People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

Cao Ze wished he could smash Tian Ze's head with a hammer; wasn't this just sabotaging him?

Although he was furious inside, he appeared calm and collected on the surface.

"She'll be fine. The Bai family only has the Marquis and her left now, and the Marquis won't easily take her life."

Madam Mingzhu was slightly taken aback, but then realized it made sense.

Her older cousin died, and the Bai family was wiped out by Ji Wuye and his men. Now, the only legitimate bloodline members of the Bai family are her and her aunt.

My aunt had no reason to kill her, otherwise she would be dead by now.

but!

That was based on the premise that her disguised identity as a madam had not been exposed.

If her aunt asks where she was rescued from or who rescued her from, she will easily be exposed.

The Marquis clapped her hands and said, "As expected of Mr. Cao Ze, you were able to guess what I was thinking so easily."

"I will not let Mingzhu die so easily, but..."

The Marquis smiled slightly, "For the sake of the Bai family's lineage, my dear niece must keep having children until she dies."

Madam Mingzhu felt a chill run down her spine, and waves of fear washed over her.

Does this mean she'll spend the rest of her life on a leash, chained up indoors, and constantly giving birth to babies?

Cao Ze's mind would not be swayed by the Marquis. If the Marquis thought he cared so much about Lady Mingzhu, she was mistaken.

It would be more like it were Zi Nu Jing Ni instead.

"Very well, if Your Excellency doesn't mind, I wouldn't mind helping your Bai family, helping you and your aunt and niece to breed, and leaving a few children for your Bai family!"

Cao Ze is not afraid of shamelessness. He responds to shamelessness with shamelessness.

The Marquis coldly replied, "Sharp-tongued and cunning, you'll have to see if you have the ability to breed with us, my niece and me!"

"Long..."

A dozen or so tall ice pillars, each as tall as a tree, slowly appeared within a radius of several tens of meters.

Cao Ze, Jing Ni, Tian Ze, and the others were all surrounded.

"What's going on?" the Corpse-Driving Demon couldn't help but ask.

“Ice-type formation…” Tianze, who inherited the formation techniques of his ancestor Zheng Zhuang Gong, recognized it at a glance.

Such a simple formation is easy to break, but in reality it is extremely difficult to break, and its effectiveness is closely related to the strength of the person who casts the formation.

The gap in strength is too great; even if you know how to break it, it will be of no use.

The Marquis laughed heartily.

"I'll give you a chance. Continue to fight to the death. Whoever survives, I'll spare. How about it?"

Cao Ze and Tian Ze looked at each other at the same time, and then looked at the Marquis.

If they really turn on each other, then they will truly die without a burial place today.

"Join forces and give me the stone slab!"

Tianze lowered his voice, making it low and hoarse, his snake-like eyes fixed on Cao Ze.

Cao Ze shrugged. "To be honest, the stone slab wasn't in my possession. It disappeared after I came out of Feng Hou's Tomb."

Now, apart from a "stone egg" that seems to be a dragon soul, he can say that his trip to Feng Hou Tomb was in vain.

Tianze's snake face, covered with fine scales, was filled with disbelief.

Who are you kidding? Just before he was teleported away, he saw Cao Ze clinging tightly to the stone slab. Now he's saying it's gone? Does he think Cao Ze is a fool like Wushuang Gui?

"Hmph!" the Marquis said indifferently, "It seems you don't intend to follow my rules. Very well, then you may all stay here today!"

A chilling aura, like vines, swirled around the Marquis, and her eyes simultaneously turned into icy pupils.

Her strong abilities gave her great confidence.

The trip to Feng Hou Tomb not only propelled her from the peak of Grandmaster to Grandmaster, but also swept away all the injuries and hidden wounds that had accumulated over the years.

At this moment, the Marquis was like an ice goddess, high above all others.

The temperature within a radius of tens of meters dropped by another three points, and even frost and snow began to fall, with countless ice crystals and gravel rushing through the air.

Before the Marquis even made a move, she put immense pressure on Cao Ze and the others.

"Is this what a Grandmaster is?"

Tianze roared, only then realizing how arrogant he had been.

He thought that with his unparalleled physical strength alone, he could rival a Grandmaster.

Cao Ze calmly said, "What do you think? Every Grandmaster has their own domain. In this world, they are the masters, representing their absolute control over the power of heaven and earth."

Half-step Grandmaster, Grandmaster, and Great Grandmaster—while all three are at the Grandmaster level, there is no doubt that there are significant differences between them. The more power one controls in the world, the stronger one becomes. Just like the current Marquis, who has only just broken through to Great Grandmaster, she can already overwhelm them.

The Marquis stood aloof amidst the swirling snow. The once rampaging ice and snow melted into a gentle landscape beside her, transforming into the most docile of cats.

The wind and snow intensified, raging within a radius of tens of meters, turning the entire world into a vast expanse of white, with only the cold and merciless color of snow.

Moreover, because of the ice array, all the power of ice was locked inside, making the temperature even colder and more chilling!

Cao Ze took a deep breath and slowly exhaled a breath of hot air. Before the hot air left his mouth by more than three inches, it turned into ice crystals, which were swept away by the wind and snow and disappeared into the world.

"Tianze, if you hesitate any longer, you may not die, but your men will!"

The King of Poisons is old and frail. Even though his strength is comparable to that of a top-tier expert, it is due to his poison skills and mastery of poison techniques. He is simply no match for the Marquis's power of ice and snow.

As for the Corpse-Driving Demon, it was better than the Hundred Poison King, but it couldn't last long either. It wanted to summon zombies to resist the wind and snow, but as soon as it was summoned, it was frozen into ice blocks by the wind and snow and fell to the ground. It was difficult to control and its strength was directly crippled.

Tianze's expression was uncertain. He could only trust and use Hundred Poison King and Corpse Driving Demon as his remaining subordinates. Once they died…

"Hmph!" Tianze gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's cooperate one more time! Just this once!"

Even if he was unwilling, he had no other choice.

The Marquis is terrifying; a true grandmaster, once she makes a move, it's a killing trap!

Cao Ze felt a little relieved. No matter how much Tian Ze harbored ulterior motives, as long as the threat from the Marquis remained, Tian Ze would not act recklessly.

"Your body is the strongest, so you're responsible for withstanding the Marquis's attacks. Jingni and I will be responsible for attacking and killing the Marquis!"

There's not much of a choice. He and Jingni are both agile and have high attack, while Tianze is the only one with high defense. If he doesn't go for it, who will?

Even if Tianze was unwilling, he could only swallow his anger and move forward against the wind and snow.

Amidst the wind and snow, the Marquis, empowered by the snow, stood in mid-air. Through the swirling snow, she saw Cao Ze and his two companions approaching her, and her sexy, luscious red lips curled slightly.

"Those of you who haven't reached the Grandmaster level will never know how terrifying a Grandmaster is. Even a half-step Celestial is still a Celestial, and no mortal can withstand them."

The Marquis whispered to herself, stepping down from mid-air with her long, shapely, white legs.

She was not a celestial being after all, and could not truly fight in the air, making it easy for her to find weaknesses in mid-air.

"Thorn-"

A brief flash of purple light followed by a deafening roar of thunder.

The Marquis narrowed her watery phoenix eyes, and with a thought, countless snowflakes and ice crystals formed layer upon layer of ice shields in front of her.

"boom!"

The purple lightning shattered through more than ten layers of ice shields, turning into a wisp of cold air and disappearing.

And there were still thirty layers of such an ice shield in front of the Marquis!

Cao Ze's expression was solemn. The Thunder Python could blast Tian Ze away, but it couldn't even break through the Marquis's ice shield. He had underestimated the strength of the Grandmaster. It wasn't just a few points stronger than the peak Grandmaster, but a whole level stronger!

It seems that back in Xianyang, Wuming and Donghuang Taiyi didn't use their full strength at all, they didn't even use their domains, let alone fight desperately!

A question suddenly arose in his mind.

If Donghuang Taiyi is truly at the peak of the Grandmaster level, as Yanfei said, how could he have been at a disadvantage in his fight against Wuming?

Even if Wuming is the most skilled swordsman in combat, Donghuang Taiyi cannot be at a disadvantage.

A Grandmaster at the peak can suppress a Grandmaster, let alone a Grandmaster at the peak?

There is only one explanation: Donghuang Taiyi was injured, and quite seriously.

It seems that the old master's peak sword strike back then seriously injured Donghuang Taiyi. He truly deserves to be called the Three-Handed Sword Demon!

"Use that move you just used, or you won't even be qualified to hurt me."

The Marquis looked at Cao Ze and his two companions who appeared before her with a mocking expression. Her brows were filled with arrogance, and coupled with her voluptuous figure and jade-like face, she resembled a high and mighty ice queen who looked down on everyone.

Cao Ze curled his lip. "Are you worthy?"

"what?"

"I said... are you worthy?!"

"Rumble..."

A thunderstorm suddenly broke out, and lightning crackled around Cao Ze.

He once again used the same methods he had employed in the Feng Hou Tomb, fully activating his body to transform into lightning, resonating with the lightning in the void.

Outside the ice array.

The hidden bat gazed at the sky. "Is it thundering? Is it going to rain?"

Lady Mingzhu secretly tried to break free of the ice binding her, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't mobilize even a fraction of her inner strength, leaving her utterly dejected.

Hidden Bat seemed to notice Madam Mingzhu's unusual behavior, and he sneered, "Trying to escape?"

Madam Mingzhu turned her face away, feeling disgusted at the sight of this short, thin man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face.

The hidden bat stuck out its blood-red tongue, staring greedily at Lady Mingzhu.

"If you weren't the Marquis's niece, I would have raped you and drunk your blood long ago. Madam Mingzhu, recognize your place. You are no longer the high and mighty Lady of the State, but a captive, a female prisoner, do you understand?"

Madam Mingzhu spat and couldn't help but curse Yin Fu: "You short, ugly dwarf, shut up!"

Hmm? At this moment, Madam Mingzhu realized that she could speak.

Hidden Bat's face suddenly darkened. "What did you say about me?"

Madam Mingzhu shouted, "Shorty! You dead dwarf!"