Ye Chuqi waved a hand, then turned to Lu Ronghuan, whose expression kept shifting. "Lu, don't get the wrong idea. It's not that I can't take you down with one stroke. I just want you to know what it feels like to have your life toyed with." Her gaze swept over the others, and her smile deepened. "That goes for all of you. Every time I see you, I'll beat you up. I promise I won't kill you easily. Really."
Everyone: "..."
Red Beard felt a little helpless. He gently pulled aside the girl making threats in front of him. Ye Chuqi was saying the most ruthless things with the cutest little face, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Ye Chuqi looked up at Red Beard, her big eyes plainly asking, What are you doing?
Red Beard gave Ye Chuqi a gentle push toward Ye Qinglan and smiled. "I think your idea's pretty good. We're only going to make them bleed. No real harm done, right?" He directed the last few words at Ye Qinglan.
Ye Qinglan rested a hand on Ye Chuqi's shoulder and nodded slightly.
Once Ye Qinglan realized these people were from Kabu Continent, he wanted to fight too. It wasn't that there was some irreconcilable hatred between them and Kabu Continent. It was that these people's conduct was despicable. If they hadn't happened to pass by and interrupt the slaughter, the adventurers and City Defense Army soldiers fighting Demon Beasts on the outskirts of the Lost Forest to hold back the Beast Tide would have been massacred, perhaps without even their bones left behind.
Neither Red Beard nor Ye Qinglan could tolerate that. But they had also understood Ye Chuqi: for now, they weren't to take these people's lives. She seemed to have