The cheat system is useless, but I have the strongest living dad.

The cultivators of Qiwu City fought for a day and a night, but the number of Thorn Beasts did not decrease at all.

The top of Qiwu City is almost completely covered with them.

Wang Xu accompanied Shen Yao out of the Northern Realm Gate, riding his magical treasure high above the gate: "Fairy Shen, we've agreed that we can only fight for fun here, we can't go to the Eastern Realm Gate."

Shen Yao: "You can't watch when I'm killing beasts."

Wang Xu was speechless: 'Still can't watch? How can I protect you if you can't watch?'

Shen Yao: "If you dare to look, I'll kill you."

Wang Xu gave a perfunctory reply: "I won't look, I won't look."

Wang Xu was even more speechless: 'My goodness, you're really shameless, you're a seventh-ranked official...'

Wang Xu was dumbfounded: 'Did I remember wrong? Wasn't Fairy Shen a seventh-grade, four-elemental root? How did she become a sixth-grade, five-elemental root?'

Shen Yao had already made her move. Riding her flying spirit treasure, the Great Tree Branch, she swooped down and attacked the Spiky Beast atop the Northern Realm, forming hand seals: "Qi Spirit Chaos."

The three white stripes on the heads of the thorny beasts beneath her stopped spinning. Taking advantage of this, Shen Yao threw out several wind blades, aiming at the cores of the thorny beasts.

The wind blade only grazed a small part of the beast's tail, failing to damage the Spiky Beast's soul core.

Shen Yao quickly returned to the high altitude.

Wang Xu, who was always ready to go down and rescue the fairy, saw her return and thought to himself with admiration: 'Not bad, she did know to come back. Looks like she did understand something after all.'

Shen Yao stood on a tree branch, looking down, feeling a little discouraged.

I'm still too weak! No wonder my father said that it takes five sixth-level cultivators to barely fight against a high-level alien beast.

Wang Xu: "Fairy Shen, she's not easy to kill, is she? Should we go back?"

Shen Yao rushed down again, unleashing the Qi Spirit Chaos Technique to release several water spirit blades, before quickly returning.

Wang Xu said nothing. This young lady was using high-level alien beasts to practice on because she had a chaotic cultivation technique.

Shen Yao made repeated attempts, trying out the air blade and the thorny vines once each.

As expected, they could only damage the outer skin of the Spiny Beast.

Shen Yao took out the magical treasure given to her by Feng Yu. She had never used an offensive magical treasure before, so she decided to give it a try.

Upon seeing the Ice Soul Sword, Wang Xu exclaimed, "What a wonderful magical treasure!"

Shen Yao glared at him: "Don't look!"

Wang Xu looked away.

Shen Yao swooped down, unleashed the Qi Confusion Technique, and hurled the Ice Soul Sword with her spiritual energy.

"Buzz buzz buzz..." The Ice Soul Sword buzzed, its blade emitting a cold light, and with a 'whoosh' it easily severed the tail of a Spiny Beast.

"What a wonderful treasure!" Wang Xu exclaimed again.

The thorny beast let out a strange, menacing howl before it died, waking up all the other thorny beasts around it.

Seeing the situation was bad, Shen Yao sheathed her Ice Soul Sword and immediately returned. A group of Spiny Beasts leaped up and charged towards her...

There were simply too many Spiny Beasts. Shen Yao couldn't dodge in time and was slammed into a tree branch by one of them. Her spiritual power was suppressed, and she fell uncontrollably...

'It's over.' Shen Yao had only one thought in her mind: 'This time I'm really going to die...'

Several blades of light slashed down the thorny beasts leaping in mid-air. A dark figure flew over swiftly, caught Shen Yao as she fell, and quickly soared into the sky.

Shen Yao only saw Jiang Ming's cold profile.

"Wang Xu!" Jiang Ming's cold face was filled with anger: "I told you to protect her, and this is how you protect her?!"

Wang Xu hung his head and dared not move after being yelled at by Jiang Ming.

Unable to use her spiritual energy, Shen Yao struggled to get down: "Put me down!"

Jiang Ming held her even tighter.

Shen Yao continued to struggle.

Jiang Ming: "If you move around any more, you'll fall."

Shen Yao: "Then let me fall! I'd rather die than have you hold me!"

"You!" Jiang Ming was furious. He threw her onto Wang Xu's magical treasure and swooped down to kill the beast.

The hall master did not speak, and Wang Xu was unsure whether he should take the fairy back, so he could only wait in the air.

Shen Yao frowned and looked down, but Wang Xu released a magic rope to pull her back: "My little aunt, don't look down, or you'll really fall!"

Shen Yao sat back down in the middle of the spirit treasure: "Your immortal servant is quite good, loyal, responsible, and down-to-earth. Jiang Ming has such a bad temper, why do you follow him?"

Wang Xu: "I've been with the sect leader since I was a child. The sect leader is actually a very good person. Fairy Shen, you have a deep misunderstanding about our sect leader."

'Ha, it's not just a misunderstanding.' Shen Yao continued to mock, 'Have you been following him around doing bad things since you were little?'

Wang Xu: "How could I have committed any wrongdoing? Fairy Shen, don't believe the rumors outside! The Hall Master always has his own reasons for acting!"

Shen Yao didn't want to talk to Wang Xu anymore. Was the extermination of the sect and the massacre of the town also part of Jiang Ming's considerations?

The battle continued for another day, and the number of Thorn Beasts finally decreased to a visible degree. The battlefield was in a mess. Lord Deng left his guards to clean up the mess and led the cultivators back through the Northern Gate.

Shen Yao was still bound by Wang Xu with a spirit rope.

Seeing this, Jiang Ming didn't say anything, but simply asked Shen Yao, "Are you coming with me, or will Wang Xu escort you?"

Shen Yao: "Tell him to let me go, I'll go back myself."

Jiang Ming had no intention of letting go.

Jiang Ming wouldn't release them, and Wang Xu didn't dare to either, so the two sides remained deadlocked.

Huo Die had vanished without a trace. On her way back, Feng Yu saw Shen Yao bound by Wang Xu and immediately rode her magical treasure closer: "Jiang Ming! What are you doing?!"

Jiang Ming looked at him with disdain and said sarcastically, "Feng Yu, if you can't protect her, then give her to me."

Feng Yu took out the Frost Sword. The sword's cry was unstoppable, and the blade trembled continuously, as if the sword spirit sensed its master's anger and wanted to break free from the attack.

Jiang Ming raised an eyebrow and summoned his Flaming Sun Blade to meet the attack.

Jiang Ming's swordsmanship was highly skilled, and his attacks were fierce. Every strike was powerful and solid, and every time the blade struck the Frost Sword, the blade would catch fire with each collision.

The Frost Sword combines strength and gentleness, while the Wind Jade Sword Technique is agile and nimble, allowing for a swift re-attack after each clash with the Flame Sun Blade.

Feng Yu actually fought Jiang Ming for several rounds without being at a disadvantage.

Jiang Ming's eyes sharpened as he swiftly drew his blade. Frost protected its master, and spiritual energy was gathered to defend. His blade intent was awe-inspiring, and his sword intent was fierce. The blade and sword clashed, neither giving way to the other.

The Flaming Sun Blade is hard to beat; its blade is excited, as is the Frost Blade. The sword intent surges, the blade and sword resonate, their sound stopping the clouds in their tracks.

The swords and blades recoiled, and Jiang Ming and Feng Yu both retreated back to their flying magical artifacts.

Jiang Ming sheathed the Flaming Sun Blade and glanced at the Frost Sword with a hint of appreciation: "Its spiritual power is lacking, but its spiritual treasure is quite good."

Feng Yu, his sword intent undiminished, shouted: "Release her!"

Jiang Ming flew towards Wang Xu's flying magical artifact, walked to Shen Yao's side, gave Feng Yu a provocative look, and placed his hand on Shen Yao's waist.

Feng Yu pointed her sword at Jiang Ming: "Jiang Ming, how dare you?!"

Jiang Ming grinned mischievously as he met Shen Yao's gaze, his eyes filled with a sly intensity, his desire to possess her undisguised.

Shen Yao tried to dodge in anger, but Jiang Ming pulled her back. In front of Feng Yu, he slowly placed his hand on her waist, personally removing the spirit rope that bound her. He whispered in her ear, "Remember, you owe me a life."

To Feng Yu, this action looked like he was embracing Shen Yao and kissing her.

Feng Yu could no longer hold back and drew her sword to attack. Jiang Ming casually blocked the attack, pushed Shen Yao toward Feng Yu, and then left with Wang Xu.