The Princess And The Lord

Zhao Li Xin's face remained indifferent as usual, he calmly pushed Mong Ki's shoulder as he stepped forward. He stare at the beast that had a head like a wolf, a body like a bear, and skin cover with muddy brown scales, what made it even more strange was that it had a pair of wings that looked like bats, Hideous and strange with one look at Zhao Li Xin knew this was another kind of hybrid beast.

A man suddenly jumped from the back of the beast, the man has a huge muscular body with bulging behind his robes, he had scars on his left eyebrows along with a thick frizzy beard he looked rough and callous just like a mountain bandit.

"Are you Long Ming?" the muscular man shouted with a gruff sound.

"You sent a group of assassins then made such a big entrance without being completely sure who the person in front of you was, what if I said, I'm not Long Ming?" Zhao Li Xin didn't understand the need to ask such a stupid question.

"...."

The man snorted disdainfully, "Funny comments from a pretty face like you" he tried to hide his embarrassment, though it didn't really help.

"Thank you" Zhao Li Xin replied sincerely.

Anger boiled within him as his face turned red, "Let's see if you're as good as people say you are!" he shot towards Zhao Li Xin like a loose cannon.

"Milord?" Mong Ki waiting for Zhao Li Xin order.

"Get out of the way..." Zhao Li Xin said, then he shattered the crystal with her bare hands then threw the crystal that turned to dust into the air then Zhao Li Xin made a complicated symbol with his hand immediately a transparent array protected him when the brute man sword touched the array a spark appeared and suddenly the muscular man was pushed away by the extreme resistance of the array.

However the muscular man managed to land on the ground with both feet, with his sword piercing the ground to stabilize his footing, sweat dripping down the side of his head, he didn't expect Long Ming to be this strong.

"You… you are an array master?" he swallowed unconsciously out of nervousness. He had heard many rumors about Long Ming but none of them said Long Ming was an array master, this was indeed awful news for him.

Zhao Li Xin opened her arms and shrugged, "Surprise..." he said dryly.

"Are you hiding it on purpose?" he was irritated how cunning Long Ming was, everyone knew array masters were the most annoying opponent as they could subdue their enemies without actually fighting if only he knew Long Ming was also an array master, he would have made more preparations before he faced Long Ming, but now it's too late,

"Not really, at least 'Lao' something knows about it, why... is she didn't tell you anything about me? no wonder..." Zhao Li Xin might sound sarcastic but he just being honest.

"How did you know about Miss Lao Min Na?" he knitted his thick brows he didn't know once she brought the hybrid beast is easy for Zhao Li Xin to guessed where this man is for the notorious beast.

The muscular man didn't know that he unconsciously told Zhao Li Xin that Lao Min Na had stuck her nails in the Hwang Wu continent, and it wasn't strange that several sects on that continent other than the Heaven's Gate had cooperated with Lao Min Na, Zhao Li Xin smirked "Who else would it be that would make such a hideous creature like this other than hers" Zhao Li Xin stared with an unimpressed expression at the growling beast.

"You, how dare you mock Miss Lao!" The muscular man sounded offended for Lao Min Na, is this man Lao Min Na admirer or underling, or perhaps...both?

"Why not...this not the first time" Zhao Li Xin shrug nonchalantly.

"Kill him!" he then blew the whistle hanging from his neck, the beast roar with a deafening sound then charged at Zhao Li Xin fiercely.

The protective array around Zhao Li Xin activated and resisted the huge beast's brutal attack as the beast got angrier, it roared then charged at Zhao Li Xin again with even more force, and the barrier shattered into pieces.

The Mong brothers rolled to the side avoiding the monster's attack then skillfully launched several attacks at the beast, meanwhile, Zhao Li Xin jumped into the air and landed smoothly on the ground, he didn't join the fight with the Mong Brothers because he felt the Mong brothers were able to handle the animal without his help.

On the other hand, the muscular man thought Zhao Li Xin was running away from the fight he teased Zhao Li Xin, "Humph, if you're really that strong why don't you fight my beast without your subordinates?" he thought he had unmasked Zhao Li Xin who was said to be the strongest man in the Xin Fang continent. 

"….." Zhao Li Xin didn't understand what the mockery means, why the muscular man looks so arrogant when he was the one who bring dozens of underlings and hybrid beast to help him fight?

The Muscular man suddenly make a fighting stance "Fight me without your array if you dare!" he beckoned Zhao Li Xin provocatively.

'Why should I?' Zhao Li Xin was confused by his opponent's arrogant moves.

"Let's see how I'm gonna crush your dam* pretty face!" he shouted in a boisterous voice.

'Why did he brings up my face again?'

Zhao Li Xin massages his nape tiredly, "Whatever…"

"Take this!" the man jump he swing his sword wildly and Zhao Li Xin bend and twist calmly as he dodged the attack, Zhao Li Xin's calm face infuriated the muscular man, with loud shouted he raised his broad sword above his head.

'What a big opening' it's all Zhao Li Xin could think of.

Zhao Li Xi calmly moves to the side as the broad sword miss him by an inch however it make the distance between Zhao Li Xin and the muscular man way too close Zhao Li Xin could smell the greasy scent from the muscular man make Zhao Li Xin face scrunched up then he kicks the muscular man on the stomach since he can't handle the smelled.

Zhao Li Xin's hard punch made him cough with fresh blood, luckily Zhao Li Xin managed to dodge the blood that spilled on his face still it irritated Zhao Li Xin so much that he gave the muscular man a powerful punch under his chin. The muscular man was thrown into the air then fell heavily to the ground, he groaned in pain.

'That fast?' Zhao Li Xin was disappointed, she thought judging by the muscular man's size, Zhao Li Xin wished the muscular man could handle it for at least ten minutes but even five minutes he had already fallen to the ground.

"STOP!"

Several people protected the muscular man while one of them gave him recovery pills to make the muscular man recover quickly so he could stand up. A woman in her mid-twenties stood beside him with a worried face, "Honey, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I'm just careless" the muscular man lied, and everyone could see it, but he refused to admit in front of his wife that he was defeated so easily.

"Didn't father-in-law tell you to lays low for a while and wait for his orders? if he finds out you disobey his orders, again.. you will make father-in-law angry again" the woman held the man's arm as she tried to reason with him.

it's a shame that his good intentions were taken as ordinary tirades "Shut up!" he shouted, jerking his arm away from the woman. "I know what I'm doing!" he insisted.

The woman bit her lips, she was irritated by her man's rudeness but tamped down her feeling. Her husband wasn't handsome and rude but he had a good background and was a pretty good cultivator if only he wasn't so hot-tempered which only gave him more trouble than benefit like today when she heard her husband running with his subordinates and the beast they joust bought to fight against Long Ming, knowing her husband's character she immediately brought some of her subordinates to chase after her husband and just like she expected her husband was hit black and blue by Long Ming.

Her foolish husband, does he think it's easy to win against Long Ming.

The woman raised her sword, she aimed at the man in front of her, "You hurt my husband?" she wanted to show her support for her husband but when she saw Zhao Li Xin she was awestruck.

The man had impeccable sculptural features, every feature on his face was perfect he also tall and had broad shoulders without excessive muscles like her husband, needless to say, the man was handsome beyond words if that was not mesmerizing enough he also exuded the aura of a Monarch.

Never in her life had she seen someone so dreamy as this man, it was too surreal that she couldn't hide her blatant admiration.

"Who are you looking at?!" the muscular man looked at his wife's blushing cheeks, how could he not know what she was thinking.

"No… I… I don't…" she tried to sound reassuring but her eyes repeatedly glanced at Zhao Li Xin, what could she do it's hard to ignore someone like Zhao Li Xin.

"You!" The muscular man's nostrils flared with anger, they had been married for almost five years but she had never looked at him like that, shame, anger, and jealousy mixed into one, alas he took it all out on Zhao Li Xin.

"How dare you seduce my wife, I will kill you!" he thrust his sword at Zhao Li Xin.

"Husband!" his wife called out to him anxiously but he was already overwhelmed by anger he was unable to hear the warning that filled his wife's voice.

'Seducing who?' Zhao Li Xin was confused, he already had one in a million women as his wife, why would he have the desire to see another woman.