“I will not leave her.”
Bai Luxin’s voice was soft, but filled with resolve.
Upon hearing this, Earth Armor’s face beneath his mask twitched. She’s really hard to please.
“Nuobai, do you want your Beast Master to die with you?”
Nuobai ignored him. How could she possibly believe the enemy’s words?
The most important person to her… only by protecting her personally could she be at ease.
“Fine, fine, fine! Then you can die together!”
Seeing their ironclad refusal to separate, Earth Armor gritted his teeth in anger. Secretly, however, he gave orders to his two Beast Pets.
No area-of-effect attacks. Do not accidentally injure Bai Luxin. Do not let Nuobai escape. Wear her down to death!
The Ghost-Faced Mountain Ape pinned down Nuobai from the front, while the Phantom Scythe lurked in the shadows, waiting for a chance to deliver the killing blow.
Caught in this pincer attack, wounds continuously appeared on Nuobai’s body. Yet, bolstered by her talents and skills, she only fought more ferociously.
They’re holding back. Why?
Nuobai could clearly sense the enemy’s restraint. Every attack was hesitant, and they didn’t even use their skills.
Only when she tried to find an opening to break through would they use skills to force her back.
They don’t want to hurt Bai Luxin?
Realizing the two Beast Pets wouldn’t attack Bai Luxin didn’t bring Nuobai any relief. When something is abnormal, there must be a scheme. They definitely have some plot!
This made Nuobai even more determined not to let her sister fall into their hands.
Assassins who don’t silence witnesses but let them go… No, he’s trying to lull me into a false sense of security, to make me hopeful.
They wouldn’t let Bai Luxin go. She had to find a way out for her sister.
“Sister, get ready to activate the jade pendant.”
Even though she guessed they might be unwilling to hurt Bai Luxin, Nuobai didn’t dare to gamble on it. She still protected her thoroughly.
[Light Arrow] condensed into a sphere, then exploded into a shower of light, affecting Earth Armor for a moment.
Seizing this chance, Nuobai turned and ran up the mountain.
Trying to run?
“Phantom Scythe, stop her!”
If Nuobai reached the mountain peak again, wouldn’t he be stuck here suffering like a prisoner?
Snowflakes were scattered by an invisible creature, instantly intercepting Nuobai. A pair of scythe-like claws crossed into an X-shaped slash.
Nuobai couldn’t dodge in time, gaining another wound on her body.
“Nuobai, don’t worry about me! Just go up the mountain!”
Nuobai had been intercepted halfway up the mountain. Bai Luxin knew that if she used [Instant Kill Step], she could temporarily break through the blockade.
That bit of time would be enough for Nuobai to cover some distance.
But, concerned that her body couldn’t withstand the rapid altitude gain, Nuobai had hesitated to go up.
If death is certain either way, at least let me die on her, so she can live.
“Sister, listen to me.”
As Nuobai spoke, a cut opened on her face.
After such a long battle, if not for the home-field advantage, the various buffs, and the enemy’s hesitation, Nuobai would have long since perished.
Biting into a snowflake, the recovery from [Snow Eater] couldn’t keep up anymore. Her stamina and energy were draining rapidly.
Nuobai seemed intent on using the mountain’s natural defenses for shelter, but she also knew it was impossible. Bai Luxin’s body simply couldn’t handle it.
She had been circling the mountainside for a long time now. The passive [Crimson Blood Breath] flickered, droplets of blood flung out from the red mist.
The snow was littered with the bloodstains she left behind, crimson dots everywhere.
As her condition deteriorated, her movements grew slower, and she suffered more wounds.
Checkmate. Now, it’s just about guarding against her final, desperate counterattack.
Through the Master-Servant Contract, Earth Armor ordered the Ghost-Faced Mountain Ape to press forward.
Nuobai’s vision was flooded with red. The snowflakes in the air seemed to sigh mournfully, swirling around her, wanting to protect her but powerless to do so.
Bai Luxin had tried more than once to recall Nuobai into her Beast Taming Space, but Nuobai was too stubborn.
If she forced the recall, the moment Nuobai was pulled back, she would be left stiff from resistance and vulnerable to attack… She would die…
The moment the Ghost-Faced Mountain Ape switched positions, Nuobai believed the opportunity she had been waiting for had arrived. She used [Instant Kill Step] to teleport.
Thinking she was trying to escape, the Phantom Scythe once again blocked Nuobai’s path.
In the next instant, Nuobai’s aura surged violently. The scent of death emanated from her claws.
The Phantom Scythe spun one hundred eighty degrees on the spot, hastily clearing the path.
Earth Armor had already warned it: Never try to tank Nuobai’s attacks when she’s in a death-throes frenzy.
Even the Ghost-Faced Mountain Ape, specially contracted to be a meat shield, had its defenses pierced by her claws earlier. Its own frail frame definitely couldn’t withstand Nuobai’s strike.
The Phantom Scythe trailed behind Nuobai, waiting for her to fall into weakness after the skill’s effect ended.
Seeing Nuobai play her last card, Earth Armor ordered the Phantom Scythe to first knock Bai Luxin unconscious, then execute Nuobai.
I’m such an excellent employee. The boss demanded Bai Luxin not be injured. I’m even accounting for psychological trauma.
Using the final moments of [Fight to the Death], Nuobai drove her claws into the mountain’s [Cold Vein].
The blood she had spilled on the snow was also triggered, seeping into the mountain’s cold veins.
She had never planned to flee to the summit. The transmission jade pendant couldn’t be used because of the wooden debris filling the sky.
Her goal was to destroy that debris, then have Bai Luxin activate the jade pendant and escape.
The already unbalanced Cold Vein, stimulated by Nuobai’s actions, began to release wisps of dark-blue cold currents from the snow.
“Kill her now!”
Earth Armor no longer had time to worry about Bai Luxin’s psychological trauma.
The entire Mirror Hidden Sky Secret Realm was built upon the foundation of the Cold Veins.
Nuobai had broken a Cold Vein. What would happen next, he didn’t know, but it certainly wasn’t anything good.
Why are there so many complications!
Rumble…
A deep, muffled roar came from within the mountain.
Thick, dark-blue cold currents, like rivers of ink, burst through the mountainside.
Rubble flew everywhere, the air shook violently, and the wooden debris in the sky was also dispersed.
“Sister, activate the jade pendant!”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Bai Luxin poured Contract Power into the jade pendant as if it were free.
A dark, empty rift tore open in the air, further intensifying the upheaval on the mountain.
“I curse your ancestors!”
Earth Armor swore loudly. The Cold Vein’s rampage had already destabilized the secret realm, and now Bai Luxin was opening a hole in it? That was adding fuel to the fire!
Seeing them prepare to jump into it, Earth Armor shouted in panic.
“Don’t jump!”
“We can talk this out! I won’t kill you!”
“If you want to die, don’t drag Bai Luxin with you!”
Nuobai didn’t even glance at him. The world was collapsing around them. She shielded Bai Luxin in her embrace.
The two leaned against each other, completely ignoring the cataclysmic scene surrounding them.
“Sister…”
“Let’s jump.”
Nuobai leapt into the space channel filled with turbulent currents.
Earth Armor was numb. It’s over. Now I can’t even bring back the bodies.
BOOM!
After Nuobai disappeared into the spatial turbulence, Never-See-Lord Mountain… collapsed.
The clouds perpetually blanketing the secret realm’s sky tilted towards Never-See-Lord Mountain.
Cracks spread across the ground, and freezing cold air, like flowers of death, froze everything.
Earth Armor recalled the Phantom Scythe. Amidst the spatial tremors, there was no time to recall his second Beast Pet.
He directly ordered the Phantom Scythe to carry him as they fled outward.
Outside the secret realm, ritual patterns fractured massively, and various alarms sounded.
Five hours later, shocking news spread throughout Dragon Sleep City.
Never-See-Lord Mountain had collapsed. The Mirror Hidden Sky Secret Realm was destroyed.
The city lord was organizing personnel to enter the critically damaged secret realm, doing everything possible to rescue survivors.
Long Qianwu closed the pop-up message and closed her eyes, continuing to sense the bloodline within her body.
Inside the breeding center, Qin Nian, holding a Snow Joy Cat, let out a sigh.
The cat in her arms nuzzled against her, asking in a milky voice, “Mommy Qin, what’s wrong?”
“Nuomi, your little sister Nuobai… is going on a long journey.”
“Where is she going? Will she come back?”
“She probably… won’t be coming back…”
At the Order of Deity Slayers’ secret stronghold in Dragon Sleep City, Chang Fu looked at the heavily injured Earth Armor, veins bulging on his forehead.
A top-tier fourth-rank assassin, unable to kill a single Snow Joy Cat, and now Bai Luxin’s fate is unknown.
Fury rising, he slammed his palm down, shattering a nearby table.
“Go find them!”
“Find them alive, or find their bodies!”
“If you can’t find them, don’t come back either!”
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