Villain: Fairy, please offer your loyalty

Lan'er held the Jiao Wei Guqin and stood quietly behind Gu Fan.

Her gentle, watery eyes showed no emotion; she simply stretched out her slender, fair fingers and gently plucked the strings.

Those wedding boats adorned with red silk ribbons shattered into pieces the instant they came into contact with the sound waves, as if made of paper.

Wood chips flew everywhere, and screams filled the air.

The arrogant young nobles who were just shouting didn't even have time to react before their internal organs were shattered by the violent sound waves, turning into clouds of blood mist that fell into the river.

In the blink of an eye.

The once grand wedding procession was completely annihilated, leaving only floating wreckage on the river.

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were drawn by that gentle force and slowly landed on the wide deck of the painted boat.

The two sisters stared in shock at the strangely dressed man who exuded a deadly allure.

“Who…who are you?”

Xiao Qiao mustered up her courage and asked a question.

Gu Fan stepped forward, looking down at the two stunningly beautiful twins, and reached out to pinch Xiao Qiao's face, which was full of collagen.

Who I am is not important.

"The important thing is that from now on, you two are free."

Da Qiao shielded her younger sister behind her.

Incredulity was evident in her gentle eyes.

"free?"

"Young master... don't you intend to use us to gain benefits for Jiangdong?"

Gu Fan scoffed.

He turned and walked to the beach chair on the deck, where he lay down comfortably.

"Benefit?"

"Whatever I want, I always take for myself."

"Using women to exchange for things is something only incompetent idiots do."

These words reached the ears of the two sisters.

It was like rain after a long drought, bringing a glimmer of light to their despairing hearts.

As they watched Gu Fan's casual back, a strange emotion inexplicably arose in their hearts.

Suddenly, the deafening sound of war drums echoed from the distant river.

A continuous line of warships broke through the mist, forming a dark, dense blockage on the river.

On the lead ship, a huge banner bearing the character "Zhou" fluttered in the wind.

The river wind howled, making the commander's flag on the warship flutter loudly.

Zhou Yu stood on the high command platform, his red armor as a scholar-general highlighting his heroic spirit.

He was still worried about Xiao Qiao, so he secretly led his elite navy to follow her behind Sun Quan's back.

Originally, he just wanted to see Xiao Qiao one last time from afar as a farewell to their relationship.

But when he saw the wreckage of the aristocratic family's large ship floating on the river, and Xiao Qiao standing safely on the deck of the painted boat, his eyes immediately turned red.

"Xiao Qiao!"

Zhou Yu gripped the railing with both hands, his fingertips turning slightly white from the excessive force.

Xiao Qiao heard the call, her body trembled slightly, and she turned to look at Zhou Yu on the ship.

A flicker of sadness crossed her eyes, which then turned into deep indifference.

"Gongjin, what brings you here?"

"Did you come to see if I'm dead or not, so you can go back and report to your lord and the noble families?"

Xiao Qiao's voice wasn't loud, but it was clearly heard by Zhou Yu thanks to Gu Fan's true energy.

Zhou Yu felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart, the pain making it hard to breathe.

He drew his long sword from his waist, the tip pointing directly at Gu Fan on the painted boat.

"Just who are you?!"

"How dare they kill, rob, and kidnap women on my Jiangdong territory!"

"Give Xiao Qiao back to me now, or my Jiangdong Ten Thousand Miles Overturning Sea Formation will surely pulverize you!"

Gu Fan picked at his ear.

I picked up the chilled juice next to me and took a sip.

He didn't even bother to stand up; he just glanced at Zhou Yu sideways.

"Give it back to you?"

"You green-headed turtle, you can't even protect your own woman, you sent your wife out to take her place, and now you have the nerve to come to me asking for her back?"

"The actions of a man like you are nothing short of those of a scoundrel."

"You can't even tighten a screw yourself, yet you're throwing this incompetent tantrum. Do you even deserve to call yourself a man?"

This sarcastic remark, filled with modern internet slang, was so scathing that Zhou Yu didn't quite understand it all, yet the extreme contempt and insult were perfectly conveyed.

The Jiangdong naval forces around them heard it clearly and all lowered their heads, not daring to look at their commander.

Zhou Yu was so angry that he trembled all over, his handsome face contorted in extreme rage.

He was a prodigy from a young age, always fawned over wherever he went.

When have I ever suffered such a humiliating disgrace?

"This is outrageous!"

"All generals, heed my command! Activate the Sea-Overturning Formation!"

Zhou Yu roared, and the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, the peak of the Grandmaster level, surged into the sky from his body.

The entire surface of the Yangtze River began to boil violently.

The array runes on hundreds and thousands of warships lit up simultaneously, connecting the entire river surface into a giant furnace where fire and water intertwined.

Countless thick jets of water, mixed with blazing red flames, roared towards Gu Fan's pleasure boat like angry water dragons.

The scale of the event was so immense that it seemed to be trying to tear a hole in the sky.

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were so frightened that they turned pale and instinctively closed their eyes.

Gu Fan didn't even lift his eyelids, casually handing the empty cup to Diao Chan beside him.

Gu Fan didn't even lift his eyelids, casually handing the empty cup to Diao Chan beside him.

"Stop shouting, Grand Commander Zhou."

"Your Overturning Sea Formation looks quite flashy, with special effects comparable to Hollywood blockbusters. You are indeed a genius."

"It's a pity it's only good enough for fireworks."

Gu Fan snapped his fingers.

"Mei'er, tell him to be quiet, he's an eyesore."

Mei'er, who had been standing in the shadows, slowly stepped out, her ice-blue palace dress swaying slightly in the wind.

In her cold, frosty eyes, there was no pity for the Jiangdong navy, only absolute obedience to Gu Fan's orders.

Mei raised her slender arm, extended a crystal-clear finger, and gently touched the turbulent river surface.

There were no earth-shattering roars, nor any dazzling moves or light effects.

Only a pure and extreme icy law emanated from Mei'er's fingertips, spreading outwards in all directions.

Click click click.

The sound of ice forming spread rapidly across the river.

The fiery water dragons that roared and shot into the sky were frozen into crystal-clear ice sculptures the moment they came into contact with the cold air.

Not just water dragons.

The waters of the Yangtze River, stretching for eight hundred miles, along with hundreds and thousands of warships from Jiangdong, were all transformed into a vast expanse of white glaciers under the touch of a single finger.

The Jiangdong navy, which had been so aggressive just moments before, was frozen solid on the ice before they could even utter a cry of alarm, unable to move.

Zhou Yu stood at the highest point of the warship. Although he was not directly frozen, the terrifying cold energy had already invaded his body's eight extraordinary meridians.

His prized Red Lotus Karmic Fire, like a flickering candle in a blizzard, went out with a whoosh.

"This...this is impossible..."

"How could human power possibly freeze the Yangtze River for thousands of miles..."

Zhou Yu stared blankly at the scene before him, his entire worldview crumbling.

His greatest reliance, Jiangdong's strongest trump card, was nothing but a joke in front of this woman's fingers.

The intense sense of humiliation and the vast disparity in strength caused Zhou Yu to lose his temper and become mentally unstable.

"If Zhou Yu was born, why was this scoundrel born?"