Chapter 376: Chapter 376

Ding Fan and Su Maner were nearing the summit, a stark contrast to the bustling auction scene at the mountain's foot. This place was rarely tread upon, desolate and quiet.

Engrossed in their own thoughts, Ding Fan and Su Maner didn't realize they had wandered there, lost in distraction.

At that moment, the wail they heard was evidently not far from Ding Fan and Su Maner, but their view was obstructed by trees ahead, preventing them from seeing the situation clearly.

Ding Fan gestured to Su Maner to keep silent, then swept his Divine Sense outwards, discovering two people dozens of meters away—the source of the wails.

One male and one female; the man was wielding a longsword with fresh blood dripping from its tip. The woman's shoulder was bleeding, evidently stabbed by the man.

The man appeared to be in his mid-twenties, fairly handsome but his expression was cold and ruthless, his eyes emanating a murderous aura, creating a terrifying impression.

Despite his youth, his cultivation level was impressive, showing signs of Earth Level prowess.

"Ruo Xin, I loved you, trusted you, why would you treat me ? You could actually bring yourself to harm me..." The woman on the ground was tearing up as she spoke.

Ruo Xin's gaze was frigid. "Su Qi, you and I are different. I grew up an orphan, yet you are the Sect Master's only daughter. If your father found out about us, he would surely kill me..."

"Ruo Xin... Why, even as I'm on the verge of death, can you still be so deceitful? You clearly wanted to get together with the mayor's daughter. I became an obstacle, and now you want to kill me..."

Before Su Qi could finish her words, Ruo Xin interrupted. "Yes, I want to be with Li Qishan, but if I leave with Li Qishan, will you let me go? Will your father let me go?"

Su Qi's eyes reddened. "Are you worried that, out of spite, I would tell my father about us if you left me?"

As Su Qi spoke, tears streamed down uncontrollably. "I can tell you clearly, if I had wanted to do that, I would have told my father the very first time you forced yourself on me..."

"I don't believe you!" Ruo Xin was indifferent in the face of Su Qi's words.

At that moment, Ruo Xin was like a cold and merciless beast. "How can you bear to watch me with another woman? So don't try to sound so sincere, it only makes me feel guilty!"

With those words, Ruo Xin twirled a Sword Blossom with his longsword. "Prepare to die."

"Ruo Xin... there's something I've never told you... I was planning to tell you today..." Su Qi said as tears continued to fall, gently touching her stomach.

"Ruo Xin, I'm carrying your child. If you can let go of your obsessions, we can pretend nothing happened today. I'll ask my father to let the three of us live together, or... or we could flee far away."

Ruo Xin's expression faltered slightly as he looked at Su Qi's stomach, his eyes grew more solemn.

"You're lying to me... you want to use the child to tie me down and then find an opportunity to kill me! The Su Family is full of schemes indeed!"

Su Qi was startled, clearly not expecting such a retort.

"Su Qi, no need for your cunning plots... Today, you must die!" Ruo Xin strode toward Su Qi.

"Ruo Xin, can you really bear to kill your own flesh and blood for the sake of becoming the mayor's son-in-law? Is wealth and glory truly that important to you?"

Without a word, Ruo Xin advanced towards Su Qi, his longsword striking directly at her throat.

Ruo Xin's sword strike was swift and fierce, and in Su Qi's eyes, it was something she could never dodge.

Su Qi closed her eyes as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Just as Su Qi believed her death was certain, a stupendous power suddenly blasted towards her.

The formidable power struck Ruo Xin's attacking longsword aside.

Startled, Su Qi hastily opened her eyes to find Ruo Xin recoiling several steps back, and a person now stood in front of her. With her savior's back turned to her, Su Qi couldn't discern the newcomer's appearance.

The power was immensely strong; had Ruo Xin not gripped his longsword firmly, the strike might have sent it flying.

"Hmph... talk about loyalty to me, yet it seems you've taken an outside lover long ago. The child in your belly must belong to this person too," Ruo Xin coldly remarked, eyeing the man standing before Su Qi.

"Ruo Xin... you, you bastard!" Su Qi hadn't expected Ruo Xin to counter-accuse her. The most update n0vels are published on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹~𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮~𝚗𝚎𝚝

"You deserve to die!" The person shielding Su Qi suddenly sprang into action.

Before Ruo Xin could comprehend what was happening, he was propelled through the air like a cannonball.

Thud... After being flung several meters, Ruo Xin landed in a disheveled heap on the ground.

Witnessing Ruo Xin being sent flying with a single kick, Su Qi stood agape, mouth agape in astonishment.

Ruo Xin was a core disciple in their sect, and strictly speaking, he was the most intelligent among his peers. His fellow sect brothers often referred to him as a genius.

Yet such a genius was sent flying with a single kick by the newcomer.

The person who kicked Ruo Xin was just a bit over twenty years old, and it was this man who settled Ruo Xin with an effortless kick.

If Ruo Xin was a genius, then what was the man before them?!

The one who had sent Ruo Xin flying, if not Ding Fan, then who else could it be.

Ding Fan had heard the conversation between Ruo Xin and Su Qi very clearly. He was used to seeing fighting and killing in the Cultivation World, but Ruo Xin's shamelessness had reached a certain realm.

Su Qi was willing to give up everything for him, and she even informed Ruo Xin that she was carrying his child.

Yet even so, Ruo Xin still wanted to kill Su Qi, all to become the mayor's son-in-law and enjoy a life of luxury and splendor after becoming a sought-after match!

Faced with such a person, Ding Fan really couldn't stand by. A person who could kill their own flesh and blood was no longer human, and indeed was worse than a beast.

Ruo Xin tried to get up from the ground, but as he was only halfway up and before he finished speaking, he directly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Adulterer and b*tch... I'll kill you today..." Ruo Xin calmed the blood and qi in his chest, and the first words he said were these.

At that moment, Ding Fan's figure moved again, and then Ruo Xin was once again sent flying with another kick from Ding Fan.

This time, the kick was even more powerful. After smashing through two large trees, Ruo Xin barely crashed to the ground.

Ruo Xin was an Earth Level Martial Artist, but in front of this person, he looked like a helpless chick. If it were not for Ruo Xin's cultivation, those two kicks would have definitely kicked him to death on the spot.

Even so, Ruo Xin couldn't take it anymore. Two more kicks like those, and he, Ruo Xin, would surely be kicked to death.

"Don't... don't... Spare me, hero! I was wrong... don't... don't..." Ruo Xin sat collapsed on the ground, gesturing for mercy as he spoke to Ding Fan.

Ding Fan was full of killing intent, his hands clasped behind his back. For a moment, he appeared like a God of Slaughter.

Ruo Xin could tell that begging Ding Fan to spare his life was utterly hopeless. The killing intent radiating from Ding Fan made him feel a chill down his back. How could the other party possibly let him go.

"Su Qi, I'm just a dog, please... let me go... If you spare my life, I'm willing to be your ox or horse..."

As Ruo Xin spoke, he suddenly knelt down with a plop in front of Su Qi, then started knocking his head on the ground heavily.

Ruo Xin had figured out Su Qi. She used to be completely obedient to him, and although they had just had an argument, Ruo Xin knew that Su Qi would surely consider their past and let him go.

Ruo Xin's thought wasn't wrong at all. Sure enough, seeing Ruo Xin knocking his head on the ground stirred compassion in Su Qi's heart.

"Benefactor... please consider this man as nothing but a pug and let him go..." As Su Qi spoke, she couldn't hold back her sadness, and tears streamed down her face.

The man who once appeared dashing and suave in her eyes had turned into this pug-like figure, willing to be like a dog for survival, and able to kill his own flesh and blood for wealth and splendor.

Su Qi truly didn't understand how she could have ever fallen for such a person.

"Benefactor, no matter what, he's still the father of the child in my womb... Please, I beg you, let him go..." After saying this, Su Qi directly knelt down before Ding Fan.

Ding Fan's brow furrowed slightly.

According to Ding Fan's temperament, he would not have spared Ruo Xin, considering what he had done. Such a scoundrel who abandoned his wife for wealth deserved to be killed a hundred times over.

However, looking at Su Qi beside him, Ding Fan hesitated.

He had stepped in primarily to save Su Qi. It was clear that Su Qi still harbored feelings for Ruo Xin. If Ding Fan were to kill Ruo Xin, surely Su Qi would harbor demons in her heart, affecting her cultivation...

"Get lost..." Ding Fan couldn't bear to look at Ruo Xin's disgusting manner any longer and coldly told him.

"Thank you, thank you for sparing my life... Thank you for sparing my life..." Ruo Xin busily knocked his head on the ground a few times before both Ding Fan and Su Qi.

Afterward, Ruo Xin picked himself up from the ground and staggered towards the base of the mountain.

Su Qi, watching Ruo Xin's retreating figure, couldn't help but feel troubled...

She truly must have been blind...