Seeing the flames burning hotter within Xu Qing, the Captain’s expression flickered.

“Don’t kill her!” he blurted. “I need her!”

Before the words finished leaving his mouth, Xu Qing was in motion, moving with blinding speed to arrive right in front of Third Princess. As she gasped, he raised his right hand and slapped her across the side of the face.

A boom rang out, and blood sprayed from her mouth as she flopped backward like a kite with its string cut, smashing through the side of the deck and off the ship. However, before she could fall, the golden crow sent out a chain of black fire, which wrapped around her and threw her back onto the ship, where she landed in front of the Captain.

Xu Qing didn’t kill her. He could have done it with his first blow, if he wanted to. But he did take her bag of holding.

Third Princess coughed up another mouthful of blood. Half the bones in her body were broken, yet there was no fear in her eyes, only confusion. As the blood oozed down her chin, she looked at Xu Qing and curiously asked, “He used your name to do all sorts of things. Don’t you care? Shouldn’t you have it out...