Chapter 62 (1/2)

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62 – Shadow Gate

“…!”

Things happened in the blink of an eye.

There was a blue-white flash, and a blood flower bloomed in the air – the la.s.s and the attacker pa.s.sed each other.

“Scoundrel!” Despite the sharp pain coming from a cut on her face, Xue Qilin turned around, gathered majestic true qi on her hand, and slapped out with all her might. A palm print formed by true qi whistling through the air is chasing the pet.i.te black figure running away with the force of a clap of thunder.

As if the other party is trying to commit suicide, they slowed down suddenly, turned back rapidly, and welcomed the fierce strike. However, before the two collided, the attacker stepped aside suddenly and evaded the palm print strangely.

Then…

As if diving into the darkness, the attacker suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Eyes dyed gold searched for the missing black figure.

In the next moment, by relying on her Heaven Realm perception ability, Xue Qilin successfully caught an unusual change.

… Behind!

The Heaven Realm la.s.s turned back violently. A cold aura appeared in front of her.

As if removed from darkness, a black figure appeared like a ghost and stabbed with a black dagger towards Xue Qilin's throat.

“Fire from Within!”

The excited eyes of the attacker suddenly reflected scarlet fire.

The fire spewed out of Xue Qilin's mouth. As if a fierce monster with a b.l.o.o.d.y maw, the raging fire tried to devour the attacker.

“What!” The a.s.sailant exclaimed, surprised that Xue Qilin would spit out fire from her mouth.

But their reaction was not slow.

They quickly bent backwards at an incredible angle and evaded the sudden torrent of fire.

At the same time, blue-white light appeared suddenly, intertwined into an electric arc that entangled around the mechanical sword lying not far away like a snake. Affected by the domain, Empyrean Universe was pulled out from the ground, and shot back into Xue Qilin's hand.

The moment the fire dissipated…

“Go to h.e.l.l!”

Cutting through the air, the big sword slashed towards the attacker who hadn't adjusted their posture yet.

“Ah!” The attacker groaned, slammed their right foot on the ground violently, took off rapidly to the side, and flipped in the air.

While dodging the slash, the attacker stabbed out from a tricky angle.

“What a pest!”

Xue Qilin took a step back to widen the distance and avoid the attack, but then the dagger shot out from the opponent's hand abruptly.

“Flying Flames!”

In response to Xue Qilin's shout, flame arrows appeared beside her out of the blue and shoot towards the dagger flying at her, and then the two collided and exploded.

A small fair hand pa.s.sed through the explosion and shot towards the defenseless a.s.sailant.

The a.s.sailant didn't meet force with force, and instead slid backwards and pulled open the distance. At the same time, the dagger blown away by Flying Flames suddenly stopped in the air, hummed, and returned to it's master's hand.

In response to the opponent's agility technique, a whirlpool of flames rose behind the la.s.s. One after another, scarlet flame arrows formed in the air and pointed at the a.s.sailant some distance away.

“Who are you?”

Looking at the blurry silhouette that looked like it was formed from black fog, Xue Qilin narrowed her eyes and sized the other party up.

Although it's difficult to clearly distinguish the opponent's outline, but the shape can still be roughly made out.

The attacker isn't tall, probably only by half a head taller than herself. Coupled with the exclaim just now, Xue Qilin determined that the attacker should be female.

Her cultivation base is probably in the Earth Realm – the other party tried to hide it, but from her moves, the Merak Temple's Young Ancestor still pried out some clues.

“Why do you want to kill me?”

During the exchange just now, the opponent's moves were all aimed at her vital points. The la.s.s is almost certain that the other party came to kill her.

“Senior Xue, that person is from the Shadow Gate!”

It wasn't the attacker who answered, but one of the spectating captors.

Shadow Gate? One of the Five Great Sects? Xue Qilin was surprised – Why does someone from the Shadow Gate wants to kill me?

No, it's not someone from the Shadow Gate that wants to kill me!

Qi Qiqi once introduced the Five Great Sects to her. When she spoke of the Shadow Gate, she said with slight dread, “Strictly speaking, the Shadow Gate resembles more an a.s.sa.s.sin organization than a common Demimonde sect.”

In other words, they kill people for money.

On the other hand, when Qi Qiqi explained the relations.h.i.+p between the Merak Temple and the other sects, she didn't mention any disputes with the Shadow Gate. Xue Qilin is aware that she hasn't offended the Shadow Gate either. From this, the other party shouldn't have plotted against her due to sect disputes.

In this case, the opponent was very likely hired.

Who wants to kill me? After a moment, Xue Qilin only thought of one possibility…

“Did the Heavenly Sword Gate had you come kill me?”

“…” The Shadow Gate a.s.sa.s.sin still didn't answer.

Presumably yes. Above all, a.s.sa.s.sins seem to be very particular about their work ethic. After all, no one wants to hire an a.s.sa.s.sin who'll spill the beans when caught.

Next, her figure dissipated slowly, and she hid in the darkness again.

Want to repeat the same trick? Xue Qilin sneered inside.

She can't capture the opponent visually. Because the opponent is specially disseminating true qi in s.p.a.ce, which confuses her senses, it's difficult for her to locate the other party through her aura. However, as long as the other party exists, Xue Qilin has a way, a way to force her out.

“Cover your head and lie on the ground!” Xue Qilin warned the onlooking captors loudly, and then waved her big sleeve.

In a split second, fire blossomed.

“Let's see how you hide from me!”

Countless, densely packed flame arrows shot out chaotically in all directions with the la.s.s as the core.

With such a concentrated attack, even if the opponent uses the best agility technique, she won't be able to avoid them completely.

Thus, there can only be one outcome…

“Ah!”

Several flame arrows slashed down, and a figure emerged from the darkness.

“You finally came out!” Xue Qilin shouted loudly.