Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr The opponent's hand accurately caught Ling Lan's right hand that was stabbing towards his back, a cruel smile on his lips.
He had been tricked! Ling Lan had an epiphany. The opponent's breathing was unstable, and that crazy howl of anguish had all been an act, just to bait her into attacking!
Ling Lan's eyes flashed sharply. Regardless of whether the opponent had done it on purpose or by design, at this point, there was no possibility of a sneak attack.
An unprepared and unexpected spiritual attack could indeed cause the opponent to lose control in an instant, allowing her to kill him in one strike. However, as long as the opponent was prepared, the spiritual attack that was not very strong would not be able to cause the opponent to completely lose control. After repeated assassination attempts, the opponent had long been on guard. This was also why she had chosen to use a spiritual blast instead of a spiritual attack when she had killed Xiao Fei.
And at this time, she could only fight head-on. She could only hope that before that team leader arrived, even if she could not kill the opponent, she would at least try her best to severely wound him so that he would lose all ability to fight.
Although Ling Lan's right hand had been caught by the opponent, her reaction was extremely fast. Her left hand swept towards the opponent's neck, a slender ice needle sticking out from the tip of her fingers. Against an opponent of the same Qi-Jin stage, even a seemingly weak ice needle could still cause a fatal wound.
Xiao Chong had come into direct contact with Ling Lan earlier, and knew that this youth who looked only 13 years old was not much weaker than himself in terms of strength. They were both Qi-Jin stage combat experts. He did not dare to take the risk. With a powerful kick of his legs, he dodged the opponent's gleaming ice needle, and his right hand had no choice but to let go of the opponent.
He had thought that the opponent would definitely take the opportunity to escape. Generally speaking, assassins who were proficient in assassination techniques would flee immediately after their first strike failed. Thus, he had just dodged the opponent's ice needle when he made a sudden stop, intending to intercept the opponent while he was escaping.
With her right hand free, Ling Lan did not run away as he had expected, but instead chose to close in on him, and with a sudden elbow strike, she struck out at the opponent.
Because he had made a sudden stop, Xiao Chong had no time to dodge again. He could only cross his arms and block the opponent's attack head-on.
"Bang!" a loud sound was heard! Both parties had exerted their full strength, and the two hidden forces collided with each other, producing a violent explosion. Because Xiao Chong had hurriedly intercepted the other, the Qi force was not as strong as Ling Lan's. Xiao Chong felt his footing become unsteady, and stumbled back three steps before he was able to completely disperse the hidden force. Even so, he still felt the Qi and blood in his chest roil, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Ling Lan's face suddenly paled when they collided violently. However, she had undoubtedly gained the upper hand in this collision. Thus, she did not show any mercy. She followed her opponent's footsteps and closed in once again.
"Damn it!" Xiao Chong hadn't even steadied himself when he saw the other's attack coming at him again. With a loud cry, he didn't choose to dodge this time. Instead, he clenched his fists and fiercely punched at the other. He knew that attacking was the best defense. Otherwise, he would always be suppressed by his opponent and completely lose the opportunity to counterattack.
Seeing the other's fist, Ling Lan didn't dodge. Instead, she used her left hand to block the other's fist, and then her right fist also swung out...
A trace of pleasant surprise flashed through Xiao Chong's eyes. His left hand also blocked this fist, and the two of them instantly entered a stalemate. Undoubtedly, Ling Lan's choice this time was beneficial to Xiao Chong. He had initially been at a disadvantage, but now they were evenly matched.
Right at this moment, Ling Lan suddenly toppled backwards, and a hint of mockery appeared at the corners of her lips...
"Not good!" Alarm bells rang in Xiao Chong's mind. Without even thinking, he quickly retreated, trying to avoid this crisis.
But it was already too late. He only felt a huge force hit his abdomen, and his entire body flew backwards. In mid-air, he spat out a mouthful of blood. This was the Rabbit Sky Leap that Ling Lan had already mastered. Now, the Rabbit Sky Leap didn't just increase the power by three times, but by seven times.
The Rabbit Sky Leap was definitely a good technique — it was powerful and stealthy. Unfortunately, this technique couldn't be used consecutively, because the feedback force from using the Rabbit Sky Leap was too great. Ling Lan's body couldn't withstand this force continuously. She needed a period of buffering, or else it would easily cause damage to Ling Lan's legs.
Even though Xiao Chong had already reached the late stage of Qi-Jin, he would still be seriously injured by this powerful kick.
Just as she was about to fall to the ground, Ling Lan leaned to the side. Her right hand slammed into the ground, and her entire body bounced up. Once again, she pounced towards the flying Xiao Chong, throwing out the punch she had prepared beforehand.
Ling Lan's right arm trembled slightly, and then transmitted to her fist. This was the ultimate combat technique that Ling Lan had used her honour points to exchange for in the learning space — — Wave Stacking Strike!
The Wave Stacking Strike was to stack the hidden force in the body layer by layer onto the fist. Ling Lan had only been able to stack two layers at the start, but now she could stack up to six layers. In other words, she could attack her target with six times the power of her own Qi-Jin.
Ling Lan knew very well that a woman's strength was innately weaker than a man's. If she wanted to become strong, other than surpassing her competitors in terms of combat skills, she also could not lose to those men in terms of strength. In order to make up for her innate weakness, when it came to choosing skills, she leaned towards those that could stack strength. This was also why she had used her honour points to exchange for the Wave Stacking Strike.
Xiao Chong saw the opponent's fist coming at him, and his entire face contorted. Being in the air, he had no way of dodging, so he could only take the blow head-on. With a roar, he swung out his own fist, preparing to meet Ling Lan's attack head-on.
"Peng!" A loud sound rang out! The two forces of Qi-Jin collided, and the energy rippled outwards in a ring. The surrounding trees were unable to withstand this powerful force, toppling over one by one, and countless broken branches and leaves flew outwards.
"Wah!" In mid-air, Xiao Chong once again spat out a sword of blood, and his originally backwards speed increased once more. Only when he crashed heavily into a large tree did his body come to a stop.
He slowly slid down from the tree trunk, and knelt on the ground! Meanwhile, the tree trunk he had crashed into was already showing cracks that were spreading outwards — it was clear to see how powerful the impact had been.
The two fists collided with full force. Although Ling Lan had the advantage, and had the support of the Wave Stacking Strike, she was still injured. She was sent flying backwards, and after taking two or three steps back, she could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Only then did she manage to suppress the roiling blood in her body.
"While you're down, I'll take your life!" Seeing that the opponent was already in a heavily injured state, she only needed one more palm strike to finish him off. Ling Lan did not hold back — she took another step forward, and shot towards the opponent like an arrow, at the same time throwing out a palm strike. As long as she finished off the opponent, Ling Lan would once again conceal herself and wait for the last opponent — their team leader!
Just as Ling Lan's palm struck out, her heart skipped a beat, and an unprecedented sense of danger rose up in her heart... unbeknownst to her, a thin mist had actually floated around her.
"Not good! He's coming! " Ling Lan's alarm bells rang wildly. Her palm changed direction abruptly, striking towards the ground. Using the rebounding force from the ground, she landed with a somersault. At the same time, her legs, already prepared, kicked off once more, and her entire person shot off into the distance at the speed of light, disappearing from the area in an instant.
Ling Lan, who had flown over a hundred metres away in an instant, suddenly felt her body take a heavy blow. An arrow of blood shot out from her mouth, and she instantly lost control of her body, plummeting from the sky to crash heavily onto the ground.
Right then, a thick mist appeared behind Ling Lan, and then a figure appeared — it was that team leader who had disappeared earlier.
"Who would have thought that in just five minutes, you would be able to kill Xiao Lin and Xiao Fei. Even Xiao Chong almost did not manage to escape from your murderous hands," said the team leader coldly. "You are indeed a dangerous character."
The Qi-Jin in Ling Lan's body had been scattered by that blow earlier. Right now, her limbs were already weak, but she did not want to give up. Thus, she slowly climbed to her feet and stood up straight, using the back of her hand to wipe away the blood at the corner of her lips, saying bitterly, "Domain stage master!" Although the other had only just stepped into the Domain stage, the difference of one level was enough for Ling Lan to be unable to withstand even one blow. "You're actually so lucky, breaking through on the spot."
This also explained why the other had been late by as much as five minutes. The other had probably been in the midst of breaking through during this period of time, and would not have been able to make it here in time.
"I still have to thank you. Otherwise, I would not have been able to find the opportunity to break through," said the team leader coldly. The death of his comrade had caused him great grief, causing his Qi-Jin, which was already at its peak, to tremble violently, coincidentally causing cracks to appear in the barrier that had been locked up for a long time. Initially, he had wanted to finish off the other and then find a place to break through, but unexpectedly, when activating his innate talent, he had unexpectedly been caught in a dilemma of breaking through, forcing him to choose to break through at the last minute. This had also caused him to arrive five minutes late, causing him to lose two more comrades-in-arms. The joy of breaking through could not make up for the pain of losing his comrades-in-arms, and this made him hate Ling Lan even more.
He did not give Ling Lan a chance to continue speaking. In a flash, he appeared in front of Ling Lan, his right hand reaching out towards Ling Lan's neck.
Ling Lan was just about to dodge the other's hand when she found that her body had been sealed by an invisible force, unable to move at all. She could only watch helplessly as the other's hand easily wrapped around her neck.
The team leader easily lifted Ling Lan up, and then walked towards where Xiao Chong was. The other's strength had almost suffocated Ling Lan to death. Although she did not know why the other had not killed her outright, her desire to live made Ling Lan secretly circulate the Qi exercises, hoping to recover her Qi-Jin as soon as possible so that she could have a chance at life.
The team leader quickly arrived at the place where Xiao Chong was injured. Tossing Ling Lan to one side, he bent down to check on Xiao Chong's condition. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. Although Xiao Chong was severely injured, he was not dead. He took out a dose of medicine from his waist pouch and fed it to Xiao Chong.
Very soon, Xiao Chong woke up. Seeing the team leader, his eyes reddened as he said, "Team Leader, Xiao Lin and Xiao Fei have been sacrificed." Those were their comrades! They had not died at the hands of enemy soldiers on the battlefield, but had instead died at the hands of an ordinary mission target... Xiao Chong could not accept this.
The team leader's eyes were also red as he looked at the corpses of Xiao Lin and Xiao Fei lying on the ground not too far away. He said in a low voice, "Xiao Chong, I'm sorry. I was still too late."
Xiao Chong shook his head shakily. "Don't blame the team leader. It's all because that bastard is too despicable!" At this point, his expression changed and he asked in a panic, "Where's that bastard?"
The team leader glanced at Ling Lan, who was slumped to one side, and said coldly, "I've caught him. Later, I will use his blood as a sacrifice to our fallen comrades."
Hearing this, Xiao Chong nodded vehemently. He pushed himself to his feet and slowly walked up to Ling Lan. Grabbing her by the throat, he dragged her viciously to where the corpses of Xiao Lin and Xiao Fei lay.
Meanwhile, the team leader also moved Xiao Lai's corpse, who had been sacrificed in another place, over there, placing it together with Xiao Lin and Xiao Fei's corpses.
"Xiao Lin, Xiao Fei, Xiao Lai, look carefully. This is the murderer who killed you. Now, I've sent him to your world. You must take your revenge well." As the team leader spoke, silent tears flowed down his cheeks. He had initially thought that this would be an easy mission, but in the end, his brothers had been separated by life and death. Even as he was filled with regret, he also hated Ling Lan's viciousness. He whipped his head around and said coldly, "Xiao Chong, kill him for me!"
"Yes, Team Leader!" Xiao Chong's expression was savage at this moment. His grip on Ling Lan's throat tightened.
Ling Lan thought she could hear the bones in her neck breaking. Was she really going to die here?
Ling Lan wanted to struggle, to resist, but her body was tightly bound, so she could not do anything to resist. Ling Lan knew that this was probably a manifestation of Domain — the other was not giving her any chance to escape at all.
Damn it! I want to live, I want to live! Before Ling Lan fell unconscious, she roared in her heart!
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