Chapter 90 Fierce Battle

"You'd be that kind?" Tang Sui had no good feelings towards the person who had harbored immense killing intent towards her just moments ago, and she didn't believe a single word that came out of his mouth.

Even if he had now withdrawn his murderous aura.

The man in the black robe looked at the little fellow, who dared to talk back to him with only the strength of a Soul Elder, and instead of getting angry, he laughed, "Of course. Because I've changed my mind."

"What?"

"Little girl, what's your name?" Instead of stating his purpose directly, the black-robed man asked for Tang Sui's name.

Tang Sui said with a calm expression, "My name is Tang Xiaoya."

She strongly disliked the way he scrutinized her, as if she were a piece of merchandise.

And besides... only a fool would give their real name!

Tang Sui, with her rationality back online, thought she was quite clever. The black-robed man, on the other hand, didn't expect a mere Soul Elder to dare deceive him.

He ran through the Tang family members he knew in his mind, then looked at Tang Sui with satisfaction and smiled, "Very well, Tang Xiaoya, would you like to become my disciple."

The surname "Tang" was common. Although it had once been famous, he judged from Tang Sui's martial soul that she was likely not related to that sect. Furthermore, he couldn't recall Tang Sui's name among the rising stars of other major sects in his mind, so he naturally assumed Tang Sui was just an unknown, leisurely soul master.

"You want me to be your disciple?" Tang Sui hadn't expected that after seeing her unusual spirit rings, the first thing the other party would think of was to take her as a disciple.

The black-robed man straightened his back and said confidently, "Indeed. I see you have outstanding talent, but it seems your body has some minor issues. If you follow me and refine medicine with me, perhaps it can even cure your physical ailments. Conversely, I also want to see the limit of your body's endurance, why you've absorbed so much energy without exploding."

Refining medicine?

See the limit of her body's endurance?

What sounded like an innocuous statement suddenly took on a bizarre meaning when broken down.

If she were to become a disciple of this unknown soul master, she would undoubtedly be taken away by him.

At that time... it was likely that refining medicine together wouldn't be him teaching her, but rather him turning her into a medicinal puppet!

Tang Sui looked at the trace of morbid fanaticism that appeared in the black-robed man's eyes. She pursed her lips, not speaking in haste, but instead calling out to the system in her heart. From the outside, it looked as though Tang Sui was contemplating the conditions offered by the black-robed man.

'System, if I activate my offensive form and fight him, can you calculate the win rate?'

The system did not respond, as if it didn't exist. Despite Tang Sui calling out several times, there was no response.

What was going on?

Tang Sui's heart sank to the bottom. An unprecedented chill washed over her like a tide, stiffening her limbs.

The system... wasn't responding?

Tang Sui's clear blue eyes flashed with helplessness.

'Hu Mian? Hu Mian, are you there?'

For the first time without a response, Tang Sui placed her hope on Hu Mian. However, Hu Mian merely floated by her side, and no matter how much she called out in her heart, there was no movement. It was as if they had never existed from the beginning, merely figments of her imagination.

"Little girl, have you thought about it?" The black-robed man, who had not received a response for a long time, began to urge her, a hint of ill will creeping into his gaze as he stared at Tang Sui.

He was, after all, a Soul Emperor level powerhouse. A mere Soul Elder in her thirties dared to hesitate and space out in front of him?

Even if she was a fearless newborn calf, he was tired of her inexplicable behavior.

With that thought, the black-robed man unfurled the five fingers beneath his sleeve. Emerald green soul power enveloped his palm. Without waiting for Tang Sui's answer, he leaped forward, his entire body soaring. His fingers formed a claw and he viciously swiped at Tang Sui!

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The sound of tearing air entered Tang Sui's ears. She snapped back to reality, bit her lip, and dodged the black-robed man's claw. Using a large tree, several times thicker than a person's embrace, as cover, she quickly deactivated her third soul skill in mid-air and then cast a mental and defensive buff on herself.

"First Soul Skill, Infusion!"

Black and red light poured into Tang Sui's body. The next second, she pushed off the ground, rapidly moving away from her previous position, once again evading the elusive black-robed man.

"Oh? A support-type soul master?"

Seeing the first soul skill Tang Sui used, the arc of the black-robed man's lips widened, his smile revealing a hint of cruelty.

"Not bad, not bad. For a mere support Soul Elder to have hunted so many soul beasts alone in this soul beast forest, my curiosity about your secret grows."

With that, his figure flickered and he vanished from his spot.

The next moment, a gigantic shadow enveloped Tang Sui. She looked up, seeing the black robe, raised like a night bat, completely obscure the moonlight above her.

---Author's Notes---

Another chapter is coming, woohoo~