Excessive ferocity due to caution

Lü Mingbing kept a watchful eye on things.

He ordered the righteous men who had followed him from the capital to search for Zhao Yi. That way, even if Zhao Yi had prepared some kind of trap, these cannon fodder would be the first to suffer.

With Fengnan, a hidden powerhouse, at stake, Lü Mingbing didn't want to take any risks.

The opponent's strength was indeed somewhat unexpected.

He was even more powerful than the three rulers of the Lü family had seen him last time!

If Fengnan has indeed prepared formations in other places, some of their rulers who rashly separate risk being assassinated!

The righteous warriors of the capital were also thrilled to be joining the twelve rulers in their first campaign to vanquish demons.

They didn't even know what they were excited about.

But he was full of power.

They weren't afraid of dying either.

He then buried his head and headed into the woods.

Heading south.

Within the crowned tree and abundant feathers, these people spread their divine senses to examine the traces left behind.

Once you reach the Great Ferocity Realm, even if you're not an expert in mental power, you'll possess the power of divine sense. The world you see will be different from that of ordinary people, and you'll be able to easily see many things that ordinary people cannot.

"I have a clue!"

A burly man with a booming voice spotted hurried footsteps in a corner and led several righteous individuals who had come with him into the deeper part of the area.

They moved with incredible speed, their feet pulsating with the power of the laws of nature, their figures disappearing and reappearing at speeds imperceptible to the naked eye.

As they delved deeper, new clues emerged once again.

This time, however... it was bloodstains.

Large, thick bloodstains.

Very fresh.

The glaring bright red color immediately alerted everyone that something was wrong.

"wrong……"

Why is there blood?

The woman in jeans had a furrowed brow.

"Has someone already caught up with them?"

The moment the doubt arose in the woman's mind, she immediately dismissed it.

Because they hadn't found a single trace on their way forward.

This means that there were no people traveling with them ahead of them.

"Be careful!"

The burly man in the lead gave instructions, while also pulling out a talisman to protect his body.

The talisman was inscribed with pre-drawn incantations containing divine power. It did not require manual activation; as long as external stimuli exceeded a certain level, it would automatically release its powerful force to protect the area it was meant to protect.

These talismans are usually extremely expensive to make.

Moreover, there is no market for it despite its high price.

It is usually only the most powerful and powerful beings capable of creating such a thing.

He had just affixed the talisman to his body when he suddenly heard a clear chime.

None of the people present knew what the sound was.

They hadn't heard of it.

But soon, they saw a light.

It was the light of a sword.

Pure sharpness, pure law.

Wherever the sword pointed, these people were almost instantly cleaved in two!

They weren't unable to resist, but rather they didn't have time to react.

That sword is just...too fast!

After the sword strike, only mutilated corpses and bloodstains remained on the ground.

The burly man leading the group was ice-cold, and the talisman he had stuck to his chest had been broken in two.

If it weren't for this talisman, he would be the one dead now...

A pale blue skirt, a slender figure, a cold and aloof face...

And a green umbrella.

"Who are you?!"

The burly man's body was taut to the extreme.

Their vigilance was also raised to the extreme.

He was wary not only of women, but also of any presence that might be lurking in the shadows around him.

"Su Qingyao".

The woman replied indifferently.

The green umbrella in her hand gave the burly man an extremely strong sense of unease.

"You don't need to panic."

"I can assure you, there is no one else around."

"It's just us left."

As she spoke, she raised the umbrella in her hand and twirled it into a sword-like flourish.

In the void where starlight fell, the invisible sword energy seemed to condense into a painting.

Indistinctly.

It is a fallen plum blossom.

This sword strike, and the blood falls.

The chill of death spread from the tip of the sword, piercing the starlight.

Before the sword even arrived, the burly man felt a split open between his brows.

A chill emanated from every pore. This time, Su Qingyao didn't launch a sneak attack, giving him time to react, but this only made the burly man even more terrified!

He finally realized that the woman in ancient costume in front of him... possessed terrifying strength!

He was also extremely fierce; with a grab of his hands in the air, the laws intertwined, binding the woman's sword.

The power of the laws formed in haste was naturally unable to truly block Su Qingyao's Falling Red Sword.

This gave the Han man time to hide and escape.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he quickly retreated and then placed another talisman on his leg.

This talisman is called Thousand Miles.

It can significantly increase a person's speed.

Even ordinary people can use it to fly through the air and escape into the earth, facing natural dangers as if walking on flat ground!

In the blink of an eye, he appeared hundreds of meters away!

The burly man turned around and glanced at Su Qingyao, who was standing still, a relaxed yet mocking smile appearing on his lips.

Fortunately, I had the foresight to obtain some excellent talismans.

Otherwise, I would really be done for here today.

He lightly touched the forest floor with his toes, and in a few breaths, he appeared ten thousand meters away.

But the big man still didn't stop.

A strange sense of crisis lingered in his mind, making him quite uncomfortable.

Logically speaking, he should be out of danger by now.

But his intuition told him... that umbrella, that sword, were still around him.

even……

It was placed on his neck.

Why is this happening?

The big man's breathing became rapid.

Something cold suddenly drifted down and landed on his forehead.

He reached out and wiped it.

water.

He looked up and saw snow falling heavily, like goose feathers filling the sky.

What beautiful snow.

His gaze became unfocused.

A woman's voice could be faintly heard in my ear.

"This sword strike, Xue Ci."

"Is it pretty?"

The burly man licked his lips but couldn't utter a word before slowly collapsing to the ground.

The body is stiff.

There wasn't a single scratch on his body.

As the snow in the sky cleared, Su Qingyao stood before the burly man's corpse and picked up the Thousand-Mile Talisman that he hadn't yet used from his hand.

Everything that just happened was actually an illusion.

The burly man failed to block Su Qingyao's sword strike.

He didn't leave even a step.

It was all his delusions before he died.

A gust of wind blew, and Su Qingyao's beautiful figure disappeared into the woods...

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PS: First update.

I'll write some more later, and then continue writing after I get back from the hospital after my CT scan.