57: Trying to play dirty tricks on me? I'll make you kneel down and beg for forgiveness!

Facing Long Kui's forceful arrest, which was filled with 'official' authority.

The hearts of the people from Purple Cloud Holy Land and Yaochi Holy Land were in their throats.

However!

Just as Long Kui's silver gauntlet, powerful enough to crush a top-grade spirit artifact, was about to touch Lin Chen's collar!

The man who had been silent all this time, as if scared senseless,

He finally spoke.

He didn't make a move.

There wasn't even a trace of spiritual energy fluctuation.

He just slowly asked a question in a calm tone full of 'curiosity' and 'puzzlement', a question that instantly froze Long Kui's movements in mid-air.

"Captain Long Kui, right?"

"This Madam'm very curious."

"Exactly what kind of 'top-grade spirit artifact bracelet'"

"Can make you disregard even Elder Yuheng of the Yaochi Holy Land's prestige?"

"And not even bother with the most basic 'investigation and evidence collection' process?"

"You're so impatient to apprehend me, this 'murderer'...

"And bring me to justice?"

Boom—!!!

Top! Grade! Spirit! Artifact! Bracelet!

These words were like a bolt from the blue, striking hard into the minds of everyone present!

Long Kui's pretty face, hidden beneath her visor, instantly drained of all color at this moment!

Her charging figure froze instantly, and for the first time, a genuine... panic appeared in her sharp phoenix eyes!

He... how did he know?!

She had been so secretive!

On the other side.

Elder Yuheng of Yaochi Holy Land and Luo Bingli of Purple Cloud Holy Land were first stunned upon hearing these words.

Then, they instantly understood something!

They looked at Long Kui's stiff back, and then at the Myriad Sword Pavilion disciples nearby, who were avoiding eye contact and looking guilty.

Their faces showed both sudden realization and towering fury!

"So that's how it This Madams!"

"This Madam wondered why Captain Long Kui was so... 'just and incorruptible'!"

"Turns out she took bribes, accepted money, and eliminated trouble for others!"

Elder Yuheng's voice instantly became icy cold!

Luo Bingli even directly drew her sword!

As for Li Hanyue and the others from Myriad Sword Pavilion, they were completely dumbfounded!

They never expected their most secret 'trump card' to be so casually exposed in public by the other party?!

"You... you're spouting nonsense!"

Long Kui finally recovered from her extreme shock!

She pointed at Lin Chen, her voice stern but inwardly weak, and angrily rebuked, "This Madam am the Captain of the Black Dragon Guard! This Madam have always been impartial! How dare you, a fiend, slander me here?!"

"You are challenging the authority of the entire Qianlong City!"

"Oh? This Madams that so?"

Lin Chen smiled.

That smile was full of pity.

As if looking at a clown who was about to die but still arguing.

He slowly raised his hand.

On his palm, an unremarkable shadow-recording stone was quietly suspended.

"What a coincidence."

"This Holy Son just happens to have a good habit of 'recording images'."

"Do you want me to now publicize the entire process of how Fellow Daoist Li Hanyue 'accidentally' slipped an 'evidence' into your armguard..."

"And let everyone 'judge'?"

This was the real killing blow!

The moment she saw that shadow-recording stone!

Long Kui's heart sank completely to rock bottom at this moment!

She knew she was finished.

Once this image was released, the cruelest punishment of the Black Dragon Guard awaited her!

"You... you..."

She pointed at Lin Chen, stammering for a long time but unable to utter a single word.

She didn't dare to argue anymore.

But admitting to 'accepting bribes' in front of the two great holy lands was even more impossible for her!

Finally.

She could only take a deep breath and forcefully try to smooth things over.

"Hmph!"

She snorted coldly and slowly retracted her hand and the forbidden shackles.

"Since Elder Yuheng This Madams willing to vouch for you!"

"Then This Madam will give her this face today!"

"This matter This Madams temporarily concluded here!"

"But you all remember this!"

Her gaze, like a venomous snake, fiercely glared at Lin Chen.

"The Black Dragon Guard will never let the matter of murder rest!"

"Let's go!"

She actually wanted to just let it go like this?!

However.

She wanted to leave.

But the people from Myriad Sword Pavilion wouldn't allow it!

"Captain Long Kui! You can't leave!"

Seeing this, Li Hanyue grew anxious! She quickly stepped forward, frantically urging Long Kui with her eyes!

(You took our things! How can you just leave?! )

"Get lost!"

Long Kui was full of pent-up anger at this moment!

She looked at this incompetent fool, and a chilling killing intent suddenly flashed in her eyes!

She wasn't stupid!

The evidence was already in his hands!

If she continued to entangle herself, she would be the one to die!

She suddenly narrowed her eyes and squeezed out a few words through clenched teeth in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"If you dare to say another word, do you believe This Madam'll kill you right now?!"

Li Hanyue instantly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her body turning cold.

And just as this farce was about to end in such a ridiculous manner.

The man who had been ignored by everyone all this time.

He finally spoke slowly.

"Wait."

His voice wasn't loud.

But it made everyone present, including Long Kui, who was about to lead her team away, freeze instantly.

"Did This Madam say you could leave?"

Lin Chen's calm yet undeniable voice instantly locked everyone's steps like the heaviest shackles.

Long Kui, who was about to lead her team away, suddenly stiffened.

She slowly turned around, her phoenix eyes, hidden beneath her visor, stared intently at Lin Chen, her voice so cold it seemed capable of freezing souls.

"What?"

"What else do you want?"

"Do you have anything else to say?"

Her heart was already filled with a deep hatred for Lin Chen!

But with her weakness in his hands, she had to endure!

However.

Lin Chen seemed completely oblivious to her almost tangible killing intent.

He didn't even glance at her.

His gaze slowly passed over her and landed on the Myriad Sword Pavilion members behind her, who looked guilty and were preparing to sneak away.

Then, he slowly smiled at Long Kui, speaking in a tone full of 'innocence' and 'confusion':

"Captain Long Kui, don't misunderstand."

"This Madam have no objections to you."

"This Madam just have a small 'logical' problem that This Madam can't figure out and would like to ask you, an 'official'."

He looked at Long Kui's instantly darkening face, the smile at the corner of his mouth growing brighter.

"You see,"

"Just now, you and these 'fairies' from Myriad Sword Pavilion insisted This Madam was a 'murderer', shouting for my death."

"And now, as a representative of Qianlong City's laws, you declare this matter 'concluded' and prepare to let us go."

"So, according to this logic, can This Madam understand it this way—"

His voice suddenly became sharp!

"Our Purple Cloud Holy Land This Madams innocent."

"And all previous conflicts and incidents were instigated by..."

"These pieces of trash from Myriad Sword Pavilion, who twisted black and white and made false accusations first?!"

Boom—!!!

Heart-piercing!

These were the most extreme, heart-piercing words!

He actually used Long Kui's own actions to inversely condemn Myriad Sword Pavilion to... death!

"You... you're slandering us!"

Indeed!

Li Hanyue and the female disciples of Myriad Sword Pavilion instantly bristled like cats whose tails had been stepped on after hearing these words!

"Our Senior Sister's body This Madams still cold! You... you actually dare to slander us like this?!"

"Exactly! You despicable and shameless man! If you hadn't used underhanded means to ambush Senior Sister! How... how could she have died?!"

"That's right! You're the one who killed someone! And now you want to shift the blame?! How can there be such a shameless man in this world!"

They once again placed themselves in the position of 'victims', frantically 'morally condemning' Lin Chen!

However.

This time, before Lin Chen could speak,

Captain Long Kui, who had been suppressing her anger, finally erupted!

"All of you... shut up!!!"

A roar filled with endless anger and killing intent exploded from her mouth!

She suddenly turned her head, her sharp phoenix eyes, like two drawn swords, glared fiercely at Li Hanyue and her group of incompetent fools!

She was almost driven mad by these idiotic teammates!

Didn't they see This Madam was trying to get out of this situation?!

And you're still adding fuel to the fire here?!

Are you in a hurry to die?!

Stared at by Long Kui's terrifying killing intent, Li Hanyue and the others instantly felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, their bodies turning cold, unable to utter a single word.

And after Long Kui reprimanded these fools.

She turned her head again, forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart, stared intently at Lin Chen, and squeezed out a few words through clenched teeth:

"What exactly do you want?"

"Nothing."

Lin Chen spread his hands, his expression still as calm as ever.

"Since things are already very clear."

"They crashed into our ship."

"They injured our people."

"They insulted us first."

"And they were the ones who made false accusations afterward."

"Then..."

He looked at the Myriad Sword Pavilion female disciples, who were already pale with fright and trembling.

He slowly uttered the final judgment, which was even more cruel to them than killing them.

"Kneel."

"Apologize."

Apologize?!

To make these proud daughters of heaven from Myriad Sword Pavilion kneel and apologize to a 'vase', a 'man', whom they most looked down upon?!

This was simply a monstrous humiliation!

It was the ultimate humiliation, ten thousand times worse than killing them!

(Wh... what?!)

(He... he actually... wants us to... kneel and apologize?!)

Li Hanyue's mind was buzzing!

Who was she?

She was a core disciple of Myriad Sword Pavilion! One of the candidates for the next generation of elders!

Wherever she went, wasn't she always revered and sought after?

And now!

This man!

This man, whom they had regarded as a 'vase', an 'accessory', 'trash' from beginning to end!

He actually wanted them to... kneel before him?!

(No! Impossible! This Madam absolutely will not!)

A surge of unyielding, mad arrogance, inherent to a sword cultivator, instantly rushed into her heart!

She gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with venomous resentment, glaring fiercely at Lin Chen as if wanting to devour him alive!

However.

Just as the atmosphere once again solidified to an icy point.

A voice full of 'kindness' and 'persuasion' suddenly sounded from the side.

"Alas, Junior Niece Li,"

Elder Yuheng of Yaochi Holy Land slowly walked over.

She looked at the Myriad Sword Pavilion disciples, who were still stubbornly resisting with their eyes, and a hint of 'disappointment' showed on her face.

"Why let things escalate to this point?"

"It's just... an apology, isn't it?"

Her voice was gentle, yet it was like the sharpest soft knife, fiercely piercing into the hearts of Li Hanyue and the others!

"A true man can bend and stretch, let alone us women?"

"Take a step back, and the world opens up."

Mediating!

Seemingly mediating, but in reality, forcing them to... comply in the most 'decent' way!

"You!" Li Hanyue trembled with anger. She didn't expect this old fox from Yaochi to kick them while they were down at this moment!

And what made her even more desperate.

Was the icy cold gaze of Captain Long Kui, their 'backer' whom they had 'paid a hefty price' to invite!

Long Kui stared intently at them.

Her eyes were filled with undisguised... warning and killing intent!

As if saying:

(You fools! If you dare to cause any more trouble for me! This Madam'll kill you right now!)

No strong allies within, strong enemies without!

Li Hanyue's heart sank completely to rock bottom at this moment!

However!

Just then, Zhao Qian, who had been loudly clamoring beside her, suddenly erupted like a cornered mad dog!

She fiercely pointed at Long Kui, screaming in a sharp voice full of resentment and unwillingness!

"We... we refuse to accept!"

"You... you're all in cahoots! You're all helping that man!"

"Long Kui! You... you bitch who took our benefits but didn't do your job!"

"You..."

"You're courting death!!!"

The moment the word "bitch" was uttered!

Long Kui's nerve, which had already been stretched to its limit, instantly... snapped!

A terrifying pressure, more violent and filled with killing intent than any before, erupted from her body!

She no longer cared about any 'official' decorum!

"Slap—!!!"

She transformed into a silver lightning bolt, instantly appearing before Zhao Qian!

She slapped her heavily across her face, which was distorted with terror!

The immense force directly dislocated Zhao Qian's jaw!

All remaining words turned into mournful "wuwuwu" sounds!

And Long Kui was still not satisfied after hitting her!

She actually grabbed Zhao Qian's hair and dragged her in front of Lin Chen like a dead dog!

Immediately!

Under the horrified gazes of everyone present!

She raised her foot, clad in a silver combat boot, and fiercely kicked Zhao Qian's knee!

"Crack!"

"Thud!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound of bone cracking!

Zhao Qian screamed and uncontrollably fell to her knees!

Kneeling heavily before the man she had regarded as a 'vase' from beginning to end!