She's here!

Shang Yanting noticed Jia Xitong the moment she appeared.

He drew his longsword and swept it horizontally across the surrounding magical beasts, instantly enraging all of them.

Dozens of magical beasts attacked Yuan Shu Xiao Shang simultaneously, their fangs and claws flashing amidst ice and fire.

Seeing Shang Yanting in danger, Jia Xitong stood firmly in place, as immovable as a mountain.

[The mission taker?]

Wasn't she always the one who considered herself the male lead's elder, the one who would feel sorry for him if he lost two pounds?

Why don't you help the male protagonist who is currently in danger?

The system's emotionless mechanical voice carried a hint of confusion, suddenly unable to understand human emotions. Are they usually so vengeful?

"Is the male protagonist in danger?"

Jia Xitong silently despised the true system in her heart, "Would a male protagonist like him be in mortal danger? Would you believe it if you said it yourself? Besides, more than forty powerful Martial Grandmaster-level magical beasts of different species are surrounding him all at once. It would be difficult to gather magical beasts of this scale and diversity. Xiao Shang might be using his dragon might to summon the small beasts within a hundred miles to practice his swordsmanship."

To be fair, she was speaking with personal emotions in mind before she said those words.

But after she finished this fabricated analysis, she almost believed it herself.

On the other side

In the original story, Shang Yanting had just repelled a wave of charging magical beasts when he was now facing an attack from three more magical beasts.

Why is she still standing there?

Why hasn't she come to help me yet?

Shang Yanting turned his head to look in Jia Xitong's direction. Because of this slight distraction, a flying sword shot from the back of one of the magical beasts pierced through his shoulder.

The sword pierced his shoulder, but the pain was felt deep within his heart.

The answer has been revealed; there's no need to test it further.

His eyes sharpened, he gripped his longsword tightly, and unleashed a sword intent towards the surrounding demonic beasts. The overwhelming difference in their cultivation levels, coupled with the enhancement of his sword intent, instantly cleaved the surrounding demonic beasts in two.

A thick, pungent smell of blood instantly enveloped the entire mountain range.

"See, see, I told you so."

Jia Xitong said in a tone of 'I've seen through everything,' "Xiao Shang is awesome now. Unless he encounters an abnormally strong cultivator, these magical beasts will only be his food."

The true system wholeheartedly agrees.

Indeed, only humans truly understand each other.

She wasn't what I thought after all...

In the original story, Shang Yanting covered his wound, his back as he stood up carrying a sense of loneliness. He gripped the broken longsword in his hand, ignoring the wound on his shoulder, and walked indifferently forward.

Is he really alright? Why isn't he even treating his wound?

The true system doesn't understand human emotions, but analyzing the male protagonist's various actions in the original work, it still feels like there's something slightly off.

"I don't know about that."

Jia Xitong stared at the long arrow on his shoulder, the blood staining his entire clothes. "You know I had a fight with Xiao Shang, and we're going through a tough time right now. If I try to show him any concern, he'll definitely ignore me."

Moreover, cultivators possess exceptional physical abilities; severed limbs can heal very quickly. A minor injury on the shoulder is nothing to worry about.

She was watching him from a distance that wasn't too close or too far.

indifferent

I don't care at all.

All of this made Shang Yanting, the author of the original novel, feel that the tests he had previously designed were a joke, nothing more than asking for trouble.

He gripped the longsword tightly in his hand. So what? He hated her the most anyway!

Jia Xitong watched as Xiao Shang, like a stubborn little ox, kept charging forward, charging forward.

"You even said that someone was injured and needed to be checked out."

She passively followed behind Shang Yanting, complaining to the real system, "Look how fast he walks. If I were walking at that speed, I'd have to run."

The real system fell silent.

It didn't know how it should react.

After a long pause, a reminder finally came: "[Please remember your task: Increase the male protagonist's good/evil value. Current good/evil value of the male protagonist in the original work: -97]"

Wow, that's so high!

No wonder he has such a bad temper.

But that doesn't give him the right to take his anger out on himself.

Just as Jia Xitong was still very angry, she suddenly heard a furious shout from the sky, "You brat, so you're here!"

That sound... instantly caused Shang Yanting's expression to change drastically.

The reason was simple: the owner of the voice was the cultivator Shang Yanting had encountered on his way to the Queshan mountain range, who had chased him for almost half a month before barely escaping by hiding in the sea.

At this moment, the man's divine sense expanded outward, encompassing the entire area within a hundred miles of the mountain range. Every blade of grass and every tree around was imprinted in his mind, leaving the original Xiao Shang with nowhere to hide.

"I searched high and low without finding it, but it came to me effortlessly. Ah! This rich aura of dragon blood!"

The man's laughter reached their ears, sending chills down their spines.

The next second, Shang Yanting made a decisive move, took out his flying artifact, and began to run wildly.

"hiss!"

The man took a deep breath and caught up in the blink of an eye. "You got away with your nice tone last time, but you won't be so lucky this time."

Jia Xitong trailed far behind, watching his figure grow ever closer.

A middle-aged man dressed in blue.

His appearance was so ordinary that he would easily blend into a crowd and go unnoticed, except for a black mole with long hair on the corner of his mouth. Yet, this seemingly ordinary cultivator possessed unfathomable strength. The path beneath his feet shrank to mere inches; he was already so fast that he appeared as a blur.

"Xiao Shang, you can't outrun him with ordinary magic weapons!" Jia Xitong shouted at Shang Yanting ahead.

In that instant, Shang Yanting decisively abandoned the valuable flying artifact, transformed into a dragon, and soared into the clouds.

dragon!

It really is a dragon!

"Hahaha, I have waited for thousands of years, and finally I have witnessed the true face of the dragon race."

That sound, that laughter, is truly horrifying!

"Xiao Shang, run! I'll cover your retreat!"

Jia Xitong took out his Formless Brush, and the Four Symbols Void Talisman instantly flew out of his hand. Dense spiritual power gathered in the air and rushed towards the person who wanted to slay the dragon, but he easily dealt with it by making hand seals and waving his hand.

It was resolved instantly.

Jia Xitong's face turned pale instantly.

Now that she had reached the Talisman King realm, the Four Symbols Void Talisman was her ultimate move, capable of breaking through realms and instantly defeating enemies. This move, almost comparable to the strength of a Martial Emperor, was neutralized by him as easily as swatting a mosquito.

This is really...

"Xiao Shang, run faster! He's so strong!"

With such strength, even her host would likely suffer a terrible defeat if she faced her.

When faced with real danger, Jia Xitong becomes genuinely anxious.

Then, the dragon slayer's voice came from behind, "It's this kind of talisman again. How could I suffer twice over something like this? The mighty dragon race actually has to use the magic of the human race. This is truly... the tragedy of a powerful being falling."

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