In the days that followed, Tang Xin quietly waited for reinforcements to arrive.
The forces led by the Nine Star Pavilion seemed to be gradually pulling back, as if the quantity of goods had reached the target and they were preparing to withdraw from the area.
Since they were a “professional” organization, there was a lot of work to do before leaving, and they were handling it in an orderly manner.
Tang Xin wasn’t in a hurry, and neither was the Nine Star Pavilion.
Su Ling, however, was very anxious.
“Aren’t we leaving yet?” the sword cultivator girl questioned. “If we don’t leave soon, they’ll take me back.”
The flat-chested girl was temporarily lent to Red Snow Asura by the Nine Star Pavilion, and if the latter didn’t want to pay to keep her, she would naturally be taken back in due time.
And a sword cultivator genius like Su Ling was quite expensive.
“Leave?”
The white-haired witch lay on a chair, comfortably enjoying the girl’s service.
“I can leave whenever I want… Oh, you’re talking about you? Did I ever promise to take you with me?”
“What?!”
Su Ling was dumbfounded.
“Didn’t I say, ‘Aren’t you afraid I’ll run off with the technique?’ Someone as bad as me would definitely do bad things whenever possible.”
Tang Xin shrugged.
“You’re not planning to take me out…?”
The sword cultivator girl was expressionless.
“It’s too dangerous, I refuse,” the white-haired witch twirled her hair. “I have no obligation to do so.”
“You…!”
This shameless attitude almost provoked Su Ling into action.
“What? Going to snitch? Tell them I have bad intentions?” The white-haired witch chuckled. “Do you think they’ll believe you? Have you thought about the consequences of snitching? You haven’t forgotten I still have a hostage, right?”
Swish!
A flash of light passed by.
Tang Xin’s robe fell…
“Why,” Su Ling held up her finger sword, coldly saying, “is there someone as vicious as you in this world? You’re even more despicable than them!”
“Impressive, girl. Can you teach me that clothes-slicing sword technique? I want to cut clothes without harming people too…”
After retying her belt, the white-haired witch came up behind Su Ling, deliberately whispering in her ear.
“I just like to toy with people’s hearts, is that not allowed?”
If it were the old Su Ling, she would have swung her sword without a second thought.
But after going through these experiences, the young girl had matured a lot and learned to suppress her anger.
This left the Xuanling Sect’s senior sister slightly surprised. The protagonist has really grown quickly under the threat of life and death…
Of course, Tang Xin wasn’t actually planning to leave her here. The White-Haired Witch, being a negative character, had to do bad things to the end, and saving the beauty was definitely a task for the brave, righteous, beautiful, and adorable senior sister!
But speaking of which, it’s been days, why hasn’t the reinforcements arrived yet? Even if they had to find the location based on the terrain, it’s taking a bit too long, isn’t it?
Just then.
Boom—
The ground started to shake.
“What’s going on?” “Quick, go check the mountain!”
Chaos erupted outside the tent.
Tang Xin and Su Ling went outside, and on the distant mountain peak, thick smoke was rising straight into the sky.
They’re here, the reinforcements are here, and this display is much stronger than expected!
“Looks like there’s something I need to tell you in advance.”
The White-Haired Witch said to the person beside her.
“What is it?” Su Ling responded in a deep voice.
“I actually don’t have any hostages,” she stuck out her tongue, “it was all a lie to you!”
“No… hostages?” The sword cultivator girl suppressed her inner anger, which surged again, “You, go to hell!”
Bang!
Sword energy erupted, and an invisible sword formed from sword energy appeared in Su Ling’s hand, instantly slashing towards the person beside her.
Unfortunately, it hit nothing.
Tang Xin transformed into snowflakes and reappeared elsewhere.
“Better go back and train for another two years,” she smirked, “your swordsmanship isn’t strong enough, nor cute enough.”
Just as Su Ling was preparing for a second strike, an unexpected voice appeared in the scene.
“Oh, am I cute enough?”
Colorful light gathered from all directions, highlighting an extremely dazzling figure.
“Eightfold Ensemble!”
Swish swish swish!
Beams of light poured down like heavy rain, bombarding the ground.
Tang Xin’s expression changed, and she immediately used her escape technique to dodge the attack.
“Each one of you wants to kill me, huh?”
Xu Lexian’s figure slowly appeared amidst the colorful light, her aura tightly locking onto the White-Haired Witch.
“Where’s Tang Xin?” The Saintess didn’t look at the witch but instead asked Su Ling, “Did she sneak in? We can’t find her outside.”
“Tang Xin?” The sword-wielding girl, who didn’t even recognize the person in front of her, asked in confusion, “Did she come?”
“Alright, it seems you don’t know anything,” the Saintess said. “When you get out, you must thank her. She took a great risk to bring us here to save you.”
“As for you,” the Saintess finally looked at the person opposite her, “what’s your story?”
Tang Xin didn’t speak.
If it weren’t for using demonic techniques, I would have been done for just now… This Saintess is too strong, isn’t she?!
[Assassination Strategy: Use the Ten Thousand Insect Heart Devouring Hand to attack Su Ling. Assassination Points: 2,500.]
Huh? Why do I get points for assassinating the Saintess by attacking Su Ling?
The situation was urgent, and there was no time to think. Tang Xin launched an attack directly.
“Ten Thousand Insect Heart Devouring Hand!”
The target was Su Ling.
“Watch out!”
Bang!
As expected, the Saintess blocked the attack for Su Ling, an attack comparable to that of a Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivator, and half-knelt on the ground. Her strength, which had barely recovered, was weakened again to only thirty or forty percent.
As long as Tang Xin was around, the Saintess was either weakened or about to be weakened…
[Current Assassination Points: 7,500.]
Seeing that the Saintess was unharmed and Su Ling was safe, Tang Xin’s villainous aura was in full swing.
“I had a lot of fun,” her body gradually turned into snowflakes, and she smiled sweetly, “Goodbye, beautiful girls!”
Whoosh—
The White-Haired Witch vanished without a trace.
“Damn it,” seeing the enemy disappear, Xu Lexian clutched his chest and stood up from the ground, frowning, “That person is really strong… Are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” Su Ling came back to her senses, nodded at the Saintess, and asked, “How did you get in?”
“After Tang Xin told us the location, we set off. On the way, we encountered reinforcements from Sacred Immortal Mountain and Xuanling Sect, as well as other sects and cultivation families’ rescue teams,” Xu Lexian explained. “These people are fighting with the guards on the mountain, and I slipped in during the chaos.”
“The sect, did the sect find me…”
Hearing this news, Su Ling, who hadn’t cried since being captured, couldn’t help but let a few tears fall.
But the smile on her face grew even happier.
“Intruders have entered!”
Several cultivators recognized Xu Lexian’s identity and shouted, quickly summoning many companions to surround the two of them.
“I’ll take you and retreat first,” the Saintess said. “After taking a hit from that guy, I don’t even know if we can leave safely…”
Boom—boom—boom—
Several bolts of lightning appeared out of nowhere, striking the crowd and exploding.
Immediately after, a voice echoed in everyone’s ears.
“Wherever there’s a beautiful girl,” having finished changing outfits, letting down her bangs, and wiping off her villain makeup, the righteous Xuanling Sect senior sister appeared in view, hands on her hips, and said, “there’s me!”
“A model of righteousness,” she struck a pose and threw a few more bolts of lightning, “Xuanling Sect’s chief disciple, Tang Xin!”
