Chapter 226: 226: Cultivators by the Sea (5)

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Chapter 226: 226: Cultivators by the Sea (5) The indifferent voice of Yue Xuexia had echoes mixing with the sound of the waves. Everyone was speechless when they heard her words. The two who were targeted by this voice became the center of attention. Mei Lili and Shi Chen cannot believe what they've just heard. Even the sarcastic Shi Chen had to ask twice in disbelief, "Are you serious? Are you ill?" "Another whole hand then," nonchalantly responded to Shi Chen's words. "Not willing? I have to take it myself then. Xiao Ji, lead me your whip." Yue Jixia took off the whips hanging at her waist and gave them to her elder sister. Upon receiving the whip from her second sister, Yue Xuexia waves the whip once by her side as if trying to test its durability. BOOM! The sand beside her exploded as if a grenade had fallen into it. Everyone was startled by that sudden impact—Mei Lili and Shi Chen, including the rest who were watching in the area. They look at the crater beside the empress and not look at the two targets with pitying looks. On the other hand, Yue Xuexia is checking the whip, which had become sturdy enough with her qi on it. Yue Xuexia mumbles, "It's quite durable. If it breaks, I will just give her a new one." The elders from the military's side were terrified; their eyes moved from the hole at the beach and the young, slender lady who did it with just one wave of her hand. Shen Jueyang asked, "Why not use your fan, Xue'er?" "I'm afraid of cutting them to pieces by accident," answered Yue Xuexia. Everyone knows that she isn't lying by saying those words. It is because it wasn't a lie that it was scary just thinking about it. Taiyang and Tan Bingyu, who were guarding from above, couldn't help but comment. Taiyang said, "If you use your divine weapon against these bugs, not even a soul will be left behind. Oi, what are you doing?" He asked Tan Bingyu, who is now reporting to the Ancestor of the Xia Clan and her grandfather, about what is currently happening. Of course, the details were thoroughly told to the other seniors, and because of this, the masters of Mei Lili and cultivator Ling Wen were the most affected. The master of Mei Lili is a world Assassin and a cultivator. She was called the God of Death and well known for her cruelty. As expected, after learning that the current situation is caused by her beloved disciples, she immediately threw her away. What the point of keeping a child that had offended a clan with gods in it? That is simply a death-seeking action, and she is not foolish enough to be one. As for Ling Wen, he can only sigh in regret; he knew that Shi Chen, this disciple of his, had problems in personality. For this lady, all of her disciples are disposable. As long as she is alive, creating a few more assassins is not impossible for him. That's why Mei Lili had not much importance to her, especially now that she had offended someone she wasn't supposed to. Maybe it is because of the broken family he had before he was orphaned that he leans more toward wanting to become powerful. After all, if he was powerful at that time, his family wouldn't end in such a way. Because of this, he started despising weaklings, especially those who can still work hard but choose to give up. Or those who are weak but their family is powerful. In his eyes, these are the kinds of people that are the most useless. Cultivator Ling Wen can only give up Shi Chen, but unlike the master of Mei Lili, he is willing to keep the child even if he was crippled by this event. Shi Chen can only blame himself for this kind of ending. He shouldn't have discriminated against the Xia Clan with such a big background, even bigger than the military behind him. Tan Bingyu responded, "Cleaning up loose threads." "I see. So, how do they react? Even if they don't agree, as long as Xue'er wanted to kill them, that man, Shen Jueyang, would support her. It's supposed to be me who is supposed to spoil her thought~" said Taiyang. Tan Bingyu asked, "Is there even any difference?" "Um?" Taiyang looked at Tan Bingyu a bit stunned and understood the hidden meaning in her words. "You've noticed?" "A bit. Even if the other tries to hold back, he is still like you. A foodie," said Tan Bingyu as she recalled that one evening he saw Shen Jueyang going to the kitchen in the middle of the night multiple times to eat. Like Taiyang, he is a bottomless pit even though he tries to deny it. "The mistress should have also noticed. Even so, you two seem the same yet not at the same times. But both are on the side of the mistress; there is no difference between you two at all," added Tan Bingyu. Back to the situation down below. Yue Xuexia, holding a whip, was now looking at Mei Lili and Shi Chen. On Shi Chen's side, there is Colonel Tian Yu and two protector elders standing by his side. On the other hand, Mei Lili looks pitiful. The protector she has on her side doesn't seem to have any intention of confronting Yue Xuexia for a fight for her sake. Seeing this, Yue Xuexia's eyebrows raised for a moment. "Just how poor your personality is for your protector to even ignore you?" asked Yue Xuexia. This question was like a slap on Mei Lili's face. She turned her head to look at her protector and wanted to question him, but seeing the cold pair of eyes looking at her with hidden contempt, she couldn't help but lose her temper more. Although she already knew that her organization was ruthless, she never expected it would happen to her. She had always seen herself as the heir to the organization. There was no one stronger than she was from the group. That's why she couldn't understand why her protector wanted to treat her as air. She felt even jealous of Shi Chen, as he not only has Colonel Tian Yu by his side; there are even two elders standing in front of them. This guarding scene is like a dust in her eyes, making her extremely envious of it. Then she glares at Yue Xuexia, looking down on her with cold eyes. It was as if she was staring at such an irrelevant insect that can be killed within her whims. She hates being stared at like this, as this is how his master looked at her when she first met her. The Assassin Queen would pick up a lot of orphans and train them as her assassins. Mei Lili just happened to be one of the high-quality ones. But that doesn't change the fact that, in the eyes of her master, she is a dispensable pawn that can be disregarded anytime. Mei Lili took out her two daggers from behind and shouted at Yue Xuexia, "Don't you dare look at me like that!" She was about to merge with her shadow in front of everyone's eyes, but as if the whip in Yue Xuexia's hand is alive, it slithers towards Mei Lili. With a hit on the shadow, Mei Lili failed to merge with it. She moan as her back was hit by Yue Xuexia's whip. Whoosh! AHHH!! With bleeding back, Mei Lili glares at Yue Xuexia, "How did you know about this technique's weakness!?" "I just hit where it looks vulnerable. Who would have thought this technique could be easily stopped?" said Yue Xuexia. Meanwhile, the protector elder of Mei Lili distanced himself from Mei Lili since he felt that Yue Xuexia had no intention of killing their heir. He also knew that they are dispensable as long as they lost their use or did something they aren't supposed to do. Mei Lili happens to do the latter. Mei Lili screamed at Yue Xuexia, "I want to kill you!" Yue Xuexia said, "You are not the first and probably not the last one." "Since you can't give me your arm. You can only compensate me twice." The words of Yue Xuexia horrified Mei Lili. Just before she could react, two sounds of a whip hitting something were heard. She couldn't even react when she felt that her shoulders had become lighter than they were supposed to. Whoosh! Whoosh! Thud! When Mei Lili looked at her arms, she saw that her shoulders were empty. Both of her arms are cut off by that movement of the whip from Yue Xuexia's hand. Moreover, it was a clean cut, so her blood didn't splash immediately when her arms fell on the ground. ARGH! NO!!! Everyone watched with white faces as one of the geniuses of their generation to have both of her arms cut off just because she stabbed one person. Even Lin Chiyu didn't expect that the Divine Doctor, who is the epitome of holiness, would be this ruthless towards her enemies. Yue Xuexia gestured to the protector of Mei Lili and said, "Clean up the trash!" The elder protector saluted Yue Xuexia before taking Mei Lili away with him; of course he didn't pick up the arms that Yue Xuexia had cut herself. With a flick of her hands, white flames had burned down those two arms she cut from Mei Lili. Seeing this bloody scene, Shi Chen's face turned grim; he knew that after Mei Lili was resolved, he was the next in line. As expected, Yue Xuexia's gaze fell on him after the arms of Mei Lili were burned to ashes. Meeting those cold inhumans like silver iris, he couldn't help but shudder. Colonel Tian Yu spoke up, "Please be merciful. My partner already knows that what he did is wrong." "Do you want to take his place then? One arm and I shall forget what was done in this place. If you can't give me what I want... I can ask Grandpa Long or Grandpa Lin to replace all of you together. I'm sure they are willing to comply with my request." "But if you choose this option, I shall cripple all of you. You can retain your lives as ordinary people. An arm or become a mortal? You can choose one. Don't bargain. I don't listen to the pleas of those who offend me." Yue Xuexia's voice is cold and calm. However, the content of her words isn't nice to hear. Moreover, there are only two options, and they can only choose one. Colonel Tian Yu asked, "If we fight?" "Then this Empress shall exterminate not only you but including your family. I don't leave any possibilities of revenge as it is my loved ones who will suffer in the end. Even if I have to kill tons of innocents and become a sinner, I am willing to bear it all," said Yue Xuexia. Her words are decisive, and she isn't willing to let go of even one small possibility of revenge. That's why those who offended her thoroughly were all killed in the end, and this is especially true to those who move her family.

Chapter 226: 226: Cultivators by the Sea (5)

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