"If this kid can't resist and chooses to escape, I'll ask the elders to stop him."

Zeph spoke calmly, his tone relaxed, as if everything were already under his control.

"Don't worry, Young Patriarch."

"With the two of us here, it's impossible for him to escape." Finn and Evan nodded confidently, their eyes cold and indifferent.

After settling the matter with the two elders, Zeph's gaze returned to Ethan—then slowly slid to Kara behind him.

Even he, who had seen countless women, couldn't help but pause for a heartbeat.

Too beautiful.

Not the delicate kind that relied on charm alone, but a dangerous beauty—sharp, proud, and full of life. Even compared to the saintesses of the great powers, she was not inferior.

More importantly, her aura was solid.

"Beauty," Zeph said with a faint smile, his eyes filled with undisguised desire.

"I, Zeph, have always liked making friends with beautiful women."

"I'll give you a chance."

"Leave Ethan now. Stay with me for a few nights, and I'll spare your life today."

"Otherwise…" He chuckled softly.

"You'll have to bear the consequences yourself."

The moment the words fell, Kara's expression turned icy.

She placed one hand on her waist and looked at Zeph as if he were something filthy.

"Who are you?" she said coldly.

"Do I know you?"

The disgust in her eyes was unmistakable.

Zeph's smile stiffened for an instant—then turned sinister.

"Good. Very good."

"Since you're so eager to die, don't blame me for not knowing how to cherish women."

"When I defeat Ethan, I'll make him watch with his own eyes how you beg for mercy!"

His voice was low and cruel.

"Don't think that just because you're from the Palace of the Four Cycles, I won't dare to touch you!"

Kara's anger flared instantly.

A violent aura surged out of her body, demonic energy rolling like a tide.

Before she could step forward, a hand landed gently on her shoulder.

"Senior Sister," Ethan said calmly, "leave it to me."

Kara turned her head.

The fury on her face vanished almost instantly, replaced by a radiant smile.

"Alright, Junior Brother Ethan," she said softly, leaning closer.

"Teach him a good lesson for Senior Sister."

Zeph's face darkened completely when he saw this scene

This scene stabbed straight into his pride.

In that moment, his desire to crush Ethan became absolute.

He wanted Ethan to kneel.

To despair.

To watch everything he cared about be trampled beneath his feet.

"Miss Elara," Zeph said coldly, shifting his gaze, "I'll give you one last chance."

Before he could finish, Elara answered without hesitation.

"No matter what," she said firmly, "Ethan is a guest elder of my Sky family."

"He is a member of the Sky family."

Zeph sneered.

"So there really is some filthy secret between your Sky family and Ethan."

"My Palace of the Four Cycles has supported your Sky family for years—"

"And yet you raise a white-eyed wolf."

Elara's eyes turned cold.

"You severely injured Risa, threatened me, and now you talk about the relationship between our families?"

"Are you not embarrassed, Young Master Zeph?"

Zeph laughed darkly.

"Enough."

"Since you insist on seeking death, I won't stop you."

He turned his full attention to Ethan.

"Today, I'll show you the gap between you and the Palace of the Four Cycles."

"No one from our Palace can be offended."

The killing intent exploded.

A terrifying aura surged from Zeph's body, gray demonic energy rolling violently as the air howled around him.

In the next instant, he vanished.

A gray shadow tore through the space between them, rushing straight toward Ethan.

Ethan's expression didn't change.

Golden energy and crackling arcs of lightning burst out around his body, instantly forming a barrier.

At the same time, he reached back and pushed Kara away.

"Senior Sister Kara," he said calmly, "retreat."

Kara nodded and withdrew to stand beneath a nearby tree, her eyes shining with excitement.

Boom!

With a deafening sound, Zeph appeared before Ethan.

His palms twisted, transforming into massive black dog paws, thick with demonic patterns.

He clenched his claws into a fist and smashed them forward.

The punch ripped through the air with a terrifying sonic boom, aimed straight at Ethan's face.

This was the pride of the demon clan.

A body refined by bloodline.

Strength engraved into bone and flesh.

In close combat, demons reigned supreme.

Zeph's eyes gleamed brown-green—the unique pupils of the Tengu Clan.

They could capture motion with terrifying precision.

As long as Ethan dared to take this punch head-on, Zeph was confident he could shatter his arm in one blow.

Ethan didn't dodge.

He didn't retreat.

Instead, he calmly mobilized his muscles—and punched back.

For a long time, he hadn't fought a Demon Supreme head-on.

The Tengu Clan, famed since ancient times for their bodies—

Ethan was curious.

As a pure body cultivator, how far had his physical accumulation reached compared to them?

"Taking it head-on?"

Zeph froze for a split second—then his face lit up with cruel delight.

"Courting death!"

A human cultivator daring to compete in raw physical strength with a Tengu?

In his mind, Ethan's arm was already shattered.

Finn and Evan, watching from afar, also smiled faintly.

"A foolish move."

"A mere human body against the Tengu Clan."

Even Elara subconsciously clenched her fists.

She trusted Ethan's strength—but this was the demon clan's domain.

Head-on physical combat was their absolute advantage.

Risa, lying on the ground, shook her head weakly.

"Too reckless…"

Facing the demon clan.

Facing the Tengu Clan.

Choosing to meet fists with fists was suicide.

Only Kara was different.

She clenched her fists excitedly under the tree.

"Beat him!"

"Beat him hard!"

Bang!

The collision came.

The sound was dull and heavy, like two ancient bronze bells slamming together.

The shockwave spread outward, cracking the ground beneath their feet.

Elara closed her eyes instinctively, unable to watch.

But what Zeph expected—

Did not happen.

His pupils shrank violently.

Disbelief flooded his face.

Because Ethan's fist firmly blocked his own.

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