Chapter 550: Can you be any stupider? (1/2)

Chapter 550: Can you be any stupider?

If possible, Han Yunxi didn’t want to run at all! But what else could she do? When she’d set Lil Thing against the poison butterflies to clear the way for Long Feiye, she had felt she’d been an asset. Now she was a burden all the same.

It really was a sad thing to know no martial arts.

Han Yunxi ran helter skelter into the deeper depths of the tunnel. If she headed from Long Feiye instead, he might not even notice her in the middle of his fight. There was always a chance that a stray arrow would shoot her dead instead. By contrast, running deeper into the tunnels with Lil Thing in hand gave her immunity against any poison threats to head her way.

As she ran, she tugged constantly at Lil Thing’s claws, hoping to wake it up. But Lil Thing had eaten so much of its fill that it was still dead asleep. It had no idea what was going on around it. Behind her, the old woman was in hot pursuit. She executed a series of flips and was soon standing right in front of Han Yunxi, who released more poison needles to attack. While the old woman dodged, Han Yunxi turned and turned towards the entrance of the tunnel. The old woman was quick to react and leaped in front of Han Yunxi…only for her to turn tail and resume running deeper into the tunnel.

Han Yunxi was clearly playing tricks on her!

“You’re seeking death!” the black-robed woman doubled back and landed right in front of Han Yunxi, before grabbing her by the neck. But before she could apply any pressure, Han Yunxi pulled out the hairpin from her head and stabbed it into the woman’s shoulder. The old woman was caught by surprise. She never expected a damned girl who didn’t even know martial arts to have such quick reflexes! She slapped Han Yunxi aside before discovering that her shoulder had been poisoned.

“You put poison in your hairpin!” she cried in alarm. She might have caught Han Yunxi if she tried to poison her in real time, but no one would guard against a poisoned hairpin unless they were extra cautious. She had been practicing poisons for years, but this was the first time she’d been so easily had. Young Master Tianyin was right. This girl has extraordinary poison skills.

Han Yunxi crawled to her feet, blood dribbling from a corner of her lips. The slap just then had left her face stinging, but she still managed to prop herself up and say coldly, “You realized it too late!”

“Damned girl, hand over the antidote!” the old woman stalked forward.

Han Yunxi didn’t avoid her, but gave out a cold laugh. “Come, then! I’ll hand it over once you’re here.”

The black-robed woman halted. If she got too close, Heaven knows what other kind of poisons the girl might try on her. She still hadn’t figured out what kind of poison was in her shoulder now, only that it was unbearably itchy.

“What, you don’t want the antidote anymore?” Han Yunxi provoked. In truth, she had no more tricks left. She was only taking the chance to bluff and buy time for Long Feiye to come back.

“Toss it over!” the black-robed woman demanded as she endured the itching.

Han Yunxi gave a snort of contempt. “I’m just joking. Do you really think I’m afraid of you? Let me tell you now, if you take another step forward, I promise your entire shoulder will rot away!”

“Rot away?” the old woman laughed out loud. “Damned girl. I might not be able to cure this poison, but I still know how they work! This is only itching. Who are you trying to fool?”

Feeling resentful, Han Yunxi quietly backed away. There was a limit to the effects of her hairpin’s poison. Moreover, not every poison could keep its potency after being applied on her jewelry while remaining undetected. Those who could were all non-lethal poisons. As a poisons master herself, Han Yunxi was quite clear that poison experts had greater tolerance for toxins than other people. Her opponent was fully capable of enduring the effects of this one. Still, she kept up her swagger and beckoned her with her finger, her expression provocative.

“Come here. Let’s have you experience what a real rotting shoulder feels like.”

The old woman actually grew fearful and kept her distance. Han Yunxi was privately rejoicing when the old woman actually revealed the hand she was hiding behind her back, which held an ebony bow!

“You really are from the Chu Clan!” Han Yunxi exclaimed angrily.

“This old woman’s been waiting for you for a long time,” the old woman said before notching an arrow and letting loose. Han Yunxi dodged as best as she could, having no other choice. She tumbled to the side, her heart pounding from the aftershocks. After experiencing life and death in one storm of arrows, she was quite clear on their destructive powers.

What now?

The black-robed woman was already aiming another arrow at her, about to shoot again.

“Wait!” Han Yunxi exclaimed.

The old woman only snorted and pressed her fingers over the release mechanism. She wasn’t about to give Han Yunxi a chance to flee.

“Just who send you to kill me?! At least let me die content!” Han Yunxi asked. Even here, she was holding out hope that Long Feiye could rush back at the last second.

The black-robed woman only laughed out loud. “That person wanted you…to die discontent!”