168 . 2 – Nine Lives Cat (I)

  “– be careful!”


  Xihe’s voice has just sounded, when Xue Qilin barely caught a gold afterimage with her eyes, and rapidly jumped to the left . Xihe jumped in the opposite direction, avoiding the oncoming “shooting star” .

  The sound of an impact exploded .

  Jialan, emitting gold light from head to toe, landed on the place where Xue Qilin has stood previously and radiated a raging shock wave that lifted Xue Qilin and Xihe into the air .

  After turning her body in the air and landing with her feet on the ground, Xue Qilin immediately raised her head and looked ahead .

  In the cloud of dust, a gold glow depicts the outline of the lass, who is standing up slowly .

  “It’s this feeling…… this exhilaration, this excitement…… it’s them . ”


  A trembling voice sounded, as Jialan emerged from the gradually dispersing cloud of dust .

  “Thank you…… thank you guys . ”


  Excitement —


  The excitement made her pant, made her face flush .

  “It’s you guys who made me feel this, so thank you…… thank you very much!”


  The lips of the lass, whose eyes are intoxicated, emitted a moaning voice .

  “Ah…… ah…… but it’s not enough…… not enough…… I want more……”


  Then, she smiled .

  A strange smile .

  “Now, can you give me more?”


  She’s crazy .

  Jialan is already beyond reasoning .

  Something slowly climbed up her back, making Xue Qilin tremble involuntarily .

  However, deep down in her heart, there is something — an impulse — brewing . She vaguely heard a roaring voice shout something .

  “– Qilin!”


  Phecda’s call made Xue Qilin suddenly snap out of it .

  Eyes rippling with crimson color have already drawn near, but there is nothing reflected inside them . The pupils are unusually enlarged, as if they are black holes that can suck in all gazes .

  Jialan sent a palm overflowing with light striking towards Xue Qilin’s chest .

  The majestic true qi rushing towards her almost made Xue Qilin unable to breath . However, she still reacted and tossed dozens of talismans

  As if directed by someone, the talismans, red characters and symbols on a black background, arranged themselves neatly between Xue Qilin and Jialan .

  “Barrier, set boundary!”


  Xue Qilin snapped her fingers, and the talismans radiated light and formed a barrier of light that blocked the invasion of the “gold” .

  Boom –!

  As if sounding a copper bell, when the palm hit the barrier, it made a dull sound .

  Jialan, who wasn’t done yet, clenched her palm, which is pressed against the barrier, into a fist and twisted her wrist violently .

  Along with a harsh sound of friction, a spiral of true qi broke through the barrier and drilled into Xue Qilin . She shuddered violently, and blood slowly trickled out from the corners of her mouth .

  At the same time, the subtle sound of cracks spreading rapidly rose, followed by the crisp sound of porcelain breaking .

  The barrier shattered .

  With their power depleted, the talismans turned into ashes .

  “Augment lightning with fire — Alkaid!”


  Xue Qilin forcibly swallowed the sweet and fishy thing that rushed to her throat and stabbed Empyrean Universe with all her might, and a number of blue-white lightning arcs that appeared out of thin air wrapped around it . The power contained in the domain this time is far greater than in previous instances . This is due to Xihe converting the surrounding spiritual qi of other attributes into fire spiritual qi .

  The sword body, with lightning arcs dancing around it, tore the atmosphere apart and stabbed towards Jialan’s throat fiercely . Jialan, faced with the lethal blow, didn’t evade, allowing it to hit her .

  A violent sound of metal striking metal rang .

  “What!”


  Xue Qilin is appalled .

  Empyrean Universe did indeed stab Jialan in the neck, but it didn’t even penetrate the skin . Coated with gold light, the place the opponent’s neck was hit is incredible hard .

  “Boring…… really boring . Is that all you got?”


  Asura’er pouted and uttered in dissatisfaction .

  “– That’s Imperishable Vajra Body! Fall back!”


  Silver-white tails swept over to create an opening for Xue Qilin . At the same time, she kicked off the ground and threw herself backward .

  “That’s really tactless!”


  Jialan waved her arm gently and pushed Xihe’s tails aside, and then continued forward .

  “Pest!”


  Faced with the lightning fast attack of Jialan, Xue Qilin fought back with Flying Flames . At the same time, she detonated the spiritual qi between them, trying to slow down the other party .

  However, it was in vain .

  Jialan is covered in armor-like gold light . All the attacks vanished the moment they hit her .

  This is Imperishable Vajra Body?! Xue Qilin gritted her teeth, slashed Asura’er with Empyrean Universe, and started a few sparks . She could only watch helplessly as the unscathed Jialan rushed towards her .

  The next moment, an impact hit her .

  Fortunately, Xue Qilin used Empyrean Universe’s hilt to deflect the palm slamming towards her in the nick of time, causing the palm to only graze her shoulder .

  Despite this, she was still flung away .

  “Asura’er, don’t forget that you are facing two opponents . ”


  Xihe’s stern voices resounded through the sky .

  Jialan, who was about to pursue Xue Qilin, was engulfed by a pillar of fire that suddenly sprang out from the ground .

  “So, since you are in the same boat, you want to exploit your advantage in numbers . ”


  Jialan extended her hands from the pillar of fire, and then pushed vigorously to the left and right . The pillar of fire immediately split into two, and then turned into flame debris .

  “However, did you know that all scheming is futile in the face of absolute strength?”


  As flame debris flew everywhere around her, the Vajrayana Grandmaster, in a backhand strike, sent a gold imprint barreling towards Xihe .

  “I feel like I’m being underestimated . ”


  Xihe raised her eyebrows and, using dexterous footwork, tried to avoid the straight palm imprint .

  “I’m not underestimating you . ”


  Jialan’s sweet smile gave Xue Qilin a bad premonition .

  Her hunch soon came true .

  At the moment when the two were about to pass each other, the gold palm imprint suddenly became several times larger . Xihe, unable to escape its rapidly expanding scope, was hit squarely .

  Following an explosion of true qi, a cloud of dust rose and countless stone fragments splashed about .

  “Xihe!”


  Xue Qilin’s gaze passed Asura’er and headed for the place where Xihe is located, and she shouted urgently .

  “I said I didn’t underestimate you . Why din’t you listen?”


  Jialan, who has a look of grief on her face, released a long sigh .

  “Really, why didn’t you believe me? Why –”


  “No, you underestimated me . ”


  As if about to cut the space open, nine tails flailed recklessly, left silver-white trajectories in the air, and dispelled the cloud of dust that blurred the vision .

  The figure that emerged no longer has the silhouette of a person .

  It is a huge silver creature that looks like both a cat and a tiger .

  It shook its head left and right as if it has just woken up from a deep slumber and took a step forward to exercise its body for the first time in forever .

  The shape is similar to that of a lion or a tiger, the claws that dug into the ground are shaped like sickles, the fur covering the entire body is shiny and silver-white, the nine tails at the back are swaying in the air .

  — Nine Lives Cat .

  Xihe appeared in her true body form and emerged on the battlefield as a martial demon for the first time .