Chapter 55: Goodbye, sadistic Jiang Mengxin!

How should I put this? Everything was just too bizarre!

Just based on a dream, the immortal binding rope really came undone…

Even now, Su Mumu could hardly believe this was reality.

‘I just don’t get it.’

‘What exactly was that dream?’

Well.

Now wasn’t the time to think about this; she had to take this chance to slip away…

Outside the cave, the blizzard had stopped. Xiayang was just beginning to climb over the mountain peaks, and the first rays of light pierced through the remnants of the night, painting the world in bright colors.

The scent of melting snow was cold. Breathing it into her lungs felt like eating a mouthful of shaved ice. It had to be freezing outside.

Since dry grass made noise very easily, Su Mumu could only move her arms and legs little by little, like a snail. She slowed her breathing and gradually shifted her body away from the haystack.

When her first foot stepped into the snow, Su Mumu hesitated for a moment.

If she wore shoes, they would definitely make noise, and the sound of her walking would be louder.

‘To save my life, this bit of cold is nothing!’

It took about thirty minutes for Su Mumu to fully reach the ground. She moved toward the cave entrance step by sneaky step. The snow buried her ankles, and the chill spread all the way up her body, making her unable to stop shivering.

‘It really is cold…’

‘But, I’ll be able to leave soon…’

‘Once I’m out of here, I’ll find a way to handcraft a pair of shoes!’

‘Keep it up, Su Mumu!’

‘I absolutely must escape Jiang Mengxin’s clutches!’

The current Jiang Mengxin was already like Satan from hell, terrifying beyond belief!

‘Keep going!’

‘Just a little bit more…’

The world outside the cave beckoned to Su Mumu. The closer she got to the exit, the lower the temperature dropped and the thicker and heavier the snow became. With every step, she had to bury her calves in the snow to walk steadily.

Finally, after a long period of high-pressure tension, Su Mumu completely left the cave.

Sunlight filtered through the dense foliage overhead and fell on the corners of her eyes.

She rubbed them.

Sniffle…

Her eyes grew moist.

‘Alright.’

‘Goodbye, damn cave!’

‘Goodbye, sadistic Jiang Mengxin!’

Su Mumu planned to find a way to return to her human form first.

Although the difficulty was high, and this world likely didn’t have any Yaoshen powder…

‘In any case, I’ll search for it!’

‘There’s only hope if I try.’

As Su Mumu thought this, she paced forward and blended into the snowy forest. The fox tail behind her swayed slightly, clearly becoming much more relaxed along with her mood.

In this forest, creatures were extremely rare.

There was only the occasional one or two little rabbits.

It was completely a Death forest!

After pondering for the last two days, Su Mumu felt that perhaps new opportunities were hidden in the world beyond the forest.

Even if the world outside was a desert, it would be much better than this ghost of a forest that blocked out the sun.

‘Uh, they seem about the same actually…’

She had to leave this place eventually.

It would be good to go see the outside.

Su Mumu’s mind was active. She had already familiarized herself with the surrounding paths, such as how long it would take to reach the front of the forest, how many paths she had to clear to return to the cave, or where the previous cliff was located…

After becoming a fox girl, even her memory of terrain had improved.

Should she say it or not? This could be considered a kind of talent, right?

“Are there any little bunnies? Come here for a hug~~~” Su Mumu called out at a medium volume, cupping her hands around her mouth like a megaphone.

‘Just kidding. Actually, I’m going to roast you.’

Heh heh.

“Actually, you want to roast a rabbit to eat, right?”

“Gah! You actually guessed it! It’s so hard to find a kindred spirit…” Su Mumu lamented.

“Of course, we are good friends who have shared life and death!” From behind, a cold voice drifted over. It was incredibly familiar. Jiang Mengxin’s eyes radiated an unfriendly light, looking like a hunting hawk.

By now, Su Mumu had already realized who was behind her.

“Ahahaha… What a joke!” Su Mumu’s expression was unnatural. “This fox is a local; I don’t have any friends!”

“Oh? Is that so?” Jiang Mengxin asked.

“Yes!” Su Mumu smiled wryly, then suddenly lifted her feet and bolted. “See ya later!”

Her figure instantly turned into a streak of silver lightning, weaving through the trees at extreme speed.

“Where are you running?” Jiang Mengxin pursued relentlessly.

The two were neck and neck in speed.

‘Strange. Logically speaking, shouldn’t Jiang Mengxin be running faster?’

Su Mumu quietly peeked back and happened to lock eyes with Jiang Mengxin.

One glimpse was enough to understand everything.

‘Good grief.’

Jiang Mengxin wasn’t panicked at all. It looked like she was just playing with a fox!

‘Or maybe she’s being cautious and plans to wear out my stamina first?’

Su Mumu felt the second possibility was higher, as it fit Jiang Mengxin’s style of doing things.

If this continued, her stamina would be exhausted in no time.

‘I have to go faster… I need to shake her off early!’

She grit her teeth, poured in all her strength, and used every trick in the book. Her tail was even whirling like an electric fan.

Her chest felt like it couldn’t catch enough air.

She still couldn’t shake her off.

Su Mumu felt a bit of despair.

She finally had a chance to escape the cave… only for it to be wasted again.

‘No.’

‘I don’t want to be taken back and disciplined again.’

‘I don’t want to be bullied anymore.’

‘I don’t want to be some fox toy…’

But who could she say these things to?

Su Mumu didn’t even have time to feel miserable!

Because Jiang Mengxin was about to catch up.

“Stop chasing me!”

“No,” Jiang Mengxin refused immediately.

“I won’t show my face in front of you again! From now on, I’m leaving for good! Let’s never meet again! Just let me go…” Su Mumu shouted.

“Then I definitely can’t let you escape,” Jiang Mengxin answered smoothly, her attitude firm.

“Damn it! Are you some kind of perverted furry lover? You like chasing me this much!” Su Mumu couldn’t help but complain.

“Think whatever you want.” Jiang Mengxin couldn’t be bothered to waste words.

She used her actions to illustrate her only motive—catch the fox demon and return to the Xianzong to finish the job!

‘This is bad…’

‘I’m about to be caught…’

Su Mumu wanted to cry but had no tears. In the literal sense, she had cried them all dry last night.

‘Is anyone there…’

‘Save me…’

‘I don’t want to be caught and taken back…’

Wahhh…

Just as the tip of her tail was about to be touched—

Suddenly, a mysterious warm current surged through her body, quickly merging into her four limbs and hundreds of bones. Like a Gundam being fully charged, she lit up and took off in an instant.

Su Mumu’s escape speed became visibly faster.

On both sides of her vision, the scenery of trees receded into afterimages. Her ears were covered by the sound of a sonic boom, and she couldn’t hear anything.

Even Su Mumu herself was a little stunned.

Her body instinctively stepped, stepped, stepped. Run, run, run… She kept running… until Jiang Mengxin’s figure was gradually left behind, getting further and further away.

Jiang Mengxin, who was being left behind, furrowed her brows, her face full of shock.

‘How did the little fox girl suddenly run so fast?’

‘A secret method?’

‘Or some other means?’

Inside a large thicket of bushes—

Su Mumu hid inside, covering her nose and doing her best to suppress the sound of her panting.

The warm current in her body had disappeared.

Her legs became heavy, and her feet were so cold they had almost lost all sensation.

She had returned to her original physical state…

Through the gaps in the bushes, Su Mumu peered at the movement outside.

A few seconds later, Jiang Mengxin swept past like a hurricane, vanishing into the depths of the forest. She became a small speck in the snowy scenery and disappeared completely.

Only then did Su Mumu’s highly focused nerves relax.

She slowly lowered the hand covering her mouth and nose, her face unable to hide her dazed shock.

‘I was mysteriously saved again…’

Vaguely, she seemed to understand who was helping her.