The humiliation of the ant, the first display of strength

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The groaning sound of the wooden door under the heavy weight suddenly stopped, replaced by a more violent impact.

"Bang!"

The already simple door bolt broke with a sound, and the two shabby wooden doors were pushed open violently, hitting the walls on both sides, and then bounced back a little, making a creaking sound.

Dazzling sunlight streamed in from outside, outlining two arrogant figures and illuminating every inch of the dust inside. Leading the group was a thick-shouldered, round-armed woman named Wang, with a face full of flesh and a drooping mouth. Her gaze was marked by a certain harshness. Behind her followed a pointed-faced, monkey-like servant named Li San, who rubbed his hands together and wandered the room with a lewd gaze, finally settling on the frail figure lying on the bed.

"Tsk, you're not dead yet!" Old Lady Wang put her hands on her hips, her saliva almost spraying onto the bed. "You little loser, are you deaf? Didn't you hear me just now? Hurry up and hand over what Young Master Wolf wants! Don't refuse a toast and then drink a forfeit!"

Li San also chimed in sarcastically, "That's right, why are you lying there pretending to be dead? Young Master Wolf is kind-hearted and will only break a few of your bones. If you don't behave yourself, I'll throw you to the wild dogs in the mountains next time!"

Foul words filled the small room. If it were the Ye Li of the past, she would have been trembling with fear, begging for mercy with tears streaming down her face.

However, the girl on the bed simply lay quietly, not even lifting her eyelids. The violent coughing seemed to have drained all her strength. Her breathing was shallow, her face pale as paper, and only her eyes, which had just opened, were bottomless, without the slightest emotion, like two frozen pools, coldly "looking" at the spider webs on the roof.

This disregard made the two evil slaves more angry than any resistance.

Feeling her authority was being challenged, Mrs. Wang stepped forward with her sturdy legs, "Hey! You really think you're such a big shot? I'll grab you and pull you up!"

Just as her dirty hands were about to touch the worn-out quilt—

Ye Li moved!

It wasn't her body that moved; her body still lay there weakly, as if it was difficult for her to even move a finger.

It was her right hand that moved!

The hand that had been resting weakly on the edge of the bed had, at some point, grasped a sharp piece of wood about half a foot long that had been broken off from the edge of the hard bed! The movement was so fast that it left only a blurry shadow!

No shouts, no warnings, only the simplest and most deadly moves!

"puff!"

An extremely slight, yet teeth-grinding muffled sound.

Wang Pozi screamed like a butchered pig and suddenly pulled her hand back, only to find that her palm, near her wrist, had been pierced by the rough wood stub! Blood gushed out instantly, dripping onto the dirty ground. The wood stubble lodged in the cracks between her bones, causing excruciating pain.

"Ah! My hand! My hand! You little bitch! How dare you..." Wang Po's face was distorted with pain. She was shocked and angry. She didn't see how the other party made the move!

Li San was also stunned by this sudden change and subconsciously took half a step back.

Only then did Ye Li very slowly and with great difficulty prop up her upper body with her elbows. Every subtle movement strained the wound on her chest, causing a fine layer of cold sweat to seep out of her forehead and her breathing to become more rapid. But she managed to steady herself with her strong willpower.

She raised her eyes, and her gaze finally fell on the two evil slaves.

That gaze was cold and dead, without a trace of human warmth. It was more like looking at two piles of rotten meat that were about to decay.

"It's so noisy."

Her voice was hoarse and dry, and she was barely breathing due to the serious injury, but it had a strange, scalp-tingling penetrating power and coldness.

"You want something?" She repeated these three words softly, a faint, yet icy arc at the corner of her mouth. Combined with her pale face and dark eyes, it actually showed a strange and weird feeling. "Okay."

Wang Pozi and Li San were stunned. They didn't expect her to suddenly give in.

But she continued in that infuriatingly slow, clear voice, "Let Night Wolf... crawl over here... kowtow and admit his fault. Perhaps... when I'm in a better mood... I'll consider... giving him a reward."

What? !

Wang Pozi and Li San couldn't believe their ears!

Make Young Master Wolf crawl over here and kowtow? Give him a reward? Is this loser crazy? Or has he been beaten to a pulp?

"You! You..." Mrs. Wang was so angry that she was shaking all over. She wanted to curse but her words were incoherent because of the severe pain in her palm.

Li San was a man after all. After being startled, he was furious. He felt even more embarrassed to be hurt and frightened by a worthless person he usually bullied. He sneered, "Little bitch, it seems I didn't hit you hard enough! Today, I'm going to teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents!"

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, strode forward, and slapped Ye Li's pale cheek with a palm-leaf fan-like slap! The sound of the wind showed that this slap was merciless.

If he was hit hard, given Ye Li's current condition, he would probably lose half his life.

The people watching outside the house—a few collateral descendants and servants drawn in by the noise—all held their breath, some even turning their heads away in dismay. They seemed to have heard the crisp slap and the girl's painful wail.

However, Ye Li's eyes remained calm.

At the last moment before the slap was about to fall, her body shifted inwards by half an inch at a seemingly impossible angle!

At the same time, her left foot seemed to be weakly stretched out from under the quilt a little bit, with her toes curled up, accurately hooking the edge of a slightly loose floor tile under Li San's feet when he hurried forward!

All this happened in a flash!

Li San attacked with all his strength, his center of gravity leaning forward. He didn't notice the insignificant obstacle under his feet, nor did he expect the opponent to dodge it - in his impression, this loser would only cry and scream while being beaten.

"Pa!" The slap missed and brushed past Ye Li's hair. The strong wind made her cheek hurt.

At the same time, "Ouch!" Li San tripped suddenly and completely lost his balance. He couldn't stop his momentum and fell forward like a rolling gourd!

And the direction he fell was exactly the corner of the hard bed!

“Bang!!”

A dull, tooth-grinding thud was followed by Li San's even more shrill scream. He slammed his forehead against the hard wooden corner of the bed, and his vision went black. Blood gushed from his forehead, and he collapsed to the ground, groaning for a moment.

silence!

Deathly silence!

Everyone inside and outside the house who saw this scene was stunned, as if they had seen a ghost!

what happened?

That good-for-nothing Ye Li, who allowed himself to be beaten and scolded, not only injured Wang Po with a wooden thorn, but also... caused the strong Li San to fall and get his head broken and bleeding?

She didn't even move! She just dodged a little, stretched her feet...that's all?

How is this possible?! Is this a coincidence?

But if it was a coincidence, then the look in her eyes at this moment...

Everyone's eyes involuntarily focused on the girl on the bed again.

She was still leaning there weakly, her chest heaving slightly, her face pale, and she was even gasping for breath because of the slight movement just now, looking even more fragile.

But her eyes were as sharp as a cold blade that had just been tempered. They slowly swept over the screaming Wang Po and Li San who was groaning on the ground, and finally fell on the shocked and confused faces of the onlookers outside the door.

Anyone who was swept by that gaze subconsciously felt a chill running down their spine, and no one dared to look him in the eye!

"roll."

A single word, hoarse and low, yet carrying an unquestionable command and a heart-pounding cold murderous intent.

Covering the wound on her hand, Mrs. Wang looked at Li San, whose head was bruised and bleeding on the ground. Then, she met his emotionless eyes and for the first time, she felt true fear from the bottom of her heart. Those were not the eyes of a useless person, but more like... the eyes of a demon crawling out of hell!

She didn't even dare to say another harsh word. Trembling, she crawled and dragged the still dazed Li San to her side, and rushed out of the hut in a panic, not even bothering to wipe the bloodstains on the ground.

The crowd watching outside the door also woke up as if from a dream, and quickly dispersed as if avoiding the plague, but everyone's face was filled with incredible horror and strong curiosity, and whispers quickly spread.

Silence returned to the cabin, leaving only a faint smell of blood.

Ye Li slowly loosened her grip on the wood stubble, and it fell to the ground. Her arm was trembling slightly. Just this brief confrontation and maintaining her momentum had almost exhausted the last bit of her strength.

Cold sweat soaked her undershirt, and waves of severe pain came from her chest.

But the coldness in her eyes did not diminish at all.

Weak, too weak.

This body couldn't support any of her exquisite combat skills; even staying awake was a struggle. Everything that had just happened was merely an illusion, created by her far superior combat awareness, precise judgment, and sheer ruthlessness. If those two had been even more ferocious, or if there had been one more person, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Must become stronger as soon as possible!

A strong sense of crisis and desire for revenge burned in her heart.

She closed her eyes and began to carefully search through the fragments of the original owner's shattered, dark memories. The original owner had lived most of her life in humiliation and fear, and her memories were mostly gloomy. But it seemed... long ago, to escape pursuit, she had mistakenly wandered into a remote area in the back mountains...

Did the air there seem exceptionally cool? Did it bring a little comfort to her bruised body? And, she seemed to have seen a three-leafed grass, gleaming faintly? But she was so frightened at the time that she quickly ran away.

This fragment of memory is very vague and almost forgotten by the original owner.

But at this moment, in the perception of Ye Li, the former supreme being, this became an extremely important clue!

Unusually cool air? Glimmering clover?

Ye Li's heartbeat quickened slightly.

That's probably... a spiritual herb with cold and yin properties! And where it grows, there's probably a very weak spiritual vein or a special gathering of earth energy!

For her useless body with extremely yin attributes, and the fragment of the reincarnation mirror deep in her soul that needs the nourishment of cold yin energy, that place may be her only hope at the moment!

A preliminary plan began to slowly take shape in her calm mind.