The evil spirits' eyes were poor, but their ears were sharp.
They listened to the sounds of Mu Anxiao constantly fighting with the woman, and each evil spirit became excited. Especially when they thought the woman was overestimating her abilities by wanting to fight them, they became even more thrilled.
Immediately, the leading evil spirit, Number One, clenched his fist, and in a fit of heat, began to cheer for the woman: "Miss, keep it up, we're rooting for you, you're much better than that guy."
"Go, miss!" Evil Spirit Number Four echoed Number One.
Evil Spirit Number Two, hearing Number One's excited shout and then judging the woman's abilities by her voice, said, "Boss, this girl's killing intent is extremely strong. If we eat her, we'll be full for a month. Most importantly," he chuckled, "she's enough for us to share."
"Really?" Number One didn't have Number Two's abilities, but hearing Number Two say that, his heart also became excited.
Evil Spirit Number Two stated firmly, "Of course it's true. When I was a demon soul, I had the ability to judge an opponent's capabilities, because only then could I escape."
"You're quite cunning," Number One said, chuckling a couple of times.
Following this, Evil Spirit Number Three, listening to the sound of daggers clashing with short blades, whispered, "If you ask me, we shouldn't just cheer for the woman. Cheering will only make her arrogant, and once she's arrogant, she's bound to lose."
"What do you think?" Number One asked back. Fearing he couldn't resist opening his eyes, he deliberately covered them with his hands.
Evil Spirit Number Three thought for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, Evil Spirit Number Six, lying on the ground, said, "Disturb Mu Anxiao."
Upon hearing this, Number One turned towards Number Six and said, "That makes sense."
Evil Spirit Number Three, hearing this, excitedly said, "Then let's begin!"
"Alright, let's begin," Number One commanded.
Instantly, the first red-clothed female evil spirit pulled the arm of the second red-clothed female evil spirit. Just as she was about to speak, the second red-clothed female evil spirit placed her other hand over the first one's and whispered, "Don't speak."
Hearing this, Evil Spirit Number One furrowed his brow and asked, "Why shouldn't she speak?"
"..." The first red-clothed female evil spirit was startled.
Evil Spirit Number Two knew Mu Anxiao was an immortal. She knew even better that to commit evil in front of Mu Anxiao was courting death.
And the first red-clothed female evil spirit was just someone who liked to join in the fun. Thinking that if the first red-clothed female evil spirit offended Mu Anxiao, it would definitely not benefit her either. For her own sake, she chose to intervene.
Who would have thought... Number One could actually hear her own voice.
Thinking so, she tightly held the first red-clothed female evil spirit's arm and calmly said, "She won't curse. As she curses, she starts to praise. If you let her speak, she will definitely... fail." As she spoke, she gripped the first red-clothed female evil spirit's arm.
The first red-clothed female evil spirit instantly understood her meaning and continued to remain silent.
Hearing Evil Spirit Number Two say that, Number One chuckled, "It's truly miraculous that you can think of us."
"It's what we should do," the second red-clothed female evil spirit smiled with her eyes closed.
Then, Number One chuckled twice and said, "Know how to curse, everyone."
Following Number One's arrangements, those clumsy-tongued evil spirits also fell silent.
Next, Evil Spirit Number Two began, "Mu Anxiao, you're just a thief. You want to defeat her, that's a fool's dream."
Evil Spirit Number Three's lips curled, and he shouted, "She's a heroine, what are you? You're a useless wretch who can't live without magic. You think you can defeat her? Truly laughable."
"Idiot."
"Stupid."
"Fool."
"Useless."
"Useless thing, a thief who steals others' possessions, using everything that doesn't belong to you to fight against mortals, shameless."
"Shameless, your skin is also as thick as can be. You clearly lost, but you refuse to admit defeat and want to deceive yourself. How embarrassing."
"Exactly, embarrassing. You look like a man. In women's clothes, anyone can see you're a man disguised as a woman."
"Tomboy."
However, the provocations from these evil spirits didn't affect Mu Anxiao in the slightest. From childhood to adulthood, she had been scolded by all sorts of people and looked down upon by all sorts of people. Naturally, the words of these evil spirits were just superficial; she had heard much harsher words.
Moreover, no matter how ugly their curses were, the fact remained that she had already won.
"I won," she said, looking at the woman kneeling on one knee, head bowed as she examined the wounds on her body. She added, "Don't worry, you won't die." As she spoke, she glanced at the bloodstains on the dagger and thought, it had actually been sharpened.
The woman was unconvinced. She picked up her short blade, tilted her head up, and glared at Mu Anxiao, saying, "It was them disturbing my thoughts."
"Losing is losing. Finding excuses is probably pointless, isn't it?"
"They praised me, so it caused me to..."
"When you stopped, I hadn't even attacked."
This woman was also quite peculiar. The moment she landed with Mu Anxiao, she had heard the evil spirits inside praising her. Following that, she started fighting Mu Anxiao wildly.
It was also at that time that Mu Anxiao sensed something was wrong with the woman, so she deliberately avoided harming her and began to dodge incessantly.
Finally, it wasn't until another evil spirit inside spoke of her arrogance that she realized she couldn't be arrogant. Thus, she regained her composure and began a new round of fighting with Mu Anxiao. It was also at that time that Mu Anxiao truly resumed her attack.
Immediately after, those evil spirits began to curse Mu Anxiao.
Unlike the woman, Mu Anxiao was not affected in the slightest, and in the end, she still defeated her.
The woman listened to Mu Anxiao's calm reply, hesitated slightly, and then said, "It's all because of you."
"Go on, I'd like to see," Mu Anxiao said, "how many excuses you can find for your defeat."
The woman's eyes flickered, "It's because you ignored it that it affected me."
"How did I ignore it?" Mu Anxiao didn't understand the woman's meaning.
The woman: "Those evil spirits cursed you like that, and you were indifferent. Your..." She thought of Mu Anxiao's tactic of countering attacks and her heart suddenly sank. She continued, "How thick-skinned are you?" Her voice clearly lowered.
"Speaking of thick-skinned, I think your skin is even thicker."
"How am I thick-skinned?"
"Not only are you thick-skinned, but you're also narcissistic and can't stand praise. If you're praised, you become arrogant. If you weren't fighting me today, I'd say," Mu Anxiao sneered, "you would have been dead already."
"You're cursing me," the woman said, standing up.
Mu Anxiao disdainfully glanced at the woman's agitated expression and added, "And you have poor mental fortitude."
"You..."
"I think if those evil spirits had cursed you, you would have died of anger long ago," Mu Anxiao intended to interrupt.
The woman's eyes flickered, "I'm not that fragile."
"You are that fragile," Mu Anxiao said expressionlessly, her tone stiff.