Chapter 41 Begging for Mercy

In an instant, they fell. Now, only two late-stage Qi Condensation practitioners and Su Yunyue remained. Su Yunyue certainly had not expected this turn of events.

She had originally wanted to tell them to finish it quickly, but when she turned her head and saw that half of the people she had brought had been dealt with by those two useless spiritual pets, her expression instantly darkened.

Because this time, she no longer possessed the supreme confidence in her victory as before. Instead, a wave of cowardice rose within her, and she even felt a tinge of regret for having tagged along.

At this thought, she unconsciously stepped backward. Su Yun轻 (Su Yunqing) spotted this immediately. "What? Thinking of running?"

Su Yunyue’s body stiffened abruptly, and she also noticed the glances sweeping back toward her from the side. After a moment of hesitation, she awkwardly shifted her gaze away. "As if!"

If these fellows knew she wanted to give up and flee, they would likely choose to leave without a second thought. How could she possibly outrun them then? Her life would only be in greater peril.

Therefore, no matter what, she could not let them know her true thoughts, so she naturally refused to admit it at this moment.

Hearing this, the others spoke quite calmly, "Stop trying to sow discord. What happened before was due to our carelessness, but it won't happen again. I will kill you!"

One of the men standing before Su Yunqing stared at her through gritted teeth, looking as though she had committed some grave injustice against him.

Unmoved, Su Yunqing fixed her gaze on him. "Since you harbor murderous intent toward me, then all of you shall stay here!"

"Not a single one of you is running away today." A playful smile bloomed on her face, instantly infuriating the man.

"You're simply courting death!" With that, the man on the far right launched an attack, closely followed by the one on the left. Even so, she did not stop.

Wielding a long sword in her hand, she unleashed a powerful wave of spiritual pressure, causing their expressions to change drastically.

"This is bad! This woman's cultivation is above ours, and by more than just a single realm!" If she were only higher by one realm, they might still be able to put up some resistance, but the situation now was entirely different.

"Have you figured out how to deal with this?" Someone pondered for a moment before casting their gaze upon the others, asking with a hint of perplexity.

"We have no choice but to bite the bullet and push through!" Having come this far, there was no longer time for hesitation; they could only fight with all their might to secure a chance of winning.

Even so, they were simply no match for Su Yunqing. The gap in their realms was far too vast, and they soon discovered that she possessed dual spiritual attributes. Wood-type spiritual energy condensed into vines to bind them, while fire-type spiritual energy carried out the attacks.

They were utterly incapable of defending against it, and before long, she had slain them.

Meanwhile, Little Mist and Little Cloud had nearly finished up. Even the hawk released by Su Yunyue had been scorched pitch-black by Little Mist and had plummeted straight to the ground. Though it still breathed, it was already incapacitated and unfit for battle.

Su Yunyue was now frightened out of her wits by the scene before her, her body involuntarily tensing up. Especially as she watched Su Yunqing steadily walking toward her, the terror in her eyes intensified. "Don't—don't come closer!"

"What? Didn't you say you were going to kill me? Is that all the ability you have?" Su Yunqing raised her eyes slightly, casting an indifferent glance at Su Yunyue that frightened her to the point of tears.

A sneer crossed Su Yunqing's mind. She truly could not fathom how her past self could have ever been bullied by such a coward. It seemed true indeed: excessive kindness only invited bullying. If one did not wish to be bullied, the only way was to make oneself endlessly strong.

"Su Yunqing, don't do anything reckless! I am your cousin, after all. The Su family has strict rules against harming fellow clansmen; break them, and you'll be cast out!"

"Surely you don't want to be driven out? You still want to return to the Su family, don't you? As long as you spare me, I can go back and intercede with Grandfather, begging him to let you return."

Naturally, she hoped to use this to dispel the other's desire to kill her, because she could feel the intense, overwhelming intent to murder radiating from Su Yunqing. If she didn't want to die, she had to think of something.

"Cast out? Splendid. That suits me just fine." Su Yunqing raised an eyebrow and smiled brightly.

That place called the Su family only filled her with disgust. It was a den of cold-blooded people who had never treated her as family, viewing her instead as a family disgrace and wishing they could all trample her underfoot.

Even when her legs were crippled in her past life, she had seen no sign of them extending a helping hand. Instead, there was mostly cold detachment and watching from the sidelines. They had even treated the torment inflicted upon her by Su Yunqi and her sister as if nothing had happened, letting them humiliate her at will.

Why? Simply because they considered her nothing more to waste, a blemish on the Su family's face. If this useless person could simply vanish, it would be a blessing for them. Naturally, they were more than eager to see her tortured to death!

Such a family held not a shred of warmth for her; it was defined by cold-bloodedness and loathing. Anyone with half a brain would never choose to return.

Seeing the look of revulsion on Su Yunqing's face, Su Yunyue realized she genuinely had no desire to return to the Su family. Her heart skipped a beat, but she hurriedly pressed on, refusing to give up. "Even if you don't want to return to the Su family, what about His Highness? If you spare me, I will help you with your affairs concerning His Highness and ensure you can be together with him!"

In her view, Su Yunqing surely had no reason to refuse this, so she lifted her head and looked at her with hopeful eyes.

To her astonishment, the smile vanished from Su Yunqing's face in an instant. Her expression turned ice-cold, the very aura around her chilling to the bone, and her tone carried a biting frost. "Such a piece of trash is only treated like a treasure by the likes of you! Furthermore, I despise him to the core—how could I possibly ever want to be with him? Su Yunyue, are you deliberately trying to disgust me?"

Incredulity filled Su Yunyue's eyes. Clearly, this was the same woman who used to chase blindly after His Highness, constantly speaking of him at every turn. Even if she had changed her strategy later on, her heart wouldn't have turned cold this fast, would it?

"Don't worry, Su Yunyue, I won't kill you straight away. I'll make sure you thoroughly 'enjoy' yourself before you die!" Of course, this "enjoyment" was anything but pleasant. Accompanied by the smile on her face, it filled Su Yunyue with a profound sense of foreboding.

"Can't you spare me just because we're cousins? I know it was wrong of me to hunt you down; I was just momentarily possessed by greed, but I'll never do it again! As long as you let me live, I'll do whatever you want." Having witnessed how quickly Su Yunqing had wiped out her men—even if she hadn't slain them all single-handedly, she had still killed five, including two in the late Qi Condensation stage—Su Yunqing's extraordinary strength was undeniable.

Knowing she had zero chance of winning, Su Yunyue could only resort to playing the emotional card in hopes of softening her heart.

From her perspective, they were sisters who had grown up together, so Su Yunqing should feel at least a little bit of reluctance. Yet she had severely underestimated her; the current Su Yunqing was no longer the person of her past life, and sentimentality no longer existed within her.