Chapter 328: Corpse Puppet

*HUFF! HUFF!*

Lian Luoqiu panted as she was out of breath. However, she didn’t stop as she kept running. Her expression was pale, eyes red with tears of anger and humiliation.

She knew the nature of Li Yuan. After all, despite being full in love, how couldn’t she not know the nature of him?

However, Lian Luoqiu felt that Li Yuan still had affection for her. After all, all these years, she helped him in a lot of matters in Nanhai City.

Since Li Qing was the crown prince, Li Yuan had a natural disadvantage. However, Lian Luoqiu helped him as much as she could.

Why? Because just like how Li Yuan fell for Cai Yixue, Lian Luoqiu fell for Li Yuan.

’ Fuck! Fuck! To think he would actually backstab me!’ Lian Luoqiu panted as she halted beside a tree. She sat down, looking at her injuries.

Thankfully, only her left arm was injured, which didn’t lessen her ability to run.

The only reason she managed to escape was the Swirling Wind Escape Talisman. It’s a talisman that blocks a partial attack and propels a person towards a certain direction.

When you get attacked, the talisman will increase the gap between your attacker and you, giving you a chance to escape. Furthermore, it’s imbued with dark internal qi, that naturally enhances a person’s agility. For a period of time, it would also greatly increase someone’s movement speed.

The Swirling Wind Escape Talisman is pretty rare to find, but Lian Luoqiu only managed to get one thanks to Li Yuan’s recommendation to a talisman master. Truly, such a delicious irony it is.

" Li Yuan... I swear... I swear I will not go down this easily." Lian Luoqiu suddenly felt laughing. The despair, the hurt of betrayal, everything felt like collapsing her mind.

" Pffft! Hahaha... I... I WON’T! I WON’T GO DOWN!"

Scrambling around her sleeve, Lian Luoqiu pulled out another small talisman. She bit her finger, smearing drops of blood on the talisman. After that, she stuck that on her head as she curled beside the tree.

Soon, the footsteps echoed as the assailants who chased after her closed the distance. After all, they were guards who served an Imperial Prince.

" Damn it! Where did that bitch run off?!"

" Hurry up and find her!"

" She couldn’t have gone that far!"

Lian Luoqiu held her breath as she stayed still. This talisman was called the Breath Concealing Talisman. Way cheaper than the Swirling Wind Escape Talisman, its only function is to hide a person’s vital sign.

Usually, it’s mostly ineffective, because it hides the breath, not a total invisibility. However, Lian Luoqiy was intelligent after all.

She deliberately created clues like footprints, broken branches in a direction. However, after doing that, she returned to a more spacious spot and took a corner to hide. And since its night fall, her chances of hiding increased.

When someone chases after someone, one would only think that the hider would hide in the best place. So they naturally ignore places where there is no spot to hide.

After all, sometimes the most dangerous place is the safest.

Keeping herself draped over a darker robe, Lian Luoqiu waited for the right moment to escape.

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The internal energy of Golden Arhat Vajra Body Arts roared into Jia Hao’s body. His fist hardened like a block of enchanted gold.

*BOOOM!*

Old Chengzi’s expression changed as he felt Jia Hao’s punch shattering her ribs. With a single punch, he sent him flying, crashing on the ground.

Before he could react, Jia Hao’s figure appeared before him like a ghost, his saber slashing out with a flaming arc.

The head of Old Chengzi flew, landing on the ground. However, Jia Hao’s expression darkened when he saw the corpse.

Not a single drop of blood came out, as if the internal of the body was dried meat.

His Sage’s Divine Eyes shone as he scanned the body.

[ Corpse Puppet: The thread of consciousness destroyed. Materials: Demonic Beast Bones, Soul Trapping Hex, True Blood Essence, Fragrant Spirit Sandalwood]

’ Fuck, this was a puppet?’ Jia Hao’s eyes narrowed when he saw it.

It was a total loss fighting the puppet. Because it didn’t drop anything he could absorb from the corpse with his Pot of Miracles.

However, thinking that he might recover some clues later, he stored the corpse in his Pot of Miracles.

Jia Hao’s eyes flashed with a murderous glint as he looked at the forest.

" Where are you going to escape?"

Activating his Fading Moon Steps, Jia Hao’s body blinked through the gentle moonlight.

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" You fucking bitch! Die!"

Lian Luoqiu lay on the ground, blood seeping from her lips. Her concealment talisman wasn’t as effective as she thought. Somehow, two of them found her.

With a sneak attack, Lian Luoqiu managed to stab one of them in the heart, but the other one punched her in the shoulders, breaking them at once.

As the soldier raised his sword, Lian Luoqiu didn’t close her eyes. She wasn’t afraid, even with her injury, she was willing to fight until her last breath.

But suddenly, Lian Luoqiu’s body went still, as if she were petrified. Her face was splattered with blood and strange, grey mucous.

*WHACK! WHACK!*

Two more muffled sounds echoed through the forest. And the next moment, silence reigned in the darkness.

Other than the soft rustles of leaves, the noises of bugs, Lian Luoqiu could only hear her thundering heartbeats.

The soldier before him stood in disbelief as a gaping hole appeared on the side of his skull. It was as if a fourth of his face had suddenly been blown.

With a soft thud, he fell on his knees, then fell forward, dying on the spot. Lian Luoqiu instinctively caressed her face, wiping out blood and brain matter.

Looking behind, she saw a stone lodged on the tree trunk, smeared with blood. It was the same stone that cracked through the skull of the soldier, killing him instantly.

Suddenly, Lian Luoqiu mustered her strength as she got up. She pulled every bit of internal qi she had in her body, rushing towards the deeper forest.

However, she halted her step as she saw a figure standing before him, leaning on a tree. Lian Luoqiu’s breath hitched as she recognized him instantly.

" You... It’s you..."

Jia Hao looked at Lian Luoqiu, his expression remaining tranquil, " We meet again, Miss Lian. Your beauty, however, has been eclipsed."

Lian Luoqiu looked at the moon hanging above her. She closed her eyes and gave a small laugh, " Even now, you are keeping your cheeky attitude. How can I still be beautiful after all these fights?"

" Though I wasn’t talking about the fight." Jia Hao shook his head, " And, not really more beautiful than my wife."

Hearing Cai Yixue’s mention, Lian Luoqiu’s face twisted with envy, " Hah, must be nice having you as husband. To think you managed to save her twice."

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