Chapter 498 Earth-shattering
Xiao Zhirou's voice was icy cold and without a trace of emotion. It was like a sharp sword that pierced deeply into Yun Zhuiyue's heart, making him feel choked up and extremely depressed.

“Rou’er, do you really want to fight with me for that unfaithful man?” Yun Zhuiyue’s eyes were red, and the uncontrollable tears gradually blurred her vision.

Seeing that Yun Zhuiyue couldn't stop talking about "Luo Tianjin" in every word, Xiao Zhirou felt embarrassed and annoyed. She couldn't help but frowned, trying to control her emotions and replied in the calmest tone possible: "Since you have already determined that I am standing up for him, then you won't believe anything I say. If that's the case, there is no point in saying more, you... just do it!"

"Take action?"

In an instant, Yun Zhuiyue felt dizzy and the world was spinning. He felt as if he had fallen into an endless abyss, and the empty feeling of loss in his heart was indescribable.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Yun Zhuiyue staggered as if no one was around, and repeatedly wandered around the motionless Xiao Zhirou, muttering as if she was crying and laughing, "You actually asked me to take action? From childhood to adulthood, I only took action 'for' you, but never 'against' you. And now, you actually regard me as an enemy for an ungrateful hypocrite, and you want... you want me to take action against you? Oh, it's really ridiculous, pitiful, sad, and hateful!"

The last few words were almost forced out from Yun Zhuiyue's mouth with gritted teeth.

However, facing Yun Zhuiyue's half-crazy and half-awake state, Xiao Zhirou remained as still as a statue, saying nothing. She just stared at him expressionlessly, letting him sometimes sob, sometimes laugh wildly, sometimes laugh at himself, sometimes curse, sometimes be affectionate, sometimes be furious...

Yun Zhuiyue thought Xiao Zhirou's silence was tantamount to ignoring her.

Ignoring is the greatest contempt and insult to a person, which makes Yun Zhuiyue, who is already extreme, even more furious and irrational.

"it is good!"

Suddenly, Yun Zhuiyue's unbridled laughter stopped, and a fierce and brutal murderous intent burst out from his eyes.

He stood less than three feet in front of Xiao Zhirou, staring fiercely at the woman he loved most with his scarlet eyes, and said word by word: "Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! Rather than letting you live and be deceived by Luo Tianjin again and again, it is better for me to kill you with my own hands and end your suffering in this world."

Having said this, Yun Zhuiyue's eyes turned red again. He tried his best to suppress the grief and anger in his heart, and said in a trembling but firm voice, "Rou'er, if...if you die in my hands, I will never live alone. I am willing to accompany you to the ninth heaven and the underworld, and accompany you forever in all my lives..."

Yun Zhuiyue's heart-wrenching confession made Xiao Zhirou feel an indescribable sorrow.

Her body was trembling slightly, tears gathered in her eyes, and she silently watched the heartbroken Yun Zhuiyue. She was silent for a long while, and ultimately said nothing.

Seeing Yun Zhuiyue trying to attack Xiao Zhirou, Teng Sanshi was extremely anxious and felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. He gave Yun Zhuiyue the "Extreme Yuan Pill" in order to teach Luo Tianjin a lesson, but he never expected that the result would be retribution on his own daughter.

Although he wanted to stop it, due to his status and the current situation, Teng Sanshi had to calm himself down and force himself to pretend nothing happened and sit quietly aside and watch.

Suddenly, Yun Zhuiyue took a step back, and his right palm, which was tucked into his sleeve, gradually condensed into a light blue cyclone.

In an instant, the air on the sword-fighting arena began to tremble violently, and sand and gravel rose up without wind. In the eyes of the people watching the fight around, at this moment, everything between heaven and earth seemed to gradually become distorted.

"What a powerful internal force!" Xuan Ming said in shock, "Donor Yun's martial arts seem to be even better than yesterday."

Xuanming's words immediately caused exclamations from all around, and a hint of fear appeared in their eyes when they looked at Yun Zhuiyue.

"I have heard that the master of Jueqing Valley has unparalleled martial arts skills. Today, I would like to ask for your advice!"

At this moment, Yun Zhuiyue's black robe fluttered in the wind, making a "chi" sound. His tone was completely different from the painful and entangled tone before, and became gloomy and indifferent.

Seeing this, Teng Sanshi, Tang Afu and others who had a close relationship with Xiao Zhirou all felt their hearts in their throats, and were secretly sweating for her.

Everyone knows how terrifying Yun Zhuiyue's "Dragon Elephant Treasure Book" is. Now seeing Xiao Zhirou as a weak woman, everyone is worried about her, or secretly feels sorry for her.

"Don't hesitate, Saint Yun... just go ahead and make your move."

Women are women after all. Xiao Zhirou's emotional changes are not as resolute as Yun Zhuiyue's, so her voice still sounds a little embarrassed.

"what!"

The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred. Yun Zhuiyue raised his head to the sky and howled, which was not enough to express the pain and resentment in his heart, but it was enough to break through the nine heavens and shake the world. He wished that everyone within a radius of dozens of miles could feel the heart-wrenching love and hatred.

A roar seemed to cover up all the beauty in the world. Resentment and jealousy, anger and pain filled the world, making it solemn, the sun and the moon dim, the mountains and rivers bleak, and people's hearts withered.

"Rou'er, don't blame me!"

Yun Zhuiyue was already full of resentment and jealousy, and now seeing Xiao Zhirou repeatedly coldly rejecting his love, he couldn't help but turn love into hate, and his heart was instantly filled with raging anger.

He suddenly waved his palm, and gathered all his strength in his palm. A green wind cyclone broke through the air, and the energy spread out and roared, shattering the void, and the dragon and elephant roared, driving thunder and lightning, turning the rivers and seas upside down.

Just as Yun Zhuiyue's palm wind blew Xiao Zhirou's white clothes up and down, Xiao Zhirou, who was standing still, suddenly focused her eyes, turned her jade palm slightly to the side, and a white cyclone visible to the naked eye suddenly came out.

"call!"

At the same time, a vast aura that was no less powerful than Yun Zhuiyue's suddenly rose from behind Xiao Zhirou, and with the force of a tidal wave crushing an egg, the half of the mountains and rivers that were shrouded by Yun Zhuiyue's dark aura were once again exposed under the clear sky and blue sun.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Zhirou activated her jade palm and faced Yun Zhuiyue's fierce palm force head-on.

One white and one blue, two powerful and terrifying internal energy cyclones intertwined in an instant. At the same time, the palms of the two men also slammed into each other without dodging.

"boom!"

In a moment, the earth shook, dragons roared and tigers howled, the birds in the mountains flew in all directions, and a strong wind raged in the empty valley, causing bursts of ghosts howling and wolves howling, as if protesting to the sky, against the supernatural powers that destroyed the beautiful artistic conception of the mountains.

This scene is astonishing and shocking.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Immediately afterwards, thousands and thousands of blue bricks on the sword-fighting arena were blown up and shattered in mid-air, erupting with a series of earth-shattering noises like thunder. Under the radiation of ripples of energy, they instantly turned into circles of gravel waves, radiating in all directions.

Seeing this scene, the people watching the fight around suddenly woke up from their trance, and all of them ducked to avoid the attack, while frantically mobilizing their internal strength to protect their vital parts to avoid being affected.

This one move alone is enough to make all the heroes in the world take a new look at the always mysterious and low-key Lord of the Jueqing Valley.

Everything sounds slow, but in fact it only takes a moment.

A moment later, dozens of blast waves swept over everyone's heads, scattering in the valley abyss with a "crackling" sound, and the energy that was running around between heaven and earth gradually died down.

The turbulent wind died down, the dust settled, and everyone finally mustered up the courage to slowly stand up and look up, each one gazing at the arena with awe in their eyes.

At this time, where was the shadow of the "Sword Arena" on the top of Huashan Mountain? It had long since turned into a ruin with potholes and rubble all over the ground.

In shock, everyone looked again, only to see Xiao Zhirou standing tall and motionless in the midst of the mess.

She was dressed in white and danced lightly in the wind, like a fairy from the ninth heaven. Feifan did not look the least bit embarrassed, but was still incredibly beautiful.

It is worth mentioning that at this moment, the entire sword arena had been disintegrated by the two people's tyrannical internal force and disappeared completely. Only the bluestone under Xiao Zhirou's feet was still intact and spotless.

Ten meters away from Xiao Zhirou, Yun Zhuiyue was covered in mud, sweating profusely, panting, and bleeding from his mouth.

Especially his right arm, which was hanging by his side like a withered flower and willow, and was about to fall off. It seemed that the tendons and bones were broken and could no longer be used.

"This……"

The scene before them caused the entire audience to exclaim in disbelief.

Xiao Zhirou and Yun Zhuiyue faced each other with their palms, one was intact while the other had his entire arm broken, and the difference in martial arts skills between the two was immediately apparent.

Heroes all over the world have a keen eye for talent, but no one could have expected that Xiao Zhirou could defeat Yun Zhuiyue with just one move.

Anyone who practices martial arts knows that unless the internal strength of two people is extremely different, it would be impossible for them to defeat the enemy with one move.

In other words, Xiao Zhirou's internal strength is far stronger than Yun Zhuiyue's.

Others may not know, but Xiao Zhirou knows it very well. The reason why she can easily suppress Yun Zhuiyue is not because she is gifted and has a deep understanding of martial arts, but because she has absorbed and integrated Ye Tong's deep internal strength for decades, plus her own accumulation of more than 20 years of practice, so she has such a terrifying and even heaven-defying achievement.

Little did they know that Ye Tong was once known as "the best martial artist". Although this statement was exaggerated, it was enough to prove that Ye Tong was definitely not a mediocre person. Even if he was not the best in the world, he was still one of the top masters in the martial arts world.

Just based on the internal strength that Ye Tong has accumulated over the past few decades, he is probably even more powerful than Yun Zhuiyue today.

What's more, Xiao Zhirou not only absorbed all of Ye Tong's internal energy, but also practiced it for more than twenty years. It goes without saying that the purity and strength of her internal energy are self-evident.

Teng Sanshi stared blankly at the scene in front of him, secretly surprised in his heart: "Du Xiang took the Jiyuan Pill, not only did his injuries heal, but his internal strength also increased greatly. But even so, he is still vulnerable in front of Rou'er. So, how terrifying is Rou'er's martial arts?"

At this moment, the whole place was silent. Everyone was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.

Although I don't want to admit it, the facts are before my eyes.

In the current Central Plains martial arts world, Xiao Zhirou is truly a standout.

Maybe she is still not the best in the world, but compared with the top masters present such as Luo Tianjin, Jin Fu Yu, Yun Zhuiyue, Xuan Ming, Qing Feng, etc., Xiao Zhirou is definitely better.

"hiss!"

However, before everyone came back to their senses from their trance, a low hum suddenly rang in everyone's ears, and it was unusually clear on the silent summit of Mount Huashan.

Everyone was shocked and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see that Xiao Zhirou had her brows furrowed and her eyes were filled with pain.

I don't know when? Her flawless white forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat.

"what happened?"

Seeing this situation, everyone around was shocked and secretly speculated in their hearts.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands, Xiao Zhirou covered her heart tightly with her hands. Through the white gauze, people could vaguely see her red lips tightly pursed, as if she was trying hard to endure the pain of discomfort.

Seeing this scene, Luo Tianjin, who had just woken up from a coma on the sidelines, as well as Teng Sanshi, Tang Afu and others all changed their expressions, and their eyes were instantly filled with worry when they looked at Xiao Zhirou.

"Palace Master, what happened to Master Xiao?" Xie Xuan asked in astonishment, "Did he suffer internal injuries?"

"No!" Luo Tianjin's eyes were weak and distressed, and he shook his head weakly, "Rou'er is not injured, but... an old illness."

"Old illness?" Xie Xuan asked in surprise, "What old illness?"

"When I met Rou'er, she had heart pain. However, back then she only had a dull pain that was fleeting, and the pain was far from as intense as it is today."

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(End of this chapter)