Chapter 231: Qin Hao

Seeing Jiang Luoli on the verge of tears, looking utterly wronged, Jiang Xuling's eyes blazed with fury.

Jiang Luoli was the jewel of the Jiang family, a little princess adored by countless others.

Her lively and adorable personality had won the affection of many elder Jiangs.

If Jiang Luoli suffered any mishap because of him, the Jiang elders would surely peel his skin off.

"You this ant…" Jiang Xuling's face was utterly dark.

Hearing Jiang Xuling call him an ant again and again, Qin Hao's face hardened with coldness.

He struck again, unleashing his full power.

Jiang Xuling, constrained by Jiang Luoli's presence, dared not fight freely.

Thus, he was momentarily suppressed by Qin Hao.

Meanwhile, the two guardian elders were held back by the sages of the Ancient Demon and Ancient Beast clans.

"You two clans, as followers of the Jun family, truly intend to oppose the Jiang family?" one Jiang guardian elder said coldly.

Everyone in the Immortal Realm knew the Jun and Jiang families were as close as brothers.

The followers of the Jun family naturally knew this too.

Yet they still chose to oppose the Jiang family.

"Hmph, we are no longer followers of the Jun family. The Ancient Demon clan will never be slaves!"

"Nor will the Ancient Beast clan ever be slaves!"

The sages of the Ancient Demon and Ancient Beast clans spoke coldly.

Their words rang firm, brimming with confidence.

Seeing this, the two Jiang guardian elders understood.

Behind the Ancient Demon and Ancient Beast clans, someone must be backing them—otherwise, they would not dare defy the Jun family so boldly.

They turned again to the sage with black wings and swirling black flames.

"The Nine You Ming Que clan." The two sages' eyes flashed.

This clan was one of the Ten Guilty Clans suppressed by the Jun family—yet they had also broken free from their seals.

Now, the situation had grown complicated.

Jiang Luoli was in their hands, and three sages stood present.

Even if they moved, they would gain no advantage.

On the other side, Jiang Xuling, held back by his concerns, had not fought at full strength and now bore several wounds.

"You who claim to be the embodiment of justice—how dare you use such despicable tactics?" Jiang Xuling sneered coldly.

"For extraordinary men, extraordinary means are needed. Against a man as wicked as you, any method is justified," Qin Hao declared with righteous pretense.

He unleashed another grand technique; the primordial force of the world surged, forming a seal that crushed down upon Jiang Xuling.

Jiang Xuling countered with his own move.

At that moment, Qin Hao suddenly flashed forward, appearing before Jiang Xuling in an instant, and slammed a palm toward him.

"Is this childish trick meant to defeat me?" Jiang Xuling sneered, raising his hand to block.

Suddenly, black flames flickered beside Qin Hao.

Then, a beautiful girl with black wings suddenly appeared, joining Qin Hao in the strike.

"What?!" Jiang Xuling's mind went momentarily blank, stunned.

The next instant, a thunderous boom echoed.

Jiang Xuling spat blood and flew backward, his chest charred black, flesh and muscle torn apart.

"Young Master!"

The two guardian elders' faces changed; they moved to intervene, but were held fast by the sages of the Ancient Demon and Ancient Beast clans.

"You…" Jiang Xuling stabilized himself, spat another mouthful of blood, and glared fiercely at the black-winged girl.

"You stole Qin Hao's bones—today, you must repay it." The black-winged girl spoke coldly.

"You are… the Nine You Ming Que clan…" Jiang Xuling's face turned grim.

He had never imagined Qin Hao still held this hidden trump card.

Qin Hao sneered: "I should thank you—if you hadn't stolen my bones, I might never have met Nine You."

As he spoke, his gaze toward Nine You softened with tenderness.

When Qin Hao had been stripped of his bones by Jiang Xuling and left on the brink of death,

it was Nine You 's appearance that saved him.

She then accompanied him on his rise.

Qin Hao had even sought out the Ancient Demon and Ancient Beast clans to free the Nine You Ming Que clan for her sake.

Between them, deep feelings had already formed.

"Damn it! I should have killed you outright back then!" Jiang Xuling regretted bitterly, his face dark.

Yet he did not know—

in the usual plot, he was merely Qin Hao's stepping stone.

Qin Hao would step on him to ascend, then rise completely.

"Delay invites trouble. Nine You, strike now—kill him!" Qin Hao's eyes turned icy.

Generally speaking, failing to eradicate the root and wasting words are the villain's trademarks.

As the protagonist, Qin Hao would never make such a mistake.

He was determined to kill Jiang Xuling.

"You dare kill me?!" Jiang Xuling's eyes brimmed with murderous intent.

"Even if I don't kill you, you'll kill me—so why not kill you first?"

Qin Hao spoke no more, and together with Nine You, launched a crushing assault upon Jiang Xuling.

His two guardian elders were fully locked down by the sages of the Ancient Demon and Ancient Beast clans, unable to move to rescue him.

"Damn it!"

Watching Qin Hao and Nine You descend upon him, Jiang Xuling's face turned ghastly.

He likely never imagined his role as the villain was to be trampled by Qin Hao from the start.

"Will I, Jiang Xuling, truly die at the hands of this mortal ant?" he thought suddenly.

"Cousin!"

Jiang Luoli, imprisoned in the spatial cage, paled.

Though Jiang Xuling was only a distant cousin, and they shared no deep kinship,

he was still family.

Jiang Luoli naturally did not wish to see her own kin perish.

At this critical moment,

from afar, a terrifying arrow of light pierced through space!

"Qin Hao, beware!" Nine You 's face changed; she spun back to block.

At the same time, from another direction, another graceful figure sped toward Nine You.

"Who is it?!" Nine You snapped coldly.

Qin Hao also turned, raising his hand to counter.

Boom!

The clash of forces shook the heavens.

In the distance, a young man appeared, bare-chested, with a sun totem branded on his chest, wielding the Zhu StarDestroying Bow—it was Yi Yu.

He fired nine arrows in rapid succession, targeting Qin Hao.

Meanwhile, on the other side,

a woman clad in a tight black gauze dress appeared.

She had a slender figure, exquisite beauty, porcelain-white skin, and long black hair cascading over her shoulders.

Behind her sprouted a pair of black-and-white wings, swirling yin and yang energies, resembling a stunning dark fallen angel.

It was Yan Qingying.

She flared her fallen heavenly wings and struck toward Nine You.

Because the scene was so sudden, everyone present froze for a moment before recovering.

Jiang Xuling himself was bewildered, Bumingbai why these sudden newcomers were helping him.

While the sages of the Ancient Demon, Ancient Beast, and Nine You Ming Que clans were all distracted by Yi Yu and Yan Qingying,

behind the spatial cage imprisoning Jiang Luoli, a white-robed figure emerged silently, sword in hand.

He slashed at the spatial cage.

The cage shattered, cracking open.

"Come out, you silly girl…"

The white-robed figure spoke with a sigh and a touch of exasperation.