"Zhao Jun, I'm telling you again, who I want to be with is my freedom, and it has nothing to do with you."
Chen Mingyue was so angry with Zhao Jun that she detested him even more.
The Zhao Jun of the past was not like this. The Zhao Jun of the past was gentle and refined, kind to others, and although arrogant, he had the right to be arrogant with his family background.
Moreover, arrogance was not a significant flaw for them, the favored children of heaven.
But today, Zhao Jun was acting strangely, provoking Ning Beichen again and again, which made Chen Mingyue extremely disgusted with him.
"Chen Mingyue, even if you don't like me, you don't have to find a loser to anger me. Let me say it plainly, this loser is not worthy of you!"
Zhao Jun pointed at Ning Beichen, calling him a loser repeatedly, completely looking down on him.
"Shut up!"
When Chen Mingyue heard Zhao Jun curse Ning Beichen as a loser, she immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Who was Ning Beichen?
He was someone even her grandfather dared not offend lightly. Not long ago, Ning Beichen defeated the Cherry Blossom Island Sword King, Liu Sheng Yuan Zhong, with a single sword. Yet Zhao Jun called him a loser.
Just as Chen Mingyue was about to vindicate Ning Beichen, she saw Ning Beichen put an arm around her waist and look at Zhao Jun with an unfriendly gaze, saying:
"I'll give you one chance to rephrase your words. Kneel down and apologize, and I'll pretend this never happened."
Upon hearing Ning Beichen's words, Zhao Jun's entourage immediately jumped out, pointing fingers at Ning Beichen and cursing him.
"Who do you think you are, daring to tell Young Master Jun to kneel and apologize? If Young Master Jun says you're a loser, then you're a loser!"
"Young Master Jun, why bother with such a loser? Let me handle him. I can crush him to death with one hand!"
"Crushing him to death won't appease Young Master Jun. This loser who dares to compete for a woman with Young Master Jun should be torn into eight pieces."
"..."
"Are you finished?"
Chen Mingyue felt Ning Beichen's voice turn cold. She had wanted to intervene but hesitated, her heart chilling, and she dared not speak.
Although Ning Beichen was cooperating with her, it was just cooperation, not that he truly liked Chen Mingyue.
If she misstepped, she wouldn't just lose Ning Beichen's help, but also his friendship.
"Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun, you're asking for trouble. Don't blame me for not warning you."
Chen Mingyue thought to herself.
"So what if I'm finished? You loser, can you really turn the world upside down?"
One of Zhao Jun's followers arrogantly cursed Ning Beichen.
"Young Master Jun, why waste so much time talking to this loser? No one will help him if he dies here anyway. Let me do it."
Ning Beichen looked at these people and burst into angry laughter.
He had initially considered giving them some face as they were all from the Eastern Ancient Kingdom and didn't want to kill them. But he offered them face, and they completely disregarded it.
Ning Beichen released Chen Mingyue's waist. He no longer wanted to pretend.
Chen Mingyue, who had intended to grab his hand, retracted it halfway and sighed deeply at Zhao Jun.
It was clear that the situation today could not be resolved peacefully, and it was related to her, Chen Mingyue. How could she have the nerve to ask Ning Beichen to de-escalate?
For people who courted death, Ning Beichen couldn't even be bothered to speak to them. If he didn't act, he wouldn't act. But when he did, it was like a thunderclap.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
The heads of the three lackeys who were with Zhao Jun turned into烂西瓜 (rotten watermelons), with red and yellow matter splattered everywhere.
Zhao Jun's pupils constricted. With his cultivation, he couldn't even see Ning Beichen's movements clearly.
What did this mean?
It meant that Ning Beichen's cultivation was far superior to his.
Escape!
Zhao Jun was not an idiot and immediately fled backward.
But before he could run a few steps, a hurricane struck him from behind.
Zhao Jun hurriedly shouted, "You dare to kill me? I am from the Zhao family of Jiangnan. My ancestor is..."
*Bang!*
Before Zhao Jun could finish his words, his head also turned into a rotten watermelon.
"Zhao family of Jiangnan, very good, I've noted it down!"
Ning Beichen punched the headless corpse that had not yet fallen.
With a *boom*.
Zhao Jun's body flew more than ten meters away.
A Grandmaster could not be insulted, let alone Ning Beichen, who was a Great Grandmaster, the pinnacle of martial power in the world. If Zhao Jun had survived, he would surely have regretted the most bringing up the Zhao family of Jiangnan to threaten Ning Beichen.
"Ning Beichen, I'm sorry, I didn't know Zhao Jun would be like this."
Seeing the tragic state of Zhao Jun and his men, Chen Mingyue's heart skipped a beat, her legs felt weak, and she quickly went to apologize to Ning Beichen.
"It has nothing to do with you. It's just that there are always some fools who are tired of living in this world. You don't need to apologize for such fools."
Ning Beichen replied indifferently.
"Yes."
Chen Mingyue nodded quickly.
When Ning Beichen had defeated the Cherry Blossom Island Sword King with a single sword before, Chen Mingyue, with her abilities, couldn't discern the subtleties. She just felt that Ning Beichen was very powerful, capable of defeating even the Cherry Blossom Island Sword King.
However, at that time, they were using wooden swords, and she couldn't open her eyes, so she couldn't grasp how powerful Ning Beichen truly was. But just now, she had witnessed Zhao Jun's fate with her own eyes.
Chen Mingyue didn't know how powerful the Cherry Blossom Island Sword King was, but Zhao Jun's strength was superior to hers. If it were a one-on-one fight, Chen Mingyue wasn't confident she could defeat Zhao Jun.
Yet, just now, Zhao Jun couldn't even withstand a single punch from Ning Beichen.
From this, Chen Mingyue could tell that Ning Beichen was far more powerful than she had imagined.
As for Ning Beichen, killing Zhao Jun was no different than crushing an ant. He couldn't be bothered to think about extraneous matters and instead focused on examining the surroundings.
Soon, Ning Beichen discovered that this place was very similar to the underground ruins he had found in the no-man's-land of the Sahara Desert.
However, they were not the same place, but the ruins should have originated from the same era.
"Be careful, I sense this place is very dangerous."
Ning Beichen turned back and said to Chen Mingyue behind him.
Before, in the underground ruins of the Sahara Desert no-man's-land, he had encountered giant spiders and some unseen, strange, or ominous things that still made Ning Beichen, a Great Grandmaster, tremble with fear.
And the Sect Alliance dared to let the younger generation enter. If they encountered those things, they would likely be doomed.
However, this had nothing to do with Ning Beichen, and he had no obligation to protect them.
His purpose for coming here was to find the Sect-Breaking Pill. If it were safe, finding more clues here or discovering some treasures would be even better.
"Follow me closely and don't wander off inside."
After instructing Chen Mingyue, Ning Beichen walked towards the buildings ahead.
This place was unlike the underground structures in the Sahara Desert no-man's-land, where many parts of the buildings were buried by sand. Here, they were intact, making exploration much easier than in the Sahara Desert.