Shui Bing'er: Being a pawn didn't seem so bad

"Isn't it perfectly normal for a girl to want to kiss a boy she likes? Senior sister, you'll have a boy you like someday too, so why not experiment with me first?" Xiao Yao coaxed.

For some reason, when the subject of "a boy she liked" came up, the image of Xiao Yao, whom Shui Bing'er had only met once, actually appeared in her mind.

Not only was he handsome and dashing, but the way he conducted himself suited her perfectly. Not to mention that Junior Sister Lingji praised him day and night, saying how good he was in this way and that...

No, no, he's Junior Sister Lingji's beloved. How could I fight my junior sister over a man?

Yet for some reason, Junior Sister Lingji before her eyes actually overlapped with the "Xiao Yao" in her mind.

[Intimacy +2]

The moon seemed embarrassed by the scene as well and hid behind the clouds.

But at this beautiful moment, several ill-timed sounds rang out.

"Awooo!"

"Awooo!"

"Awooo!"

Wolf howls rose one after another, rousing Shui Bing'er from her fantasies.

Looking around, she saw pairs of eerie green lights appearing in the dim night.

She immediately covered her private parts and was just about to warn Xiao Yao.

But Xiao Yao moved even faster than she did. With a brush of the crystal pendant hidden in his hair, two robes appeared in his hands.

Shui Bing'er took a robe and put it on, staring in astonishment at the blue flames burning on Xiao Yao's body:

"W-what, junior sister, what's going on? You knew all along?"

Xiao Yao turned back, revealing a valiant, spirited face:

"Sorry, senior sister. I didn't tell you, but all of this was a plan Director Qiu and I made."

Only when the battle ended had he remembered creatures called Wolf Bandits. They had appeared in the original story too, also along the route Tang San and his companions took to Sea God Island.

So it was very possible that Tang San and he had encountered the same group of Wolf Bandits.

However, Tang San had encountered far more than he had, a full three or four hundred, so the ones Xiao Yao and the others had encountered earlier were very likely just one small squad among them.

Such vile creatures should never have existed in this world.

So he had told Qiu Wanxi that the Wolf Bandits still had a larger force and asked her to join forces with him to wipe them all out.

Qiu Wanxi did not know where he had gotten that information, but she too loathed the Wolf Bandits and readily agreed to his plan.

And so Qiu Wanxi had left the two of them, and Xiao Yao had brought Shui Bing'er into the lake to bathe in the moonlight.

Qiu Wanxi had left Xiao Yao a secret medicine. While he and Shui Bing'er played in the lake, he only had to toss the medicine into the water to spread the fragrance of virgins a hundred li away.

Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yao, transformed into Yan Lingji, were both the finest among human women. Those debauched, lustful Wolf Bandits would certainly not pass up prey so openly exposed before them and would surely pour out in full force.

When that happened, Qiu Wanxi would suddenly appear and catch them all in one net.

Shui Bing'er listened, dumbstruck. She had never imagined that Qiu Wanxi and Xiao Yao had been playing such a grand game of chess without her knowing, while she was merely a pawn in her junior sister's hand.

Yet for some reason, she felt no aversion at all. Instead, she enjoyed this feeling of "having someone to rely on" immensely.

A thought even arose in her heart that she herself found unbelievable: If only junior sister were a man.

But she soon cast this "unrealistic" thought to the back of her mind and asked, "Then what should I do?"

"Help me fend off these Wolf Bandits' attacks. These are only the vanguard. Wolf Bandits are cunning; they won't pour out in full force so easily."

"Director Qiu has to wait until the critical moment to act. Otherwise, our plan to lure the snakes out of their holes will fail."

Xiao Yao's voice was like a needle steadying her heart, slowing its relentless racing.

Around them, the full forms behind those eerie green lights gradually emerged. They were the same kind of Wolf Bandits as those from the daytime, two meters tall and covered in long gray hair.

Sharp claws extended from their palms, twenty centimeters long, reflecting a keen, cold gleam even in such dim light.

There were also jagged blood grooves along both sides of the claw blades. It was easy to imagine that once such claws pierced a human body, the victim would surely die.

The Wolf Bandits hunched forward, spread their claws to either side, and charged at high speed, leaping high once they neared the lakeshore.

Their sharp claws aimed straight at Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er in the center of the lake.

"Paltry tricks."

Xiao Yao snorted coldly and slapped the sea heart flame he had prepared into the water.

"The sea heart flame is a spirit of the deep sea and can command all waters beneath heaven. Waters of Mirror Lake, heed my command!"

"Whoosh!"

Several giant hands made entirely of lake water suddenly reached out of the lake and seized the Wolf Bandits, leaving them unable to move.

A closer look revealed several flickering wisps of flame within the giant hands: the sea heart flame.

"Get down here!"

With a sweep of Xiao Yao's hand, the giant hands dragged the Wolf Bandits into the water, setting off another chorus of ghostly wails and wolfish howls.

However, these Wolf Bandits were not weak, ranging from Soul Grandmasters in their twenties to Soul Elders in their thirties. With Xiao Yao and the sea heart flame dividing their attention among multiple tasks, they could not drag them to the lakebed, and the Wolf Bandits were still struggling desperately.

"First Soul Skill, Ice Seal!"

Just then, an ethereal, melodious voice rang out. Shui Bing'er finally acted.

With Martial Soul Possession active, she had a pair of pale blue wings. A gentle flap was enough for her to stand above the water's surface.

A halo giving off pale blue light hovered above her head, making her look like a goddess standing between water and light.

Ice Seal was an instant-cast Soul Skill that could immobilize an opponent for ten to twenty seconds.

What could Xiao Yao do in twenty seconds?

As it turned out, he did not have to do anything. The Wolf Bandits, immobilized by Ice Seal, would naturally sink to the bottom.

By the time they recovered, climbing back up with the sea heart flame obstructing them would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Xiao Yao raised his thumb and praised her. "Senior sister, beautifully done."

Shui Bing'er's little face flushed faintly. "Not at all. You're the main force."

Such a bizarre and terrifying scene made the Wolf Bandits that had yet to leap into the lake freeze.

They possessed intelligence comparable to humans. They did not fear bloody battles or torment, but such a scene was enough to make them shrink back.

The Wolf Bandits began circling the lake, neither daring to advance rashly nor, for some reason, daring to simply leave.

Shui Bing'er lowered herself slightly, bringing her lips close to Xiao Yao's ear. "What's going on?"

Xiao Yao pressed his lips together. "Wolf Bandits are cunning and bloodthirsty. They won't give up easily. They're probably waiting for us to exhaust our Soul Power. Undo your Martial Soul Possession first."

Shui Bing'er did as he said, and sure enough, the Wolf Bandits on shore grew restless again.

Of the two strange things they feared-the suddenly appearing giant water hands and the unexpected Ice Seal-one had now disappeared, making them feel that their chance had come again.

Still, out of caution, they did not act rashly.