"..." Hearing this, the woman in the pink dress turned to look at the woman in the green dress who was leaping about in the darkness, and at the green light surrounding the woman in the green dress's body. She said, "No, since she has spiritual energy."
"How can she have spiritual energy?" The woman in the red dress also noticed this. After staring at the light-footed and swift woman in the green dress for a few seconds, her eyes suddenly widened, and she said, "I know."
"What do you know?" the woman in the pink dress asked curiously.
As the woman in the pink dress questioned her, the woman in the red dress clenched her fists. "We've been tricked."
"What?" the woman in the pink dress exclaimed in shock.
The woman in the red dress glanced at the woman in the pink dress, then took two steps forward. "She must have cultivated spiritual energy behind our backs. Now," she continued to clench her fists, her eyes flashing red, "she's deliberately putting on a show for us."
"..." The woman in the pink dress hadn't thought of this at first. Now, hearing the woman in the red dress say this, she looked at the woman in the green dress who was fighting with Mu Anxiao, and whispered, "She's an immortal, how could a mortal like her possibly defeat her? It seems she really is tricking us." Saying this, she also clenched her fists, and her eyes began to glow with a dazzling red light.
At this moment, the beams of light from their bodies had thoroughly illuminated the forest.
Jia, hiding behind a tree and peeking at the two women with red eyes, then followed their gaze to where Mu Anxiao and the woman in the green dress were. He muttered, "No way, are they going to team up against Mu Anxiao?" He anxiously scanned them, hoping to find a weakness quickly.
Meanwhile, the woman in the red dress and the woman in the pink dress exchanged glances and then charged towards Mu Anxiao.
Seeing this, Jia hurriedly emerged from behind the tree. The moment he saw them, he noticed a flaw in their backs and shouted, "Mu Anxiao, be careful."
Over there.
Mu Anxiao didn't hear Jia's warning. Instead, she was forced against a tree by the woman in the green dress, with the silver rope she held pressed tightly against the woman in the green dress's shoulder. With her other hand, she gripped the sharp sword blade, glaring at the woman in the green dress who seemed to want to kill her. "I won't lose," she said. With that, she widened her eyes and exerted all her strength to twist the sword blade.
The woman in the green dress snorted and reached out, grabbing Mu Anxiao by the neck.
This move made Mu Anxiao deflate, but even so, Mu Anxiao didn't loosen her grip on the sword blade. She then suddenly remembered the rebirth technique Jia had mentioned and began to hesitate.
The woman in the green dress seized the opportunity and tightened her grip on Mu Anxiao's neck.
As a sense of suffocation washed over her, Mu Anxiao reluctantly released her grip on the sword blade. Then, enduring the pain, she grabbed the hand of the woman in the green dress that was choking her, while still pressing her other hand against the woman in the green dress's shoulder, and forcefully pulled away the hand that was choking her.
Seeing this, Jia ran towards Mu Anxiao.
At the same time, the woman in the red dress and the woman in the pink dress had already positioned themselves behind the woman in the green dress.
Then, just as the woman in the green dress was about to raise her sword, the woman in the red dress shouted, "You liar."
"I won't let you go," the woman in the pink dress said. She stepped forward and grabbed the woman in the green dress's hair that was falling loosely behind her.
The woman in the red dress said, "Well done."
The woman in the green dress's eyes widened. She temporarily gave up dealing with Mu Anxiao and turned her face towards the woman in the pink dress who was close to her, saying, "Are you crazy?"
The woman in the pink dress yanked the woman in the green dress's hair harder and said, "I won't let you go." With that, she pulled the woman in the green dress back a few steps.
In that instant, Mu Anxiao's life was saved.
"What are they doing?" she muttered, taking a sharp breath. She looked down at her injured hand, which had been hurt again, closed her eyes for a moment, then turned to Jia, who had stopped beside her, and asked, "What's the situation?"
"Internal conflict," Jia glanced at Mu Anxiao, then at the woman in the red dress and the woman in the pink dress who had surrounded the woman in the green dress, and shook his head.
"Internal conflict? They're not going to kill her, are they?" Mu Anxiao looked down at Jia, feeling inexplicably tense.
Over the decades, Mu Anxiao had witnessed numerous internal conflicts, big and small. What she found most unacceptable was murder.
So, whenever she saw such a situation, she would choose to intervene, because she knew the preciousness of life.
Conversely, she also hated seeing such situations, because dealing with them always resulted in her getting injured, and helping to resolve the internal matters was too troublesome.
However, she couldn't ignore it. There was no other way; in the end, she could only maintain her own principles with conflicted feelings.
Now, she was asking Jia simply to gauge the severity of the situation. If it was minor, she would be an observer. If it was major... she would have to help.
Jia listened to Mu Anxiao's question, glancing at them. "What do you think?" he asked, looking up at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao looked down at Jia for a few seconds, then said, "If I knew, I wouldn't be asking you."
"Don't worry," Jia glanced at Mu Anxiao's hand. "They will kill her."
"What?" Mu Anxiao exclaimed, looking quickly. The woman in the pink dress was already preparing to cast a spell. "This is bad, I can't let this happen." As she was about to step forward, Jia grabbed her arm. She stiffened and turned to look at Jia.
Jia said, "You're not going to strike the first blow, so let them do it for you." He knew Mu Anxiao would never strike the woman in the green dress, and for her sake, he thought it would be better for them to do it.
On the contrary, Mu Anxiao frowned the moment Jia spoke those words. "How could you think that?"
"What's wrong with me? I'm doing this for you. If she doesn't die, she..."
"I believe there are other ways to cure her poison," Mu Anxiao said, looking down at Jia's hand tightly restraining her wrist. "Let go, or I'll throw you off."
"You..." Jia hesitated, knowing that Mu Anxiao meant what she said. He then released his hand.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao said to Jia, "Thank you," and turned to run towards them.
Jia watched Mu Anxiao's retreating back as she ran towards them, a smirk on his lips. "What are you thanking me for?" he said, then began searching for weaknesses on them again.
Over there, the woman in the red dress and the woman in the pink dress, forgetting everything else, soared into the air, casting layers of illusory light around the woman in the green dress's body. The woman in the green dress stood in the center of the illusory light. As the red light in her eyes faded, she widened her eyes, her face filled with terror, and quickly crouched down as she watched the two beams of light charging directly at her.
The next second, the two beams of light struck the illusory light and exploded.
Outside the light, Mu Anxiao looked down at the long sword on the ground. After hesitating for a few seconds, she looked up at the other two women hovering in mid-air. Her heart sank, and she thought to herself, it seems they won't listen to me.
Thinking this, she suddenly felt a surge of heat. Then, she raised her face again, inadvertently looking at the flames in the hands of the two women, and muttered, "This is bad."
"Mu Anxiao, it's fire. They're going to burn that woman to death," Jia said, walking towards Mu Anxiao.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned to look at Jia, who was walking towards her, and asked, "Is there any way?"
"This fire is poisonous. Once it's used, even if she has the rebirth technique, it will be useless," Jia said, stopping beside Mu Anxiao.
"The only way to save her is to deal with them, right?" Mu Anxiao seized the opportunity to find a way.
"..." Jia shook his head slightly.
Mu Anxiao was taken aback. "What do you mean by shaking your head?"
"You can't stop them. The only way now is to charge in, but..." Jia paused, then continued, "but your abilities simply don't allow you to do so."
"As long as I charge in, she won't die, right?"
"Yes. She can't use any spells in there, so she can only rely on the immortals outside to save her with spiritual energy."
"Only spiritual energy?"
"Yes, because only spiritual energy can counter this fire. But you only have two layers. If you go in, you'll likely lose this layer you've just cultivated."
Watching a living life vanish before her eyes... Mu Anxiao couldn't do it.
So, she said, "It's just one layer of spiritual energy. I'll go." With that, she took a few steps back, preparing to charge in.
Jia thought Mu Anxiao would choose to give up. He never expected her to be willing to sacrifice her spiritual energy to save the woman in the green dress... Looking at her, he couldn't help but shout, "You need to think carefully. Spiritual energy is not easy to cultivate. If you really go in, you might become a廢仙 (fei xian - waste immortal)."
"It doesn't matter," Mu Anxiao said, taking a deep breath, and charged forward.
The next moment, Mu Anxiao successfully broke through the illusory light and entered.
Jia watched Mu Anxiao's disappearing figure, stunned.