"Once you survive, you'll naturally find out." At that, I suddenly stood up and said, "All right, she's gone."
With that, I jumped straight down from the window. Although it was the second floor, it was effortless for me.
I landed steadily on the soft ground, my gaze turning toward the back door in the distance.
"Come out. We should go," I said quietly.
The blue-haired girl poked her head out. When she saw the ground below, her expression turned extremely ugly. Her face went pale as she said, "It's so high. I don't dare jump."
"Hurry up. She could come back at any moment." I looked at her.
"Okay." The blue-haired girl bit her lower lip and stood trembling on the second floor. Her expression was still uneasy as she said, "You have to catch me. I'm very light."
"Fine, I'll catch you." I extended my hands and posed as if I were ready to catch her.
Only then did the blue-haired girl slowly close her eyes before jumping down from the second floor.
I pulled my hands back and let her fall in front of me.
The blue-haired girl cried out in pain and collapsed onto the ground. She glared at me angrily. "Didn't you say you'd catch me? Why didn't you?"
"Let's go." I glanced at her before turning and running toward the back door.
The blue-haired girl had no time to get angry. She glared at me fiercely before following.
The back door was right in front of us, but just then, the hairs on my body suddenly stood on end, and an ominous feeling surged through my heart.
I turned my head and saw a ghastly white figure chasing after us at an inhuman speed! That terrifying speed had truly reached an extreme!
As we drew closer and closer to the back door, the figure behind me also came closer and closer.
The next moment, I froze slightly, and my body pitched forward.
At the same time, a cold dagger pierced toward me. I could already feel the chill against my back. But my body had already surged past the door.
The dagger stopped just like that, and Han Qianqian's body came to a halt.
Once she left the area of the Abandoned School, she could no longer attack me. This was an ironclad rule that could not be changed.
Otherwise, no one could escape her pursuit.
I stood there panting heavily and looked at her, my eyes filled with relief.
No matter what, I had finally survived.
Han Qianqian stared at me woodenly, her gaze vicious beyond compare. Then she turned her eyes toward the blue-haired girl.
The blue-haired girl was so terrified that she ran straight into Han Qianqian without thinking. When she realized what had happened and raised her head, her eyes were filled with horror, and she stood frozen on the spot.
Han Qianqian reached out, grabbed her by the neck, and lifted her up. Then she looked at me again, her eyes filled with icy coldness.
The blue-haired girl dangled in her arms. Her struggles were utterly meaningless to Han Qianqian.
Holding her, Han Qianqian came before me. She raised the dagger in her hand and slowly moved to stab it through the blue-haired girl.
I was only one step away from her. That single step was the distance between life and death.
My whole body trembled as I watched the scene, unable to say a word.
Tears streamed down the blue-haired girl's face as she pleaded with me. She wanted to call for help, but her neck was being strangled, so she could no longer speak. All she could do was painfully extend an arm toward me.
Han Qianqian raised her hand, and the dagger slowly descended. She was in no hurry to kill the blue-haired girl. Her eyes remained fixed on me, filled with icy coldness.
The blue-haired girl's face grew increasingly purple. The lack of oxygen caused her unbearable pain. She reached out, drawing closer and closer to me.
"I don't know her at all, and I have no interest in saving her. Her life or death has nothing to do with me." I looked at Han Qianqian indifferently and said scornfully, "If you want to provoke me and make me go back, that's impossible!"
With that, I turned around resolutely and prepared to leave.
At that moment, Han Qianqian's gaze became incomparably vicious, as if she had been enraged. The blue-haired girl's eyes also filled with utter despair. She understood that she was finished.
But no one could have expected that, the moment after I turned around, I would suddenly charge toward Han Qianqian.
No one could have expected me to do that. If it had been anyone else, they definitely would have been knocked down and released the person in their grasp.
But Han Qianqian merely swayed slightly and did not fall. The blue-haired girl she held in her hand likewise remained completely motionless.
I froze. Only then did I remember that Han Qianqian was not human at all.
But by then, it was too late. A flash of red light flickered in Han Qianqian's eyes, and the dagger in her hand had already thrust forward.
I had no time to think. I twisted my body and dodged her strike. At the same time, I grabbed Han Qianqian's hand with both of mine, trying to make her release the blue-haired girl.
But she was far too strong. I could not pry her hand open with both of mine.
Han Qianqian slashed at me again. At that moment, despair had already filled my heart.
Just then, I had a sudden flash of inspiration. I took off my bracelet, grabbed it, and smashed it hard into Han Qianqian's face.
Han Qianqian let out a earth-shaking scream. Her arm released the blue-haired girl, and she staggered backward.
I hurriedly caught the blue-haired girl and carried her out through the back door. The instant I escaped through the door, Han Qianqian appeared again. Her dagger swung down, and the vicious strike ripped a massive gash across my back.
I grunted, barely setting the blue-haired girl down from my arms. Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief and look behind me.
This time, Han Qianqian looked extremely disheveled. An injury had appeared on her face, and she glared at me with a ferocious expression.
No—more precisely, she was looking at the bracelet in my hand.