Actually, Tang Li Xue did not have enough courage to act recklessly like this in front of Mo Chonglin for now.
But there was one reason that gave Tang Li Xue enough confidence to rescue people...
It was because of the heavy rain outside that gave her some ideas!
"Come! My beloved martial soul, [Golden Winged Serpent]!" Tang Li Xue muttered softly.
When the [Golden Winged Serpent] appeared, it usually soared into the sky and roared happily, but this time Tang Li Xue instantly changed it into a pair of golden gauntlets, so it would not make any noise to warn the enemies.
Tang Li Xue walked out of the prison. She easily passed through the prison bars with her [Ethereal Form].
She quickly headed toward the center of the cave and approached the chained Ye Zhen and Beiming Chu from behind.
No black-clothed men noticed that she was currently standing so close to them because she was still in the invisible and untraceable state with both her [Ethereal Form] and [Art of Concealment] turned on.
But normally, Mo Chonglin could still notice her because the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator could already sense the presence of souls from all nearby creatures through their Nascent Soul level's divine sense.
Fortunately, Mo Chonglin was still too busy tinkering with the other chained core disciples, so he failed to notice Tang Li Xue's presence there.
Don't look at the [Soul Scour Technique] seems to be so convenient to use, but this technique was actually very taxing and risky!
Imagine absorbing a person's lifetime memories and knowledge from baby until adult in only a few breaths... It will certainly put a huge burden on Mo Chonglin's brain and soul!
If he was not powerful enough to bear that burden, Mo Chonglin himself could lose his own sense of identity and think of himself as the person he soul-scoured before, or the worst effect was that his soul would break and scatter, then he would suddenly die.
Of course, Mo Chonglin was the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, so he was more than strong enough, but he still need to put all of his attention and focus to digest and organize the knowledge and memories he extracted from these disciples.
That was the reason why Mo Chonglin failed to notice Tang Li Xue's presence until now even though she was standing so close there.
'It is almost their turn... Let's begin now or it would be too late to save them and we can only collect their corpses! I am counting on you! Go, [Golden Winged Serpent]!' Tang Li Xue instructed as she raised the golden gauntlet.
Blub… Blub… Blub… Blub… Blub… SHUAAA~ SHUAAA~ SHUAAA~
The sounds of water gathering and becoming a big wave were mixed with the sound of heavy rain.
"Err… Did you all hear something?" One of the black-clothed men asked as he seemed to hear the sound of water.
"Hear what?" The other black-clothed man asked back.
"A sound like... water moving?" The first black-clothed man replied with an uncertain tone.
"Are you sick? There is heavy rain outside! Of course, there will be the sound of water!" The other black-clothed man spoke with a mocking tone while sneering at his comrade's stupidity.
"No, no, no... The sound is not like rain at all. It was more like the sound of waves on the ocean. I think we should..." The first black-clothed man replied and frowned deeply.
Before he could finish his words...
BBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM~!!!
The cave where they hid was suddenly assaulted by the huge tide!
But it was actually one of the [Golden Winged Serpent]'s unique skills, [Tidal Wave]!
At first, Tang Li Xue planned to use [Perfect Assimilation] with the Phoenix of Pride, but she quickly remembered that Mo Chonglin probably already noticed her deep blue colored Flame of Pride back then, so she decided to use her martial soul, [Golden Winged Serpent] this time!
Even though the entire cave was already filled with water, but Tang Li Xue's movement was unhindered at all.
On the contrary, she was like a fish in the water thanks to the power of three [Golden Winged Serpent]'s abilities!
[Water Control]: The power to control water like your own limbs.
[Greater Water Sense]: Granted underwater breathing ability and the power to sense the vibrations in water, making you capable to detect everything inside the water.
[High Water Affinity]: Increased movement speed by 5 times, all stats by 3 times, and all of the water/ice elemental attacks by 200%, while decreasing all of the water/ice elemental damage received by 80% (Activated only in the place with a lot of water).
When everyone was caught in surprise by the sudden [Tidal Wave], Tang Li Xue swiftly made her move!
She struck the nape of Ye Zhen and Beiming Chu from behind until they fell unconscious, so they would not struggle or shout, then threw them into his mid-rank space pouch.
She did it all in less than one breath.
With this, Tang Li Xue's job was already half-done.
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Of course, those black-clothed men would not let it happen that easily, but they were not the ones who act the fastest here!
BBBWWOOOOOOOOOOSSHHH~!!!
With one slash of his martial soul, [Purple Thunder Crescent Blade], the water that flooded the entire cave was split in two by Mo Chonglin!
Moreover, his purple thunder slash was still heading toward Tang Li Xue!
The purple thunder slash was too fast for Tang Li Xue to dodge, so she could only raise her hands and used the golden gauntlets to defend herself while also activating her defense-type divine ability, [Golden Body]!
Her entire body seemed to be covered by golden light in that instant!
BBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM~!!!
Despite all of the crazy buffs she received from her [Golden Winged Serpent] in golden gauntlet form and [Golden Body], Tang Li Xue's slender body still flew backward and crashed hard onto the cave wall under Mo Chonglin's attack.
'Damn it! He is too strong! Tsk~! So, I still cannot become his opponent yet even for now! But it is still my win this time~!' Tang Li Xue thought while smiling happily.
Mo Chonglin glared coldly at Tang Li Xue. His eyes were filled with killing intent.
Then he ordered his subordinates: "Activate the Confinement Formation now! Don't let anyone get away!"
One of the black-clothed men took out a metal plate and injected his Qi into it.
The entire cave was quickly covered by many complicated rune patterns in that instant!
Mo Chonglin mercilessly launched another attack toward Tang Li Xue with his [Purple Thunder Crescent Blade]...
Anyway... Did any of you ever ask where Tang Li Xue's perfect copy went now? Why had she not helped Tang Li Xue until now?
Well, the answer was because her perfect copy was already run away as far as she could from this cave, even before Tang Li Xue even made her first move!
While Mo Chonglin ordered his subordinate to lock the entire cave with Confinement Formation, Tang Li Xue had already activated the [Swap] skill from [Twin Moon] divine ability to exchange position with her perfect copy!
After that, she quickly unsummoned her perfect copy as fast as she could before Mo Chonglin could kill her perfect copy with his [Purple Thunder Crescent Blade].
Tang Li Xue's perfect copy vanished just right before Mo Chonglin's [Purple Thunder Crescent Blade] could touch her perfect copy.
"So~ Easy peasy lemon squeezy~! I am not even breaking a sweat here~!" Tang Li Xue said as she happily celebrated her victory.
Even so, Tang Li Xue would never look down on Mo Chonglin's cleverness because of her small victory.
She quickly summoned out her perfect copy again.
In that instant, the perfect copy appeared again right in front of the real Tang Li Xue.
"Holysh*t! That was a close one! Do you know that I almost died just now?! His Crescent Blade was right in front of my face!" Tang Li Xue's perfect copy immediately complained non-stop.
"All right, okay, I get it! We don't have much time to waste here! They will certainly chase after us soon! So, we will go on separate ways now. You go west and I will go east!" Tang Li Xue hastily replied.
Both Tang Li Xue and her perfect copy activated [Ethereal Form] and [Art of Concealment] once again to turn invisible and untraceable, then sprinted in two different directions to confuse the enemies.
Well... Actually, only Mo Chonglin could probably detect them with his Nascent Soul Stage Cultivation, but there was nothing wrong to be more careful against someone so cunning.
In this way, even if Mo Chonglin managed to catch up with Tang Li Xue, she could still easily escape by repeating the previous trick!
Of course, Tang Li Xue did not hesitate to sprint with her fastest skill to get away as far as she could from here!
[Moonlight Flickering Flash Step]!
Comparing the speed of [Snow Dance Step] with [Moonlight Flickering Flash Step], was the same as comparing a bicycle with a racing car.
[Moonlight Flickering Flash Step]'s speed was so fast that Tang Li Xue seemed to do close-range teleportation, and she would only leave several afterimages every time she moves.
But right now, Tang Li Xue was still in [Ethereal Form], so she would not leave any trace at all such as afterimages or footprints.
Moreover, Tang Li Xue would receive the [High Water Affinity] passive buff under heavy rain, so she was running five times faster than usual!
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If anyone forgot about [Golden Body]'s buff power:
* Increased physical defense and elemental resistance by 50%.
* Reduced any damage received by 30%.
* Reflected back any incoming physical attack by 25% (calculated before any defense or damage reduction)
* Increased health regeneration by 100%.
* Any damage you received below 100 points would be nullified.