Gods and Ghosts: Invincible, Mighty, and Domineering Heroine

## Chapter 16: The Invincible, Mighty, and Dominant Heroine

Cheng Yun and the Old Mage exchanged a look.

The Old Mage nodded at him, a slight smile on his face, indicating that the newcomer's combat power was well within his control. There was no need for Cheng Yun to take defensive or evasive measures.

Cheng Yun nodded in return. After a slight hesitation, he straightened his back, took a small step forward, and looked directly at the woman.

"Clang!"

The gleaming blade reflected his face, its pits and stains distorting him slightly.

Cheng Yun was taken aback. He suppressed the urge to retreat and forcefully asked, "Who are you?"

The woman looked up at him. Her phoenix eyes, which should have been alluring, were filled with a heavy threat. As she sized up him and the Old Mage, she replied, "&*%￥#..."

"..." Cheng Yun looked at the Old Mage. "Could I trouble you?"

"It's nothing, really. Don't mention it." The Old Mage stepped forward, raising his staff.

The crystal ball at the top of the staff suddenly flared with light.

Cheng Yun asked again, "Who are you?"

The woman's posture and demeanor still exuded extreme aggression. Hearing Cheng Yun's voice, she was truly taken aback, then coldly replied, "Who are you two? Where is this strange place? Why can I understand the gibberish you're speaking?"

"My name is Cheng Yun. You are currently in a spacetime transit station, and I am its administrator, or station master, if you will. This old gentleman beside me is currently my assistant; he's using magic to translate our languages. You've come to my territory, so you naturally must accept my questioning," Cheng Yun said very seriously. "Now, can you put your sword down? The way you're acting makes me feel... very disrespected."

"What do you mean, station master??" The woman frowned, completely ignoring his suggestion.

"..." Cheng Yun could only repeat helplessly, "The station master of the spacetime transit station, which is the node space. You came here from another world, don't you know?"

"Another world... I know." The woman finally acknowledged his words, nodding. With a graceful movement, she sheathed her Wild Goose Feather Blade.

Although Cheng Yun and the Old Mage's height had initially put her under a lot of pressure, upon closer observation, she realized the station master's combat power was at most equivalent to 0.8 geese, far below the average level of adult males in her world. And the old man was so old, he didn't seem difficult to handle either.

"Then what's your name?" Cheng Yun pulled out his phone.

"Yindan." The woman uttered two strange syllables, then turned to survey the boundless, dark node space, narrowing her eyes. "Is this the Upper Realm? How could the Upper Realm look like this..."

"..." Cheng Yun blinked, instantly understanding that she hadn't understood a single word he'd said earlier.

"Yindan... let's call you Yin Dan." Cheng Yun lowered his head and typed the two characters for Yin Dan into the second row of the first column of his phone's spreadsheet. The first row was the header.

Yin Dan looked at him with slight vigilance. "What are you doing? What is that thing in your hand?"

"Registering," Cheng Yun said without looking up, then jumped to the next cell. "Everyone who comes here needs to be registered. Gender... female, right?"

"Speak! How can I leave this godforsaken place!" Yin Dan's eyes darkened. She didn't want to stay in this desolate place any longer. And the fact that there were people here made her feel a little... scared.

"You leave the way you came." Cheng Yun jumped to the next cell. "Where are you from?"

"How I came..." Yin Dan didn't answer his question but instead lifted her head with a hint of arrogance. "My martial arts have reached perfection, and I accidentally found the Void Arrow rumored in the jianghu. I used its power to shatter the void and travel to the legendary Upper..."

As she spoke, she reached into her chest, but felt nothing. Her unfinished words died in her throat, and her movements paused.

Then she quickly felt her waist.

Still empty!

Yin Dan's face changed drastically. "The Void Arrow! Where is my Void Arrow!? I clearly had a Void Arrow, this big and this long, on me!?"

Cheng Yun stared blankly as she fumbled all over herself, a corner of his mouth twitching. He looked up and scanned the surroundings.

Yin Dan suddenly lowered her head, her eyes blazing with killing intent like a lone wolf, and asked, "Where is my Void Arrow!?"

Her gaze swept over Cheng Yun and the Old Mage. At the same time, she subtly gripped the hilt of her sword. However, judging by the constant readjustment of her fingers on the hilt, she was likely quite nervous.

"...I didn't take your arrow." Cheng Yun rolled his eyes and pointed at her head—

But this gesture startled Yin Dan, causing her to instantly retreat at least five meters. Her long sword let out a "clang" as it was unsheathed, pointing at Cheng Yun.

The sword's reflection of the glowing blue light made it even more chilling!

Cheng Yun was also stunned—

This woman seemed to have leaped at least five meters back with a single jump. Was this... was this something a normal person with her 1.55-meter frame could actually do?

Yin Dan said angrily, "What are you doing!"

"I was trying to say... look at the thing above your head. Is that the arrow you're looking for?" Cheng Yun was a bit bewildered.

Yin Dan glanced up—

A dark golden arrow floated about five meters above her head, causing her eyes to narrow instantly.

"Whoosh!"

Yin Dan immediately bent her knees and jumped, leaping several meters high again. She swung her arm and accurately reached for the arrow.

But when she landed and opened her palm, it was still empty.

"Huh?" Yin Dan blinked a couple of times, then tilted her head to look at Cheng Yun, her right hand gripping the sword hilt again.

"Why are you looking at me! Are you sick! I didn't take your arrow!" Cheng Yun was extremely speechless. He pointed to a spot slightly behind her head. "It's there!"

Yin Dan turned her head and looked. It was indeed there.

The scene took a sudden turn!

Yin Dan kept jumping in the node space, attempting to grab the Void Arrow, making Cheng Yun's jaw drop. She jumped higher and higher, reaching seven or eight meters at her peak, but no matter how much she leaped, she couldn't touch the Void Arrow. This left her bewildered and confused.

Finally, she gave up jumping and stood still, letting out a long sigh. She looked at Cheng Yun, "Is it... Ugh, I'm so tired... Is it your doing?"

"Not my doing," Cheng Yun spread his hands.

He could tell from the art style that this female warrior was probably no match for the Old Mage.

So what was he afraid of?

"Not your doing? Then why can't I get my Void Arrow?" Yin Dan narrowed her eyes and looked at him. "Don't you say you're the station master of this godforsaken place? Then you must know what's going on! And you must... you must have a way to get it back for me!"

"Yes," Cheng Yun reached out his hand, and the dark golden Void Arrow automatically flew into his palm. "Here, got it."

"..." Yin Dan's eyes widened instantly. The fingers gripping her sword hilt tightened subtly. "Give it back."

"May I explain it to you?"

"Give it back to me!"

"Mmm, don't get so agitated. It's like this," Cheng Yun said calmly. "Because you borrowed this time-space item called the Void Arrow..."

"Give it back to me!" Yin Dan interrupted him in a low voice. "It's mine! Mine!"

"Sorry, I haven't finished. You acting like this makes me feel disrespected," Cheng Yun said.

"Idiot!" Yin Dan cursed angrily.

Too lazy to waste more words on Cheng Yun, the next second, she drew her Yanling long saber with a swish and sprinted towards Cheng Yun, her speed like a fierce wind!

She ran and ran, only to find that her target remained in the same spot, the distance never closing.

Cheng Yun stood there, somewhat dazed, watching her legs blur into afterimages as she ran at top speed. He muttered, "A human... leopard."

Shaking his head, he came back to his senses and said earnestly, "Just give up. This is my territory, after all. Although I haven't fully familiarized myself with it yet, fighting me here, don't you think it's too much of a strain?"

Yin Dan was slightly out of breath and indeed stopped, but she still stared at him, saying, "It's mine."

"Alright, alright, it's yours, it's yours. I wasn't saying I'd snatch it from you, honestly!" Cheng Yun casually tossed the Void Arrow, which flew up towards the sky, loaded with Yin Dan's eager gaze, and finally floated about fifty meters above her.

Yin Dan looked down at Cheng Yun.

Cheng Yun looked at her with some anticipation.

"Damn it!" Yin Dan suddenly threw the long saber in her hand. The saber spun a few times in the air and flew straight towards Cheng Yun.

The Old Mage's eyes narrowed slightly, and the saber stopped, hovering eerily in the air, rotating slowly, no longer flying towards Cheng Yun.

Yin Dan froze.

Cheng Yun's eyes showed disappointment. It seemed this female warrior could only jump seven or eight meters high.

"I'm truly not interested in your treasure," Cheng Yun spread his hands. "See, I gave it back to you; you just can't reach it."

"Nonsense! There are countless heroes and valiant warriors in the world, who wouldn't covet the Void Arrow!" Yin Dan said angrily. "And if I can't get it, it's your doing! If you just take it down and hand it to me, it'll be fine!"

"Hey, please pay attention. First, I'm not one of those heroes or valiant warriors. Second, the arrow is useless to me. Lastly, since we've all arrived at this place, who among us didn't bring any treasures?" Cheng Yun was speechless. As a successor of socialism, not pocketing lost items was a basic virtue. "If you don't believe me, look at the scroll above your left shoulder. It's even longer than your Void Arrow!"

Yin Dan paused, then fell silent.

A moment later, she retracted her imposing aura. "It seems what you're saying makes a little sense, but... but what do you mean by 'a little longer'?"

"'An inch longer, an inch stronger'," Cheng Yun appraised her from head to toe.

"Huh?" Yin Dan frowned, not understanding. "Then why aren't you willing to give me back my Void Arrow, Station Master?"

"Allow me to organize my thoughts," Cheng Yun pondered for a moment before saying, "Because the place you're going is too far from your original world, and the energy of the time-space item above your head isn't enough to send you to your destination in one go. So, you and your time-space item need to transit here to recharge its energy before you can set off again. And since I am the station master of this time-space transit station, you will need my approval to depart next time."

"A... post station?" Yin Dan was stunned.

"Exactly. It seems your world is still quite primitive," Cheng Yun said. "But you're quite clever."

"Am... am I?" Yin Dan blinked a couple of times, then frowned. "But I'm a martial artist, not someone from the government or military. Martial artists aren't allowed to stay at post stations."

"..." Cheng Yun retracted his previous statement.

Sigh, actually, it's the new book period, and I haven't signed a contract yet, so there are no recommendation slots. That's why I didn't want to update too quickly. Otherwise, after finally getting a recommendation, I'd see... tens of thousands of words already.

But since a reader mentioned my integrity regarding the 'golden' standard, I, Golden, have decided right now to add another chapter!