Seeing that Zhi Hongyu was about to be overwhelmed.

At this moment.

A hurried voice came through.

"Princess Qingluan, show mercy."

Along with this voice, a sudden and intense fluctuation appeared in the void.

Soon after, a multicolored light screen instantly appeared in front of Zhi Hongyu.

Bang!

Yu Qingluan's strike landed fiercely on that multicolored light screen.

The light screen trembled incessantly, but it remained unbroken.

After a moment, the power of Yu Qingluan's attack dissipated, and the terrifying offensive returned to calm.

Yu Qingluan frowned and looked up.

She saw a young man appear beside Zhi Hongyu, breaking through the void.

The young man bore some resemblance to Zhi Hongyu, looking like they could be siblings.

Upon his appearance, the young man fixed his gaze on Yu Qingluan and sighed:

"Princess Qingluan, our Xuanhuo Sect seemingly has no deep-seated hatred with your Yan Clan, so why strike so harshly?"

Yu Qingluan clearly knew this young man, but there seemed to be deep-seated conflict between them, as her expression was ice-cold.

"No deep-seated hatred is needed; I simply can't stand you all!"

The young man frowned.

"Is it because of the marriage alliance?"

The words "marriage alliance" seemed to hit Yu Qingluan's sore spot, and she immediately shouted angrily:

"Don't mention those two words to me."

"It only makes me feel more disgusted."

The young man shook his head and said:

"Princess Qingluan, you should know that given your Yan Clan's current situation, marrying into our Xuanhuo Sect is the most advantageous choice."

"Why resist so much?"

"Besides, I've already said this."

"Even if we truly marry, I won't force you if you are not willing."

"I've compromised to this extent, what more do you want?"

Yu Qingluan snorted coldly.

"Your sweet talk might fool my father and others, but not me."

"I, Yu Qingluan, will never marry someone I don't like in this lifetime."

"I never would before, and I certainly won't in the future."

Yu Qingluan's expression was resolute.

Seeing this, the young man frowned again.

"Princess Qingluan, from your tone, it seems you already have someone you like?"

"Who is he?"

Yu Qingluan snorted coldly.

"Don't use your disgusting thoughts to guess me."

"My affairs have nothing to do with you."

Upon hearing this, the young man took a deep breath, his expression returning to cold indifference.

"Fine.

"I won't interfere with your affairs."

"However, I won't ignore the matter of my Xuanhuo Sect members getting killed."

Saying this, he looked at Zhi Hongyu.

"Who killed the three protectors?"

Zhi Hongyu, full of anger and resentment, immediately pointed at Zhou Yu.

"It was him."

"Zhou Yu!"

Hearing this, the young man's eyes narrowed as he looked at Zhou Yu.

"So, you're Zhou Yu."

"It seems your reputation has been quite notable lately."

"However, your courage is even greater than your reputation, daring to kill my Xuanhuo Sect members."

Zhou Yu had been in a bystander's mode just now.

From their words, he realized.

This young man must be a significant figure in the Xuanhuo Sect, likely Yu Qingluan's marriage partner.

Yu Qingluan, dissatisfied with the marriage, had left the Yan Clan because of it.

At the moment, he was scouring his memory for information about the Yan Clan, realizing he hadn't seen any records of the Yan Clan before.

As he was pondering, unexpectedly, the young man's anger suddenly turned to him.

Zhou Yu looked at the young man with a deadpan expression, saying:

"Who are you?"

The young man replied coldly:

"Xuanhuo Sect, Yan Wushuang!"

Zhou Yu said lightly:

"I killed your Xuanhuo Sect members because they tried to kill my friends."

"Killers should be ready to be killed."

"If they died, it's because they weren't skilled enough."

"Good."

"Then killing you will also be justified."

Saying that, Yan Wushuang's body suddenly vibrated.

A terrifying momentum burst out from him with a 'boom'.

In the next moment.

That terrifying momentum swept towards Zhou Yu.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu immediately prepared to activate the Body Power of the Blood Melt Realm to resist.

But a figure suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Yu, taking on Yan Wushuang's terrifying momentum.

It was Yu Qingluan.

At this moment, the Ancient Phoenix Soul once again emerged behind Yu Qingluan.

A terrifying flame aura surged from her body, forcibly pushing back Yan Wushuang's momentum.

At this moment, a barely noticeable flicker of dark anger flashed in Yan Wushuang's eyes, but his face remained calm.

He stared at Zhou Yu and said:

"Zhou Yu, even as the number one genius of the Mortal World, do you only rely on women for protection?"

Zhou Yu smiled faintly.

"You're right."

"I like being protected by women."

"It seems you want that too, but unfortunately, you're just offering your warm face to a cold reception."

As these words were spoken, not only did Yan Wushuang's expression turn gloomy, but even Yu Qingluan's face darkened as she glared at Zhou Yu.

"What did you say?"

Zhou Yu grinned secretly and quickly raised his hand:

"The toad wants to eat swan meat."

Yu Qingluan snorted coldly.

"That sounds more like it!"

"..."

Zhou Yu was speechless.

This scene, falling into Yan Wushuang's eyes, made him even more furious.

Zhou Yu flirting with Yu Qingluan right in front of him was a blatant slap to his face and to the Xuanhuo Sect's face.

Yet he couldn't do anything to Yu Qingluan.

An intense cold erupted in Yan Wushuang's eyes.

"Fine."

"Very well."

"Zhou Yu, you'll know the consequences of offending my Xuanhuo Sect."

"Let me tell you, the Ancient Phoenix Fire is in my Xuanhuo Sect, do you want it?"

"Unless you crawl to my Xuanhuo Sect from here, otherwise, let me tell you, you'll never see the Ancient Phoenix Fire in your lifetime."

With that, Yan Wushuang took Zhi Hongyu and flew away!

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