Li Bo clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Cao Luoguo, we each serve our masters. Please forgive me! However, I still advise you all, do not make an enemy of my master, or you will die without a place to lament!"
Cao Zhengben's face was as dark as water. He snorted coldly and said, "Die without a place to lament? Do you think I, Cao Ben Zheng, was scared from birth? Li Bo, I'll say it again, you are no match for me. It's best you don't get involved in this matter!"
Good intentions cannot persuade a stubborn fool, and compassion cannot save someone who is unwilling to be saved.
Li Bo's golden words, like Zhuang Xing's, were treated as if they were blowing in the wind by the Cao family.
He helplessly adopted a fighting stance and said, "Since that is the case, then let us fight!"
Cao Zhengben gave a cold laugh and punched Li Bo.
Li Bo's expression was solemn, and he cautiously dealt with the attack.
Like Zhuang Xing and Cao Youcheng, the two fought and moved further away, trying to avoid the area where the two sides were confronting each other.
The Cao family patriarch looked at the remaining eight God Kings behind Zi Linling, his face extremely grim.
His cold gaze swept over the eight people, finally settling on Zi Linling. He sneered, "Zi, you come to provoke my Cao family, and you're relying on these traitors?"
Zi Linling rolled her eyes disdainfully and said, "What? Not enough?"
"Hahaha..."
Cao Youwei burst into laughter, "You truly don't know the immensity of heaven and earth! Look, you are only a dozen God Kings, and most of them are in the early stage of God King. But our Cao family has over forty God Kings, and half of them are in the mid-stage God King or above. Do you think you have a chance of winning?"
Zi Linling smiled coldly, "Many people? Ants are many, but can they move a mammoth?"
Cao Youwei scoffed, "You truly are boastful! I'd like to see what abilities you have! You little brat, dare you fight me?"
Before Zi Linling could speak, Shangguan Yulin pointed at Cao Youwei's nose and mocked him.
"Do your Cao family members even know how to write the word 'shameless'? Your son is already shameless enough, but you, you've completely ripped your face off and stuffed it into your pocket!"
As the head of the Cao family, everyone in Chixue City treated Cao Youwei with utmost respect and awe.
Now, to be cursed at by a twenty-year-old brat pointing at his nose, it was no wonder he was furious!
"You..."
"What you? How old are you, and how old is our Miss Zi? You are already a mid-stage God King, and our Miss Zi is only at the peak of the Great God realm! Although our Miss Zi can kill you like slaughtering a dog, that's no reason for you to bully our Miss Zi!"
Shangguan Yulin's mouth, like a machine gun, spat out words that made Cao Youwei's face turn green and then purple, and then purple and then green.
However, Cao Youwei could not refute, because Shangguan Yulin's words hit the nail on the head, and each word was a sarcasm of him bullying the young and the weak.
Seeing their patriarch being choked, a late-stage God King expert from the Cao family couldn't help but jump out and point at Shangguan Yulin, cursing, "What are you? How are you qualified to criticize our family head?"
"What do you mean our family head is bullying your Miss Zi? It was clearly you who came to find trouble with our Cao family without any reason, and our family head was only retaliating. How can you twist things around?"
This late-stage God King expert was named Cao Zhengyuan, and he was Cao Zhengben's brother.
His words instantly turned the tide and provided Cao Youwei with a reasonable excuse to challenge Zi Linling.
But Shangguan Yulin's mouth only knew how to make his brothers suffer, how could he be silenced by an outsider?
"Twisting things around? I think it's your Cao family that's twisting things around! If your beastly young master hadn't forced that girl to marry him, and harbored wicked intentions towards our Miss Zi, who would want to come to your Cao family's den of debauchery?"
Cao Youwei's face turned purple and black, his voice so cold it could freeze frost.
"You brat, watch your words. If you say something and can't produce evidence, that's slander! Dare to slander our Cao family, are you looking for death?"
"Slander?"
Shangguan Yulin sneered, "With your beastly young master, do we need to slander him? In this Chixue City, how many people don't want to cut off his reproductive organ!"
"You're seeking death!"
Cao Youwei, in his rage, roared and struck Shangguan Yulin's chest with a palm.
He was determined to cripple this glib-tongued fellow!
Shangguan Yulin was prepared, but there was a gap of two minor realms between him and Cao Youwei!
Fortunately, Shangguan Yulin was not an ordinary person. Although he dared not confront Cao Youwei head-on, it was not particularly difficult for him to dodge this palm.
He waved his Vermilion Bird Feather Fan, and a phantom of a Vermilion Bird appeared before him.
Cao Youwei's palm struck the Vermilion Bird phantom, causing sparks to fly.
Of course, this was because the Vermilion Bird phantom was formed in haste and its power had not yet reached its peak. Otherwise, how could Cao Youwei's palm have succeeded so easily?
Seizing this opportunity, Shangguan Yulin nimbly retreated out of Cao Youwei's attack range.
At the same time, he did not forget to taunt, "Shameless, shameless! A late-stage God King attacking me, an early-stage God King, and a sneak attack! I take back what I said earlier. You didn't rip your face off and stuff it into your pocket, you used your backside as your face!"
These words were like pouring oil on the fire, directly causing Cao Youwei to lose his reason due to rage!
"Brat, if I don't kill you today, then my surname isn't Cao!"
He cursed and attacked Shangguan Yulin again.
The palm winds and fist winds surrounded Shangguan Yulin densely, giving him no chance to breathe.
Although Shangguan Yulin was at a disadvantage, he did not look disheveled.
All of this was within Zi Linling's expectations.
As one of the reincarnated guardians, Shangguan Yulin had his own specialities.
Moreover, as time went on, once he figured out Cao Youwei's moves, he would be able to slowly turn the tide.
Xuanyuan Xun, Rong Guang, and Shen Liuxing did not look worried at all.
They had fought alongside Shangguan Yulin many times and naturally knew his limits.
However, the Cao family did not understand Shangguan Yulin. Therefore, when they saw him at a disadvantage, their eyes revealed disdain and schadenfreude.
Zi Linling stole a glance at the other two battlefields, and a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
Whether it was Zhuang Xing or Li Bo, they were both a minor realm lower than their opponents.
Originally, this was not an insurmountable gap, but since the two had decided from the start to not seek merit but only to avoid demerit, they were suppressed by their opponents' auras from the beginning and fought with great difficulty.
At this moment, not only were they at a disadvantage, but they were also struggling to cope. If this continued, both of them would inevitably be defeated.