The Suddenly Appearing Beautiful Woman

Chu Yang thought about how to escape. I probably can't use brute force! If this mysterious cloaked man is even stronger than Xiao Zhan, then I have no confidence at all right now!

With his current strength as a two-star Dou Zhe, and having only learned the barest basics of the Great Dou Absorption Technique, he probably would not be able to absorb even a trace of this mysterious cloaked man's Dou Qi. Instead, would he only exhaust his own body and let the man kill him more easily?

What if he added the demonic puppet? The puppet was still only at the strength of a seven-star Dou Zhe. He had yet to refine pills that could feed it and raise its level, nor could he think of any other ingenious method to make it stronger and take its combat power to the next level.

Even if the puppet sprang out and caught the mysterious cloaked man off guard, and even if it was not afraid of being struck, the gap between their strengths was too great. The cloaked man would soon regain the initiative.

Just as Chu Yang had decided to use pills to tempt the mysterious cloaked man, the man suddenly seemed to feel like taking a rest and casually tossed him onto the ground.

As Chu Yang hesitated over whether to open his eyes at once and offer some pills to tempt the mysterious cloaked man, the system's voice suddenly sounded in his mind. "Congratulations, Host. You have triggered a random mission: heal the beautiful woman who will soon appear. Reward: three attraction points."

Heal the beautiful woman who would soon appear! Any young man who heard that would involuntarily swallow.

Why had the system suddenly given me such a tantalizing random mission? Could it be Huan Huan...

But then Chu Yang thought, Huan Huan is a woman too. Would she arrange this and not get jealous herself?

I'm overthinking it! Chu Yang immediately mocked himself. Whether Huan Huan would even take a liking to him in his current state was still a big question!

As Chu Yang wondered what beautiful woman would soon appear here, he suddenly noticed the mysterious cloaked man's expression change.

Then, Chu Yang heard the sound of wings beating, coming from the sky and drawing nearer.

When the wingbeats were about to reach the sky above this forest, the mysterious cloaked man seemed to grow anxious and reached down to drag Chu Yang into the nearby bushes.

The moment Chu Yang heard the flapping wings overhead, his heart jolted. So the beautiful woman the system mentioned is about to appear?

And now, the mysterious cloaked man was clearly trying to hide with him!

How could Chu Yang let him have his way? In that instant, he made his decision: he would make his move now! Otherwise, he might never get another chance to escape this mysterious cloaked man's grasp.

Just as the mysterious cloaked man reached for Chu Yang, Chu Yang abruptly unleashed the absorption technique in a surprise attack. He wanted to see whether the Great Dou Absorption Technique could have any effect in actual combat.

At the same time, he released the Yellow Demonic Puppet from his Storage Ring. Since the puppet's current strength was only that of a seven-star Dou Zhe, placing it at the lowest of the four ranks—Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow—it could also be called a Yellow Demonic Puppet.

Once the puppet's strength rose to a certain degree, it could be called a Mystic Demonic Puppet. Then it could advance into an Earth Demonic Puppet, and eventually reach the pinnacle strength of a Heaven Demonic Puppet.

The mysterious cloaked man had never expected Chu Yang to have already awakened. Naturally, he had not thought to guard against him. Moreover, the intelligence he had obtained from Liu Xi only said that Chu Yang was a formidable alchemist with no Dou Qi cultivation to speak of. He had subdued Chu Yang in a single move earlier. With strength not inferior to Xiao Zhan of Wutan City, along with Jia Bi and the others, he regarded Chu Yang no differently from an ant.

Chu Yang's sudden attack truly caught the mysterious cloaked man off guard. However, the gap between them was still great. Although the man initially found Chu Yang's attack strange, and his body seemed to experience an unusual sensation, he quickly reacted and used his powerful Dou Qi to suppress Chu Yang in return.

Damn it! My mastery of the Great Dou Absorption Technique is still too shallow. It's completely useless against this mysterious cloaked man!

As Chu Yang thought this, the mysterious cloaked man's hand was about to restrain him once more.

But at that moment, the Yellow Demonic Puppet had already charged violently at the mysterious cloaked man.

The mysterious cloaked man seemed to be caught off guard again, retreating two steps this time.

Yet when he saw clearly that it was a demonic puppet, a smile seemed to appear on the well-informed cloaked man's face. In his greed, he instantly wanted to seize the puppet for himself.

However, the sound of wings beating through the sky was now directly overhead!

Chu Yang could not help but look up. Sure enough, he saw a woman hovering in midair, her pale green wings spread wide.

Dou Qi Wings! This woman was absolutely at the Dou Wang rank or above! Chu Yang was shocked. In the Wutan City region he had just entered, the strongest expert known openly was only at the Da Dou Shi rank.

Although she was still some distance away, Chu Yang had sharp eyes and could vaguely make out that the woman with pale green Dou Qi Wings was undoubtedly beautiful. Her beauty also carried an air of maturity and nobility, possessing an indescribable charm beyond that of young beauties such as Nalan Yanran and Xiao Mei.

Could this woman be the beautiful woman the system just said would appear? She must be. Otherwise, could there be another beautiful woman nearby right now?

But wait, the system had seemed to say that he was supposed to heal this beautiful woman, and then he would receive three attraction points...

This beautiful woman was injured? Yet her strength was too high, and Chu Yang could not tell what was wrong with her at a glance.

Or perhaps—she had not yet been injured, and would only be hurt after fighting someone...

Who could injure her? The mysterious cloaked man beside him?

Chu Yang thought that was impossible. Although the mysterious cloaked man seemed incredibly powerful in front of him, his cultivation had not reached the level of Dou Qi Wings. He was not yet a Dou Wang. Otherwise, he could have flown while carrying Chu Yang earlier, rather than needing to hurry through the forest on foot!

While Chu Yang's mind was running wild, in the brief instant of lightning and sparks, the beautiful woman in the sky had already swooped down and attacked the mysterious cloaked man.

Knowing there was no hope of escape, the mysterious cloaked man could only resist with all his strength.

"Madam, let's talk this out..."

As the mysterious cloaked man used the short blade drawn from his body to block the beautiful woman's equally pale green sword, he was already showing signs of begging for mercy.

But the beautiful woman seemed eager to kill him as quickly as possible. Her pale green sword broke through the mysterious cloaked man's defense in a single stroke and pierced straight toward his heart.

"Hmph!" the beautiful woman said. "Gu He said you once caused the death of an alchemist!"

"Gu He? Ah! So you're from the Misty Cloud Sect..."