For a moment, the air seemed to freeze. Su Jiu was puzzled. What was there to be proud of in being a household servant?
She examined the grandfather and granddaughter and found that both seemed badly injured, with clear signs of having been attacked. She asked them, "Is fighting allowed in Jade Sun City?"
The girl shook her head, her expression mocking. "The rules in Jade Sun City have always been made for ordinary people like us. Naturally, we aren't allowed to fight." They could only be beaten, but if pushed too far, she would dare to fight until the fish died and the net tore. All she had to lose was her life.
Su Jiu nodded, understanding what the girl had left unsaid.
After the girl finished speaking, the leader looked at Su Jiu with a touch of smugness. "If you know what's good for you, I'll let you live."
The instant Su Jiu turned her gaze toward him, an Ice Spike pierced straight through his shoulder.
The leader froze, then felt a chill in his shoulder. Only when he lowered his head did he discover that a bloody hole had appeared there in an instant. He staggered back several steps and sucked in a sharp breath. Only then did the pain begin to spread. He stared at Su Jiu in disbelief, as though he could not believe she truly had such audacity.
He heard the young woman say coldly, "And if I don't know what's good for me, what will you do?"
He pointed a trembling finger at Su Jiu with his uninjured arm, his face filled with shock and fury. "Seize her!"
The others hesitated. Their leader had the highest cultivation among the four of them, yet even he had been wounded without noticing a thing. If