Chapter 199
During this time, every few minutes, she would pull out a bottle of high-grade sleeping potion she had bought for research and pour it down Xiangcao's throat. Occasionally, she would seal him with an Ice Flower Seal, not daring to let him have even a moment of clarity—who knew what skills he might possess?
After consuming three servings of health-boosting dishes, Yu Xunge clenched her jaw as she looked at the new mahjong tile in her backpack!
It was a tile with nine upright fox tails—【Jiu Tiao】.
It hurt! It hurt so much! She found herself increasingly understanding the expression on Wu Ren's face when he first obtained the 【Si Wan】!
Suppressing her heartache, Yu Xunge carefully stored away the 【Jiu Tiao】.
Glancing at the honor board, she saw that her honor points had indeed increased by 10,000.
She suspected that Xiangcao might have more than one 【Jiu Tiao】 on him; otherwise, he wouldn’t be so “unlucky.” But there were other possibilities too, like he might have overused his luck because he had obtained another treasure, or perhaps he had indeed gotten two mahjong tiles, but the first one had already been handed over to his master...
There were too many possibilities, and she didn’t intend to stay here any longer for the sake of such odds. When she traded with Xiangcao, they had both taken out bone tiles, which could easily attract powerful figures like Wu Ren. The risk was too great, and they were too close to the capital of the Eternal Day City. Given Xiangcao's special identity, he could be discovered at any moment.
One bone tile in hand was enough for today. She suppressed the greed rising in her heart, glanced outside the shop, and nimbly crouched down to take out her bow and arrows. She aimed at Xiangcao, who was only level 42, and shot several arrows in quick succession, stopping only when his health dropped to 50%—during which she also took 20% rebound damage from injuring the oak owl.
After pouring down a bottle of high-grade poison and another bottle of sleeping potion, she finished with a final shot of the 【Ice Flower Seal】 to ensure he would die within five to eight minutes. Only then did Yu Xunge stand up, ready to leave.
Just as Wu Ren had once feared whether she had some hidden trump card left by a powerful figure, she too didn’t dare to kill Xiangcao directly.
She didn’t know if Xiangcao’s death would trigger any mechanisms or hidden traps, but she couldn’t leave him alive either. All she could do was delay his death as much as possible to buy herself enough time to escape.
However, at the moment the poison erupted and Xiangcao’s health fell below 50%, the shop door suddenly slammed shut, and three layers of magic circles lit up. In an instant, the shop transformed into a cage, and the area beneath Yu Xunge and the corpse was illuminated with magical symbols.
Seeing Xiangcao’s health percentage, Yu Xunge immediately realized she had triggered one of his hidden traps.
No way... How is your life warning line higher than my phone’s low battery mode?!
Yu Xunge reacted quickly. The moment the magical symbols lit up beneath her feet, she prepared to use her Shadow Shift to escape. However, she found that while she could still channel her magic, she couldn’t use any skills—this area was sealed!
Without hesitation, she switched to the item skill 【I’m in a hurry】, and instead of trying to move outside the shop, she shifted to a corner inside. This time it worked; she not only avoided the magic circle beneath her but also dodged the chains that shot out from within it.
**Chapter 258: She Swears to Follow Wu Ren, the Moon Emperor, to the Death!**
Yu Xunge’s mind raced as she formulated a strategy. She pulled out the 【Falling Star】 and aimed it at Xiangcao, whose health was slowly recovering within the magic circle, unleashing a 【Rain of Hatred】 along with several explosive arrows, completely depleting his health.
The moment Xiangcao died, Yu Xunge felt a faint red glow enveloping her skin, but there was no time to investigate further.
She began searching the area, but unfortunately, every shelf was protected by wing-like shadows. Outside the shop, a rustling sound began, like countless acorns falling on dry leaves—this was the unique alarm of the oak owls.
Yu Xunge turned off the energy-saving mode of her detection skill and scanned every nook and cranny of the shop. As she passed a corner, she casually picked up an empty can, its two-minute skill time long expired, and finally spotted the words 【Dark Room】 above a shelf.
Raising her hand, she fired several magic missiles, pushing the shelf aside and revealing a hidden passage. Yu Xunge sent a shadow to rush into the passage to look for an exit while her main body moved to the corpse, picking up the items that had dropped upon death—a small bear cookie—and stuffed the unsuccessful blue star mahjong into Xiangcao’s palm.
The rustling grew denser, and she was being surrounded from all sides.
As she sensed what her shadow saw and felt in the basement, she drank a bottle of 【Melt Time】 to reset all her skill cooldowns.
Using the item’s disguise skill, she changed her ID to 【Flea】, adjusting her health to 1/1, and then transformed into a small spider, quickly crawling into Xiangcao’s ear.
In the dark room, the shadow that had found nothing dissipated completely as she used the Anima Gus skill.
Yu Xunge clung tightly to the ear hair of the oak owl shopkeeper, calming her breath and closing her eyes, minimizing her presence.
She didn’t want to use the extremely rare escape gem unless absolutely necessary.
Previously, she had asked Hufflepuff to buy such a gem, but the latter quoted an exorbitant price of five thousand gold coins. Zhao Shuying often claimed to be a robber, but she had never seen Hufflepuff; compared to Hufflepuff, what she did could hardly be called robbery—it was more like cost price!
Seconds later, the shop door opened, and a dense sound of footsteps approached. Some stopped by the corpse while others continued into the hidden room. Yu Xunge was already prepared to be forced out of her Anima Gus state and brace for a fatal blow with the Ring of Fire Spirit.
In the next moment, she saw Xiangcao’s arm being kicked open, a bare foot kicking away his palm, causing the mahjong to roll out.
A melodious laugh rang out as the bare foot gently stepped on the mahjong, as if treading on a flower petal, the foot softly landing, and the mahjong was silently crushed into powder.
At that moment, footsteps from the direction of the dark room returned; the oak owls that had entered were back.
The owner of the laughter said, “Did you find anything?”
Another voice replied, “The detected skills include 【Ice Flower Seal】【Rain of Hatred】【Explosive Arrow】【Shadow Control】【Magic Missile】【Shadow Shift】.”
Yu Xunge’s heart raced, as if the school broadcast had suddenly announced what she had been studying in class, but she didn’t hear 【Jia Lai】 at the end. Was it because this skill was used before she entered the shop, or because they couldn’t detect her divine talent skills?
And her item skills 【Disguise】 and 【I’m in a hurry】 also went undetected...
Wait, that’s not right! What about Anima Gus!!!
In the next second, Yu Xunge felt a heavy blow, as if her entire body had been struck by a speeding train. She was sent flying, mixed with the shattered remains of the oak owl, her spider form beginning to dissipate, and she was about to revert to her original shape!
As she sensed she was about to transform back into human form, Yu Xunge quickly tucked away the small bear cookie on her person and used 【Jia Lai!】 to transform into the form of a three-tailed moon fox.
She discreetly slid her hand behind her back, using her nails to create a seam in her pants, revealing three completely white fox tails with only the tips black.
Even Sailor Moon’s transformation couldn’t compare to her smoothness...
Moreover, having just killed an oak owl, she was now radiating a faint red glow, her special effects activated; she was just a step away from striking a pose.
In the blink of an eye, Yu Xunge even gave herself a new name—【Wu Jian】.
At that moment, Yu Xunge unilaterally declared that she would follow Wu Ren, the Moon Emperor, to the death!
With 47% health remaining, Yu Xunge clutched her chest and slowly sat up, looking at the oak owls in the room, especially the one surrounded in the center. Her wings and hair color resembled autumn maple leaves under the sunlight, a striking orange-red, just like the first impression she gave—dazzling and flamboyant, bright enough to make all creatures in the dark corners cover their eyes and plead for her to step aside!
This oak owl was looking down at her from a height.
The pocket watch’s energy-saving mode displayed the other’s information.
【Feng Cang Level 80 100%┃100%】
A member of the royal family of the Feng clan?
Having crammed for oak owl history in the library, Yu Xunge wasn’t surprised; the Eternal Day City was indeed governed by the Feng clan.
Just like when facing Wu Ren and Lucia, as Yu Xunge attempted to use the complete version of her detection skill on Feng Cang, a strong sense of crisis surged within her. She secretly stowed away her pocket watch and other precious items like the Furious Moon.
In the next second, Feng Cang flicked a handful of red maple leaves, which swirled around Yu Xunge before returning to her hand.
At that moment, she said, “You’re the Mist Tail Moon Fox?”
Yu Xunge vaguely guessed that the purpose of the maple leaves was to detect whether she was in disguise, and she had successfully passed the test thanks to her S-rank Thief talent’s disguise skill.
Even if she wanted to shift the blame to the moon fox, Yu Xunge didn’t plan to take a brash approach. She dutifully played the role of someone caught by a powerful figure, both fearful and unwilling to disgrace her race. She straightened her back, her voice trembling slightly as she said, “Yes, it was an accident. If you’re willing, I can contact Wu Ren, the Moon Emperor; she will compensate you.”
Seeing the respect in the moon fox’s words towards the powerful, Feng Cang asked, “Do you know who I am?”
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