"Unfortunately... once we leave, Hong Junior Brother will be left alone. He is outnumbered and weak..."
She simply smashed the pot and threw caution to the wind, charging straight at an Absolute Ice School disciple approaching her.
She no longer held any hope.
This was neither a matter of aptitude nor practical combat experience. It was that the Ten Illusions School's cultivation arts were fundamentally unsuited for actual combat.
They were superb for preserving health, enhancing beauty, and extending one's life, but when used for slaughter, they were certainly no match for other schools.
Originally, Xu Qin had planned to hide first. If she found Hong Junior Brother, who was leading the group, perhaps they could hold out a little longer.
Yet she had not expected to encounter the Absolute Ice School, another of the Hundred Schools, the moment they came down.
"This time, our luck has truly hit rock bottom."
"Huh... why is it getting foggy?"
Suddenly, the Absolute Ice School's senior sister froze slightly and looked in every direction.
At some unknown point, wisps of white mist had begun spreading through the woods around them.
The mist had initially been so faint that they had failed to notice it. By the time they did, it had already spread across a vast area around them.
Xu Qin pointed forward with one finger, unleashing the Three Yuan Void Spirit Finger. It was a finger technique paired with the Mind-Seizing Divine Dao Art she cultivated.
It was also her strongest technique.
At the instant Xu Qin's index finger erupted with full force, it abruptly transformed into three fingers, striking at three vital points on her opponent from different directions.
The finger technique was extraordinarily fast, carrying the illusion of alternating reality and falsehood as its force was distributed differently.
Seizing the