Chapter 138: The Mysterious Woman Makes Her Move

Although Li Wei was already at the seventh heaven of the Innate Realm and possessed extensive knowledge, he had never heard of an ancient supreme frost beast like the Nether Crow. It was likely that no one throughout the entire Great Xia Empire knew of the ancient supreme frost beast Nether Crow, nor of the Nether Crow Finger. That technique was a simplified version of the Ten Desolations Nether Crow Finger, a soul-based martial art. Therefore, even with all his broad experience, Li Wei could not figure out what had just happened.

However, Li Wei was certain that the grey avian phantom from a moment ago was by no means an ordinary bird, and its tier was far superior to that of a Fire Hawk.

The dining hall was plunged into a dead silence. Shortly after, the entire establishment erupted into a frenzy. It must be said that defeating someone at the peak of the third heaven of the Innate Realm while only being at the first heaven—if one had to use a single word to describe it, it could only be monstrous; he was an absolute monster.

There was a gap of nearly four tiers between the two of them. Boss Zhu was on the verge of stepping into the fourth heaven of the Innate Realm; to say that half of his foot had already crossed into the fourth heaven was no exaggeration.

It was not that the Great Xia Empire lacked individuals capable of cross-tier combat. Take the premier prodigy of the empire, Shen Tai of the Sky Net Sect; he was a genius in every sense of the word. His most famous battle involved defeating a fellow sect senior at the sixth heaven of the Innate Realm while he himself was only at the third heaven, thereby cementing his status as the number one prodigy of the Great Xia Empire. Defeating a senior martial brother across three tiers earned him boundless glory for a time.

However, according to those present, while Shen Tai was indeed a genius, his victory had been hard-fought and he had sustained injuries, not to mention that his cultivation methods, martial arts, and weapons were all vastly superior to those of his senior brother.

Someone like Lu Han, who spanned nearly four tiers, had never appeared in the Great Xia Empire—at least not in the past few centuries.

"Could cross-tier combat really be this simple nowadays?" someone murmured.

In recent years, the Great Xia Empire had seen no shortage of geniuses, such as Shen Tai the young sect master of the Sky Net Sect, Zhu Honglang the young master of the Blood Spider Wharf—one of the three major sects—and Le Wuliang the disciple of the Pill King. Every single one of them was a prodigy capable of cross-tier battles.

"Eldest... Eldest Brother!" Among the four men, two had been defeated by Lu Han, one was currently treating the injuries of the man before him, and another stepped forward to help up Boss Zhu, who was coughing up blood incessantly.

Wu Yong, on the other hand, showed not a trace of panic at the moment, only pointing continuously at the two defeated men and cursing bitterly.

"The two of you, why are you still bothering with those two pieces of trash? Hurry up and slaughter this brat for me, and remember not to harm my beauty." Wu Yong paid no heed to their injuries whatsoever, a flash of fiery desire appearing in his eyes as he looked toward the mysterious woman.

The two men exchanged glances, a trace of anger surfacing in both of their eyes. Over the years, they had guarded Wu Yong and hovered on the brink of life and death countless times, yet in Wu Yong's eyes, they were now inferior to a mere woman.

Boss Zhu seemed to sense their emotional fluctuation.

"Second Brother, Fourth Brother, listen to the young commander and go slaughter that brat," Boss Zhu said in a slightly disarrayed voice.

"But, you and Third Brother—"

"There are no buts! Have you forgotten what we promised the old commander? Cough, cough..." Boss Zhu widened his eyes as he spoke. Speaking so many words made his breathing even more disordered, and he coughed twice.

Boss Zhu seemed to command great authority among the three. "Hurry up and go! Third Brother and I aren't dead yet. Killing that brat will also be considered avenging us!"

"Understood, Boss!"

"Truly a pair of good-for-nothings, dawdling and dragging your feet!" Wu Yong did not forget to hurl an insult.

The two men lowered their wounded eldest and third brothers, and prepared to charge toward Lu Han.

Suddenly, the mysterious woman who had been watching from the sidelines all along tapped the tips of her toes and instantly vaulted over the heads of the two men.

Clad in white palace attire, she looked like a celestial fairy descending from the nine heavens.

"What! Doesn't she have zero cultivation?" someone cried out in shock.

Earlier, everyone had observed that the mysterious woman possessed no cultivation whatsoever, and thus subconsciously assumed she was not a martial artist. Never had they expected her to suddenly leap over the heads of those two men, and her speed was so swift that it was faster, if anything, than Lu Han executing his Sword Shadow Phantom Body.

"Indeed, how could someone hanging out with that monstrous youth possibly be an ordinary person!" Li Wei beside him wore an expression that suggested this was only how things should be.

The surrounding people also nodded successively. They were unaware that the mysterious woman and Lu Han were complete strangers, and that Lu Han didn't even know her name. In fact, Lu Han's understanding of the mysterious woman was limited to the distressing realization that he could neither defeat her nor outrun her.

Since Lu Han and the mysterious woman had entered the dining hall together and shared a table, everyone naturally assumed they were companions.

"That direction—she's heading straight for Wu Yong!" many people thought to themselves.

"It's over. This woman suddenly attacking—it's too fast. Wu Yong is probably done for!"

The Evil Wind Beast poked its head out from beneath someone's feet at an unknown moment, covered its eyes with its tail, and muttered, "This blockhead—being useless is one thing, but he completely lacks any sense of situational awareness. I have no idea how he has managed to survive until now. Is that little grandmistress someone you can afford to provoke? Even Lord Evil Wind wouldn't dare to be overly presumptuous. Lord Evil Wind simply can't bear to watch your miserable end."

Everyone in the arena knew Wu Yong was in grave danger now, with the sole exception of the person involved, Wu Yong himself.

"Beauty, she's actually coming toward my direction. Hehe, this young master really does have some charm after all," Wu Yong thought to himself.

Gazing at the mysterious woman who resembled a fairy of the nine heavens, a trail of drool dripped from the corner of his mouth like a lovesick fool.

"Hmph!" Vaulting past the two men, the mysterious woman landed and let out a light snort.

The two of them stood about a meter apart.

The mysterious woman extended her slender arm and delivered a palm strike toward Wu Yong.

A visible surge of primordial Qi shot straight toward Wu Yong's Dantian.

"Sizzle, sizzle!"

The Qi slammed directly into Wu Yong's Dantian, immediately emitting a burst of freezing frost.

Not far away, Lu Han's gaze narrowed, a rare look of gravity appearing on his face.

"This freezing chill is even stronger than my Heavenly Frost Qi—no, to be more precise, it is much stronger! Could it be that she possesses a single ice attribute?" Lu Han rubbed his chin in thought.

The moment that freezing chill struck Wu Yong, the cold qi spread outward from his Dantian across his entire body.

"Crack!"

A faint sound rang out, resembling the shattering of ice.

"Ah!"

Wu Yong clutched his Dantian and let out a shriek fit for a butchered pig.

"Thud!" Wu Yong collapsed onto his backside on the ground, his face turning pale.

He pointed a trembling index finger at the mysterious woman and cursed, "Vixen, how dare you cripple my Dantian?"

"Young Commander!" The two men had originally intended to kill Lu Han, but the mysterious woman's speed had been far too fast. Before they could react, she had already crippled their young commander's Dantian.

For a martial artist, the Dantian was unquestionably the most crucial part of the body. The internal strength, innate force, and profound Qi they cultivated were all stored within the Dantian. Unless one possessed heavenly treasures or heaven-defying pills capable of repairing a Dantian, Wu Yong would be reduced to living the rest of his life as an ordinary person.

Ignoring Wu Yong entirely, the mysterious woman turned and slowly walked back to Lu Han's side.

At some unknown point, the Evil Wind Beast had scurried back to Lu Han's feet, slithering up his leg and coiling around his neck.

Lu Han flicked the Evil Wind Beast's head with a look of annoyance.

"You fellow, the moment a fight breaks out you vanish without a trace, and now that it's over, you show up?"

"Hehe, Lord Evil Wind was merely providing cover for you two from the sidelines, what do you know?" the Evil Wind Beast shamelessly retorted.