No wonder there had been no news of her in Heaven Dou City lately—Gui Mei had captured her and taken her to Spirit Hall.
Leveraging the Nine Heart Begonia's prestige across the continent, she had already submitted the application to join Spirit Hall. Once the bishop's review was approved, she could move directly into Spirit Hall's main temple in Spirit City as a healing-type Soul Douluo.
Then, she could make contact with Chen Xing again and once more steal the bloodline source from his body...
Who would have thought that, at such a crucial moment, Chen Xing would actually run away?!
And it was the kind of escape where all of Spirit Hall could not find him. How could she possibly accept that?
Without Chen Xing, what was the point of joining Spirit Hall?
To have her freedom restricted for no reason?
But on second thought, if she found Chen Xing before Spirit Hall did and brought him under her control...
Elsewhere.
In an unnamed town, a woman wearing a conical hat stood before the city gates.
She stared blankly at the portrait posted on the wall.
"Heh~"
"Brat, I knew you weren't that simple."
Beneath her veil, the corner of her exquisite face curled into a wicked smile.
Her plain purple robe outlined the perfect curves of her figure.
Behind her, a lecherous middle-aged man saw this and suddenly stepped forward, intending to strike up a conversation.
"Yo~"
"Beauty, are you all alone?"
"Do you need big brother to pro—"
Splat!
Before he could finish speaking, several spikes suddenly appeared beneath his feet and pierced straight through his entire body!
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.
"Trash!"
"Not a single man is any good!"
Her smile vanished, and her gaze suddenly turned icy.
As her chest heaved, black mist