Picking a Fight
Hearing the slightly grating voice, the two turned in unison towards the direction from which it came. A young man, around twenty or thirty years old, with a skeletal face, stood arrogantly in front of Gu Qiuxi. He wore a flirtatious expression, seemingly extending an invitation. "Beautiful lady, name your price? I guarantee you'll never forget it."
Upon hearing this, Gu Qiuxi immediately revealed a frosty expression, making no attempt to hide her disgust. "Get out!" She rejected this repulsive skull-faced man without any mercy.
However, even after such a harsh rejection, the skull-faced man maintained his ugly smile and continued to persuade her, "My beauty, don't be like this! I promise I won't let you suffer any losses."
Before he could finish speaking, he tried to put his arm around Gu Qiuxi's fair shoulders, but his action only elicited a fist the size of a small sandbag in response.
"Bang!!!!!" The skull-faced figure was shot away as if by a missile, flying away from the scene like a bullet. His figure drew an arc in the air before crashing heavily to the ground some distance away.
This scene left the people around them dumbfounded, while Gu Qiuxi coldly watched the skull face that had fallen and was covered in dust, as if everything that had just happened was nothing more than a piece of cake.
Seeing this scene, Xu Xingyu couldn't help but sigh inwardly. As the inheritor of the Golden Dragon King, Gu Qiuxi's power was truly astonishing.
Based on his observation, Gu Qiuxi seemed to have easily shattered over 90% of the skull's bones with that attack. Furthermore, Gu Qiuxi appeared to have incorporated a trace of internal energy, and judging from the location of that internal energy's transmission, the skull would forever lose something very important.
Whether it's Gu Qiuxi's own immense strength or her control over her own power, Xu Xingyu is certain that Gu Qiuxi's actual combat strength is comparable to that of Titled Douluo in the Douluo Continent, and she is not without the ability to fight even a Super Douluo.
If one were to criticize Gu Qiuxi, others might think she overreacted and went too far, but Xu Xingyu wouldn't say that. Based on his observations of the Power of Destiny, he could say without hesitation that this skull-faced man was someone who deserved to die.
Even if Gu Qiuxi hadn't gone that far, Xu Xingyu would have found an opportunity to completely eliminate this person afterward.
It wasn't just because this skull-faced man dared to flirt with Gu Qiuxi, but also because, according to his detection, this young man had already slept with countless women and destroyed the happy lives of countless women.
Without a doubt, he was a born scoundrel, a scoundrel spoiled by some high-ranking official. Such a person cannot be brought to justice through normal channels, so killing him here can be seen as giving some peace to the women who were harmed because of him.
Just then, ten black figures rushed towards the skull-faced figure, shouting, "Young Master!!!"
As expected, this was a man in black, the same bodyguard or something similar to the skull-faced guy who had been knocked away by Gu Qiuxi earlier. Some of them immediately checked the skull-faced guy's injuries, while others kept a close watch on Gu Qiuxi, the one who had caused the incident.
However, Gu Qiuxi, unfazed by the men in black's menacing gaze, turned to Xu Xingyu with a bored expression and said, "Let's go back. That incident just ruined my shopping mood. Anyway, since Hydraulic is leaving tomorrow, let's just go back and get some rest."
Xu Xingyu and Ya Lin'er both nodded indifferently. To be honest, neither of them was interested in shopping. If they weren't out buying supplies, they wouldn't want to waste their time and would instead spend the rest of the time cultivating.
The only pity is that a suitable Xin Metal -type Magic Power weapon for Ya Lin'er still couldn't be found. If Xu Xingyu's memory is correct, Ya Lin'er's weapon in the future seems to be a giant pair of scissors, which, like a certain assassin's, can be split in the middle and used as two swords.
In the original work, Ya Lin'er, also known as A Jin, also wields a giant pair of scissors as a weapon. The name is quite frightening, something like Widow Maker or Eunuch Maker, which is basically a weapon that is extremely unfriendly to men.
It seems I'll have to be more careful around Ya Lin'er in the future. Although I don't know if the big scissors she'll use in the future are a modified version of the ones in the original story, they're definitely inspired by them.
But just as the three were about to return to the inn, a sinister voice rang out on the street. "Who gave you permission to leave! You beat up our young master and just walk away like that? Who gave you that right?!"
The speaker was one of the ten men in black, seemingly wanting to avenge his young master. However, to Xu Xingyu and the others' surprise, the skull-faced man who had been knocked away earlier hadn't fainted. Instead, he was being supported by the men in black and, with a furious expression, pointed at Xu Xingyu and the others, shouting, "Bastards!!! Elder Cao, capture those three! Kill the men, and I'll sell the women to a brothel for everyone to ride!!!"
After saying that, apart from the Yi Wood element black-clad man who was treating the skull-faced man, the other black-clad men had somehow surrounded Xu Xingyu and the other two and released their Yin Yang Crown, ready to capture them at any moment.
Xu Xingyu remained completely calm in the face of the situation. Instead, she began to carefully observe the strength of these men in black. Overall, considering their age, their strength was quite good, with their cultivation levels ranging from Five Crowns to Seven Crowns. Moreover, each of the ten men in black possessed one of the five elements of Yin-Yang Five Elements (indicating that five of them were effeminate).
The moment they surrounded Xu Xingyu and her companions, the ten men in black used their Yin-Yang Five Elements attributes to form a Five Elements Barrier, trapping Xu Xingyu three and preventing them from escaping.
Judging from the appearance, this skull-faced person is also a very important person in the West Metal Empire, otherwise he wouldn't have such high-quality bodyguards, and might even be connected to that merchant guild called "Foolish and Rich".
But so what? Neither Xu Xingyu, Gu Qiuxi, nor Ya Lin'er are troublemakers, but that doesn't mean they're fearless. If anyone dares to offend them, or even tries to insult them or take their lives, they will retaliate without hesitation with overwhelming force!
Xu Xingyu looked at the two women beside her. They had already taken out their weapons and nodded to Xu Xingyu, indicating that they were ready to teach these arrogant people a lesson at any time.
Seeing this, Xu Xingyu released her Yin Yang Crown and said slowly, "Alright, let's stretch our shins a little, consider it a warm-up before leaving the West Metal Empire."