"Hehehe."
"Young Master Chen, blades and swords are blind. Should I accidentally injure that little beauty from the Han Family, it wouldn't be my fault," Xia Mang mocked before charging straight at her. Taking advantage during the chaos to gain a little advantage didn't seem like a bad idea. Though he couldn't savor a beauty of this level, even a touch would be a fine experience.
"Using a broken sword to embolden yourself? Playing the hero to save the beauty is just a joke without real strength."
Xia Mang's huge body created massive storms with each twist and turn.
A maw wide enough to swallow an adult whole in one gulp.
For a Magical Beast, fighting with its true body was clearly much stronger.
Xia Mang's strength was much greater than that of the two Hong Family Elders.
Han Xue, witnessing the scene, tightly closed her eyes, quietly awaiting the outcome. She hugged Xu Ran's waist; his body was the only thing that provided her with a sense of solidity at that moment.
"I hope your strength is really that great. If you defeat it, I will forgive you," Han Xue silently hoped in her heart. Right now, all she wanted was for both of them to be safe and wasn't concerned about anything else.
Whether the man in front of her had lied to her or not, the fact that he had come to her rescue was indisputable.
Hiss!
With one sweep of his sword, Xia Mang's body came to a halt mid-air.
A line of blood appeared at the center of its serpentine body.
Not even having time to feel fear, Xia Mang's body was instantly split in two, hitting the ground before its consciousness had totally faded.
With a thunderous crash, the huge body fell to the ground, and only then did Xia Mang, filled with delayed horror, look at Xu Ran.
I... how could this...?
I am a Dou Huang after all, and a Magical Beast's body is of extremely high quality; how could it be so easily severed?
As if cutting vegetables, the other's sword met not even the slightest resistance, slicing through his body with unstoppable force.
Xia Mang had much left to say, but his consciousness was fading away.
He knew the seeming young man he faced had far surpassed a Dou Huang in strength. That's why he seemed so fragile.
To end his dominating life like this... his heart was full of hatred for the Hong Family. If it weren't for them, how could he possibly have provoked such a powerful enemy? But he also knew that with his death, the Hong Family would definitely not fare well. Even a Dou Zong Expert might not stand a chance against this one.
"How could this be?"
"How could this be?"
"Am I seeing things?"
Hong Chen watched the massive corpse of the Magical Beast in disbelief. A Dou Huang level Magical Beast, infamous in the Northern Domain, was dead just like that?
To think, such a strong Magical Beast can only be killed by a Dou Zong, unless they take action.
Could it be that the seemingly young man was a Dou Zong or even stronger?
The mouths of the two Hong Family Elders were so agape they could have fit several eggs. No matter what, they had never anticipated such an outcome. Their Young Master Chen was already considered a rare talent and was even valued by the Elder of Feng Lei Pavilion; his future was boundless. But what sort of monster was this man? If Hong Chen was a genius, then wasn't this man a freak of nature?
As for Han Chong and the others, they foolishly stood there, their minds unable to process the situation for a moment.
"Okay, you can open your eyes now."
At this time, Han Xue still had her eyes closed, looking as if she was awaiting judgment.
Xu Ran couldn't help but vigorously rub her waist, wishing he could kiss her serene little face right then and there.
"You, you actually did it." Upon hearing Xu Ran's voice and smelling the intense odor of blood, Han Xue suddenly opened her eyes wide. When she saw the enormous corpse of the snake on the ground, she was dumbstruck.
In just such a short span of Time, a top-level Dou Huang Level Magical Beast was gone?
Han Xue couldn't help but feel disheveled in the wind!
How could this Dou Huang be so weak? Clearly, when she had been powerless before, the murderous aura of the Dou Huang Level Magical Beast on Xia Mang had made her very uncomfortable.
This man had actually killed this evil Magical Beast, and his movements were so clean and efficient.
One could tell from the smooth cut on Xia Mang's corpse that he had been split dead by Xu Ran's sword alone.
"How are you so strong? Didn't you say you wanted to be a pair of star-crossed lovers with me?" Han Xue couldn't help but get angry, puffing up at Xu Ran, her little hands pinching him forcefully.
Why are there such annoying people in this world! To joke about such a thing!
Is it really that funny? She was truly worried to death!
Had she known Xu Ran possessed such strength, she would never have been so frightened and nervous!
"Actually, I contracted a disease that prevents me from controlling my Dou Qi. Sometimes I can exert great strength, and other times I can't control my Dou Qi, and just have to be like an ordinary person."
"Do you think I would still believe your nonsense? Do you really think I'm a child?"
Han Xue's face turned red with anger, and she also felt embarrassed.
She had been treated like a child; was she that easy to deceive? She was obviously so smart; how could she have been fooled by such a lowly lie?
She had already been deceived once, and now he wanted to deceive her a second time?
Seeing Han Xue launch an even more intense attack on him, Xu Ran had no choice but to hug her tightly, pressing her body close against his.
The man's powerful grip made Han Xue feel for a moment as if her body was about to merge with the man in front of her, and their faces were also pressed together in an instant, and Han Xue suddenly became docile.
She, a stranger she had just met, was being held so intimately in his arms?
Previously faced with a deadly danger, Han Xue hadn't thought too much, but now that the crisis was over, she felt terribly ashamed. The masculine aura emanating from Xu Ran's solid body further disoriented Han Xue, making her feel flustered and out of her depth. And Xu Ran's hand on her back seemed to be not staying put either.
"If you keep moving, I will spank you." Xu Ran couldn't help but use his last resort.
Han Xue's body was naturally good, and her soft and lovely body rubbing against Xu Ran's as she wriggled was too much for even Xu Ran, who had tasted various beauties, to bear.
Han Xue, a girl untouched by worldly affairs, naturally would not understand the impact of these movements on a man like him.
"You wouldn't dare?" Han Xue said indignantly, startled by Xu Ran's bold and direct words.
"I'll stop moving, that's all," Han Xue said softly with her head down. Being spanked by Xu Ran was absolutely unacceptable to her. Especially with so many people watching, how could she show her face again?