Chapter 679 – Alliance at Huangshui (Sixteen)
“Xie Qian!”
Isn’t this fool already dead?
The woman was so frightened her face lost its color, with no energy left to think, she could only scream internally for the “system.”
In an instant, the killing intent was closing in.
However, this palace-dressed woman was clearly a delicate lady, yet she cleverly dodged Xie Qian’s silver spear.
Even though her evasive movements were somewhat awkward, with jewels from her headdress scattering everywhere, it didn’t diminish her charm, instead adding a touch of pitiable frailty. As she dodged, she screamed in terror, trying to intimidate Xie Qian with her status.
“Xie Qian? Who’s that? This palace doesn’t recognize you… how dare you, bold commoner, sneak into the palace to assassinate the Empress! Your whole clan deserves to be exterminated!”
No sooner had she finished speaking than another strike came, aimed not at her heart but directly at her forehead.
The woman had to crush something in her hand to once again “skillfully” evade the lethal blow.
Xie Qian frowned, thinking he should have landed his strike, but it seemed like the spear tip hit an invisible barrier, and it was forced away before touching her body. He didn’t think much of it; time was limited, and he had to kill this evil woman first.
“System!” The woman screamed internally, “Come out already!”
To ensure her safety, she had prepared several cards in advance to help her withstand fatal attacks.
But those cards were ridiculously expensive, and she had been living relatively comfortably in the palace, mostly just dealing with jealous consorts poisoning her or using eye drops, so she rarely used these things. She had only exchanged a few. Her stock was down to nine cards, and having already wasted two, only seven remained.
If she used up all seven life-saving cards, she was doomed.
According to the system, the life-saving cards were like “Substitute Life Puppets,” trading one life for another.
Just now, Xie Qian had fired two shots; one bullet had killed a “Substitute Life Puppet,” brutal as hell.
She knew Xie Qian was no joke, but she never expected that even after more than a decade, this man would still be such a tough opponent.
“System—come out already!”
The woman screamed in her mind, and in an instant, she’d used up five more “Substitute Life Puppet” cards, leaving her with only two.
At that moment, the system finally responded slowly.
“Exchange 600,000 popularity points for the card—[Pseudo Martial Arts Supreme]. Effect lasts for one hour. Host, will you exchange?”
“A to confirm, B to consider.”
At the edge of death, with her last “Substitute Life Puppet” falling, the palace-dressed beautiful woman chose to exchange without thinking.
“Consider my foot, of course I’ll exchange at a time like this!”
Even though 600,000 popularity points made her wince, if she didn’t exchange, her life would be forfeit.
In an instant, her delicate body was filled with overwhelming power, and instead of fleeing, the previously awkward woman took the offensive.
With moves as swift as lightning, her white hands left behind brilliant afterimages in the air, more dazzling than the silver spear, using force against force to repel the spear.
Xie Qian’s brows tightened; he was increasingly certain that the unfamiliar woman before him was the same demon from years ago.
Back then, the “wife” who had never practiced martial arts suddenly ambushed him, heavily injuring the martial artist Xie Qian. Later, he encountered bandits arranged by his “wife,” forcing him to jump off a cliff with his only child to escape death.
If it weren’t for a vine saving him and the child back then, where would he have had the chance for revenge today?
He was sure that the woman before him—or rather, this body—couldn’t fight; delicate and weak, had it not been for Xie Qian’s lucky acquisition of an item that could pinpoint this demon, he would’ve doubted if he had the right person… Now, with the past re-enacting, a person who supposedly couldn’t fight displayed the strength of a top martial artist, pressuring Xie Qian relentlessly, even unarmed.
If Xie Qian could see supernatural things, he’d likely notice a strange “wall” floating in the void near the woman.
Countless words, missing limbs and legs, drifted past this “wall.”
【666, doesn’t the streamer in a snow-white palace outfit look like Xiaolongnü in a fight?】
【Wasn’t the streamer just demonstrating how to sleep on a rope? Real-life Xiaolongnü for sure.】
【Go for it, streamer! If you win, I’ll shower you with 999 luxury yachts today!】
【What a pity, that handsome middle-aged guy is so charming, I really wanna see him and the streamer in a messy brawl; it would definitely be steamy.】
【Hehe, as expected from a late-night A/V livestreaming room, can we please not insult Xiaolongnü with this body-selling female streamer? Xiaolongnü is pure and clean; what’s she worth? I’ve got a 200GB folder on my computer, and she’s a goddess, haha.】
Xie Qian’s shots were sharp and filled with deadly intent, while the stunning woman seemed like the most supple being in existence, embodying both grace and strength.
No matter how fiercely Xie Qian attacked, the woman handled everything with ease, defending flawlessly as their figures entwined in the spacious palace. After over three hundred exchanges, Xie Qian’s momentum began to falter, while the woman remained calm, her face rosy and breathing steady. From the initial balance to her gradually gaining the upper hand, a wicked glint flashed in her eyes as she became increasingly ruthless.
“You’ve really borrowed a corpse again… Where’s Jun’er’s body?”
Xie Qian secretly searched for an opening, hoping to find a flaw to directly kill her.
The palace-dressed beautiful woman’s eyes shimmered with a hint of pink light, her cherry lips spitting venomous words.
“When I took over her body back then, her soul was still present.” The palace-dressed beauty smiled sweetly, her moves growing increasingly sinister and cryptic, “In other words, whatever I did, she knew. Later, I got bored and returned her body…”
Xie Qian’s expression changed drastically; his gun-hand faltered, and the woman seized the opportunity to surge forward.
He reacted swiftly and pushed her away, but his arm felt a subtle tingling soreness.
The palace-dressed beauty continued with her beaming smile, ignoring Xie Qian’s face, now dark as a pot bottom, and kept provoking him.
“Ah, if you hadn’t harbored the thought to kill me back then, perhaps I would have spared Wang Huijun’s life and returned her to you. But you were unkind first, so don’t blame me for being unjust later. I returned Wang Huijun’s body and directly tossed her into the palace’s music hall, letting her become a singer and dancer, subject to anyone’s whims. She was quite fierce too, committing suicide for you, to preserve her purity. As her husband, did that not move you?”
At that, Xie Qian could no longer restrain himself; his previously weak offensive surged forth again, filled with a relentless killing intent.
“Evil woman!”
The beauty elegantly countered, unbothered; instead, she winked at him, using the fight as an opportunity to slip into his arms before quickly flying away. Xie Qian was furious, thinking it hard to maintain his sanity as chaotic footsteps approached outside the palace, accompanied by the clanking of armor.
Xie Qian shot a deadly glare at the beauty, filled with reluctance, feigned a move to press her back, and leaped out the window to escape.
The beauty didn’t pursue; perhaps her temporary “Martial Arts Supreme” couldn’t kill Xie Qian yet.
She glanced down at her outfit, pulled out a dagger from the void, and slashed herself multiple times, closing her eyes and collapsing in a pool of blood. At that moment, the palace door burst open, and the frightened voices of palace maids reached her ears.
Feigning unconsciousness, the beautiful woman smiled mockingly at the sound.
