"Seeking death!" King Shuanglin said with deep anger.

This time, he was finally willing to take a proper look at the Peach Blossom Girl.

However, those who usually received a proper look from him were either on par with his strength or about to die by his hand.

At the moment his angry eyes locked onto the Peach Blossom Girl, a wave of Spiritual Power he forced out, exuding chilliness, rushed towards her like an invisible tide. The air around the Spiritual Power instantly froze, as if a crystal-clear ice dragon had been born from thin air.

King Shuanglin believed this strike would be enough to end the life of this subordinate of King Xin before him.

However, he was wrong.

Seeing the oncoming icy assault, the Peach Blossom Girl remained unflustered and composed; she still sat atop Chen Hao, merely raising her right hand towards the approaching "ice dragon." Then, her right hand transformed into a peach branch covered with tender green leaves and light peach blossoms, reaching forward and violently colliding with the "ice dragon."

After a few seconds of deadlock, the sharp tips of the peach branch pierced the ice dragon's crystal-clear body, burrowed in, and then extended swiftly within the "ice dragon."

"Sizzling...crack, crack, crack!" The ice dragon, penetrated by the peach branch, shattered completely.

Having dissolved the ice dragon, the peach branch continued surging forward, stabbing directly towards King Shuanglin's chest like an outstretched sword.

"Hmph!" King Shuanglin smiled and lifted his left palm with fingers spread, attempting to block the incoming peach branch.

"Hiss!"

To King Shuanglin's surprise, his left palm was effortlessly penetrated by the peach branch, with drops of deep red blood flowing from the wound in the center of his palm, falling onto the icy clouds beneath his feet.

"Sizzling!" Immediately, the ice within the clouds thickened, and the new layer of ice formed had a dull blood color—it was the power of blood ice within King Shuanglin's blood.

Seeing this, the Peach Blossom Girl appeared shocked, astonished by the potent Spiritual Power within King Shuanglin's body!

After piercing King Shuanglin's right palm, the peach branch continued at high speed, directly puncturing King Shuanglin's heart.

At that moment, King Shuanglin's entire body reverted back to the ice sculpture form he had appeared in initially.

"Ah!" All of a sudden, the Peach Blossom Girl's heart violently trembled as she felt an invisible and extremely cold force invading her body, permeating her entire bloodstream.

Before she could tremble again, her entire body, inside and out, turned into ice, including her right hand that had transformed into a peach branch to puncture King Shuanglin's chest.

"You think you can kill me with that?" King Shuanglin said, while retracting the blood ice power that had turned his body into an ice sculpture back into his body, the terrifying lion-faced figure gradually revealing itself. "Truly overestimating yourself!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than "crash, crash, crash!" the sound of ice breaking sliced through the night sky above the clouds—the ice that had encased the Peach Blossom Girl's entire body shattered, and her body likewise tore apart.

However, contrary to King Shuanglin's expectations, what scattered in the air was not her blood and flesh, but pale red peach blossom petals.

He looked up to see pink rain under the bright moonlight.

"Still not dead? It looks like I underestimated you!" King Shuanglin said with a brooding expression.

"It's you who overestimated yourself!" out of nowhere, the Peach Blossom Girl's icy voice rang out.

"Peach Blossom Fragrance?" King Shuanglin muttered to himself, his face filled with confusion as he smelled the sudden waft of floral fragrance. Suddenly, his expression turned to one of alarm as he exclaimed, "No good, there's poison in this fragrance!"

"You're realizing this now is already too late!" The Peach Blossom Girl's voice followed, now sounding much closer to King Shuanglin than before.

"Roar!" King Shuanglin looked up and let out a roar, attempting to expel the poison that had seeped into his body with brute force. However, the more he struggled, the faster the poison spread through his blood.

As the lion's roar traveled and faded in the air, a growing sense of dizziness and weakness began to overtake King Shuanglin's body and consciousness.

"Die! You damned lion!" the Peach Blossom Girl commanded. Thereupon, the millions of pink petals floating in the air began spinning rapidly, each petal infused with the formidable power of the Tree Demon, and they surged towards King Shuanglin like countless spinning throwing knives.

Just as the myriad spinning peach blossom petals were about to land on King Shuanglin, whose body and mind were fragmented and consciousness blurred, an equally terrifying surge of Spiritual Power approached.

"Peach Blossom, stop!" An icy voice pierced through the thick icy clouds below and reached overhead.

Instantly, all the petals ceased spinning and gathered together, solidifying into the figure of the Peach Blossom Girl.

"Sizzling!" The icy clouds split open, and a mass of red smoke emerged from the narrow crack, hovering in front of the Peach Blossom Girl.

"Sister!" the Peach Blossom Girl said to the red smoke, kneeling on one knee, her tone and expression filled with awe.

Then, the red smoke spread through the air, outlining a figure with a graceful silhouette. King Xin, clad in red and with an icy expression, appeared before them.

"Sister, I..."

"No need for explanations!" King Xin cut Tao Hua off coldly, "Do you realize that if I hadn't arrived in time, you would have been killed by this foolish lion!"

"Ah?" Tao Hua exclaimed, her eyes filled with confusion, and she asked, "Sister, I don't understand, clearly the lion has been..."

"How foolish!" King Xin interrupted again, but this time her tone was tinged with impatience and anger. "If this stupid lion could be defeated so easily, what would qualify him to become the Dharma King? And his rank is even above mine."

"Yes, sister, I understand," Tao Hua said with her head lowered, her expression somewhat dejected. Although King Xin had always been cold, she had always been like a gentle sister to her, never as icy as she was today.

"Neutralize the poison in this stupid lion!" King Xin commanded.

"Yes!" Tao Hua nodded, then waved her slender, willow-like arms towards King Shuanglin.

Instantly, King Shuanglin's dim lion eyes began to gleam with golden light once more. With a roar, millions of icy particles appeared in the air around Tao Hua, and suddenly, every tiny ice particle expanded several times in size.

"Foolish lion, do you really think you can kill my people in front of me?" King Xin said with a stern face, a strange light flickering in her eyes.

"Bitch!" Seeing King Xin keep calling him a stupid lion, King Shuanglin didn't hold back in his language. "Are you really going to fight me over an underling?"

"Insolence!" Tao Hua was furious. "You are not allowed to speak to my sister like that!"

Being reprimanded to his face by an underling, King Shuanglin's anger burned even brighter.

"Shut up!" King Xin turned around and slapped Tao Hua hard across the face, "You have no right to speak here!"

King Xin did this, obviously to give King Shuanglin face, allowing both parties a way out. She was well aware that clashing with King Shuanglin was a minor matter, but if the Eight Great Clans learned about it at this moment, it would be a serious issue.

Because this place was jointly controlled by her, King Xin, and the Zhou Family, one of the Eight Great Clans, she could not afford to be as foolish and impulsive as King Shuanglin.

After receiving a slap from King Xin, Tao Hua offered no rebuttal and simply lowered her head in silence.

"King Xin," King Shuanglin smiled diplomatically, "why have you come?"

"With such a commotion above, I had no choice but to come and see!" King Xin said with a cold laugh, "I wondered who could possess such profound Spiritual Power, turns out it's you, King Shuanglin. You truly are a foolish lion, so impulsive in your actions!"

This time, King Shuanglin didn't get angry but smiled and said, "King Xin is right, I used to be pretty smart, a pity about my head. However, since I'm already here, don't let me leave empty-handed. You should know, ever since my elder brother, King Ning, died, I've been thinking of avenging him at every moment."

Kingly Xin stepped closer to King Shuanglin and said with a smile, "Since King Shuanglin himself has come to ask for a favor, of course, I will grant you this kindness. Anyway, I captured him intending to hand him over to the Netherworld and to you."

Hearing King Xin say this, King Shuanglin showed gratitude and bowed, "Thank you, King Xin, I will definitely remember this favor."

"You're welcome!" King Xin said proudly, and then turned to command Tao Hua behind her, "Tao Hua, hand the man over to King Shuanglin."

Despite a thousand reluctances in her heart, Tao Hua could only obey. After agreeing, she turned around and released the peach branches binding Chen Hao.

"Here he is, take him yourself," Tao Hua said, looking at Chen Hao's cheeks, her heart filled with unwillingness to let go.

Seeing Tao Hua showing petulance to her in front of someone else, King Xin shouted angrily, "Tao Hua!"

"No harm, King Xin!" King Shuanglin quickly said with a smile, "It's just a matter of walking a few more steps, don't be angry with the young girl."

At this moment, King Shuanglin just wanted to take Chen Hao into his possession as soon as possible and then bring him back to King Shuanglin's mansion to torment him slowly to death.

As King Shuanglin approached Chen Hao, King Xin also turned around, speaking languidly, "I actually want to see what this kid who killed King Ning looks like."

But when she turned around and saw Chen Hao's face in his sleep, King Xin froze, looking extremely surprised. After a moment, tears welled up in her eyes, and her jade-like face also collapsed and deformed.

"King Shuanglin, no, you can't take him away!" King Xin said hoarsely.

Hearing King Xin say this, King Shuanglin, who had just been all smiles, suddenly darkened his face, angrily saying, "King Xin, are you toying with me?"

"No, no!" King Xin shook her head while crying, appearing very agitated.

Seeing King Xin in tears, King Shuanglin was surprised; with King Xin's proud disposition, she would never allow such a thing to happen in front of others.

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