Chapter 296: 296: Soul Tempting Technique (Extra for 300 recommendation tickets)
"Really?!" Jiang Nuo was delighted.
"Of course it’s true, would I lie to you?" Mu Qiuniang winked at him, and Jiang Nuo felt as if his heart was about to soar.
He indeed soared, leaving the red carpet and floating towards the furnace.
"Stop!"
At that moment, Mu Qiuniang finally appeared, waved a brush, and a white silk flew out, swiftly wrapping around Jiang Nuo’s waist.
Mu Qiuniang pulled him back, dragging Jiang Nuo, who was about to fall into the furnace, to safety.
"Slap slap slap—"
She slapped Jiang Nuo’s forehead heavily three times, chanted a mantra, and lightly commanded: "Hurry and wake up for me!"
Jiang Nuo’s vacant gaze shook, and he woke up.
"Wife, what are you doing?"
As soon as he spoke, a sword light flew over, and without a word, Mu Qiuniang blocked it with her brush.
"Bang—"
Intense sparks flew, and the sword light shattered!
Jiang Nuo was a bit stunned: He just took a nap, how did he wake up to such an intense battle scene?!
"Who dares? What nerve, to meddle in other people’s business, do you have a death wish, huh?" A voice called out lightly, and a woman in a red dress with an ancient look appeared.
She had lightly drawn eyebrows, a delicate nose and red lips, and her small palm-sized face was full of a charming blush.
Chuchu was pitiful, and utterly captivating.
However, her eyebrows slightly raised, a pair of smoke-curtained eyebrows beneath which almond eyes gleamed with a cold light, looking rather unapproachable.
She certainly was difficult to deal with, attacking with ruthless and decisive force, having already unleashed several sword techniques aimed at Mu Qiuniang’s vital points, clearly intending to take a life.
Mu Qiuniang flicked her wrist from within her sleeve, her brush moving like a dancing dragon and phoenix, freely scattering rays of light, forcefully dispersing the opponent’s sword techniques.
"Asking who I am? Didn’t you find out before laying a hand on my man?" Mu Qiuniang’s face was icy cold, showing no mercy in her actions.
As for Jiang Nuo beside her, she didn’t even spare him a comforting look.
Hmph! Mu Qiuniang was indeed a bit angry.
Even a small Soul Tempting Technique could deceive him, hasn’t he got any brains?
If she didn’t give him a profound lesson, he might really think cultivation is child’s play, where failures can be easily redone?
In the cultivation world, power is everything; without it, you’re just waiting to be bullied.
"You are Mu Qiuniang?" The woman in red frowned slightly, "Aren’t you just an ordinary person? How can you know magic?"
"When did I ever say I was an ordinary person?"
"Not an ordinary person, then why can’t I see your cultivation?"
"That’s because your cultivation is too low!"
Mu Qiuniang spoke the truth, but unfortunately, the other party didn’t believe it. How could a woman who looked about her age have a higher cultivation than her?
Who was this woman in red? Known as the first female cultivator in the cultivation world, not because her beauty was outstanding, but because she worked harder in cultivation than men, astonishing many predecessors.
The current female cultivators all preferred to rely on men, hardly any were serious about cultivation, so naturally, their progress couldn’t match hers.
"Impossible!" The woman in red flatly denied.
Mu Qiuniang might waste words with her, whether she could see it or not wasn’t her concern.
"Swish swish swish—"
The brush swiftly danced in mid-air, a half-transparent Light Beast, the size of a small car, appeared, with a head like a tiger, sharp tusks like ivory, powerful limbs shaking the ground as it ran.
The tiger-headed Light Beast roared at the sky: [Roar...]
and swiftly charged towards the woman in red.
The woman in red held a long sword, over two feet in length, three fingers wide, with red tassels entwined with some golden threads.
As the long sword danced, the tassels drew beautiful arcs in the air, the golden threads seemed to glow, leaving one golden line after another in the air, forming a huge golden net.
The woman in red gave a soft command: "Go!"
The golden net enveloped the Light Beast.
Mu Qiuniang lightly tapped the brush with her fingertips, which instantly turned into a silver long whip.
With one hand shielding Jiang Nuo, and the other holding the whip, like a dancing serpent, it slashed straight at the golden net.
The golden net had just enclosed the Light Beast when it was shattered by the long whip, scattering golden light points that vanished into the air.
The Light Beast was furious, roaring at the woman in red: [Roar...]
seething with overwhelming anger, it launched another attack on her.
The woman in red muttered a spell, and with a "whoosh," a flock of shadowy figures appeared, fearlessly swarming towards the Light Beast.
The running Light Beast made several leaps, dodging the first wave of shadow attacks, but there were too many shadows, its massive head swung to bite one, its sharp claws pressed down on another, and its tail lashed out to knock another aside.
Still, there were those that slipped past and lunged towards its body.
Soon, the Light Beast was entangled by the overwhelming shadows, unable to break free for a long while, it roared in fury: [Roar...]
It exploded into a mass of light and shadow under the shadows’ bites, disappearing into the air.
The woman in red was a bit smug: "That’s all you’ve got!"
"Hmph!" Mu Qiuniang snorted coldly, transforming the whip back to a brush, and began drawing in the air.
Soon, countless Light Beasts appeared, Eagle Light Beasts, Unicorns, Fiery Flame Beasts, Snow Light Beasts, all showing up, occupying half the sky.
[Roar...]
They roared in unison, shaking the ground and mountains.
The woman in red’s expression changed drastically: "How can you have so many Light Beasts?!"
Could Mu Qiuniang say she painted them?
Now, the shadows became prey in the Light Beasts’ mouths.
The Light Beasts eagerly brandished their claws, swiftly pouncing on the shadows, racing against each other, afraid their prey would be taken.
This was indeed the case, as a Xuanwu Light Beast that moved too slowly found that when it arrived, the proud Eagle Light Beast used its ability to fly to deal with the last shadow.
The Xuanwu Light Beast roared in anger at it, as if saying: [Why didn’t you leave one for me? Didn’t I run all this way for nothing?]
The Eagle Light Beast raised its neck, its disdainful eyes seemed to say: [Who told you to be slow, serves you right!]
The woman in red was cunning, seeing things turning unfavorable, she attempted to flee.
But how could Mu Qiuniang let her escape?
What? After bullying her husband, you want to run when you see me, unable to win the fight?
Mu Qiuniang waved her brush again, streams of black ink spilled out, and pure white roses bloomed on the ground, growing wildly, entwined and chasing after the woman in red.
The woman in red slashed at a pursuing Light Beast, then mounted her flying sword under her feet, quickly soaring into the sky.
Mu Qiuniang’s expression remained unchanged, she pointed the brush at the sky, and several thunderclaps rang out.
Suddenly, countless black clouds rolled in from nowhere, blocking the woman in red’s path with lightning and thunder, rendering her immobile.
The woman in red gritted her teeth, turned around, only to find Light Beasts and some unknown Spirit Plants enveloping her from all directions, leaving no escape.