Chapter 351: Destroying Her

On Qunzhong Road, in the Silent Waters Café.

Li Xiaofei sat quietly in the private room. The other party hadn’t specified a time, but Li Xiaofei knew she would definitely come.

The café was just over seven hundred meters from the Starry Sky Hotel. The private room was at the very back, with metal walls that looked old and somewhat intimidating. A lattice window allowed a view of the street outside.

There weren’t many people in the café. A few young waiters were whispering to each other behind the counter. Li Xiaofei was certain that the entire café was under the other party's surveillance. There were likely many hidden watchers stationed all around.

After a while, a short-haired woman, dressed in a black trench coat and wearing sunglasses, entered the café. After saying a few words to the hostess, she headed straight toward the private room. She pushed the door open, entered, and sat down.

“Go ahead, tell me what new discoveries you've made.”

The woman took off her sunglasses, revealing a delicate and charming face. Her skin was pale, with sharp and refined features. She had short, wine-red hair and spoke in a calm tone. But it was laced with a sense of superiority, as though she was looking down from above.

A smile appeared on Li Xiaofei’s face. He had seen this beautiful woman before. When Gao Changlin had taken him to meet Su Yuncao, it was this very charming assistant who had led him to the study. It was perfect. He had been worried that this lead might be difficult to handle and thought that the so-called assistant, Zhou Ruomin, might be a hidden spy placed by Su Yuncao that would be hard to deal with.

But it turned out she was just a well-known personal assistant. Su Yuncao had attended several public events, and she had always accompanied him. If he could get her on his side, it would provide strong evidence when accusing Su Yuncao.

"Miss Zhou," Li Xiaofei smiled. "Before we officially begin our conversation, there’s something I’ve been curious about for a while."

Zhou Ruomin frowned and replied, "Your question better be relevant to our cooperation."

Li Xiaofei continued, "I want to know, Miss Zhou, what level your cultivation has reached?"

A sharp gleam suddenly flashed in Zhou Ruomin’s eyes as she responded coldly, "You’re wasting my time."

Li Xiaofei said, "Working with you means offending Li Xiaofei, so I need to be sure that Miss Zhou indeed has the strength to contend with that demon."

"Such a pointless question doesn’t even deserve an answer." Zhou Ruomin frowned again and said, "You should know who I represent, and you should understand that you have no room to bargain."

Li Xiaofei fell silent.

Zhou Ruomin sensed a resistance she had never noticed before from his expression. She was quite displeased, but in the end, she held back her irritation and answered, "The Five Spirits Realm."

Li Xiaofei carefully placed a small, exquisitely decorated box on the table. It was encrusted with crystals that shimmered with a delicate glow.

"Miss Zhou, weren’t you looking for Li Xiaofei’s most damning secrets? Take a close look at this box."

Zhou Ruomin was momentarily stunned.

What could possibly be inside this box?

Despite her doubts, her gaze instinctively shifted toward it. At first glance, she only noticed the faint, ethereal light that flickered from the crystals on the box, giving off a beauty she couldn't quite describe.

It stirred an irresistible urge within her to focus even more, to figure out exactly which crystal was emitting such an entrancing glow. At that very moment, the hand of the person across from her, the supposed Cao Huayun, lightly touched the back of her hand.

Zhou Ruomin was shocked, and her fury flared instantly.

A mere country dog dared to lay a hand on me?

Murderous intent surged within her as she flipped her palm...

Hmm?

It didn’t move. She tried again. Still, no movement. A chill ran through Zhou Ruomin’s heart. When she realized something was wrong, she quickly raised her head to look at Cao Huayun.

He was watching her with an amused expression, a faint smile playing on his lips as a trace of mockery flickered across his eyes. He said, "I’m curious... when you ordered the brutal murder of Attorney Li Feiwen, did your conscience even twinge, just a little?"

"You..." Zhou Ruomin finally realized something was wrong. "You’re not Cao Huayun. Who are you, really?"

Li Xiaofei smirked and replied, "Why don't you guess?"

Zhou Ruomin’s eyes flashed with fury as she shouted, "You’re courting death!"

Her strength erupted in an instant. Terrifying energy surged from her delicate, pale hands. But in the next moment—

Crack.

The sound of a bone snapping echoed in the room. A pain she hadn’t felt in years spread across her face. She couldn’t believe it. Her wrist had just been broken. The very wrist that could lift objects weighing hundreds of tons had been snapped?

"The strength of the Five Spirits Realm... it's not enough."

Li Xiaofei swiftly struck with Regretful Dragon. The heavy palm technique of the Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Palms landed mercilessly on Zhou Ruomin’s chest.

"Ah... pfft!"

A stream of blood spurted from Zhou Ruomin’s mouth. Her body was sent flying toward the door of the private room. As a Five Spirits Realm powerhouse trained in academia, her reflexes matched her strength. She managed to use the force of the deadly blow to escape the immediate danger.

But Li Xiaofei, a man who had honed his skills through countless life-and-death battles, easily saw through her intentions. He used Graceful Step of the Waves to move like a ghost and reached the door before her.

Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Palms – Wild Dragon in the Fields.

Boom!

The palm strike viciously landed on Zhou Ruomin’s back.

Crack, crack.

The chilling sound of her cervical vertebrae breaking filled the air. Zhou Ruomin's body bent forward at nearly ninety degrees as she crashed heavily onto the ground.

The final strike completely incapacitated the Five Spirits Realm powerhouse, stripping her of any ability to fight back. Her once delicate, pale face twisted in agony. Blood poured from her small cherry-red lips. Unbelievable fear and horror surged through her heart, overwhelming her.

"Who... who are you, really?" Zhou Ruomin asked once more.

Li Xiaofei crouched down, patting her face lightly. "Didn’t you go through all this trouble just to take me down?"

"You... you’re Li Xiaofei?"

Zhou Ruomin finally realized the truth. She had never imagined, not even in her wildest dreams, that Li Xiaofei would be so audacious as to invite her out like this. This café was close to the Starry Sky Hotel; any disturbance could easily alert Master Su!

A Dao Union Realm expert would respond with incredible speed. He would arrive within mere breaths at the slightest sign of trouble. Yet despite this, Li Xiaofei had still taken the risk to set a trap for her.

What shocked her even more was Li Xiaofei’s terrifying combat ability. Zhou Ruomin prided herself on not being just another academic martial artist with only theoretical knowledge of cultivation. She had fought countless battles on the light-network, and her combat prowess and reflexes were among the best of her peers. But even with all her skill, she had been utterly crushed by Li Xiaofei in less than three seconds.

"Yes, it's me."

Li Xiaofei crouched again and used the Nine Yin White Bone Claw technique. He shattered the arms, legs, and several key points of the beauty before him without mercy. Then, with a quick One Yang Finger, he destroyed the vortex and pressure points within her dantian, completely crippling her cultivation.

"Ah..." Zhou Ruomin let out a pained scream.

She knew it was over for her. The man in front of her was like a demon who was destroying everything she had.

"Now that this is settled, let’s talk. Was it Su Yuncao, that old dog, who ordered the brutal murder of the lawyer?" Li Xiaofei flicked the blood off his hands and asked softly.