CHAPTER 455: CHAPTER 325: OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT

After leaving the Advanced Public Area, Ye Lingyue saw that it was still early, so she headed towards the Intermediate Public Zone, while Jin Wu Old Monster stayed in the Advanced Public Area.

According to Lan Cai’er and Aguduo, the Intermediate Public Zone in Yan City was not lacking in experts. Lan Cai’er and Aguduo had lost a few times there, but their practical combat experience had significantly increased.

Especially Lan Cai’er, although she was a general’s daughter and her father was a Reincarnation Master, what she lacked was actual combat experience. These past few days, if it wasn’t for assisting the investigation in Xixia Plain, she would have spent days and nights without rest in Yan City No.9.

Upon entering the Intermediate Public Zone, Ye Lingyue immediately noticed that the strength of the Martial Artists here was indeed many times higher than those in the Basic-level Public Area.

However, compared to the gathering of experts in the Advanced Public Area, the strength of the Martial Artists and Alchemists here was slightly inferior.

Just as Ye Lingyue was about to find Lan Cai’er and Aguduo to inquire about the situation in the Intermediate Public Zone.

Not far away, two familiar figures caught Ye Lingyue’s gaze.

Lan Cai’er and Aguduo stood together but both had expressions of annoyance. Beside them stood several men.

Each man was wearing a malicious smile, and upon closer listening, an argument had arisen between the two women and these men.

"My dear young ladies, a few days ago you broke my brother’s leg. For your beauty’s sake, I could overlook it, but today, you must compete with us. As for the wager, the loser will accompany our boys for the night. How about it?" One of the men, who was limping, had apparently been defeated in a fight with the two women a few days earlier.

Clearly, they were here to pick a fight.

"Get lost, bother me again and see if I don’t rip off your third leg too!" Lan Cai’er glared fiercely at the men. Both she and Aguduo were not to be trifled with.

She was the daughter of a general; she wouldn’t stand these shameless insults.

"Quite a fierce mouth on you, but I like it. Go, capture them," commanded the leading Martial Artist with a cold laugh. He angrily roared, and the Martial Artists beside him instantly formed a strange array resembling a shield, trapping Lan Cai’er and Aguduo inside.

Once the array was set up, several Martial Artists charged forth like shooting stars.

Shouldn’t the Yan Yi Envoy in Yan City intervene in such situations?

Ye Lingyue frowned, noticing that no Yan Yi Envoy appeared nearby, and the other Martial Artists were whispering among themselves, yet no one stepped forward to help.

Within the enclosure, Lan Cai’er had a frosty expression. Having spent a few days in Yan City No.9, she had become much more fierce.

Her moves were also much trickier than before. With a clap of her palms, like a massive descending force, she directly blasted a Small Yuan Dan Realm Martial Artist several meters away.

On the other side, Aguduo also let out a fierce cry, her momentum formidable.

She had inherited the Cultivation Technique of the Hundred Beasts Sect; her punching sent a Martial Artist flying, fresh blood spraying from his mouth.

Seeing the two women fighting more bravely as the battle progressed, Ye Lingyue’s heart eased somewhat.

It seemed their days in the Intermediate Public Zone weren’t wasted.

Just then, the smile on Ye Lingyue’s face stiffened. She saw one Martial Artist, acting sneakily, flick several Hidden Weapons from his sleeve.

The Hidden Weapons were smeared with dark green poison and were swiftly thrown towards the vital parts of Lan Cai’er, who was tangled in a fight and completely unaware of the deadly assault from behind.

Rage surged like a storm, erupting in front of Ye Lingyue.

Her face turned icy as a tremendous force of spiritual power surged from her.

A Blink Shield instantly formed behind Lan Cai’er, solidifying into a robust shield.

"Boom"

The Spirit Shield shook and vanished into nothingness.

Lan Cai’er and Aguduo turned around and saw several daggers flashing with green light on the sandy ground.

As soon as the daggers hit the ground, the area turned pitch black, indicating the potency of the poison.

The two women were shocked and broke into a cold sweat, only then realizing that they had just been on the brink of life and death.

In the next moment, a muffled grunt was heard, and the Martial Artist who used the Hidden Weapon was picked up by Ye Lingyue like a little chicken and harshly thrown to the ground.

"There’s trouble!"

Suddenly, a shout was heard among the crowd, and several figures dressed in Yan Yi clothing descended from the sky.

"Envoy, Envoy, quickly save me! These people are openly brawling in the city, and they even used Hidden Weapons, which are strictly prohibited in the city." The Martial Artist caught red-handed by Ye Lingyue, scrambling and crawling, ran to the front of a leading Yan Yi Envoy, accusing them first.

"Nonsense, it was clearly you who provoked us for no reason, trying to ambush us with Hidden Weapons." Lan Cai’er was furiously upset, and Aguduo was also on high alert.

"I can testify, I saw that man take out a Hidden Weapon, which is why I captured him," Ye Lingyue realized something was amiss.

There were no Yan Yi Envoys when the fight started.

Yet, as soon as she captured that man, Yan Yi Envoys appeared.

Isn’t this too coincidental?

"They clearly are accomplices, my lord, you can search that person’s body, he still has many Hidden Weapons on him." The man who accused them wore a sinister expression, pointing at Ye Lingyue.

On Ye Lingyue’s body, she only carried a few poisoned Hidden Weapons, not owned by her personally, but previously acquired from Zhan Gang.

Ye Lingyue rarely used Hidden Weapons herself, largely due to the Jade Hand Poison Master.

Jade Hand Poison Master believed that a well-used poison was hundreds of times better than Hidden Weapons, and thus, why bother using them.

The fact that the opponent knew she had Hidden Weapons shows they had clearly conspired beforehand.

The leading Yan Yi Envoy glanced at the Hidden Weapons on the ground, his sharp gaze moving from the man to the three women, finally settling on Ye Lingyue’s face.

With just one look, Ye Lingyue slightly squinted her eyes.

Being a perceptive person herself, she saw intense hostility in the Yan Yi Envoy’s eyes.

A clench in Ye Lingyue’s heart, and then looking back at the crowd, Zhan Gang and Wu Yue’s gang were there,

"You several, are you willing to be searched?" The voice of the Yan Yi Envoy was ominously menacing.

"We refuse; we haven’t used any Hidden Weapons, why should we be searched?" Lan Cai’er and Aguduo were frantic.

There is a difference between men and women, how could these men casually search them.

"Take these three back to the dungeon, awaiting interrogation." The Yan Yi Envoy, without further discussion, intended to make arrests.

At the sound of an uproar, several Yan Yi Envoys took out shackles, ready to apprehend them without further explanation.