Feeling the chill emanating from Song Yan Ning, elder brother and second brother flashed a hint of surprise in their eyes.
"Ningning, do you know Long Zhan?" second brother asked.
Song Yan Ning shook her head and withdrew her gaze while suppressing the killing intent in her heart. She couldn’t act impulsively now.
"Really don’t know him?" second brother seemed to doubt her. If she didn’t know Long Zhan, why would Ningning release a killing intent towards him?
Long Zhan looked at Song Yan Ning, sensing her hostility towards him. Wasn’t this their first meeting? Why did she harbor such deep animosity towards him?
Song Yan Ning glared coldly at Long Zhan. Sooner or later, she would settle the score with the Dragon Clan.
The corners of Long Zhan’s mouth curved slightly. Perhaps marrying her was a good choice.
At this moment, the Fox King stood up, raised his cup towards everyone present, and announced, "Today, I have a joyous occasion to declare, my only daughter Hu Ningning will be married to the Dragon Clan’s Crown Prince, Long Zhan."
"Clap, clap, clap!" Thunderous applause ensued.
"Congratulations to the Fox King! Congratulations to Guardian Long!"
Song Yan Ning bowed her head, her gaze icy as she stared at the cup in front of her, fists clenched tight. If all this were true, she would annihilate Long Zhan’s whole line on their wedding night. She wouldn’t let the tragedy happen again.
At that moment, the scene before her suddenly changed.
Song Yan Ning found herself amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the sounds of fierce combat echoing all around.
Lifting her eyes, she saw the Fox King and Fox Queen being encircled by the Dragon Clan chief and a few of his confidants, while second brother was engaged in battle with Long Zhan, and elder brother was seriously wounded, his white robe already stained red with blood.
Standing before him was a red-clothed woman, wielding a bloodied longsword, coldly staring at elder brother. She knew this woman—it was Long Ruyi, the woman elder brother had loved and cherished for years.
"Did you ever love me?" second brother gazed at Long Ruyi, his eyes filled with barely concealed pain.
"Never!" Long Ruyi laughed coldly, as her sword thrust once more towards elder brother’s chest.
"Elder brother!" Song Yan Ning wanted to rush forward to help her brother but was stopped by an invisible barrier.
She fought despairingly, pounding and striking at the barrier to no avail, "Let me through, let me through!"
Elder brother slowly fell to the ground, and second brother too fell under Long Zhan’s sword, with the Fox King and Fox Queen not spared either.
Watching her family members die one by one before her, Song Yan Ning’s heart twisted like a knife was slicing through it, the pain so intense she couldn’t breathe. She screamed loudly, her red eyes brimming with rage and intense desire to kill. She vowed to exterminate the Dragon Clan, to avenge her family.
Qin Yushen’s eyes snapped open, and he immediately searched for Song Yan Ning, relieved to see her lying not far from him, he quickly stood up and embraced her.
Seeing the tears continuously falling from Song Yan Ning’s eyes, Qin Yushen’s heart wrenched too. He gently wiped away the tears from her eyes, "Xiao Ning, what are you going through? Why are you so heartbroken?" Since he had known her, this was the first time he had seen her so distressed.
Holding Song Yan Ning in his arms, Qin Yushen gently patted her back, waiting for her to awaken.
Time ticked away, second by second.
Everyone became anxious as they saw that Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen hadn’t moved from the eightieth floor.
"What’s happened to them? Why haven’t they gone up to the last level?"
"There are only three days left before Jiuling Tower closes, if they don’t go up now, they’ll run out of time."