Chapter 3040 — I Return Your Silver Needles

Though the two of them had never formally been a couple, Sun Jingyan found herself flooded with warmth as she recalled the scattered moments they had shared...

From afar, Wei Zhao spotted his Grand Cherokee parked not far from the Sun family's courtyard. He slapped the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast hard on the flank. "Little Feng, faster—final sprint!"

"ROAR ROAR ROAR—" The Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast let out a mighty bellow and shot forward like an arrow.

Wu Chengtian and Huoshaoyun heard the beast's roar too, and they scrambled joyfully out of the car, shouting in excitement, "Leader, you're here!"

"How's Jingyi?" Wei Zhao asked urgently.

"She's inside—there's still signs of movement!" Wu Chengtian's eyes were already bloodshot with panic. Seeing Wei Zhao arrive, he made to charge in alongside him.

"Good! Wu Chengtian, and Shaoyun, is it? Once we're in, I'll deal with the early-stage peak Heaven rank expert first. Then you two will be responsible for holding off the late-stage peak Heaven rank one for a while. Shaoyun, you're only one tier below him—you should be able to manage holding him off for a bit, right?" Wei Zhao laid out the plan.

"Got it, no problem!" Huoshaoyun nodded. Facing a late-stage peak Heaven rank expert, he probably stood no chance of winning, but he was confident about stalling one—at the very least he could hold out for a while without being instantly annihilated the moment he stepped up.

Wei Zhao nodded, and riding the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast, he charged straight into the Sun residence!

Xiao Yi and Xiao Shiyi had naturally heard the commotion outside. Xiao Yi furrowed his brow and instructed Xiao Shiyi, "Little junior sister, you keep going. Pay it no mind—I'll handle it!"

"All right!" Xiao Shiyi nodded. She knew as well that the treatment of Taganlong was not yet finished, and she could not afford to be distracted!

But when Xiao Yi saw Wei Zhao come charging into the Sun residence atop the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast, he couldn't help but frown. Why had Wei Zhao come?

When the miserable sight of Sun Jingyan—her body bristling with silver needles, her face deathly pale, blood seeping from the corners of her mouth—filled Wei Zhao's eyes, he was utterly enraged! And when he saw the person tormenting her, his whole body began to tremble!

Xiao Shiyi. Wei Zhao remembered this person's name deeply. He had once sworn that one day he would make Han Jingyi kill this person with her own hands. Yet before he had even gone looking for her, she had appeared before him once again—and had laid her hands on Sun Jingyan!

In that instant, Wei Zhao wanted nothing more than to unleash a Raging Fire Eight Trigrams Palm and obliterate Xiao Shiyi on the spot! But reason held him back. It wasn't that Wei Zhao feared the Five Luminaries Sect or dared not kill Xiao Shiyi—when even Sixth, Seventh, and Twelfth had died at the hands of Wei Zhao or those connected to him, what the hell did Wei Zhao have to fear?

No—Wei Zhao wanted Han Jingyi to kill Xiao Shiyi with her own hands, only then could the hatred in his heart be eased. To let her die in a single instant would be far too merciful! Wei Zhao had to torment her, torment her until she could bear it no longer, and only then kill her!

This opponent, compared to those he had faced before, was one Wei Zhao hated far more intensely! Toward Zhong Yongliang, it had been a plain, ordinary loathing—but with Xiao Shiyi, the very sight of her made Wei Zhao's emotions surge beyond his control!

At the sight of the mass of silver needles on Sun Jingyan's body, and the needle technique of Xiao Shiyi, Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback—a sense of familiarity washed over him. Wasn't this the Fuxi Nine Needles? Could it be... that the manual in his possession on how to use Heaven rank divine weapons had belonged to Xiao Shiyi, and been stolen by that monstrous Heaven rank man?

The more he thought, the more likely it seemed. A cold sneer flickered at the corner of Wei Zhao's mouth. So you like using the Fuxi Nine Needles, do you? Fine then—I'll let you have a taste of the Fuxi Nine Needles yourself! With true qi channeled into them, the Fuxi Nine Needles can save a life or take one; good and evil lie in the single instant of a thought. But the method of saving lives had long been lost—leaving only the art of harm!

Channeling true qi into silver needles and then inserting them into an opponent's body can inflict unbearable agony. Wei Zhao went straight to Sun Jingyan's side and plucked every last silver needle from her body! He had no authentic Fuxi Nine Needles—but he noticed that the silver needles Xiao Shiyi was using were no ordinary needles. They seemed to be a replica set of the Fuxi Nine Needles!

"Xiao Shiyi, is it? Don't think you're the only one who knows how to torment people!" Wei Zhao sneered coldly, then snarled viciously: "Prepare to die!"

Sun Jingyan had already been drifting at the edge of consciousness, thinking she would never see Wei Zhao again. But at Xiao Yi's sudden shout she opened her eyes, and saw Wei Zhao arriving atop the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast—and she could scarcely believe it!

How had Wei Zhao known she was in danger? And the two opponents were both Heaven rank experts—the very two who had once driven Wei Zhao into a corner with no room to fight back. How did Wei Zhao dare appear here so openly and brazenly?

Wasn't he... afraid? And he had actually said something so savage to Xiao Shiyi as "Prepare to die"?

In that moment, Sun Jingyan was overcome with emotion. She suddenly recalled a line from a television drama, spoken by Zixia: My beloved is a peerless hero; one day he will come to marry me clad in golden armor and sacred raiment, treading upon rainbow clouds...

Wei Zhao might not have been treading rainbow clouds, but he was riding the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast—like the prince on a white horse from a fairy tale...

"Damn it!!" Xiao Yi had not expected Wei Zhao to attack the moment he arrived and snatch away all her silver needles. Her attention had been fixed entirely on the needling, so how could she have anticipated that Wei Zhao's first target would be neither her nor Xiao Yi, but the silver needles in Sun Jingyan's body!

Xiao Yi's expression turned fierce as well. Wei Zhao's disruption of Taganlong's healing threw him into a frenzy of anxiety and rage, and he wanted to strike out at Wei Zhao—but just then, Huoshaoyun made his move! Huoshaoyun was a late-stage Heaven rank expert, and one raised with devoted care by an ancient sect, so although his strength was inferior to Xiao Yi's, he would have absolutely no problem keeping him occupied. At the very least, with Xiao Yi's strength, there was no way he could annihilate Huoshaoyun in an instant.

Though Xiao Yi was irritated by the sudden appearance of a late-stage Heaven rank expert, there was nothing he could do but grit his teeth and endure, dealing with him as patiently as he could. He wanted to cut Huoshaoyun down in one stroke, but that simply wasn't realistic!

What was most infuriating was that Xiao Yi hadn't brought his divine weapon with him—he had left it in the car! In his eyes, dealing with the Sun family required no divine weapon at all; his role was merely to assist Xiao Shiyi in watching over Taganlong. Who could have guessed that Wei Zhao would bring along a late-stage Heaven rank expert? Where had this man even come from?

Xiao Yi had no Heaven rank divine weapon—but Huoshaoyun did. A palm-leaf fan appeared in his hand, and flame-wreathed true qi was channeled out from it, blazing straight toward Xiao Yi, making him curse inwardly without end!

Though Xiao Yi held absolute superiority in strength, without a divine weapon in hand, the gap between him and Huoshaoyun had narrowed considerably. He was only slightly stronger than Huoshaoyun now—so much so that even wounding him seemed unlikely!