However, no matter how they jumped and barked like mad dogs, Jiang Ying Yue just gave them a plain look, well she wasn't impressed.
And this fueled their anger and annoyance further to another level.
The violent Qi burst forth as they brandished their swords with full killing intent.
They must teach this insolent brat a good lesson today, they thought.
However, the outcome was something they had never expected, it didn't take long for those two burly guards to be beaten to the ground until they wailed for their parents with face-full of tears and snot.
The girl was terrifyingly heavy-handed!
With only her tender bare hands Jiang Ying Yue pummeled them to the ground until their faces were unrecognizable.
Who am I? Where am I?.....
The guards couldn't help doubting their own existence. They had never been so aggrieved and humiliated.
The two guards regretted so much.
They shouldn't have been so complacent earlier and instead have judged the situation better and escaped with their old master before that violent brat could make any move on them.
Unfortunately, there was no remedy for regret. Now all they could do was lie obediently and accept the beating. They had no choice, they were too lacking.
The disparity was just too great.
Moreover, what caused them breakdown most was the fact that the little girl didn't use any trace of spiritual energy but she still managed to defeat them with her bare hands, using nothing but physical force.
Was she even human?
The guards felt that their worldview was completely shaken.
As they received the beating without resistance while secretly praying that the violent brat would soon feel bored and let them go after seeing their half-dead state.
Anyway, what was the use of resistance they would only receive more violent beating.
The crowd was shocked, this scene was just too shocking and thrilling, they never expected that frail-looking girl who was covered in soot to be so powerful, was this girl even normal? Was this how a girl should behave?
Why was she so violent?
Even they were cultivators and favored violence. They still felt the scene before them was too much.
Looking at the slender figure that was moving energetically from a distance the crowd caught a vaguely familiar feeling, as if they had encountered such a scene many times.
This scene before them seemed to perfectly overlap with the scene in their memory.
As they watched on a name suddenly appeared in their minds simultaneously, Violent demon queen!
Eh, wasn't she dead?!
Jiang Ying Yue could feel their shocked gazes but she didn't care and kept pummeling on them. All her anger was vented along with that punch and as she watched them cowering under her gaze she felt completely refreshed.
No wonder the previous Jiang Ying Yue would prefer violence. It was indeed refreshing and more efficient than talking.
These guys here weren't ordinary people but cultivator and only violence was their common language here.
Meanwhile, watching his most treasured warriors being defeated so miserably Kang Yongnian couldn't help but panic as his heart screamed, not good!
A few moments ago the old guy who looked to be on steroids, puffing his chest haughtily demanding justice for his adoptive son now looked shriveled after watching Jiang Ying Yue's violent stunt.
This girl was just like rumors: Violent and brutal.
Kang Yongnian silently cursed his guards for being useless while wishing that he could disappear immediately. He was already planning to slip away quietly while Jiang Ying Yue was still occupied.
However, as if Jiang Ying Yue seemed to have another set of eyes on the back of their head, she turned her head exactly at the moment he was preparing to run.
" Old man, where are you going? We haven't settled our scores yet?" Kang Yongnian froze.
Kang Yongnian turned back stiffly and then pretended as if everything was fine, it wasn't him who was preparing to run while trying his best to gather his composure before saying in his usual condescendingly haughty tone, "....Little girl, don't be so arrogant, one should know one's limit. I was being kind enough, seeing that you are just a young and helpless girl my people and I went easy on you otherwise do you think that you can stand here scot-free? You just made use of our unguarded state to sneak on us, do you think you are some expert? Hmph!" He scoffed contemptuously looking like he was prepared to go all out with the verbal spat.
Jiang Ying Yue was completely speechless.
This old man was not only unreasonable and arrogant but he was also shameless. He was an expert in twisting facts and quick enough to find excuses for his incompetence.
Even at this juncture, he was still trying to save his old face.
Jiang Ying Yue snorted, did he think that people were blind?
Didn't he feel embarrassed?
He was such a sore loser.
Even those few guards who were rolling on the ground wailing from pain heard his nonsense and stopped wailing for a moment. They were also completely speechless, they also felt that their master had gone too far with his shamelessness.
Now, the crowd also had a new understanding of Kang Yongnian. Before they had already secretly disliked him for his arrogant ways but now they despised him even more.
Previously, they had thought that this Third-Grade alchemist was simply arrogant and difficult to deal with because of his unique status, but now they knew that he also had particularly thick skin and was a big liar.
Did the old man take them for idiots? How could they not see the disparity?
Perhaps if happened once they would very likely think that the old man's words were true, but they had clearly seen with their own eyes how that little girl had ruthlessly dealt with his guards.
Kang Yongnian was an arrogant old man who was used to blowing his trumpet wherever he went. He liked being high-profile and had even gotten himself a bunch of first-class guards to show off.
Moreover, those guards were notorious for their unkind nature towards anyone weaker than them.
The whole Capital knew this.
And now here this old man was saying that they were being 'kind and considerate', sorry they didn't him.
" Oh..." However, Jiang Ying Yue didn't refute him and instead, a look of realization appeared on her as she nodded in understanding, " That's why, then that must be the case. No wonder, it was easy as tussing some weak chickens. I was wondering why would I our 'mighty' and ' glamorous' 'Third-Grade Alchemist' Lord Kang appoint such a useless bunch to guard him with such a fan-fare and I even guessed these people must have been specially bribed by our Lord Kang's opponents, deliberately putting on a show to embarrass him thoroughly in front of the public. Not to mention it is very possible, after all, our Lord Kang is so ' mighty' and 'glamorous', so it is very easy to attract all kinds of envy and jealousy.
" However, now that Lord Kang had said it himself I am quite relieved otherwise, I might get delusional and lose my mind thinking that I am a big shot or something and get cocky in the future.
" To achieve something great of course I should be diligent and low-key and focus on improving myself unlike some incompetent fools who only knew to act haughty all day long and strut around the capital forgetting about the fact that it had been decades but they still hadn't made any improvement."
In the end, Jiang Ying Yue even threw a quick subtle glance of provocation angering the old man so much that he wanted to vomit blood.
Jiang Ying Yue's mouth once opened it was like an open-lid cannon, Kang Yongnian couldn't even interrupt her.
Besides, he really hoped she could speak more, afraid that once she stopped it was very likely she would act like a bloodthirsty demon once again and serve him a good beating.
If that happened he really wouldn't be able to take it. After all, no matter how excellent it was a fact he was already so old.
Kang Yongnian didn't want to suffer so he let her sing her song alone.
That lass was just only that big.
How much damage could she possibly bring him with her words?
He was still conceited and took the opponent lightly for another time.
Kang Yongnian didn't take it to heart as a result he soon regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.
He was so angry that he couldn't speak.
" You, who you are you calling an incompetent fool?!" Kang Yongnian pointed at her, he was completely livid.
Did she think that he couldn't tell that she was mocking him?
This lowly lass was even daring enough to poke at his sore spot and insult him.
The fact that he hadn't made a breakthrough in his alchemy for decades was a well-known one but now that someone took it out openly and pointed at it, Kang Yongnian felt that he had been slapped.
Now he behaved like a cat who got stepped on its tail.
His eyes kept oozing with malice as he glared at her ferociously. If not for seeing how capable the girl was for himself he would rush forward to tear her apart in shreds.
But Jiang Ying Yue didn't react much and instead looked genuinely puzzled as she asked back, " Huh? When did I call you that?"
" You clearly did! Do you think I am a fool that I couldn't understand your veiled words?"
" No, no, Lord Kang, you misunderstood my words." Jiang Ying Yue shook her head not at all willing to admit it.
If he wasn't a fool, did he think that she was a fool?
" How did I misunderstand?! You clearly said it yourself!" Kang Yongnian, however, didn't look like he was willing to give up. He wanted to make her confess.
" Huh? What did I say?" Jiang Ying Yue not only refused to admit she even looked she had forgotten her words and asked Kang Yongnian instead, " Lord Kang, could you repeat it again?"
Kang Yongnian was furious at the ignorant look he shouted furiously unable to control, " You clearly insulted me and called me an incompetent fool now you are even refusing to admit it! Are you finally scared now? But it's too late. By going against me not only are you going against the royal family but you are also going against the Alchemist Association. Little lass, your today's action I'll make you regret it! Hmph!"