No one was expecting Jian Yu to launch a sudden attack. Only Han She never took her eyes off Jian Yu, and the moment the opponent attacked, she merely let out a cold snort before slashing her sword in front of her.

Two invisible forces that neither Yang Ze nor Lin Yue could see made contact, and a deafening sound echoed in the entire Sword Sect that knocked out anyone below the realm of Foundation forging unconscious.

Even though the attack wasn't made towards Yagn Ze and Lin Yue, the two of them still flew back like dry leaves, only managing to stabilise after a few moments.

At the moment, both of them were in a sorry condition… with Yang ze being in the worst condition.

He felt like a few of his ribs were broken from the impact as he swallowed a mouthful of blood. Even though he held back from throwing up blood, a thin stream of blood still made its way from the corner of his lips.

"Are you okay?" Lin Yue wanted to reach out and support Yang Ze, but before she could even touch him, Yang Ze slapped away her hands mid-air, leaving her stunned.

Yang Ze didn't even pay attention to her.

Ignoring the injuries on his body, his gaze was stuck on the figure of Cang Yue and Jian Yu, who were engaged in combat.

Jian Yu, whose eyes had turned red, was attacking like a maniac. With every wave of her hand, an invisible ripple would strike towards Han She, intending to destroy her completely, but Han She would simply wave her sword, effortlessly cutting through the invisible layer of attacks.

The two of them were stuck in this conflict for a while when Yang Ze made his way towards them.

Even though just the aftermath of the attack was enough to destroy him completely, he didn't seem to fear it. He kept on walking towards the two of them, only stopping when his body couldn't bear it anymore.

"Wait, please." His voice was trembling as he spoke those words.

"What… where is Cang Yue?" He asked again, his question directed at Han She. He couldn't understand the meaning behind her words about taking the body of Cang Yue. Or perhaps he didn't want to believe them.

"...."

"...."

What met him was the sound of muffled explosions as the two women were engaged in fighting.

Though over time, it became clear that Han She was beginning to struggle.

It wasn't her fault either.

She had just taken over this body, which was already severely lacking any energy. And if that wasn't enough, she, herself, was dead tired after fighting with Cang Yue to take over this body.

It was only with the help of the sword that she was able to go toe-to-toe against Jian Yu; she would have died the moment Jian Yu took action.

But if things were to progress this way, there was no doubt that she was going to meet that fate sooner than later.

"WAIT… TELL ME WHERE IS CANG YUE?"

"Annoying." Listening to that man's constant whining, Han She simply slashed in the direction of Yang Ze, intending to finish him off. But the moment she slashed her sword, Yang Ze, who clearly felt a sense of death, immediately jumped up in the air before flying away.

The slash passed through where he had been standing, cleaving the ground into two, leaving a chasm that was almost ten meters deep and two meters wide.

Just the sight of it was enough to tingle Lin Yue's scalp as she immediately retreated into safety. She wasn't like Yang Ze, who could fly and dodge attacks. If it were to hit her, even her dregs won't remain.

"....." Yang Ze, on the other hand, didn't pay any attention to the chasm. His entire focus was on the two figures fighting in front of him.

He thought about rushing in, but with his current strength, it was impossible.

In the end, he simply turned around and rushed towards Lin Yue, who had now retreated back to safety.

"Yang Ze…" Looking at Yang Ze rushing towards her, Lin Yue's heart thumped as she braced herself for whatever was coming.

"THE TRUTH." Even before Yang Ze, his voice reached her ears.

"NOW."

Lin Yue looked at the man in front of her before closing her eyes and letting out a sigh. She knew he was going to find out sooner or later, but she didn't expect things to turn out this way so soon. She was hoping to enjoy her time with him first, especially after finding out about his heaven-defying physique. But now…

Looking at the figure of Cang Yue and Jian Yu engaged in combat, she cast a hateful glance at them. It was because of these two bitches that everything turned into shit.

'Should I just knock him unconscious and take him away?' Lin Yue was tempted to simply take away Yang Ze. But after struggling in her mind, she held back that impulsive thought.

The current situation was extremely complicated. One wrong move and she would be targeted by not one, not two, but three powerful people, all possibly in the realm of Soul tempering.

She calculated her options and, in the end, decided to tell him the truth. As for whether she was going to tell him the complete truth or not…

"I was hoping it wouldn't come to this." Lin Yue's voice was filled with sorrow as she began to speak.

"Almost a week ago, Cang Yue, I, and Xiao Ruolan had a meeting."

"Cang Yue, at that time, told us about how she needed to head somewhere. She didn't explicitly tell us where she was going, but she mentioned that it might be dangerous."

By now, Lin Yue knew that the current woman fighting Jian Yu was not Cang Yue. Since that was the case, she could lie without any worries.

"We asked her whether she needed help, and she told us no."

"She said it was something that she needed to do alone."

Speaking till here, Lin Yue's voice turned a bit hoarse as she clenched her fists and bit her lips.

"She said she would be back soon, but even after a long time when we didn't receive a word from her, we panicked."

"In panic, we took a hasty decision to carry forward with the marriage."

"I know…" Looking at Yang Ze, who was about to say something, Lin Yue raised her hand, stopping him before he could even speak.

"I know, it was selfish of us, but we didn't have an option."

Her eyes were now stuck at the ground beneath her as if she was child who was caught doing something bad.

"We only wanted to help out Cang Yue. After all, we are bound by the heavenly oath."

Listening to the word 'Heavenly Oath,' Yang Ze merely narrowed his eyes.

Although there were a lot of things that didn't make sense in Lin Yue's story, he didn't pursue it at the moment. He would have plenty of time in the future for that.

Right now, his priority was Cang Yue. He didn't know where she was or how she was doing. His only clue was the woman named Han She, who looked like Cang Yue.

Yang Ze watched intently as Jian Yu slowly began to gain the upper hand.

Unlike Han She, she wasn't out of energy or injured in the slightest.

In less than three minutes, Jian Yu was finally able to suppress Han She completely, making the latter unable to move.

"Although I don't know how you managed to escape from the seal, it doesn't change anything."

"I am gonna kill you."

Jian Yu's voice was bone-chilling as she uttered those words.

"I know you won't die this easily, but destroying this body will certainly make things difficult for you, won't it?"

With a sneer, she raised her hand one last time, intending to finish her off, but before she could do anything, Han She suddenly turned to look in the direction of the white masked woman before asking in a cold voice.

"Are you just going to stand there?"

Listening to those words and looking at her disciple who just stood there in silence, Jian Yu suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. She immediately waved her hand down, intending to finish it off, but before she could, she heard a soft sigh in her ears.

"Sigh."

In that instant, Jian Yu's eyes went wide with disbelief and shock as she turned her head with some difficulty to look at her disciple, whom she had taught from a young age.

She watched in horror as the white masked woman simply waved her hand and with that, both her and Jian Yu's figure disappeared from there, leaving behind only the figure of Yang Ze, Lin Yue and Han She, who was trying to catch her breath.

"Huff… Huff…" Han She could only let out a laugh as she closed her eyes. Just as Jian Yu said, it was almost impossible to kill her, but destroying this body would certainly ruin her plans and future. It was something that she wanted to see the least.

Now with Jian Yu gone, she could finally make her way out of this damned place into the open. There were still many things that needed her attention.

But before she could even take a step forward, the figure of a man in his late thirties landed right in front of her.

"You again?" Han She simply let out a mouthful of air as she shook her head gently.

"Forget it." Since the other party was constantly whining, she might as well entertain him for a while.

"What do you want?"

"Where is Cang Yue?" Yang Ze had no interest in knowing who she was or why she looked similar to Cang Yue. He just wanted to know where his wife was.

"DEAD."

Han She's answer made Yang Ze's body tremble as he glared at her with a murderous gaze.

"What do you mean by that?" Even though Yang Ze was trying to appear tough and calm, his heart was in a mess. The anxiety he was feeling inside had reached its peak. Even without an answer from the woman in front of him, he had a feeling of dread.

But he still asked… he still asked, not because he wanted to make sure. But because he wanted to believe that Cang Yue was still safe and sound.

"Oh! I am sorry, didn't you hear me the first time?" Han She let out a cold snort.

"Since your thick brain can't understand it, let me make it easy for you."

Han She wasn't worried that Yang Ze would do something to her. Even if she was exhausted and almost out of energy, she could take on a thousand people like him.

"When she came to me to save your sorry life, I put the sword mark on her chest." Speaking till here, she patted the middle of her chest.

"Because of that mark, she had to come back to me."

"And once she was back, I simply took over her body."

Han She just gave him a brief outline of what happened. She was in no mood to explain it to someone like him.

"Then…" Yang Ze's voice trembled as he asked further. "Cang Yue?"

"DEAD." Han She repeated those words again.

"Don't worry, because I got most of her memories.. In a sense, she is still alive, right?"

"..."

"..."

Yang Ze didn't reply, but with every passing second, his body was trembling more and more with his head lowered, not letting anyone see his face.

Han She looked at his state before a mocking expression appeared on her face.

"Oh! I almost forgot…" Licking her lips, she spoke while clicking her tongue. "When she took you to the Duality Sect's ruins, she actually thought about pinning you to the ground and riding you for seven days and seven nights."

Yang Ze's body trembled even further. Not because of the meaning behind those words, but because the woman in front of him knew about him going to the Duality Sect's ruins with Cang Yue… Something that only the two of them knew.

"Oh, and did I mention that after that passionate night at the inn, she got pregnant?"

"Unfortunately, the fight between us when I was trying to take over her body killed the child."

*BOOOOOOOOM

In that instant, Yang Ze felt his mind go blank as a primal rage burst in his heart. And before he knew it, he was already in front of Han she, with his fists covered in a thick layer of golden black, threatening to blow her head off.

"Pesky ant." Han She merely let out a cold snort as she waved her hand and with that Yang Ze's body flew back like a broken kite.

"...." Yang Ze's body didn't stop iuntil rolling on the ground a few times. Without payting attention to his injureis, he put all his strength in his legs as he began to slash one wind blade after another towards the woman in front of him, intending to chop her into pieces.

"Hmph!" Han She simply slashed her sword and with that, more than fifty wind blades that Yang Ze just launched towards her disintegrated. But her sword slash didn't just stop there… before Yang Ze could even react, it slid through the right of his body, taking off Yang Ze's right hand with it.

"NOOOOOOOOO." Lin Yue who was watching from the distance screamed at the top of her lungs as she rushed towards Yang Ze, but before she could take a step forward, she felt the world around her spinning as she lost consciousness. But her body didn't fell onto the ground, instead it was caught mid-air by a soft pair of hands.

"Not now." Xiao Ruolan who has appeared out of nowhere first glanced at Lin Yue and then at Yang Ze whose was missing his right hand. She raised her finger, intending to take action but in the end, simply let out a sigh.

The next moment, both she and Lin Yue disappeared from their position, as if they weren't there.

"UGH." Yang Ze finally felt the pain in his right part of his body as he clutched his right arm.

Blood fountain burst from his right arm as he used his internal energy to stop bleeding.

"Don't disappoint me." Han She who was still sitting on the ground with a leisure expression upon her face merely let out a soft smile as she simply raised her hand, signalling him to come again.

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