Sheng Yu couldn’t see the expression in Li Yunxian’s eyes behind her, but she suddenly felt the killing intent of the Miaoying members surge.
She knew today wouldn’t end peacefully, but Sheng Yu still wanted to try to buy Li Yunxian some time.
“This is a conflict between Changguang and Miaoying, it has nothing to do with the others…” Sheng Yu hadn’t finished speaking when she suddenly felt someone step on her shoulder.
She slightly lifted her head and saw Li Yunxian leaping into the air.
“Fight if you want, enough with the nonsense!”
In the void, a voice drifted into Sheng Yu’s ears.
To Li Yunxian, the newcomer only needed to confirm friend or foe.
The Miaoying members were stunned to see Li Yunxian charging first.
None of them expected the first to move would be someone at the Qi Refining Third Layer.
The Miaoying members instantly laughed.
None of them had made a move, only the Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage man targeted by Li Yunxian grinned, brandishing his weapon.
A mere Qi Refining Third Layer dares to challenge him!
HE…….
Before this Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage man could feel more pride, Li Yunxian lightly sidestepped like a leaf drifting in the wind, evading his attack.
But the bright sword light in Li Yunxian’s hand was heavy with force.
He heard the whistling sound of sword qi.
This Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage’s last consciousness in Wanwuwu was a silver-white sword light.
The Miaoying Guild members stared in shock at the unfolding scene, stunned for a moment before reacting.
Immediately, they stopped being arrogant and drew their weapons.
Li Yunxian frowned, stepping on a nearby Miaoying member, kicking away the weapon aimed at Sheng Yu, and using the momentum to quickly return to Sheng Yu’s side.
Li Yunxian reached out, grabbing Sheng Yu by the collar, her sword already poised as she pulled Sheng Yu away from the front line where she was about to clash head-on.
“What are you doing?” Li Yunxian asked Sheng Yu in disbelief.
Sheng Yu was momentarily stunned. “Aren’t we supposed to fight them?”
Li Yunxian’s disbelief continued: “Can you fight ten of them?”
“Huh? Didn’t that mean to fight just now?” Sheng Yu was shocked.
“No time for nonsense, of course we run!”
Who would recklessly fight ten Foundation Establishment warriors in a game?
Though now it was only nine.
Sheng Yu only realized this then, twitching at the corner of her mouth.
Li Yunxian’s no-nonsense fighting stance not only misled the opponent but also misled her.
But luckily, because the Miaoying members looked down on the Qi Refining Third Layer and were careless, the ten-person encirclement had a gap.
However, everyone knew the two would definitely head here, so all of Miaoying’s attacks were aimed at this spot.
Sheng Yu gritted her teeth and deployed all kinds of magic tools prepared on her, holding firm for a while.
Turning back, she bit her lip, wanting to tell Li Yunxian to run quickly.
But when Sheng Yu saw Li Yunxian’s movements—
Li Yunxian was channeling all the attacks aimed at her back towards Sheng Yu!!
Sheng Yu was instantly grief-stricken: “Boss… QAQ!”
Without any guilt, while Sheng Yu was calling out to her, Li Yunxian had already broken through the encirclement in a few swift moves.
Her sword had been refined for thousands of years, and with her sword technique, she could kill above her level, that was true, but her physical strength was only at Qi Refining Third Layer level.
This large group of Foundation Establishment warriors—any one of their attacks grazing her would knock her out immediately.
So of course, Sheng Yu had to take the hit.
Though Sheng Yu understood the reasoning, she was still deeply grieved.
Especially when she realized that as a Foundation Establishment warrior, she was struggling to keep up behind Li Yunxian while escaping, unable to catch up.
She was even more frustrated.
How was Li Yunxian so skilled at running away!?
Li Yunxian also thought Sheng Yu was pretty good at fighting beasts in general, but when it came to running away, it was like she lost all awareness.
Li Yunxian led their pursuers into the midst of exotic beasts, using the beasts to confuse Miaoying while constantly having to make moves to save Sheng Yu.
Eventually, she couldn’t hold back and voiced her complaint.
Sheng Yu choked up: “Normally, we don’t run; fighting Other Race is always a death struggle, no retreat! The front of the exotic beast tide is the city; they can’t retreat.
Killing exotic beasts and Creepy is how we train to handle them. If you die, you die—dying multiple times just builds experience.
If there really is a special situation for retreat, it’s a collective withdrawal of the main force, no one runs alone being hunted.”
Li Yunxian, well-versed in being hunted:
Alright, this is another world’s difference.
Li Yunxian was speechless, having no choice but to dash back and forth in the forest with Sheng Yu.
Their goal was naturally to get back to the town.
The town was a Stop War Zone.
Except during Public Guild wars when combat is allowed within territories, all use of force was prohibited.
But Miaoying’s people knew this.
Though they couldn’t catch the elusive Li Yunxian, they could still block the routes to the town the two were heading to.
***
After several failed attempts to break through, Li Yunxian asked Sheng Yu, “Have you contacted anyone from Changguang in this area?”
Sheng Yu replied awkwardly, “I asked, but no one’s here. This is a no-guild free zone.”
“Normally, Public Guild members wouldn’t come here; they all head deeper to challenge tougher exotic beasts. We’re only here because it’s just the two of us.”
“Xiao Ming said he already led people rushing over from the south district, but it’ll be at least twenty more minutes.”
Li Yunxian clicked her tongue.
She felt like her spiritual power wouldn’t last the full twenty minutes.
She should’ve brought more pills on her.
Li Yunxian thought for a moment, wondering if there was any way to take out some of the nine Foundation Establishment pursuers.
Unfortunately, after counting, at most they could take down two more.
With Sheng Yu, maybe three.
That still left six with no solution.
In reality, she might consider intimidation or something to make them retreat.
After all, she only had one life.
But this was Wanwuwu, a game; obviously, such intimidation didn’t exist.
Li Yunxian’s gaze stretched into the distance.
Since these Miaoying people didn’t want her alive, then all of them could just die together!
Li Yunxian made her decision.
“Boss!” Suddenly, a shout rang into Li Yunxian’s ear.
Li Yunxian’s foot had just landed when she immediately changed direction, dodging an attack from behind.
At the same time, Li Yunxian felt a gaze fixed on her.
She swept her eyes warily.
She saw a face she wasn’t too unfamiliar with.
It was an old client from her trading market.
That look of surprise on his face showed he was not an enemy.
Li Yunxian quickly made a judgment and swiftly left the spot.
She didn’t have the habit of dragging others into trouble.
All the routes Li Yunxian used to hold back Miaoying and escape avoided the regular player hunting zones.
At the last moment before leaving, Li Yunxian saw that old client raise a large blade high.
He struck down hard!
Not at Li Yunxian, but at the Miaoying Guild members in pursuit.
The Miaoying Guild members erupted in anger: “What are you doing? This is a matter between Miaoying and Changguang! Who do you think you are to interfere?!”
In response, the client threw a dazzling Illumination Talisman into the air.
The expressions of the Miaoying Guild changed drastically.
They all knew this was a signal flare to summon other regular players.
Compared to other signal flares, the greatest advantage of the Illumination Talisman was that as long as spiritual power wasn’t withdrawn, it could shine permanently—and it was incredibly cheap.
It had become the go-to signal flare for the masses.
“What Miaoying or Changguang!” The old client sneered, full of defiance.
“I only know the person you’re chasing—”
He originally wanted to say “our boss,” but suddenly felt that title lacked something.
Then in his mind, he suddenly recalled Sheng Yu’s shout just now.
“The person you’re chasing is our boss!!”
His words landed with weight.
Free players in Wanwuwu valued mutual aid above all.
With the signal flare, reinforcements arrived quickly.
However, what they originally thought was that this client had run into a troublesome exotic beast.
But when they arrived on the scene, they saw several Miaoying Guild members.
Their eyes were full of confusion: “What’s going on here? What boss?” They had heard the client’s last sentence.
The client said plainly, “They’re chasing Teacher Li!!”
A simple, direct sentence.
Those rushing over were startled, quickly scanning the area, and soon spotted Li Yunxian far off, having fled for quite some time, her clothes somewhat disheveled.
Immediately, everyone present raised their knives, spears, and clubs: “Miaoying! This is our ordinary territory! You guild folks get out of here!!”
All nine Miaoying members were Foundation Establishment.
Among the regular players here, cultivations varied; there were few at Foundation Establishment, but no matter what, Miaoying couldn’t offend this largest group in Wanwuwu.
Caught in a sorry retreat.
Li Yunxian stared blankly at how things unfolded, looking at the arrogant expressions on the faces of those people opposite her, a little unsure how to react.
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Go boss!!!