Chapter 39: The Dark Side of the Female Lead

  That moment's tenderness came suddenly and without reason, Jiang Nian felt that his entire body had a sudden surge of electricity, all the bones were stiffened, not to mention the hand still stretched out behind him.

  Lan Lun recalled Jiang Nian's sudden attack, his whole body trembling. He slowly closed his eyes, but didn't dare to open them again. At this moment, the corners of his eyes reflected a faint light, like the scales of a mermaid, or the cruel edge of a knife. He slowly moved his originally misplaced hands and placed them on Jiang Nian's slender neck, then tightened his grip with force.

  Jiang Nian suddenly realized Landon's intention and wanted to escape, but at this moment, she was completely helpless. Her body was stiff and unable to move, she could only feel the soft hands on her neck getting tighter and tighter, making it harder for her to breathe. The whole person seemed to be frozen in place.

  Lan Aoxue saw Jiang Nian's painful appearance, her pupils shrunk, and she didn't have time to discuss conditions with Lan Lun again. She directly used a phantom power slash to chop over.

  At this time, Jiang Nian was already almost fainting, the red and black colors in his eyes were changing unpredictably, his face was flushed, but the corners of his mouth were dry and powerless. Lan Lun carried him, dodging Lan Ao Xue's powerful attacks all the way, rushing westward. Due to the rapid movement, the blood drops on his body flowed faster, as if trying to drain the blood from his body clean. But in this situation, he didn't dare to stop at all, maintaining the fastest speed possible.

  After about three incense sticks' time, they ran all the way to a perennially frozen glacier in the northern part of the city. The snow here never melts, and even a gentle breeze would make people shiver with cold. It was also here that both of their speeds slowed down. Lan Lian was because he really didn't have the strength to move anymore, while Lan Ao Xue was considering Jiang Nian and didn't dare to kill him immediately, so he didn't go up right away. The two just remained in a stalemate like this.

  Lan Lun dragged his heavy footsteps a few more steps forward, turned back to see Lan Ao Xue still seemed to have plenty of energy, and finally stopped with a sense of resignation. The two coldly stared at each other. Lan Lun lowered his head to look at Jiang Nian in his hand, and slightly loosened his grip.

  Lan Ao Xue saw Jiang Nian's current appearance and knew she couldn't avoid hurting Lan Lun. She felt a little anxious, but also had a strange misconception - why bother with this woman who had only met her a few times?

  They weren't very familiar, just a few encounters at Betta's place, and she had helped herself out. But how could she give up chasing Lantian for this person now? That person had promised to help her achieve all her desired goals, as long as she sealed off Lantian. She couldn't give up everything she was supposed to have just for a woman she had met by chance!

  She thought so, the serious expression on her face gradually became radiant, but still maintained the action posture that did not allow Lan Lun to harm Jiang Nian. She was waiting, waiting for a moment when Lan Lun would relax his vigilance, and then she would kill him. If he used Jiang Nian as a shield, she would kill them together, rather than drag things out.

  Lan Run had not yet discovered Lan Ao Xue's inner change, he was just carefully watching Lan Ao Xue's posture to guard against her potentially harmful movements. During this time, he glanced at Jiang Nian Si and gradually loosened his grip, quietly using healing magic to supplement some physical strength for Jiang Nian, while pretending on the surface that nothing had been done.

  Jiang Nian felt the warmth of the external fantasy power, somewhat astonished and also grateful. She thought she must have Stockholm syndrome or else why would a hostage feel gratitude towards their captor?

  She smiled self-deprecatingly and looked at the female lead opposite her, who must be in a difficult situation now. She couldn't even save someone and didn't dare to kill her enemy.

  Jiang Nian's consciousness thought that the heroine was always a straight and invincible person with a huge halo, but he never thought that under the halo she was just an ordinary person, without any profound meaning, only considering her own conditions first.

  Lan Aoxue's hand slowly rose, and Lan Lun saw such a direct action with some confusion, but he didn't think much about it and pushed Jiang Nian out to block himself. However, Lan Aoxue did not stop because of this, but instead increased the release of his illusion power even more. The first illusion power instantly hit Jiang Nian's body.

  Suddenly, he received such a huge impact, feeling that it was definitely unbearable. Jiang Nian's face turned white in an instant, and cold sweat fell down his cheeks to the back of his neck onto Lan Lun's hand.

  Lan Run's hand trembled slightly, and he immediately removed his hand from Jiang Nian's neck, turning her around to examine her injuries. His eyebrows were filled with surprise and concern, as Jiang Nian's injuries were indeed extremely severe at this time, with blood constantly flowing out of the corner of her mouth, not to mention the wounds on her body caused by the enemy's phantom attacks.

  He turned his head to look at Lan Aoxue, whose face now showed some reluctance but more determination and ferocity as she quickly condensed the next wave of her illusionary power. Lan Lun was almost stunned, shouting harshly at her: "Are you crazy? She has no grudge against you, how could you hurt her?"

  Lan Ao Xue's vicious behavior was exposed by Lan Lun, which made her somewhat at a loss, so she could only shift the blame back and said viciously: "Isn't it all because of you? If you didn't take her as a hostage, I wouldn't be like this?"

  Lan Run saw the murderous intent spreading in Lan Ao Xue's eyes at this time, and his heart suddenly became cold. He didn't want to hurt Jiang Nian, never had. Not only did he not want to, but he also hoped that she would have the opportunity to be with him in the future. But unexpectedly, a moment of carelessness hurt her.

  He turned around to look at Jiang Nian, whose eyes were almost closing, her clothes stained with blood, and her face as pale as a lifeless doll. He looked at her quietly, his eyes suddenly filled with tenderness, apology, and regret. He could only say softly: "Sorry, I didn't mean to..." He felt himself getting overly sentimental and couldn't continue. Fortunately, Jiang Nian nodded slightly to indicate she understood, and Lan Lun's expression relaxed, smiling weakly.

  After finishing, he looked at Lan Aoxue again. At this time, Lan Aoxue's illusion had already condensed and was about to make a second move. He hugged Jiang Nian and barely dodged the second strike, finding that it was okay this time, with only a slight scratch on his body. However, when he turned back, Lan Aoxue's third strike had arrived, and he couldn't dodge in time.

  But this time the attack did not come as expected, he looked at Jiang Nian's beautiful eyebrows and was speechless.

  Jiang Nian looked at the female lead in front of him, and his inner feelings could no longer be described as surprise or shock. He had thought of a thousand possibilities, ten thousand possibilities, but he never thought that the female lead's personality was not much different from ordinary people. Maybe it was because she had been lucky since her blood awakened, so she hadn't shown this attitude before, but he didn't expect her to be so disgusting at this moment, not like the female lead he imagined.

  Lan Ao Xue smiled cruelly: "I can't let you stay, so you all have to be sealed together."

  Digression

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