Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 105 : . Supporting the Spirit Clan

Since emerging from the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, Xiao Han discovered she had acquired a new ability: sensing celestial anomalies. Previously, even with the system's help, collecting Heterogeneous Flames would have been challenging. Now, with this remarkable sensory ability, she gathered almost all obtainable Heterogeneous Flames in an incredibly short time, securing every unclaimed flame.

With the Heterogeneous Flames Xiao Han brought back, Gu Xun'er immediately followed Gu Yuan to the Ancient Clan's forbidden area to begin her seclusion.

Parting again with Gu Xun'er, Xiao Han suddenly felt unaccustomed.

Rubbing her brow, Xiao Han stood up and walked towards Gu Yuan's study. They couldn't remain passive in their next actions, lest they appear extremely reactive.

"You're suggesting an alliance?" Gu Yuan repeated somewhat surprisingly.

Xiao Han nodded expressionlessly.

What else could be done without an alliance? Wait for those forces to be eliminated one by one, then be refined into puppets for Soul Hall? If this continued, Soul Hall would truly become invincible.

"That's not a difficult matter," Gu Yuan pondered for a moment before saying, "The destruction of the Medicine Clan has sounded an alarm for all forces in the Central Plains. One of the eight great families, annihilated just like that—Soul Hall's strength has chilled almost every force to the bone. Aside from some forces that have already capitulated to Soul Hall, most are beginning to propose alliances with the eight great families, intentionally or not."

At this point, Gu Yuan frowned and said, "The reason a formal alliance hasn't been established yet... is simply because it's unclear who should assume the position of Alliance Leader. Tsk, those old fogeys, even at this critical juncture, they're still squabbling endlessly."

"The position of Alliance Leader..." Xiao Han pursed her lips, feeling it was somewhat troublesome.

After a while, she looked up and said calmly, "I understand."

Gu Yuan: "??"

What did you understand?

Xiao Han had no desire to become an Alliance Leader, finding it extremely troublesome. Leading unfamiliar people, some of whom might be only superficially united while harboring ulterior motives, was not something she wished to do. However, these were extraordinary times, and she had to ensure absolute victory.

For Xun'er's sake.

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The opportunity came suddenly. Within two days, Gu Yuan approached her.

Soul Hall had attacked the Spirit Clan.

Fortunately, the Spirit Clan was prepared and wasn't caught off guard. However, Soul Hall's offensive was so fierce that even the well-prepared Spirit Clan was struggling to cope. Thus, they quickly sent out a call for aid. Gu Yuan needed to remain at the Ancient Clan to guard against Soul Hall's sneak attacks. Usually, Gu Xun'er would lead such missions, but as she was in seclusion, Gu Yuan turned to Xiao Han.

Xiao Han didn't decline, or rather, this suited her intentions perfectly. Although her strength was formidable, and in one-on-one combat, no one on the continent could match her with her spiritual power, or Origin Emperor Qi, she had always maintained a low profile, rarely appearing in public. This resulted in the vast majority of people not knowing her or even being aware of her existence. This support mission was an excellent opportunity to make her presence known. Xiao Han was confident that after completing this mission, her name would resound across the continent.

Continent-wide fame wasn't her desired goal; it was merely a means to smoothly become the Alliance Leader and successfully win the war.

When Gu Xun'er emerged from seclusion, she could then pass the position of Alliance Leader to her.

Xiao Han thought.

After all, Xun'er needed to hone her leadership skills, and this would be a good opportunity.

Gu Xun'er, in her seclusion, hadn't anticipated that her senior sister had already arranged almost everything for her post-seclusion period. If she knew, she would certainly be at a loss for words.

Senior Sister, are you sure this is to train my leadership skills and not to make it convenient for you to be lazy?

Regardless of the ultimate goal, the most pressing matter to resolve now was the Spirit Clan situation.

Gu Yuan had Xiao Han bring along powerful experts from the Ancient Clan, the weakest being at the six-star Dou Venerate level. Having Xiao Han lead this support mission to the Spirit Clan was also part of Gu Yuan's intention to test and hone Xiao Han's own leadership abilities. However, despite this intention, Gu Yuan absolutely wouldn't dare let Xiao Han go on such a risky venture without proper support. If she were to get hurt, it would be his own daughter who would suffer.

The Spirit Clan was quite far from the Ancient Clan, but fortunately, they were all experts above the Dou Venerate level who could manipulate spatial power. Otherwise, the round trip would have taken an unknown amount of time.

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As soon as Xiao Han set one foot out of the spatial rift, her gaze suddenly turned ice-cold. She waved her sleeve, and a dark flash collided with a silver light. With a thunderous "boom," the powerful energy instantly pulverized the surrounding vegetation into dust.

"So it's support from the Ancient Clan." A voice, neither male nor female, suddenly rang out. The voice was extremely hoarse, making one uncomfortable just hearing it.

Where there had been no one before, over ten people wrapped in black robes suddenly appeared. The leader only exposed a section of their chin, which was covered in horrifying scars.

Seeing the interceptors, the Ancient Clan experts immediately tensed, entering a state of battle readiness.

Xiao Han narrowed her eyes slightly. The group before them each exuded an overwhelming murderous aura, reeking of bloodthirst, having clearly shed the blood of countless individuals.

The leader let out a couple of eerie laughs: "Since you're here, then..."

Before the words were finished, he suddenly felt a chill run from the soles of his feet up his spine to the top of his head. In the next second, a silver light flashed past, shooting towards the leader with lightning speed. The person had no time to react before the silver light directly entered their brow.

That silver light was actually a long sword surrounded by lightning!

The moment the sword entered the black-robed person's brow, a black mist emanating an ominous aura suddenly rose from the man's body. A piercing shriek echoed across the sky as the black mist quickly condensed into a black light, about to flee in the opposite direction.

Xiao Han raised her hand without warning, her five fingers suddenly clenching. The frantically fleeing black mist seemed to be controlled, freezing in place.

Her gaze cold, she exerted a bit of force, and blood-colored tribulation lightning roared forth, sweeping towards the black mist. Instantly, the black mist erupted in a shrill, miserable scream, turning to ash almost in the blink of an eye.

All of this happened in a flash. Before anyone could react, only a corpse remained of the black-robed person, their soul completely erased.

Everyone present was stunned by this lightning-fast strike. No one had expected this cold young woman's methods to be so decisive and ruthless.

Xiao Han's wrist trembled slightly, and the long sword returned to her hand as a stream of light. Her piercing gaze swept over the remaining interceptors, her look as if seeing dead men sending chills through their bodies.

Xiao Han didn't waste words. The sword in her hand rotated slightly, its edge pointing directly at the opponents, tribulation lightning slowly manifesting.

This time, without her needing to say anything, the Ancient Clan experts behind her erupted with powerful Dou Qi, rushing towards the interceptors. In an instant, the colors of various battle skills painted half the sky.

The highest level among the interceptors was only a one-star Dou Saint, who had already been cut down by Xiao Han at first encounter. The rest were no match for the Ancient Clan experts. The entire battle lasted only about five minutes from start to finish.

When the last interceptor was destroyed by battle skills, the Ancient Clan experts silently returned to Xiao Han's side, awaiting her orders.

Those who had initially felt indifferent or even slightly resentful about Gu Yuan letting such a young foreign woman lead the team instantly changed their view of Xiao Han.

That was a one-star Dou Saint, yet Xiao Han had instantly killed them at first encounter, without using any powerful battle skills, and had cleanly crushed their soul. It's worth noting that even the Ancient Clan's strongest leader, Gu Yuan, couldn't achieve this level.

Originally, they had scoffed at the widely circulated rumor in the clan that "the young miss's partner is a twenty-something-year-old nine-star Dou Saint," thinking it was just gossip. But now it seemed this news might be nothing but true.

Xiao Han glanced at them, her sharp mind naturally discerning their thoughts at a glance. However, she said nothing. That earlier display was partly intended to shock and establish authority. These people being able to understand so quickly also saved her some effort.

Without any delay, Xiao Han said to one of the Ancient Clan experts, "Contact the Spirit Clan."

The Spirit Clan had sent a request for help to the Ancient Clan. Logically, the Spirit Clan should have sent someone to receive the Ancient Clan's aid, but what they encountered was Soul Hall's ambush. Did this mean that the Spirit Clan's people coming to receive them had already been killed by Soul Hall?

That person responded affirmatively; the major families all had means of communicating with each other. Soon, two youths about seventeen or eighteen years old hurriedly arrived from within the Spirit Clan's territory, looking somewhat disheveled.

Seeing Xiao Han's group, the two youths were first stunned by the cold beauty's appearance, then realizing that these were the powerful support sent by the Ancient Clan. They immediately lowered their heads, clasped their fists respectfully, and said, "Thank you, esteemed elders from the Ancient Clan, for coming to our aid. Our clan members who were sent earlier to receive you have unfortunately met with misfortune... We ask for your understanding, esteemed elders."

Xiao Han nodded; it was indeed as she had expected.

"What's the current situation?" Xiao Han asked.

The two youths exchanged a glance, seemingly surprised that the first to speak was the youngest-looking woman among the Ancient Clan's support. Seeing that the other Ancient Clan experts all subtly centered around this woman, the two suddenly realized that this woman, who looked not much older than them, was actually the leader and core figure of this team. They were immediately shocked.

Despite their shock, the two still honestly answered: "The situation is not optimistic. The Young Hall Master of Soul Hall is commanding those puppets and has almost broken through the Spirit Clan's second layer of barriers. The elders are all engaged with Soul Hall's people. If they break through the second layer of barriers..."

The sentence was left unfinished, but the meaning was clear.

Xiao Han didn't hesitate and immediately gave the order: "Let's go!"

The two youths didn't dare to delay. They turned and led Xiao Han's group swiftly into the Spirit Clan's territory.

As soon as they entered the Spirit Clan's territory, Xiao Han suddenly raised her head. She could sense an aura that she found extremely disgusting and repulsive enveloping the Spirit Clan's territory. This aura seemed to contain the world's most concentrated malice and filth.

Is this... killing intent?