"You won't die a peaceful death!"

Lan Ying bit down hard on her teeth, her whole body trembling.

"I'll assure that you die ... very comfortably!"

Xu Jiang's predatory gaze ran freely over her, unbridled.

He paid Lan Ying's threat no mind, even welcoming her challenge, "I'll be awaiting you in Putuo Temple, hoping you could manage to get in."

His invasive gaze swept over Lan Ying and the rest, intentionally lingering over them, openly inspecting them from head to toe.

"Chen Yanli, Fang Yun, and Zhu Zhu, I've had my eye on you for a long time. Now, it's not too late to pledge your allegiance to me. I will treat you just like how I've treated Chen Qian and the others."

"You ... shameless!"

Several of the women were infuriated to the point of trembling.

"Seize this opportunity, it is your last. Once you're in, I won't show any mercy."

Xu Jiang's face suddenly turned icy cold, emanating a strong murderous intent.

Upon seeing this, Lan Ying and the rest regained their composure.

"Wait and see, we'll definitely kill you."

"As I said earlier, I'll be waiting for you. I hope you do come."

Xu Jiang's gaze seethed with aggression, he completely ignored Lan Ying's threats.

Lan Ying and the others slowly retreat, they ultimately didn't dare to make their move in such a special place.

"Hmph!"

A young, strong member of the Greenfin Clan, sporting a thick beard at Xu Jiang's side, suddenly huffed, clearly dissatisfied.

"Mr. Shan, please calm down!"

Hearing this dissatisfied grunt, Xu Jiang, whose ego was inflated just moments ago, immediately turned pale, hastily turned around, and deeply bowed before the bearded young member of the Greenfin Clan.

Among the dozens of people from the Greenfin Clan, at least half of them were mutated human beings. However, they evidently held a lower status than the young, strong members of the Greenfin Clan. Positioned on the outer periphery, they were obsequious towards the Greenfin Clan members, like servants.

The bearded young Greenfin Clan member said coldly: "I don't care what you're doing but if it interferes with official business, I will make you regret being born into this world."

"Certainly not! Please be at ease, Mr. Shan, I will do everything in my power to accomplish the tasks our lord has assigned to me."

Xu Jiang's tone was filled with fear, he hastily made a promise.

"You'd better."

The young Greenfin Clan member spoke sharply with a threatening tone.

Meanwhile, the moment Lan Ying and the others retreated back to the human camp, a middle-aged martial artist in the late stage of the Bone Forger Realm approached them.

This middle-aged martial artist, in the late stage of the Bone Forger Realm, greeted Lan Ying with a full face of smiles, "Hello, Group Leader Lan."

Lan Ying glanced at the man and replied, clearly annoyed, "Li Jian, what do you want?"

Li Jian, sporting an eager countenance, offered, "Group Leader Lan, if you need help, just say it. I am willing to help you kill Xu Jiang."

"You?"

Lan Ying glanced at him, shook her head indifferently and rejected his offer: "Compared to Xu Jiang, you're nowhere near his level. Fighting with him would be asking for death. You can't help me, please leave."

"Group Leader Lan, you may not be completely familiar with my current strength. Two days ago, I broke through again, and now I'm in the late stage of the Bone Forger Realm."

Li Jian was confident about his strength, feeling that Lan Ying had underestimated him.

"Late stage?"

A sneer emerged from the corner of Lan Ying's mouth. Annoyed, she said: "Xu Jiang's strength is at the peak of the Bone Forger Realm."

Each upgrade within the four sub-realms of the Third Realm signifies a significant improvement in strength.

Attempting to challenge someone of a higher rank is practically impossible.

Lan Ying was completely unconvinced about Li Jian's strength.

Feeling underestimated again, Li Jian was perturbed, "So what? Realm doesn't determine everything!"

Lan Ying furrowed her brows but chose not to say anything more. She merely nodded towards Chen Yanli and her group.

Including Chen Yanli, four of the Third Realm's early and mid-stage beauties suddenly jumped out from the crowd.

With a flick of Chen Yanli's right hand, she tossed out a silver, sparkling net. As soon as this net-like object met the air, it quickly expanded, and in the blink of an eye, it morphed into a sky-capturing net.

The other three young women charged forward simultaneously and each grasped a corner of the net, intending to trap Li Jian.

Li Jian's face shifted as he swung his fists, throwing over thirty punches in a blink.

His punches were as swift as the wind, surrounded by Buddha Light, exuding the compassionate aura of demon exorcism, precisely the high-grade Buddhist martial art of Great Demon-subduing Divine Fist.

Each of those thirty punches landed on the sky-capturing net, attempting to delay the net's descent.

Yet it was a futile effort. The net, made of some unknown material, eerily ignored the forces acting upon it and fell unabated.

In a blink of an eye, the sky-capturing net had enveloped Li Jian. Chen Yanli and the others gripping the edges of the net gave it a pull, binding Li Jian inside like a dumpling tightly wrapped, immobilizing him.

"With your level of strength, do you still want to confront Xu Jiang?"

Lan Ying's voice was filled with contempt. "Xu Jiang could break our sky-capturing net with just one hand. Do you think you can survive even a few of his attacks?"

Xu Jiang's expression turned gloomy, he was filled with despair and could not utter a word.

Upon a casual shake from Chen Yanli and her group, the sky-capturing net was opened.

Xu Jiang was released and walked away in utter defeat.

Lan Ying ignored him. Her eyes scanned the crowd and suddenly froze as they landed on Xiao Mu, sitting at the edge of the crowd.

"It's Mr. Xiao!"

Chen Yanli also noticed Xiao Mu and voiced her recognition.

Without uttering a word, Lan Ying walked straight towards Xiao Mu.

"Mr. Xiao, hello! I didn't expect to run into you here."

Lan Ying wore a faint smile filled with surprise as she greeted Xiao Mu.

"Hello, Captain Lan!"

Xiao Mu casually returned her greetings and then nodded towards Chen Yanli. "Miss Chen, we meet again."

"Hello, Mr. Xiao."

Chen Yanli hurriedly greeted Xiao Mu, looking somewhat overwhelmed.

"Mr. Xiao, I would like to discuss a potential collaboration with you."

After much deliberation, Lan Ying finally spoke her thoughts.

"Collaboration?"

Xiao Mu slightly frowned.

He had witnessed the entire confrontation between Lan Ying and Xu Jiang, and though he had an inkling of what Lan Ying wished to discuss, he was not interested in meddling.

"If it's about asking me to help you kill Xu Jiang, don't bother."

Xiao Mu cut her off to refuse directly before she could voice her request.

Indeed, Lan Ying had thought along those lines. Upon hearing Xiao Mu's words, she froze on the spot.

Her expression turned somewhat awkward, but she quickly recovered and flashed a smile. "Mr. Xiao, why not have a look at my proposal first before deciding?"

"Oh? And what can you offer?"

Xiao Mu didn't believe that she could present a proposition appealing enough for him.

If Xu Jiang were alone, he wouldn't mind killing him on the spot.

For traitors like him who betray their own species, Xiao Mu had no goodwill, killing him would merely be a justifiable act.

However, Xu Jiang had pledged loyalty to the Greenfin Clan, and behind him was the formidable support of the same clan.

Not to mention, he currently had the backing of many powerful beings from the Greenfin Clan. Considering their large number and power—Xiao Mu, a lone warrior, undoubtedly could not handle this.

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