Fight to the Death

Zhao Meixian had not concealed her background.

Everyone soon learned that she was the eldest daughter of the Zhao Family, and she immediately took several girls from distinguished families as her attendants.

As for the boys, they treated Zhao Meixian with extreme caution, afraid of offending her.

After all, in the north, the Zhao Family was practically a local imperial court. Even a Golden Core Realm expert like Qian Ming was essentially a retainer of the Zhao Family, albeit one entrusted with ruling a territory.

The boys in the class all understood that unless they could enter a Super First-Rate University or advance to the Golden Core Realm in the future, they would not qualify to marry a noble daughter of the Zhao Family like Zhao Meixian.

Otherwise, the Zhao Family would never approve.

Although humanity had entered the interstellar age, the idea of matching social status had become even more entrenched than before.

Only Golden Core Realm martial artists or graduates of those Super First-Rate Universities were qualified to pursue a noble daughter from a super family of Konghe Star like Zhao Meixian.

Otherwise, the Zhao Family would never agree.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sisters! This is my birthday cake, personally made by a five-star chef from Skillful Hands Pavilion. It's delicious. Would you like to try some?"

Wei Xinlan carried two plates of cake over to Han Hongmei and Zhou Qiuju, who stood behind Zhao Meixian.

With a sweet smile, she handed them the cakes.

Han Hongmei said flatly, "Thank you, but we cannot eat while carrying out a protection assignment. Those are the rules!"

"Then I won't disturb you two any longer!"

A trace of disappointment flashed through Wei Xinlan's eyes. Suddenly, the cake in her right hand slipped and fell to the ground.

Han Hongmei reached out and caught the cake in one swift motion.

At that instant, a crystal necklace on Wei Xinlan's left hand suddenly cracked.

A large cloud of pink gas sprayed toward Han Hongmei and Zhou Qiuju.

Caught off guard, the two women inhaled a mouthful of the pink gas.

They immediately felt dizzy, and the True Qi within their bodies began to flow poorly.

"Miss!! Watch out!! This is a trap!!"

Han Hongmei swayed, shouted sharply, and gathered her remaining True Qi as she threw a punch at Wei Xinlan.

Zhou Qiuju gritted her teeth and likewise mobilized her True Qi, punching toward Wei Xinlan.

"Don't be so hot-tempered, Sisters! We might even become family someday!"

Wei Xinlan laughed lightly and retreated rapidly. The crystal necklace on her right hand instantly turned blood-red, and a scarlet blood barrier appeared before her.

Han Hongmei and Zhou Qiuju were both Hundred Refinements Realm experts. They could easily kill a Qi Blood Realm martial artist like Wei Xinlan with a single punch.

Yet when their fists struck Wei Xinlan's blood barrier, they only barely managed to shatter it.

Wei Xinlan took the opportunity to flee more than ten meters away.

"Not good!! There's poison in the cake! I can't move!!"

"Sleeping pills!! I'm so sleepy!!"

"Damn it! Wei Xinlan, why?!"

"..."

All the students present changed expression. Their bodies trembled, and they collapsed unconscious one after another.

There's poison in the cake? Why don't I feel anything? No, I do feel a little sleepy! My vitality is just too strong—the dose of sleeping pills wasn't enough!

Watching everyone fall, Yang Lie immediately reacted. He kicked off the ground and lunged at Wei Xinlan like lightning.

Wei Xinlan's lovely face changed. "Why haven't you fallen? Jiang Ye, hurry up and do it!!"

"Don't order me!"

With an angry roar, a tall man with short black hair, knotted muscles, bloodshot eyes, and a handsome yet ferocious face leaped out from the second floor of the villa, a long saber in hand.

He radiated the terrifying pressure of a Hundred Refinements Realm expert as he slashed domineeringly at Yang Lie.

"A Hundred Refinements Realm martial artist!!"

Yang Lie's expression changed drastically. True Qi boiled throughout his body as he activated the Vajra Skill, instantly covering himself in a layer of Vajra Force. He then unleashed Flood Dragon Fist: Flood Dragon выхода в море at Jiang Ye.

Clang!!

As fist and blade collided, a shallow wound was cut across Yang Lie's right fist, while Jiang Ye was sent flying dozens of meters away.

A grave look flashed through Jiang Ye's eyes. "What tyrannical strength!! This guy is practically a monster!! He seems to be only in the Essence Solidification Realm!!"

Four men in black darted out of the villa, wielding 12.7-millimeter large-caliber rifles and firing wildly at Yang Lie.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The dense barrage of bullets struck Yang Lie's body, only to be blocked by his Vajra Force and knocked flying aside.

"Die!!"

A savage light flashed in Yang Lie's eyes. In what seemed like an instant, he appeared before Wei Xinlan and drove Flood Dragon выхода в море straight at her.

"Don't!! Yang Lie, I was forced into this too! Don't kill me!!"

"Spare me, and I'll do anything for you!!"

Wei Xinlan's pretty face twisted with despair as she pleaded pitifully.

Bang!!

Yang Lie's fist smashed into Wei Xinlan's beautiful head. The terrifying force erupted, shattering her skull and splattering red and white matter across the ground.

"What a pity!! You, get him! Stop him!!"

A trace of regret flashed through Jiang Ye's eyes.

He immediately turned and leaped away, fleeing madly into the distance.

The four Essence Solidification Realm elites tossed aside their emptied rifles and charged at Yang Lie.

"I'll hold them off!! Go kill that guy!!"

Fang Lingxiu suddenly sprang up from the ground.

She unleashed the Vermillion Bird Palm, her strike carrying faint flames as it slammed toward the four Essence Solidification Realm elites.

"Alright!"

Yang Lie kicked off the ground and shot toward Jiang Ye like a cannonball.

Jiang Ye was extremely fast, but Yang Lie, whose body possessed the strength and speed of many ferocious beasts, was even faster.

Within a few breaths, Yang Lie appeared behind Jiang Ye and launched Flood Dragon выхода в море at him.

"Damn it! You forced me to do this!!"

Jiang Ye's eyes turned blood-red as streams of bloody aura drifted from his body. His speed surged, and he twisted strangely through the air like a bird, narrowly evading Yang Lie's attack.

Not good!!

Yang Lie's heart sank slightly as he frantically activated the Vajra Skill.

Blood Claw Skull Pierce!!

Jiang Ye instantly appeared above Yang Lie's head and struck down with a claw. Scarlet claw light and terrifying True Qi surged into Yang Lie's forehead.

Yang Lie's head buzzed as waves of agonizing pain shot through it. Blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.

Jiang Ye's expression changed slightly. "So hard!! This guy's Horizontal Training Martial Arts are incredibly powerful!!"

An ordinary Hundred Refinements Realm martial artist struck in the forehead by Jiang Ye's move would suffer reversed blood flow and chaotic True Qi, becoming his prey.

But when his claw struck Yang Lie's head, it felt as though he had hit steel, with little effect.

Blood flowed from Yang Lie's seven orifices, but a savage light flashed in his eyes. His True Qi boiled as he unleashed Flood Dragon Breaks the Sky, rising like an incomparably ferocious flood dragon into the sky before driving a fist into Jiang Ye's chest.