"It's okay, it doesn't hurt."

Xie Lingqin said, then looked at Xu Yiran, "The Emperor wants prisoners alive, which is our best opportunity."

Xu Yiran's eyelashes twitched. "What do you want to do?"

"You don't need to do anything."

Before Xie Lingqin could reply, a man in a black robe walked over from a short distance away. His voice was hoarse, like the rumble of a broken windmill in winter.

In his hand, he was holding a person.

Li Qingyu.

His face was dirty, his hair was disheveled, and he seemed to be...

"Xie Lingqin, you really didn't die."

Li Qingyu looked at Xie Lingqin, her voice fierce, "Why aren't you dead? Why don't you just die..."

"Smack—"

The man in black robes raised his hand and struck without any mercy. Then, he threw Li Qingyu, who had been acupunctured, directly in front of Xie Lingqin. "She pricked all ten of your fingers, so I pierced all ten of her toes and cut her hair while I was at it."

Xie Lingqin then noticed that Li Qingyu's shoes were not red, but stained with blood.

"Your Majesty, did I do a good job?"

Then, the man in black robes slowly turned his gaze to Nangong Feng.

The hood swayed in the wind.

Outside, shouts of battle suddenly arose, but here, all was quiet.

Southern Emperor?

It seemed unsurprising, especially for Xie Lingqin. She had expected this all along, but she hadn't realized that it was actually the Southern Emperor who had ordered the black-robed man to do these things to help her vent her anger.

Nan Fenghuang seemed surprised that it was her own father who had done this, and looked at him with disbelief, "Father..."

"Well done, but too light."

Nanhuang said, and with a swift movement, he crippled one of Li Qingyu's hands.

"ah--"

The agonizing screams startled the birds and clouds.

"Senior Sister?"

Outside, Qi Rufeng's voice could be heard.

“I am the Southern Emperor, Nangong Xingyun, Qi Rufeng. If you want this woman to live, step back; otherwise, you can collect her corpse.”

Nangong Xingyun's voice carried far and wide, so resonant and calm, yet it sent chills down people's spines.

This is the voice of the Southern Emperor.

Outside, Qi Rufeng was taken aback, seemingly not expecting the Emperor of Southern Qi to be there, and his expression became hesitant.

"ah--"

Another scream rang out.

Li Qingyu glared at Nangong Xingyun with hatred, "Your Majesty, you are the Emperor of Southern Qi, how could you treat a mere woman like this..."

“You are not a little woman.” Nangong Xingyun interrupted Li Qingyu directly, then kicked her, and Li Qingyu flew away like a kite with a broken string. Immediately afterwards, Nangong Xingyun waved his hand, and countless debris flew away in all directions.

"Defense, defense."

Outside, a sound came from inside, along with the sounds of punches and kicks.

"Charge in."

Qi Rufeng looked at Li Qingyu in his arms and immediately frowned before giving the order.

"Kill them, kill them!" Li Qingyu's eyes were filled with gnashing hatred.

This book was first published by Xiaoxiang Academy; please do not reproduce it!