Chapter 132: Back Thrust! (1/2)

“Li Zhuxin, take her down!”

A glint flashed across Wang Chong’s eyes as he said.

Wang Chong had noticed it swiftly, but he was still a step too slow. Sou! The female assassin made use of the momentum from her slash against Li Zhuxin’s sword to bolt backward swiftly.

Without turning back, she executed the Spectre Steps and dashed into the forest.

“Do you think you can escape!”

Without any hesitation, Li Zhuxin chased her.

“Wait a moment! …”

Wang Chong lifted his hand in an attempt to stop Li Zhuxin, but before he could utter a word, the other party had already charged in the direction of the Eastern Islands female assassin.

By the time he finished spouting those words, the duo had disappeared without a trace. All that was left was the rustling wind which lingered at the mountaintop and the floating tree leaves.

“Fast! …”

Wang Chong slowly retracted his outstretched hand.

While the Eastern Islands female assassin was fast, Li Zhuxin wasn’t slow either. They had both cultivated speed-type secret arts, albeit the two being of different nature.

Their disappearance caused a sudden moment of silence in the forest.

“Young master, what do we do now?”

Meng Long instinctively turned to ask Wang Chong. Li Zhuxin hadn’t taken down the female assassin yet, and this meant that they were still in danger.

“Young master, I’m sorry. It was due to my negligence that brought her here.”

Shen Hai apologized remorsefully with a lowered head.

Excited, all of his attention was focused on scaling the mountain to deliver the good news to the young master. He couldn’t have even imagined that the Eastern Islands female assassin was tailing him.

Wang Chong waved his hands nonchalantly.

“This isn’t your fault. The female assassin hasn’t completed her mission, and even if not for you, she would have surely found some other ways to get here. Unless we choose to never leave the mountain to enter the city, it is just a matter of time before she gets on our trail. The reason why I employed Li Zhuxin from the Home of the Adventurers is in preparation for such a situation.”

“Besides, this isn’t the time to be talking about this.”

“What we have to do now is to consider our next course of action.”

A contemplative look appeared on Wang Chong’s face as he said these words.

Li Zhuxin had left too quickly, leaving behind a huge breach in Wang Chong’s defense. Even though the Eastern Islands female assassin wasn’t a match for Li Zhuxin, in this mountain forest terrain, her Spectre Steps granted her a huge advantage over the latter.

Thus, it was unlikely that Li Zhuxin would be able to take her down.

“Young master, why don’t we leave for now? This place isn’t safe.”

Meng Long suddenly said.

That female assassin’s presence had truly left him horrified. Without Arloja, Ablonodan, and Tuoba Guiyuan, none of them was a match for that lady.

In this terrain, she didn’t even have to cross blows with them. With a slight side step, she would be able to circumvent their defense easily. In terms of nimbleness, ten Shen Hai and Meng Long wouldn’t be a match for her.

“No!”

Wang Chong rejected his suggestion immediately.

“We are too far away from the official path. Without a day or two, it is impossible for us to escape from the mountain forest. Given the time and distance taken to do so, we’ll just be giving her plenty of opportunities to assassinate us. Since that is the case, we will be in a better position here.”

“Furthermore, if we were to leave, what about them?”

Wang Chong pointed at the workers whom Shen Hai brought along. The situation a moment ago had scared them, and they were all trembling in fear.

Seeing the situation, Shen Hai and Meng Long frowned.

Wang Chong was right. If they were to bring them along, it would only slow the group down. On the other hand, if they chose not to bring them along, given their lack of knowledge of the surroundings and the beast pack in the forest, they would be in grave danger.

Furthermore, they had limited rations. Once they finish the rations or got lost in the forest, they would be goners. Leaving them here was no different from killing them outright.

If Madam were to find out about this matter, she would be infuriated.

But taking them along wasn’t an option either.

“Let’s stay here for now!”

Wang Chong said after a moment of contemplation.

“Li Zhuxin has already gone to chase her. If he can’t find her, he should return here. If we stay here, he might be able to find us on time. At this moment, this is our best bet.”

There was something else that Wang Chong didn’t say.

The matter with the Eastern Islands female assassin mustn’t be allowed to get away, so Wang Chong had to remain here as a bait.

What that stood beneath his feet was an extremely precious spirit vein. Countless prestigious clans would be willing to shed blood and die for it.

Unless he decided to abandon this spirit vein, he had to find a way to settle her.

“Her Spectre Steps allows her to maneuver around obstacles easily. Shen Hai and Meng Long, cut off the trees in the surroundings. By cutting down these trees, the effectiveness of her Spectre Steps will be reduced.”

Wang Chong said.

“Yes, young master.”

Shen Hai and Meng Long nodded. This was the best that they could do at this moment. They weren’t a match for the Eastern Islands female assassin, but clearing away the trees wasn’t a problem.

As long as all of them gathered together on a flat ground, they should be able to fend her off for quite awhile.

“Come, get up. Listen to young master’s orders and clear away the trees here.”

Shen Hai and Meng Long hurriedly instructed the crowd.

This time, with a clear threat on their lives, the group worked diligently. Creating tools on the spot, they immediately launched into action.

While the crowd was busy cutting down trees to prevent the Eastern Islands female assassin from making use of the terrain against them, Wang Chong wasn’t idling about.

“I should scan the surroundings.”

Wang Chong thought.

Wang Chong knew that just cutting down the trees wasn’t sufficient to stop the female assassin. He had to think of another idea. Leaving the top of the mountain, Wang Chong began examining the area carefully.

Upon catching sight of a slope, Wang Chong’s eyes suddenly lit up.

“Indeed, there’s that!”

He saw a short plant with a small purple flower on the slope. Stretching his hand, Wang Chong grabbed several round fruits from it and crushed them. Then, holding them in his hands, he returned back to the top of the mountain.