novelraw Chapter 270: Inhumanly Handsome
Chapter 270: Inhumanly Handsome
Just as Xu Su breathed a sigh of relief, she heard Shen Chen’s voice from beside her—she had no idea when he’d shown up. "They’re robbing you, and you’re just going to be a wimp about it?"
"Shut up! What do you know?" Xu Su shot him a glance. "Go mind your own business and stop bothering me."
Enraged by her words, Shen Chen slammed his hand on the table. "Xu Su, you save all your attitude for me, don’t you?"
He was furious, but Xu Su had no time to deal with him anymore. She had just realized her headset mic was still on.
’So the other two heard my whole conversation with Shen Chen. I really don’t want to give them a show...’
Mindful of her quest, Xu Su quickly maneuvered her character to the poison spider’s corpse. Just as she was about to absorb its venom, a man’s voice came through her headset: "Wait!"
Yan Yue walked over, examined the poison spider’s corpse, and then checked Xu Su’s cultivation level.
"I’m curious. You’re not a Poison Cultivator, so why absorb the venom? Hmm, Foundation Establishment Perfection... You’re doing the Golden Core advancement quest, aren’t you?"
Having reasoned it out, Yan Yue confirmed his suspicion. "You have a Meteorite Pill, don’t you? I saw a forum post before about poison spiders dropping them."
"A Meteorite Pill?" Ge Feifei’s voice rose in pitch. "You’re actually doing the Golden Core advancement quest? You’re so lucky! The system actually dropped a Meteorite Pill for you!"
"Well, your lucky streak is over now that you’ve run into us." The weapon he had just sheathed reappeared, and Yan Yue’s voice turned cold. "Either you die, or you hand over the Meteorite Pill."
His incredibly domineering words made Xu Su grit her teeth in anger.
’As expected of a player at the Divinity Transformation Stage. Can they really tell there’s a Meteorite Pill just by looking at the spider’s corpse?’
Seeing her make no move, Yan Yue’s blade flashed. "A tough one, are you? If you won’t hand it over willingly, then don’t blame me for taking it myself."
According to the game’s mechanics, players would randomly drop a few of their valuable items upon death. Given how few items Xu Su possessed, the probability of the Meteorite Pill dropping was very high.
Looking at her health bar, which was already down to half, Xu Su silently equipped the Low-level Shield given to her by Liu Yun Fairy. Its defensive power was much higher than her Immortal Robe’s, but against a Divinity Transformation Stage expert, it would likely only block a couple of extra hits at best...
Seeing that her Golden Core advancement quest was about to fail, Xu Su’s heart sank. She switched screens to her chat group to call for backup. ’No matter what, I have to try and salvage this!’
Little Susu: [Help! *sobbing_bunny.jpg* Are there any pros online who can save me? Your little junior martial-niece is being bullied! My Golden Core quest is about to fail, and I’m going to get killed and lose a level!]
In the usually bustling elite chat group, only a few people were active. Seeing Xu Su’s frantic message, they all grew serious.
[What’s going on? Who’s being so vicious as to deliberately sabotage your advancement quest?]
[If you fail the Golden Core quest, you only get a second chance in extremely rare cases. This is going to create a huge grudge. Who is it? Don’t they know your master is Nanyang?]
[You’d think they’d show our Qingxuan Sect some respect! Our little junior martial-niece is finally about to reach the Golden Core Realm, and someone dares to try and stop her so ruthlessly?]
Xu Su sent a *bunny_crying_a_river.jpg* and quickly explained the situation.
After she explained, the few high-level players online were all furious and said they would log on as soon as they could.
She was, after all, the head disciple of one of the sect’s four great Elders. How could they let a rival prevent her from even reaching the Golden Core Realm?
But they weren’t at their computers. By the time they logged on, they’d likely only be in time to collect Xu Su’s corpse.
Sika was at home and could log on at any moment, but she was only at the Golden Core Peak Realm. If she came over, she’d just be cannon fodder.
Xu Su’s face was a mask of misery. She wanted to cry but had no tears left. ’Even though it’s just a game, I’ve poured so much effort into it!’
’If my path to advancement is cut off, this character will have no hope of reaching Golden Core. I’ll have to start over with a new character...’
Just as she resigned herself to starting over, Si Xuan, whose icon in the group chat had been grayed out, suddenly sent a message: [Send me your coordinates.]
Sika: [Ahh!! The Sect Leader is actually online?! For the Sect Leader himself to take action... Susu, you’re getting the VIP treatment!]
Xu Su froze for a second before it clicked. With no time to reply in the group chat, she found Si Xuan in her in-game friends list and sent him her current location.
By the time she switched back to the game, she saw that in the few moments she was away, her health bar had already been depleted, and her shield had shattered into fragments.
Not wanting to die, Xu Su rapidly typed: "My Sect Leader is on his way. You can still make a run for it. But if you wait for him to get here, you’ll die too, even if you kill me."
"Heh heh, Si Xuan is personally coming to save a little small fry at the Foundation Establishment Stage like you?" Ge Feifei scoffed. "I might have believed you if you said your master was on his way. If you don’t want to die, hand over the Meteorite Pill now."
Yan Yue said nothing, his attacks only growing sharper. He clearly thought Xu Su was bluffing, and a poor one at that.
Soon, her health bar emptied. The Female Sword Immortal in her crimson Immortal Robe collapsed to the ground, dead.
System: [You have died.]
’Thanks, I know...’
Xu Su was completely numb. Not only had she died, but the Meteorite Pill had also dropped, free for the taking.
She watched helplessly as Ge Feifei walked over to pick up the Meteorite Pill beside her corpse. Ge Feifei didn’t stop there; she was preparing to loot the Linglong Heart Method and the High-level Immortal Robe as well—everything.
’Is there anything more painful than watching your enemy loot your corpse?’
As Ge Feifei bent down to pick up the Meteorite Pill, Xu Su’s heart turned to ice. She prayed that Si Xuan would hurry up and deal with these two.
Perhaps it was the sheer power of her will, but Xu Su really did see a white figure suddenly appear on screen. Before she could get a clear look, a blinding flash of sword light streaked past. A gash instantly appeared on Ge Feifei’s neck. Her health bar emptied in a flash—she was deader than dead.
It all happened in an instant. Even Yan Yue didn’t have time to save his partner. Ge Feifei’s horrified shriek echoed in the temporary party chat, sharp and piercing. Xu Su left their party channel without a moment’s hesitation.
She watched with relish as Si Xuan dealt with Yan Yue. The man in white hovered in mid-air, his Sword Moves graceful and elegant, a picturesque sight. Yan Yue, who had been so domineering just moments ago, was completely powerless to fight back. He summoned several treasures, but they were all useless.
’He was impossibly cool!’
’At that moment, even though she had no idea what he looked like in real life, in her eyes, Si Xuan was a god descended from heaven. He was so cool it was unreal. Even the way the wind billowed his sleeves was unforgettably handsome.’
Si Xuan toyed with Yan Yue for several minutes in a slow, methodical manner. Yan Yue was tough, however, and never once begged for mercy. Finding it boring, Si Xuan finished him with a single sword strike. The late-stage Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator from the Cangyue Sect dropped a minor cultivation level, deader than dead.
Throughout the entire process, Xu Su received several party invitations from Yan Yue and Ge Feifei, all of which she immediately rejected.
’They probably wanted her to plead their case. After all, it’s incredibly difficult to level up to the Divinity Transformation Stage. A death that results in losing a whole Little Mirror Realm would take who-knows-how-much effort to recover from.’