Chapter 52: Cai Yameng's Remorse

Out of the darkness, a young man with a handsome face slowly emerged.

A carefree smile played at the corners of his mouth, yet his eyes radiated a lustful and sinister glow.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Without the slightest hesitation, the bodyguards immediately emptied their magazines at him.

The young man merely raised his hand, and a faint layer of spiritual energy barrier materialized before him, deflecting every single bullet.

"Had it not been for my reluctance to ruin this Armani suit of mine, I wouldn't even want to waste my spiritual energy blocking bullets."

Wearing a relaxed smile the entire time, the young man walked step by step toward Cai Yameng and Cai Shasha.

"Miss, run away in the car!"

It must be said that the bodyguards of the Yunmei Auction House were quite dutiful.

Even knowing full well that there was a vast disparity in strength between them and the opponent, they still chose to buy time for Cai Yameng and Cai Shasha with their lives.

Firearms proving ineffective, the bodyguards drew specialized daggers from their waists.

Yet the young man struck even faster, leaving them with no chance to even get close.

Forming incantations with both hands, the young man conjured four miniature golden swords above his head.

"Golden Sword Technique!"

The tiny golden swords instantly pierced forward, running through the skulls of all four bodyguards, leaving them without the slightest chance to resist.

The moment Cai Shasha saw the young man conjure an energy barrier to block the bullets, she knew his cultivation was at least at the grandmaster realm of transformation or higher.

It was definitely something her initial stage of internalized breath could not withstand!

She slammed the steering wheel hard to the left and immediately reversed along the original path, intending to return to the Yunmei Auction House.

Cai Yameng's heart sank. She had known she might be targeted, but she never expected the enemy to be so formidable.

Her hands instinctively clutched the alchemy furnace tightly to her chest, her beautiful eyes filled with a trace of fear.

The young man's methods were too terrifying. With effortless ease, five cultivator bodyguards had been killed in a flash.

Moreover, the man was likely not aiming solely at the alchemy furnace.

From the remark the young man had made earlier, it was evident that he had set his sights on her long ago and had come with the intent to ravage and kill.

This immediately reminded Cai Yameng of the news reports about the campus belle of Capital University being raped and murdered; this man was undoubtedly that brutally cruel flower-plucking scoundrel!

Cai Yameng's originally rosy, delicate face turned somewhat pale at this moment.

"Earth Spike Technique!"

Before the supercar could drive very far, rows of earthen spikes suddenly erupted from the asphalt road, piercing straight through the vehicle while its rear wheels spun uselessly in the air.

Strolling over unhurriedly, the young man watched the two top-tier beauties scramble out from the driver and passenger seats, the expression on his face turning increasingly lustful and perverted.

"What an enticing natural fragrance! I can't wait to properly taste your flavors." The young man's figure drew closer and closer, crossing dozens of meters in a mere flash.

Cai Shasha wore a look of terror; the young man's methods had completely transcended her understanding.

Even the strongest enshrined elder of the Cai family possessed no such strength!

"Sister Yameng, run! I'll hold him off!"

Cai Shasha gritted her teeth tightly. Though her legs were trembling with fear, she still stepped forward to block the young man without a moment's hesitation.

Before Cai Shasha could even assume a combat stance, the young man was already standing right in front of her.

Looking at her much like a lamb awaiting slaughter, his eyes were filled with an intense sense of aggression.

"Not bad, still a virgin. I shall gladly accept your maiden yin essence!"

"Apologies, beauty, but you'll need to lose consciousness for just a moment. Once I find a quiet place, we can explore the grand dao of dual cultivation together." With a lewd smile, the young man reached out to grab Cai Shasha.

His fingernails were long, resembling those of a woman.

Cai Shasha tried to dodge backward, but his hand pursued her like a lingering shadow, expanding continuously in her field of vision.

Lacking practical combat experience, Cai Shasha squeezed her eyes shut in terror.

"No!"

Just as his hand was about to clutch Cai Shasha's neck, a blinding burst of light suddenly erupted from her chest, knocking the young man's hand away.

The impact forced the young man back more than a dozen meters, shock and vigilance written across his eyes.

"A protective spiritual artifact! Just who are you?" The young man's expression flickered uncertainly, not daring to make another rash move.

Recalling how Cai Yameng had insisted on securing the alchemy furnace regardless of the cost, even willing to cross that woman, could it be that there was a powerful cultivator standing behind these two females?

And that their acquisition of the alchemy furnace was actually at the behest of the cultivator behind them?

At this thought, the young man hesitated.

He was currently wanted by the Yanhuang Guardian Bureau and being hunted down by that woman; if he were to provoke yet another mysterious cultivator opponent, he might genuinely be in real danger.

The most shocked person of all, however, was Cai Shasha herself.

Retrieving the glowing object from inside her clothes, she saw it was a double-fish pendant.

"This..."

Cai Shasha was utterly astonished. She had taken this jade pendant from her brother, originally intending to sell it at the antique market for quick cash to buy a supercar, but she had never expected it to be worthless rather than an antique.

Because the jade pendant felt pleasantly warm to the touch, she had simply worn it around her neck.

Yet to her wildest imagination, this pendant turned out to be a supreme protective dharma treasure, capable of repelling even a young man of unfathomable strength, filling her with sudden delight.

She had thought it was mere garbage, only to stumble upon a supreme treasure!

The instant she laid eyes on the jade pendant, Cai Yameng's beautiful eyes widened.

She recognized the jade pendant instantly; it was precisely the birthday gift Zhou Chen had given her on her birthday, a cracked double-fish pendant.

She had initially assumed it was just an ordinary gift, never imagining it to be a defensive treasure of supreme value.

Judging by the sheer joy on Cai Shasha's face, one could easily tell how precious this item truly was.

Cai Yameng understood now. No wonder Zhou Chen's attitude had been markedly cold when she went to school to fill out her college preference forms.

It turned out that this birthday gift, meticulously prepared for her by Zhou Chen, had not even been worn by her.

As a result, it made him feel that he held no importance in her eyes.

Therefore, it wasn't that Zhou Chen had intentionally alienated her, but rather that she had failed to take him seriously, leading Zhou Chen to believe she was not worth deep friendship.

"So that's how it was. I was wrong." A suffocating tightness gripped Cai Yameng's heart.

If she could turn back time to the day of that birthday banquet, she would definitely have worn the birthday gift Zhou Chen gave her with her own hands, using her actions to slap her aunt's face.

She would also have used her actions to prove her true attitude toward Zhou Chen.

Had she done that, Zhou Chen would never have treated her with such bone-chilling indifference as he did now.

Regret flooded Cai Yameng's heart in overwhelming waves.

She hugged the alchemy furnace in her arms even tighter.

She had already made a mistake once; this time, she must never make the wrong choice again!

As a cultivator, the young man possessed a deeply scheming nature as well.

From the expressions of Cai Shasha and Cai Yameng, he could deduce that they were completely unaware of the double-fish pendant's true capabilities.

Even they themselves did not know the power of this dharma treasure.

That meant there was no mysterious cultivator standing behind them; they had merely stumbled upon a treasure by sheer luck.

Furthermore, through the previous collision, the young man had already probed the bottom line of the double-fish pendant.

Undeniably, the defensive capability of the double-fish pendant was formidable.

However, it suffered from one fatal flaw—insufficient internal energy.

The double-fish pendant was likely an ancient supreme treasure, and after the passage of countless years, its power had diminished to less than one ten-thousandth.

As long as he exhausted its internal energy and then re-refined the treasure, it might well become a formidable defensive trump card of his own.

With this thought, the greed in the young man's eyes blazed even more fiercely.

A dual-cultivation cauldron, a mid-grade spirit artifact, and a mysterious defensive supreme treasure.

Ceasing to hold anything back, the young man retrieved a spiritual sword emanating a chilling light from the storage pouch at his waist.

"Today, both of you, along with your treasures, belong to me!" the young man roared crazily as he charged forward.