41: Old man, did you ask me before launching this sneak attack?

"For the Family!"

A severely wounded Ye Family Disciple, at the final moment of his life, likewise chose the most tragic way, using his own death to forcibly trade for the lives of two Wang Family Disciples!

Similar scenes were constantly playing out in every corner of the battlefield.

Everyone had eyes red with bloodlust!

However, no matter how fearless of death the sons of the Ye Family were, they could not make up for the vast disparity in numbers.

The balance of the battle was mercilessly tipping, bit by bit, toward the allied forces of the Liu and Wang Families.

If things continued this way, within half an hour, the younger generation of the Ye Family would surely be slaughtered, resulting in an irreparable generational gap!

Yet, in the midst of this bloody battlefield filled with despair and tragedy, a white figure, like the sharpest peerless divine sword, forcibly tore an unstoppable opening through the enemy formation!

That was Ye Feiyan!

Her figure was elusive, like a Fairy under the moon, and the ordinary refined iron longsword in her hand seemed to transform into the scythe of the Grim Reaper!

"Flowing Light Sword Shadow!"

With a clear shout, the sword light fell like a waterfall, instantly slicing three rushing Liu Family Disciples at the waist!

"A Startled Glimpse!"

The sword struck like lightning; a cold glint, fast to the extreme, flashed and vanished. A Seventh Level of Qi Refining Wang Family squad leader could not even react before a blood hole appeared between his brows, and all the light in his eyes instantly dissipated.

Her Ninth Level of Qi Refining Peak cultivation, combined with her god-like, artistic combat experience as a female emperor in her past life, made her like a tiger entering a flock of sheep on this battlefield where the highest cultivation was merely the Qi Refining Realm. Everywhere she passed, no one could stop her!

The Disciples of the Liu and Wang Families were simply no match for her in a single exchange!

Her overwhelmingly powerful and stunning figure, moving as if through an empty land, soon caught the attention of the two enemy supreme commanders who were entangled with the Ye Family Patriarch in mid-air!

"Damn it! If this girl is not eliminated, she will surely become a major threat!"

The Liu Family Head forced back the Earth-Splitting Bear of the Ye Family Patriarch with a palm strike, a flash of ferocity in his eyes. He immediately transmitted his voice secretly to Family Head Wang: "Brother Wang! You temporarily hold off this old thing of the Ye Family and his beast! I will find an opportunity to strike personally and completely wipe out that little slut Ye Feiyan!"

"Good!"

Upon hearing this, Family Head Wang instantly understood the stakes, and the two immediately reached an agreement!

In the next move, Family Head Wang's offensive suddenly became incomparably violent. Disregarding his own consumption, he tightly entangled the Ye Family Patriarch and the equally fearless Earth-Splitting Bear!

Meanwhile, the Liu Family Head, taking advantage of this critical moment, deliberately widened the distance from the Ye Family Patriarch, his figure like a ghost, suddenly breaking away from the main battlefield!

He found the perfect timing!

A terrifying pressure belonging to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, filled with endless killing intent, descended like the sky collapsing, instantly locking onto the white figure below who was slaughtering in all directions!

He was going to strike personally to strangle the future hope of the Ye Family!

"Not good!"

The Ye Family Patriarch reacted instantly, his eyes splitting with rage, and let out a roar filled with shock, anger, and despair!

"Feiyan! Be careful!!!"

He wanted to return to aid immediately, but Family Head Wang was like a mad dog at this moment, entangling him tightly so that he could not break free at all!

Hearing the Clan Chief's anxious warning, Ye Feiyan's heart suddenly froze!

Almost at the same time, she felt a deadly crisis from a higher level of life, enough to instantly crush her into powder!

She looked up abruptly and saw a massive palm print covering the sky, carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth, slamming down toward her!

That was... a full-force strike from the Foundation Establishment Late Stage!

She could not run! She could not dodge!

In front of this palm, her Ninth Level of Qi Refining cultivation was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper!

Ye Feiyan's expression instantly became incomparably grave, and in those cold phoenix eyes, a trace of desperate madness and determination flashed!

"It seems... this is the only way!"

She took a deep breath, and the spiritual power within her body had already begun to reverse frantically in a mysterious and destructive way!

She prepared to use that forbidden Secret Technique that must never be used unless absolutely necessary! Burning her vital blood and Divine Soul, she would forcibly raise her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment realm in an instant!

With this, she would resolve this certain-death situation!

However, at the very moment she was about to activate the Secret Technique and pay a heavy price.

A small, pitch-black figure jumped out silently from the courtyard wall behind her, blocking in front of her.

It was a small black snake that looked only as long as a chopstick and appeared harmless to humans and animals.

It slowly raised its head, which was not much bigger than a thumb, looking up at the arrogant Liu Family Head in mid-air, who was filled with a hideous smile, and the massive palm print that could destroy heaven and earth.

A voice, not loud but clearly transmitted into the ears of everyone present, filled with endless indifference and mockery, slowly rang out.

"Old thing, did you ask me before launching a sneak attack?"

That voice, indifferent yet filled with endless mockery, although not loud, boomed like thunder from the Nine Heavens, exploding clearly in every corner of the battlefield!

Time seemed to have been pressed on a pause button at this moment.

Whether it was the Ye Family Disciples fighting in a bloody battle, or the arrogant allied forces of the Liu and Wang Families, everyone's movements stiffened abruptly in that instant!

They unanimously followed the source of the voice, casting their gazes filled with shock and bewilderment toward the small black figure blocking in front of Ye Feiyan.

The next second, the entire battlefield fell into an eerie, deathly silence.

Immediately following that was an uproar reaching the sky, filled with endless absurdity and disbelief!

"Speak... Speaking Human Words?!"

"I... I didn't hear wrong, did I?! That little snake... it... it spoke?!"

Everyone was stunned!

They stared blankly at the small black snake that was only as long as a chopstick and appeared harmless to humans and animals. Their eyes were wide open, their mouths hung open unconsciously, enough to stuff a fist into, and their brains completely crashed and went blank in this instant!

Even Ye Feiyan, who was preparing to burn her vital blood and perish with the enemy, was completely frozen in place at this moment!

In those cold phoenix eyes, for the first time, she revealed the same dullness and bewilderment as everyone else.

Speaking Human Words!

These four words, to any Cultivator, represented an unbreakable truth!

—Only a Yao Beast that has stepped into the Second Order, refined its throat bone, and condensed Divine Thought can do this!

Could it be...

Could this small black snake, which had always followed by her side and whom she regarded as a companion needing protection, now be a Second Order Demon Beast!