Chapter 1697 - 1696: Now, It’s My Turn to Protect You!
"Holy Daughter!"
Many people in the crowd were already panicking, shouting nervously, "Y-you... don’t do anything crazy! If we die, you won’t live either!"
"Yeah, what you’re doing is Mutual Destruction!"
"Don’t do anything foolish!"
"..."
Not only were they nervous, Ling’er also hurried to the Holy Daughter’s side to try to talk her down.
She understood the Holy Daughter.
Judging from the Holy Daughter’s expression, she didn’t care about life or death at all, she only wanted to make them pay the price they deserved!
"My lady, please don’t!"
Ling’er pleaded anxiously.
The Holy Daughter, however, acted as if she hadn’t heard a thing and continued circulating her Inner Strength.
At this moment.
Qin Feng suddenly came to stand before her, his eyes as clear and deep as a lake, locking onto the Holy Daughter’s eyes as he said softly, "Xing’er, stop."
The Holy Daughter paused for a moment.
Their gazes met; her calm eyes rippled like a lake stirred by circles of waves.
Only now did Ling’er finally understand: the reason the Holy Daughter ignored life and death and wanted to teach those people a lesson wasn’t for anyone else—it was because of Qin Feng!
Because those people had just said they were going to wipe out Qin Feng!!
It was only in this instant that she suddenly realized: in this world, only Qin Feng could make the Holy Daughter listen!
Then.
After a brief pause, the Holy Daughter shook her head again and said, "No..."
She started circulating her Inner Strength once more, intending to detonate the petals drifting in the sky. She was just about to part her lips and teeth and shout the word "explode"—
Suddenly!
Qin Feng gently pulled her into his arms and pressed his lips to hers!!
"..."
In that instant, the whole world seemed to fall silent.
No one had expected this scene.
A cool breeze brushed past.
The petals scattered over everyone and at their feet all vanished into thin air.
When people see the situation, they let out a heavy sigh of relief.
The petals disappearing meant they no longer had to endure the Holy Daughter’s explosions.
Qin Feng and the Holy Daughter were still locked in a kiss.
Seeing this, Ling’er felt stifled and wanted to stop them.
Even though Qin Feng had changed her opinion of him greatly along the way, Qin Feng being a "philandering scumbag" was an indisputable fact.
And Qin Feng had also said that he couldn’t get too deeply involved with the Holy Daughter, otherwise her Immortal Heart would completely disappear.
So she couldn’t let him be with the Holy Daughter.
She was just about to rush forward to stop them.
The two finally separated at this moment.
The Holy Daughter gazed at Qin Feng with deep emotion; seeing that gentle look in her eyes, Ling’er grew even more worried that she had fallen too deeply. She glared at Qin Feng in frustration, as if to say: on the way here you said you couldn’t be with the Holy Daughter, so why did you suddenly go and kiss her!
Qin Feng gave a wry smile.
He hadn’t had a choice.
The Holy Daughter’s power had already been set in motion; all it lacked was a soft shout and those petals would definitely have all exploded.
But to stop her now that her Inner Strength was already circulating was too late. The only way was to extinguish the Fuse.
The Fuse was the shout she was about to utter, which would set the petals ablaze.
And simply covering her mouth with his hand wouldn’t work—he had to use the power of his Dragon Saliva to douse the force that was about to burst from her lips.
So he could only kiss her.
In other words.
If he didn’t have Dragon Saliva, anyone else in his place probably wouldn’t have been able to stop her.
At this moment.
The Holy Daughter suddenly went limp and collapsed into Qin Feng’s arms, then with a muffled "pfft," she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood!
Just as everyone had suspected, she had been forcing herself to hold on; her severe injuries couldn’t allow her to do this.
"My lady..."
Ling’er was frantic with worry.
Shuiyun Immortal and the others also grew anxious. "Where are Luo Shui Divine Doctor and the Medicine King? Haven’t they come back yet..."
The cultivators from the Inner World were all excited now.
"Heh, I said she was just bluffing!"
"She’s clearly half-dead already and still wants to teach us a lesson? Doesn’t know her place!"
"So you’d better get the hell out of Vine Dragon Mountain!"
"..."
Seeing the Holy Daughter now, unable to fight and unable even to stand, they began to act without scruples.
Watching this, the Holy Daughter struggled to get up.
But Qin Feng had already handed her over to Ling’er and the others, saying, "Don’t worry. Leave it to me."
The Holy Daughter was still uneasy and tried to move.
Qin Feng’s eyes rested on her as he said, "From now on, it’s my turn to protect you."
With that.
He stood and faced the Inner World crowd, his expression ice-cold.
The Inner World cultivators all looked at him with utter disdain.
A man with a knife scar over his left eye, holding a huge broad blade, stepped forward and mocked Qin Feng, "Brat, since you don’t know what’s good for you, don’t blame us!"
As his words fell.
The heavy broad blade came crashing down toward Qin Feng!
Swish—!!
A streak of white light flashed.
With a loud clang.
The scarred man’s broad blade, fully a foot wide, was cut cleanly into two pieces and clattered to the ground.
Qin Feng stood unmoving, Life and Death Blade in hand, radiating dazzling light.
"What??"
Everyone stared at the blade in Qin Feng’s hand, utterly stunned.
That scarred man was Immortal Realm.
In their eyes, Qin Feng shouldn’t have been able to withstand such power at all.
No one expected that he would instead cut the huge blade in half!
It was simply unbelievable!
"That blade looks pretty good."
"Who’d have thought someone from the Lower Realm would have such a fine Divine weapon."
"..."
Someone else’s lips curled with greed as he stepped out and said to Qin Feng, "Brat, hand me the blade in your hand and maybe I’ll spare your life."
"Heh."
Qin Feng smiled calmly, looking at him as if he were an idiot.
The man flushed with anger and shouted, "Looks like you won’t give up until you reach the Yellow River, you just won’t give up!!"
As he spoke, he was about to strike.
But.
Just as he took a step forward, there was a sudden "thump."
He turned his head.
The scarred man from earlier had fallen straight to the ground, blood spreading everywhere, a deep gash carved across his body, as if he’d almost been cleaved in two!
"What?!!"
The man was stunned.
Qin Feng hadn’t moved just now, which meant that the wound on the scarred man’s body had been inflicted at the exact moment Qin Feng cut his broad blade in half!
At this moment.
Not only he but everyone felt as if they were dreaming.
The scarred man was Immortal Realm.
To slice his broad blade in one stroke was already incredible, and yet Qin Feng had also so effortlessly cut the man himself down at the same time.
Such an offhand-looking strike.
Any one of them might not be able to pull it off!
"Th-this..."
The man no longer dared step forward; his legs had gone weak.
Qin Feng swept his gaze over the crowd and said, "From today on, whoever bullies the Holy Daughter will end up like that scarface. Do you understand?"
"..."
They all looked at one another, no one speaking.
If they answered, it would mean admitting they’d been cowed by a lowly ant from the Lower Realm, which was humiliating.
"Do I need to say it again?"
Qin Feng spoke slowly once more.
This time, as he spoke, a layer of black flames suddenly gathered around him, and a crimson eye appeared on his forehead.
He exuded an overwhelming aura!!
"..."
Everyone was once again shocked.
Demon!
They could feel the flames of a Demon!!