The night was as dark as ink.
The pattering rain made the entire street damp, and at the end of the alley, a woman was clutching her wound, trembling!
This person was none other than Princess Ye Lingshan of the Night Clan, who had been fleeing for her life!
Along with her were several others, but they had either died or fled during the pursuit, and were now scattered.
In the distance, both ends of the alley were already surrounded by several figures in black. Among them, an old man holding a white bone staff hummed a tune as he spoke.
"I say, little girl of the Night Clan, you really are stubborn as a mule. I've already told you, as long as you agree to my terms, I won't trouble you. I'll make you the esteemed wife of a protector. Why are you so blind? Besides, why don't you go ask around about my reputation as the White Bone Venerable? How many people I've taken a liking to have managed to escape? Hahaha..."
As he spoke, the old man walked towards the center of the alley.
Inside the alley, as the rain grew heavier, it became increasingly desolate. Around Ye Lingshan, it felt like entering an ice cellar.
"Damn it, I, Ye Lingshan, would rather die than surrender to you. Brother Su, it seems we have no fate in this life. Let me repay your kindness in the next!"
With that, Ye Lingshan immediately took out a dagger. She had already decided that if things got desperate, she would take her own life.
Now, she had no other options. Severely injured, she was no match for the protector of the Sacred Altar before her. As for this White Bone Venerable, he had long since reached the late stage of the Emperor Realm, a being who could cover the sky with one hand.
Thinking of her younger brother, Ye Wushuang, being chased by so many people, Ye Lingshan felt a pang of heartache. But now, she was truly helpless.
"Quick, she's there!"
Suddenly, several inner sect elders of the Sacred Altar spotted Ye Lingshan and immediately rushed into the alley.
Seizing the opportunity.
Ye Lingshan prepared to escape. She did not want to accept capture, for if she were caught, she would face endless humiliation.
Clang!
Suddenly, just as Ye Lingshan was about to end her own life, a stone flew from the side and precisely knocked the dagger out of her hand.
Ye Lingshan looked up sharply!
Immediately, she saw a figure cloaked in darkness beneath the moonlight.
"Who?"
Ye Lingshan had thought Su Han had arrived, but this figure gave her a sense of unfamiliarity, like a god overlooking the world, standing there for a moment, the surrounding space seemed to freeze.
A few raindrops, in front of the man, actually detoured, not daring to touch him!
"What, you don't even recognize me anymore, Ye Lingshan?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Lingshan froze on the spot. In her eyes, Su Han had only seemed to be in the middle stage of the Emperor Realm before. Even if he had come, he wouldn't have been a match for the protector.
But now, no matter how she looked, she couldn't see through Su Han!
"Su Han... is that you? It's really you!"
Her heart filled with excitement, but in the next moment, Ye Lingshan's face turned pale. "Run, Su Han, run quickly... They didn't just send one protector this time. There are three more protectors around, and seventy to eighty inner sect elders. You can't possibly be their match. Hurry and run while these protectors haven't arrived yet!"
Her urging Su Han to run showed how much Ye Lingshan liked him. At this critical juncture, she would rather sacrifice herself than see Su Han put himself in danger.
But at this moment!
Su Han looked on with a calm expression. Not only did he not leave, but he leaped down instead!
Whoosh.
The Great Emperor's cloak fluttered in the wind. Su Han's figure slowly descended, arriving beside Ye Lingshan. He gently cupped her face and poured a bottle of Life Essence Potion into her.
With the healing sacred medicine, like a clear spring, Ye Lingshan immediately felt much better. Her previously pale complexion turned rosy, and finally, a hint of a different charm appeared.
Seeing Su Han, Ye Lingshan was extremely excited!
But she still complained, "Su Han... didn't I tell you to leave quickly? This place is already surrounded by them. Even if you came, you couldn't save me. We can only be a pair of ill-fated lovers..."
Despite her words, Ye Lingshan was still moved to tears by Su Han. After all, who wouldn't be touched by someone who was willing to risk their life to save them?
Su Han chuckled and said, "Ye Lingshan, you crying and sniveling like this isn't good. I like to see your smiling face like a blooming flower. Besides, how do you know that we can only be ill-fated lovers? In my opinion, we can be a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water. I'm not interested in ill-fated, hehe!"
"You!"
Ye Lingshan's face instantly flushed. She hadn't expected Su Han to still be joking at such a critical moment. What made her even more incredulous was that Su Han still looked as if he was strolling leisurely, without a hint of panic.
"Su Han, enough! I'm serious. You can still run now. I know how good you are to me. When we get back, I'll immediately be your servant and attend to you. But now, you have to listen to me. We'll run together, and I'll cover your retreat..."
Upon hearing this, Su Han shook his head. He knew that Ye Lingshan had made up her mind to die to protect him, to let him escape first, and she would surely die a terrible death covering his retreat.
"Alas," Su Han sighed and said, "Lingshan, to be honest, I now have enough strength to protect you, so you don't need to worry. Leave these guys to me. They are all trash to me!"
Ye Lingshan was stunned for a moment. She looked at Su Han in disbelief. She had already felt that Su Han's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds before, but now, hearing Su Han say that he could defeat the protectors, Ye Lingshan was somewhat disbelieving.
"Su Han, you mean, your current strength is already comparable to the protectors?" Ye Lingshan asked excitedly. If that were the case, then the Night Clan would be saved, and that kid Ye Wushuang might escape with his life.
But at this moment, Su Han shook his head repeatedly!
"No, no..."
Ye Lingshan was immediately disappointed.
But the next moment, Su Han continued, "No, no, no, those protectors to me... are all trash!"
Gulp.
Su Han's words instantly left Ye Lingshan bewildered. She didn't know if she was going crazy or if Su Han was. The protectors of the Sacred Altar were such powerful beings, yet Su Han called them trash?
Suddenly, as they were talking, an old man holding a white bone staff appeared at the entrance of the alley, a curve of his lips turning upwards in the dark moonlight!