Miss Fairy, Please Hear Me Out

In the blink of an eye, the young girl swept right up to him.

There was an unusual flush on Tian Yan’s fragrant cheeks. She looked at Xu Yuan, who had been pinned in place, and parted her red lips.

“You...”

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Yuan suddenly attacked. He circulated one of the spells he could still use, and blood colored flames immediately appeared around him.

Under the support of the surging source qi inside his body, the little blood flame of the past erupted the moment it was unleashed, coiling layer after layer around his right arm like a spiral. Then he punched straight toward Tian Yan’s utterly flat chest.

The incoming blood flame brought a searing heat with it, rushing at her face in an instant.

Tian Yan’s brows furrowed slightly, but there was not the slightest panic in her golden eyes. She quickly formed a hand seal.

“Blink!”

The moment the mantra rang out, Xu Yuan’s vision blurred.

Tian Yan shifted one foot to the right as if she had teleported, narrowly avoiding his punch. Even so, the blood flame attached to his fist instantly scorched the sleeve of her dress black.

At the same time, Tian Yan, who had already blinked to Xu Yuan’s side, aimed a “Break” mantra straight at his completely undefended ribs.

BOOM! A dull explosion echoed through the vast room.

The jade floor shattered in an instant. Xu Yuan crossed his arms to shield his side, and the blood flame swirled into a shield around him. Even so, he was still blown more than a hundred feet away before he managed to steady himself.

Seeing this, Tian Yan retreated with a frown.

Xu Yuan, on the other hand, grinned. Even though she had seized the advantage, her counterattack had only left his arms numb.

Out in the real world, she was a lofty second rank powerhouse. He was nothing more than a pathetic little seventh rank scrub. But inside this illusion, he was a third rank Grandmaster, while she was only at the fourth rank Body Integration.

Their roles had been reversed. Although his physique prevented him from circulating his cultivation art, with the spells from the Blood Origin Heartfall Art, killing Tian Yan should not be difficult.

With that thought, Xu Yuan’s gaze sharpened. A Blood Phoenix Drill condensed in his palm. Back then, he had relied on this move to heavily injure the protagonist of the plot, but after using it once, he had nearly collapsed from exhaustion.

Now that his cultivation had skyrocketed, a Blood Phoenix Drill several times larger than the previous one condensed in his hand in the blink of an eye. Its blood-red patterns were clearly visible, and it radiated a crimson glow that made the heart tremble.

Seeing this, Tian Yan, who had already retreated to the edge of the room, had her pupils shrink slightly. She suddenly said, “If you want to be trapped here until you die, then go ahead and keep attacking!”

Her voice carried a threat, but beneath the words, she seemed to be forcibly suppressing some kind of agitation.

Xu Yuan frowned. Then he stopped rushing to attack and said with a smile, “Trapped? Ran Qingmo and Old Luo weren’t dragged into this illusion.”

An illusion like this could be broken from within, but one could also be awakened by outside force. Even if Ran Qingmo and Luo Daofan were helpless against this illusion, they could bring his body back to the imperial capital and have his old man think of a solution.

Thinking of it that way, perhaps Tian Yan really did have a way to break out of the illusion. But the benefits of killing her here were obviously greater than cooperating with her.

Tian Yan let out a soft snort. “If the Beguiling Divine Sakura’s illusion could be undone that easily, then it wouldn’t be called the Beguiling Divine Sakura.”

Hearing this, Xu Yuan did stop condensing the Blood Phoenix Drill. He thought of what Luo Daofan had told him before he entered this illusion. The Splendor Bloom Sect had been destroyed by the Beguiling Divine Sakura.

At that thought, he casually waved his hand, and the spiral-shaped Blood Phoenix Drill shot toward Tian Yan. It was as fast as thunder, nearly impossible to react to.

Seeing this, Tian Yan’s beautiful eyes widened slightly, her magnificent golden pupils contracting. She only had time to spit out one word.

“Shield!” More than ten layers of bright golden light screens instantly formed in front of the young girl.

In the next moment, the Blood Phoenix Drill arrived. The instant the spell collided with the golden light screens, streams of crimson and golden qi erupted violently.

In just one breath, it pierced straight through all dozen layers of light, then passed without obstruction through the girl’s slender, delicate body.

After doing all this, the bone-spike-like spiral drill circled once in the air before returning to Xu Yuan’s palm.

The corner of his lips curved up slightly. With a gentle squeeze, the Blood Phoenix Drill vanished into nothing.

“Xu Changtian...” Tian Yan clutched her shoulder, her small face flushed red as she glared at Xu Yuan. “What... what is the meaning of this?”

Just now, she had thought she was going to die. But in the end, that blood-colored spiral bone spike had only pierced through her shoulder.

Blood poured steadily from the wound.

Xu Yuan glanced at her, then slowly walked over with a smile. “Just collecting a little interest. Now, let’s talk about cooperation.”

Tian Yan bit her lip but said nothing.

The room was vast and empty, and the sound of his boots tapping against the floor echoed softly.

Xu Yuan stopped in front of her and said gently, “Don’t be mad. You’re the reason all this happened in the first place.”

As he spoke, his narrow eyes narrowed slightly. He looked down at the golden-eyed girl before him and said, word by word, “I don’t recall ever offending your Heavenwatch Pavilion. If you hadn’t followed me for no reason, I would have taken what I came for and left by now. Now that we’re trapped in this illusion, I think compared to you, I’m the one with more right to be angry.”

Tian Yan stared at Xu Yuan with her beautiful golden eyes for several breaths. Then she looked away and took a deep breath. “I understand...”

The expression on Xu Yuan’s face instantly relaxed. He patted her injured shoulder and said with a cheerful smile, “That’s more like it. We’re grasshoppers tied to the same rope now. Finding a way out together is the proper path.”

Tian Yan’s delicate body trembled from the pain. She glared at Xu Yuan, her voice shaking as she made a fierce but oddly adorable threat. “Xu Changtian, you... you just wait...”

Xu Yuan raised a hand and cut her off. “If you’re planning to make threats, save it. After we get out, I’m going straight back to the Chancellor’s Manor. If your Heavenwatch Pavilion can fight its way into my home, you’re welcome anytime.”

He paused, as if realizing something, then smiled brightly. “Ah, sorry. I almost forgot. Your Heavenwatch Pavilion has already become a homeless dog that can only hide in the dark. You wouldn’t dare show your faces at all.”

Tian Yan fought down the urge to plant her fist into this bastard’s face and took a deep breath. “I need to heal first.”

Seeing this, Xu Yuan also put away his smile. He glanced sideways at Tian Yan’s flushed face and asked warily, “Why is your face so red? Were you drugged with an aphrodisiac?”

The moment she heard this, Tian Yan clenched her fists and gritted her silver teeth. “Is... isn’t this because of the Beguiling Sakura Flower you fed me?”

“Ah?” Xu Yuan let out a soft sound of confusion, then realization dawned on him. He asked, “You can still be affected by it inside this illusion?”

Tian Yan sat down on the floor. Her smooth long hair spilled across the jade tiles as she closed her eyes. “The Beguiling Sakura Flower targets the soul. Of course it still works.”

“But doesn’t the Beguiling Sakura Flower not have an aphrodisiac effect? Were you affected by that mad woman’s Dao Field? I remember it targeted the soul too.”

Tian Yan ignored him.

“Oh right. If you can’t hold on anymore, remember to tell me in advance.”

After two seconds of silence, Tian Yan opened her eyes again, her gaze both embarrassed and furious. “Xu Changtian, can you... can you shut up?”