Chapter 339: The Strange Little Girl
Shi Nian couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.
Although she kept a low profile and tried not to use immortal power, she was now at the Profound Immortal Realm, while this little girl was only at the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
How could she have escaped detection by her own eyes?
Even though she did not actively investigate, this was still unimaginable.
A thought suddenly flashed through Shi Nian's mind.
This cloak must be something extraordinary!
It's possibly a rare treasure.
This little girl is quite interesting.
"Xiao Tong, why hasn't she been affected?" Shi Nian asked.
Those with strength greater than hers were all more or less affected.
Yet this little girl managed to maintain her clarity all along, which was very intriguing.
Xiao Tong was also quite surprised as she looked into it carefully and said, "First, this cloak is unusual, isolating her from some of the influence. Second, this little girl has never been stained with blood. Those who have never been stained with blood are less likely to be affected."
Shi Nian nodded.
Watching the little girl scavenge from the dead, Shi Nian couldn't help but feel a little amused.
Underneath her cloak, the little girl cautiously concealed her form, looking for the right moment to scavenge.
She had no choice.
She had a whole group of younger brothers and sisters at home waiting for her to bring back goods.
And this annual Day of Slaughter was their only opportunity.
She would usually gather a year's worth of supplies on this day. As for her younger siblings, without cloaks of their own, they didn't dare to leave the house.
Children with such low cultivation would probably meet their end if they ventured out! On the contrary, it was safer for them to hide. None of these children had been stained with blood; their hearts were clear and innocent, and even on the Day of Slaughter, they would not be too greatly affected.
This was also why the little girl felt relieved to leave them at home.
The girl also didn't dare approach places where the fighting was intense. She only picked on Immortals and Demons of lower cultivation, as they were less likely to be discovered.
This time, she waited patiently on the side.
Waiting for a member of the Demon Clan to fall.
She approached to remove the Storage Bag.
However, in the next moment.
A hand suddenly extended from the sky and took the Storage Bag straight away.
Shi Nian, looking at the little girl's dumbfounded expression, waved her hand cheerfully at her and then merged into the void without concern for her reaction.
Scavenging is a matter of who is faster, after all!
She was quick once, and I was quick once, so we're even.
Next, Shi Nian's target would still be those Immortals and Demons of higher cultivation; their Storage Bags are the ones truly worth money.
The little girl stared blankly as the hand vanished into the void, and before it disappeared, it even waved at her...
She was instantly shocked.
To be able to travel through the void like that, what kind of cultivation level must that be?!
He clearly saw her act.
Yet he didn't lay a hand on her, nor did he try to take the cloak?
If he could see her, he would know that this cloak was no ordinary item, yet he didn't harbor any thoughts of seizing it?
In this Lost Land, could there actually be kind-hearted people?
The little girl forced herself to stay calm.
Since that person had no ill intentions, she would carry on as usual.
After all!
They needed to survive, to cultivate, to become stronger; everything depended on this one day.
The little girl continued to busily move along.
The little girl always scavenged in the lower-level battlefields, while Shi Nian had long gone to seek fortune amidst danger in the higher-level battlefields.
The two never met again afterwards.
This Day of Slaughter lasted a whole day, and only slowly did the two auras separate.
In the end, high walls were re-established between the two domains, and only then did the day come to an end.
The little girl had a decent haul, and Shi Nian's was even more bountiful.
This time, in order not to let the Immortal Clan collapse too swiftly, Shi Nian also secretly took action a few times. She didn't want to expend too much immortal power, so she didn't target the Dark Demons, but instead took the opportunity to kill a batch of Demon Clan members at the Golden Immortal Level. Members of the Demon Clan at the Golden Immortal Level were precisely the backbone of the battle. With Shi Nian's interference, the casualty rate on both sides this time should be about the same.
After the battle, the Demon Clan tallied up their casualties and found the outcome to be utterly baffling.
These developments were all unrelated to Shi Nian.
As everyone slowly came to their senses, Shi Nian also planned to leave the battlefield and check on her spoils of war.
She hadn't gone far through the void when suddenly, she heard a commotion below.
Shi Nian looked down, driven by curiosity.
With that glance, she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
It was that little girl.
The little girl was covered in wounds at the moment, and the black cloak she wore had completely lost its luster.
Several people at the Golden Immortal Level surrounded her, their eyes filled with greed as they gazed at the cloak in her hands.
"Boss, I knew something was off! When the fourth brother died, I intended to retrieve his Storage Bag, but in the next second, the Storage Bag just disappeared!"
"I was busy slaughtering at the time and couldn't be concerned with it. But the more I thought about it, the more wrong it seemed. When tidying up the battlefield, the number of Storage Bags left behind was much smaller than anticipated. Someone must have taken advantage of the situation to scavenge!"
The leader narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Just a Heavenly Immortal Peak, and yet she can move through the battlefield by relying on this cloak. This treasure is interesting."
The girl was merely scavenging, but he had already considered that such a treasure capable of isolating one's aura and concealing one's form, if used for assassination, would be supremely effective!
Moreover, it seemed that the cloak could also keep her clear-headed during a day of slaughter. If he had this item for the next day of slaughter, wouldn't he be invincible?
With these thoughts, his gaze on the cloak burned even hotter.
The little girl looked at these people and also kept complaining.
She had wanted to leave the battle before it nearly ended.
But her luck was bad. Even though she was extremely careful, she was still affected by the combat in the last moments, and her figure was momentarily revealed.
It was that fleeting moment that resulted in her being targeted by these people.
Relying on the power of the cloak, she had barely escaped to this place.
But now, she had exhausted her immortal power and could no longer use the cloak to travel.
"Hand over the cloak, and I will spare your life," said one of them.
"Right, we just want the cloak, not interested in your life."
These people, not certain whether the cloak had other abilities, were somewhat cautious and did not act rashly.
The little girl clenched her teeth.
Having survived in the Lost Land until now, she wouldn't believe such nonsense.
Murder, to rob treasures.
In this place, these two terms are forever linked together.
Today, she probably was doomed.
A hint of despair flashed through the little girl's eyes, as she clenched her teeth, mustering a trace of immortal power, trying to infuse it into the cloak.
The others took a few cautious steps back.
But.
This bit of immortal power was completely insufficient, the cloak did not react at all.
The little girl became even more desperate.
This act of hers inadvertently revealed that she was out of options.
The assailants exchanged glances and in a mutual understanding launched an attack on the little girl.
Several Golden Immortals attacking a Heavenly Immortal Peak...
She had no chance of survival.
The little girl painfully closed her eyes.
However, in the next moment.
The pain did not come.
Those several individuals seemed to have disappeared silently and without a trace.
The little girl opened her eyes to see an old woman standing amidst the bodies of several people, her face etched with distress.
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