The appearance of the Eight-winged Golden Scale Python startled both Ye Weitian and Qin Wushuang. Others might not have known what an Eight-winged Golden Scale Python was, but the two of them did. However, what they knew was that this creature should be a Snake Centipede—a winged one, at that.
Qin Wushuang figured that with its tiny size, the Eight-winged Golden Scale Python couldn't possibly pose a threat to him. 'Still, it's impressive that Ye Tian managed to tame this Snake Centipede. I wonder how he did it.'
"Ye Tian, you're getting ahead of yourself," Qin Wushuang said. "Sending a newborn Snake Centipede to fight me? You really flatter me!"
"Qin Wushuang, I'll give you one last chance," Ye Tian said, his tone neither heated nor cold. "If you take your men and leave, I might consider letting you off the hook. But if you insist on being this stubborn, the men you brought here will likely be annihilated, and your Qin Family may just disappear from Lisha City."
"Enough of your empty threats, Ye Tian!" Qin Wushuang roared. "Who the hell do you think you are? You think you can back that up? With your pathetic strength, or that Snake Centipede? Even Ye Weitian wouldn't dare say something like that."
"Why don't you test me and see if I have what it takes to destroy your Qin Family, Qin Wushuang!" Ye Weitian shouted, a powerful killing intent suddenly flaring around him.
Ye Tian just smiled faintly at that. He then turned to Qin Xiaowan, who stood a short distance away. "Qin Xiaowan, you wouldn't blame me if I killed your father today, would you? He brought all of this on himself!"
Qin Xiaowan's face was still swollen from the slap Qin Wushuang had given her. Hearing Ye Tian, she immediately pleaded, "Ye Tian, I'm begging you, please spare my father! He might be old and confused! You can't hold this against him!"
"Qin Xiaowan, you ungrateful traitor!" Qin Wushuang snarled at her, his face and voice filled with menace. "Who are you calling 'father'? From this moment on, you are no longer my daughter! The affairs of the Qin Family have nothing to do with you!"
"I've seen shameless people before, but never anyone as shameless as you," Ye Tian spat, now genuinely enraged. "Since you've disowned Qin Xiaowan, you can just leave your life here today!"
"Ye Tian, please, I'm begging you, spare his life!" Qin Xiaowan choked out between sobs. "Even if he's disowned me, I'm still his daughter! Are you really going to make me watch him die? If it comes to that, you might as well just kill me! It would be less painful."
Ye Tian's brow furrowed slightly. 'This woman is such a hassle,' he thought. 'If it weren't for the Dragon Pearl in her body, and if the War Dragon Remnant Soul hadn't said she could be a great help to me, I really couldn't be bothered with her feelings. Anyone who provokes me deserves to die, simple as that.'
Ye Tian wasn't an indecisive person, but he was truly in a bind. After a long internal struggle, he made his decision: he would annihilate the Qin Family but spare Qin Wushuang's life. Whether the old man lived or died after that would be up to fate.
"Enough talk! Die!" Qin Wushuang roared, his longsword slashing toward Ye Tian in a blur. This strike was fueled by his fury; if it landed, Ye Tian would have almost no chance of survival.
Ye Weitian's heart leaped in alarm. He immediately swung his own longsword, aiming for Qin Wushuang. "Ye Tian, move! You're no match for him!"
"There's no need to worry, Patriarch. I'll be fine," Ye Tian said lightly, as if he paid Qin Wushuang's attack no mind whatsoever.
"Ye Lin, beat this old fool half to death! As for the others, kill as many as you like! Your boss is counting on you to put on a good show today!" Ye Tian immediately said to the Eight-winged Golden Scale Python.
"Don't worry, Boss. I won't let you down!" the Eight-winged Golden Scale Python said to Ye Tian. It then beat its wings, thin as a cicada's, and flew rapidly toward Qin Wushuang.
"A mantis trying to stop a chariot! You think a little beast like you can save your master?" Qin Wushuang snarled at the Eight-winged Golden Scale Python, angling his longsword to strike it directly.
Ye Weitian was taken aback when he heard Ye Tian's command. He didn't understand where Ye Tian's confidence was coming from, but he knew the boy wasn't reckless. There had to be a reason he would say something like that.
Furthermore, his own daughter, Ye Feifei, showed no signs of shock or worry, which meant she had absolute faith in Ye Tian. And the fact that the Grand Elder had somehow died at Ye Tian's hands was even more peculiar. Deciding to trust this, he halted his attack to see what trick Ye Tian had up his sleeve.
Qin Xiaowan's face was ashen. Though she had never seen the Eight-winged Golden Scale Python's true Attack Power, Ye Tian's absolute confidence told her this seemingly weak creature was not as simple as it looked.
Though she was worried for Qin Wushuang, she was powerless to do anything. The thought of how mercilessly he had disowned her sent a pang of pain through her heart, one far sharper than any of her physical injuries.
Just then, purple lightning began to crackle and flash between the two antennae on the Eight-winged Golden Scale Python's head. As Qin Wushuang's powerful Sword Qi was about to strike, the antennae instantly unleashed a powerful Thunder Attack.
This Thunder Attack was far faster than the Sword Qi. Before Qin Wushuang's Sword Qi could even arrive, the purple lightning had already struck him.
The Eight-winged Golden Scale Python had only used eighty percent of its power for that strike. At one hundred percent, Qin Wushuang would likely have been severely wounded or even killed outright. This restraint was, of course, because Ye Tian had only ordered it to teach him a lesson, not to kill him.
Qin Wushuang was instantly wracked with intense pain and a paralyzing numbness. Like a kite with a broken string, he was sent flying dozens of meters backward before crashing heavily to the ground.
'What in the world is that thing? How can it have such powerful Attack Power?' was Ye Weitian's first thought.
Meanwhile, Qin Wushuang slowly climbed back to his feet. His face was covered in soot, his hair was standing on end, and little puffs of white smoke kept escaping his mouth. It was a ridiculous sight. For the dignified Patriarch of a great family to be reduced to this state was utterly humiliating.
Qin Xiaowan wanted to rush over and check on Qin Wushuang, but Ye Feifei held her back firmly. "Your father already disowned you. What's the point of going over there? Are you hoping to get slapped again?"
"But... but..." Qin Xiaowan stammered, unable to finish her sentence. Ye Feifei, however, knew exactly what she wanted to say.
"How does it feel, Qin Wushuang?" Ye Tian called out. "Is your whole body screaming in pain? Numb all over? This is what you get for daring to underestimate my Ye Lin."
"Don't get cocky, you brat!" Qin Wushuang roared. "I was just careless for a moment and let that little beast get a cheap shot in! Watch! I'll kill it now, and then I'm coming for you!" But as he tried to move, he found that his body wouldn't obey his commands, as if it no longer belonged to him.
"I'll be waiting!" Ye Tian laughed. "But you'll have to get through my Ye Lin first!"
The Eight-winged Golden Scale Python's previous attack had stunned everyone present. None of them could understand how it possessed such immense Attack Power.
Just then, a white light flared from the Eight-winged Golden Scale Python. In an instant, its small body transformed into a giant centipede, and a powerful aura exploded from it, blanketing an area dozens of meters wide...
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