Chapter 210 - 181: Awakening the Whip Spirit

Mo Xiao quickly rolled out of bed and knocked the arrow away.

Soon, several more arrows smashed through the window!

Su Mo secretly gathered her Totem Inner Strength. After forcing back the sharp arrows, the people from downstairs quickly flew up.

Yue Ying asked with a tense expression, "Wife, are you alright?"

Su Mo casually picked up an arrow from the floor. This was Jiang Wu’s declaration of war.

She frowned. "Pack up. We’re going to find her."

「At the Northern Wing Border.」

When Su Mo’s group arrived, Jiang Wu was sitting in a sedan chair, leisurely stroking a calico cat on her lap.

That cat was none other than her Beast Husband, Ai Ci.

She looked in Su Mo’s direction and sneered, "I can’t believe you actually had the guts to show up. I thought you’d be scared shitless and flee in the middle of the night."

"You worry too much, City Lord Jiang." Su Mo held a dagger between her fingertips, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. "We’ll see in a moment which is sharper—your mouth or my blade!"

Jiang Wu’s eyes narrowed, a frigid light appearing in their depths. "Su Mo, are you really so unafraid of death? You knew this was a deathtrap, yet you still came to die?"

"The winner hasn’t been decided yet. It’s hard to say who will die first!"

As soon as she spoke, Su Mo used her Totem Power to backhand the dagger toward Jiang Wu.

Jiang Wu’s expression hardened. With a wave of her sleeve, she swept aside the dagger aimed straight for her face.

Su Mo’s brow furrowed slightly. ’Her Inner Strength... it seems to have leveled up again?’

Little Nine said, "A Level Ten Beastman’s Inner Strength usually stabilizes. She must have used some kind of crooked magic! It seems she isn’t completely confident she can beat you."

Su Mo couldn’t be bothered to wonder how Jiang Wu had increased her Inner Strength. If she wanted to die, that was her own business!

Jiang Wu flicked her wrist, and several dark figures shot straight toward Su Mo.

Cang Lan, Yue Ying, and Ye Yuan, who were at Su Mo’s side, rushed out like lightning.

Meanwhile, Ai Ci shot out from Jiang Wu’s arms, transforming into his human form in a flash and charging toward Su Mo with a longsword in hand.

Before he could get near Su Mo, Fei Yan instantly appeared and blocked his attack.

Ai Ci also seemed to have recently reached Level Eight, the same level as Fei Yan. However, he had used some unorthodox methods in his early training, causing his aura to be unstable.

Fei Yan was more than enough to handle him.

Mo Xiao had also recently ascended to Level Nine, and it was the perfect time to display his strength. His snake tail swept out, glowing with a deep blue light under the moon. The unique poison of a Level Nine Snake Beastman could easily repel lower-level Beastmen.

Xuan Qing’s slender fingers gently strummed the Ancient Zither in his hands. The sharp, resonant notes easily unsettled the enemy forces. Amidst the zither’s hum, the chilling scent of blood began to drift through the air.

Su Mo cracked her long whip and joined the battle at lightspeed.

Wherever the whip passed, it left a trail of crimson light.

Her Totem’s power had recently been upgraded, so she no longer needed external assistance.

Every one of her attacks was incredibly lethal.

Jiang Wu flew over and intercepted Su Mo’s long whip.

Su Mo’s goal was to draw blood. Based on their last encounter, as long as her whip touched Jiang Wu’s blood, its power would be enhanced.

Therefore, every strike she made was aimed to kill.

For several consecutive moves, Jiang Wu was on the defensive. However, she realized this was Su Mo’s trap, quickly adjusted her fighting style, and seized the upper hand.

Su Mo responded cautiously, trying every way she could to force Jiang Wu to reveal all her moves.

The main goal for now was to stall. She had already arranged with Little Nine that while she kept Jiang Wu busy, Little Nine would analyze her techniques.

As their duel intensified, Jin Tong arrived with Lin Shan and their men.

Amidst the blood-red haze, Jin Tong raised his bow and aimed at Jiang Wu.

His intentions were quickly discovered by Jiang Wu’s Beast Husband, Ruo Xu.

Ruo Xu swiftly threw a dagger, then flashed over to engage Jin Tong.

While being pressed step-by-step by Su Mo, Jiang Wu glanced distractedly at Jin Tong. ’So he’s really chosen to side with Su Mo completely?’ An unprecedented viciousness flashed in her eyes.

’Then let them all... go to hell together!’

Su Mo seized the moment of her distraction, instantly raising her whip. As Jiang Wu dodged, the tip of the whip still grazed her arm.

Her sleeve was instantly torn, and her flesh split open.

After the whip’s tip was stained with Jiang Wu’s blood, the dark pattern on Su Mo’s wrist began to grow faintly hot.

Little Nine said excitedly, "Host, her blood really is good stuff! Get some more!"

Su Mo focused and cracked her whip again, but this time, Jiang Wu intercepted it.

The two whips instantly created a shower of sparks in the air.

...

「The battle raged from deep in the night until dawn.」

When Long Yan arrived with his men, Su Mo and Jiang Wu were still locked in combat. Without a moment’s thought, he immediately joined the fight.

He had recently successfully advanced to Level Nine.

Although the backlash from the Fiery Fire Pill hadn’t been completely eliminated, it was still under control.

Soon, Xuan Wei received the news and also rushed over with her people around noon. Bai Chi and Tian Huan were also among them.

During the time Xuan Qing was back with the Tiger Clan, he and Xuan Wei had run countless simulations for this battle.

In this battle, the members of the Tiger Clan were clearly much more seasoned than last time.

However, Jiang Wu’s side had always been numerous, and for a time, they were still difficult to handle.

In Xuan Qing’s words, even if all of Jiang Wu’s people were disarmed, it would still take three to five days just to kill them all.

This engagement was fated to be a drain on their Heart Power.

Just like before, Xuan Wei remained in the rear to manage logistics, in charge of leading people to treat the wounded.

Under the scorching sun, she looked up toward Su Mo. The two figures entangled in the air moved like bolts of lightning, every single move carrying the intent to kill.

As twilight began to fall, Su Mo’s whip once again struck Jiang Wu’s back, instantly leaving a gruesome wound.

However, Jiang Wu quickly struck Su Mo back with her own whip.

Just as Su Mo was about to lash out with her whip again, her opponent intercepted it with one hand.

Jiang Wu felt Su Mo’s whip in her hand growing faintly hot, as if it were trying to struggle free from her grasp!

’No, wait... It seems to be because of the blood on my palm. It’s actually sucking my blood!’

Jiang Wu secretly tightened her grip on the whip, intending to destroy it with her Inner Strength. But the more she mobilized her Inner Strength, the more unscrupulously the whip absorbed the blood from her palm!

For a moment, she even felt the strength in her palm slowly draining away.

Jiang Wu quickly let go of the whip.

Su Mo seized the opportunity to swing the whip toward her again. Not far away, Ai Ci sensed Jiang Wu’s peril and promptly used his own whip to intercept the attack while she was still dazed.

Jiang Wu was forced to retreat to Ai Ci’s side, and her duel with Su Mo came to a temporary halt.

Taking advantage of the break, Su Mo returned to her tent to rest for a moment.

Xuan Wei soon came over with supplies to treat her wounds. Su Mo took a Detoxification Pill, then frowned and asked Little Nine, "How is it? Any new discoveries?"

Little Nine shook its head. "I’ve been observing her moves all day. Her defenses this time are all tailored to counter you. Sometimes I feel like she’s completely predicted your attacks. I still can’t find any useful weaknesses."

Su Mo’s brow tightened. "Looks like the only way is to force her to reveal her true form again."

Yue Ying entered the tent soon after. He had an arrow wound on his shoulder, and Su Mo knew in her heart that he had been affected by her injury.

She hadn’t yet broken the contract with them, so when she was struck by Jiang Wu’s poisoned whip, they were affected as well.

「In Jiang Wu’s tent.」

Although she had been hit by Su Mo’s whip twice, such injuries were trivial for a Level Ten Beastman like her!

What was vexing her now was Su Mo’s whip!

That thing... it seems to be very fond of her blood!

Ai Ci stared at her wound. It was different from a normal whip lash—the area around it was pale, as if the blood had been sucked dry.

He frowned and said, "Wife, don’t tell me Su Mo’s whip has awakened a Whip Spirit?!"