A distance of ten metres.
The Dragon Lady arrived in an instant.
Ye Qiu’s vision blurred, and then he heard a loud “bang” beside him as Ye Wudi was sent flying.
This…
Ye Qiu’s face was filled with shock.
Ye Wudi was a super expert who had cultivated two streams of true qi, yet even he couldn’t withstand a single strike from the Dragon Lady.
This woman was simply too terrifying!
The Dragon Lady pursued, intent on killing Ye Wudi.
“Wait!”
Ye Qiu hurriedly spoke up.
The Dragon Lady paused, turning to look at Ye Qiu with cold eyes. “What do you want?”
“Miss, could you hold on a moment? I have a few words I’d like to say to you,” Ye Qiu said, putting on an earnest expression.
The Dragon Lady snapped, “Spit it out!”
Damn, what a tigress.
Ye Qiu forced a smile and asked, “May I know how old you are, miss?”
A glint of killing intent flashed in the Dragon Lady’s eyes. “Are you mocking me?”
“No, no!” Ye Qiu quickly denied. “It’s just that you’re wearing a mask, so I can’t see your face, and I’m very curious about your age.”
“I think you must be very young.”
“As for your appearance…” Ye Qiu deliberately paused, giving Ye Wudi a subtle glance.
Ye Wudi understood and took the chance to get up from the ground.
“Why did you stop?” The Dragon Lady, clearly displeased, asked, “Do you also think I’m an ugly hag?”
“Absolutely not!” Ye Qiu immediately denied, his face serious. “I’ve seen plenty of beauties—big celebrities, world-famous models—but compared to you, they’re nowhere close.”
“Miss, your sense of style is impeccable. You must be as beautiful as a flower, utterly charming, a peerless beauty, captivating enough to make fish sink and geese fall, to eclipse the moon and shame flowers, like a radiant lotus emerging from water, as if a celestial fairy descended to outshine all others…”
Ye Qiu rattled off over a hundred idioms, praising the Dragon Lady to the skies.
Though his tactic was cliché, it was undeniably effective.
The killing intent emanating from the Dragon Lady noticeably diminished.
“Are you done?”
Ye Qiu had barely paused when the Dragon Lady asked.
“Er… actually, I think those words are too shallow to truly capture your beauty, miss. I think there’s a poem that suits you perfectly,” Ye Qiu said.
“What poem?” Curiosity sparked in the Dragon Lady’s eyes.
“This poem is…” Ye Qiu glanced at Ye Wudi.
Ye Wudi said coldly, “I don’t know any damn poetry.”
Clueless man!
I was giving you a chance to escape!
Ye Qiu was speechless.
“What is this poem?” the Dragon Lady pressed.
Ye Qiu recited loudly, “In the north, there is a beauty, peerless and independent. One glance topples a city, another topples a kingdom.”
“Miss, I think this poem was written just for you.”
“In all the world, only your beauty could match it.”
Hehe…
The Dragon Lady let out a bell-like laugh.
Ye Qiu shot Ye Wudi another look, practically shouting, Third Uncle, run already! Why are you still standing there like an idiot?
Not only did Ye Wudi not flee, but he also gave Ye Qiu a disdainful glance.
Pathetic flatterer!
Saying such insincere words just to survive—where’s your dignity?
Disgusting!
After her laughter stopped, the Dragon Lady looked at Ye Qiu and said, “You have a sweet tongue.”
“No, no, I’m not sweet-talking. I’m just speaking the truth,” Ye Qiu said with a smile.
The Dragon Lady giggled. “Then tell me, you haven’t even seen my face. How can you be so sure I’m beautiful?”
“It’s… intuition!” Ye Qiu said. “My intuition is always spot-on.”
“Is it?” The Dragon Lady smiled. “Then has your intuition told you whether I’ll kill you next?”
A charming smile spread across Ye Qiu’s face. “Miss, you’re as beautiful as a flower, with a heart as kind as a bodhisattva. You wouldn’t kill me, right?”
“Miss, I have a few more questions I’d like to ask you.”
“These questions are…”
“Enough!” The Dragon Lady suddenly let out a sharp shout, her eyes cold as knives as she stared at Ye Qiu. “Don’t think I don’t know you’re just stalling, wasting time so Xiao Jiu can escape.”
“I’m telling you, none of you will get away today.”
“They say a man’s mouth is full of lies, and today I’ve seen it for myself.”
“You’re so young, yet so glib. You must have ruined plenty of women with that tongue, haven’t you?”
“You’re a scourge, and today I’ll kill you to uphold justice.”
Boom!
The Dragon Lady attacked Ye Qiu directly.
Damn, this tigress has no honour.
Ye Qiu was furious. He had praised her so much, talking until his mouth was dry, only to get this outcome.
The Dragon Lady lightly tapped her foot on the ground, her body soaring into the air before Ye Qiu. She struck with a palm.
Ye Qiu wanted to test just how strong she was. He channelled the Nine-Turn Dragon Art and threw a punch.
Bang!
Fist met palm.
Ye Qiu was instantly sent flying, crashing over twenty metres away with a loud thud, his bones feeling as if they had shattered.
Boom!
Ye Qiu pushed off the ground with both hands, springing to his feet.
He stared cautiously at the Dragon Lady, a sense of despair welling up inside.
This tigress was too strong.
Utterly unbeatable.
What now?
A single thought flashed through Ye Qiu’s mind—run!
Though he had made up his mind, his expression remained calm as he said to the Dragon Lady, “Miss, let’s talk this out…”
Before he could finish, Ye Wudi interrupted.
“Ye Qiu, can you stop calling her ‘miss’? It’s nauseating. With her age, you might as well call her grandma.”
The Dragon Lady’s icy gaze landed on Ye Wudi. “You dare call me grandma? Are you seeking death?”
Ye Wudi met her head-on. “If you’ve got the guts, come kill me.”
“You’re not afraid to die?” the Dragon Lady asked.
Ye Wudi declared loudly, “As the leader of the Brahman, you’re asking such a stupid question. I’m starting to seriously doubt there’s something wrong with your brain.”
“Who in the world isn’t afraid of death?”
“Though I fear death, I, Ye Wudi, have always acted with integrity. I won’t cower just because your cultivation surpasses mine.”
“You want to kill me? Come on, then!”
Ye Wudi raised his Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, ready to fight the Dragon Lady to the death.
Unexpectedly, the Dragon Lady suddenly laughed.
“Ye Wudi, I’ll give you a chance. Join the Brahman, and I won’t kill you. How about it?”
Ye Wudi’s face was stern. “I, Ye Wudi, am a man of Hua Nation in life and a ghost of Hua Nation in death. I’ll never be your lapdog.”
The Dragon Lady said, “You’re mistaken. I’m not asking you to be my lapdog.”
What did she mean?
Ye Wudi was puzzled.
The Dragon Lady continued, “If you join the Brahman, I’ll let you be the leader.”
Ye Wudi didn’t believe a word of her nonsense. “You’d give me the leadership? Then what about you?”
A hint of shyness flashed in the Dragon Lady’s eyes as she replied, “I could be the leader’s wife!”
