Currently, Huang Shi was stuck between a rock and a hard place. If he attacked Lou Jun directly, it would mean that he would leave Qiao Fenyi undefended from the power of the poison released by Lou Jun; in fact, the only reason why she was still conscious at this moment was because of the flickering golden flames that had surrounded her body protectively, constantly purifying the poison.
The problem was that the purification power of his golden flames was more effective on himself rather than on other people. This was especially the case because of his lower cultivation base compared to Lou Jun, despite him having much stronger battle prowess.
However, what he didn't take into consideration was how his actions were currently being witnessed by a large amount of disciples and the Nascent Profound Realm elders of the Azure Dragon Sect.
"W-what is happening? How is Young Master Huang Shi defending himself against the attacks of Lou Jun?"
"Not only is he defending against Lou Jun, it even looks like Lou Jun is the one placed on the backfoot of their fight!"
"How is this possible? Could it be that Young Master Huang Shi has not only broken through to the Nascent Profound Realm, but he's also not at the early stages, but the late stages of the Nascent Profound Realm?"
Despite the commotion currently being created by his clash with Lou Jun, he chose not to care—or rather, he didn't have time to care, as he had more important problems to deal with.
I need to make a decision… and I need to do it quickly!
With this, Huang Shi's golden eyes flashed with a decisive light as flickering crimson lightning and burning golden flames started to surround his body, making his presence even more dashing.
Lou Jun, on the other hand, had sensed his intentions and instantly raised his guard. He started gathering his spiritual energy as flashes of purple and red flickered all around him, before a wave of red and purple thorns surrounded him, acting like a shield.
"Hehehe, do your worst! Let's see who falls first… me or that little conniving bitch behind you!"
Hearing the awful words being said by Lou Jun to her, Qiao Fenyi finally felt tears drop down her cheeks. She started to silently sob, as the pain from the poison combined with the emotional manipulation constantly being done to her made her deeply distressed.
Seeing this, a wave of sharp murderous intent appeared in Huang Shi's eyes. He finally couldn't take it anymore and aimed to just kill this guy as fast as possible, his golden eyes showing hints of red.
Fuck it... let's just kill this guy first and worry about the consequences later!
Huang Shi was just about to take one step forward and dash straight toward his enemy when, all of a sudden, they heard a coughing sound in the distance, as if trying to bring their attention toward someone. All of a sudden, a massive spiritual energy pressure enveloped the entire scene.
RUMBLE
The moment the spiritual energy pressure appeared, the world seemed to stop. Both he and Lou Jun suddenly started to shake as they both dropped down to their knees, their expressions flickering with hints of pain.
Ah fuck... what the hell is happening now? Shit... I need to end this quickly for Fenyi's sake.
However, it was clear that he was in a much better condition as compared to Lou Jun, as the latter, compared to him who just scrunched up his eyebrows in pain, suddenly started screaming out loud on the ground.
"AHHHHH IT HURTS, FUCK WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
BOOM!
At his outburst, the man who suddenly appeared seemed to become enraged as the spiritual energy pressure enveloping Lou Jun seemed to increase by more than double, as his bones started to creak and more and more pain filled his features.
"Of course I know who you are, you useless dog! I have told your grandfather time and time again that the engagement between you and my beloved granddaughter was a mistake and that it's finished, and yet you keep on insisting that there is still some connection between the both of you despite this!"
"Do you think that just because you are the scion of that so-called Lou Clan that I would not dare to kill you, you useless brat?!"
Suddenly, the person who had just arrived waved his left hand, causing Lou Jun to fly off into the distance, as his chest, which was already previously hit by Huang Shi's kick, caved back in once again as he spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Lou Jun was once again screaming out in pain, his voice hoarse and full of hatred.
"You old fool! Qiao Qinghe! Do you not know what it means to go against our Lou Clan? We have given you a chance to repent time and time again, or do you think Qiao Liang will survive another round of agony from our purple rose contamination!"
Qiao Qinghe suddenly became even more enraged, as instead of backing down just when Lou Jun was already face-planted on the ground, he suddenly disappeared from his previous position and appeared right in front of him, raising his hand, aiming to strike him down then and there from rage.
"You useless trash, did you think that your years of scheming against our family would not have any consequence?! Today I will at least leave you bedridden for a couple of months so that old bastard Lou Shang will remember that the pain and sorrow he did to our family is something that he one day has to pay for!"
RUMBLE
Just as Qiao Qinghe's palm was about to hit Lou Jun square in the chest, leaving him severely injured, a flashing black lightning bolt suddenly appeared right at the moment he was about to hit him, blocking off the attack from the distance.
BOOM!