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Chapter 1989 - 448: Friends? Many Things Can Change!

The great battle was about to erupt at any moment, and just as these people were about to kill Lin Yifan and Lei Ming, a cold voice rang out, followed by an army encircling them.

"If you dare so much as touch a single drop of his sweat, I'll tear you all to pieces!"

The voice itself wasn't what scared people; what scared them was the many Mysterious Immortal Realm experts behind it.

That pressure was enough to crush a person to death.

The remnants who had just attacked Lin Yifan and Lei Ming felt their legs go weak and were about to collapse.

The few Mysterious Immortal Realm experts who had surrounded Lin Yifan and Lei Ming were startled, their hearts filled with unease.

To act so recklessly and summon so many Mysterious Immortal Realm big shots here, it could only be one of the Royal Nobles of the Heavenly Fire Kingdom.

Judging from the voice, it should be a Princess; if they weren't mistaken, it ought to be Princess Fire Lotus.

After all, Princess Fire Lotus's status had been rising rapidly recently; even the Emperor of the Heavenly Fire Kingdom intended to pass the throne to her.

What she'd just said clearly showed she was protecting these two brats. Could it be they knew each other?

On the other side, Lin Yifan and Lei Ming both let out a sigh of relief.

With Princess Fire Lotus stepping in, they were safe.

"Who are you people? Why did you trespass into the Fiery Mountain Range without permission?"

Appearing in everyone's line of sight, Princess Fire Lotus interrogated them sternly.

"You asking us?"

"If I'm not asking you, then who?"

The few Mysterious Immortal Realm experts thought Princess Fire Lotus was questioning everyone, not realizing she was only targeting them. It seemed even more certain now that she knew those two brats.

"I am a General of XX Kingdom."

"I am the Great Elder of a major Sect of XX Kingdom."

"I am a Prince of XX Kingdom."

"I am…"

…

These Mysterious Immortal Realm experts hurriedly reported their backgrounds, hoping to gain a sliver of life.

The Winged Fire Pearl was out of the question now; that was impossible.

Hearing the identities they reported, Princess Fire Lotus suddenly felt a bit troubled.

These were all people with status, and among these countries were allies of the Heavenly Fire Kingdom or business partners. It wouldn't be wise to completely fall out with them.

"You have two choices: either get lost, or this Princess will send you to Hell."

"We'll get lost! We'll get lost!"

These Mysterious Immortal Realm big shots agreed without the slightest hesitation, not daring to utter even a single word of refusal.

On someone else's Earth Dish, what right did you have to fight them?

If they angered the Fire King, even their Sects and countries would be dragged into it.

Clearly, this was something a single Constellation Beads could never be worth; they couldn't act rashly.

After these big shots left, the remaining remnants were taken into custody by Princess Fire Lotus, to await her decision.

Once she had dealt with them, Princess Fire Lotus led her large retinue over to Lin Yifan and Lei Ming. Judging from her stance, she didn't seem inclined to let the two of them off easily.

The atmosphere was heavy and filled with killing intent. Lei Ming was a bit jittery and forced himself to act calm as he greeted her, "Princess Fire Lotus, long time no see."

"Indeed, long time no see. It's been almost a year," Princess Fire Lotus replied expressionlessly, her gaze fixed on Lin Yifan from beginning to end, never leaving him for a moment.

"Yeah, almost a year. But Princess Fire Lotus is still as beautiful as ever, so delicate and moving."

"Enough, stop flattering this Princess. This Princess won't make things hard for the Prince of the Kingdom of Leizhen."

"That's good! That's good!"

"However, when it comes to this person, that's another matter."

Princess Fire Lotus stared at Lin Yifan with a meaningful look, her tone a bit overbearing.

"Princess Fire Lotus, he's your friend, what are you trying to do?"

Lei Ming's heart gave a lurch; he had a bad feeling, as if Princess Fire Lotus was about to make a move on Big Brother Lin.

"Friend? Many things change. Now he's snuck into the Fiery Mountain Range, violated the Heavenly Fire Kingdom's decree, and even took our Heavenly Fire Kingdom's Constellation Beads. This debt cannot go unpaid." Princess Fire Lotus spoke righteously, her attitude firm.

"Th-this… can't you just be lenient this once?"

Lei Ming knew Big Brother Lin's character; he would never hand over the Constellation Beads. If Princess Fire Lotus tried to force him, a great battle would be unavoidable.

He had no idea how many trump cards Big Brother Lin had up his sleeve. If he happened to have some world-destroying Magic Artifact, wouldn't Princess Fire Lotus be asking for it?

"The Constellation Beads is a Peerless Treasure. Whoever seizes it, this Princess will never rest under the same sky with them."

Since she'd already said this much, Lin Yifan could only respond, "Hmph! Fine, then what do you plan to do?"

"Don't blame this Princess for disregarding old ties. Either you hand over the Winged Fire Pearl and walk away on your own, or you fight this Princess. If you win, this Princess will let bygones be bygones." Princess Fire Lotus replied.

"So you just want to spar with me. And here you made it sound so serious, so proper," Lin Yifan was speechless.

"Alright then! This handsome guy will have a bout with you."

"Th-this… don't, why the need to fight when everything's fine?"

Lei Ming really couldn't figure it out and wanted to play peacemaker, to smooth things over.

But he was shouted down by both Lin Yifan and Princess Fire Lotus: "If you don't get it, then just stay on the side quietly."

Lei Ming was even more dumbfounded. So fighting was a good thing, and he was wrong to try to resolve the conflict?

Since the two wanted to clash, then let them clash. He didn't want to interfere anymore, lest his good intentions be treated like donkey liver and lungs.

Lin Yifan was the most outstanding opponent she had ever met in her life. Now that her own strength had skyrocketed, Princess Fire Lotus really wanted to know how big the gap between her and Lin Yifan still was—or whether she had already surpassed him.

The two sides took their positions, each drawing their weapons, fully prepared for battle.

The Princess wanted to compete for dominance, and the Heavenly Fire Kingdom's guards and big shots didn't want to stop or persuade her, lest they bring trouble and a round of scolding on themselves.

Everyone backed away, clearing a space so the two could freely trade blows in wide, sweeping moves.

"Make your move!"

Lin Yifan held his sword in one hand, his left hand clasped behind his back, looking completely confident.

Princess Fire Lotus gripped her whip tightly, aura pressing forward as she launched her attack.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Right from the start, the Techniques weren't weak; both sides took this battle very seriously and respected each other.

The Mysterious Fire Thirteen Whips had already been cultivated by Princess Fire Lotus to a masterful level; it was more than enough to deal with Cultivators one Realm above her.

Lin Yifan only used some of the weaker moves from the Seven-Colored Sword Technique to play around with Princess Fire Lotus.

Both sides were probing each other's strength. After discovering that wasn't enough, they raised their power by another notch.

Princess Fire Lotus drew the Vermilion Bird Sword and unleashed high-level Swordsmanship imbued with the Fire Technique Profound Mysteries to attack Lin Yifan.

Lin Yifan displayed the highest move of the Seven-Colored Sword Technique he had comprehended so far, fighting fiercely against Princess Fire Lotus.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Flames danced, multicolored light reflected; the two fought so hard it was impossible to tell who had the upper hand.

Princess Fire Lotus finally managed to gauge Lin Yifan's strength.

The other party had also advanced to the Great Immortal First Realm and could display power surpassing her by two Realms.

Although she had considered this possibility, she hadn't expected Lin Yifan to actually pull it off.