Lu Shou opened his mouth yet was unable to say anything. Tang Ye was right. Lu Jianyao’s natural talent was very good, otherwise, it would be impossible for her to comprehend Sword Intent and raise it to the 7th level. However, in Tang Ye’s opinion, her path of cultivation had always been a smooth one, and she’d never encountered any hardships and tribulations. Simply speaking, Lu Jianyao hadn’t fully unearthed her natural talent, and it had been completely buried instead! Lu Shou and Lu Xun exchanged glances, and then they shook their heads and smiled. At this moment, they understood why Tang Ye’s cultivation was lower than their Junior City Governor, yet his strength far surpassed her. Because Tang Ye’s strength had been honed from slaughter and bitter cultivation, and such strength was utterly solid. As for Lu Jianyao.... Even though the two of them were still worried about her, they didn’t speak about helping her. At this moment, Lu Jianyao’s countenance was pale while her beautiful face was even covered in sweat. The Profound Energy Wings on her back were almost translucent and were flapping weakly as if they would stop at any moment. Are you thinking about laughing at me? Ridiculing me? Or making me beg for help? Hmph! I, Lu Jianyao, would rather die of exhaustion than allow you to succeed! As she gazed at Tang Ye who had the enormous Ninth Hell Swordwings on his back, Lu Jianyao gritted her teeth while her eyes were filled with an unyielding expression. Six hours later, Lu Jianyao wasn’t able to support herself anymore, and the wings behind her back vanished abruptly before her figure crashed down from high up in the air. A black shadow flashed by right when she was about to hit the ground. Tang Ye appeared by her side and stretched out his hand to bring her into his arms. Tang Ye shook his head as he gazed at the ghastly pale woman in his arms. She really is rather unyielding!He placed his palm on her stomach, and then a strand of violet profound energy flowed slowly into her body. In less than 15 minutes of time, Lu Jianyao’s countenance had become rosy again, and then she slowly opened her eyes after another short while passed. Tang Ye released his grip when he saw her awaken, and the latter instantly fell to the ground. “You!” Lu Jianyao glared at Tang Ye while her eyes simply seemed as if they could spray flames. “Cut the crap and rest well. We’ll be continuing on our journey in a while. We had no choice but to slow down just because of you, so you should feel ashamed, understand?” said Tang Ye. “I....” “Shut your mouth, otherwise, I’ll give you a good beating. Trust me!” Tang Ye glared fiercely at her. Lu Shou and Lu Xun closed their eyes tightly and acted indifferently towards all of this. It was like they hadn’t noticed it at all because both of them felt that it wasn’t a bad thing to let Tang Ye teach their Junior City Governor a lesson.... Lu Jianyao was about to say something when Tang Ye’s figure suddenly flashed and shot explosively towards her. Lu Jianyao was stunned. He really intends to give me a beating? Lu Shou and Lu Xun were stunned as well. That fellow was serious? In next to no time, they didn’t think like that anymore. At the instant Tang Ye’s figure moved, a black shadow had suddenly appeared behind Lu Jianyao, and then a ray of cold light swept towards her. The expressions on the faces of Lu Jianyao, Lu Shou, and Lu Xun changed violently! Right when that ray of cold light was about to come into contact with her body, she felt her vision flash before she was embraced by a pair of arms.Clang! That cold ray of light struck Tang Ye’s back. Tang Ye’s expression changed because he noticed that his skin had actually been cut through. Earlier, he was in such a haste that he hadn’t activated the Mortal Emperor Armor. Of course, he hadn’t intended to utilize it in the first place. After all, it really exhausted too much profound energy. Moreover, he was confident in the ability of his physical body. But he hadn’t expected that the enemy could actually cut through his defenses! “Ah!” “Ah!” Right at this moment, two shrill cries suddenly resounded from the side. Lu Jianyao looked over towards the source of the shrill cries, and then her face instantly turned pale again. Lu Shou and Lu Xun’s heads had been parted from their necks, and two black clothed figures were standing behind their corpses. Tang Ye embraced Lu Jianyao in his arms as he shot explosively by over 100m to the side. Right at this moment, a black figure suddenly appeared behind him, and the dagger in that black figure’s hand transformed into a ray of cold light as it shot towards Tang Ye’s neck from behind. Tang Ye had noticed the black clothed figure at the instant that figure appeared, so he immediately clenched his right hand into a fist and swiftly smashed it backwards! Clang! As soon as they came into contact, , Tang Ye was blasted back by over 10 steps from the strength the dagger carried, and a deep bloody mark that was a few centimeters deep had appeared on his fist! There were 10 black clothed figures around him. Just this short exchange between them had allowed Tang Ye to confirm that most of them were experts at the fifth rank of the Exalt Realm or above!Of course, most importantly, he recognized some of them. For example, the person standing before him was none other than Hong who he’d worked together with! It was obvious that this group of assassins were from the An Clan! Tang Ye took a deep breath, and he held Lu Jianyao in his arms as he took a deep glance at Hong. He said, “The Southern An Clan? Just you wait, I’ll repay this a hundredfold!” As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Ye suddenly stomped his right foot on the ground and executed Rapid Shift. He left an afterimage behind as his figure vanished on the spot. In the next moment, his figure was already over 1km away. “After him!” Someone spoke these words, and then the black clothed figures here instantly transformed into numerous shadows that chased after Tang Ye and Lu Jianyao.