Bi Linglong also realized that the snowflakes falling all over the sky and the beautiful sword skills were none other than the Chu family's eldest daughter's ultimate skill, "Snowflake Divine Sword".
Considering that Chu Chuyan had even taught him her best skills, it was clear that their relationship was far more than just a nominal one, as everyone imagined.
For some reason, seeing Zu'an use other women's special skills always made her feel a little uncomfortable.
However, this emotion was quickly replaced by shock, because she saw Shi Tong's ultimate move being frozen directly, and then a beautiful sword light flashed, and Shi Tong's head fell off.
At that moment, she and Shi Tong had the same thought: how could Chu Chuyan's Snowflake Divine Sword have such great power?
Although she had never fought Chu Chuyan, she had seen her once and had heard about her cultivation level. While the Snowflake Divine Sword was indeed magical, it shouldn't have such great power.
Only Zuan knew best that he was not only using the Snowflake Divine Sword, but also summoning the Snow Phoenix at the same time. The two skills complemented each other, and the power they unleashed far exceeded what Chu Chuyan usually used.
However, she immediately felt a warning and hurriedly tried to dodge to the side, but her body went limp and her major acupoints on her back were already sealed.
"It's you guys!" Seeing the Gu brothers, who had grown up with her since childhood, Bi Linglong had never felt such disgust.
At this moment, the Gu brothers had no time to respond to her. Instead, they stared in horror at Zu An in the distance, their voices trembling slightly: "Zu, don't move!"
They were already frightened when they saw Shi Tong and Zu An evenly matched, so they decided to find an opportunity to take Bi Linglong hostage.
They hadn't expected Shi Tong to be defeated so quickly, so they had to admire their own caution.
Bi Linglong was too shocked to notice the two approaching, and by the time she realized what was happening, it was too late.
Zuan turned around and saw Bi Linglong being held hostage by the two men. He couldn't help but frown and say, "You two brothers have perfectly demonstrated what it means to be despicable and shameless."
"Enough with the nonsense," Gu Heng said, somewhat embarrassed and annoyed. "If you don't want anything to happen to her, why don't you cut off your own right hand?"
Zuan snorted: "You two have the nerve to say you admire her, but in the end you even used her safety to blackmail others. What kind of love is that?"
Gu Xing snorted: "Stop lecturing us. If we can't defeat them by force, we can only outsmart them. Otherwise, we're just useless brutes."
"Despicable people shouldn't elevate themselves," Bi Linglong said coldly.
"Shut up!" Gu Heng's face turned bright red, and he tightened his grip on her neck with the knife in his hand. "You surnamed Zu, stop talking nonsense. If you don't cut off your right hand, I'll kill her."
"Don't worry about me, kill these two shameless bastards!" Bi Linglong said hurriedly.
Zuan glanced at the two of them: "Killing her won't save you either."
Gu Xing laughed heartily: "In this situation, how can we care about so much? Besides, with Linglong to accompany us in death, even as ghosts we'll be romantic."
"Shameless!" Bi Linglong trembled with rage.
Gu Heng looked at Zu An: "Zu, our patience is limited. If you don't cut off your right arm, my brother and I will die with Linglong. It will be worth it in this life."
He knew that if Zuan lost one hand, killing them would be a piece of cake. But it was unrealistic to make him lose both hands at once. So, this roundabout way was to gradually drag him into the abyss. Once he really lost one hand, he would then escalate the situation and make him lose the other hand. Because of the huge sunk cost, the possibility of him agreeing was relatively high.
Once the other party loses both of their hands, the brothers will have the initiative to fight or flee.
Zuan shrugged: "She's not my wife. You've got the wrong person to threaten me with her. I'm just an employee, earning a meager living. I'm not going to risk my life and future for her."
Gu Heng sneered, "If something happens to her, do you think the Emperor will spare you after you leave the secret realm?"
"I don't know if I can forgive you or not, but I certainly won't let your entire Gu family go." Zu An said indifferently.
Gu Heng's face fell immediately. He had thought that this trip to the secret realm would allow him to become a loyal minister, but he never expected that he would fail at the last minute and even bring ruin to his entire family.
At this point, Gu Xing calmed down a bit: "Do you really think I don't know your relationship? Linglong trusts you so much, it's definitely not the kind of trust she shows to ordinary subordinates. If you say there's nothing between you two, I really don't believe it."
After saying that, he looked at Bi Linglong again: "Linglong, Linglong, you trusted him so much and gave him your heart all this way, and what did you get in return? He wouldn't even sacrifice his hand to save you, let alone his life."
Gao Ying and Pei You, who were watching the scene unfold from a distance, immediately turned their faces away, pretending they hadn't heard anything.
Bi Linglong snorted coldly: "Do you think I'm an idiot or is he an idiot? How could anyone agree to such a moronic condition? If you, surnamed Zu, really agree, I'll have to despise your intelligence."
Despite saying this, she felt a pang of sadness in her heart. Reason is one thing, and feelings are another. She also secretly wondered how much the other person would give for her and how much she meant to him.
However, she quickly came to her senses and secretly chuckled to herself, realizing that she had become just like those foolish women.
Seeing that Zu'an still didn't respond, Gu Xing grew impatient: "I'll count to three. If you still haven't severed her arm, I'll slash her face. If it's still not severed by the time I count to ten, I'll just kill her and we'll all be done with it! One..."
Upon hearing that the other party was going to disfigure her face, Bi Linglong finally panicked. Actually, she wasn't that afraid of death, but what woman doesn't love beauty? She didn't want her face to be ruined.
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