Chapter 1501 — Yang Qiqi Meets an Enemy
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"Who's there?" Yang Qiqi turned without thinking—and saw the three people she least wanted to see. Zhuangniao Pao, Zhuangniao Qiang, and Zhang Nai Pao!
On the road to Ice Snow Spirit Town, this Zhuangniao Pao had leered and dallied with her, which left Yang Qiqi with a very poor impression of him. If she had not known her own skills might fall short of theirs, Yang Qiqi would long since have struck down these scoundrels.
"Why, it's your Brother Pao here... and your Lord Pao as well!" No sooner had Zhuangniao Pao said this than he recalled that Zhang Nai Pao was standing right there, so he tacked on the last part.
"What do you want?" Yang Qiqi asked instinctively.
"Little girl, aren't you full of yourself? Aren't you above giving us the time of day? Now I'll show you the price of looking down on us!" Zhuangniao Pao said with a cold laugh. "Out here, this is my world! I'll play you to death..."
But no sooner had the words left his mouth than Zhuangniao Pao noticed that Yang Qiqi was drenched in fresh blood—on her body, on her legs, a truly frightful sight. He could not help cursing his luck under his breath. He had meant to have his sport with Yang Qiqi during the trial, but her wretched, bloodied state snuffed out his interest on the spot.
Who would want to take their pleasure with a woman steeped in blood?
"Damn it, what did you do to yourself? You're covered in blood!" Zhuangniao Pao asked, none too pleased.
"What's it to you?" Yang Qiqi said, watching the three of them warily.
"Count yourself lucky. Hand over the spoils you're carrying, and Lord Pao will let you off—won't do you in," Zhuangniao Pao said, waving a hand in impatience.
"And why should I!" Yang Qiqi instinctively clutched her pack tighter. She had won this through bitter toil; how could she simply hand it over with both hands? Absolutely impossible!
"Why should you? If you don't want to die, hand it over!" Zhuangniao Pao barked.
"In your dreams!" Yang Qiqi cried out, then roused her lightness skill and whirled to flee.
But Yang Qiqi had forgotten that her leg was already wounded; her once formidable lightness skill was now gravely impaired. She had not run more than a few steps before the pain in her leg nearly sent her crashing to the ground.
Yet though she got off to no slow start, someone else was faster still.
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Nai Pao stood not far in front of Yang Qiqi—so fast it made the tongue click in wonder.
This was also the first time Zhang Nai Pao had revealed any ability of his beyond the Bee-Absorbing Divine Art. He was not limited to that single skill; the Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual held other techniques besides, only Zhang Nai Pao ordinarily never used them.
The other techniques were nowhere near as practical as the Bee-Absorbing Divine Art, which could convert another's strength into his own—to Zhang Nai Pao, it was nothing short of a cheat for cultivation.
Of course, even so, Zhang Nai Pao could not simply go about absorbing strength from whomever he pleased; that would make him the common enemy of the other ancient sects. They might not be able to destroy the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect, but destroying one Zhang Nai Pao would be easy enough.