"Once I've tortured and slaughtered your little sweetheart, I'll take my time with you!"

"A Moonlight Physique as my cultivation cauldron will surely carry me to the Spirit Transformation realm!"

Qin Shou dropped all pretense and attacked.

Senior Sister Zhao was only at the final-stage Golden Core realm. Talented as she was, capable of holding her own against ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, Qin Shou was no ordinary opponent, and the gap between them showed. 

Li Fan was completely dragging them down, an outright liability, and Qin Shou knew it, directing every attack at him rather than at her. Already stretched to her limit, now forced to shield her beloved as well, Senior Sister Zhao could only scramble to respond.

It was clear they could not win. Relying on an artifact their master...