Chapter 333 Aren't you pitiful?
Sheng Fei was so shocked that his mind went blank for a moment, and the protective aura he had been burning gradually died down.
The effects of the Blood Burning Technique are almost up; if it continues, he will turn into a dried-up corpse.
While everyone else was still in shock at Yu Sui's appearance, Lu Pengpeng had already quickly recovered and, braving the scorching heat of the Blazing Sun Formation, drew her bow again.
Her exposed skin turned red from the scorching heat of the blazing sun.
Three red arrows, accompanied by sharp hissing sounds, shot out from the void and pierced straight at Yu Sui.
Before they arrived, Wei Ren and Wan Qi had already told Yu Sui about Lu Pengpeng's possession of the Hidden Dragon Lock, so they were well-prepared.
The lightning and fire patterns intertwined and spread across the ground, devouring the five elements of energy even faster than the Hidden Dragon Lock was activated.
Yu Sui accurately predicted the location where the arrow would appear, reached out and grabbed the arrow shaft, breaking it in two. The remaining three red arrows were shattered as soon as they emerged.
Faster than the Hidden Dragon Lock?
Shen Liu and the others watching from the rear couldn't believe their eyes as they witnessed this scene. Even Lu Pengpeng, who had covered her eyes, showed a hint of astonishment.
Inside the Blazing Sun Formation, apart from Yu Sui, everyone else's Five Elements Qi was being burned, devoured, and rapidly dissipated, preventing the Nine Streams Technique from taking shape.
If they wanted to use the Nine-Style Technique, they would have to pay a higher price than usual, and Yu Sui had no intention of taking action against others.
Shen Liu quickly gave Lu Pengpeng the order: "Stop!"
He stared warily at the figure moving freely within the Blazing Sun Formation, recalling Pu Heng's earlier instructions.
If you encounter Nangong Sui who comes to rescue Sheng Fei, avoid a major conflict. Try to trap her or avoid her altogether. It's best not to fight her.
At the time, Shen Liu didn't quite understand what Nangong Sui had to be afraid of.
He still didn't understand, but he could comprehend Pu Heng's meaning, so he did as instructed.
From the moment Nangong Sui made her move, Shen Liu felt that she was a difficult problem to solve.
Yu Sui walked past Mu Mengbai and asked with concern, "Brother Mu, are you alright?"
She looked at Mu Mengbai, whose face was covered in blood; he had been badly beaten.
Yu Sui bent down and handed him a handkerchief to wipe his face, then quietly asked, "Was it my third brother who hit you, or someone else?"
Mu Mengbai was in so much pain that he could only grimace and shake his head, unable to speak.
Some of them were hit by your brother, and some weren't.
"I'm sorry, Pastor," Yu Sui said sincerely. "I apologize on behalf of Third Brother."
For some unknown reason, Sheng Fei's anger surged again. Coughing up blood, he walked towards them, saying, "What are you apologizing for? What I did has nothing to do with you. Why should you stand up for me?"
He strode towards Yu Sui.
His expression was both anxious and angry.
When he reached Yu Sui, Sheng Fei said again, "Get out of the way!"
Mu Mengbai exclaimed in shock, "How could you even insult your own sister!"
Yu Sui, however, got used to it.
This wasn't the first time Sheng Fei had lost his temper with her; it was just that this time it was even worse than before.
Yu Sui stood up and stepped back, listening to Sheng Fei's angry question: "Nangong Sui, did you do this on purpose? Deliberately hiding your talent and strength! What, do you enjoy this kind of hiding and then making a name for yourself? And you can even tolerate the humiliation others have done to you over the years?!"
Mu Mengbai was so angry that he wanted to kick Sheng Fei, but instead he grabbed Sheng Fei's thighs with both hands to stop him from going any further: "Alright, young master! You're cursing your sister, and there are so many people around. Don't argue with your own people in front of outsiders!"
"One of us?" Sheng Fei kicked Mu Mengbai away. "Is she even my own sister? Why should I give her face! Did she even think of me when she did all this?!"
Everyone could see that Sheng Fei was not in a normal state. His brain was controlled by anger, and he was unable to think calmly. He was like a mad dog, biting anyone he saw and biting them to death, even if that person was his own sister.
Sheng Fei cursed Mu Mengbai, finding him annoying, and told him to get lost.
They also cursed Yu Sui, calling her heartless and cruel, making them look like clowns who knew nothing, and then forcing them to put on a disgusting heroic rescue act, and telling her to get lost too.
Yu Sui listened quietly.
Even if Sheng Fei has emotional issues, these are indeed his true thoughts at the moment.
Sheng Fei looked at Yu Sui with disgust and loathing, telling her to get lost and that he didn't need her to save him.
Yu Sui raised her head and stared at him, then slowly returned his gaze with a sly smile, saying softly and maliciously, "You're only just realizing that now?"
"I did it on purpose."
"So what?"
"Don't you need me to save you?" Yu Sui smiled and walked closer to Sheng Fei. When she stood in front of him, she said in a sweet and cloying tone, "Then go die."
"Nan, Gong, Sui!" Sheng Fei's face contorted with rage, veins bulging, and he raised his hand to grab her neck, but Yu Sui grabbed his hand and threw him away.
When Yu Sui grabbed Sheng Fei, the shadows they cast on the ground flickered slightly.
Wei Ren, who was observing the situation from the shadows, was stunned when he saw the swaying shadow.
That's... a mythical beast?
How could that be! No, it is indeed possible. According to Shen Tianxue, the phantoms that the phantom beasts split off can devour the marrow sea of others and take control of that body.
Could it be that there is a phantom hidden inside Sheng Fei's body?
Wei Ren was startled by his own thoughts, and the scene he had just witnessed kept replaying in his mind.
He was absolutely not mistaken.
Wei Ren asked Wan Qi, "Where is the Wind-Listening Ruler? Give it to me!"
Before Wan Qi could answer, Wei Ren continued, "It's fine if you don't give it to me, but send a telepathic message to Nangong Sui. No, send a written message. You bring it here and I'll send it!"
Wanqi couldn't keep up with Wei Ren's change of heart, so she simply took out the Listening Wind Ruler and threw it to him, muttering, "She doesn't have time to look right now."
She was being scolded mercilessly by her brother and had no time to look at the wind-listening ruler.
Wei Ren ignored his rambling and quickly sent a message to Yu Sui, explaining his discovery and conjecture, and asking her to continue provoking Sheng Fei and see what happens.
The wind-listening ruler kept ringing. Yu Sui took a moment out of his busy schedule to take a look. After learning of Wei Ren's guess, Su Furen immediately came to mind.
If it really was the forbidden magic beast from the Farmer's Clan that influenced Sheng Fei, then Yu Sui could only think of her as the one capable of doing this.
But why do it?
What good would it do for Madam Su to keep Sheng Fei constantly angry?
If Nangong Ming finds out, it won't be good for her; she'll only offend Madam Sheng.
While Yu Sui was lost in thought, Shen Liu and Lu Pengpeng silently cooperated.
Lu Pengpeng recklessly unleashed her Blood Burning Technique, forcefully breaking through the suppression of the Blazing Sun Formation, and drew her bow once more.
Two red arrows were aimed at Yu Sui and Sheng Fei again. Sheng Fei was still going crazy, but Yu Sui noticed Lu Pengpeng's movements and kicked Sheng Fei to the ground before the arrows could shatter the void and arrive.
Heartfire Pattern stood in front of Yu Sui, blocking the arrow.
Lu Pengpeng flew over to take Sheng Fei away, but Sheng Fei, as if his life depended on it, insisted on not wanting Yu Sui to save him. He used the Blood Burning Technique again, and the last bit of color left his face.
Seeing this, Yu Sui didn't make a move and just stood by and watched.
Lu Pengpeng grabbed Sheng Fei's shoulder, trying to take him away. Sheng Fei's eyes turned golden-red, and the spirit words flew silently from his mouth. He flicked his fingertips, and countless golden-red arrows flew out from the void, aiming at Lu Pengpeng.
Mu Mengbai was about to remind Yu Sui that her brother had gone mad and couldn't distinguish friend from foe, and that they should quickly leave the arrow cage to avoid being accidentally injured. However, before he could even speak, he was struck by a surge of air and knocked unconscious.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Shen Liu retreated outside the Blazing Sun Formation, forming hand seals. Sand surged into the sky, enveloping Lu Pengpeng within it. As the sandstorm swirled, it dissipated, leaving the arrow cage's attack range behind.
The sand and soil coalesced, transforming into the skeleton of a giant beast that trapped Yu Sui and the others within.
Lu Pengpeng was carried away by the sand and appeared behind Shen Liu.
Shen Liu glanced at Yu Sui, who was trapped in the Earth Punishment Formation, then made a hand seal and summoned a sandstorm to carry away the seriously injured Feng Xiu and Lu Pengpeng.
Yu Sui ignored Shen Liu and the others who had left. She looked at Sheng Fei, who was kneeling on one knee and was on the verge of death due to the overexertion of the Blood Burning Technique.
Sheng Fei was already extremely weak, but he still stared at Yu Sui and said stubbornly, "I... don't need you to save me."
“I’m going to save you anyway.” Yu Sui leaned close to him and whispered maliciously in his ear, but her eyes were fixed on the shadow on the ground. “I want you to be saved by the Ping Shu people you despise in your heart. It’s true that you’ve looked down on me since you were a child, but I will listen to Gu Gan and not you, so that you will feel like you have lost to Gu Gan.”
“As long as I’m with Gu Gan, you feel that I’m lowering my status and making you lose face in public. But don’t you think that Father is the one who protects Gu Gan the most? You don’t go looking for trouble with Father, but you always yell at me. Do you think I have a choice?”
“You…” Sheng Fei grabbed Yu Sui’s collar, closing the distance between them. His eyes were bloodshot, and his originally pale face seemed to have been tinged with red from anger.
Yu Sui tilted her head at him, almost bumping it against his forehead, and smiled brightly at Sheng Fei's gaze, but her tone was sarcastic and mocking: "My eldest brother and second brother later let go of Gu Gan's existence and stopped targeting Gu Gan with you. You couldn't win against the two of them, so you took it out on me."
“You think that every time you vent your anger on me, you can bring me a little something, buy me some good food, or take me out to play, and then I can pretend that nothing happened and continue to repeat the same thing? You even think that those little favors are a huge blessing to me, so why shouldn’t I listen to you?”
Sheng Fei just stared at her intently, as if he had no strength to speak, or as if he had been hit where it hurt and was powerless to refute.
Yu Sui stared straight into the depths of his eyes, shattering the superficial harmony of the past years and driving them both to madness and anger: "Because you think I am a person of the ordinary arts and do not receive my mother's love, so you pity me."
Sheng Fei's eyes twitched violently. He took a deep breath, barely daring to breathe. In that instant, he subconsciously forced himself to stop moving and breathing, because he didn't want Yu Sui to discover the evidence that she was right.
He was just pitying Yu Sui.
Because they pitied Yu Sui, they never discussed anything related to Lady Su. Because they pitied Yu Sui, they arrogantly offered him care and charity.
Sheng Fei's hand, gripping Yu Sui's collar, remained firm, his knuckles white, yet he didn't loosen his grip an inch. After a long while, he seemed to regain some strength before his lips trembled as he said, "Aren't you pitiful?"
Yu Sui blinked gently, the light in her pupils shifting from a smile to calm.
"Third Brother, you insisted on challenging me to a duel, so don't blame me for always letting you lose."
Yu Sui easily shook off Sheng Fei's hand, straightened up, and looked down at him: "Only the two of us heard these words. Have I given you enough face?"
Sheng Fei looked up at her, but the sky above the Styx Lake was too dark to see clearly. He only managed to catch a glimpse of a familiar yet unfamiliar silhouette before collapsing helplessly to the ground.
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