"That's settled then. I'll take Zun to keep the Black Dragon in check." Xia Xiang compromised. She would personally oversee things, at least to give Huai'an an explanation.

"Ji'an, lead the group to separately surround and kill those martial corpses, and lock them up with handcuffs specially made by Demon-Slaying Island. After you have them all under control, give me the signal, and we'll deal with Black Dragon together."

Everyone nodded and began forming teams.

“Arthur…” Cai Wuxiong’s voice came through, “I’ll join you.”

Cai Wuxiong brought Cai Yunhan over as well.

Xia Xiang nodded at Cai Yunhan, and Cai Yunhan responded indifferently.

When Ji An appeared, his breathing became slightly heavier, his gaze wandered, and he seemed somewhat uneasy. Xia Xiang noticed all of this.

"No," Wang Yase immediately refused, "It's too dangerous."

"We definitely must go together," Cai Wuxiong insisted.

"Let's go together," Xia Xiang advised. "Wu Xiong is very capable; she can help."

"No... Wu Xiong," Cai Wu Xiong said with difficulty, "Yes, sister-in-law..."

Everyone looked at the earnest and adorable Cai Wuxiong and the helpless King Arthur, and they all tacitly put on maternal smiles.

——

After Xia Xiang arrived, the Martial Law Enforcement Hall was almost demolished; how could Black Dragon possibly swallow this insult? But that reckless brat Xia Xiang took the Corpse Lord away; she probably didn't expect he could sense the Lord's location.

When the Black Dragon finished tidying up, he began to search for the Venerable One, but he didn't expect to find him so quickly.

Xia Xiang was sunbathing on the grass with Zun, and she even thoughtfully put a cartoon face mask on Zun.

"Xia Xiang, how dare you just lie here blatantly enjoying the sunshine?" Black Dragon was even angrier, gritting his teeth as he spoke. How could she so easily sunbathe after doing so many bad things!

"You're blocking my way, uncle." Xia Xiang opened one eye and said lazily.

Black Dragon immediately unleashed his demonic powers in an attempt to regain control of the Venerable One, but was directly stopped by Xia Xiang's Demon-Slaying Slash at the neck.

“Demon-slaying warrior, you can’t kill me,” the black dragon said fearlessly. “Strictly speaking, I am not a demon yet, and your Demon-slaying Slash cannot harm me.”

“Yes,” Xia Xiang nodded, “but if I say it’s a kitchen knife, then it is a kitchen knife.”

The light of the Demon-Slaying Slash went out and dimmed again, as if in rebuttal.

"What do you want?" Black Dragon asked.

This isn't a compromise at all; it's just a delaying tactic. He's already sent the martial corpses to find Wang Dadong and the others. Soon, it will be Xia Xiang who's going to be crying.

Xia Xiang moved the Demon-Slaying Slash even closer. "Guess?"

"No guessing," Black Dragon directly refused.

"Then you might as well surrender," Xia Xiang said, and was about to chop him down.

"Wait!" A familiar voice called out.

Xia Xiang rolled her eyes in disgust.

Time seemed to stand still. Birds hovered in mid-air, butterflies remained motionless, and the sun, devoid of warmth, inexplicably irritated everyone.

"Principal, I'm very obedient. I didn't offend anyone; he's the one who provoked me," Xia Xiang said innocently. "I was just enjoying some sunshine here."

"Xia Xiang, they've basically brought the zombies under control; the rest can be handled," Qian Laiye said with a smile.

"It's not that I don't want you to do it, it's just that you've done what you were supposed to do, so leave the rest to them."

Qian Laiye smiled slightly, waved his hand, opened a spatial vortex, and pushed Xia Xiang directly into it.

Time returned to normal, leaving only the Black Dragon and the still-sleeping Martial Corpse Lord in the same spot.