Yue Hua Is Ronan's Woman! Anyone Who Wants to Touch Her Had Better Think Twice!

But after taking their money, he knew that if he meekly admitted defeat today, he would be dead the moment he returned.

Under extreme terror, the burly man actually summoned a trace of reckless courage.

Enduring the agonizing pain of his bones creaking under the pressure, he struggled to raise his head and gritted out:

"You... so what if you're a Soul Saint?!"

"Heaven Dou City has laws!"

"Moonlight Pavilion sells fake goods and runs scams!"

"We... we're only here to defend our rights!"

"Is defending our rights illegal too? Do you dare kill someone in the street?!"

"Defend your rights?"

Ronan stopped and looked down at the burly man, a cruel curve forming at the corner of his lips.

"Moonlight Pavilion teaches noble etiquette and court music. It has never sold a single instrument."

"You brought a broken zither here to defend your rights. Do you really think everyone in the world is blind?"

Before he had even finished speaking, Ronan's gaze suddenly turned cold.

No one saw how he moved. They only saw a flash of golden light.

"Bang!"

A bone-cracking sound that made teeth ache rang out.

Ronan's right leg was like a golden steel whip as it smashed viciously into the burly man's chest.

"Puh—!"

The burly man vomited a huge mouthful of blood mixed with chunks of organs. As if struck by a battering ram, he flew backward like a ragged sack.

He traced a long arc through the air, flying more than twenty meters.

Then he slammed heavily into the wall across the street, leaving a massive crater in the thick brick wall.

Afterward, he slid limply to the ground, his fate unknown.

One kick, instant kill!

This scene completely shattered the psychological defenses of the remaining troublemakers.

"Ah—! Murder!"

"Spare us! My lord, spare us! We were ordered to do it too!"

"It has nothing to do with me! I'll never dare do it again!"

The dozen or so remaining men were scared out of their wits as they scrambled up from the ground.

They did not even stop to pick up the shoes they had lost, fleeing wildly in every direction while crying for their parents.

They feared that if they ran one step too slowly, they would end up just like that burly man.

After all, the name Golden Scale Blood Butcher carried tremendous weight!

No one dared provoke Golden Scale Blood Butcher!

Ronan did not pursue them. He merely swept his cold gaze over the surrounding crowd and the corners concealed in darkness.

That icy gaze seemed capable of piercing through every scheme and conspiracy, causing the spies with ulterior motives to lower their heads one after another, cold sweat streaming down their backs.

At that moment, the carriage door opened once more.

Tang Yuehua took a deep breath, calmed the turmoil in her heart, and stepped down from the carriage with graceful, dignified strides.

She wore a moon-white palace gown today, her bearing noble and inviolable.

Although last night's madness still left an almost imperceptible stiffness in her steps, in such a setting, she perfectly displayed the presence expected of Moonlight Pavilion's mistress.

Tang Yuehua walked to Ronan's side and calmly swept her gaze across the crowd. Her clear, authoritative voice echoed through the square:

"Everyone, Moonlight Pavilion is a legitimate institution of etiquette under the Heaven Dou Empire. It has always upheld elegance and purity."

"Today's incident was nothing more than malicious slander and framing by petty villains. I, Tang Yuehua, hereby declare that Moonlight Pavilion will never permit anyone to defame it at will!"

"If anyone dares come here again to cause trouble without reason, they will bear the consequences themselves!"

Tang Yuehua's words rang with conviction, instantly stabilizing Moonlight Pavilion's reputation.

Just as her voice fell, Ronan suddenly extended his right hand and wrapped it around Tang Yuehua's slender waist.

Tang Yuehua's body stiffened abruptly. She instinctively tried to break free, but Ronan's arm was like an iron clamp, firmly imprisoning her in his embrace.

Ignoring Tang Yuehua's embarrassed and annoyed glare, Ronan turned to face the entire crowd and announced in an extremely domineering, unquestionable tone:

"Listen carefully!"

"From today onward, Tang Yuehua is my, Ronan's, woman!"

"Moonlight Pavilion is my territory!"

"If anyone dares set their sights on her again, or comes to Moonlight Pavilion to cause trouble, they had better first consider whether their heads are hard enough!"

After saying that, Ronan completely ignored the shocked looks around him. He directly wrapped an arm around Tang Yuehua's waist and strode through Moonlight Pavilion's gates.

Only after their backs had completely vanished behind the doors did the silent street suddenly erupt in deafening uproar.

"My heavens! Did I hear that right? Golden Scale Blood Butcher Ronan is actually Tang Yuehua's man?!"

"No wonder Tang Yuehua dared remain alone in Heaven Dou City. So she found herself such a powerful backer!"

"Heaven Dou City is going to get lively now. Ronan's strength is famously terrifying!"

Like news sprouting wings, the information spread through every street and alley of Heaven Dou City within half a day, reaching the desks of every major power.

Golden Scale Blood Butcher Ronan was unquestionably a headache-inducing existence among Heaven Dou City's upper circles.

He was an unaffiliated cultivator with no background, yet he possessed an exceptionally rare top-tier mutated martial spirit.

Even more frightening was his record. At the Underground Spirit Arena, with only the cultivation of a Soul Ancestor, he had forcibly torn apart a Soul King.

That had been a Soul King famous for many years, with a long winning streak at the Underground Spirit Arena.

Yet Ronan had turned that Soul King into a dead king!

A few years later, after breaking through Rank 70, he had even relied on his powerful body and domineering dragon-type soul skills to kill a Rank 81 Soul Douluo across ranks!

The Heaven Dou Imperial Family, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and even Spirit Hall's Heaven Dou City branch had all extended olive branches to him, offering generous terms in an attempt to recruit him.

But Ronan had rejected every offer, and his attitude had been extremely forceful.

In this world, unaffiliated cultivators who rejected recruitment from major powers usually did not live long.

Yet Ronan was alive and well, and his life had only grown more comfortable.

That was enough to prove that not only was he powerful, but his methods were also exceptionally shrewd. He was an utterly ruthless figure no one could afford to provoke.

Now, this ruthless figure had publicly declared that he was protecting Tang Yuehua.

The powers that had originally intended to kick Moonlight Pavilion while it was down after the Clear Sky Sect sealed its mountain gates, using the opportunity to curry favor with Spirit Hall—

Upon receiving this information, they all drew sharp breaths and instantly extinguished the greed in their hearts.

What a joke!

To please Spirit Hall, they would have to offend a lunatic who could break through to Soul Douluo at any moment and killed without blinking?

That deal was far too unfavorable. Unless Spirit Hall's higher-ups personally stepped in, no one in Heaven Dou City would likely dare touch even a hair on Tang Yuehua's head again.

Inside Moonlight Pavilion.

Although the disturbance outside had subsided, the noble students inside Moonlight Pavilion remained frightened and uneasy.

Most of them were young masters and young ladies who had never experienced bloodshed. Ronan's terrifying killing intent had scared them badly.