A flicker of disbelief crossed Shi Lan's eyes. Someone was controlling the system from behind the scenes—and that person was inside her body?!
"I know this is hard to understand all at once, but the most urgent thing now is to help you escape."
Shi Lan steadied herself and asked silently, "How are you going to help me?"
"Relax your body and hand control of it over to me. I'll take care of everything from here..."
Shi Lan thought through many things in that instant, but she still agreed quickly.
If this dragged on any longer, both she and Shi Feng would die here today.
Shi Feng watched as the blade shadow he had gathered shattered in an instant, his expression still utterly unmoved. He simply raised the blade in his hand once more.
Seeing Shi Feng's unruffled expression, the girl shook her head in mild displeasure. "This won't do. When you die, your blood won't be hot enough."
With that, the girl lightly tapped Shi Feng's chest with one finger. As she moved, an enormous phantom finger slowly took shape in the air and pressed against the momentum of heaven and earth gathered behind Shi Feng.
"Crack—"
A sound like a mirror shattering rang out. Web-like cracks appeared in the gathered momentum behind Shi Feng, and it nearly shattered under that single tap.
Shi Feng staggered back several steps, withdrawing from that wondrous, elusive state. His eyes regained their light, and a flood of sensations surged through him.
The girl looked up in surprise. After glancing at the invisible momentum riddled with cracks, she clapped her hands and laughed softly. "Impressive."
To withstand one of her blows with momentum gathered using no more than a Xiantian Realm cultivation base was worthy of praise.
Unfortunately, such a genius was about to meet his end here today.
The girl beckoned Shi Feng with a finger. Her snowy-white tail swayed behind her as she smiled at him. "Come~"
Shi Feng came back to himself, still without a trace of fear in his expression. His fearless, selfless martial conviction had taken root in his heart. Even after leaving that state, he remained unafraid.
With a twist of his wrist, several crimson blade auras slashed through the air!
"Now that's more like it, but your blood is still far from boiling!"
The girl laughed softly and slipped past the blade auras as easily as if strolling through a courtyard, coming to stand before Shi Feng.
Shi Feng leaped into the air, gripped his blade with both hands, and brought it down with all his might!
"Clang—"
The girl raised her right hand and caught the descending blade between two slender, pale fingers without the slightest effort. Then she twisted her fingers.
The horizontal blade, capable of cleaving gold and splitting jade, seemed to turn into a sheet of paper. It warped out of shape in an instant!
Then the girl raised her left hand and lightly patted Shi Feng's chest, as tenderly as if caressing a lover.
"Crack—"
A series of sharp bone-cracking sounds rang out. That seemingly weightless palm carried the force of ten thousand jun. Shi Feng's chest caved in at once, the hilt slipped from his grasp, and his body flew nearly a hundred zhang through the air!
After hitting the ground and tumbling several times, Shi Feng finally managed to steady himself. He struggled to his feet.
"Pfft—"
Shi Feng spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with several scraps of internal organs. His insides were already in shambles, riddled with wounds.
"Oops~ I used too much strength." The girl widened her eyes, seeming a little regretful. Then she brought her hands together and rubbed them. The already warped horizontal blade could no longer withstand the abuse and shattered into pieces!
With his magic weapon destroyed, Shi Feng was wounded once more, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth again.
Shi Feng paid no heed to his injuries. Instead, he drove his Xiantian True Qi even harder and charged at the girl once again!
"Relax your body."
"I want to relax, but it hurts!"
Shi Lan gritted her teeth. She wanted to relax, but pain from her arm kept her muscles tense. She couldn't make herself loosen up.
"Take a deep breath. It'll only take a moment. If you don't relax soon, that brat's going to get played to death by that little demon!"
Shi Lan kept taking deep breaths, doing her best to suppress her body's instinctive reactions and relax every muscle.
Suddenly, an immense energy forced its way into her body. Starting from the back of her head, she gradually began to lose all feeling.
[Abnormality detected. A foreign entity is invading the host's body. Hazard-elimination protocol initiated.]
Just as Shi Lan was about to lose feeling in most of her body, the Empress Cultivation System's icy voice suddenly rang out.
"Why are you everywhere?!" Samsara snapped, sounding frantic.
"What's going on?"
Shi Lan felt sensation gradually returning to her body and couldn't help asking silently.
"The other system inside you has loaded some protective protocols for its host. It's a bit of a problem."
"What do we do now?"
"Try communicating with it. See if you can get it to suspend the function it's activating."
After trying to contact the system, Shi Lan asked silently, "System, can you suspend the hazard-elimination protocol?"
[Assessing host's mental clarity...] [Assessment complete. Host is mentally clear. Command valid.] [The host's will takes precedence above all else. Hazard-elimination protocol suspended.]
The sensation of losing feeling returned, and Shi Lan soon lost all control of her body.
The girl looked at Shi Feng charging toward her and, after sensing his blood and energy, nodded with keen interest. "Almost there. A little faster!"
Shi Feng rushed up to the girl, raised his right fist high, and swung it at her delicate, jade-like face.
Just as Shi Feng's fist nearly touched the girl's cheek, his body seemed to freeze in place, going rigid in an instant.
"Ah!"
Shi Feng's eyes instantly filled with blood, and a beast-like growl escaped his throat. He wasn't even worthy of touching the person before him. The vast gulf in their strength sent his blood surging backward. His vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
"Finally, it's boiling!"
Wild delight burst from the girl's eyes. She brought her hand together like a blade and was about to cut off Shi Feng's head and claim her spoils when an immense sense of danger suddenly welled up in her heart. The snowy-white fur on her tail stood on end, and it puffed up a whole size.
"Meow—"
The girl let out a piercing scream, and her figure vanished from where she stood.
"Boom!"
Almost at the same moment, a palm print hundreds of zhang across appeared where the girl had been.
The palm strike slammed the ground for hundreds of zhang around into the depths of the earth, driving it down several dozen zhang and creating what was practically a small lake in an instant!
The girl hovered in midair, her forehead slick with cold sweat. Still shaken, she looked toward the carriage at the center of the beast horde.
"Shi Lan" slowly drew back her hand, her gaze calm. With a single flash, she appeared beside Shi Feng.
After checking Shi Feng's condition, "Shi Lan" furrowed her brow slightly and injected a stream of energy to temporarily stabilize his injuries. Then she looked up at the girl in the air.
Every hair on the girl's body stood on end. Without hesitation, she turned and took one step. The next instant, she appeared a thousand zhang away, clearly intending to flee.
Watching the girl's back shrink to a black speck, a trace of mockery flashed through "Shi Lan's" eyes. She said indifferently, "Spatial power? You're just showing off your meager skill before an expert."
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