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Hearing the voice, I quickly turned around and saw a woman standing about ten steps behind us. She had her arms crossed, long hair cascading down her shoulders, and her face was adorned with a seductive makeup that made her look exceptionally enchanting.
“It’s you?!” I recognized her immediately; she was the same woman who had previously disguised herself as Hu Fang.
“You actually remember me? It seems I left quite an impression on you,” she said with a charming smile, lifting her slender leg and slowly walking towards us.
Noticing this, Yao Long nervously set down Li Zhisheng from his back and raised Azure Spirit, pointing it at the woman. “Don’t come any closer!” His tone carried a hint of warning, and he furrowed his brow slightly.
The woman, however, seemed unfazed. She glanced at Yao Long with a playful look and said, “No need to be so tense. After all, we were colleagues at one point. It’s not very nice to be at odds right from our first meeting, is it?” As she spoke, she continued to advance and slowly lowered her arms from her chest, revealing that she was holding something.
Seeing that she wasn’t heeding his warning, Yao Long quickly nocked an arrow and shot it at the ground near her feet. With a loud thud, the arrow struck the ground beside her, splattering blood.
“Alright, alright! I won’t move. But really, you have no gentlemanly demeanor at all; you keep interrupting me,” she said with a hint of sarcasm.
“Speak quickly, or I won’t be polite…” Yao Long’s voice showed no sign of emotion.
The woman sighed upon hearing this and tossed the object in her hand towards us. “This is a gift for our meeting. I hope to join you…”
Yao Long watched intently as the rectangular object flew through the air but did not reach out to catch it. I couldn’t either since I was still carrying Hu Fang on my back.
With a loud thud, the object landed at our feet. It turned out to be a Wooden Box, identical in size and design to the two Boxes I had at home.
“The Third Box?!” I exclaimed in surprise without thinking.
Seeing my astonishment, the woman smiled slightly. “Now it seems I’ve shown my sincerity… I know you’ve been looking for this item, so I brought it along.”
"Listen," I said, though I wanted to reach out, a flicker of doubt lingered in my heart. I asked, "Why do you want to join us? It doesn't seem to benefit you at all."
Seeing my skepticism, the woman replied calmly, "Actually, there's no particular reason. I'm just tired of the killing and harming; I want to try being a good person. I originally planned to tell you at a more appropriate time, but now that you've killed Fan Wu—the one who has been watching me—I decided to reveal myself." As she spoke, she moved closer to us when we weren't paying attention.
However, Yao Long remained unfazed. He drew his bowstring and shot an arrow at her feet, coldly warning, "Stay back..."
Realizing our stance, the woman raised her hands in a gesture of surrender and said helplessly, "Alright, I figured you wouldn't trust me easily. In that case, why don't you take a look at what's inside that Box and see if it's real or not..."
"Do you want to take a look?" Yao Long asked me softly from the side.
I hesitated as I looked at the Box. "Let's see if it's real or not..." I said. Then, I crouched down slowly while carrying Hu Fang on my back. Just as my hand was about to touch the Box, Yao Long suddenly turned Azure Spirit around and shouted at the Box on the ground, "Heart!" A blood-red arrow flew past me and struck the Box beside my hand, sending it flying.
As the Box soared into the air, whether due to Yao Long's shot or something else, the lid suddenly popped open violently. A dark green liquid erupted from within, startling me into retreating a few steps to avoid the green substance.
But since I was too close to the Box and carrying Hu Fang on my back, I couldn't move far enough away in time. The liquid was about to splash onto my face.
Just when I was half an inch away from it, Yao Long kicked up his leg forcefully, sending both me and Hu Fang flying backward.
In that split second as I was propelled through the air, I heard the woman let out a piercing scream followed by Yao Long's muffled groan. Realizing something was wrong, it seemed she had seen Fan Wu being killed and knew she had no chance in a direct confrontation with us; thus she resorted to this underhanded tactic.
Before I could glance back at them, I landed heavily on the ground with a thud. As I fell, fearing for Hu Fang's safety, I tried to roll aside but ended up injuring my arm severely. The combined weight of both of us along with Yao Long's kick had truly hurt me badly.
After a moment of pain-induced daze, I struggled to get up from the ground with my injured arm. At that moment, I saw Yao Long lying on the ground while the woman revealed a vicious expression. She extended her sharp and slender nails and lunged toward Yao Long.
Yao Long seemed still dazed from his fall and had no time to evade; he was about to be struck by her...
In that critical moment, I could no longer care about the extent of the mark on my body. I swiftly drew Jiang Ling and plunged it into my own chest.
In an instant, time froze. The woman's nails were mere inches away from Yao Long. Seeing this, I rushed to Yao Long's side, gripping Jiang Ling tightly, and swung it down in a desperate strike.
However, due to my lack of strength at that moment, the blow was not enough to sever the woman's hand completely, but it at least pushed her away from Yao Long.
Just then, time resumed, and I thought to myself, "Why is this happening so quickly?!" I suddenly felt my soul beginning to detach from my body, and my consciousness started to fade.
At that moment, the woman I had pushed away turned her attention towards me with a furious roar.
I was in a dazed state, unable to react defensively, barely managing to keep myself standing. "Who told you to ruin my plans?!" she screamed as she lunged at me. Her voice had transformed into something unrecognizable, sounding like the chilling shriek of an Evil Spirit from hell.
"It seems I really can't escape this calamity..." I thought as I gazed at the twisted and ferocious face of the woman approaching me. I silently closed my eyes, waiting for death to come, while my own soul was nearly completely detached from my body...
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