Zhang Xiaohua Saved Zhang Ping'er for the Third Time

Although the woman in white had exhausted every ounce of strength, she still could not shake off the jackals' pursuit. After several hours of chasing, her inner strength had run dry, leaving her without the energy to flee any farther.

Perhaps today is the day I die here.

The woman leaped onto a large tree with all her might, gripping a branch as she thought to herself.

Yet her heart was strangely calm. Raising her head to look at the sun obscured by dark clouds, she murmured, "Tomorrow's sunlight may be brilliant, but sadly, I will never see it again."

She knew that even if she released a distress signal now, neither inner sect nor outer sect disciples would come to save her. They had all been summoned away by the inner sect disciples' signal, and hers could never be more compelling than theirs. Besides, the jackals had already surrounded her. Several were even trying to climb the tree, so she had no chance at all to release a signal.

Looking at the dozens of jackals below, a tall, slender figure rose in her mind. If only he were here. Perhaps only his martial arts could save me.

As she thought this, her gaze shifted from the jackals to the lush green You Lan Great Grassland. Just as she was about to greedily take one last look at the world's beautiful scenery, she suddenly saw, in utter disbelief, that the figure who had just appeared in her heart was actually racing over from afar, speeding from the grassland toward the mountains!

"Th-this can't be a dream, can it?" The woman stared at the distant figure, rubbed her eyes hard, then bit down fiercely on her own hand. "Ouch! It's real. I'm not dreaming. He... he's here. My... Senior Brother Zhang...