Wow, this rough-around-the-edges pregnant wife is something else, she's incredibly ruthless!

The man in black robes took two steps forward. He showed no concern for his subordinate who had just died, and only looked at the woman, asking, "Do you know Zhou Yan?"

Meng Tong narrowed her eyes slightly, not answering the question directly, but only saying, "What does it have to do with you whether I know you or not?"

“My Worry-Free Valley is open for business. If you are here to make friends, I, Meng Tong, welcome you. But this is not the situation I expect.”

"Do you know that Zhou Yan started a rebellion two months ago and beheaded the Emperor of Great Wei a month ago? I heard that Wuyou Valley played a big part in it."

The man's words surprised Meng Tong. She had guessed Zhou Yan's plan pretty well, but the fact that it started and ended so quickly was beyond her expectations.

Besides, how did they even know about the existence of Worry-Free Valley?

Oh right, she mentioned it to Zhou Yan before.

Having figured all this out, Meng Tong looked up at the man and said, "If that's the case, why are you doing this? Aren't you afraid of making an enemy of Zhou Yan?"

"Heh." The man sneered, "I originally did want to come and see the Worry-Free Valley, which is currently the hottest topic of discussion in the capital, but now..."

With a determined and passionate tone, the man asked Meng Tong a question.

"Do you know about the Phoenix Bone?"

"I don't know."

Meng Tong already knew his purpose, and judging from his eyes, the woman was 100% certain that he knew about her special abilities.

His eyes flashed with murderous intent, and the man's originally smiling eyes slowly turned cold. Then, he gently raised his right hand, and the carriage that was surrounded by him flew towards him.

The smell emanating from inside made the woman frown slightly. She stared intently at the man, her hands clenched behind her back, already brimming with supernatural power.

The man glanced at Meng Tong discreetly, then said as he walked towards the carriage, "Want to know what's inside?"

"..."

The woman remained silent, but a cautious look appeared in her eyes as she glanced at the carriage tightly wrapped in black cloth.

Just as the man approached the carriage, the previously motionless carriage suddenly exploded, and a man whose face was obscured jumped out.

His entire body was covered in black filth, even his head was black.

Meng Tong stared intently at him, trying to discern something from certain details, but she couldn't see through him at all.

Until the man said something.

"Your Highness, is this the old friend you mentioned?"

Your Royal Highness?

Wei Lian.

Isn't he already dead?

Meng Tong was stunned for a moment, then looked at the man with a probing gaze.

Wei Lian's originally dull eyes stiffened as he stared at the woman. When he saw her face clearly, his slightly excited body confirmed his identity.

Wei Lian, who had been standing beside the man in black robes, suddenly launched an attack on Meng Tong.

The sharp, blackened fingernails came straight at the woman's face, accompanied by a harsh hissing sound.

The woman subconsciously took two steps back, and the supernatural power she had been accumulating in her hands rushed towards the man like a wild horse. However, in just a few dozen seconds, Meng Tong discovered that her supernatural power could not harm him, and there were even faint traces of it being absorbed by him.

A look of surprise appeared on her tense face. Meng Tong then decisively withdrew her superpower and took out her whip from her spatial storage.

The whip was covered in poison and thorns. She gripped the whip tightly in her right hand and then leaped into the air with a backward tilt.

Without hesitation, the whip lashed down on the man, its barbed venomous barbs catching on his black cloth clothes and then piercing his skin.

But Wei Lian seemed to feel no pain at all. The pungent stench he brought made her dizzy. The woman blinked, and the man's long fingernails slid down her neck.

Meng Tong had no choice but to leap back to a safe distance, but the man relentlessly pursued her, and the two fought to a standstill for a time.

However, it was Wei Lian who looked disheveled, as all his clothes had been torn off by Meng Tong's whip.

His body, as black as charcoal, was revealed.

There wasn't a single patch of normal skin visible, yet the whip didn't cause any change when it struck him.

This was the first time the woman had ever encountered such a situation.

……

The man in the black robe watched the two fight with a leisurely air, and he could see the burning passion in his dark eyes whenever the woman used her supernatural power.

The Phoenix Bone is such a wonderful thing, it should be used on him, but this woman is also a good vessel.

For him, vital energy is only beneficial and not harmful.

The situation outside Wuyou Valley was getting worse, and Lu Chuan and Sheng Yu had just managed to get back to Duanshan Village.

"Where is your fourth sister-in-law?!"

Upon entering and not seeing Meng Tong, Lu Chuan's already furrowed brows deepened. He looked at Sheng Yuanyuan and asked her a question.

The girl glanced around at Sheng Xiu and the others who had returned, and finally revealed where the woman had gone.

"Let's go to Pingkou Village."

Sheng Xiu spoke first, followed by a group of people from Wulala walking out of the courtyard.

As for Lu He, Lu Yan, and the other children, they sat right next to Sheng Yuanyuan.

They couldn't help at all.

……

They rushed towards Pingkou Village without stopping, with Lu Chuan riding Bai Ye at the forefront, a small bird perched on the man's shoulder.

It chattered on and on, recounting everything that happened outside Worry-Free Valley.

When Lu Chuan learned that Wei Lian had come back to life, his deep pupils contracted slightly, followed by a dark expression.

Outside, Meng Tong had been fighting Wei Lian for almost half an hour. He was like a machine, feeling no pain or fatigue, and even possessing extremely strong abilities.

For example, the woman's clothes, which he had accidentally torn on her shoulder, had already been soaked with a dark red bloodstain.

But this did not deter the woman; instead, it fueled her fighting spirit. Just like fighting a zombie king, Meng Tong began to use her superpowers to toy with him and provoke him.

Wei Lian was like a stupid dog staring at a meat bun for a moment, while the woman got plenty of rest during this time.

Of course, the man in black robes also saw through her intentions.

The man, who had been sitting lazily by the carriage, suddenly got up and walked towards them.

A thick black mist slowly emanated from his right hand, then began to rapidly envelop Meng Tong.

The black mist was colorless and odorless, but it made people lose their way. The woman had to find Wei Lian's lifeline before she was enveloped by the black mist, otherwise, continuing like this would only do her harm.

Her sharp eyes were fixed on the man in black robes. The woman rose higher and higher into the air, her supernatural power outputting endlessly. The crimson energy created a safe environment for her.

The man in the black robe looked up at her, a sickly smile appearing on his lips.

"You can't run away."

The black fog grew thicker and thicker, even spreading into Pingkou Village. Lu Chuan, who had just arrived, glanced at the things drifting towards them.

A thick, indistinct black mist resembled a demon capable of devouring everything.

Anxiety flashed in the man's eyes, then he said to Sheng Xiu beside him, "Second Brother, lead everyone to evacuate first. I'll go out and take a look."

"Okay... be careful."

"Ah."

The white tiger, undeterred by the darkness, led the man on a relentless charge towards the edge of Worry-Free Valley.