Chapter Forty-Seven: The Dark Shadow

  She slowly stood up from the ground, looking up at the sky. The entire surroundings were now very quiet, not even a leaf was shaking, it really didn't look like something had just passed by at high speed. She herself was an orange-robed fantasy spirit with a gravity-removing artifact and yet every step she took was so laborious, how could there be any creature that could fly past at such a fast speed?

  She couldn't believe it, this matter completely defied common sense and exceeded her acceptable range. But despite this, she still kept a watchful eye out, even if she had thought too much earlier, she must be careful, there are so many mysterious things in the world that can't be understood, and must be guarded against. If something as ridiculous as coming to play the role of villain herself could happen, what other strange things couldn't?

  After that, Jiang Nian became more careful when walking and paid more attention to his surroundings.

  Even if that figure was just a quick flash, it's 90% likely to have nothing to do with her, and passing by here might be for other reasons. However, Jiang Nian still felt that he had caught wind of danger and didn't dare to let his guard down again.

  Sometimes she's a little short-circuited, but at the most critical moment her sixth sense is still useful. Like now.

  That black shadow came too quickly, whipping up a fierce whirlwind. Even in the outskirts of Fenghuang City, it was rare to see such speed, like a flying bird. Jiang Nian blocked its attack, and the orange phantom force spread out, a light ring killing the high-speed flying creature. She hurriedly squatted down, wanting to see what this thing was, but it had turned into powder and disappeared without a trace before her eyes could focus on it.

  Chiang felt a little disappointed in his heart, but also thought that it was actually expected. However, no matter who it is, this grudge has been formed.

  She thought about it and touched the ground with her hand, now there is no sign that a creature had died and disappeared here just like it was all a dream. She looked at the ground again, thinking back to the past and continuing forward two possible consequences in her mind, finally deciding to continue.

  No one in this world can hurt her, no matter who it is.

  She made up her mind and accelerated towards the destination she had just left. Although the speed was still not fast due to gravity, it was much better than before.

  During this time, there were two more attacks by the dark shadow, but the speed was too fast. Jiang Nian only managed to kill it and couldn't see what it looked like. Moreover, being colorblind himself, he couldn't quickly distinguish the species of that thing.

  She suddenly became a bit annoyed, nothing had gone smoothly in her mind for days. She wanted to find the male lead but couldn't, she wanted to protect the female lead but ended up being targeted by her instead. She thought about quietly returning to the Heavenly Temple once, only to find that the entrance was destroyed. And she kept running into weirdos like Lan Lun Ye Qi Hen.

  These emotions had been fermenting and accumulating in her heart, almost driving her mad. She stamped the ground heavily, and the dust on the ground immediately flew up, only to fall back down quickly under gravity. She stared blankly at the rapidly falling dust for a while, when suddenly a determined smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

  What is called a trap, once discovered, is merely digging one's own grave.

  Jiang Nian's mouth corners had a beautiful arc, her lips almost without lip lines, looking like a beautiful pearl shell, emitting soft light, but those who truly understood her knew this was a manifestation of cruelty.

  Those black flying objects were not creatures that could resist gravity, but puppets buried in advance under the trees, pulled out by people in the distance with a thread, so they were much faster than ordinary people, and each time they appeared, they would raise dust on the ground. Although the dust fell back quickly, it took a long time. Jiang Nian had been curious about where the dust came from before, but now he understood that it was just an illusion. The puppet fell to the ground and automatically disappeared, leaving no trace.

  But who would go to such great lengths to torment themselves like this? It doesn't seem like they want to put themselves in harm's way, but rather... a game?

  Game? Jiang Nian pondered this word repeatedly, a faint glint flashing in his eyes before turning into stillness.

  She stood still, no longer moving, until the sun had completely set, then she said: "I know it's you, come out."