Chapter 5
The air pressure in the testing center seemed to drop, and the surroundings grew so quiet that even the insects' chirping vanished completely.
In this suffocating moment, the first sound to break the silence was an unexpectedly clear and crisp bell chime.
Ding-ling~!
The four flying swords that had reached Li Yunxian’s side froze midair.
Ding-ling~!
A second chime echoed.
Not far away, one of the hunters suddenly clutched his throat as if suffocating, his face flushing bright red.
A soft, melodious female laugh floated in, like a whisper, accompanying a third bell chime that rippled into everyone’s ears.
“Return to your soul!”
Several hunters dropped to the ground as the woman’s voice fell, their bodies swelling grotesquely.
Bang!
Blood gushed out from their bodies in torrents, and what remained of their forms fluttered down like fragile scraps of paper.
Startled by the sudden turn of events, Li Yunxian halted her movements and swiftly turned to look at the newcomer.
She was a woman dressed in a sheer teal short blouse, smiling radiantly, yet her eyes revealed unmistakable disgust and anger.
Golden Core stage?
Li Yunxian immediately recognized the cultivator’s level but found her attention more drawn to the man standing behind the woman.
He was plainly dressed in simple athletic clothes, yet his tall, slender figure gave the impression of a model on a fashion runway.
His long silver hair flowed freely, a cyan flame-shaped mark adorned his forehead, and beneath his narrow phoenix eyes were two small moles, giving him an alien and alluring aura. Yet his gaze was indifferent, as if nothing in front of him concerned him, exuding an extreme coldness.
Li Yunxian couldn’t help but look at him several times.
A demon race? Divided Spirit stage?
She wasn’t entirely sure of his cultivation level.
However, she could sense that both of them possessed pure and upright auras—not enemies.
Li Yunxian withdrew her hand, lowering the sword technique she had been preparing, though the spirit sword in her hand was not yet returned to its sheath.
The woman in the teal blouse paid no mind to Li Yunxian’s actions. She gently raised her hand and softly chanted an incantation.
A sudden gust stirred dust and bloodstains, swirling around the remaining hunters in the center.
With a loud bang, scorching flames ignited, incinerating the remnants completely in the blink of an eye.
Inside the testing center, apart from the panic-stricken faces of others and the unlucky one who had lost an arm earlier, the place looked as clean and undisturbed as if nothing had happened.
After finishing, the woman in the teal blouse waved her hand, scattering the ashes of those men, then turned and briskly approached Li Yunxian.
Her gaze was bright and clear.
“Little sister, what’s your name? How old are you?” the woman asked warmly.
Li Yunxian was caught off guard by the direct approach and hesitated before replying somewhat awkwardly, “...Li Yunxian, eighteen.”
She hadn’t quite adjusted to the overly friendly nature of people in this world.
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