The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 252 - 251: Killing is Too Normal!

Chapter 252: Chapter 251: Killing is Too Normal!

The man in black was extremely annoyed.

A mere ant at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment was this difficult to kill?

Before he came, the higher-ups said that the target might be very tricky. He didn’t believe it, but now he did. Therefore, he must treat this seriously and decided to quickly and decisively kill his opponent.

However, as she fled for her life, she kept throwing various puppets.

These puppets were either for interception or self-detonation.

It annoyed him to no end.

"Little ant, are you a Puppet Master?" a hoarse male voice came from behind.

This was the first time Xie Jiuniang heard the man speak.

What an unpleasant voice!

She didn’t think this person had concealed his real voice. A Nascent Soul Honorable chasing after someone at Foundation Establishment would surely be confident enough to kill her. What does it matter if her identity had been investigated?

This is Longyuan Abyss!

Killing is all too common here!

Even if Xie Jiuniang died here, there wouldn’t be any traces left, let alone any chance that her sect would find out the truth.

The man in black gathered his strength and raised his sword.

This strike contained all of his power.

As Xie Jiuniang fled, she seemed unaware; the Water Kirin had been thrown somewhere unknown. What had been a flight of one person and one beast, had now become her fleeing alone.

The man in black was clearly a Blade Cultivator.

His sword was infused with sword intent.

This attack was sure to be earth-shattering.

"Ah!"

Xie Jiuniang, who had been fleeing in front, suddenly fell.

She rolled on the ground several times, and just like that, her figure disappeared from the man in black’s sight?!

Disappeared?!

The man in black was startled. The concentrated sword intent, however, was not something he could withdraw at will.

Hiss hiss.

A faint noise.

He looked down and his eyes widened in sudden horror.

"No!"

There was a Kirin Cub on his foot that hadn’t been there before.

The little creature adorably raised its paw, channeling a strand of Spiritual Power into a Sealing Talisman. In the next instant, it teleported away, and in its place, a powerful force exploded.

It was a strike sealed by a late-stage Nascent Soul.

Not even a Nascent Soul could withstand such a close strike!

The man in black was dead!

Dead for good, killed by the insignificant creature he had looked down upon.

Xie Jiuniang emerged from the Small Tortoise Shell.

The Water Kirin jumped into her embrace, whimpering, "Master, Water Water is scared."

"Well done, a reward."

Xie Jiuniang fed the Water Kirin a bottle of Spirit Pills.

She didn’t remove the Hiding Talisman from it. Just now, it was able to approach the man in black silently not just because of its own capabilities, but the Hiding Talisman also played a part.

Xie Jiuniang went to clean up the scene, "This person wasted one of my life-saving talismans."

The life-saving talisman she received on the day she became a disciple, Master Qiansha had given her one. It was a strike from a Divinity Transformation, which Xie Jiuniang had not used until now. In addition, there were those given by the Nascent Soul True Lords of the Main Peak that day.

There were seven in total, and she had already used two.

The remaining five were not too few, after all, many disciples didn’t even have one in their possession.

The man in black’s body was torn and shattered.

Only half of his head remained, making it impossible to see his full face, and the remaining half was also unfamiliar, not someone she had seen before. After searching for a while, she finally found a damaged Storage Ring.

The storage space was destroyed, and the things inside were ruined as well.

Such a pity!

After cleaning up the scene and destroying the fragmented corpse, she filled in the large pit at the scene.

Only then did Xie Jiuniang start heading back, retrieving all the puppets she had thrown along the way.

Some of the puppets had been thrown down but hadn’t had the chance to be activated.

Not until all traces were erased did the person return to the outskirts of the pine forest.

Only then did she consider the surroundings, "Is this place the one we found earlier?"

"Which place?" the Water Kirin was confused.

"The place where we got separated from second senior brother, right?"

"Not sure."

Xie Jiuniang really wasn’t sure.

She had lost consciousness by the strange river and had no idea where she had ended up.

Looking around, the initial sight of green mountains and clear waters, with birds singing and flowers fragrant, didn’t quite match up.

There was a green mountain in sight, yet no clear waters to be seen.

There were flowers and grass, but no bird song heard.

Everything around was deathly silent, not even the sound of insects could be heard, which was quite eerie.

But how did that Nascent Soul get in?

There was really no way to investigate this.

The Water Kirin led Xie Jiuniang in one direction, towards the only mountain in sight.

Although the mountain seemed close, it took nearly half a day to reach its foot.

Xie Jiuniang paused, gazing warily at the peach forest at the base of the mountain.

The Water Kirin tilted its little head to look at its master, "Not going, Master?"

"This peach forest has a formation."

After observing, Xie Jiuniang realized it was a Maze Array.

If one did not step into the range of the peach forest, looking from the outside towards the inside showed nothing unusual, but if one stepped into the peach forest, the formation could be activated instantly.

One could careless end up trapped inside.

Jian Lingyan slid forward tentatively, "Dog master, let me scout the path for you."

"Come back! No need for you." Xie Jiuniang grabbed the Broken Sword firmly, "Don’t add to the chaos. If you get lost in the peach forest, I’ll have to waste effort looking for you."

"I am a spirit; the formation might not necessarily hold me."

"Your abilities are limited here, not even as good as mine," Xie Jiuniang didn’t want to discourage the Sword Spirit, but it was a harsh reality that it had to learn to accept.

Jian Lingyan wanted to argue but couldn’t find a fault.

Xie Jiuniang began pondering over the formation.

Breaking a Maze Array like this was not difficult.

Back at the foot of Zhengyang Peak, she had placed an Illusion Array to trap people. Compared to the hidden dangers in an Illusion Array, a Maze Array was much less risky. At most, it trapped people without posing a danger.

Xie Jiuniang looked up towards the mountain peak.

She picked up the Water Kirin and placed it on the head of the Puppet Horse, held the Broken Sword in her hand, and directed the Puppet Horse to tread firmly towards the peach forest.

"Master, you’re just going to barge in?" the Water Kirin was surprised.

Xie Jiuniang smiled, "Don’t I have you to lead the way?"

The Water Kirin was a little good-for-nothing that didn’t need to know how to break formations, it only needed to go by feeling; even in the vast territory of Longyuan Abyss, it could stumble upon great fortune just by following its instincts.

A mere Maze Array, no big deal.

The master and servant worked together, along with Jian Lingyan, charging straight into the peach forest.

The method to break the formation was simple; one just needed to find the right direction and not be deceived by the surrounding scenery, just keep moving forward with a single-minded focus. For those who strayed into the Maze Array, whether things seen by the naked eye were real or fake, an illusion or tangible, it required a person to discern.

Xie Jiuniang’s approach to the path was simple and rough.

The Water Kirin confirmed the direction, and she led the way with her sword.

There were no obstacles to walk through, and when they encountered one, she didn’t go around but cleared it with her sword, creating a path.

Both rock and tree were slashed away by her swinging sword.

And so, with brute force, she blazed a trail straight through until they had passed through the Maze Array; one human, one beast, one sword, had crossed the peach forest.

The Water Kirin excitedly said, "Master, my water senses are clear again, there’s great fortune on the mountain."

Xie Jiuniang’s eyes brightened again.

Fortune, fantastic!

Wasn’t that what they came here looking for?

However, the path to reach the mountain peak was more difficult than Xie Jiuniang expected.

It was full of traps, one after another.

By the time they had climbed to the top of the mountain, she was completely numb.