33: Su Ningying, who was being targeted

"What's wrong?"

"Something might have happened to my Junior Sisters!" Qin Tian's expression was grave.

"Don't panic. Your Revered Master must have given them life-saving Magic Treasures. What we need to do now is determine their location."

You Ruoli flipped her palm and took out a golden compass.

"Do you have anything on you that they wore close to their bodies?"

Qin Tian thought for a moment and took out three items.

"The Medicinal Pill given to me by Second Junior Sister, Third Junior Sister's personal short blade, and Fourth Junior Sister's Magic Treasure."

"That will do."

You Ruoli applied pressure to her palm, and the golden compass rose into the air, absorbing the three items into itself.

After a short while...

Two strands of aura, one yellow and one purple, surged from the golden compass and drifted in the same direction.

"One is missing!"

Qin Tian's heart sank abruptly.

"Third Junior Sister..."

"This compass is not omnipotent; there are places it cannot probe," You Ruoli explained.

"Let's go. We'll find Second Junior Sister and Fourth Junior Sister first!"

Qin Tian let out a low hum and immediately rushed in the direction indicated by the auras.

You Ruoli followed closely behind him.

The two did not conceal their auras at all. Wherever they passed, Yao Beasts and Cultivators alike felt a surge of palpitations and retreated far away... The time returns to several hours ago.

In the Wuhua Forest, Su Ningying was riding the Miraculous Spirit Wood, speeding toward the Bitter Marsh. She held a pink jade bottle in her hand, looking completely infatuated.

"Senior Brother, I'm coming!"

"Once you drink the Good Boy Water, you'll be mine. Hehe!"

"I, your Junior Sister, will definitely cherish you properly. I'll stay by your side forever, forever, forever, and then have many, many cute babies with you!"

"Those two, Third Junior Sister and Fourth Junior Sister, have improper designs on you. You must cruelly, cruelly, cruelly, cruelly, cruelly, cruelly reject them in front of me! Yes, and Revered Master too!"

"After we leave the Fallen Dragon Grotto, we'll leave the Dao Seeking Immortal Sect directly, find a mortal town with pleasant scenery, and live a beautiful life for the rest of our lives..."

"Senior Brother, I'm already impatient!"

Zhi zhi jiu! (Charge!)

In the midst of her excitement, a cold arrow suddenly pierced through the air, shooting straight toward Su Ningying at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Ci—! (Anger)

Xiao Zi's tail suddenly stood erect, its entire fur flashing with thunderous light. In a flash of lightning, a purple shadow darted through the air, biting the cold arrow and grinding it into powder!

Su Ningying's face darkened. She descended rapidly, her Divine Thought spreading out in all directions.

"Which Maggot dares to delay me from finding my Senior Brother!"

"Get out here!"

"Chichi, as expected of a Divine Firmament Peak Disciple, to even be able to evade this Boy's Soul-Losing Arrow."

From within the forest, four lifeless Puppets slowly stepped out, carrying a black-and-white long chair.

Sitting on the chair was a boy who appeared to be eleven or twelve years old. He wore a black-and-white robe, and his eyes were like they had been smoked by thick fumes, revealing a terrifying pitch-blackness.

Beside the boy, several women stood with dignified postures. There were middle-aged beauties and young girls, but not a single one of them showed any expression on their faces.

However, what no one noticed was that among those women, one of them saw Su Ningying, and a flash of deep concern and dread flickered in her eyes... "Puppet techniques, are you from the Puppet Sect?"

Su Ningying's face darkened.

"You have quite the nerve to dare to move against a Disciple of the Dao Seeking Immortal Sect!"

"Chichi~"

"Here, your Sect elders won't find out."

"I am San Mu Tongzi. I only want your Spiritual Wood dao seed, nothing else. As long as the Fairy obediently gives it to me, I can grant the Fairy a way to live."

"Of course, if the Fairy is like them and cannot bear to leave me, this Boy can also offer the Fairy to my Father, letting you become one of my many mothers..."

Ci jiu! (Asking for a beating!)

Xiao Zi bared its teeth at San Mu Tongzi incessantly, wanting to devour him directly.

"Stinking Maggot!"

Su Ningying sneered, "You seem very confident that you can defeat me."

"Against others, this Boy wouldn't dare say, but against you, it's more than enough."

"Second Disciple of Divine Firmament Peak, Su Ningying. dao seed: Miraculous Spirit Wood, Earth Grade. Proficient in toxicology, skilled in poisons..."

"Am I right?"

!!!

"It seems you've come prepared."

Su Ningying's expression grew increasingly heavy. She reached behind her back and gently tapped her sound transmission jade.

However, with a 'bang'...

The sound transmission jade in her hand actually shattered instantly!

"Chichi, since this Boy has come, how could I be unprepared?"

He raised his fingertip, and a tiny blue flying insect landed on it.

"This is a Sound-Eating Bug. It can easily break the formation on a sound transmission jade. If you want to transmit sound to find help, it won't allow it!"

"You half-human, half-ghost thing, you're quite well-prepared." Su Ningying's eyes lifted slightly. "Unfortunately, the time is up."

As her voice fell, the women beside San Mu Tongzi suddenly twitched all over, foamed at the mouth, and directly fainted away.

San Mu Tongzi's face also turned a deep purple-green, and his aura became incredibly weak.

The corners of Su Ningying's lips curled up slightly.

"From the first moment I saw you, I filled this forest with poison."

"Why do you think I was talking to a disgusting Maggot like you? It was just to stall for time and let you inhale more poison mist..."

"Chichichi!"

"Only by experiencing it personally can I know that your poison is indeed very powerful!" A wicked smile appeared on San Mu Tongzi's purple-green face. "This is also an effect of the Miraculous Spirit Wood, right?"

"This dao seed is truly miraculous. If it can be integrated into my Puppet, I will surely refine the strongest Poison Puppet in history!"

Su Ningying's expression changed.

San Mu Tongzi actually hadn't fainted yet?

One must know that the amount of poison she had just used was enough to poison dozens of Dao Entry Realm Cultivators to death!

San Mu Tongzi seemed to see through Su Ningying's thoughts and sneered, "This Boy came to this Fallen Dragon Grotto specifically for you. How could I not be prepared?"

"Wake up!"

A dull voice echoed.

Those several women who had fainted actually stood up once again.

Without another word, Su Ningying formed hand seals, and poison mist spread from her body, drifting toward San Mu Tongzi.

"Don't waste your energy!"

"Poison mist is useless against Puppets!"

"They are all half-Puppet bodies refined by Father, and with this Boy's Puppets, you, Su Ningying, will surely die here today!"

"The Miraculous Spirit Wood will also ultimately belong to me!"

In this instant...

Su Ningying's heart sank to the bottom.

"Xiao Zi, go!"

Without any hesitation, Su Ningying and Xiao Zi turned and retreated.

"Chichi, you want to leave?"

"Have you asked this Boy's Soul-Losing Arrow?"

As his voice fell, invisible arrows from the forest attacked from all directions.

The surroundings were also already filled with hidden Puppets!

Xiao Zi roared, its body emitting purple Qi that enveloped itself and Su Ningying.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Crisp sounds of impact rang out as the Soul-Losing Arrows were all knocked down by Xiao Zi.

San Mu Tongzi's eyes were gloomy.

"Damned spiritual pet, what a nuisance!"

"Go together, kill them!"

The several women and the Puppets under San Mu Tongzi's command moved in unison, heading straight for Su Ningying.

"Xiao Zi, break through!"

With thunderous light flashing, Xiao Zi's body transformed, instantly swelling several times in size.

Su Ningying leaped onto its back, and the pair of human and pet rushed outward at extreme speed.

San Mu Tongzi smiled coldly. "To think you can escape from this Boy's hands—you're dreaming!"

He waved his hand, and a giant Puppet three men tall appeared behind him.

Its aura was terrifying, far exceeding the Dao Entry Realm.

That was a true Grotto-Heaven Realm Peak Puppet!

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