Chapter 178: Bandits Blocking the Road? Calling Out to Capture the Girl!

Su Nian could not fail to notice the changes beneath her clothes.

The delicate fingertips wrapped in a thin cocoon no longer kept any barrier, directly pressing onto her most sensitive place.

That warm, rough touch pressed against her delicate skin, sending a shiver down her spine.

She should have felt disgusted and repulsed by such contact.

Why did she it feel so…

Conflicted?

Within the girl’s heart, humiliation and pleasure interwove.

She was fully aware that this was all to gain the trust of that bastard Demon Chu Tian, and then find a chance to defeat him completely.

Yet this experience—being pinned down by the man before her, kissed forcefully, and touched on her weak spots—brought an unimaginable joy.

“Ding dong, humiliation value increased by 35,375.”

“Ding dong, annoyance value +35,375.”

She knew she shouldn’t feel this way, should hate such behavior in her heart.

But her body’s sensitivity dragged her step by step into the abyss.

Her hands, which had originally been raised to block the Demon’s grasp on her chest, instinctively fell to her neck, no longer resisting.

Seeing the girl beneath him give up all resistance, allowing herself to be plucked at will, only fueled Chu Tian’s confidence, and his desire was on the verge of exploding from the girl’s shy expression.

Just as the girl’s consciousness was about to be swallowed whole by this extreme shame and strange stimulation, ready to fall completely, the carriage suddenly slammed to a halt, accompanied by Da Hei’s cold, emotionless command to rein in the horses.

The people inside the carriage were thrown slightly forward by inertia.

Chu Tian’s aggressive movements had to stop as well.

Outside the carriage came loud, crude shouts.

“Hey! You fat sheep inside, get out here!”

“This carriage looks nice—must be plenty of loot!”

Bandits!

This sudden turn of events was like a bucket of ice water poured over Su Nian’s foggy mind, instantly clearing the chaos.

She snapped awake, her heart still pounding wildly in her chest from both the shock just now and the current situation.

She was saved!

Though interrupted by bandits, this undoubtedly pulled her back from the edge of complete loss of control.

Chu Tian slowly straightened up, the aggressive, confident smile wiped from his face.

In its place was a thick, impenetrable gloom and extreme displeasure at being disturbed.

His cold gaze pierced the carriage curtain as if he could see the foolish ants outside disturbing his pleasure.

‘Damn bandits! Not early, not late, but right at this moment!’

A cold murderous aura spread around him like a tangible force.

These bandits, as luck would have it, were the same gang that had long plagued the area near Bai Shui Town and secretly colluded with Leon Morsen’s Gale Knights.

They were responsible for creating “chaos,” while the knights “cleared the bandits” under that pretense, in truth plundering the common people.

Thanks to this “stable income,” the bandits rarely made a move.

This raid had been triggered by seeing the luxurious carriage Su Nian and Chu Tian were riding, mistaking it for a fat sheep.

At the same time—

Inside the carriage—

The murderous intent in Chu Tian’s eyes flickered and almost involuntarily, he wanted to order Da Hei outside to crush these nuisances completely.

However, his gaze casually swept over the shy girl who had just sat up beside him.

At this moment—

Su Nian was hurriedly fixing the Light-element Magic Robe he had torn, trying to cover the snow-white skin now exposed to the air.

Her face was still flushed with lingering embarrassment and anger, but her eyes had cleared, even carrying a trace of relief at surviving, along with vigilance toward the outside situation.

For some reason, the killing order Chu Tian was about to issue hovered unspoken on his lips.

He looked at the girl’s face, still guarded but unable to hide her extraordinary elegance.

He recalled her ruthless decisiveness when purifying the Necromancer in Bai Shui Town and her calm composure when facing the Terrifying Knight.

This wildcat was no longer the weakling who could be toyed with at will.

She was strong.

Strong enough to single-handedly handle that Necromancer while he was tied up by the Terrifying Knight.

Perhaps he should ask her opinion more often—

Let the girl standing before him also participate in his plan to gather strength against the Demon Race’s threat in three years.

“What do you want to do?”

Chu Tian suddenly spoke, his voice carrying a faint, almost imperceptible hint of inquiry.

Su Nian was momentarily stunned.

She looked up at him in surprise.

The bastard Demon Chu Tian… was asking for her opinion?

This thought stirred a slight ripple in her heart.

The bastard Demon was actually asking how she wanted to handle things.

Though this was probably just another one of his tests.

It seemed… she wasn’t entirely beneath his notice.

At least he would ask her opinion.

‘Hmm…As for these road-blocking bandits?’ She frowned subconsciously.

Kill all the bandits?

That seemed like the simplest, most straightforward solution.

With the bastard Demon’s strength, plus the newly tamed Terrifying Knight Da Hei outside, wiping out this insignificant group of bandits would be easier than crushing ants.

Besides, road-blocking bandits were rarely good people; death would be well deserved.

Let the bastard Demon and his undead servant Da Hei handle it cleanly.

But…

They were still human.

Even if wicked bandits.

Her subconscious didn’t want to see the bastard Demon become even more reckless with slaughter.

He was already cruel enough.

If he got used to killing indiscriminately, it wouldn’t be good.

Maybe… she could try to influence him a little?

Even if just a bit.

If they really had to act, at least assess the situation first, confirm these people were truly beyond redemption, and preferably let Da Hei handle it—not let the bastard Demon get used to killing humans.

Su Nian quickly composed herself and adjusted the torn Light-element Magic Robe, trying hard to look calm and collected.

She temporarily set aside thoughts on handling the bandits and focused on resolving the current awkwardness.

She stretched out her pale hand, unflinching, toward Chu Tian.

“Give me back… my… my clothes.”

Her voice trembled slightly, still catching her breath from the fierce kiss and touches earlier.

But her tone was firm, and her gaze locked on him.

She meant the soft undergarment he had roughly torn away and was now hidden somewhere unknown.

Chu Tian raised an eyebrow, his eyes falling on the hand reaching out—like a finely carved piece of mutton fat jade.

A playful smile flickered deep in his eyes.

Give it back?

How could something already in hand be given back so easily?

Not only did he have no intention to return it, he deliberately took his time to pull the soft fabric, imbued with the girl’s warmth and faint fragrance, from a gap in the seat cushion.

His movements were elegant, even tinged with admiration.

Then, right in front of Su Nian, as if inspecting an interesting trophy, he twirled it lightly between his long fingers in the air.

That thin white undergarment silently told the story of what had just happened, exposed under the dim light.

“…”

Su Nian looked at his annoying, despicable expression, clenching her teeth in silent fury.

‘Bastard!’

‘Pervert!’

‘Shameless!’

A flood of curses churned in her mind, but given the current situation, she could not utter a word.

She took a deep breath, forced herself to look away, and gave a very obvious eye roll.

She was too lazy to argue with this childish, obnoxious bastard about such matters.

Nor did she dare to lunge to snatch it back—that would only humiliate herself.

Su Nian turned her back to him, quickly pulled a clean spare undergarment from her seemingly ordinary backpack, which was actually connected to a Void Beast Lair storage space.

She changed swiftly, arranged her robe neatly, making sure nothing looked out of place.

Meanwhile—

Outside the carriage, the dozen or so bandits grew impatient as no one inside moved for a long time.

Louder and ruder shouts rang out again.

“Bang bang!”

Louder voices echoed.

“Damn it! Are you deaf? Get out here!”

“If you keep playing dead, I’ll set the carriage on fire!”

A perfectly timed breeze lifted the heavy carriage curtain slightly.

In the dusk light, Su Nian’s exquisitely beautiful side profile, tinged with some anger and embarrassment, came into view of a peeking bandit.

The bandit’s eyes instantly widened, his breath halting for a second.

“Boss! Inside… there’s a woman in there!”

His voice stammered, filled with unbelieving excitement.

“Damn! She’s damn hot! Almost as good-looking as that Magic Girl Idol Su Nian!”

At these words, the previously impatient bandits suddenly perked up like wolves smelling blood, greed shining in their eyes.

“No way, I don’t buy it!”

“In this rural place, there’s no way there’s such a beautiful woman.”

“Even if not as good, she’s still a young woman—that’s good enough. Let’s tie her up and bring her back to the bandit gang.”

“Heh heh heh, looks like today’s our lucky day!”

“Listen up, lady inside. If you’re sensible and serve us well, maybe we’ll let you live!”

“What are you dawdling for? Get out here now!”

“If you don’t come out, we’re coming in ourselves!”

Obscene words started to fly.

These words stabbed sharply into Su Nian’s ears.

A surge of anger instantly ignited within her.

‘Fine!’

She had been hesitating about whether to slightly intervene, so the bastard Demon and his undead servant wouldn’t slaughter too much.

But these blind fools actually set their sights on her?

‘They were asking for death!’

Su Nian sneered coldly in her heart.

Though she had lost to the bastard Demon many times, she was not someone anyone could bully.

A mere gang of bandits dared to act so brazenly in front of her?

If they had real ability, who would be hiding as bandits in this desolate wilderness?

They would have long gone to big cities like that bastard Demon, buying estates, hiring servants, and living a comfortable life.

And they had really captured the Magic Girl Idol known across the entire continent.

Su Nian tidied her robe, took a deep breath, and suppressed the storm of anger inside.

She lifted the carriage curtain and calmly descended from the carriage amid the stunned gazes of the bandits.