Chapter 164: I am a beauty!

  Of all the people I've met in my life, none are as robust as this one before me, none are as fierce as this one before me... This son of a bitch doesn't look like a woman at all!

  Alright! Xia Ya's aesthetic standards are a bit messy, but even if it was the old guy's misguided view that he likes women to be sturdy, with thick hands and feet being good for work, and a thick waist and big buttocks being good for childbirth. But this one in front of us has already transcended the boundaries of humanity and entered the realm of beasts!

  This "fierce and majestic" woman glared at Xia Ya, who was sitting at the door, with a pair of big eyes that seemed to be made of bronze. Her face was filled with anger, and she suddenly let out a loud roar, which sounded like a thunderclap in the sky! The sound of her angry shout made Xia Ya's ears numb, and he heard this "fierce and majestic" woman angrily shouting: "Where did you come from, you wild mixed breed? How dare you block my marriage!" Xia Ya took a few deep breaths, finally calming down. He carefully looked up and down at this "fierce and majestic" man, and secretly sighed: No wonder the old boss said that being robbed of his bride was like losing his parents - it's such a tragic thing! If anyone else had married into this family, they would have been driven to tears long ago! I heard that the son of the owner of this inn is always hiding in his room crying. If it were me, I would have run away with my tail between my legs long ago!

  This "fierce big sister" stared at Xia Ya, seeing that Xia Ya didn't make a sound, it seemed she was also familiar with the situation. She coldly smiled and said: "You again, where did you find these useless mercenaries? How much money did they spend to hire you as their bodyguard? Let me tell you, if you want to live, quickly kneel down and kowtow, then obediently roll away! Miss is getting married today, doesn't want to kill anyone. If you beg for mercy and say a few flattering words, maybe during the toast later, you can still get a cup of wine." Xia Ya listened and laughed: "I'll take your place"

  "Marriage is originally a matter of mutual consent, but you, elder sister, are forcing me into marriage. This is really unreasonable! Today, I won't listen to your nonsense anymore. This trivial matter, I've got it under control!" The moment the man said this, the woman's eyes widened even more, her anger turning to laughter, and she shouted loudly: "Fine! You're asking for death yourself!" After that, she let out a loud roar, raised her massive palm high in the air and yelled: "Bring me my hammer!!" The several henchmen beside her looked at each other in dismay, one of them stepped forward with an embarrassed expression and whispered:

  "Leader, today we came to attend your wedding ceremony, but that sword of yours is too heavy, you didn't bring it." The fierce-looking man grunted in dissatisfaction, grabbed the horse thief from his waist and pulled out a sword, shouting: "Back off! Today I want to see blood before the wedding!" After finishing speaking, he charged towards Xia Ya with a horizontal sword. Just as Xia Ya was about to pull out her fire fork, Philip smiled slightly beside her: "Sir, please sit down, this kind of rural thief, I'll take care of it." Philip's face was full of confidence, although he had been crippled by Xia Ya and his strength greatly reduced, originally a high-ranking warrior, his palm grasping the sword was powerless. However, the remaining strength was still comparable to that of a mid-ranking warrior. Thinking about it, in this kind of poor and remote place, what great skills could a horse thief leader have?

  On another side, Philip is now considered to be following Xia Ya, and naturally also tries to curry favor with this big shot.

  Philip charged forward with his sword, and a burst of silver aura erupted from the blade. Philip's face was filled with confidence, while the fierce-looking woman had an air of nonchalance about her. With one hand grasping the hilt, she didn't seem to have any fancy techniques, but with a swift motion, she brought her sword down in a powerful slash, accompanied by a gust of wind!

  Philip raised his sword to block! Then a loud "ka" sound was heard! A long sword was seen broken into two sections, flying directly into the sky! Philip's body flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, directly crashing through the wall of the inn, and he disappeared!

  The big sister stood there, coldly staring at Xia Ya: "You're also coming out to cause trouble with this little skill?"

  "Hmm!" Xia Ya was stunned!

  He certainly knew that Philip's current strength had greatly decreased, but he still had mid-tier strength! But I didn't expect to be so vulnerable in front of this fierce woman, and I was killed in seconds without even being able to withstand a single move?!

  Turning back, a big hole was seen on the wall, bricks fell all over the ground, and Philip had already fallen inside the wall and couldn't climb out.

  Xia Ya furrowed his brow, pulled out a fire fork and shouted: "I'll take care of you!" After finishing speaking, he pounced forward. The fierce woman coldly smiled, raised her sword and chopped down. Xia Ya held up the fork to block the attack, and suddenly heard a loud humming noise. He felt as if he was facing not a human being, but a monster - no, it should be said that he was facing a giant dragon!

  Even Xia Ya's robust physique was shaken, her arms numb, and she involuntarily retreated a few steps, almost dropping the fire fork! The fierce woman also let out a cry of surprise, and with a slight movement of her hand, her long sword was shortened by a segment under the sharp edge of the fire fork!

  Two freakishly strong guys faced off for the first time, and were almost evenly matched in terms of strength, with both taking two steps back. However, Shaya gained the upper hand by virtue of his sharp weapon, slicing through his opponent's sword.

  "Pfft! A bit of skill! ...... The eyes of the big sister lit up, staring at Xia Ya: "Good strength! I've never seen anyone with more strength than me! If you have skills, let's compare without using weapons!" Xia Ya was also shocked in his heart, being provoked by the opponent, and seeing that the opponent was a woman, his self-esteem was hurt, as a man fighting a woman, he didn't have the upper hand in terms of strength, and he was even more unwilling to win with a weapon. He inserted the fire fork into the ground with a loud "Ka", half of it nailed into the ground, and clapped his hands: "Come on!" The two people rushed at each other again, instantly entwining like wrestlers, engaging in an empty-handed battle, punching and slapping each other!

  This fierce man's strength was astonishing, even Xia Ya's body quality as a demonic beast was somewhat unable to withstand it. The two arms were entwined and twisted together, for a time neither could gain the upper hand. You threw a punch over, I used my arm to block it, I pushed a palm forward, you used your fist to deflect it. After several exchanges, Xia Ya felt his arms ache vaguely, both sides exchanged blows, each of them took a hit and were in pain, their mouths twisted in agony!

  "Damn it! My body has been strengthened with dragon blood!"

  Xia Ya secretly cried out in her heart, the two of them fought to the end, their strength evenly matched, their arms twisted together, neither able to overpower the other. Xia Ya's heart was anxious, and she couldn't help but unleash a fierce red killing aura, her eyes turned red, and suddenly a surge of power burst forth from within her body! With a loud shout: "Get up!"

  With infinite power in his hands, he suddenly pressed down the fierce woman, her face turned purple and red as she struggled with all her might but was finally overpowered. Xia Ya grabbed her arm and waist, lifted her up, took a deep breath, and threw her out with a loud crash! She landed right on top of her horse behind her. The poor horse was standing there innocently when suddenly a huge black shadow came crashing down from above, knocking the horse to the ground with a loud thud!

  One man and one horse rolled together, this strong brother struggled on the ground for half a day before barely sitting up, shaking his head, staring at Xia Ya with an incredulous expression: "You! How can your strength be so great?"

  She had intimidated the several horse thieves under her, who were now pale and looking at Xia Ya with expressions full of respect. Xia Ya took a deep breath, just about to say something, when this fierce-looking woman suddenly revealed a hint of joy on her face:

  "Come again!!"

  She flipped over and jumped up, pouncing again. This time, Xia Ya was not polite, and the crimson killing intent burst out, coupled with the spiritual sense of the crimson killing intent, making her feel that the opponent's movements were slow, full of openings everywhere. With a few simple moves, she easily knocked down the fierce woman three times!

  For the last time, this burly man was thrown out by Xia Ya, and after rolling on the ground for a while, he got up, but couldn't even stand steadily. He finally lost his strength to fight again, looked at Xia Ya, stopped the attendant who was about to pounce forward with his sword, and shouted in a low voice: "All of you retreat!"

  She took two steps forward, and Xia Ya quickly got ready. At this time, the fierce-looking woman suddenly let out a hearty laugh and said, "Haha! You're indeed formidable! Indeed a hero! I'm convinced!" Her eyes sparkled with indescribable joy.

  Xia Ya won, but it wasn't easy. Just now, amidst the punching and kicking, he also took a solid hit. At this moment, his ribs still hurt a bit. He took a deep breath, glared and shouted: "Since you've admitted defeat, now that I'm here, your forced marriage is off! Get out of here quickly! From now on, don't come to harass the boss's son again... and no more flirting!"

  This fierce-looking woman suddenly twisted her body and matched it with such an expression, instantly making Xia Ya feel like his hair was standing on end. Just then, he heard this fierce-looking woman say:

  "Hmph, you think I'd fall for the boss's useless son? Just because... Ugh! Never mind, I won't say these things to you! Now that I've met you, I won't marry that boss's useless son!"

  Having said that, she turned around and waved her hand at her subordinates: "Let's go! Let's withdraw!"

  These subordinates saw that Xia Ya was so fierce, and even their leader, who they usually regarded as a god, was no match for him. How dare they cause trouble? They quickly obeyed and got on horseback, and someone also let out a horse to give to Meng Nan's sister.

  Xia Ya stood at the door, head held high and chest out, staring as they left, but just a few steps away, this fierce-looking woman suddenly turned her head on horseback, with some redness on her face: "Hey! You! What's your name? I lost to you today, at least leave me with a name!"

  "Ha! I, Xia Yali, am a straightforward and upright person. My name is Xia Yali, Imperial Baron, officially appointed as the Military Equipment Officer of Moer County! If you're not convinced, you can come find me again for another match!"

  "Xia Ya..." The strong and fierce-looking woman muttered to herself a few times, as if trying to commit the name to memory. Then, she turned to Xia Ya with a smile on her face: "Alright, I've remembered it!"

  As he watched the horse thieves leave, Xia Ya let out a sigh of relief and turned back to the inn, only to see Philip crawl out from under a pile of rubble, spitting out blood, shaking his head dizzily, clutching at his chest, and muttering "What a terrifying woman!...

  Xia Ya pulled him up and looked at him with a smile: "That guy is indeed formidable, it's not surprising that you lost."

  The owner of the inn was hiding inside, watching Xia Ya display his divine might and drive away this fearsome guy who had been causing trouble in the area. Suddenly overjoyed, he rushed out and threw himself at Xia Ya's feet, hugging his legs tightly as words of gratitude poured out like a flood.

  Xia Ya casually comforted him with a couple of words, and the boss was overjoyed, calling out his own son to express gratitude. Xia Ya also curiously took a look at the boss's son, and after taking a look, he was just an ordinary, honest, and rustic young man from the countryside, although he looked quite handsome, but there was nothing particularly special about him, and it was unclear what that fierce-looking big sister saw in him.

  The boss was so grateful that he brought out all the good wine and dishes in the store, without charging a single penny. Xia Ya also didn't hold back, eating and drinking to his heart's content.

  At night, Sharuba and Dodoro got up to eat dinner. Xia Ya told them about what happened during the day, and both of them were shocked. They didn't expect that there was a freak with strength comparable to Xia Ya's in this kind of place, and it was even a girl.

  Shalba was also a strongman, and after hearing this, he felt somewhat unconvinced. He muttered to himself: "Xia Ya, I admit that your strength is impressive, but if you say there's someone else with the same strength as yours, and it's a ten-year-old girl at that, I just won't believe it! What a pity! If I had the chance, I'd like to see for myself."

  The four of them rested well for the night, and the boss, still grateful, attended to their needs with great care. Their horses were also fed with high-quality fodder.

  The next morning, the four of them set out again after a good rest. As they left the town, Xia Ya only left one sentence: "I'll be in Mole County, if this guy comes to make trouble again, just send someone to find me in Mole County and I'll take care of it!"

  The boss thanked him a thousand times, and Xia Ya and others whipped their horses and left the town, heading north.

  After running for about an hour on the road, I saw another mountain in the distance beside me. The mountain was not high, just a small hill, but the terrain was continuous and the forest was dense.

  As the four of them passed by this mountain, they suddenly heard a horn blowing, and from the small road on that hillside, a team of cavalry rushed down, each carrying weapons, led by a black horse with a majestic figure on it, who was none other than **Big Sister**!

  "Yi! Could it be that you're not satisfied with yesterday's outcome and are lying in wait to ambush us today? Xia Ya's anger surged, he reined in his horse and the three people beside him immediately drew their weapons, ready for battle."

  That team of people rushed to the front dozens of steps away, and then stopped. The big sister waved her hand, and the subordinates stopped in place, but she rode her horse slowly over alone.

  Today, looking at this big sister again, she was wearing a suit of armor with a bright and shiny helmet, but she wasn't wearing the helmet. Her long curly hair was still wildly scattered around her head. She sat on horseback, holding a large iron hammer in her hand!

  That iron hammer was like the kind used by blacksmiths, but it was more than three times larger. The head of the hammer was as big as two basins, covered in sharp, angular spikes, and had a gun-shaped tip at the end. It looked pitch-black in color and seemed to be made of pure iron! Something so large must have weighed dozens of kilograms at least! Yet, Big Sister held it in her hand with ease, one hand holding the reins, the other grasping the hammer as she slowly approached Xia Ya's face.

  "Hey! What are you doing here again? You weren't satisfied yesterday, and now you're armed to the teeth. Want to have another go at it?" Xia Ya glared, one hand already gripping the handle of his fire spear, while Sharuba beside him was itching for a fight, his saddle adorned with the heavy axe gun Xia Ya had given him from the imperial armory!

  The older sister came to the front, but suddenly jumped off the horse and threw the giant hammer to the ground with a loud crash! The ground was smashed out of a small pit, and dust flew everywhere. She walked up to Xia Ya's horse with empty hands, looked up at Xia Ya, coughed lightly, her face turned red, and then suddenly bowed and made a courtesy: "Xia Ya Leiming Pavilion."

  "What's going on?" Sanya narrowed his eyes, seeing that the other party had abandoned their weapon, apparently without malicious intent.

  "I lost to you yesterday, and I thought about it for a long time after I went back. In all these years, I've met many people, but none of them had more strength than me, nor have I ever seen a heroic man like you... She said this far, then suddenly bit her lip and said 'Please take me in!!'"

  "What does it mean?" Xia Ya asked in surprise.

  "I want to marry you!" Big sister suddenly knelt down on one knee, looked up at Xia Ya, and although her face was flushed red, she shouted loudly: "Only someone with your heroic spirit can be my husband! I saw you yesterday, from now on, any man in this world, I won't look at them anymore!" Thud!

  Xia Ya fell directly off the horse.

  The three people next to Tan heard it, all with strange expressions. Philip restrained the urge to laugh wildly, Duoduo's mouth was wide open as if he could swallow an egg, while Sharba stared at this "woman" with wide eyes.

  Xia Ya struggled for half a day before crawling up, adjusting his armor and clothes, staring at the woman, unable to speak for half a day, and after a long while, he swallowed hard and spat out "You! You!"

  "What did you just say?!" "I'm going to marry you! I won't marry anyone else!" Big sister stared tightly at Xia Ya, although her face was completely red, but her eyes were firm.

  Xia Ya almost spat out blood and immediately shouted: "Nonsense! No way! Absolutely not!!"

  "Why not?!" the woman shouted: "You ruined my marriage yesterday, I couldn't get married, so I can only find you! Don't you have to take responsibility for what you've done?!"

  Xia Ya's face was filled with indignation: "Nonsense! Nonsense!" The big sister's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom, and she said angrily: "I understand! You think I'm ugly, don't you?!" Xia Ya thought to himself: Of course that's it! But after all, this was too hurtful, and he didn't have the nerve to say it out loud. He hesitated for a moment: "Uh... whether you're beautiful or not has nothing to do with me, anyway I won't marry you."

  The woman's face calmed down, and she smiled slyly as she looked at Xia Ya. "Mr. Xia Ya, don't be in a hurry to refuse me. If you marry me, you'll have three great benefits!" Three great benefits? That's ridiculous! If I married you, I'd have nightmares every night! Xia Ya thought to himself: "Don't try to deceive me! I won't believe it! Say no to the beast and that means not marrying!"

  The other party listened, not in a hurry, slowly raised a palm and stood up three fingers: "You don't rush first, listen to me finish speaking carefully." She turned her head and pointed at the horse thieves behind her: "The first benefit, you marry me, these people under my hand will all surrender to you from now on! From now on, they are your loyal subordinates, until death do not change!"

  She had an arrogant expression on her face. "Don't look down on my subordinates, I have 300 brave warriors under me, each one is a fine and fierce fighter! First-class cavalrymen! We've been roaming around here for many years, the nearby garrison troops don't dare to provoke us! It's not just because of bribery, but mainly because they can't beat us! My 300 cavalrymen may not be the best in the world, but with these 300 iron riders charging into battle, even a thousand or ten thousand soldiers can't stop us!"

  Xia Ya thought: Don't be so arrogant! With your martial arts skills, you can single-handedly charge into the enemy's formation and kill thousands of soldiers.

  "Look at your expression, you don't believe me. You don't know our background, thinking we're just country bumpkins. This big sister is very dissatisfied, hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: 'Our background, you will naturally know in the future! Hmph, let alone local defense troops, even if we encounter the Black Flag Battalion of Odingarth or our own Byzantine Rodoria Cavalry, we are not afraid!"

  Xia Ya listened, his heart moved, and he looked at the group of horse thieves from afar. He saw that although they were some distance away, their formation was somewhat scattered, but there was a hint of a peculiar regularity to it. Their equipment was ordinary, but each one of them was indeed strong and sturdy, and more importantly, they all seemed to be filled with an aura of ferocity. They didn't seem like ordinary rural bandits at all. With just a few hundred people in the distance, their momentum seemed as if thousands of horses and soldiers were approaching!

  Such momentum, even if you've seen the elite Imperial Guard in the imperial capital of Osglia, those guards didn't have such a fierce aura!

  Xia Ya had already believed three-tenths of it in her heart.

  "This is the second benefit, you have a brave and fierce general by your side!" The big sister on the side was not modest, pointing to her own nose and saying loudly: "I've been practicing martial arts since I was young, when I was 12 years old, my father was no longer my opponent! My martial skills may not be exquisite, but charging into battle, killing a few in the midst of thousands of horses and soldiers, I'm still confident! Humph!" In those days, two nearby garrison troops joined forces to attack us, I led over a dozen cavalrymen to charge into battle, within half an hour, we defeated their... flag team's army, in the chaos of war, their garrison commander couldn't even withstand one blow from me! And they invited two formidable high-level martial artists, who were also beaten to a pulp by me with just one blow each!"

  Xia Ya nodded and had to admit: "Not bad, you are indeed a rare and fierce general."

  Uh... but using the word "fierce general" to describe someone's daughter doesn't seem like a very nice thing to say.

  "There's... there's a third benefit." The big sister suddenly looked a bit shy, and this expression instantly made Madoro and the others on horseback feel a chill run down their spines.

  "This is the third one...third, third, third..." The older sister seemed to be hesitant for a moment, but finally puffed out her chest and said: "Third! If you marry me, you can get a beautiful and charming wife!!"

  Pfft!

  This time, no matter how hard they tried to bear it, the three people on horseback, including Xia Ya herself, couldn't help but curl up their lips and laugh.

  The first two benefits are fine, but the third one is really too ridiculous!

  This big sister looked left and right, even if she poked her eyes out, she couldn't see any shadow of "beauty beyond compare".

  The big sister looked gloomy, but slowly said in a low voice: "I know you all think I'm ugly, but actually, actually... I was originally born beautiful and moving, one in ten thousand! It's just that when I was young, I was secretly harmed by someone, which is why I became like this!"

  She puffed out her chest and shouted loudly:

  "Actually, I was originally a beauty!"

  Plop!

  Now, even the other three people on horseback couldn't sit still, and they were all knocked off their horses by this sentence.

  America, American girl?!!

  This is also...

  The person in front of me shouting "I am a beauty" is just like Bonaparte crawling out of his tomb and saying "I am not a son!" or Cavendish shouting "I am an idiot!"!!!

  Looking at the expressions of the four men in front of her, this big sister's eyes were filled with a deep and hidden resentment. Her large eyes seemed to be on the verge of tears as she said resentfully: "I know you don't believe me! But every word I say is true! Before I was ten years old, I was beautiful and charming. My father even took me to the nearby church, where the pastor and bishop were very fond of me, and they said they wanted to take me in as a nun!"

  Xia Ya and others were stunned when they heard this!

  In the Byzantine Church, there was indeed a tradition of selecting temple maidens: from devout believer families, an exceptionally intelligent and beautiful young girl would be selected to enter the church, trained from a young age, and when grown up, would be granted the status of clergy, sent to various places to preach, specifically responsible for spreading doctrine to women in noble families, promoting theology. These temple maidens in the church generally had their appearance carefully chosen, almost as strict as the imperial harem selection!

  Imagine... if the ones picked out were some ugly and inferior types, how would those noble ladies feel drawn to the church? It's necessary to select those who are exceptionally good-looking, so that people... will feel affection for the church at first sight.

  In the Byzantine Empire, anywhere with the most beauties, apart from some concubines raised by aristocratic families, in the folk, there are the most beauties among the goddesses in the church! The lowest standard is that they must be decent to become a goddess!!

  Can this big sister... ... be a goddess?!

  "I'm telling the truth! I was born with a beautiful appearance, but after I turned ten, I was secretly harmed by an extremely evil and vicious magician. Because my father offended that person, he took revenge on me by casting a poisonous curse on me, which is why I look like this today! As long as I..."

  "As soon as I get married and become a bride, **the curse will be lifted, and I'll return to my true form!"