[The Escaping] Kitty

On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, beastly roars rose and fell without pause.

Zhu Zhuqing darted swiftly between thick tree trunks. Her black skintight outfit had been slashed open in more than a dozen places, and beads of blood seeped from her wounds, dripping down her calves and leaving a trail of dark red marks across the fallen leaves.

The wounds were not deep, but every leap tugged at them hard enough to make cold sweat stream down her body.

The pursuers behind her refused to let up.

"Zhu Zhuqing! Do you think you'll be safe once you reach the Heaven Dou Empire?! Yes, Star Luo Empire soul masters truly can't pursue you across the border on a large scale!"

"But as long as you're alive, even if you never show yourself within the Heaven Dou Empire, we'll find a way to drag you out!"

A furious shout exploded from behind her, followed by a dense barrage of whistling projectiles.

More than ten arrows condensed from Soul Power came screaming toward her, trailing multicolored flames as they crisscrossed into an airtight net of firepower that sealed off every direction she could evade.

Zhu Zhuqing gritted her teeth, then lowered herself and rolled sideways at the very last instant.

Several arrows skimmed past her scalp, while others grazed her waist and tore through her clothes. Somehow, she avoided every one of them without serious injury.

The most dangerous one merely grazed her calf, leaving behind a shallow streak of blood.

She had no time to wonder why such dense attacks had failed to hit a single vital spot. She pushed off the ground and shot forward again.

Behind her, the Soul Ancestor withdrew his martial soul. Watching her slender figure flee farther and farther away, he let out