"Good!"

Ye Chen fought more bravely as the battle intensified, showing no signs of defeat. This finally prompted Fang Ruolan to decide to join the fray.

Fang Ruolan had initially hoped that these people would kill Ye Chen and all she needed to do was retrieve her own Gu King. However, she hadn't anticipated Ye Chen to be so powerful that he could withstand the overwhelming attacks of two Peerless Grandmasters!

"The three of you taking down this kid is enough; I'm not fond of men, so I might as well have a little fun with this pretty lady instead!"

The dwarf elder didn't take the task of killing Ye Chen seriously but instead set his sights on Chu Yanran.

"What, what are you going to do!"

Chu Yanran had been able to remain uninvolved, anxiously watching Ye Chen's fight, but the dwarf elder's words threw her into a state of panic.

"Hahaha!" Seeing Chu Yanran panicked, the dwarf elder couldn't help but laugh wildly, "I heard people say you are a business empress?"

"Heard from whom?" Chu Yanran said. Even though she was frantic, she did not forget to gather information, wanting to know who was after Ye Chen and her lives!

"Indeed, a wise woman!" praised the dwarf elder, seeing through Chu Yanran's cautious thoughts. His gaze towards her became even greedier. "Beautiful, intelligent, and with such grace, what a perfect woman. You're exactly my type!"

"It has been eight years since I've tasted a woman, and today I shall satisfy my hunger with you, the business empress!" the dwarf elder said, indicating his unbearable craving.

"No, don't!" Chu Yanran screamed, utterly repulsed by the dwarf elder.

"I've seen shameless people, but never someone as shameless as this!" Ye Chen snapped up a stool and smashed it fiercely towards the dwarf elder.

"Kid, don't provoke me, or I'll make you incapable of even struggling!" With a casual wave of his hand, the dwarf elder turned Ye Chen's incoming stool into a pile of sawdust, and he threatened Ye Chen with a chilling glint in his eye.

Just one glance from the dwarf elder, and Ye Chen started to feel a chill in his heart, as if he was being preyed upon by a wild beast.

He instantaneously understood that this dwarf elder was incredibly terrifying and was very likely a Grandmaster Peak expert!

"Young lady, don't run; I'll be very gentle with you!" The dwarf elder said with a smile, lightly pouncing towards Chu Yanran, in a scene that was indescribably lecherous.

"Ye Chen, save me!" Chu Yanran cried out tragically.

Even though she knew Ye Chen was in a predicament and might not be able to save her if he wanted to, in her despair, Chu Yanran still wanted to cry out.

"Fang Ruolan, kill that dwarf elder!" Ye Chen broke free from the two Grandmasters' joint attack and called out to Fang Ruolan, who was about to attack him.

"Have you lost your mind?" Fang Ruolan smiled with a blink. "We are enemies. I'm here to kill you, why would I save her?!"

"This kid has gone crazy, but he sure has some real skill. Come take another punch from me!" The ferocious Grandmaster came at Ye Chen head-on, launching a fierce punch, while the middle-aged Grandmaster also closed in, throwing Ye Chen back into the tumult.

"Fang Ruolan, I'm suppressing your Gu King inside my body, that's why you're relentless, right?" Ye Chen roared amidst the fierce fight.

"That's right!" Fang Ruolan said, watching Ye Chen fall back into a difficult fight, she wasn't in a hurry to make her move.

"I'll return the Gu King to you now, go save Chu Yanran!" Ye Chen said.

In a few days, there would be a summit meeting of the ten top experts, and Ye Chen didn't want to use a Secret Technique to exponentially increase his fighting power, which would leave him in a weakened state, given that the supply of his Body Crossing Sacred Medicine was really running low.

Until the very last moment, Ye Chen didn't wish to expose too much. If he could pit one enemy against another, that would be for the best.

"No way!" Fang Ruolan shook her head in refusal. "If you had returned the Gu King to me from the start, we could've turned hostility into friendship, but that day you injured and insulted me. Now we're sworn enemies!"

"You stupid bitch!" Ye Chen cursed angrily.

"Ye Chen, hurry and save me! Ah!" Chu Yanran was on the verge of breaking down.

The dwarf elder's eyes sparkled as he reached out with his withered palms, trying to grasp Chu Yanran. The pitiful and helpless look on Empress Chu's face greatly pleased him.

"Fang Ruolan, do you believe that I'll destroy your Gu King?" Ye Chen threatened Fang Ruolan fiercely.

"I don't believe it!"

Fang Ruolan scoffed. If Ye Chen could have destroyed the Gu King, he would have done it long ago and wouldn't have wasted time talking about it now.

"You gang up on the young and weaker with might, and yet you even resort to despicable moves like the Obscene Leg Skill and monkey stealing peaches. Do you have no shame at all?"

Ye Chen shouted in anger, caught off guard by a series of crafty attacks, getting hit several times and spitting out a jet of blood, severely wounded.

"We came here to kill, not to reason with you!" said the middle-aged man with the Great Compassion and Mercy demeanor.

He, speaking in such tone, elegantly executed a move "Straight to the Dragon's Den," which almost made Ye Chen's eyes pop out of his head.

"I've also suddenly realized that rough fighting techniques aren't suitable for this battle!" The ferocious Grandmaster laughed heartily. His technique "Scooping the Moon from the Bottom of the Sea" was masterfully executed, completely changing the style of his moves to an endlessly lewd approach.

"Ye Chen, save me!" Chu Yanran's anxious calls came once again.

"Fang Ruolan, you really don't believe I can destroy your Gu King?"

The debased fighting techniques of the two Peerless Grandmasters made Ye Chen extremely uncomfortable. He managed to evade vital strikes, but he still suffered a series of heavy blows, his mouth dripping with blood.

Fang Ruolan sneered, too lazy to even speak.

But, Fang Ruolan's smile suddenly froze, and a look of disbelief covered her face.

"Fang Ruolan, you believe now, don't you? That I can kill your Gu King!" Ye Chen's expression was fierce and tinged with slight madness. "Go save Chu Yanran now, or I'll die with you!"

"Don't be rash. Everything is negotiable!" Fang Ruolan said soothingly, feeling her lifeline Gu King's tremor—it was a fear of death. Ye Chen truly had the power to kill her Golden Silkworm Gu King!

"Women are so indecisive, just go and save her!" Ye Chen's right shoulder was hit, spewing a mouthful of blood.

"..."

Fang Ruolan turned and left, halting the overwrought old dwarf in his tracks.

"You're stopping me?" the old dwarf blinked. "Don't forget, we're on the same side, both hired by the Xue Family!"

Chu Yanran's frantic gaze turned icy at the old dwarf's words—so it was indeed the Xue Family!

"He has control over my lifeline Gu King's life and death, which means he controls me!" Fang Ruolan stated, the implication clear: with her lifeline Gu King under threat, she had no choice but to obey Ye Chen.

"Why would you stop me?" the old dwarf laughed, a glint in his eye. Had it not been for his respect for her status, he might have already taken liberties; conquering a Gu Master woman was, after all, a satisfying achievement.

"You want to die!" Fang Ruolan sensed the old man's greed and became furiously enraged.

"No man dislikes a beautiful woman, especially one like you—a rose with thorns!" said the old dwarf.

"You make me sick!" Fang Ruolan felt a chill of disgust; she couldn't fathom how such a withered old man could still harbor such thoughts.

"Ha ha ha, the disgusting part has yet to come!" the old dwarf laughed maniacally, his eyes emitting a disturbing light.

"Xuan Ku!" Fang Ruolan called out sharply, and the towering figure appeared beside her.

"Kill him, rip him to shreds, into pieces!" Fang Ruolan pointed at the old dwarf.

"Killing me with just a corpse Gu?" the old dwarf sneered. "Your own realm is but an early Grandmaster—how powerful can the Gu you refine be?"

"Ke~Ke~Ke~!"

Fang Ruolan didn't care about his contempt, dividing a strand of her will to control Xuan Ku, who lunged violently towards the dwarf.

"It looks like you don't understand how strong I am!" the dwarf, seeing Xuan Ku pounce, revealed a look of condescension. "A mere corpse Gu, I can blow it to bits with one punch!"

"Big talk, save your breath!" Fang Ruolan scoffed.

This Xuan Ku corpse Gu was an ultimate weapon refined by her master, of boundless might, capable of killing even Grandmaster Peak warriors!

"Just a petty corpse Gu, take my punch!"

The old dwarf exploded with astonishing energy, a majestic presence that surpassed a late Grandmaster, and he threw a punch directly at Xuan Ku without even looking.

"Boom!"

The dwarf's mighty punch collided fiercely with Xuan Ku's fleshly body, unleashing an unparalleled force that caused the ground below to quake violently. The entire building seemed unable to withstand the tremendous shock as though it was about to collapse.

"This can't be possible!"

"What?!"

Both the old dwarf and Fang Ruolan exclaimed in shock. They had seriously underestimated each other's strength.

"I never imagined you were a Grandmaster Peak!" Fang Ruolan spoke gravely. She sounded almost incredulous, for Grandmaster Peaks were exceedingly rare—the strongest force apart from a Land God!

"Indestructible Vajra!" The old dwarf eyed the Xuan Ku corpse Gu warily. "This is an extraordinary corpse Gu refined by a Gu Master of Land God caliber, with the power to kill anyone below the level of Land God!"

"However, your realm is shallow; you cannot unleash this corpse Gu's full potential. Even with this indestructible corpse Gu, you won't be my match!" The old dwarf's gaze became as cold as a snake sticking out its tongue, eyeing Fang Ruolan.

"Even if I'm not your match, with this Gu Master by my side, what can you do to me?" Fang Ruolan casually stepped forward, shielding Chu Yanran behind her; she was determined to protect her.

"We're all here for the same purpose. Unexpectedly, you've turned the tables and helped that boy!" the old dwarf said coldly. "You haven't grown old in feelings, have you? Fancy the boy's flesh?"

"Despicable!" Fang Ruolan showed a look of loathing; as the Saintess of Miaojiang, she could never entertain such banal thoughts.

"What, how can he be so strong!"

"It's bad, we need to escape!"

At that moment, the two Grandmasters engaged in combat with Ye Chen cried out in alarm, as if something unbelievable had occurred.

"This can't be possible!"

The old dwarf also glimpsed the shocking scene with his peripheral vision, and suddenly he could no longer maintain his composure.

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