304 The Figure from Above (2/2)
Ning Que did not care if the Little White Dog was as soft as a cat or as stiff as a rock. He had eaten all kinds of food in this life and did not believe in the retarded statement that a prey would secrete poison to make its meat unpalatable if it were frightened before its death. He raised his knife and placed it on the dog, trying to decide where to start skinning it. After all, Sangsang had never liked that he killed young beasts after he had killed the old hunter. He needed to familiarise himself with its physiological structure.
A furious roar sounded from the rope hidden behind the fog. The clear angry voice was compresed and sounded sharp due to the distance and the rapid approach of the voice.
”Who! Dares! To! Touch! My!...”
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The clear angry voice had started off in the depths of the valleys afar. However, the person had already arrived in the fog above in the middle of the sentence and could be seen by the three on the ground before the end of the sentence.
The fog was disturbed and broken. Then, a figure fell from the above like a rock. The figure jumped from the rope above and towards where Ning Que was standing.
Ning Que held the Little White Dog and turned back to look at the fog. He could see the shadow of the person who was faster than a mortal. He was shocked, and wondered if a fairy had really fallen from the sky.
As the worn-out leather boots grew bigger in their field of vision, the terrifying sound of wind got closer to his face as well. He finally understood that it wasn't a fairy who had fallen from the sky, but someone who wanted to kill him.
There was a slap of a sword!
Ye Hongyu had kept alert for the appearance of the other party. She had been gathering her Psyche Power for a long time. She released her Taoist spell just as that figure was about to smash into Ning Que. An invisible sword style flew at the figure silently.
The person who had jumped from the fog hummed and made a sign of the cross with two fists before his body and sealed Ye Hongyu's long-planned sword with his body. He flipped more than a dozen times before landing on the ground heavily. Smoke and sad flew around the valley accompanied by a buzzing sound.
The dust gradually settled, revealing the person.
It was a little girl dressed in fur. She had on a fur cap and a beast's tail around her neck. From the looks of her exposed body and eyes, she was still very young. There were two long black braids gently swinging behind her.
She knelt on the ground on a single knee, and under her knee was a deep hole. However, there was no sign of pain on her face. Both her kneecap and her slender body were as stable as a mountain and did not look like they have been injured.
The Little White Dog that was clutched in Ning Que's hand started to struggle violently the moment he saw the little girl. Ning Que could not be bothered with it and threw it on the ground viciously for a couple of times. One could almost see the whites of the little white dog's eyes.
He placed all his focus on the girl who knelt on the ground with a single knee. He could hardly believe what he just saw and could not understand it no matter how he thought about it. There was someone in the world who had jumped from such great heights and did not suffer any damage even after she used both arms defending herself against Ye Hongyu's sword!
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The girl got up after a moment. Her thick long braids swayed with her movements. She looked at Ye Hongyu with a surprised expression in her clear eyes that were not covered by her fur cap.
”What happened to you in the Front Gate for your state to fall so drastically... You were already in the Knowing Destiny State when you were on the snow cliff, why are you only in the Seethrough State now?”
Ye Hongyu paled, and a self-mocking face appeared on her face. She did not answer the question.
Ning Que glanced at her. He had many questions about the battle with Master Lotus in the Devil's Palace and had guessed at the possibilities. It was until he had received confirmation from the girl that he became shocked and understood that Ye Hongyu had paid a heavy and terrible price.
Positive emotions such as shock and gratitude had never stayed on his mind for long. He could see that the girl who descended from above bore a grudge against the Tao Addict. Ning Que would of course not stand there and be the first to be attacked. He walked behind Ye Hongyu silently in a casual manner. One could not figure out what he was thinking.
Ye Hongyu looked at the girl indifferently and said to the two beside her, ”This witch from the Devil's Doctrine is called Tang Xiaotang. Don't think that she's an easy opponent just because of her age. If the Devil's Doctrine had not been destroyed then, she would have been the saintess of our generation. She does not dare to fight me, and is very sly.”
Tang Xiaotang heard her mentioning about the battle in the Tianqi Mountains and was filled with rage. She retorted angrily in a loud voice, ”I would fight you if you didn't use those despicable means.”
Ye Hongyu laughed mockingly, unwilling to discuss the issue any longer. However, this made Tang Xiaotang even angrier and she raged at the unfairness. Her face that was not covered by the beast's tail grew reddish.
Ning Que did not think that she was very witchy other than for her demon abilities when he heard that she was a witch from the Devil's Doctrine. He looked at her red face, clear, innocent eyes and black long braids. And he suddenly felt that he had heard the description of the such a girl somewhere, but could not remember where he had heard it.
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