Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 68 : . Battling White Sha

"Whether this path is blocked or not isn't for you to decide."

Atop the lightning sword, the cold young woman's expression was frigid, her gaze as deep and unfathomable as a well. Although she made no threatening gestures or expressions, she exuded an extreme sense of danger.

Looking at Xiao Han standing on the long sword, Hu Jia swallowed and patted her own face: "How blind was I back then to treat such an exceptional girl as if she were invisible?"

Xiao Mei looked at her with pity: "Even if you hadn't been blind then, you still wouldn't have been able to pursue her successfully."

Hu Jia: "......"

Please don't rub salt in the wound, thank you.

The man narrowed his eyes slightly. He could sense that this suddenly appearing young woman was extremely dangerous.

Placing Gu Xun'er down, Xiao Han waved her delicate hand, and the long sword dissolved into lightning, disappearing from sight. She lazily raised her eyes to glance at the White Sha team opposite, then turned her head to ask Hu Jia: "How is it?"

"All light injuries, nothing serious," Hu Jia shrugged and said, "But if you had come back any later, it might have been a different story."

Xiao Han nodded, then turned her gaze back to the White Sha team leader: "You say this path is blocked?"

Meeting Xiao Han's cold gaze, the man showed no fear. He stepped slightly forward with his right foot, licking his lips: "This path is blocked."

Xiao Han raised her chin slightly: "Very well."

Saying this, she took a step back and spoke softly: "Five people. Xun'er, you handle the team leader. Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Xiao Mei, you three deal with the other nine-star Dou Great Master. The rest of you take on the remaining three. Any problems?"

Hearing this, the new students behind her became agitated: "They're seven and eight-star Dou Great Master, how could we possibly defeat them..."

Xiao Han swept them with a cold gaze, saying sternly: "How many of you are there, and how many of them? They may have cultivated in the Inner Court for so long, but are you really not worth even one of their fingers? If you don't even dare to try, how will you ever establish yourselves in the Inner Court, let alone in the Central Plains?"

Hearing Xiao Han's words, everyone's worried and fearful hearts gradually calmed down. They exchanged glances, feeling that there was some truth to her words.

Although the opponents were seven and eight-star Dou Great Master, they had numbers on their side. Moreover, the two strongest had already been engaged. What was there to fear?

Seeing the previously demoralized spirits lifted by Xiao Han's few words, the man's brow furrowed slightly as he looked at Xiao Han: "I thought you would come up and fight me yourself."

Xiao Han gave a cold laugh, releasing her Dou Spirit aura: "Is that necessary?"

Sensing the Dou Spirit aura, everyone present suddenly changed expression, including the man, who widened his eyes in disbelief.

A Dou Spirit, no wonder, no wonder this woman was so confident!

Even Hu Jia and the other new students found it hard to believe. This powerful young woman, who had returned to school less than a month ago, was already a Dou Spirit?

How old was she? Just twenty years old?!

Xiao Han gently patted Gu Xun'er, saying softly: "That White Sha team leader should be close to breaking through to Dou Spirit. Be careful."

Gu Xun'er nodded, smiling mischievously: "Does Senior Sister think I'll lose?"

It should be known that with Xiao Han's training and the tempering of Heterogeneous Flames, Gu Xun'er was now almost invincible among those of the same level.

"Never be careless," Xiao Han cautioned. No matter what kind of opponent one faced, one should never have a dismissive attitude. Even a lion uses all its strength to catch a rabbit, let alone an opponent of equal rank.

Gu Xun'er's carefree smile faded as she nodded solemnly: "I understand, Senior Sister."

Raising her hand to rub Gu Xun'er's head, Xiao Han smiled, then looked up at the man and waved her hand: "Go."

As these words fell, the new students behind her roared and charged forward en masse. The White Sha team members naturally weren't to be outdone, circulating their Dou Qi to meet the challenge.

The man's eyes narrowed slightly, and in the next instant, Gu Xun'er appeared before him. She smiled slightly and said: "Please guide me."

The man circulated the powerful Dou Qi within his body and said: "Come then, let me see... the strength of the strongest new student in your year."

Xiao Han stood on a tree, looking down at the melee below.

It must be said that the White Sha team's strength was indeed terrifyingly powerful. Apart from Gu Xun'er, who seemed to be handling things with ease, everyone else was locked in a deadly struggle.

Perhaps due to their earlier battle, after about six or seven minutes of fighting, the Dou Qi surrounding Xiao Mei, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao finally began to dim. Hu Jia was slightly better off, but Wu Hao, due to his weakening Dou Qi, had seen significant decreases in strength, speed, and evasion, and was almost completely overwhelmed by the White Sha team member he was facing.

If not for Wu Hao's attacks carrying a strong killing intent, causing the White Sha team member some concern about sustaining serious injuries, their battle would have been even more difficult.

Compared to these three who were slightly at a disadvantage, Gu Xun'er was completely the opposite. Golden light burst from between her palms, her figure as graceful as a wisp of smoke, her attack speed so fast it left afterimages. Perhaps because she also knew that Xiao Mei, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia couldn't hold out for long, she had no intention of conserving her strength. Occasionally unleashing powerful Dou Techniques, she would force the team leader to defend with difficulty.

The others weren't faring much better, with many new students withdrawing from the battle due to Dou Qi exhaustion.

Xiao Han glanced at the White Sha team members, then took out several porcelain bottles from her system space. She lightly tapped the white bottle with her index finger, and over a dozen brown medicinal pills appeared before her. With a wave of her sleeve, these dozens of pills all flew towards the various new students.

Seeing the pills before them, the new students were overjoyed and quickly took the medicine. Their depleted Dou Qi began to recover at a visible rate.

Seeing all the new students' strength almost fully restored, the White Sha team members' expressions became grave, their previous disdain completely dispelled.

The blood-colored Dou Qi surrounding Wu Hao's body dimmed even further, clearly indicating that his Dou Qi was reaching its limits. The previous battle with the White Sha team had already exhausted his energy, and now with such high-intensity fighting, even after taking Xiao Han's pill, he was starting to struggle to keep up.

He swung his blood-colored heavy sword fiercely at his opponent, but this level of force was easily avoided. With a shift in position, his opponent appeared on Wu Hao's left side, his hand chop carrying sharp energy as it struck towards Wu Hao's wrist.

Unable to dodge in time, Wu Hao watched helplessly as the hand chop came towards his wrist. In the next second, he felt a blur before his eyes as someone forcibly pulled him away.

Xiao Han flew up with a kick, viciously striking the White Sha team member's chest. Instantly, silver lightning flashed, and the man grunted, spitting out a mouthful of blood as his body flew backward.

"Boom—"

The man slammed heavily into a tree, losing consciousness.

"Oh!"

Seeing the white-clad young woman suddenly appear beside Wu Hao, the surrounding injured new students cheered loudly with wild joy.

Xiao Han dusted off her hands and tossed a porcelain bottle to Wu Hao, saying softly: "Once you've recovered, go help."

Wu Hao exhaled deeply, nodded, and after taking the pill, immediately sat down cross-legged to begin regulating his breath.

Xiao Mei and Hu Jia also breathed sighs of relief. Their situation was still manageable; perhaps out of chivalry, the White Sha team member had mainly targeted Wu Hao earlier, so apart from consuming a lot of Dou Qi, they hadn't suffered much damage. After resting for a while, they also joined the ranks of the other new students.

Seeing one of his nine-star Dou Great Master defeated just like that, the man's expression changed. This Dou Spirit woman was too strong; they were no match for her. If it weren't for wanting to train these new students, they would probably have been defeated by her long ago.

And the lotus-like young woman before him was also terrifyingly strong. As an Inner Court senior, his battle experience was not to be underestimated, yet this young woman's battle experience was no weaker than his. Moreover, the green flames covering her hands were also incredibly formidable, clearly not ordinary alchemist flames.

Gu Xun'er's figure flickered, and in a breath, she was once again close to the man. Green light suddenly surged between her palms, and then an extremely long green energy whip rapidly extended, finally cracking with a crisp sound that spread through the air.

On the green energy whip, there seemed to be a faint layer of flickering green flames. The whip lashed out, its speed as fast as lightning. The man felt a flash of green light before him, and a scorching gust of wind descended from above. His expression changed as he clumsily rolled backward.

The green whip, carrying the scorching wind, fell on the ground. Instantly, the originally slightly damp soil visibly dried up, and a moment later, a half-meter long trace appeared on the ground, baked as hard as stone by the high temperature.

The man's expression changed drastically, cold sweat breaking out.

Seeing this green whip, Xiao Han was somewhat surprised. She had thought Gu Xun'er would choose to use the Golden Emperor Skyscorching Flame, as it had been with Gu Xun'er for over ten years and should be more familiar to her.

As the battle here intensified, on a tree not far away, a black-clad youth stood on the trunk, watching the battle with a twisted expression.

"If I'm not mistaken, that whip in Xun'er's hand should be composed of a Heterogeneous Flame, right?" Xiao Yan took a deep breath, feeling as if his chest was on fire, anger surging. "You said her Heterogeneous Flame should be the Golden Emperor Skyscorching Flame, so what's with this green flame?"

A somewhat hoarse voice, audible only to Xiao Yan, responded calmly: "This is the Green Lotus Core Flame. The cultivation technique Gu Xun'er is practicing is the 'Flame Mantra'."

"'Flame Mantra'? How does she have the Flame Mantra? Could it be that old man gave it to her?" Xiao Yan's voice was quite bitter. "In other words, my trip to the desert was in vain because she took my things in advance?"

"To be precise, it was Xiao Han who took the Flame Mantra and the Green Lotus Core Flame and gave them to Gu Xun'er."

Xiao Yan was almost laughing from anger: "She took my things to curry favor with my woman?"

The voice didn't answer him.

Xiao Yan slammed his fist hard against the tree trunk, his expression twisted. If it weren't for Xiao Han, he would now be surrounded by followers and beauties. He certainly knew how much prestige Xiao Han would gain among these new students after this Fire Energy Hunt Competition, and all of this should have belonged to him!

"You said that once we entered Jia Nan Academy, we could kill Xiao Han. How long do we have to wait?!" Xiao Yan asked through gritted teeth.

The voice said: "Don't worry, it won't be long. Once we enter the Inner Court, I'll find an opportunity to completely strangle her in the Qi Refining Tower."

"Qi Refining Tower..." Xiao Yan murmured, slowly clenching his fist. "Good, we must kill her."

"Before that, you'd better not cause her any trouble. Otherwise, she might kill you regardless of the risk of world collapse."

Xiao Yan took a deep breath and nodded: "Alright, as long as we can kill her, I'll endure her for a while."

He looked at the battle there with a venomous gaze, the corner of his lips curling into a vicious smile.

Xiao Han, the protagonist of this world can only be me, Xiao Yan.