Sauron’s spiritual power was formidable indeed. A single mental assault, how could a fifteen year old girl like Hai Zhi’er withstand it?
“Ahhh…”
Instantly, Hai Zhi’er let out a shriek, her entire delicate body sent flying.
At the same time!
Zhuang Zhixuan burst in from outside, while Princess Zhiyan crashed through the wall from another room.
“Thrust!”
“Thrust!”
The swords of the two women, swift as lightning, pierced deep into Hai Zhi’er’s chest and lower abdomen.
Blood sprayed forth. Hai Zhi’er was pinned to the ground alive by two sharp swords.
“Ahhh…” Under extreme pain, Hai Zhi’er’s delicate body writhed and twisted like a snake, emitting pained screams, then gradually grew still.
Everything had happened too quickly. Sauron, unable to speak, had no time to intervene at all.
He could only watch helplessly as this young, ignorant, sinister and vicious Hai Zhi’er was pierced through by two swords, dying silently.
At this moment, Princess Zhiyan’s body was not even clothed. Her unparalleled, exquisite form was completely bare, radiating a breathtaking allure.
Even Zhuang Zhixuan glanced over, her beautiful eyes trembling, then her small face flushed red.
Princess Zhiyan lowered her head to look at Hai Zhi’er lying in a pool of blood. Her exquisite brows furrowed slightly, then she pulled out the Dragon Gold Sword.
Her thrust had pierced straight through Hai Zhi’er’s chest, while Zhuang Zhixuan had pierced her lower abdomen.
Zhiyan walked to Sauron’s bathing tub and gently lifted him up, feeling his heartbeat and breathing. He was completely unharmed.
Separated from the neural toxins in the bath water, the Demon Star rapidly devoured the poison within Sauron’s body.
At this moment, footsteps could already be heard outside.
A servant girl walked in. Seeing Hai Zhi’er lying in a pool of blood, she let out a cry of alarm and fled rapidly.
Zhuang Zhixuan flashed forward like lightning, about to kill her with a sword.
“Stop, do not kill the innocent.” Although Sauron could not speak, he could prevent this through his powerful spiritual power.
Zhuang Zhixuan glanced at Sauron, then spared the screaming servant girl who ran out.
Zhiyan picked up a towel and gently wiped the water stains from Sauron’s body. Then she draped a robe over him, saying, “Husband, your body’s nerves are paralysed, but you could still use your spiritual power to notify me. Why did you not do so?”
At this moment, the Demon Star was rapidly devouring the toxins in Sauron’s body, from head to toe. Sauron’s body gradually recovered.
“Demon Star, stop devouring and neutralising the toxins. Let my body remain paralysed. This way we shall have evidence.” Sauron said.
Instantly, the Demon Star stopped devouring and neutralising. Below his neck, Sauron remained completely paralysed, and his body also displayed a faint, strange blue hue.
Zhiyan’s spiritual power cultivation was extremely formidable. Sauron only needed to give the slightest spiritual warning and she would detect it.
The reason Sauron had not done so was because he could handle Hai Zhi’er himself and would not be in mortal danger. Yet once he used his spiritual power to warn Zhiyan, the only result would be her rushing over and killing Hai Zhi’er with a single sword.
Of course, the final result was still the same. After Zhiyan and Zhuang Zhixuan were alerted, without a word they directly pierced Hai Zhi’er through.
“Hai Gang will arrive soon. Go and put on clothes.” Sauron said, “I do not want my woman to be seen by others.”
Zhiyan’s delicate figure flashed and vanished before his eyes.
Sauron turned to Zhuang Zhixuan, “Take out a set of clothes and drape them over Hai Zhi’er as well.”
At this moment, Hai Zhi’er’s body was completely bare. Lying thus in a pool of blood made her appear even more conspicuous.
Zhuang Zhixuan casually found a robe and covered Hai Zhi’er’s body. But soon, blood soaked through the robe.
Zhiyan walked out. She had now changed into a set of snow white fighting attire, looking both enchanting and valiant in her immortal grace.
Clearly, she was preparing for battle.
“Thud thud thud thud…”
At this moment, dense footsteps sounded outside, along with the clashing of armour.
Clearly, a large scale army had already surrounded the VIP courtyard where Sauron was staying.
“Husband, have I caused you trouble?” Zhiyan asked.
Sauron shook his head, “This ignorant and vicious little girl sought her own death. Next, it depends on whether Hai Gang is sufficiently clever. Wait, he will arrive soon.”
…
At this moment, an army of several thousand men had completely surrounded the VIP courtyard where Sauron was staying.
“Creak!”
“Creak!”
Several thousand archers all drew their bows and nocked their arrows.
The servants and maids within the courtyard fled out one after another.
The first to arrive were Hai Wuyan, the young master of Yingzhou Island, and Haina’er, the fiancee of Tu Lingchen (who had also once been Ashaluo’s fiancee). The two guarded the outside of Sauron’s house, not rushing in.
Finally, Hai Gang and a stunningly beautiful middle aged woman hurried in. The middle aged woman stumbled along, her face deathly pale.
Hai Gang’s face was furious, his eyes brimming with tears!
Undoubtedly, this stunningly beautiful middle aged woman was Hai Gang’s principal wife, once the greatest beauty of Yingzhou Island, the daughter of Clan Chief Gao Lin, Lady Baiye.
Lady Baiye, barefoot and with dishevelled hair, crashed through the door and rushed in. Seeing her daughter lying in a pool of blood, she froze on the spot. For quite a while she could not even make a sound. Only after several seconds did a wail burst forth.
“My daughter, my Zhi’er…”
Then, Lady Baiye rushed to Hai Zhi’er’s side, lifting up her delicate body and wailing in grief.
Finally, Hai Gang, Hai Wuyan, and Haina’er also rushed in.
“Sauron, you dare kill my sister! I will fight you to the death!” Haina’er let out a roar, drawing her sword and thrusting at Sauron.
“Clang…” Zhuang Zhixuan’s sharp sword flicked, striking Haina’er’s blade.
Instantly, Haina’er’s delicate body was sent flying.
“Lord Sauron, you go too far!” Hai Gang thundered in fury.
Hai Wuyan said coldly from the side, “Father, Sauron killed a daughter of our Hai family on our territory, completely disregarding us. Such insanity, let us finish him off today.”
At this moment, Hai Zhi’er’s mother, Hai Gang’s principal wife, Lady Baiye, her exquisite face appearing mad, suddenly waved her sharp claws and rushed at Sauron, roaring, “You beast, to actually torture my daughter to death like this! She was only fifteen, fifteen!”
At these words, Sauron’s eyes suddenly contracted.
Because he had heard a word, torture!
Where on Hai Zhi’er’s body were there any signs of torture? Clearly there were only two sword wounds. Yet this stunningly beautiful woman before him had used the word torture. Obviously, she was trying to create the illusion of rape and murder.
Originally, seeing her heartbroken beyond measure, Sauron had felt some pity and guilt. But at this moment, he was ice cold and resolute.
“She was only fifteen. It was not enough that you raped her. Even if she was somewhat willful and resisted, how could you go so far as to kill her?” Hai Gang’s wife, Lady Baiye, cried as she rushed over, saying, “I will fight you, I will fight you.”
It seemed she was dead set on pinning the crime of rape and murder onto Sauron.
Then, waving her sharp claws, she madly scratched towards Sauron’s face.
“Kick her out…” Sauron said coldly.
Instantly, Zhuang Zhixuan stepped forward and kicked out fiercely.
“Thud…” The stunningly beautiful Lady Baiye was kicked flying like a straw, spitting out a mouthful of blood in mid air.
The occurrence of this scene instantly left everyone present completely dumbstruck.
He had killed someone, yet was still this arrogant?
Just now, sending Haina’er flying with a single sword strike was somewhat understandable. But now he had actually kicked Hai Gang’s wife flying. This could truly be called extreme arrogance.
“Father, kill him, kill him!” Hai Wuyan pointed at Sauron and roared.
And Haina’er hurried forward to help her mother, Lady Baiye, up.
After Lady Baiye struggled to sit up, she spat out another mouthful of blood. Her eyes looking at Sauron were filled with bone deep hatred. Then, word by word, she said to Hai Gang, “Husband, I want them dead!”
And Hai Gang’s gaze was fixed dead on Sauron, unmoving. “Sauron, I kindly gave you my daughter in marriage, yet you killed her. Now you have kicked my wife flying. Do you think I dare not kill you?”
Sauron said, “Lord Hai Gang, originally I felt I needed to explain the truth to you. But now it seems unnecessary.”
“Truth, what truth?” Hai Wuyan said, “Is it not that you saw my sister’s beauty, your beastly nature erupted, and you attempted rape? But my sister Hai Zhi’er was not submissive enough and resisted, so in your rage you killed her?”
Sauron glanced at Hai Wuyan, then looked at Haina’er, “Lord Hai Gang, you are truly unfortunate to have such a foolish pair of children, with no one to succeed you. They completely fail to understand your painstaking efforts. This bodes ill.”
At this moment, Hai Gang deeply experienced Sauron’s cleverness.
It was that kind of ability to see through the truth of a matter at a glance, to see through what was in your heart at a glance.
No one present could understand what Sauron was saying now, except Hai Gang!
His words carried two layers of meaning.
The first layer, the reason Hai Zhi’er had attempted to poison Sauron to death was, of course, firstly due to her own viciousness and fearlessness. But there was another layer of reason, that being the instigation of Hai Wuyan and Haina’er.
Both Hai Wuyan and Haina’er had been defeated by Sauron and bore him a deep seated hatred.
Hai Gang could, for the sake of interest, let bygones be bygones and ally and trade with Sauron. But Hai Wuyan and Haina’er could not. These two only thought of putting Sauron to death, so they made use of their willful and vicious younger sister Hai Zhi’er.
Fifteen year old Hai Zhi’er, raised in Demon Continent, ignorant and fearless, this kind of naive viciousness was the most terrifying.
And the second layer of meaning, Hai Gang wanted to use Hai Zhi’er’s death to seek even greater and more enormous benefits, rather than truly wanting to kill Sauron.
But偏偏 Hai Wuyan and Haina’er were still there shouting for blood.
Sauron pointed at the bathing tub, “I was bathing. Hai Zhi’er came in and put neural toxins in the bath water, paralysing my body and rendering me unable to move. Then, she used sharp nails coated with lethal poison to cut my neck’s major artery. She wanted to kill me.”
“You lie, you fabricate nonsense.” Haina’er said.
Sauron said, “Why did Hai Zhi’er want to kill me? Because she already had a lover and did not want to marry me. I had already agreed to set her free, but she felt killing me would be even more satisfying. Moreover, she knew that Zhiyan Li had been beaten black and blue by me, that I had recently been exceedingly formidable. So if she killed me, she would be even more formidable. Who instigated this matter? At her young age, how would she know of the matters in the Raging Wave Kingdom? Was it not Haina’er and Hai Wuyan who told her?”
Hai Wuyan sneered, “Now that you have killed my sister, of course you would fabricate lies to strike back. Moreover, there is definitely poison in this bath water now, is there not? You wish to use this as evidence? Do not think you can deceive us. You must have killed my sister first, then put poison in the bath water afterwards. You might even pretend to be paralysed and unable to move. You have gone to such lengths acting, all to bite back and strike back!”
“Young Master Hai Wuyan, you are quite clever, sealing off all my paths.” Sauron said, “Lord Hai Gang, do you know what people fear most? Being clever but narrow sighted. It will truly get people killed. To have such a successor, you are truly pitiful.”
Hai Gang’s face suddenly twitched violently.
These words struck directly at Hai Gang’s heart.
Regarding the matter of Hai Zhi’er’s death, Hai Gang could see the truth behind it at a glance, and could immediately guess what Hai Wuyan and Haina’er had done.
He had already warned this pair of children beforehand, do not attempt to harm Sauron, do not place personal grievances above family interests.
But he had not expected that this pair of children would still do so, actually going so far as to instigate fifteen year old Hai Zhi’er to poison Sauron?
Foolish, utterly foolish.
Hai Wuyan suddenly roared, “Sauron, you killed my sister, yet not only do you not feel guilty, you still spout nonsense and invert black and white?”
“Wrong!” Sauron let out a sudden shout, turning to Hai Wuyan, “You keep saying that I raped Hai Zhi’er, she resisted, and so I killed her. Nothing more than wanting to pin the crime of rape and murder on my head, so that even if I jumped into the Raging River I could not wash myself clean.”
“That is precisely so.” Hai Wuyan said, “That is the truth of the matter, you beast.”
“Hahahaha…” Sauron laughed heartily, “Truth? The reason I explained the truth of Hai Zhi’er’s death to Hai Gang was merely out of respect. Do you think I was trying to defend myself? Absurd, utterly absurd! You fool, do you think anyone cares about this truth? Even your father, Lord Hai Gang, does not care.”
Since they had torn off all pretence, Sauron no longer pretended to be paralysed. He had the Demon Star continue devouring the neural toxins, and his hands regained movement.
“Smack…” He suddenly slapped the armrest of the chair and shouted coldly, “Hai Wuyan, so what if I killed your sister? So what if I killed her because she was not submissive enough? The dirty water you splash on me, I need not even wipe it off. Zhiyan Li molested Gui Qinshao, yet was assassinated in return, and ended up utterly infamous, now in a sorry state. So you wish to replicate his experience upon me? Foolish, ignorant. The reason Zhiyan Li is in his present sorry state is because he was defeated by me, not because he molested Gui Qinshao!”
Sauron propped himself up on the armrests, his paralysed body standing up. Like a hawk or falcon, he stared at Hai Wuyan and sneered, “If Zhiyan Li had defeated me, then what would his ugly deed of molesting Gui Qinshao matter? Even if he had raped Zhi Wei’s wife, his own aunt, no one would dare say a word. You fool, your gaze only fixes on trivial corners, narrow and petty. You will never amount to anything in your entire life!”
This torrent of words cursed Hai Wuyan until he was drenched in dog’s blood, his face deathly pale.
“And you, Hai Gang!” Sauron pointed at Hai Gang, “Do you think your son Hai Wuyan’s character simply appeared from nowhere? It was inherited from you. He inherited all the flaws of you and your wife. You are scheming, love to calculate, love to take advantage. But you are truly clever. Though narrow minded, your vision is far reaching, so you remain a generation’s great lord.”
Hai Gang had not expected that Sauron would actually start pointing at his nose and cursing. Instantly, a chill ran down his spine, his scalp going numb.
Sauron slowly sat back down, “I came to Yingzhou Island to negotiate an alliance with you. It was originally something mutually beneficial, a perfect match. Yet you, with your deep scheming, first treated me with arrogance then respect. Then, knowing full well I would not agree, you still had me use my elder sister and aunt for a marriage alliance, precisely so that I would refuse, precisely so that I would be in the wrong. Your purpose was to extort enormous benefits from me, yet still not make it look too ugly. To make yourself appear even more aggrieved, you did not even hesitate to use your own fifteen year old legitimate daughter as a sacrifice, marrying her to me as a concubine, all to make your extortion more righteous and justified.”
At these words, Hai Gang’s body was already trembling slightly.
Sauron continued, “Eliminating Yan Mo was originally most beneficial to you. Yet you turned your hand to cloud and your hand to rain, extorting three to four hundred thousand gold coins from me annually. The price you sold this daughter for was truly astronomical. Moreover, you still had to pretend to be the victim. Truly, you act the whore and still want to erect a memorial archway!”
Sauron’s words were now like madly slapping Hai Gang across the face.
“So, your daughter Hai Zhi’er essentially died by your hand.” Sauron sneered, “After she was killed, your first thought was not whether she could still be saved, but how to once again extort astronomical benefits from my head. Putting on an act of having thousands of troops surround the courtyard with killing intent soaring to the heavens? Are you acting? Did you need to put on such a grand display? Having delayed so much time, why did you not find a medical cultivator to see if Hai Zhi’er could still be saved?”
Sauron’s words rang out loud and clear, completely flaying Hai Gang alive.
Finally, Sauron took a deep breath and said, “Then let me formally tell you now, your daughter Hai Zhi’er died as she deserved. Do not think you can extort a single thing from my head. I will not give you half a gold coin!”