqing?"
Hearing her exact name spoken by an unfamiliar young man,
Zhu Zhuqing froze on the spot, still bent at the waist.
She quickly straightened up and stared at Tang Yu, bewildered and astonished.
"You know me?"
As far as she knew, she had only recently arrived in Suotuo City, in the Heaven Dou Empire, and she usually kept a low profile.
Apart from a few people at Shrek Academy, no outsider could possibly know her true identity.
Faced with Zhu Zhuqing's question, Tang Yu still didn't rush to answer.
Instead, he openly looked the girl over from head to toe.
His gaze first fell on her exquisitely beautiful oval face.
Her fair skin was flushed with a healthy glow. Her features were flawless, without a single fault to pick.
His eyes traveled down her slender neck.
This girl really did have an exceptionally good figure.
The black leather outfit clinging to every inch of her body outlined her full curves—far more developed than those of other girls her age—with striking effect.
Especially her long, beautiful legs, held together side by side.
Wrapped in tight black pants and knee-high boots, they were not only straight and well-proportioned, but also irresistibly full.
Her breathtaking beauty bore a clear resemblance to her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun, whom Tang Yu had already taken for himself.
But compared to Zhu Zhuyun's mature, alluring charm, this girl carried more of an icy, stubborn aloofness that kept others at a distance.
There was a unique appeal to that kind of beauty.
After taking her in, Tang Yu couldn't help sighing inwardly.
According to how things had originally unfolded in my understanding, such a perfect cabbage had devoted herself to Dai Mubai, that hopeless, good-for-nothing piece of mud.
She'd really been soundly trampled by a blind pig. What a waste of a treasure.
Fortunately, things were completely different now.
The Star Luo Empire had already been crippled by him, so this cabbage naturally belonged to him now.