Chapter 1121: Outsmarted by Her

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“It’s not that I don’t want to help, but I want to conserve my strength,” Zhao Xi explained.

“Conserve? Your strength?”

The man wanted to strangle Zhao Xi to death.

Why was she still telling him about conserving her strength at this time? Was she waiting for him to die?

However, he snorted internally. Zhao Xi probably wanted him to die battling these demonic beasts so she would not have to kill him herself, right?

Unfortunately…

A glint flashed across his eyes as he glanced at Zhao Xi.

“If you want to conserve your strength, then so be it. However, I have to tell you something…’

“What?” Zhao Xi asked instinctively.

What did he want to say now? Haven’t they talked enough on the way here? Her ears were growing calloused from all his chatter, and everything he was saying was nonsense.

“The Gu you gave me last time is quite useful,” the man said to Zhao Xi, smiling.

“Is that so?” Zhao Xi pursed his lips and did not feel anything.

The Gu was something she wanted to use to restrict Qian Liuguang in the first place. As long as she got what she wanted here and killed this man, Qian Liuguang would die too.

This way, no one would know her secret—not even An Jiuyue, the Demon Heart.

“I never expected you to be so capable, putting the Gu on Master Ling. Didn’t he notice anything?”

“What’s he supposed to notice?” the man asked Zhao Xi, finding it ridiculous.

Did he say that he placed the Gu on Qian Liuguang? He was just a chess piece— one that would soon be useless. Was there a need to put the Gu on Qian Liuguang?

This was probably the first time Zhao Xi had stumbled, and she was at his mercy.

“Didn’t you say that Master Ling is an idiot? What would he notice?”

In reality, Qian Liuguang was not exactly an idiot. However, he was no match for the people from Jun Lin Hall, so he would lose sooner or later. Besides, he had fallen into Zhao Xi’s trap.

Otherwise, he would not have been defeated so quickly and thoroughly.

“That’s true.” Zhao Xi nodded in agreement.

She felt that if Qian Liuguang was not stupid, how could he have been outsmarted by her?

“Let’s not talk nonsense anymore. Let’s hurry forward.”

She became nervous again when she remembered that the people from Jun Lin Palace were still following them and did not know when they would catch up. She urged the man to move forward.

The man snorted coldly. Although he had many complaints, he did not voice them.

Regardless, they had to move forward. Instead of arguing with Zhao Xi here, they might as well rely on their own strength to reach the foot of the vortex quickly.

“Let’s go.”

“We’ve been chasing them for so long. Why haven’t we caught up to them?”

Yan Feng placed his hands on his hips and looked at the emptiness before him. There was no one, not even a demonic beast.

They had so many people, but Zhao Xi’s group consisted of only two. They should have caught up to them since they could fight the demonic beasts faster, right?

However, he had yet to see them.

He could not help but wonder, “Did they use some artifact to go much faster than us?”

“No.” An Jiuyue shook her head and dismissed his idea.

They probably did not use any artifacts. However… she looked up at the vortex as Qian Jiyun held her hand and led her forward..