A 2-meter-high earthen wall suddenly rose from the ground, blocking the sword’s path.
Bang!
The refined steel longsword struck the wall, carving a deep notch into it.
The wall had been constructed in a hurry, leaving it only a thin layer of earth, but it still bought Shuyue enough time to dodge.
Shuyue’s expression turned icy.
She had truly overestimated Sada.
After a brief exchange, she realized that he was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, relying entirely on brute force purchased through pay-to-win advantages, while his combat experience was utterly terrible.
Against someone like him, as long as she didn’t follow his rhythm, even a slightly unconventional move could leave him unable to react and expose a massive opening.
In a life-or-death battle, such an opening often determined who lived and who died.
Shuyue had roamed the Outer Domain with Anna and Mundo for years, surviving countless perilous battles.
In terms of experience alone, she was far beyond these noble young masters who had trained exclusively with their families’ servants.
A family servant was ultimately a servant, and servants naturally flattered their masters.
Sada’s almost arrogant self-confidence had been cultivated precisely this way.
Shuyue had previously watched Sada duel with his family servant.
In truth, the servant was stronger, but to flatter Sada, he would deliberately expose openings for him.
[Fertile Soil Upon the Body – Flowing Stone Armor]
Earth and stone wrapped around Shuyue’s hands, forming a layer of armor.
After a brief test, she found that she could control it freely with the support of her earth-and-stone manipulation spell.
Shuyue stepped forward, grabbed the blade embedded in the stone wall with her left hand, and yanked it backward with all her strength.
The young servant felt the sudden pull and nearly lost his longsword, just as Sada had.
Fortunately, his experience was clearly superior to that of Sada, who had trained by repeatedly striking a wooden post.
He gripped the hilt firmly and smashed through the roughly 5- to 6-centimeter-thick earthen wall.
Meanwhile, Shuyue had already thrown a punch with her right hand, striking the knee the young servant had thrust forward.
Bang!
With a loud crack, the Flowing Stone Armor on Shuyue’s right hand shattered, but she wasn’t surprised.
[Fertile Soil Upon the Body] was a spell she had taken from the real Lia, and she hadn’t had much time to practice it, so its effectiveness was limited.
Still, it was a Firefly-tier spell, and it had its own merits.
Her thoughts raced.
Several fragments of stone flying through the air were caught by her mana.
After a brief pause, they transformed into projectiles and shot toward the young servant’s face.
A flicker of seriousness crossed his eyes, and he released one hand from his sword to block the incoming stones.
One arm wasn’t enough to protect him completely.
Three stones struck his forehead, ear, and shoulder, respectively, drawing three bursts of blood.
Shuyue had deliberately selected the fastest and sharpest fragments for the attack.
After blocking the volley, a ruthless expression appeared on the young servant’s face.
But just as he was about to retaliate, something struck his lower abdomen with tremendous force, followed by a sharp, piercing pain.
His eyes widened.
‘How is that possible?’
A sharp earthen spike had pierced his abdomen, and blood quickly stained the wound red.
The young servant looked down and froze.
He couldn’t understand how Shuyue had immediately cast a second spell after releasing the first.
A mage’s spells required time to construct, which meant there should have been a gap between consecutive casts.
He raised his head and met Shuyue’s cold amber eyes.
“You…”
Shuyue had already seized his longsword.
Without the slightest hesitation, she drove it straight into his heart.
Blood gushed from the wound and spilled onto the ground.
The young servant’s eyes gradually lost their light as his life force rapidly faded.
The scene shocked everyone watching.
They hurriedly retreated, never expecting things to escalate this far.
Even Sada, who had somewhat recovered, witnessed what happened.
Sada was frozen with terror.
He had seen people die before, but he had never imagined that someone standing beside him could be killed.
What was happening before his eyes had completely surpassed his imagination!
Shuyue scooped up a handful of blood and turned toward Sada.
With his face swollen, Sada struggled to crawl away, but Shuyue stepped on his leg with such force that she nearly crushed his ankle.
The pain made him howl.
“Ahhhhh!!!”
Shuyue flipped him over.
Sada stared at her with wide eyes and screamed hoarsely.
“You, you dare kill me?!”
He was both shocked and terrified, unsure whether Shuyue would kill him just as she had killed his servant.
What if she was a lunatic who truly dared to kill him in front of everyone?
“No, don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!”
“Brother Lia…” Beilang had just opened his mouth when Shuyue’s bloodstained fist came crashing down.
The punch landed squarely on Sada’s eye.
Sada passed out, and Shuyue let go of him like a dead dog, casually wiping her hands on his clothes.
After finishing, Shuyue raised her head and looked at Beilang with her usual smile.
“Brother-in-law, is something the matter?”
“…”
Beilang’s breath caught, and he was secretly alarmed.
He was extremely glad that he had just urged Sada to deal with Shuyue.
After a brief pause, Beilang said in a low voice, “Lia, what you did was a bit too much.”
“Is that so?”
Shuyue looked innocent and naive.
“Where I come from, this is just playing around. Besides, that guy over there actually dared to attack a noble. He deserved to die. I’m sure everyone agrees there’s nothing wrong with what I did, right?”
‘Playing around?’
Everyone looked at the master and servant lying on the ground.
Sada’s face was swollen like a pig’s head, while the young servant lay dead with his abdomen and chest pierced…
‘You call this playing around?’
‘What kind of terrifying place did you come from?!’
Beilang’s expression stiffened as well.
He didn’t really care whether Sada’s family servant lived or died.
If he had truly cared, someone would have intervened earlier, just as nobody had cared whether Shuyue’s arm would be chopped off.
Now that the servant was dead, it was simply because he hadn’t been capable enough.
An incompetent servant was dead.
That was all there was to it.
As for Sada… that was the Rory family’s business.
In any case, it had little to do with them.
Clap, clap, clap!
The applause broke the heavy atmosphere.
A refined, ruddy-faced middle-aged man approached alongside an elderly butler, a brilliant smile on his face.
“As expected of the White Knight’s son! Truly extraordinary! Haha!”
“Baron Lester.”
Shuyue was slightly surprised when she recognized the man.
Wasn’t this Baron Lester, whom she had met the other day?
She gave him a simple bow, neither humble nor overbearing.
Beilang’s expression darkened, but he quickly composed himself and respectfully greeted his father.
“Father, you’ve arrived.”
“Mm.”
Baron Lester nodded faintly.
Even that gesture was less friendly than the one he had given Shuyue.
Beilang dared not show his resentment and could only grit his teeth in secret.
He didn’t dare direct his hatred toward his own father, so he shifted it all onto Shuyue.
Her arrival was what had caused all this!
Shuyue was somewhat puzzled. She suspected that Baron Lester had been watching the entire incident from beginning to end.
She also noticed that the aura surrounding him was even more vigorous than when they had last met.
‘But why is he so happy to see me?’
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