Volume 2, Chapter 93 – Excuse Me, Are You Looking for Me?

On the other side, Lu Zhuxin used the formation disc to observe everyone’s movements within the Fox Palace.

She could see that Huang Shangshang had already fled to a safe location with Song Shiyuan. She could also see Song Shixuan and the Lingxiao Sword Sect disciples desperately trying to distance themselves from the area where the three supreme powerhouses were fighting.

Fortunately, the Fox Palace’s defensive formations blocked much of the aftermath from the Eighth Realm powerhouses’ battle, preventing them from being caught in the crossfire of the fully unleashed attacks.

Moreover, Lu Guan himself was a formation master. Although he couldn’t break through the formations within the Fox Palace, finding a relatively safe path through the existing formations to escape the combat zone was something Lu Guan could barely manage.

Of course, the prerequisite for all this was facing an uncontrolled formation.

Now, complete control of this formation was in Lu Zhuxin’s hands, and Lu Zhuxin had already spotted them.

In that case, if she didn’t take this opportunity to cause some trouble, she wouldn’t be Lu Zhuxin.

“System, since I’ve successfully conquered Song Shiyuan and weakened the Child of Destiny’s fortune, I should be able to mess with him a little now, right?” Lu Zhuxin inquired of the System.

However, the System gave no response to Lu Zhuxin at this moment.

“No way…” Lu Zhuxin clicked her tongue lightly. “Did it really go upgrade itself?”

The System still didn’t respond.

Lu Zhuxin chuckled softly, not particularly caring. Then she shifted her attention back to the formation.

“In that case, I won’t hold back.”

Lu Zhuxin rubbed her hands together eagerly, and her fingers began manipulating the formation disc.

…

Meanwhile, Song Shixuan, who was leading the Lingxiao Sword Sect disciples on their way, suddenly frowned.

Just now, he felt as if something dangerous had locked onto him.

His intuition was never wrong.

“Young Sect Master, something’s not right,” Formation Master Lu Guan said with a grave expression. “The formations ahead of us are changing again.”

The formations changed again?

Even someone who didn’t understand formations well could guess what this scenario meant.

“We’ve… been targeted by those foxes,” Song Shixuan said.

This formation was clearly being controlled by someone behind the scenes.

A formation with someone controlling it was completely different from an uncontrolled formation.

“Be careful! Those foxes are wickedly vicious and won’t easily let us leave!” Song Shixuan warned everyone.

The young Lingxiao Sword Sect members each summoned their natal swords, their faces full of gravity.

Song Shixuan’s words had barely fallen.

Suddenly, several bolts of lightning struck toward Song Shixuan.

“Young Sect Master!” Everyone was shocked.

Song Shixuan could only raise his natal sword horizontally and quickly form a defensive sword seal to hastily block.

With a thunderous crash, Song Shixuan was struck by the formation-condensed lightning and forced to retreat repeatedly.

…

“Eh!” Lu Zhuxin exclaimed in surprise. “It worked!”

Previously, even when Lu Zhuxin used her Eighth Realm cultivation to kick Song Shixuan with full force, she couldn’t cause him any real harm.

But now, after successfully conquering the first female lead, Lu Zhuxin discovered she could actually damage the Child of Destiny.

“Although this formation isn’t designed for offense, the attacks it condenses should at least have Sixth Realm strength. When attacks of this intensity fall on Song Shixuan, only a small portion can deal effective damage.”

“What a shame…”

Lu Zhuxin tapped her small face lightly with her finger.

A wicked smile suddenly appeared on her delicate face.

“So it’s just high damage reduction? At least it’s not the complete invincibility state from before.”

“Then…”

…

“I… blocked it?” Song Shixuan frowned.

At this moment, he looked extremely disheveled. His clothes were tattered, his hair tie had come undone, and his handsome face was ash-white from the lightning strike.

However, this was merely disheveled. In reality, the damage he received wasn’t serious.

“Young Sect Master! Are you alright?” The young Lingxiao Sword Sect members all looked at Song Shixuan with concern.

“I’m…” Song Shixuan was about to say he was fine.

“Watch out! The formation is attacking again!” Lu Guan shouted a warning.

Song Shixuan’s pupils contracted.

After the heavenly thunder came calamity fire!

Blazing walls of flame erupted from the ground.

In an instant, fire dragons tumbled and roared all around.

The Lingxiao disciples quickly cast seals to defend!

However, a formation personally set by an Eighth Realm formation master was hardly something this group of low-level disciples who hadn’t fully matured could stop.

Moreover, Lingxiao sword cultivators specialized in sword techniques and rarely studied the other five elemental arts.

“We can’t hold it back!” one youth cried out in terror.

“Wait! This calamity fire seems to be going for the Young Sect Master!”

The fire dragon condensed by the formation tumbled and twisted on the ground for a moment, then suddenly raised its head and lunged viciously at Song Shixuan.

Song Shixuan was shocked!

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He was still planning to defend against the fire dragon’s might together with the sect disciples around him.

But he hadn’t expected the fire dragon to completely ignore everyone else and charge straight at him.

Boom!

A vortex of flames rose on the spot.

Song Shixuan was swept directly into the center of the flaming tornado.

“Young Sect Master!” Everyone was horrified.

After several breaths, the fire dragon dissipated, revealing a charred, smoking figure.

“Cough, cough…” Song Shixuan spat out a mouthful of black smoke from his throat. His whole body looked like charred coal.

Everyone could even smell the scent of burnt meat wafting over.

“I’m fine… just…”

Song Shixuan wanted to say he was actually fine. He looked miserable on the outside, but these were all superficial injuries that hadn’t touched his foundation.

“Young Sect Master!”

“Those formations are coming again!”

After the calamity fire’s dragon dispersed, fierce winds came next.

This time, the Lingxiao Sword Sect disciples seemed to have learned their lesson. The moment they saw the formation’s light flash, they all unanimously dodged away.

“You…” Song Shixuan’s eyes showed shock and anger.

Then, before he could say anything else, the violent winds had already surrounded him.

Crack, crack…

The charred flesh on his body was practically shredded.

He looked bloody and utterly miserable.

There was hardly an inch of good flesh left on his body!

…

Lu Zhuxin’s face showed dissatisfaction.

When she used the third formation to attack Song Shixuan, she felt the effective damage dealt showed very obvious deterioration.

“Is this… the Child of Destiny’s damage protection?”

Lu Zhuxin’s delicate hand supported her chin.

Killing a Child of Destiny protected by the Heavenly Dao wasn’t easy.

Earlier, Lu Zhuxin had wanted to slowly accumulate damage and grind Song Shixuan to death bit by bit.

Now it seemed the Heavenly Dao wouldn’t let her exploit this loophole.

“Eh! They really can’t play fair!”

However, Lu Zhuxin hadn’t expected to solve the Child of Destiny this simply anyway.

It seemed that to kill the Child of Destiny, she could only proceed step by step to conquer the protagonist’s fated beauties and gradually strip away his fortune.

“In that case, I’ll send this bastard one last little gift.”

Lu Zhuxin’s face curved into a smile.

Looking in Song Shixuan’s direction, she shaped her palm like a gun.

She pointed it at Song Shixuan from afar.

“Pew~~!”

…

“Now, there shouldn’t be any more problems, right?”

Everyone looked at the extremely miserable Song Shixuan with hesitation in their eyes, exchanging glances.

No one stepped forward immediately. After all, no one could be sure whether the attack formations from earlier would come again.

“The Young Sect Master is truly amazing. After receiving attacks of that degree, he only suffered some superficial injuries,” one youth flattered from a distance.

“Indeed amazing!” Lu Guan’s eyes also showed admiration. “The attack formations just now were at least Fifth or Sixth Realm strength. Young Sect Master is worthy of being Young Sect Master!”

Listening to their flattery, Song Shixuan felt so depressed he wanted to vomit blood.

When these people spoke, they weren’t even willing to approach him.

He didn’t know what was going on.

The fox demon controlling the formation definitely had a grudge against him! This was clearly intentional.

If she wanted him dead, just give him a quick end! Why torture him like this!

Suddenly, Song Shixuan noticed the formation activating again.

“Everyone, be careful!”

The Lingxiao Sword Sect disciples had already figured out the pattern. The moment they noticed the formation’s change, each one immediately distanced themselves from Song Shixuan.

Seeing their movements, Song Shixuan felt the urge to vomit blood.

A light arrow suddenly shot from afar, heading straight for Song Shixuan.

Song Shixuan wanted to dodge, but this arrow was simply too fast. It condensed at least Sixth Realm or higher power, possibly even Seventh Realm.

Song Shixuan was helpless. He found he simply couldn’t dodge.

“Just give me a quick end!” he roared lowly.

Then everyone saw this light arrow, trailing a long flaming tail, draw a scorching trajectory through the air.

The arrowhead dipped slightly downward, pointing at Song Shixuan.

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And then.

BOOM!!

The light arrow exploded.

Flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Song Shixuan’s eyes widened.

He looked down in disbelief to see the void between his legs.

“Fox demon!! This is too much!!”

…

“Precision strike!”

“Perfect score!”

Lu Zhuxin looked delighted.

She knew she couldn’t deal fatal damage to Song Shixuan, and her attacks would weaken when they landed on him.

So Lu Zhuxin calculated the position and power of this attack slightly.

Anyway, the Heavenly Dao only protected the Child of Destiny from death. Specifying a target to have a certain body part injured should be acceptable, right?

And the result was completely within Lu Zhuxin’s calculations.

“With damage protection in place, being able to achieve this much is already sufficient.”

“With injuries like these, even with Lingxiao Sword Sect’s treatment, he won’t recover without at least half a year.”

“Hehe!”

“Let’s see how this bastard can still use the Bliss Sect’s secret art of absorbing Primordial Yin now.”

Lu Zhuxin contentedly shifted her attention away from Song Shixuan and looked back at the central battlefield in the Fox Palace.

Hu Po was still fighting the two sect masters.

However, clearly Hu Po had fallen into a disadvantage.

The tiger clan was naturally good at and fond of battle. All their combat techniques were straightforward, rarely playing mind games.

Moreover, Hu Po, the tiger clan’s little princess, had a simple nature to begin with. This allowed the two human sect masters to exploit a major opening.

Jiang Hongliang had been avoiding direct confrontation with Hu Po. Instead, he used Lingxiao sword cultivators’ movement techniques to maneuver around Hu Po, plus Liu Funing’s equally fierce attacks assisting from the side.

Hu Po’s battle rhythm had unknowingly been led around by Jiang Hongliang and Liu Funing.

“Jiang Hongliang… this old fox, playing mind games with a little girl. Doesn’t he feel ashamed?” Lu Zhuxin muttered to herself.

Lu Zhuxin didn’t immediately help Hu Po.

She was still waiting. She wanted to see if Jiang Hongliang had invited other helpers.

Although Liu Funing’s appearance surprised Lu Zhuxin, Liu Funing, a Seventh Realm sect master, clearly didn’t meet Lu Zhuxin’s standards for a big fish.

If Liu Funing was the only helper Jiang Hongliang invited, then this big fish wasn’t big enough.

Lu Zhuxin activated the formation but only used it to seal off the two sect masters’ retreat routes, precisely to give others the opportunity to rescue Jiang Hongliang and Liu Funing.

Lu Zhuxin was still fishing, although she couldn’t be completely certain whether such a fish truly existed.

But based on her understanding of Jiang Hongliang, he couldn’t possibly come directly to assassinate the Fox Monarch without making full preparations.

As a sect master who had weathered countless storms, Jiang Hongliang was essentially a cautious person who treasured his life.

Having him sacrifice his life to single-handedly assassinate an Eighth Realm great demon? That was impossible.

So Lu Zhuxin was certain that if Jiang Hongliang truly acted to assassinate her, he must have other helpers.

But if Jiang Hongliang’s trump card was merely Liu Funing, this trump card seemed insufficient.

Would this old fox Jiang Hongliang entrust his back and safety to a sect master with only Seventh Realm cultivation?

Even if this person was the same-realm-invincible Liu Funing.

Lu Zhuxin felt this was unlikely.

After all, Mingzhao City had three Eighth Realm powerhouses on the surface.

Two retainers and one Fox Monarch.

These were all well-known facts.

Even if Jiang Hongliang believed the Fox Monarch had no combat ability, there were still two retainers on the surface.

Did they dare directly attack Mingzhao City with one Seventh Realm and one Eighth Realm?

Wasn’t this a joke?

If Huang Xifeng hadn’t suddenly appeared to help them, they might still be tangled up with those two fox clan retainers in Mingzhao City!

So Lu Zhuxin was still waiting, waiting for Jiang Hongliang’s other helpers to appear.

After discovering the heat period information might have leaked, Lu Zhuxin conveniently set up a trap.

Using the heat period as bait, herself as the lure, to fish for big fish.

Of course, the setup portion was basically completed by Hu Xian’er.

Moreover, even though Lu Zhuxin had hardly told Hu Xian’er her specific thoughts or plans, Hu Xian’er had completed these matters beautifully.

“Let me guess. Will a fourth sect master appear in the Fox Palace tonight?”

Lu Zhuxin watched the battle between Hu Po and the two sect masters for a while.

“The Fox Palace formation has been active for so long now. It seems that helper won’t appear so easily.”

“It can’t be that they definitely need me to show myself before they’ll be drawn out, right?”

Jiang Hongliang and Liu Funing’s target had been Lu Zhuxin from the start, so this possibility was quite high.

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However, Lu Zhuxin didn’t want to place herself in such a dangerous situation.

A fox demon with such a delicate body appearing directly before these domineering sword cultivators would be far too dangerous.

“Looks like I need to increase the pressure on them!”

Lu Zhuxin smiled coldly. “I wonder if the Seven Sword Sects can bear the loss of two sect masters.”

She sent a message to Hu Po. “Hu Po, in a moment I’ll use the formation to coordinate with you and directly take down these two sect masters!”

Hearing this, Hu Po immediately replied to Lu Zhuxin. “Stinky fox! Don’t interfere, okay!”

“I finally found people who can fight with me! No one is allowed to interfere, okay!”

Tch! This little tiger girl, why did she become stubborn at a time like this!

If you didn’t know better, you’d think this little tiger girl was in some kind of easy victory match.

But Lu Zhuxin clearly saw this little tiger girl being played around by two old foxes from the sword sects like walking a dog.

She was clearly fighting very frustratedly.

It seemed she’d been cooped up by her sister in the tiger clan for too long and had gone stir-crazy.

“These two don’t intend to have a proper fight with you,” Lu Zhuxin said. “You’re fighting very frustratedly too, right?”

“I’ll find you a new opponent who won’t fight as frustratingly as these two.”

“Really?” Hu Po was somewhat skeptical.

Of course, if that person was willing to appear to rescue others, they’d have to fight desperately.

“I’m a fox!” Lu Zhuxin said. “Foxes aren’t good at fighting, but we have good brains. If you don’t trust what a fox says, whose words can you trust?”

“But…” Hu Po said, “My sister said you can’t completely trust what foxes say.”

“Is your sister a fox, or am I a fox?” Lu Zhuxin asked.

“You are,” Hu Po said.

“Your sister isn’t a fox, so how would she know you can’t completely trust what foxes say?” Lu Zhuxin added.

Hu Po’s young brain fell into silence.

“What you say makes a lot of sense,” Hu Po said. “You’re the fox leader, smarter than my sister. I’ll listen to you.”

Oh~! This child was so easy to coax.

No wonder Hu Xian’er could get her to come.

Also, how incompetent must the Tiger Monarch… her sister be in this girl’s eyes?

Well, the tiger clan seemed to have the same reputation among all races.

Brave but lacking strategy.

Wait…! Considering how much the Tiger Monarch treasured this sister…

Hu Xian’er shouldn’t have been able to convince the Tiger Monarch.

So… this little tiger girl probably snuck out on her own!

Lu Zhuxin’s heart was filled with guilt for three seconds.

Then Lu Zhuxin quickly manipulated the formation disc before her.

“Now! Listen to me! Attack with full force!”

“Defeat them!”

The formation Huang Xifeng added to the Fox Palace was very reliable.

Although lacking somewhat in offensive capability, it excelled in comprehensiveness.

Lu Zhuxin suspected that when Hu Xian’er, as the client, made her requests, she had added every function she could think of.

Huang Xifeng’s formation attainments were extremely formidable.

Being able to satisfy such a troublesome client in such a short time was also quite impressive.

This formation’s attack arrays seemed somewhat inadequate before Eighth Realm powerhouses.

Fortunately, with Hu Po present, Lu Zhuxin didn’t need to use the formation for main attacks.

She only needed to use the formation’s other functions to assist, and the situation would completely reverse.

“Restraint! Slow! Suppression!”

Lu Zhuxin’s fingertips tapped lightly.

…

The two sect masters who were maneuvering around Hu Po while looking for opportunities to escape suddenly noticed something wrong.

A mysterious suppressive force appeared out of nowhere.

They, who had been moving freely just moments ago, suddenly felt as if they’d fallen into a quagmire.

“This is! A restriction formation!” Jiang Hongliang’s expression instantly turned ugly.

“My cultivation has been suppressed greatly!” Liu Funing’s face paled.

Her true cultivation was only Seventh Realm. Her resistance to formations was much weaker than Jiang Hongliang’s, so she was affected far more by the formation.

She felt her body suddenly become abnormally heavy, and even circulating the spiritual power within her body felt incredibly difficult.

Not only that, they also saw a light ring cover Hu Po before them.

This little tiger girl’s aura rose another level in their perception compared to before.

“This is bad!” Liu Funing was greatly alarmed.

She saw the opposing Hu Po had already turned her gaze toward her.

The young tiger girl’s face showed the innocent expression befitting her age.

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Then she struck a palm toward Liu Funing.

“Sect Master Liu!” Jiang Hongliang shouted loudly.

He wanted to come to her rescue, but he was still suppressed by the Fox Palace formation, his speed greatly reduced.

Meanwhile, Hu Po received enhancement from the Fox Palace formation, her speed and strength far exceeding before.

Jiang Hongliang simply couldn’t rescue her in time before Liu Funing was sent flying by Hu Po’s strike.

Seventh Realm was still too weak. Moreover, Hu Po was among the stronger existences in the Eighth Realm.

However, Lu Zhuxin could sense Liu Funing’s aura still persisted. She hadn’t died.

“Is it because she has life-saving artifacts from the sword sect?” Lu Zhuxin muttered to herself.

It wasn’t strange for sect masters to carry protective artifacts from their sects.

“But… that helper hiding in the shadows still hasn’t acted even now?”

“Or did I guess wrong?”

“That doesn’t make sense.”

Lu Zhuxin didn’t think her speculation was mistaken.

“Then it’s just that the current situation isn’t dire enough. After all, only one sect master has fallen so far.”

After sending Liu Funing flying, Hu Po turned her gaze toward Jiang Hongliang.

Jiang Hongliang felt terrible pressure.

He knew that in single combat, even in a life-or-death struggle, his chances of victory against this little tiger girl weren’t high.

And now, this little tiger girl had targeted him.

“Heh~~!” Hu Po revealed a kind, sweet smile, grinning to show her white sharp teeth. “Hitting a sandbag is quite stress-relieving. Won’t move around running everywhere.”

The sandbag referred to Liu Funing?

Before Jiang Hongliang could think too much, the Hu Po before him had already charged over.

Tiger claws extended, striking fiercely at Jiang Hongliang.

Jiang Hongliang stepped back.

Suddenly, he felt his legs as if filled with lead blocks, difficult to move.

His eyes widened slightly.

Movement restricted, difficult to escape.

At the critical moment, he could only raise his sword horizontally and block with full force.

Hu Po raised her tiger claw high and struck down from above.

With a boom, Jiang Hongliang was struck into the earth with one palm, his entire body embedded in the ground.

“Is this good enough?” Hu Po sent a message to Lu Zhuxin.

“Very well done!” Lu Zhuxin praised.

“He can’t beat me at all now. What do we do next? Where is that person you mentioned who can fight with me?” Hu Po asked.

“Next?”

Lu Zhuxin supported her face. She hadn’t expected that even at this point, the possible big fish hiding in the shadows still hadn’t appeared.

Which sect master could be so cold-blooded that even with their companions nearly defeated, they still refused to show themselves?

Or had they decided the situation was hopeless and believed appearing would only mean death, scared away by Lu Zhuxin?

If that was the case, it would be too regrettable.

However, Lu Zhuxin wasn’t an ungrateful person.

Although she might have let one big fish escape, two sect masters had already fallen in the Fox Palace now.

This was the greatest achievement in the Demon Realm’s battles with the Righteous Seven Sword Sects in hundreds of years.

“Next, listen to my instructions. When I count to three, you break his neck.”

“If that person can appear within these three seconds, it means they’re still someone with backbone, worthy of fighting you.”

“If they don’t appear, then…”

Lu Zhuxin chuckled softly. “Then I’ve overestimated these human powerhouses… A bunch of cowards, lacking responsibility, refusing to save the dying, not worth expecting.”

“Starting now. One!”

Hearing this, Hu Po placed her tiger claw on Jiang Hongliang’s neck.

Jiang Hongliang cursed angrily. “Beast relying on external forces! If you dare, remove the formation and fight me again.”

Hu Po said, “Fighting you, you just run, run, run. No fun.”

“Hehe.”

Lu Zhuxin curved her lips, her mouth preparing to count.

“Three…”

Just then, a cool finger gently touched Lu Zhuxin’s jade neck and slowly pressed with soft force.

Lu Zhuxin’s body instantly froze.

That was where the Dew Point was located, where fox demons received pure yang energy for shallow marking.

At the same time, a pleasant female voice, carrying faint mockery, sounded beside Lu Zhuxin’s ear.

“Excuse me, are you looking for me?”

“Little fox.”