I Would Cherish It Too Much! How Could I... Ah!

Zhu Zhuqing bit down hard on her lower lip, as though she wanted to crush all her pain between her teeth.

Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes like pearls from a broken string, trailing down her cheeks and dripping onto her face, which was as pale as paper.

At that moment, the anguish in her heart far surpassed her physical wounds. The despair of being betrayed and abandoned swallowed her like an abyss.

"Dai Mubai, if there truly is another life, I, Zhu Zhuqing, will never agree to be your so-called fiancée again..."

She murmured softly, her voice filled with boundless resolve.

As her words faded, Zhu Zhuqing slowly closed her eyes.

Seeing that she had stopped struggling, Zhu Zhuyun found it all rather dull.

She waved a hand and ordered coldly, "Do it. Remember, make it quick and clean. Leave no traces."

A Soul Ancestor subordinate nodded, the longsword in his hand gleaming coldly beneath the moonlight.

With a light swing, a fierce streak of Sword Qi tore through the night sky like lightning, hurtling straight toward Zhu Zhuqing.

Just as that fierce Sword Qi was about to tear through Zhu Zhuqing's frail figure, a thunderous sound suddenly rang out from the sky.

An enormous sword blazing blood-red came crashing down immediately afterward!

Boom!

The previously unstoppable Sword Qi proved utterly powerless before the greatsword, dissolving without a trace in an instant.

Saved on the brink of death, Zhu Zhuqing snapped her eyes open, shock and confusion flickering within them.

She stared at the Blood-Red Greatsword before her, which radiated an overwhelming aura, her heart filled with questions.

Who would come to save me?

Zhu Zhuyun and the four Soul Ancestors under her command looked around, yet they saw no one.

Then Zhu Zhuyun stepped forward and snorted coldly.

"Who are you? Why don't you dare show yourself?"

"Mobilizing this many people against one woman? You're a disgrace to the Zhu Family!"

A disdainful voice suddenly rang out.

Zhu Zhuyun froze. She had never expected this person to know of the Zhu Family.

She had assumed he was some ordinary man who had taken a fancy to a beautiful woman and wanted to play the hero!

"Since you know we're from the Zhu Family, you should know what happens to those who offend us!"

Zhu Zhuyun raised her head proudly.

She wanted to use the Zhu Family's power to cow him.

To make him realize he was nothing.

"The Zhu Family?" Chen Jue gave a soft, cold chuckle.

Then he leaped down from a nearby tree and landed steadily before Zhu Zhuqing.

His movements flowed like drifting clouds and running water. With a lift of his hand, the Sword of Destruction rose from the ground into his grasp.

Chen Jue withdrew his Sword of Destruction martial soul, then stamped his right foot hard.

In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains trembled, as though heaven and earth themselves were quaking.

Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings suddenly appeared, and the Dragon God soared into the sky, looking down upon Zhu Zhuyun and the others from above.

What?

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes widened, disbelief written all over her face.

Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings?!

Wasn't the best possible configuration for the first four Soul Rings supposed to be two yellow and two purple?

Was he a monster?

Chen Jue turned his head slightly, his gaze settling gently on Zhu Zhuqing. "Go on ahead. There's a woman waiting for you up front. She'll keep you safe. Leave this to me."

Zhu Zhuqing's gaze lingered on Chen Jue's face. As though drawn in by his sharply defined features and distinctive presence, her heart seemed to skip a beat.

Her heart, always as cold as frost, now seemed enveloped in a warm current, pounding fiercely.

A faint, shy blush quietly rose on her pale cheeks.

Handsome, gentle when he spoke, and so powerful!

Wasn't he the prince on a white horse from my dreams?

"But what about you?"

Chen Jue replied, "I'm a Soul Ancestor with four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. You think these pieces of trash could beat me? Are you kidding?"

"Huh?"

Zhu Zhuqing froze, then patted her head, which had apparently short-circuited.

Right! He had four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. Why was I worrying about him?

Zhu Zhuqing, oh, Zhu Zhuqing, why did your intelligence drop the moment you saw a handsome man?

Then she said somewhat shyly, "Be careful, then!"

With that, she left!

After watching her leave, Chen Jue turned his gaze toward Zhu Zhuyun and the others.

They were dumbstruck, staring like fools at his four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Their entire bodies trembled, fear and terror filling their eyes!

"What? Never seen anything like this before? I'll give you one chance!"

"Leave and live. Stay and die!"

Zhu Zhuyun came back to her senses. She glanced at her departing younger sister and breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at his Soul Rings and said incredulously,

"That Soul Ring Configuration is impossible! You must have used some trick. All of you, attack!"

The four Soul Ancestors behind her also recovered their senses and nodded.

Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings were simply too outrageous. No one would believe it.

The four Soul Ancestors exchanged glances, then charged at Chen Jue together.

Faced with the four Soul Ancestors, Chen Jue shook his head helplessly.

He had given them a chance. They were the ones who had failed to cherish it.

But this time, he did not want to use a Soul Skill. Instead, he wanted to try out his New Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

After all, Tang San had seemed to enjoy using his. Chen Jue wondered what it would feel like to use his own.

Then he looked at the four Soul Ancestors before him, raised his hand, and slammed it downward.

"Titan Right Arm Soul Bone skill, Gravity Mire!"

An immense pressure suddenly descended from above like collapsing mountains and a raging tsunami.

The four Soul Ancestors were instantly forced flat against the ground, utterly powerless to resist. Their bodies seemed bound fast by invisible shackles, leaving them unable to move.

"A Soul Bone? How could a mere Soul Ancestor like you possibly have a Soul Bone?"

Zhu Zhuyun's voice was filled with shock and bewilderment.

As far as she knew, Soul Bones were incredibly rare and precious. They were certainly not something a Soul Master at the Soul Ancestor level could easily obtain.

Yet the reality before her forced her to believe her own eyes.

"Is that so unbelievable? Something even more unbelievable is coming!"

A smug smile curled Chen Jue's lips as he sprang lightly into the air.

He shouted, "Titan Right Arm Soul Bone second skill, Titan Sky Cannon!"

As his voice fell, a terrifying surge of energy instantly gathered around his right fist.

The surrounding air seemed drawn by that energy, rushing madly into his fist.

In a flash, dazzling light erupted from his fist, a destructive power brewing within.

Chen Jue thrust his fist forward, unleashing that terrifying power in an instant. Like a brilliant star falling from the heavens, it carried boundless might and destructive force.

Under the impact of that power, all four Soul Ancestors instantly burst into bloody mist and died.

"One Soul Bone with two skills... It's... It's a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!"

Zhu Zhuyun was instantly scared witless, all her earlier arrogance gone.

She understood her situation well enough to know that she was now a fish on the chopping block.

She immediately dropped to her knees.

"Handsome... I was wrong!"

Zhu Zhuyun instantly put on a pitiful expression, especially striking with her exquisite figure and already attractive face.

She even squeezed out a couple of tears now and then, making her look utterly deserving of pity.

Unfortunately, Chen Jue was not buying it!

"I preferred that defiant look you had earlier!" Chen Jue said flatly.

Zhu Zhuyun pressed her red lips together, seemingly making up her mind.

I couldn't die. I still had to keep things in check...

To survive, this was my only choice!

She stepped forward and approached Chen Jue.

Then she knelt, raising her hands to undo his belt.

"Whoa! What are you doing?"

Zhu Zhuyun looked up at the flustered Chen Jue and smiled seductively.

"Don't you know what this little lady intends to do, my lord? Haven't I made it obvious enough?"

As Zhu Zhuyun spoke, her hands did not stop.

He had to admit that this move really did have an effect on him, but that little fox might be watching from behind!

"A woman with a heart as venomous as yours could even strike at her own younger sister. I'm afraid you'll bite it off!"

Zhu Zhuyun shook her head, her alluring face making Chen Jue's breathing quicken.

"I would cherish it too much! How could I... Ah!"