Chapter 181: Chapter 181: Someone Ventures into the Mountain
Translator: 549690339
The woman moved swiftly and covertly. Not a single disciple of the Pill Sect responsible for the herbs on White Elephant Mountain noticed her passing.
However, halfway up the mountain, the woman suddenly paused, her eyebrows wrinkling as she looked around as if observing an ethereal veil of light.
“A damn array!” The woman let out a curse, quickened her steps and headed straight for the summit.
Simultaneously, everyone, whether they were at the foothold under the mountain, caring for herbs on the mountain, or even Fang Lin at the summit, got the news that someone infiltrated White Elephant Mountain.
Each of them had an ID badge enabling them to communicate with each other. Additionally, with many arrays on White Elephant Mountain, the presence of anyone without an ID badge would be immediately detected upon touching an array.
“Hurry! She’s on the hillside!”
Suddenly, the closest Pill Sect disciples rushed towards the breached array. However, by the time they arrived, the woman had vanished.
The Pill Sect disciples stationed at the foothold at the foot of the mountain mobilised, securing all the exit paths down the mountain. Elder Xu Shugong personally ascended the mountain, determined to capture the unidentified intruder.
The woman moved extremely swiftly. Aware that she’d been discovered, she didn’t dare delay and kept aiming for the summit.
In less than the time it took to burn an incense stick, the woman reached the summit. Looking around, she saw Fang Lin, who had been waiting there with a broad grin on his face.
The woman’s face fell. She didn’t expect a guard here, but now that she had reached this far, no one could impede her path.
“Out of my way!” the woman bark, disregarding Fang Lin completely. After all, Fang Lin was very young and appeared to be alone.
Fang Lin, with a cheerful smile on his face, answered, “This is my turf. Shouldn’t I be asking you to scram?
At that, the woman instantly erupted in rage. Wasting no more time talking to Fang Lin, she attacked with a fierce palm strike aimed at Fang Lin.
Fang Lin’s eyes twitched, this woman was no average fighter. She was actually at the Earth Element Fourth Realm.
With a simple shift of his feet, Fang Lin effortlessly evaded her palm strike. In the same motion, he drew his longsword from his Nine Palace Bag.
The woman spun around and launched another palm strike, her movements flowing like water without any pause.
But just like before, Fang Lin managed to dodge her attack.
The woman’s expression changed slightly, as she didn’t expect Fang Lin’s movement technique to be so formidable, making him evade her two successive palm strikes effortlessly.
At that moment, Fang Lin retaliated. His longsword moved like a venomous snake, striking from various tricky angles. To the woman’s surprise, some of his attacks were even aimed at her chest and lower body.
Enraged, the woman swore at him for his shamelessness. With a leap, she bypassed Fang Lin and charged towards a stone statue.
Fang Lin’s response was immediate. Using the movement technique “Nine Heavens”, he blocked her path in the blink of an eye.
“You want to leave? Win against me first” Fang Lin sneered, his longsword weaving a whirlwind of attacks, forcing the woman to act cautiously and preventing her from escaping.
The woman felt the urgency of the situation. What she initially expected to be an easy task turned out to be a cumbersome ordeal. The longer she stayed, the more disadvantageous the situation was for her.
Driven to the corner, the woman no longer held back. Dodging Fang Lin’s tricky sword strike, she launched a counterattack with a strike of her finger.
A white light shot out from her fingertip and managed to strike Fang Lin’s shoulder in an instant.
Fang Lin was shocked. This woman had such a strong technique up her sleeve, allowing her to use her internal strength to such an extent, this was beyond his expectations.
After landing her attack, the woman didn’t give Fang Lin any chance to react. She launched a kick, sending Fang Lin flying away.
An ironic smile on his face, Fang Lin thought about how he was always the one kicking his opponents. Now, a woman had kicked him. If Dugu Nian found out about this, she’d certainly have a good laugh at his expense.
However, as Fang Lin was sent flying, he slapped his Nine Palace Bag, releasing an array of silver needles. The chill radiating from these needles filled the air as they struck the woman’s back.
The woman halted, her face showing a hint of pain. She glanced back at Fang Lin with a resentful gaze.
As Fang Lin fell to the ground, blood began to seep from the hole in his shoulder. Yet his face still bore a smile.
With her internal strength, the woman forced out the silver needles lodged in her back. However, the next moment, she realized her consciousness was getting blurry.
“Not good! Those needles were poisoned!” Her face drained of color as she realized those silver needles must have been laced with poison.
Fang Lin painfully got up and took a Hemostatic Pill before brushing off the dirt on his clothes. He chuckled, “Stop moving around or the poison will spread faster.”
“You despicable wretch! You won’t have a good end!” The woman cursed.
With a menacing glare, Fang Lin delivered a well-aimed kick, knocking her down.
“You kicked me first then cursed at me. Who struck first? This is the Pill Sect’s territory, and you’re an unidentified intruder. Do you think you are in the right? Try being arrogant again and see if I don’t deal with you.” Fang Lin retorted angrily.
The woman felt frustrated. She had failed to achieve her aim and was now under arrest. What pissed her off more was that Fang Lin, that bastard, actually had the audacity to kick her.
“I will kill you!” Ignoring everything else, she sprung up to slap Fang Lin’s neck.
Fang Lin chuckled derisively and easily sidestepped her attack.
However, a moment later, he was stunned. The woman didn’t intend to fight him to death but used it as a diversion to escape down the mountain.
Fang Lin immediately gave chase, but his wound was too painful and he lost track of her.
Nonetheless, he believed that given the poison in her body, she would not be able to escape and was probably captured by others. He decided not to stress over it.
When the rest of the party searched on and found Fang Lin, he was shocked to learn that they had not caught the woman at all.
Fang Lin, injured as he was, descended from the mountain with the others. They returned to the temporary base to rest.
Xu Shugong asked about the situation, as Fang Lin was the only one to clash with the unidentified intruder on White Elephant Mountain, and the details were necessary.
After such an occurrence, security was ramped up on the mountain. Dong Qing personally entered White Elephant Mountain to prevent another intrusion.
The woman who had invaded White Elephant Mountain was found in a dense forest more than thirty kilometres away from White Elephant Mountain.
Due to the imminent effect of the poison, she barely managed to reach the forest and lost consciousness, collapsing on its ground.
“Did you fail?” A weak old man, who seemed on the verge of death, approached. As hunched as he looked, his frailty radiated from his entire being.
The woman tried to move, but was unable to utter a word.
The elderly man sighed, moved closer, and examined the woman’s condition. His brows only got deeper..