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A crisp sound rang leisurely in midair, and then a streak of blood‑red light suddenly appeared out of nowhere, howling as it crashed straight toward the leg shadow the King had kicked out!

"Boom!"

A heavy explosion thudded out all around, and then a graceful figure suddenly appeared in the air.

The woman wore a light red fitted cotton coat, a deep blue pleated denim on her lower body, black leather boots on her feet. Her cascade of golden hair hung loosely over her shoulders, her delicate face lightly made up and strikingly pretty. Those sapphire‑like eyes were as deep as the sea and dazzling besides, and at the same time like an enormous magnetic field—once you looked into them, you couldn’t pull your gaze away.

The woman seemed like a fairy walking down from the ninth heaven, drifting gently to the ground!

"Blood Phoenix!" The King’s eyes immediately narrowed when he saw this woman.

Olivia giggled softly. "King, we meet again!"

Because Olivia was of the blood clan, her lifespan was far longer than that of humans, so it wasn’t anything strange that she had met the King and knew him.

After Olivia drifted down, she went straight to stand at Ye Xunhuan’s side; her stance needed no more explanation.

She, Olivia, was on Ye Xunhuan’s side; she was here to help him.

The King’s gaze swept up and down Olivia twice, then he said lightly, "I really didn’t expect you’d dare come here."

"Honestly, I didn’t want to come either, but you’re a bit out of line as a person." Olivia said blandly, "You say you people fight your own battles, so why the hell did you send someone to Jiangzhong City to harass Qiu Ruoxi?"

"And you even notified Qiu Ruoxi, told her to come to Southeast City to see Ye Xunhuan one last time. Just how low can you get?"

When Ye Xunhuan heard Olivia’s words, his expression tightened, and a cold gleam flashed in his eyes like a sharp sword stabbing straight at the King’s heart. "King, you brought my wife here?"

Ye Xunhuan never doubted Olivia’s words, because he believed she would never lie to him.

"That’s right."

Now that Olivia was here and had already said it out loud, there was no point in the King denying it.

So the King admitted it frankly.

Ye Xunhuan’s face instantly turned ugly. He had come to Southeast City precisely to avoid Qiu Ruoxi, to keep her and the others from knowing his current situation. Yet who could have thought this bastard King would actually tell Qiu Ruoxi about it—and judging from Olivia’s words, Qiu Ruoxi had already arrived.

"King, what do you mean by this?" Ye Xunhuan stared at the King, his face dark as ink.

Not only Ye Xunhuan; Xiahao Yunting’s face also turned incredibly unsightly at that moment. Like Ye Xunhuan, he fixed the King with a death stare, as if waiting for him to give an explanation.

"No need to be so tense." The King said naturally, "You’ve already gotten to this point. I’m worried that in the future you husband and wife won’t have a chance to see each other again."

"After all, now that you’ve fallen into my hands, you’re going to be locked up at Wall‑Facing Cliff. I’m never going to let Qiu Ruoxi go to a place like that." The King said softly, "So I called her over now, just to let you two see each other one last time before you’re separated."

"So you can put each other’s worries to rest."

This speech from the King was polished to perfection, giving off the vibe of a righteous gentleman.

"Bullshit your mother!" Ye Xunhuan couldn’t help cursing. "King, I’m warning you—if you dare lay a finger on my wife, I’ll blow your whole Protectorate Headquarters to hell!"

Right now Qiu Ruoxi was practically Ye Xunhuan’s reverse scale. As the saying goes, a dragon has a reverse scale; touch it and you die!

"King, you’re despicable!" Xiahao Yunting suddenly spoke up as well. "You actually laid hands on my granddaughter!"

"Big Brother, that’s not fair. I really didn’t do anything to her." The King said earnestly, "And I swear to heaven—if I do anything to Qiu Ruoxi, may I, the King, die a miserable death!"

As he spoke, the King raised two fingers and swore to the sky on the spot!

"King, don’t you think you’re being hypocritical?"

"Big Brother, what do you mean by that?" The King said softly, "I called Ruoxi over purely because I wanted to let the young couple see each other one more time."

"Besides, you and I forged brotherhood in eight formal bows. In terms of seniority, Ruoxi should call me Grandfather as well. How could I possibly harm her?"

With that, the King sighed lightly, sounding a bit heartsore. "Big Brother, I already gave you time before, told you to bring Xunhuan to Protectorate Headquarters to stand trial. That way I could have gone easier on him—but you didn’t do it."

"And as the head of the Protectors, I can’t just let this matter slide because of our private relationship and let Ye Xunhuan kill as he pleases. Even if the man he killed was the number two in the Protectors, I should just let it go?"

"Big Brother, I’d like to let it slide, but would they agree?"

As he spoke, the King turned and pointed at everyone behind him. "I’m the head of the Protectors, the equivalent of the Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch. They all follow my lead. If I can’t even protect my own people, what business do I have being the head of the Protectors?"

"Of course, although I brought people here, I never intended to kill Xunhuan. I can’t protect him—that’s true. I have my duties. But I figure if I spare his life, the others will still give me a bit of face."

"I just have to imprison him for life, so he can’t go on slaughtering innocent people."

At this moment the King radiated righteous indignation. Not only did he lay out the brotherly bond between them, he also made clear his status and his helplessness.

Right now the King looked like a man torn by a painful contradiction.

On one side were his subordinates, on the other his elder brother. There was simply no way to have it both ways!

Faced with the King’s speech, Xiahao Yunting had no idea what he could possibly say.

Because everything that needed saying, the King had more or less already said himself; there was nothing left for him to add.

"King, drop the hypocrisy." Ye Xunhuan snorted coldly. "No need to paint yourself as so noble and helpless. You schemed against me—just admit you schemed against me."

"You think these people are all idiots, that they can’t see it? They’re just willing to play dumb." Ye Xunhuan said icily. "And they’re afraid of me too—afraid that if they clash with me someday, I’ll kill them."

"At the same time, they all know the Taiji Seal is on me. They’ve been coveting it all along, just didn’t dare make a move. Now that you’ve made your move, of course they won’t lag behind. After all, who can say for sure whether you and I won’t end up both badly hurt?"