Rescuing the Little Kitty!

Waterfall City was the Star Luo Empire's city closest to the sea, and also one of the favorite gathering places for countless sea soul masters.

Countless land soul masters and sea soul masters gathered in this city, making its atmosphere exceptionally lively.

Walking down the streets and looking at all kinds of food completely different from that of Sea God Island, Haiming's eyes widened, as though he had returned to the snack street near his home before he transmigrated!

"Give me one of this, and this too. Pack all of these up as well!"

When passing an open-air barbecue stall, Haiming finally could not hold back. He took out two gold soul coins and bought a huge pile of grilled meat, holding it in his arms as he ate and wandered around.

Little White, in her human form, and Sea Dragon followed behind him.

The terrifying aura emanating from the muscular Sea Dragon drove away quite a few young men who considered themselves handsome and dashing and wanted to strike up a conversation with Little White. It also intimidated some shady characters who had taken notice of Haiming's lavish spending.

Where there were people, there was a jianghu.

To gain a foothold in the jianghu, there were only two paths: be smooth with everyone, or frighten petty villains with strength!

After leaving the snack street and arriving at the shopping district, Haiming had Sea Dragon pay for a folding fan for him. Its ribs were made from the bones of a thousand-year sea soul beast swordfish, while its fan surface was silk woven from cicada thread produced by the thousand-year soul beast Gold-Swallowing Cicada.

The fan was painted with surging, crashing waves, with a trident standing upright in the center as though suppressing the boiling sea!

Haiming had liked the fan at first sight. After buying it, he casually hung his jade pendant from it. Already handsome, Haiming gained an additional touch of refined elegance with the folding fan in hand.

"Hmm?"

As he left the shopping district, Haiming seemed to catch sight of a black figure from the corner of his eye. It looked somewhat familiar.

"That can't be possible, can it?"

Pressing the folding fan against his chin, a trace of surprise flashed through Haiming's eyes.

Would he encounter her here?

If the timeline followed its normal course, she should have been heading inland. Why would she come to this remote coastal city... remote!

A glint flashed in Haiming's eyes, and an indistinct smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

Little White, following behind him, was somewhat curious. What had Haiming thought of that made him stop here?

"Grandpa, if a very weak soul master is being hunted down, and her destination is the interior of the continent, what route would be safest for her to take?"

Haiming turned around and headed toward where the black figure had disappeared.

Sea Dragon rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Do the opposite. First head outward to avoid the pursuers, then follow behind them back inward."

As they spoke, Haiming and the other two had already disappeared into an alley.

In a small forest outside Waterfall City, a black figure stopped. She cautiously looked around the surrounding woods. Finding none of the hidden enemies she had expected, she relaxed slightly, sat beneath a tree, and took out some dry rations to eat.

The dry coarse grain made her feel as though she were choking, but she did not care at all and continued taking small bites.

Only by eating her fill would she have the strength to run, and the strength to find him!

She had to find him and obtain the answer she wanted!

Whoosh!

The sound of something slicing through the air rang out. She suddenly raised her head, and a sharp arrow streaked past her face. The cutting airflow even tore open her skin, which was dirty and disheveled but, upon closer inspection, delicate enough to seem breakable with a puff of air!

"Second Miss, you certainly made this old servant search hard for you!"

The somewhat hoarse voice made her tense. She stood up, and the dry ration in her hand, pierced through by an arrow, fell to the ground.

"Second Miss, why make yourself suffer by eating the sort of food meant for pigs and cattle? Come back with this old servant."

Three figures appeared before her, surrounding her from all sides.

Directly before her stood an old woman with a slightly hunched back and a face full of wrinkles.

"Go back with you? So I can wait for my sister to kill me?"

Her voice was cold, and she spoke very evenly.

At the mention of her sister, the old woman before her visibly froze, then helplessly shook her head. Six Soul Rings rose beneath her feet and circled around her body.

The other two burly men also released their martial souls: black panthers!

Five Soul Rings each lit up the dim forest, while unwillingness flickered in her eyes!

She still had not received the answer she wanted!

"Second Miss, come back with this old servant. Eldest Miss will not harm you."

After a long silence, the old woman spoke again to persuade her. This time, however, she had already infused her words with soul power, and a powerful pressure descended upon her.

"Is she really that desperate to kill me? First my younger sister, then me? Zhu Zhuyun's sense of urgency is truly strong!"

Zhu Zhuqing took a deep breath. A black shadow flashed, cat ears sprouted atop her head, and a tail grew from behind her. Her entire bearing resembled that of a startled mother cat!

"This old servant is deeply grieved that Third Miss Zhuxin died an untimely death. However, even you, Second Miss Zhuqing, cannot casually slander your own elder sister!"

The old woman's voice grew slightly harsher, and the Soul Rings around her became increasingly dazzling. The powerful fluctuations of soul power pressed the weeds on the ground flat against the earth.

Zhu Zhuqing gritted her teeth. Two yellow Soul Rings rose beneath her feet, and with a flash of her body, she shot toward the old woman like a streak of black light.

"First Soul Skill: Shock Arrow!"

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing rushing at her, the old woman sighed softly, then raised her head with what seemed like pity. A streak of cyan light instantly struck Zhu Zhuqing in mid-dash, knocking her back and pinning her directly to a tree behind her!

Pfft!

Zhu Zhuqing gripped the arrow that had pierced through her chest as blood surged backward and spilled from her mouth. Her eyes remained fixed on the old woman.

"Eldest Miss guessed that Second Miss would certainly shake off the pursuers, so she ordered this old servant and the others to split into two groups and search from both directions. Who would have thought it would be exactly as Eldest Miss predicted? Second Miss, you chose to do the opposite. You weren't in a hurry to go to that worthless man's side, so you chose to take the long way around, didn't you?"

The old woman slowly walked up to Zhu Zhuqing. Raising her head to look at Zhu Zhuqing pinned to the tree by her own arrow, a disdainful smile crossed her lips.

"Your fiancé is worthless. Second Miss, do you also wish to become worthless? Worthless people have no value in existing."

"My value... isn't it just... to let Zhu Zhuyun fulfill the clan's destiny?"

Zhu Zhuqing spat out a mouthful of blood, her voice broken and intermittent.

The Zhu Clan's rule was that daughters born to the main branch would marry princes of the imperial family. The matching rule was that if the prince lost the struggle among the princes, the Zhu Clan's daughter would die as well.

Put simply, the Star Luo Empire would only have one surviving prince, and the Zhu Clan only needed one surviving daughter to become empress!

"Second Miss, since you chose the wrong path, this old servant can only send you on your way."

The old woman raised her hand. The first Soul Ring behind her shone once more, and an invisible heavy crossbow appeared in her hand. A glint of cold light aimed at Zhu Zhuqing's neck!

(On Douluo Continent, there were regular soldiers and ranged archers, and craftsmen were highly skilled as well, so crossbows becoming martial souls was perfectly normal. Only repeating crossbows had never appeared.)

"Fourth Soul Skill: Awakening Power: Superpower!"

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