Chasing the Target

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When the descent ended, Thousand Blades's feet touched down on soft ground strewn with broken crystals.

She did not even have time to look around.

The instant she landed, all the Silver Blades shot from their sheaths. Her figure was already streaking forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, racing toward the vague direction she sensed through Shen Yin's link.

Shen Yin's link had not been severed... At least, apart from Ranger and Celestial Star, they could still sense one another to some extent.

The sensation was merely intermittent and unclear.

She could sense that Knight and the others had also come down, but her desperation to find Love as quickly as possible made it impossible for her to stand still and wait.

...Love... Yang Cheng...

The tunnel was deep and winding, with no end in sight.

The stone walls on both sides were wrapped in pulsating black crystals, like the blood vessels of some colossal beast. As she ventured deeper, the crystals pulsed faster and faster.

And her heart grew more and more frantic.

All kinds of images began flashing uncontrollably through her mind.

The first was from a year ago.

Yang Cheng, who had been gloomy all the time, gradually became cheerful again. However, she did not cut off the long hair she had grown during her period of withdrawal, instead letting it grow longer and longer.

Yang Cheng had always been a kind person. After becoming outgoing again, she was welcomed by many people and even gained the nickname "Miss Yang."

Yang Cheng complained to her about it constantly during that period.

In the end, though, she silently accepted it.

Then came the day of the Cultural Festival.

She had worn a Magical Girl costume and performed the stage play with deep feeling.

At the