91: Chapter 91 The Mysterious Girl

"Hello, miss?"

Xing Yaoyan waved at the girl awkwardly.

Secretly, however, she had raised her vigilance to the peak; the moment she detected any unusual movement from the girl, she would immediately unleash all the power hidden within her body.

Yet, the girl dressed in white martial attire seemed to have no intention of attacking her at all. She continued to stare at her with large, watery eyes, as if looking at some rare animal.

Xing Yaoyan felt a chill run down her spine under that gaze.

She could accept covetous gazes, and she could face the worshipful or jealous eyes of others with equanimity, but she could not handle this girl's gaze, which was devoid of any Impurities and completely unstained.

If Xiao Meng's eyes were clear and pure, then this girl's gaze was crystalline and naive of the world.

While the two were generally similar, they were worlds apart upon closer inspection.

"It's as if she has stayed here since she was born and has never had any contact with human society..."

Xing Yaoyan had already inched her body completely out of the stone cave.

In any case, escaping was the optimal solution.

Just as she fully emerged.

"Clang—" As the sound of a sharp blade leaving its sheath rang out, the girl was already holding a three-foot-long sword engraved with intricate golden patterns.

"Wait! Let's talk about this nicely..."

Xing Yaoyan hurriedly raised her hand in a gesture to pause, a bead of cold sweat sliding down her cheek.

"I didn't sense any malice from her, but what's with this sense of life-threatening danger I'm feeling from her!"

Judging by the spiritual power fluctuations radiating from the girl, she should only be at the Second Tier, but the inexplicable pressure she exerted was stronger than all the Third Tier opponents she had encountered before.

A breeze blew gently.

The mysterious girl's figure slowly dissipated with the wind.

"Where is she?!"

In the blink of an eye, the girl had actually vanished right before her eyes.

"No! That's an afterimage!"

Almost instantly, the golden light on the White Wolf Girl's body was fully activated, forming a golden protective shield over her skin.

"Clang!" The next second, she felt an attack on her side.

"Phew~ Good thing I reacted fast. As long as the rank isn't too much higher than mine, I can use my Star Swallowing Art to quickly absorb your spiritual power... Wait! No!"

Xing Yaoyan felt as though her golden protective shield only held for an instant before being quickly sliced open like tofu by a sword, without the slightest resistance.

"How is that possible?!"

This was a situation she had never encountered before; her golden light was actually useless against the girl's attack?

"No! It is useful!"

Xing Yaoyan could feel her golden light absorbing the spiritual power within the girl, but it just lacked the ability to hinder her attack.

There was no time to think; the mysterious girl's sword was already approaching her brow.

"Mist Form!"

"Pfft..." The sword strike missed, and due to momentum, the girl continued to rush forward.

Her attack landed on the water surface beside Xing Yaoyan.

"Boom!" Under this sword strike, the lake surface instantly split from the middle to both sides, carving out a long, narrow path on the lakebed.

After her Mist Form ended, Xing Yaoyan stared dumbfounded at this Heaven-Defying scene and gulped deeply.

"Little sister... you're trying to kill me!"

Seeing that her strike failed, the mysterious girl quickly stabbed her sword into the ground, then executed a 180-degree spin, rushing toward Xing Yaoyan once again.

"Damn! Again!"

But by now, Xing Yaoyan had learned to be smart.

Since the golden protective shield was useless, I'll just keep using "Mist Form" to counter. As long as you keep attacking, your internal spiritual power will inevitably be absorbed by my golden light...

If she were a normal person, upon discovering that her multiple attacks were fruitless and her own spiritual power consumption was increasing significantly, she would definitely stop attacking and observe the situation from the side.

Xing Yaoyan had also prepared for this, just waiting for the moment she stopped attacking to observe, to quickly take out a spirit crystal and activate her Second Stage form.

But to her surprise, the girl seemed not to care about her spiritual power consumption at all; instead, she fought with increasing vigor. The smile on her face gradually widened, as if she had discovered some novel toy.

Soon, the mysterious girl, for the umpteenth time, turned around and swung her sword with full force at the White Wolf Girl.

"Clang!" Two slender fingers firmly caught the blade.

The smile on the mysterious girl's face gradually faded, replaced by deep confusion, as if she didn't understand why her attack had been caught so easily by the White Wolf Girl.

Watching the change in her expression, Xing Yaoyan actually felt a sense of amusement.

With a slight flick of her fingers, the girl, drained of spiritual power, was sent flying to the ground like a kite with a broken string, and the long sword in her hand flew off to the side.

Xing Yaoyan walked slowly toward the girl who was still struggling to get up on the ground, casually picked up the long sword that was slanted beside her, and pointed the tip straight at her throat.

"Who are you? What is this place?"

To her surprise, the girl just stared at her with wide eyes, her mouth tightly shut, seemingly having no intention of speaking.

"You'd rather die than yield?"

The sword tip pressed forward a fraction, leaving a small red scratch on the girl's fair skin.

Yet, she still didn't speak.

Now Xing Yaoyan was suddenly unsure.

"Could it be... is she mute?"

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a red string around the girl's neck.

On an impulse, she reached out and yanked the red string from around the girl's neck. Along with the string, a jade pendant that looked very expensive was pulled from inside the girl's clothes.

On the jade pendant, three characters were neatly inscribed—Qian Wanyao.

"So your name is Qian Wanyao... Hey, hey, hey... what's wrong with you?"

The White Wolf Girl had just moved the jade pendant away from her eyes when she saw Qian Wanyao tightly pursing her lips, tears welling up violently in her eyes, looking extremely aggrieved.

"What? Winners take all, losers suffer. You're my captive now; it's already fortunate that I didn't kill you outright."

Looking at the girl's pitiful appearance, Xing Yaoyan felt an inexplicable sense of irritation in her heart.

But she had truly intended to kill her just now!

When dealing with enemies, she would never have the slightest bit of soft-heartedness...

"Hey! What are you doing!"

Yet, in that moment of distraction, the girl suddenly erupted, knocked the long sword away from her throat, and then fiercely hugged her body.

Xing Yaoyan shook her body hard, but the girl seemed to be stuck to her, and she couldn't shake her off at all.

"Since that's how it is, don't blame me for being rude... Eek~ Stop... stop biting my tail!"