Whoosh! Yuanen Yehui answered Xie Xie with an incredibly fierce attack.
Clang! Xie Xie parried with a backhand motion, but the next instant, sharp pain shot through his wrist, and his arm went weak and sore.
Xie Xie's gaze tightened slightly. He could feel the tremendous strength in Yuanen Yehui's strike. She had no intention of holding back!
"You three, leave immediately, or don't blame us for showing no mercy." Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Xu Xiaoyan stood in a triangular formation, blocking the three men as they spoke sternly.
"Xiaoyan, what's gotten into you?" Yue Zhengyu stepped forward to take Xu Xiaoyan's hand, but she abruptly drew her Star Staff and held it before her.
Yue Zhengyu flinched and stopped in his tracks. "Xiaoyan!"
"I'll say it again. Leave. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other." Xu Xiaoyan's pretty face was filled with resolve.
Disbelief filled Yue Zhengyu's eyes. "Xiaoyan, do you know what you're saying?"
Xu Xiaoyan took a deep breath. "I do. I, Xu Xiaoyan, have nothing more to do with you, Yue Zhengyu. You take your broad, sunlit road, and I'll cross my single-plank bridge."
Hearing Xu Xiaoyan's declaration, Yue Zhengyu instantly turned pale, his lips trembling slightly.
Suddenly, Yue Zhengyu looked toward Bai Qinchen, who was holding Yuan Bao'er intimately inside the room. Pointing at him, he demanded in a low voice, "Is it because of him?"
"That's right!" Xu Xiaoyan answered without hesitation.
Yue Zhengyu swayed. He had never imagined it would actually be because of Bai Qinchen. But why? He couldn't help turning toward Tang Wulin. "Wulin, why? Why have Xiaoyan and the others become like this?"
Tang Wulin drew a deep breath and stared coldly at Bai Qinchen inside the room. "I'm afraid Xiaoyan and the others are