What happened?

Xiao Yun's heart skipped a beat, but seeing the man approaching aggressively, she couldn't help but take a step back, completely losing her previous aggressive demeanor.

"You lowly creatures, how dare you try any tricks?!"

The female supervisor was so angry she was practically grinding her teeth to powder.

It's clear she's really, really angry!

This prompted Xiao Yun to take another step back.

She only relaxed a little when Lu Xingyuan stood in front of her.

Lu Xingyuan glanced at her indifferently, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

Then, he silently gripped a branch in his hand, feeling the resonance with it, and the muscles all over his body gradually tensed up.

"What happened?"

Lu Xingyuan took the initiative to speak, breaking the oppressive atmosphere.

"Could it be... something happened at the City Lord's Mansion?"

Upon hearing this, the female supervisor's pupils contracted even more sharply, and a leather whip suddenly appeared in her hand, ready to be used.

"As expected, it's related to you guys!"

Just now, she received an urgent intelligence report from above: a few petty thieves, using some unknown method, had bypassed the guards of the city lord's mansion, sneaked into the underground secret chamber, and successfully stole those "forbidden items."

Fortunately, the city lord was careful and set up a trap that only he knew about, which is how he discovered these petty thieves.

Although they were petty thieves, they were as agile as loaches in the fields. In addition, the Imperial Guards were hesitant to use their full strength for fear of damaging important documents and items, which allowed these petty thieves to escape successfully.

After rigorous interrogation of the petty thieves who were caught, they quickly learned the real culprit behind it all—the lowly slaves from other places in the prison!

As the head of the underground prison, the female supervisor naturally bears the greatest responsibility!

Regardless, she should be punished, since it was her negligence that allowed these petty thieves to escape from the underground prison.

The only way to mitigate the punishment is to wipe out the remaining petty thieves and execute all these slaves from foreign lands!

Xiao Yun felt the overwhelming rage emanating from the female supervisor, and her heart trembled violently.

But at that very moment, Lu Xingyuan raised an eyebrow at her.

"Can we apologize to them now? They really did."

Xiao Yun's face turned green.

Are you crazy?! What time is it? Why are you still saying this?

And... how did they manage to do that?

They only managed to steal what "originally belonged to us," but they didn't actually deliver it to us. So, it can't be considered a success; it's only half a success... No, not even half. It's either a success or a failure. How can you say it's only half a success? That's ridiculous!

However, the female supervisor's gaze followed Lu Xingyuan's direction and landed on Xiao Yun.

She narrowed her eyes and said coldly:

"So you're the culprit, aren't you?"

Xiao Yun's face turned green instantly.

I'm the culprit behind all this nonsense! How can someone like me be the culprit?

I wish I had such extraordinary abilities!

Just then, Lu Xingyuan spoke in a deep voice.

"Let's do it!"

To...to take action?

Xiao Yun was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Lu Xingyuan was saying.

"Didn't you want to kill them during the day?"

"It's the same at night now!"

Xiao Yun's face turned even greener instantly!

You son of a bitch! Just shut up right now!

She finally understood: Lu Xingyuan wanted to kill her!

She did say those things during the day, but that was a sneaky, underhanded remark; she wouldn't do it openly.

Even if she had a thousand times the courage, she wouldn't dare to do it in front of them now!

"Kill her!"

The female supervisor coldly gave the order.

The two supervisors went straight to Xiao Yun.

Snapped!

Snapped!

The two whips were used simultaneously, striking Xiao Yun from both sides.

Xiao Yun instinctively reached out to protect herself, but the whip was too vicious, tearing her arm open and splattering blood everywhere. The burning pain made her groan in agony, and her body swayed precariously.

She didn't hate the two men who had abused her; she hated Lu Xingyuan even more.

Fortunately, she perked up the next second.

Because she saw that the female supervisor had locked onto Lu Xingyuan firmly and lashed out with her whip!

Clearly, the female supervisor wasn't stupid; she could tell at a glance who among this group was most likely the real mastermind.

Lu Xingyuan's demeanor was noticeably different from that of others.

"Die!"

The female supervisor's whip was far more ruthless than the overseers'. The moment it was lashed out, space itself seemed to warp, not to mention the thunderous sound of it tearing through the air. This whip was delivered with every ounce of strength a soldier could muster; if it landed on someone, it would surely leave bruises all over their body.

That's why Xiao Yun felt that the beating she received was insignificant.

A sense of pleasure flashed through her mind!

There was a great sense of satisfaction in getting revenge!

But clearly, she was just a victim herself.

Wang Rong, Wang Tianhua, and others also witnessed all of this.

Unlike Xiao Yun, they didn't feel gloating; instead, they were filled with boundless fear.

Because they knew very well that after Lu Xingyuan died, they would be next.

"I won't allow you to hurt my boss!"

At the crucial moment, Teemo jumped out, his little face puffed up with anger. Looking at the whip coming at him, there was no fear in his eyes, only determination.

He said that if you want to harm Lu Xingyuan, you have to step over his dead body first!

He would never let Lu Xingyuan's bangs be scarred!

"Where did this little bastard come from? Get out of my way!"

The female supervisor did not show any mercy to Teemo; on the contrary, she increased the force of her whip.

Just then, a faint flash of light appeared.

With a crisp "snap," the long whip, meticulously twisted from multiple layers of demonic bull hide and incredibly tough, broke apart under the immense, invisible force, turning into more than a dozen palm-sized pieces of skin that scattered on the ground!

The female supervisor was also pulled by an invisible force, and she stumbled and almost fell to the ground, barely managing to regain her balance.

She stared in disbelief at the scene before her, her gaze fixed blankly on the last remaining whip in her hand.

Is this... correct?

Xiao Yun was also stunned.

She was completely taken aback.

"How is that possible?!"

Shouldn't Lu Xingyuan have been slapped to the ground and suffered an even more miserable fate than her?

How could he be unharmed!

Wang Rong, Wang Tianhua, and the others also found it unbelievable, and all turned their gazes to the branch in Lu Xingyuan's hand.

Just now... was it that neutralized the female supervisor's move?

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