Chapter 1 The Successful Gathering

Ye Cang, Ying Ning, A Xue, and Feng Lei had successfully gathered.

At this moment, the biggest problem facing the four of them was the four different paths in front of them.

Feng Lei explained, "Ye Cang, there are four paths ahead. One of them leads to the place where the people are being held. After my Lei Xi (Thunder Breath) found this place, a certain kind of energy suddenly appeared and shielded my Lei Xi."

Ying Ning explained, "It's super-frequency gravity that's shielding your Lei Xi. This kind of super-frequency gravity can not only block signals, but sometimes it can even withstand some attacks."

Just then, Ying Ning felt that at the end of the second path, there was a source of super-frequency gravity.

Ying Ning thought, "If I guessed correctly, the second path must lead to the place where the hostages are being held."

Without hesitation, Ying Ning said, "Everyone, I choose the second path. What about you?"

A Xue said, "Then I'll choose the last one."

Feng Lei signaled for Ye Cang to choose a path first.

"Then... I'll choose the third one."

After the group chose their routes, they began to act separately.

First, Ye Cang, who took the third path. The characteristic of this road was that it was the longest in diameter, and the ground was the most slippery. Therefore, Ye Cang was destined not to be able to rescue the hostages.

Back to Feng Lei, he was walking on the first road. After about ten minutes, he suddenly felt very strange. "Huh! Why is the road ahead extending downwards the further I go? And there's a very strong fishy smell around here."

Suddenly! The candlelight at the entrance behind Feng Lei disappeared instantly, and the surrounding air became very thin at this moment.

"What the hell!" Feng Lei couldn't help but complain.

Glug, glug... A large amount of water instantly poured in under Feng Lei's feet, about to engulf him. He thought to himself, "Damn it... this first road is a trap."

On the fourth road, A Xue was walking. Before long, Wu Lei (Tearless) in her hand let out bursts of wails, like drizzling rain, like a stream bidding farewell.

A Xue did not dare to be careless and was ready for battle at any time.

Suddenly, the road A Xue had chosen instantly switched to a narrow and straight stone bridge. Below the bridge was a bottomless abyss. Even with endless vastness, this abyss's giant mouth could swallow it all.

On the other end of the stone bridge, densely packed long creatures appeared, vaguely surging towards A Xue like a tide.

A Xue took a closer look and found that it was an army of leeches. Each leech was as thick as a normal person's thigh and at least a meter long.

A Xue thought, "I'm not like the male lead Ye Cang, who has some kind of trypophobia... cough... how pretentious."

A Xue drew her saber, strode forward, and slashed at the leech army!

Each slash, each swing of the saber, was like fallen leaves traveling thirty thousand miles in the mortal world, without seeing the last flowers or their withering.

No one is born with armor, but A Xue made herself indestructible.

She had walked through glaciers and snowfields, seeing endless white snow buried in solitude. She had stepped through thorns and brambles, still moving forward without hesitation. A Xue, alone, lived like an army.

Wu Lei's blade was desolate, and her fighting spirit was quietly restrained. The cold A Xue, the icy and unyielding fighting spirit, the ruthless and fierce blade, and a... scorching hot heart.

As for... Ying Ning, she already knew that the second path was the place where the hostages were being held.

"Oh! So it's a little girl who found her way here..."

Ying Ning heard someone speaking ahead and immediately stopped. A long spear called Peng Ran Xin Dong (Sudden Heartbeat) floated in the air. Taking a closer look, Ying Ning had already reached the end of the prison where the hostages were being held.

Ying Ning waved her spear a few times and said, "Stop talking nonsense, I'm here to save people, and you're responsible for stopping me. What's with all the babbling! Only those who are standing have the right to speak, you and I!"

A person wearing a deep green robe, upon hearing the challenge from Ying Ning, took off the robe, revealing his true face. This person had a deathly pale face and black-purple lips. He looked as if he had just crawled out of the Yellow Springs Road and the River of Forgetfulness.

"I am called Hun Zang Jie Wang (Soul Burial Calamity King), and I am ordered by the World-Ending Emperor to guard these hostages waiting to be slaughtered... I'll give you a piece of advice, little girl. You can still leave now, and it won't be too late."

Ying Ning did not answer and thrust her spear straight into the ground.

Instantly, a pentagram barrier formed around the prison. Within the barrier, ten miles were decorated with cherry blossom petals, like ten thousand fairies carrying misty starlight.

As the barrier unfolded, Hun Zang Jie Wang immediately felt as if his whole body was being suppressed by a powerful gravity.

"Damn... this girl's exclusive ability is cosmic gravity! In this way, my speed, attack power, and agility will all be affected by gravity."

Tap!

Ying Ning stepped forward and launched a feint with a low kick. Hun Zang Jie Wang was still frightened and hurriedly lifted his foot.

Bang!

Ying Ning's changing-line kick perfectly hit Hun Zang Jie Wang's head.

Hun Zang Jie Wang, after being suppressed and attacked by dual gravity, the resulting impact force caused his body to lean backwards to the left, his feet left the ground, and his left foot raised.

Just as Hun Zang Jie Wang was about to be knocked away, Ying Ning gently flicked her finger upward, and an invisible, transparent thread bound Hun Zang Jie Wang's right foot.

Ying Ning pulled the thread, swung it counterclockwise 360 degrees twice, then threw it into the air and swung her arm down.

Bang!

With an inverse rotation throw, Ying Ning combined her strength + rotational force + the triple power of cosmic gravity.

This directly caused Hun Zang Jie Wang to cough up blood and suffer unspeakable pain.

"Damn girl! You're courting death!"

Hun Zang Jie Wang was furious. Relying solely on his senses, he grabbed the thread on his right foot, wanting to pull Ying Ning over.

Ying Ning did not panic and gently twitched her fingertips.

Shoo! Shoo!

Hun Zang Jie Wang's hands were firmly bound and supported on the left and right sides by the threads.

Ying Ning didn't want to kill him completely, so she said, "Release the people now, and I'll spare your life!"

Hun Zang Jie Wang grinned sinisterly, "Let me release the people? What are you joking about? There are countless people imprisoned here. Even if I die, I will never let them go!"

Ying Ning gently swiped her finger.

There was only a pfft sound!

Hun Zang Jie Wang's right hand had been cut into two pieces by Ying Ning's thread, and his entire right hand and right arm had been completely severed.

Ying Ning flicked her fingertip again, and the invisible transparent thread once again bound Hun Zang Jie Wang's right arm, supporting it.

"Release the people!" Ying Ning's neat, simple, and clear words came head-on.

Hun Zang Jie Wang chuckled sinisterly and still didn't answer.

Pfft!

Hun Zang Jie Wang's left hand was also cut off by Ying Ning.

"Hun Zang Jie Wang, I'll ask you one more time, are you releasing the people or not?"

Hun Zang Jie Wang laughed in a sinister and sorrowful manner, "Hahahaha... you damn girl! Kill me! I never expected that in the mercenary organization, there would actually be a Jumper (ability user) who could restrain me!"

Ying Ning was puzzled, "What are you talking about? I'm telling you to release the people, not to babble nonsense!"

Hun Zang Jie Wang shook his head forward, saying, "My abilities are completely restrained by your gravity. I never thought... that I, Hun Zang Jie Wang, would die at the hands of a little girl."

At this point, Hun Zang Jie Wang paused for a second, then roared towards the sky, "I am not willing to die today!"

Ying Ning fixed her eyes in the direction Hun Zang Jie Wang indicated. There were two skeleton monsters, holding a shield in their left hand and a knife in their right, unable to move under the pressure of gravity at the edge of the barrier.

Ying Ning thought, "So that's how it is! This Hun Zang Jie Wang's ability is to control these two skeleton monsters as his own attack methods."

Suddenly, the quirky Ying Ning thought of something, "Hey! How about we make a bet?"

Hun Zang Jie Wang snorted coldly and did not answer.

Ying Ning continued, "I won't use the gravity barrier anymore, I'll only use my own abilities to fight you. If I win, please release the hostages. If I lose... you can kill me or do whatever you want, how about it?"

Hun Zang Jie Wang slowly raised his head, his eerie gaze making Ying Ning shiver uncontrollably.

"Okay! Girl, it's a deal! If I lose, I will abide by the bet and release all the hostages."