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Lin Feng did not answer, but instead cast his gaze past her.
In the time it took for this brief pause, the footsteps and shouts of the pursuers became clearly audible, rapidly closing the distance between them.
Hearing this, Zhuqing turned to look back, and upon seeing those faces, her heart turned to ash, sinking instantly to the bottom of a valley.
Looking at the man before her who remained as calm and composed as ever, she was practically at a loss for tears.
She raised a finger to point at Lin Feng, then stopped, words failing her.
As if resigning herself to fate, she said:
“Sigh!”
“Hurry and leave!
These people are here to hunt me down.
If you don’t leave now, you’ll be implicated too!”
Although she was annoyed that this person had delayed her chance to escape, she did not want to drag an innocent person down with her.
Lin Feng replied: “I am not leaving.
Answer my question first.”
Zhuqing’s steps faltered.
‘Is there something wrong with this person’s brain?’
Had she not made herself clear enough?
Couldn’t he see the murderous group behind her?
She shook her head, abandoning the thought of communicating with this fool.
She had already given her warning; she would leave the rest to fate!
Forget it, since he looked so good, she would try to persuade him one more time:
“They are here for me!
The leader is a Soul Ancestor!”
“If you don’t want to die, hurry up and go!”
After speaking, she stopped looking at Lin Feng, forcing her exhausted body to prepare for a final stand.
Having been on the run for so long, she was already exhausted, her Soul Power nearly depleted.
Her original plan had been to use the dense forest to escape; once she reached Soto City, she would be safe.
But now, looking at the figures slowly closing in from the front, a deep sense of powerlessness seized her.
“Do you truly intend to drive me to my death?” She leaned against a large tree, her voice filled with unwillingness and indignation.
A hint of complexity flashed across the face of the leading Soul Ancestor as he cupped his fists and said: “Why must the Second Young Lady ask questions she already knows the answer to?
We are simply following orders and cannot act otherwise.
I hope the Second Young Lady will not blame us.”
His tone carried a hint of admiration.
Throughout this pursuit, Zhuqing’s tenacity and quick-wittedness had left a deep impression on him.
(TL: I just went back and looked for that other ff and I read the first 5 chapters and its basically all the same word for word except for the martial soul and name changes….
That’s kind of funny luckily unlike the other one that stopped at 100 chapters this one if 400+)
Furthermore, since the other party had already recognized their identities, there was no need to hide anything, so he simply addressed her as Second Young Lady.
In truth, they had not been trying to intercept her with their full strength; they had even harbored thoughts of letting her go.
As long as she could escape into Soto City, they would have an explanation to offer.
Who would have expected some inexplicable guy to appear halfway and completely disrupt their rhythm.
In the infighting of powerful families, they, as subordinates, only had the duty to obey.
“No need for more words, let’s do it.” The lead Soul Ancestor sighed and waved his hand helplessly.
“Boss, do you want her dead or alive?” A Soul Elder asked, licking his lips.
“Don’t use lethal force; capture her alive and bring her back!” The Soul Ancestor ordered in a deep voice.
As the words fell, the Soul Rings on the bodies of several Soul Elders lit up one after another.
Yellow and purple lights flickered in succession as they quickly surrounded Zhuqing in a fan formation.
Being so cautious in dealing with a single Soul Grand Master showed that they might have suffered losses at Zhuqing’s hands before.
Zhuqing gritted her teeth, activated her Spirit Possession, and two yellow Soul Rings rose beneath her feet.
However, the disparity in cultivation level and her extreme physical exhaustion made her resistance appear pale and powerless.
After only a few exchanges, under the opponent’s intentional attrition and encirclement, she was hit hard by a blast of Soul Power.
Her entire body flew backward, and the direction was unerringly right where Lin Feng was standing!
A flash of amusement passed through Lin Feng’s eyes as he calmly opened his arms, as if he had been waiting for this moment all along.
He steadily caught the young girl flying backward, his movements natural and fluid.
With a smooth retraction of his arms, he gathered her lithe body into his embrace.
The intense pain of hitting the ground she had anticipated did not come; instead, she fell into a firm and warm embrace.
Zhuqing’s mind went blank for a moment.
Before she could react to this sudden sense of security, she heard the man’s voice from above:
“What a stubborn woman.
Can you answer my question now?”
Zhuqing looked up and crashed into Lin Feng’s deep eyes.
Her brain stalled for a moment.
How did she end up in his arms?
After a brief moment of distraction, a wave of embarrassment surged into her heart.
She instinctively reached out to push against that hard chest, only to find his arms were like iron hoops, unmoving.
‘Heavens!
How is this man’s body so hard!’
(TL: hehehe)
Feeling the strength and heat radiating from his firm muscles, her heart began to beat so fast it felt like it was going to jump out of her throat.
She lamented in her heart:’ It’s over.
This man was born with a pair of peach-blossom eyes that look affectionate even when looking at a dog, paired with a body of rock-hard muscles, but it’s a pity he’s brainless.
He didn’t listen to advice earlier, and now he’s likely going to end up here with her.’
Looking at his somewhat excessively handsome face so close at hand, the anger in her chest, for some reason, dissipated by more than half.
“Sigh…” She sighed as if resigning herself to fate.
“Didn’t I tell you to leave?
Why didn’t you listen?
I wasn’t joking…”
She couldn’t push him away, and she truly had no strength left to try again.
Her Soul Power was exhausted, her legs were weak, and she barely had the strength to stand.
Having something to lean on at a time like this actually felt quite nice!
Lin Feng clearly felt the slight trembling of the lithe body in his arms.
He grinned: “Become my disciple, and I will save you.
How about it?”
Zhuqing was stunned, wondering if she was suffering from auditory hallucinations due to blood loss.
‘Become a disciple?’
‘What time was it, and he was still thinking about having me become his disciple?’
She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
However, before she could make any response.
“Brat!
You’re courting death!”
A roar filled with fury exploded!
The lead Soul Ancestor’s face was as gloomy as water, his eyes revealing murderous intent!
Although they were here to capture Zhuqing, she was, after all, the Second Young Lady of the family, and her status was noble!
To have her be held so intimately in the arms of an unknown man at this moment?
Four Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet, and a massive wave of Soul Power instantly locked onto Lin Feng!
“There is a path to heaven that you refuse to take, and there is no gate to hell, yet you barge in.
I gave you a way to live earlier, but you didn’t take it.
Now, I can only invite you to die.”
The Soul Ancestor’s voice was icy and bone-chilling.
To him, killing an ordinary person was like crushing an ant; he would have no psychological burden at all.
He curled his five fingers into a claw, his Soul Power condensing, and with a sharp, piercing sound, he aimed straight for Lin Feng’s throat!
Lin Feng looked up, the corners of his mouth curling into a smile that was not quite a smile.
That smile was three parts a polite response and seven parts a silent warning.
When this warning smile was completely ignored by the other party, Lin Feng’s gaze drifted away lightly.
Just as the fierce look on the Soul Ancestor’s face was fully revealed and his Soul Power surged, at the very moment he was about to close in—
Lin Feng didn’t even activate his Soul Rings; he just casually raised his hand and spoke a few clear words:
“Lotus Seed Rends the Void.”
The moment his voice fell, it was as if time itself had frozen for an instant.
While no one could capture the trajectory of any Soul Power fluctuations, a subtle yet fatal emerald light had already flashed and vanished.
The aggressive Soul Ancestor’s body suddenly stiffened, the ferocious grin on his face froze, and his eyes revealed incredulous horror.
He couldn’t even make a sound, his mouth opening and closing.
Then, a very thin line of blood quietly appeared on his neck.
Immediately afterward, blood sprayed out like a fountain, staining the surrounding leaves red.
Thump!
His heavy body fell straight to the ground, his life extinguished, dead with his eyes wide open.