Meng Yinuo didn't bother with the small fries.
Using a secret technique that amplifies one's cultivation, she forcefully shut down all goons within visible range. Yinuo robbed them of their consciousness in an instant from her presence alone. Their expressions were varied, but mostly warped in a mix of pain and fear. Some who were weak-hearted even died from just that.
"[Seven Celestial Steps]!" Yinuo muttered the name of the technique, activating it with ease.
In an instant, she had already covered over three hundred meters of distance. However, as she was using a high-level technique while her body was still weak, the damage to her internal organs from the sudden acceleration wasn't something she could ignore. Blood dripped from the corner of her lips, but she simply wiped it using her sleeves.
"Kuh! Xiyadie!"
In front of her was a large house, something hard to find in such a dilapidated location. It even had an expensive and sturdy-looking gate, with a few goons standing idly between the gate and the door, chatting loudly with vulgar laughter.
"Hey, look!" One of the goons noticed Yinuo's approach, shaking his buddy's shoulder as he pointed at the gates. "A new merchandise is coming here to deliver itself! Ka ka ka!"
*CRACK!*
"... Eh?"
In the blink of an eye, Yinuo was already standing beside the two of them. The one who was pointing fingers at her had his finger pointing upward, ignoring his joints. Before he could scream in pain, a slap already landed on his face, smashing his face as he flew toward the walls of the fence surrounding the large building, or more like a mansion.
"T-Taipan?!" The other man, who had his shoulders shaken a little earlier, stared wide-eyed at the intruder. Cold sweat fell from his forehead as his large body froze in fear. 'If I move even by an inch, I'll die too!'
That was what he felt instinctively.
However, too bad for him, Yinuo wasn't as forgiving at the moment. The man's view spun, and before he noticed it, he was already staring at his own body, falling sideways while missing something above the neck. "... Eh?" An idiotic sound escaped his lips before everything went black.
*BOOOOM!*
Not bothering to knock, Yinuo kicked the doors, made of heavy and thick pieces of metal panels, open. The two panels flew into the mansion, incidentally crushing three more unsuspecting goons.
"""..."""
Silence spread for a moment; everyone was confused about what just happened. Within that short instance, death was already locked in for everyone within Yinuo's reach. "Trash. Don't stand in my way!"
A powerful, angry roar echoed, causing everyone's body to feel a rumbling inside their bodies. One after another, they all fell down in agony, blood flowing out of their seven orifices. Nobody knew what hit them, but they did recognize who just did it to them.
"T-The Meng Family's y-young lady...!"
One of the smarter ones quickly realized her identity. However, even if he did know Meng Yinuo, it was already too late. Their lives were already in her hands, and their ends were only a matter of time.
Yinuo ignored the fallen bodies and kept walking forward as if knowing exactly where Xiyadie was. Moving slightly to the right of the first floor, just beside the stairs leading to the second floor, Yinuo stomped hard, cracking the floorboard and revealing a hidden set of stairs going down.
"..."
Without much preparation, she started traversing the steps, heading deeper into the ground. Just when she had walked about two floors' worth of depth, the view started to change, revealing a wide space lit by stones glowing in a light-blue hue, a special mineral that glows by absorbing the Yin Qi in the air.
Yinuo's eyes didn't even go to the glowing stones but rather went straight for the large double doors ahead of her, made of hardwood, that was left slightly ajar.
Without halting her steps, she walked forward and slammed the doors open. At that instant, six pairs of eyes focused on her, irritation and confusion painted on their faces.
"Huh? Who's this chick? Did anyone among you bastards order a bitch?"
The one closest to the door, wearing white long-sleeve, tall collared clothes that one wouldn't imagine wearing in such a dirty place, approached Yinuo. "Hey, girlie. Sorry, but come back a little bit later. We're a little busy right now."
When the man pointed a thumb behind him, Yinuo's eyes opened wide.
"... Xiyadie...?"
At the furthest end of the room, a woman was tied to an X-shaped wooden stand. Her hands and legs were tied to each end, causing her limbs to spread wide.
On her naked body, bruises from punches and marks of getting hit by something like a whip were left. Her face was mostly untouched, but there were signs of a blade touching her pristine cheeks.
"Woah, why did it suddenly turn cold...?"
The white-clothed man wondered, glancing behind him as he rubbed his arms. By the time he noticed that his body was getting frozen, he had already breathed his last.
"You bastards... Damned cockroaches of society... How dare you? HOW DARE YOU!"
Yinuo's anger reached the breaking point, seeing Xiyadie's current state. Her innate element, the Heavenly Ice Element, went berserk, freezing everything with abundant Yang elements within the vicinity. However, not all were frozen to death, as two of the six were still standing.
"Damn it! A Cultivator?! Where the fuck did you come from?!"
The first one, wearing a black and red robe with his hair tied behind in a ponytail, asked with a glare.
"You bitch! How dare a Qi Refinement brat face us, who are in the Foundation Building Stage!" The other one, wearing a white and blue robe with short silvery blue hair, growled in anger.
Yinuo saw the two, quickly realizing that they were each in the 5th and 2nd stages. However, she didn't give a single fuck at all.
"Foundation building? Bullshit. Move aside, or I'll make sure today is your last day in the world of living."
"Hah! What a sharp tongue! Let's see if you have the strength to back it up!"
The one with the white robe rushed forward, swinging a long wooden spear. Yinuo stared at the weapon and took a half-step to the right. The spear's tip barely touched her hair. Taking advantage of the missed attack, Yinuo raised a finger and tapped it at the center of the man's chest.
"[Nine Yin Blooming Lotus]!"
At her words, an explosion of Yin Qi spread to the man's chest. His entire body started to freeze rapidly, starting from his heart and spreading radially outward. In a moment, he was completely encased in lotus-petal-like layers of ice.
"...!"
The other one, the Foundation Establishment 5th Stage man, became wary upon seeing the other one get frozen so easily. His glare tensed as his sword pointed forward. "You... Who the hell are you?!"