Soon they would know!
Hearing this, Duolisa frowned, suddenly having a bad premonition.
As expected, after Master Taiwu uttered his last words, a strange brand appeared on his brow, resembling a black spider pattern, sending a chill down the spine.
"Ah!"
The moment the pattern appeared, Master Taiwu let out a scream, his face contorted, his pupils bloodshot, and his life force dwindled in an instant.
He was dead!
Duolisa didn't even have a chance to intervene.
"Damn it!"
Duolisa clenched her fists, her eyes as cold as ice.
The cruelty of the other party's methods was beyond her imagination.
They had silenced him so quickly!
"Control the rest of them, I want to interrogate them myself!" she said coldly to the surrounding guards.
"Yes... yes!"
The others dared not meet her gaze and quickly apprehended the men who had come with Master Taiwu.
Meanwhile, on the rooftop of Building No. 3.
"Why did you stop me?"
Ye Ming looked at Fang Junxue beside him and asked with some confusion.
In fact, after Master Taiwu was defeated by Duolisa, he had sensed a mysterious force at work within the monk. It was because of this force that the monk had died so strangely.
However, if he had acted, such a thing would never have happened.
Yet, Fang Junxue had stopped him.
"It's not necessary!"
Fang Junxue smiled and shook her head, a shrewd glint in her beautiful eyes. It seemed that everything that was happening was within her expectations.
"You know his identity?"
Ye Ming understood what Fang Junxue meant.
"What do you think?"
Fang Junxue winked playfully and said in a deep voice, "When the Bai family sent people to see me for the second time, all their actions and plans had already been exposed to my sight."
As she spoke, a commanding aura that seemed to disdain the world emanated from Fang Junxue. It was as if all things were within her grasp.
This must be the demeanor of the "Ice Queen"!
"Plans?"
However, Ye Ming keenly caught a keyword in Fang Junxue's words.
The Bai family had approached Fang Junxue, and it seemed there was another plan. It was perhaps not as simple as it appeared, a mere attempt at peace.
"Ye Ming, do you know how many times the Bai family has sent members to seek peace with me?"
Fang Junxue didn't answer Ye Ming's question immediately but instead posed a counter-question.
"This is the fourth time!"
However, she didn't wait for Ye Ming's answer and provided it herself. She then continued, "The first time, the person who came was named Bai Yuandong, a distant cousin of Bai Fenglang."
"The second person who came was a third-generation disciple named Bai Fengjia, the daughter of a concubine of the third master of the Bai family."
"The third person who came was an illegitimate son of Bai Fenglang's father, considered a younger brother to the eldest son."
"As for the person who came today, excluding the monk, the representative of the Bai family was named Bai Tianlang, a complete dandy."
After listing these individuals, Fang Junxue asked again, "From these four occasions, do you notice anything interesting?"
Interesting thing?
"Hehehe! So that's how it is!"
Ye Ming let out a cold laugh without hesitation. "A fine peace talk! This is truly... the crow wants to catch a fish, but it's aiming for the swan!"
"Yes, indeed. Each time the Bai family sent someone, they were all unimportant members of the Bai family. Their attitude towards seeking peace is truly moving."
As she said this, Fang Junxue's eyes were covered with a layer of frost.
If they were seeking peace, the Bai family hadn't even sent a core disciple. Their attitude was far too sincere.
"I don't know if they underestimated me, Fang Junxue, or if they did this deliberately. Regardless, since they dared to set a trap for me, I will play along with them and have my own fun."
Fang Junxue conjured a snowflake in her hand. Its pure blue-white color swirled around her. "I just wonder if their so-called confidence can withstand my world-shattering frost."
Hoo!
Fang Junxue blew a gentle breath, and as the blue-white snowflake flew into the air, it drifted with the wind, leaving a trail of light. After more than ten seconds, it landed on the ghastly corpse of Master Taiwu.
The moment the snowflake touched the body, the surrounding air froze instantly. All the water vapor condensed into frost, tightly encasing the corpse, ultimately forming a human-shaped ice sculpture.
Then...
*Bang!*
A crisp cracking sound echoed in the air, and the human-shaped ice sculpture shattered into countless ice shards, reflecting the sunlight before finally turning back into water vapor, merging with the sky.
Thus, the traces of Master Taiwu left in this world were erased.
This scene was naturally noticed by the busy guards and Duolisa.
The former were bewildered, not knowing what had happened. But Duolisa looked up in a certain direction, a smile playing on her lips.
On the rooftop.
"As expected of zero-point attributes, the destructive power is truly terrifying!"
Witnessing the technique displayed by Fang Junxue, Ye Ming couldn't help but be startled. He hadn't expected Fang Junxue's growth to be so formidable after only a few days apart.
Even with the help of the time room, this was still too terrifying.
One could only say, as expected of... an Ice Spirit.
"Still far from it!"
Upon hearing Ye Ming's praise, Fang Junxue shook her head and looked at him with resolute eyes.
She knew that her current strength was still unable to provide him with any substantial help.
She needed to become stronger.
"You've already done wonderfully!"
Ye Ming gently embraced the beautiful woman before him and said softly, "You've all done enough for me, don't push yourselves too hard!"
"Mm!"
Fang Junxue nodded slightly, unsure if she had truly absorbed Ye Ming's words.
"Speaking of which, what is the Bai family's true objective?"
After a moment of tenderness, Ye Ming voiced the unresolved question in his heart.
He already knew that although the Bai family appeared to be seeking peace, judging by the people they had sent, there was definitely something fishy going on behind the scenes.
"You! It seems you're truly caught in the game, blinded by their smoke screen!" Fang Junxue shook her head and said reproachfully.
"Me?"
Ye Ming pointed a finger at himself, genuinely not understanding what she meant.
What did this have to do with him?
Could it be...
"Huh?"
As he was thinking, Ye Ming suddenly froze. A bolt of lightning flashed through his mind, and his eyes widened in shock. But then, a monstrous killing intent spread from his heart.
"Their true objective... is me!"