Just as Xia Feng stepped into the spatial vortex, he felt an emptiness beneath his feet, an unsettling sensation of weightlessness assaulted his mind, and there was not the slightest light around, pitch-black as if falling into an endless abyss.
Yet in the next moment, a soft yet firm pressure came from behind his back. The woman's right hand wrapped around his waist, while her other hand flicked open a pocket watch emitting a faint golden glow.
The watch had only a single slender pointer, pointing in the direction behind them both.
Seeing this, Jiang Qiue, holding onto Xia Feng, turned and darted in the direction indicated.
Meanwhile, ten beams of light successively lit up in the darkness. The pocket watch illuminated the faces of these individuals, who without any exchange, each confirmed their own direction before scattering away.
Not , you guys don't run yet, Xia Feng's eyelids twitched, a feeling of helplessness in his heart. If you're going to run, at least wait until I've copied your Spiritual Artifacts!
But he knew his range was only fifty meters, which couldn't even cover everyone in the outside world, let alone here.
Xia Feng raised his head to look at the woman's face and blinked, childishly asking, "Queen Bee, where are we heading?"
The woman in the green dress slightly furrowed her brows, feeling uncomfortable with this title over the past few days. She thought for a moment and gently said, "You may refer to me as Mother, or Holy Daughter."
You really have some nerve, thought Xia Feng inwardly with sarcasm, his face expressionless, "Holy Daughter, where do you plan to search for the Divine Relics of the Nine-tailed?"
"Beiqiu Abyss is divided into Blood Cave, Thunder Cave, Sorrow Cave, and Black Abyss. The Black Abyss is the most dangerous, therefore the Empire has designated it as forbidden territory, not to be entered.
According to the information obtained by the major forces, clues about the Holy Relics are hidden within Blood Cave, thus those geniuses must be heading there at this moment."
"So which cave are we going to?"
"We're heading to Black Abyss."
Having understood Jiang Qiue's intentions, Xia Feng felt it was time to betray this woman, to throw in the towel and quit!
Who would go with you to Black Abyss for those damned relics? I want to head to Blood Cave and hunt for treasure with everyone else!
First, Miss Mu was very likely in the main group.
Secondly, the main group was filled with fat sheep. Not copying the Spiritual Artifacts of these fat sheep would be a disservice to the outstanding talents of these geniuses.
Lastly, why should ordinary people's Spiritual Artifacts have the chance to be copied by him, but not those of the geniuses? That's unfair. Therefore, Xia Feng decided to treat all equally, not to discriminate, and to fairly copy every Spiritual Artifact he encountered.
So, in the name of fairness and justice, he also had to find an opportunity to escape from Jiang Qiue's grasp.
At this moment, the sound of tearing through the air made Xia Feng and Jiang Qiue abruptly alert.
Jiang Qiue held onto Xia Feng and rapidly retreated, only to see what seemed to be a human-shaped shadowy figure coming towards them at great speed.
Xia Feng quickly sensed the other party's aura, it was that cockless shady guy from Golden Sparrow, Jin Jili.
Jiang Qiue held a yellow talisman between her fingers, the tip igniting with a faint, cold, blue flame that swiftly consumed it. A golden "Far Escape" rune emerged on the paper, and simultaneously, Jiang Qiue and Xia Feng in her arms disintegrated into cold blue fiery light, escaping far away.
But they could only Instant Teleport less than a hundred meters before crashing into an invisible barrier, forced to reconstitute their forms.
"Saintess Qiu E, where do you think you're going?" A soft-voiced man emerged from the darkness, his hands holding a rosary with dense rune lines that sparkled with flowing light.
Jiang Qiue's delicate brows slightly knit together, her calm gaze tinged with a trace of confusion, "Do you intend to kill me?"
"Kill you? No, no, no— Your Excellency is the Black Moon Saintess, how could I possibly kill you?"
Jin Jili's sinuously soft face remained calm under the glow of the rosary, which even lent him a solemn aura, "But Holy Daughter, shouldn't you apologize for the previous incident?"
The previous incident? Both Xia Feng and Jiang Qiue were momentarily taken aback, but soon understood.
It must have been Jiang Qiue's sarcastically piercing glance that had gotten under Jin Jili's skin, angering him even now.
Xia Feng guessed that Jin Jili, lacking his manhood, probably had some psychological issues.
Jin Jili watched the woman in green, a flash of cold light in his eyes.
I have to say, this woman indeed resembled a fairy from ancient scriptures, carrying an aura of ethereal grace and untainted purity.
It made Jin Jili all the more eager to destroy her.
Jiang Qiue raised her eyes, her voice clear and indifferent, "An apology?"
"That's right, an apology."
The effeminate man smiled as he looked towards the woman in the green dress in the distance. Beneath the solemnity of his tone, a mocking sneer lurked, "Holy Daughter, you simply need to prostrate before my feet and shout three times words of apology, and I will forgive you. How about that?"
Jiang Qiue was stunned. Indeed, she had not expected that this genius of the Golden Sparrow would be so childish. To be a Venerable yet still seek to find dignity and pleasure in humiliating others.
Jin Jili noticed a flash of surprise in the green-dressed woman's ethereal beautiful eyes before they turned cold again. She merely glanced at him lightly and casually, as though a deity looking down upon ignorant ants. Clearly devoid of any emotion, yet she made Jin Jili feel an unprecedented level of scorn!
"!" Jin Jili's forehead bulged with veins as a venomous fury boiled within him, "You are courting death!!"
Jiang Qiue paid no mind to Jin Jili's rage, but something caught her attention, and she turned to look back.
Not far behind, another figure emerged, wrapped in a blazing golden light, looking like a divine spirit amidst the abyss, with the visage of Yeli Kong.
It seemed to be a clone that Yeli Kong had left in this place.
Yeli Kong's golden Heavy Pupils were indifferent, his gaze carrying a sense of proud disdain, "Jiang Qiue, hand over the Half-Dragon. You still have a choice. Do you want to be friends with me or an enemy?"
Obviously, he meant that if Jiang Qiue was willing to be friends, he wouldn't mind giving her a hand.
"Yeli Kong, what do you mean?" Jin Jili's gaze sank slightly, "Are you intending to oppose my Golden Sparrow on behalf of the Yeli family?"
Yeli Kong gave Jin Jili a glance, puzzled, "You think you're worthy?"
Jin Jili's face was thoroughly flushed with anger.
However, seeing that Jiang Qiue also showed no intention of bowing to Yeli Kong, he let out a sinister low laugh. His figure twisted like a ghost and in an instant, he was in front of the woman in green.
Jiang Qiue ignited another "Far Escape" rune, but Jin Jili followed her like a shadow, and the surrounding Buddhist beads formed an Array restricting her range of escape.
A chase ensued, one pursuing, the other escaping.
Xia Feng, finding that this woman had no intention of fighting back directly, became anxious, Stupid fox, just break your tail and attack them! Use the ferocity you had when chasing me! Updates are released by noᴠelfire.net
"Whore, where do you think you can run to!"
The unpleasant cold laughter and insults did not slow Jiang Qiue's pace of escape. She glanced back casually at the dark clown behind her, shook her head, and decided to just forcibly escape instead.
Although forcibly using the Space Law to escape in such a chaotic place was very likely to cause injury, or even unconsciousness, it was still the best option for now.
She didn't want to waste precious time on someone like Jin Jili.
With this thought, Jiang Qiue did not hesitate. Her fingertips ignited two runes with a soft blue flame, on which appeared the flowing characters "Far Escape" and "Enhance."
Jiang Qiue and Xia Feng instantly dissolved into a blue ghostly light, and this time the spatial barriers did not stop the blue glow. The pair turned into shooting stars, escaping far away and disappearing into the darkness.
Jin Jili watched this scene, a bit astounded and gnashing his teeth, his right hand clutching the Buddhist beads' back vein bulged, "Damn it!"
"To think they could actually escape ." Yeli Kong was also somewhat puzzled as he looked at where Jiang Qiue had disappeared, quite intrigued.
At the same time, Xia Feng awoke from his dizziness.
All around was pitch black, and instead of the void, there was rugged ground beneath his feet.
He had no idea which nook or cranny he had run into.
He had a feeling and looked back, only to see a beautiful woman in a green dress lying on the ground, her long beautiful eyelashes drooping as if she had fallen into unconsciousness...
Xia Feng blinked, standing silent in place, quietly staring at the woman in green.
A full ten seconds passed, and she showed no sign of waking.
This made the corners of Xia Feng's lips curl up wickedly, Ah ha, how the tables have turned, stupid green-haired fox, looks like I've found an opportunity at last~