Apocalypse: Why did you provoke her? She's a cultivator.

Chapter 142 Yu Zelun's Death
Xie Gao's Adam's apple bobbed, and cold sweat trickled down his temples.

He gripped the pistol at his waist tightly, his fingertips turning white, but he couldn't utter a single word.

He knew Yu Zelun's methods well. If he gave in now, his future days would be worse than death.

But Ye Qiumian's gaze was as cold as a blade tempered with ice.

The icy coldness surging in those eyes was almost tangible, making his chest feel heavy.

"Yu Zelun sent us!"

The one-eyed man next to him suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse with a sense of despair.

He stood behind Xie Gao, only his face peeking out, staring intently at Ye Qiu Mian with his only remaining right eye: "Xie Gao and I were both sent by him to capture you!"

Xie Gao suddenly turned his head to glare at him, his eyes filled with shock and anger, but was shut down by a fierce look from the one-eyed man.

"At this point, what's the point of hiding it? Didn't you see what she did just now? If a fight breaks out, all of us are no match for her."

Ye Qiumian's brows furrowed even more.

Yu Zelun?
Is this what Mu Zhenzhong meant when he said that he was secretly investigating his motives?

But she really couldn't understand why Yu Zelun, whom she had never met before, would go to such lengths to capture her.

A sense of irritation rose in Ye Qiu Mian's heart, but she was too lazy to ask why.

She raised her right hand, and a pale golden halo appeared in her palm, causing the surrounding air to suddenly become icy cold.

"Get out of here, all of you!" Her voice was soft, but it carried an undeniable air of authority.

Before the soldiers in the front row could react, they felt a powerful force crashing towards them.

The entire row of people were instantly sent flying backward, crashing into their companions behind them. They fell to the ground with a series of thuds, weapons scattered everywhere, and screams of agony echoed throughout the area.

Ye Qiumian's gaze swept over the chaotic soldiers, and she said coldly, "From now on, you have one minute to disappear from my sight."

She pointed to the groaning soldiers on the ground, the light from her fingertips still lingering: "Otherwise, this will be your fate."

Xie Gao's face turned completely pale as he looked at the soldiers who had broken arms and legs.

The burst of spiritual energy just now was far more terrifying than the intelligence reports described.

This is simply not an opponent they can handle.

He gritted his teeth, immediately raised his hand and shouted, "Retreat! All of you, retreat!"

The soldiers, feeling as if they had been granted a pardon, scrambled to their feet to help the wounded and hastily turned to retreat into the distance.

The heavy footsteps and the chaotic sounds of breathing gradually faded into the distance.

Only after it completely disappeared into the night did silence return to the area in front of the small building, leaving only a mess on the ground.

Chu Qingyang and the other three looked at Ye Qiumian with eyes filled with admiration.

Ye Qiu Mian turned around and looked at them: "You guys go back and rest, I have some things to take care of."

The four nodded hurriedly, wanting to say something more, but then a figure flashed before their eyes, and Ye Qiu Mian's figure had already blended into the dark night behind them.

It left only a white afterimage as it sped towards the inner city of Xin'an.

The night wind whipped at her clothes, and Ye Qiu Mian moved with astonishing speed.

The low walls of the outer city stood as flat as she walked on the ground, and the wind she stirred up as she passed over the rooftops made only a faint sound.

The inner city was brightly lit, and the figures of patrolling soldiers could be vaguely seen on the road.

Ye Qiu Mian did not know where Yu Ze Lun was, so she released her divine sense.

They quickly located Yu Zelen's position. Her figure rose and fell a few times on the rooftops before disappearing into the depths of the night leading to the inner city, leaving only a faint ripple of spiritual energy in the air.

The neon lights in the inner city of Xin'an City are several times more dazzling than those in the outer city. The glass curtain walls of the skyscrapers reflect light like scattered gold, cutting the night sky into irregular geometric fragments.

Ye Qiumian's figure moved silently through the shadows of buildings, like a drop of water blending into the ink. The spiritual energy emanating from her body allowed her to avoid the perception of all surveillance cameras and guards.

She stood in front of a building, her brows slightly furrowed.

right here.

Ye Qiumian lightly touched the ground with her toes, her figure transforming into a faint shadow as she glided upwards along the outer wall of the building.

The security lock on the glass curtain wall silently disintegrated as her fingertips brushed against it with spiritual energy. She passed through the wall as if through a thin mist, landing on the carpet in the top-floor corridor without disturbing a speck of dust.

In the office at the end of the corridor, Yu Zelen was waiting for Xie Gao's message.

Just as he sensed a dangerous aura rising from his heart, his pupils contracted sharply. As his supernatural abilities were about to instinctively defend him, a cold, suffocating sensation suddenly came from the back of his neck.

"Well--!"

An invisible force gripped his neck like an iron clamp, and the powerful force instantly lifted his feet off the ground.

His toes kicked futilely at the air, and the air in his lungs was quickly sucked out.

Just as his consciousness was about to fade, the force suddenly loosened, and the immense inertia slammed him against the cold wall like a rag doll.

The dull thud of bones colliding exploded with excruciating pain. He coughed up blood and slid to the ground. When he looked up, he met a pair of eyes as cold and clear as an icy pool.

A graceful figure had appeared in the center of the office without anyone noticing. Moonlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a warm glow on her shoulders and outlining her cool silhouette.

"It's you?!" Yu Zelun exclaimed in shock, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

He finally recognized the person as Ye Qiumian, the woman he had repeatedly sent men to hunt down but had always failed.

At this moment, she showed no trace of the disheveled state she had been in when he had sent men to attack her.

The chilling coldness surging in those eyes sent a shiver down his spine, and the fear of being deprived of his ability to resist gripped his heart once more.

Her strength... has it really reached such a terrifying level?

"Why did you send people to arrest me?" Ye Qiumian's voice was soft, but it carried an undeniable sense of pressure, and every word was like an ice pick hitting Yu Zelun's heart.

Yu Zelun's Adam's apple bobbed, and he subconsciously wanted to hide it.

Wu Heshu, that pervert, has always enjoyed capturing women and taking them to his secret room to abuse them.

Moreover, he is ruthless and cruel. If he finds out that I have revealed this dark side of him, I will definitely suffer his revenge in the future.

But thinking of this, Yu Zelun hesitated for a moment.

But this hesitation lasted only half a second before an even stronger force suddenly gripped his throat, lifting him off the ground once more.

The suffocating pain and the fear of impending death overwhelmed him like a tidal wave, and his reason crumbled inch by inch in the face of his will to survive.

"It's...it's Wu Heshu!" he roared with all his might, his voice broken and trembling, "He's the one who ordered me to arrest you!"

The force suddenly released, and Yu Zelun fell onto the carpet, clutching his neck and breathing heavily, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

Ye Qiumian's gaze darkened slightly: "Where is Wu Heshu?"

"In a building two kilometers to the east." Yu Zelun dared not hide anything, his finger trembling as he pointed in a direction.

Ye Qiu Mian's brow twitched slightly, and her divine sense instantly spread out, extending eastward.

She soon saw the building Yu Zelun had mentioned, and at the same time, the scene in a dark room inside the building came into clear view.