Ankhseram smiled, but Li felt that there was a hint of malice in her smile. "Indeed, your old man is pretty strong, and your mother is no ordinary person either. But do you really think bringing up those two will make me afraid?"
Li froze. Ankhseram was plainly provoking her. The other party had never meant to show off at all—Ankhseram was clearly picking a fight!
Still, Li wisely refrained from stepping forward. After all, compared to Catherine, Ankhseram had the better relationship with him.
Catherine frowned and blurted out, "There's no need for my old man to act. I can handle it myself!"
Hearing that, Li could not help rolling his eyes. Was Catherine really an idiot?
Sure enough, upon hearing Catherine's utterly thoughtless words, Ankhseram's eyes immediately lit up. Her long hair began to stir without wind as she slowly swept her gaze over Catherine's group of three. Almost instantly, three cries of pain rang out, followed by three figures falling out of thin air and crashing heavily onto the ground.
Li frowned. Those three had actually been following Catherine from the start. They were likely the so-called shadow guards, though he had never exposed them. Naturally, they could not hide from Ankhseram's eyes either, but he had not expected Ankhseram to tear away all pretenses at this moment.
The three showed no signs of yielding. One of them shouted, "Protect the princess!"
The three rushed toward Catherine, but Ankhseram snorted coldly again. With that snort, they were sent flying more than twenty meters away and tumbled across the ground. This time, they lacked even the strength to get back up.
Li could not help sighing. All three possessed strength around levels fifteen or sixteen, but most of their abilities lay in concealment. They were excellent for secretly