Chapter 2: 第2章 琉璃戒2

Chapter 2: Glazed Ring 2

On Mount Feng at the border of Country Z, Ye Qian looked up at the starry sky. Against the ink-black heavens, countless stars appeared exceptionally bright. Ye Qian could no longer remember the last time she had watched the stars.

"I didn't expect Miss Blood Butterfly to enjoy looking at these stars as well. Might I have the honor of admiring them together with you?" A man's magnetic voice suddenly rang out.

(Bai Hua, the leader of a force secretly cultivated by the President of Country Z, and also the President's nephew, who secretly handles the President's dirty work.)

"Heh, Bai Hua. I didn't expect you all to pursue me so quickly this time; your efficiency is quite high. Did someone tell you my whereabouts? If that's the case, if the President of Country Z found out, wouldn't he charge you with the crime of privately communicating with foreign enemies? Hmm?" Ye Qian spoke in a slightly playful tone.

"Even with death imminent, you still have a sharp tongue. Humph, Blood Butterfly, I advise you to surrender. Otherwise, the guns held by my brothers are blind; if they accidentally wound that beautiful face of yours, it would be such a pity. The prettier the woman, the more she cares about her beauty. You'd better surrender peacefully."

"Heh, relying on small fry like you to make me surrender? You overestimate yourselves far too much."

"Don't celebrate too early! Our reinforcements will arrive here momentarily! Even if you are the most formidable assassin, what does it matter? You can't stand against so many elite soldiers and advanced weaponry."

"Your reinforcements will take at least twenty minutes to arrive here at the earliest. Do you think I'm foolish enough to wait for them to arrive before I deal with you?"

A gentle breeze brushed against her cold face, lifting a few strands of her hair. Her star-like eyes held a chilling smile, and her naturally crimson lips shimmered with a bewitching red in the night light.

At this moment, Ye Qian looked coldly at the group before her and said softly, "Overestimating your own strength."

The voice was not loud, yet it was like a sharp sword, piercing through the air and straight into everyone's hearts.

The group, which had been brimming with momentum just a moment ago, instantly began to tremble. The weapons in their hands shook slightly along with their hands.

"She's just a woman! No matter how capable she is, she can't beat this many of us!" Some daredevil shouted fearlessly.

Ye Qian sneered inwardly at that daredevil.

With a flick of her hand, a thin needle glowing with blue light was thrown out, sinking into the man's neck.

The man's body went stiff as he fell backward, his face still frozen in his previous expression. No one had seen clearly how Ye Qian had made her move.

A sense of dread gradually rose in everyone's hearts toward the woman before them. Before they could even attempt to flee, the needles in Ye Qian's hand were already flying out. Each needle seemed to have eyes of its own, accurately embedding itself into their necks.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Qian had finished off the dozens of small fry in front of her.

Although Bai Hua had seen many such scenes, he had never seen anyone kill like this. He froze for a few seconds; those few seconds alone would have been enough to kill him several times over.

"Seeking your own death." Ye Qian looked down coldly at the utterly terrified Bai Hua. With a slight movement of her fingertips, she almost instantaneously plunged the dagger in her hand into Bai Hua's chest. Bai Hua's pupils dilated instantly, and his body fell stiffly backward.

However, in the next second, the smile on Ye Qian's face froze.