Chapter 98: Is This Fate? |
“Cough cough cough cough!!”
Di Nü Feng was coughing violently.
She gritted her teeth and cursed, “That old turtle actually... actually has some skill.”
“Where the hl did he trap me? What did he do to me? Why the hl can’t I use any of my power?!
Let me out or I’ll slaughter your whole Heishui City!”
Di Nü Feng didn’t exactly have a clean mouth.
But no matter how much she cursed, the surroundings remained pitch-black.
Di Nü Feng closed her eyes and focused, and suddenly felt like... she’d become a normal person!?
And all her magical artifacts—it was like they had severed their connection with her.
Di Nü Feng took a deep breath, closed her eyes, sat cross-legged, and tried to summon the last sliver of spiritual energy.
That sliver was as weak as a candle in the wind, but for someone in her predicament, it was a vital lifeline.
As time ticked by, beads of sweat slowly formed on Di Nü Feng’s forehead, yet she kept gritting her teeth and pushing forward, not daring to relax for even a second.
After a long while, the hairpin on Di Nü Feng’s head trembled lightly.
Success!!
Di Nü Feng was overjoyed.
The hairpin glided lightly through the air, tearing open a deep rift in space.
It ripped straight into another dimension.
“Trying to trap me? Not a f**king chance!!”
Di Nü Feng’s body trembled slightly—she was almost out of energy.
At last, at last..... open.
The rift widened, and light began to shine in from the other side.
Di Nü Feng suddenly froze.
“...........”
At that moment, Li Xuanxiao was hurrying through the desert, having just completed the final round of giving away treasure.
And he had finally earned the right to access the second half of the Poison Scripture.
Li Xuanxiao kept his joy to himself.
It wasn’t time to celebrate just yet—first, he needed to hurry back to Mount Shushan and properly study the Poison Scripture.
If great joy turned into great sorrow, that would suck.
Right then, Li Xuanxiao felt a chill on his back, as if something was about to happen. He instinctively turned his head.
And then, he saw a face he never wanted to see again, even in his dreams.
Di Nü Feng!?
Out of all the outcomes he’d prepared for, Li Xuanxiao never imagined he’d run into Di Nü Feng here.
In that instant, countless possibilities flashed through his mind.
Was it a setup by Di Nü Feng and the Janitor Uncle? Had the Janitor Uncle sold him out?
But he quickly dismissed that idea.
Because he noticed that Di Nü Feng looked just as shocked to see him.
Their eyes locked.
Then one of them didn’t hesitate at all—turned and ran.
The other didn’t hesitate either—reached out and yanked the runner inside.
“Where do you think you’re going!!”
The moment the space opened, Di Nü Feng felt her strength return.
But clearly, she had made the wrong move.
Instead of escaping immediately, the first thing she did was yank Li Xuanxiao inside.
And just like that, she missed the best chance to escape.
The spatial magical artifact she had activated with her last bit of power—the jade hairpin—snapped with a crisp crack.
Di Nü Feng spat out another mouthful of blood, and the spatial tunnel sealed shut.
Li Xuanxiao: (ΩДΩ)！！！
Di Nü Feng gasped for air, breathing hard and heavy.
“Li... Li Xuanxiao...”
Li Xuanxiao stared at Di Nü Feng.
He’d prepared for everything, but never expected this.
He was just walking along, and out of nowhere, Di Nü Feng hijacked him!
Could there be some thread of fate tying him and Di Nü Feng together? Were they bound by destiny?
How else could they keep running into each other like this?
No spiritual power, no spiritual energy here.
The spiritual energy was completely sealed off. None of his magical artifacts or puppets could be controlled......
Li Xuanxiao quickly realized something was off about this place.
Looking at Di Nü Feng, her situation seemed about the same as his.
In that case... no need to be polite!!
“Li Xuanxiao!!”
Di Nü Feng shouted angrily.
At that moment, Di Nü Feng’s jet-black hair was pinned with ornate jade and pearl accessories, and she wore a rose-purple Immortal-staying Dress.
The dress was stained with blood and looked like tattered burlap.
Yet, it gave her a kind of shattered beauty—sexy in all the right ways, covering what should be covered and showing what shouldn’t.
With that face and that body of hers........
Di Nü Feng’s breathtakingly beautiful face was now full of deep resentment.
Her eyes, dark as autumn waters, locked onto Li Xuanxiao like she wanted to swallow him whole.
Li Xuanxiao didn’t back down—he stared right back at her.
They stared each other down in silence. Even the air seemed to freeze.
They were in a sealed space, surrounded by cold, hard walls. There wasn’t a single gap or exit to escape through.
In that narrow space, just the two of them—a man and a woman.
The atmosphere was suffocatingly tense, laced with something unclear.
One was a righteous disciple of the orthodox path—Li Xuanxiao.
The other, a fearsome and ruthless Demon Sect Leader—Di Nü Feng.
A sealed space, no way out, one man and one woman.
Put aside their grudges, get through this crisis together.
In the process, feelings arise—love and hate, kill and kiss......
Li Xuanxiao moved.
The sword in his sword case wouldn’t come out. He felt like a mortal now—he couldn’t even draw his flying sword.
So without hesitation, Li Xuanxiao charged at Di Nü Feng, eyes filled with the desire to fight.
Take this kick!!!
His foot landed squarely on Di Nü Feng’s flawless face.
Di Nü Feng was sent flying.
Li Xuanxiao: (૭ ఠ༬ఠ)૭
Bring it on. It’s come to this.
No point cursing fate anymore!
Begging for mercy or playing coy was useless now.
With Di Nü Feng’s personality, she wouldn’t stop until he was dead.
Li Xuanxiao quickly accepted reality—and chose to strike first.
Not a shred of hesitation.
It was either her life, or his!!
Li Xuanxiao pinned Di Nü Feng down and started pummeling her.
It was working!!
Di Nü Feng was seriously injured, and this strange place seemed to affect each cultivator differently.
Like some forced balancing mechanism.
All of a max-level player’s skills had been sealed, their stats nerfed to match Li Xuanxiao.
Di Nü Feng wouldn’t take it lying down. She raised her leg and kicked him square in the crotch.
Li Xuanxiao winced in pain.
Di Nü Feng pressed the attack.
“You dare hit my face....”
Before she could finish, Li Xuanxiao punched her right in the teeth.
Di Nü Feng’s fist hit Li Xuanxiao on the left cheek.
Never in her life had Di Nü Feng been humiliated like this.
She’d never felt so powerless either—it was like all her strength had vanished.
Li Xuanxiao kicked her square in the chest.
Di Nü Feng gasped from the pain.
In terms of spiritual power, physical strength, magical artifacts, cultivation... Li Xuanxiao was inferior in every way.
But here, none of that mattered.
The only thing that counted seemed to be raw hand-to-hand combat skills.
And as for that...
Di Nü Feng had long forgotten how to fight with technique.
“The Great Dao is simple”—only low-level juniors obsessed over moves and forms.
At Di Nü Feng’s level, it all came down to fists and feet.
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