"What… what is this power?"
At this moment, the Gu old man began to doubt his life.
The power previously displayed by Ji Hongying had already shattered his worldview.
But now, another one had appeared.
With a single move, all the energy of everything around was devoured. Even the life force within his own body was being drained.
How could he fight this?
It had to be said, the Gu old man's luck was truly terrible.
Of course, he was not the only one shocked.
Even Bai Qiushui and Ji Hongying, who had caught up later, were somewhat startled by the power displayed by Nangong Qianyu.
Although they knew her strength had increased significantly, witnessing it firsthand was entirely different.
"Devour it! Devour all those disgusting things!"
At this moment, Nangong Qianyu paid no attention to the gazes of others. In her mind, she kept replaying the image of those two disgusting蛊 worms.
As she thought this, the devouring power emanating from the rift above her head grew even more terrifying, and it was all directed at the Gu old man.
As for those two Five Poisons Gu, they had long since been sucked into the devouring space and turned into nothingness.
"Ah! Damn it! Damn it!"
The Gu old man channeled all the power within him, trying to resist the terrifying suction force from the devouring rift. But as time passed, the power in his body became increasingly sparse. Under the dual consumption, he could not hold on for more than three minutes.
"No! I… I am not resigned… Ah!"
*Whoosh!*
Under the dreadful suction, the Gu old man ultimately could not escape the fate of being obliterated.
"Alright! That's enough! Qianyu, stop quickly!"
Seeing that the Gu old man had been sucked into the devouring space, Nangong Qianyu had not yet dispersed the devouring power. Bai Qiushui's forehead broke out in a cold sweat.
If this continued, their internal strength might be completely drained.
"Ah! It… it's all over?"
Upon hearing Bai Qiushui's words, Nangong Qianyu finally opened her eyes.
Good heavens!
So she had been fighting with her eyes closed the whole time.
"I…"
Bai Qiushui and Ji Hongying exchanged a glance, full of helplessness.
Half a minute later, the situation finally calmed down.
"Hee hee hee! I'm sorry, I was scared just now!" Nangong Qianyu linked her arm with Bai Qiushui's left hand and pulled Ji Hongying with her right, her small face slightly flushed.
"You! You possess such immense power, yet you're still afraid of bugs. I don't know what to say about you!" Bai Qiushui, recalling Nangong Qianyu's flustered expression earlier, found it quite amusing.
"Qiushui! Don't say anything more! Look, Qianyu's face is all red." Ji Hongying also pursed her lips and smiled, inadvertently "rescuing" Nangong Qianyu.
"You… you're still laughing at me! Hmph! I'm not talking to you anymore!"
Nangong Qianyu stomped her feet in anger, flung them aside, and flew towards the Bai family courtyard.
However, as soon as she left, the sound of crystalline laughter echoed from behind.
"Ah! This is infuriating!"
Miss Qianyu was on the verge of a breakdown.
…
Not long after, Ji Hongying and the other two returned to the Bai family courtyard. The courtyard was once again crowded with people.
The original ancient martial arts sects were mostly present.
Of course!
They did not dare to leave carelessly.
After all, they had backed the wrong side. If they had left without a word, no one would have been able to bear Fang Junxue's wrath when reckoning came.
However, when Bai Qiushui and the others returned, they found the atmosphere in the courtyard somewhat strange. All eyes were focused on the front, and they had no idea what had happened.
"Let's go!"
Ji Hongying led the way. Seeing them approach, the people beside them immediately parted to create a path.
Upon reaching the front of the crowd, Ji Hongying and the others saw that Fang Junxue was emanating a chilling aura, staring at a group of people.
Those people were all core disciples of the Bai family.
Among them, an old man took the lead.
He was the head of the Bai family, Bai Tai.
Fang Junxue's grandfather.
"I'll ask again, where is the Old Madam?"
Fang Junxue's icy aura was gradually becoming uncontrollable. A layer of frost had already covered the ground beneath her feet, and the moisture in the air was condensing.
The Old Madam!
She was the only person Fang Junxue held any good feelings for in the Bai family.
She was also Fang Junxue's grandmother.
Since her mother had been expelled from the family registry by the Bai family, Fang Junxue and the Bai family were theoretically no longer related.
Therefore, for the elder who doted on her, Fang Junxue used the term "Old Madam."
However, what Fang Junxue never expected was that after she had dealt with everything, and wanted to see the Old Madam, she couldn't find her at all.
For this reason, she had even used her senses to search the entire Bai family courtyard.
But in the end, she still couldn't find her.
This made Fang Junxue extremely furious.
"Junxue, calm down first…"
"Hm?"
As Bai Tai was about to speak, he noticed Fang Junxue's cold gaze fall upon him. His body trembled, and he lowered his head slightly.
"Master Bai! Please call me Miss Fang, or Chairman Fang!"
Fang Junxue's voice was indifferent.
The only thing she could not tolerate was being called "Junxue."
Although Bai Tai had a change of heart at the last moment and acted as Fang Junxue's mole, it did not mean that everything that had happened before could be erased.
The Bai family!
Fang Junxue would show a little leniency.
But that was all.
Even without Bai Tai's assistance, the impact of this incident would not have been significant.
What Fang Junxue wanted was merely an attitude.
"Alright! Alright! Miss Fang!"
Bai Tai raised his head slightly, his expression filled with bitterness, and he dared not ask for anything more.
"Regarding Huixin, I also don't know where she went!" Bai Tai looked at Fang Junxue, somewhat nervously, "After I had lunch with her yesterday, I never saw her again."
"Later, when it was evening yesterday, I realized something was wrong. I immediately mobilized all the forces of the Bai family and began to search."
"But… but until now…"
As he reached the end, Bai Tai's emotions were clearly out of control, and his eyes were red.
Obviously!
She had not been found.
And the "Huixin" he mentioned was naturally his lawfully wedded wife, the Old Madam in Fang Junxue's words.
To think that she had gone missing yesterday.
Such a coincidence?
After listening, Fang Junxue's pupils interwove with icy clouds. As intelligent as she was, how could she not see the strangeness of this matter?
She suddenly turned her head and looked at a human-shaped ice sculpture in the corner of the courtyard. The person frozen within was none other than the eldest young master of the Bai family:
Bai Fenglang.