Martial Master

Qin Chen turned around and saw that it was a woman, dressed in scholarly robes, playing with a folding fan in her hand. She was actually disguised as a man, exuding an ethereal temperament, and her aura had already reached the peak of the later stage of the Human Level, seemingly not far from the Earth Level.

At this moment, the woman looked at several martial artists discussing nearby with a very dissatisfied expression.

"Who are you?"

One of the martial artists glanced at the woman and sneered, "We're chatting, what does it have to do with you?"

The woman's aura was very well concealed; only Qin Chen could perceive it. To outsiders, she appeared to be just an ordinary Human Level martial artist.

The woman sneered, "Where did you hear such news? The young lady of the Ao family would take a fancy to that kind of ostentatious and vulgar person; it's simply laughable."

"Ostentatious? That's clearly a grand demeanor, alright? Tsk tsk, just look, even the Divine Armored Guards of the City Lord's Mansion are personally escorting him. If you say the City Lord's Mansion isn't interested in the heir of the Soul Fire family, who would believe that?"

"Laughable."

The woman's tone was disdainful, but she was too lazy to argue: "Only you vulgar people would think that's a grand demeanor."

Qin Chen, however, took a deep look at this woman. He found that her disdain seemed genuine, rather than pretentious. It was interesting that a Human Level woman would look down on the behavior of the heir of the Soul Fire family.

"Miss, why are you here?

Young Master Li Dongyu has already gone to the City Lord's Mansion. The Lord has been looking for you everywhere; you should hurry back."

At that moment, a Divine Armored Guard, dressed in armor, anxiously sought something. Upon spotting the woman disguised as a man, he rushed forward and respectfully knelt before her.

This woman clearly had a distinguished identity and was related to the City Lord's Mansion.

Seeing this scene, the martial artists who had been discussing earlier turned pale with fear, their faces turning white as cold sweat poured down their foreheads.

They had actually slandered the young lady of the City Lord's Mansion in front of someone from the City Lord's Mansion... The few of them trembled wildly, looking ashen.

"Get up; there are too many people here. Don't reveal my identity."

The woman quickly waved her hand, motioning for the Divine Armored Guard to stand up. Then, she looked at the few martial artists and coldly said, "You lot, get lost. If I hear any more of your nonsense, I'll tear out your tongues."

"Yes, yes!"

The few of them were overjoyed and never expected that the woman would let them go. While they were grateful, they were also filled with dread; they could never speak carelessly again.

Qin Chen was also surprised; he didn't expect this woman to be so magnanimous and actually let those people go.

Hmm?

Just as Qin Chen was about to leave after witnessing the farcical scene, he suddenly felt a chill emanating from the crowd not far away. It was extremely obscure, yet the murderous intent was overwhelming, unparalleled.

"What a strong killing intent; who is it?"

He immediately looked over and saw a shadow flash in the void, seemingly traversing space. Suddenly, a sword pierced directly towards the woman beside him.

It was actually an assassin, striking out suddenly to kill the woman next to him.

Swish! This pitch-black sword energy pierced through countless spaces, aiming straight for the woman in scholarly robes.

Shh shh shh shh shh...

Countless sword energies tore outward, the sword intent raging. A bloody storm instantly erupted on the street. The several Human Level martial artists who had just been rejoicing at having saved their lives couldn’t even withstand a single sword beam and were completely annihilated into nothingness, as if they had become part of the sword's power, merging into this wave of endless killing intent.

"Killing Sword Energy!"

Qin Chen was taken aback. The assassin had also unleashed killing sword energy, and this killing intent was extremely terrifying. After slaying someone, it could even devour their source power after death, transforming it into the sword energy's own killing intent, making the attacks increasingly fierce.