"I am Shi Yuanyuan!"
Knowing full well that whoever was looking for her could mean no good, Shi Yuanyuan revealed her valiant side and stepped forward without the slightest fear.
"Good. So it is you!"
Rumble!
As heaven and earth first opened and Chaos split apart, an enormous palm seized her directly in its grasp.
"Release Shi Yuanyuan!"
A young man rushed from the crowd with a shout, a long spear tearing through the air.
Fan Zhen!
As the son of the Great General Who Stabilized the Nation, Fan Zhen excelled in long weapons. His spear flashed through the air like lightning, splitting space apart with majestic momentum. Waves of force, like an ancient tree with tangled roots, churned and boiled as they stabbed toward Fu Yuan.
"Overestimating yourself!"
With a flick of his finger, the spear shattered inch by inch. Fan Zhen came quickly, but flew back even faster. He spat out an arrow of blood and crashed heavily to the ground like a heap of mud. One look was enough to tell that half his life was already gone; without immediate treatment, he would surely die.
"You... why did you have to do this?"
Seeing Fan Zhen like this, Shi Yuanyuan shook her head, sorrow filling her eyes.
She had never paid Fan Zhen any attention before, yet for some reason, the instant he charged forward, a heartstring that had long lain buried and still twitched of its own accord.
Shi Yuanyuan had cultivated since childhood and had never considered matters between men and women. She had only been curious about Nie Yun, without any feelings between a man and a woman. Yet now, seeing Fan Zhen willing to die for her, her eyes reddened involuntarily.
"Why did you capture me? Tell me! I beg you, don't kill