Dragon Lady saw Ye Qiu slam his head into the ground, thinking he was trying to kill himself, and a smile appeared in her eyes.
“Smart move. Suicide will at least leave you an intact corpse. Otherwise, when I kill you—”
Her words were cut short.
Suddenly, Dragon Lady saw Ye Qiu’s entire body burrow into the ground, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
What’s going on?
Dragon Lady stepped forward, instantly arriving at the spot where Ye Qiu had been.
The confusion in her eyes deepened.
How could a living person vanish from right under her nose?
What was happening?
Dragon Lady struck the ground with her palm.
Boom!
A deep pit appeared, but there was still no sign of Ye Qiu.
Strange, where did he go?
Dragon Lady was utterly perplexed.
At that moment, fifty metres away, Ye Qiu’s head popped out of the ground. Glancing back, he saw Dragon Lady still standing where he had disappeared, looking stunned.
A smug smile curled on Ye Qiu’s lips.
In that moment of desperation, he had comprehended the Earth Escape Technique from the Ye family ancestor’s legacy.
But soon, the smile on Ye Qiu’s face froze.
Because Dragon Lady had spotted him.
Her eyes locked onto Ye Qiu, and in an instant, she understood.
“No wonder you disappeared. So you know the Mysterious Gate Escape Technique.” With a tap of her foot, Dragon Lady swiftly closed in on Ye Qiu.
Damn, she found me that fast?
This woman is a freak!
Terrified, Ye Qiu hurriedly used the Earth Escape Technique again to keep fleeing.
Moments later, Ye Qiu’s head emerged from the ground, now two hundred metres away.
Looking back, he saw no sign of Dragon Lady.
He felt a bit smug.
“Dragon Lady, oh Dragon Lady, your cultivation may be higher than mine, but I have the Earth Escape Technique. What can you do to me?”
No sooner had Ye Qiu spoken than a voice sounded by his ear: “You think you can escape?”
Ye Qiu looked up in alarm, nearly jumping out of his skin.
Dragon Lady was standing right in front of him, less than a metre away.
How the hell did she find me?
Before Ye Qiu could process his shock, Dragon Lady’s palm came down. His head dove back into the earth, vanishing without a trace.
Whoosh!
At the same time, Dragon Lady’s figure flickered and was gone.
One minute later, Ye Qiu’s head popped out of the ground again, now three hundred metres away.
This was the limit of his Earth Escape Technique.
According to the Mysterious Gate Divination, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth could all be used for escape, and the higher one’s cultivation, the stronger the technique.
It was said that in ancient times, some Taoist masters with peerless cultivation could use the Earth Escape Technique to travel a thousand miles in a day.
Ye Qiu’s cultivation was too low, so his Earth Escape Technique was limited to a few hundred metres, and it consumed a tremendous amount of inner strength.
In just this short time, he had already used up a third of his inner strength.
If not for the innate qi circulating endlessly in his body, he might have burned through half by now.
Even so, Ye Qiu felt it was worth it.
Using the Earth Escape Technique allowed him to avoid fighting Dragon Lady while still escaping.
He really didn’t want to clash with her. Her skills were too terrifying, and every collision left him spitting blood.
In this situation, the Earth Escape Technique was the wisest choice.
No sooner had Ye Qiu’s head emerged from the ground than he felt a killing intent lock onto him.
Before he could figure out where it came from, someone grabbed him by the back of his neck and yanked him out of the earth.
Turning around, Ye Qiu met Dragon Lady’s icy eyes, his soul nearly fleeing in terror.
He had no time to wonder how she’d found him. Raising his hand, he fired a sword qi behind him.
Dragon Lady swatted the sword qi away with one hand while tightening her grip on Ye Qiu’s neck with the other.
Crack—
A sharp pain shot through Ye Qiu’s neck, and his body went limp.
Fearing Dragon Lady would kill him on the spot, he hurriedly said, “Wait, I have something to say.”
“I’ve no patience for your nonsense,” Dragon Lady replied, her killing intent growing stronger.
Ye Qiu asked, “Can you at least let me die knowing how you found me?”
Dragon Lady scoffed, “Just a petty trick. In the face of absolute strength, it’s nothing.”
Ye Qiu pressed, “Can you be clearer?”
“Still trying to stall?” Dragon Lady saw through his intentions and sneered. “Go die!”
Slap!
Her palm aimed for Ye Qiu’s crown.
Ye Qiu wasn’t about to sit and wait for death. If he didn’t use his ultimate move now, he’d truly die at her hands.
At the critical moment, just as Ye Qiu was about to unleash the Grass Sword Technique, a terrifying blade aura descended from the sky.
Ye Wudi had arrived just in time.
In an instant, the blade aura loomed above Dragon Lady’s head.
She had no choice but to retract the palm aimed at Ye Qiu and redirect it upward.
“Clang!”
A deafening clash rang out.
Dragon Lady’s celestial silk gloves protected her from any harm, while Ye Wudi was sent flying, crashing to the ground with blood trickling from his mouth.
Ye Wudi’s actions thoroughly enraged Dragon Lady.
“Ye Wudi, you actually swung your blade at me for some irrelevant person? How heartless!”
“You want to save him, do you?”
“Fine, I’ll make sure you don’t get your way.”
Dragon Lady’s killing intent erupted, and she struck at Ye Qiu.
“You dare—” Ye Wudi roared, charging forward with his Great Xia Dragon Sparrow blade.
At the critical moment, Ye Qiu shouted, “Freeze!” and cast a binding spell. Dragon Lady’s palm paused in mid-air for a second.
Seizing the moment, Ye Qiu unleashed the Six Meridians Divine Sword with full force.
Instantly, six sharp sword qi slashed towards Dragon Lady’s arms.
As she broke free from the binding spell, the sword qi was only a centimetre from her arms. If she insisted on killing Ye Qiu, she’d lose both arms.
With no choice, Dragon Lady released Ye Qiu, dodging backward to avoid the Six Meridians Divine Sword.
Taking the opportunity, Ye Qiu swiftly drew a lightning talisman and, with a few flashes, appeared a hundred metres away.
“Trying to escape under my nose? In your dreams!”
Dragon Lady moved to intercept Ye Qiu, but as she stepped forward, a fierce blade aura slashed in front of her.
Turning, she saw Ye Wudi staring at her.
“Ye Wudi, what’s your deal?” Dragon Lady was furious.
“You can kill me, but you can’t kill Ye Qiu,” Ye Wudi said expressionlessly.
“He didn’t care about your life, yet you keep protecting him. I don’t know whether to call you loyal or foolish.”
Dragon Lady’s tone shifted as she asked, “Ye Wudi, tell me, if someone tried to kill me one day, would you protect me like you’re protecting him?”
“No,” Ye Wudi replied. “Who’d be reckless enough to try killing you, you tigress?”
Tigress?
He called me a tigress!
Argh!
Dragon LADY’s heart raged, and the stunning face beneath her mask turned ashen.
“Ye Wudi, you dare humiliate me? I’ll kill you!”
