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Chapter 309: Lanchi and Xide's Winter New Style
Chapter 309: Lanchi and Xide's Winter New Style
On the snowy plain covered in white, the boy's hurried strides faltered like a kite with a broken string, unable to maintain stability.
The footsteps of the bandits grew louder, like the call of the Grim Reaper.
The moment he set foot alone on this chaotic snowy ground, he had made a mistake.
The rocks and ice cracks scattered on the snowfield created a slightly undulating terrain, and subtle differences caused the light to cast shallow shadows, revealing only a hint of grayish-white. These rocks were both resilient and sharp, each uniquely shaped, lonely, and buried in the snow, as if they were works of art carved by nature. However, to those unfamiliar with these lands, they were unseen hazardous obstacles.
Finally, the boy's increasingly dull footsteps tripped, and before he could get up again, he was almost caught by several burly men.
"Keep running?"
As the bandit's voice rose, a hand reached out towards the boy. Suddenly, a transparent barrier shimmering with silver-white light abruptly appeared in front of him, separating him from the bandits as if it were a wall built from air.
The bandits all stopped in their tracks, taken aback by the sudden appearance of the barrier.
Their brief astonishment was soon replaced by a cold smile as they faced the barrier.
The burliest bandit among them, with a sinister grin on his face, struck the barrier with an iron tool, causing sparks to fly and filling the air with the clangor of a foundry.
"How long do you think this can hold us back?"
A glint of greed and cruelty shone in the leader's eyes.
"This thing looks like it can only hold us off for a while. If you remove it voluntarily, we'll treat you better later."
The other villains joined in the ridicule, surrounding the barrier as if they were enjoying this game of "cat and mouse."
"I am the eleventh generation head of the Candice family! I am a noble of the Empire! Take me to Qinstone City, and Viscount Qinstone will reward you!"
Trapped within his final line of defense with nowhere to run, Xiya shouted hoarsely, his lungs stinging from the cold air.
The robbers hesitated for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Mocking the boy's words and his overly naive suggestion.
They didn't know if the boy truly thought they were fools or if he believed he could trick them into going to Qinstone City, where Viscount Qinstone would have them killed.
"Are you trying to humor us in this lawless land?"
"The legendary coldest-blooded assassin family, how could you be so weak?"
"It's probably been too peaceful for too long. Even demons would turn into cowards."
"That's true. Being able to retire in the warm and stable south, even if you don't marry out, you wouldn't want to come to a place like the north, would you?"
"We just want to enjoy the warmth of a southern young lady sooner."
With each strike against the barrier, the bandits laughed wildly.
"But I'm a man!"
Xiya said in despair.
Although his appearance was not bad even within his family, it was not to the extent that he would be mistaken for a woman. Perhaps it was because his family had some elven blood and the habit of braiding long hair, coupled with the poor visibility in the snowfield and his thick clothing.
If he had known how terrifying the security situation was in the north, he would never have left Box Mountain Province and ventured into this snowfield, not even for a date!
"A pretty boy? Isn't that even more wonderful! It makes us even more eager!"
Suddenly, the robbers became even more excited.
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Xiya shuddered. These people seemed to have seen through his gender from the start and had been playing with him intentionally.
In the instant he realized this fact, he felt that these bandits were far more terrifying than a billion murderers! Some of them were beyond his comprehension.
He would rather die than be captured by these men! But as a second-tier cultivator, there was no way he could defeat these robbers, who were probably at the third or even fourth tier.
His family couldn't afford to hire bodyguards for him.
In the imperial capital of Helrom, it was common to find superpower cultivators of the sixth tier and above, but in the border regions, a fourth-tier cultivator was already considered a formidable adventurer or mercenary.
In other words, finding a bodyguard above the fourth tier in those regions was extremely difficult unless one sought help from the Tyrant Heaven or Mourning branches.
The only thing holding them off for now was a first-tier pink sacred spell passed down by his ancestors, and even that barrier was faltering.
Fear was consuming him.
This was an almost-epic sacred-level spell.
It belonged to the category of spiritual and psychokinetic magic, manifesting the mental image of the family head into a weapon.
However, all he could manage was a protective barrier that resembled an umbrella.
Never before had a family head's weapon been so cowardly.
Moreover, its effectiveness was diminishing due to his fear.
As he watched the cracks appearing in the barrier and the burly men still laughing, licking their lips, and leering at him, his despair knew no bounds.
"Great Goddess, please save me!"
Desperate and on the verge of collapse, Xiya could only look up helplessly and shout for help.
The only response was the howling wind and faint echo across the vast snowfield.
Suddenly, a burst of raucous laughter rang out.
"Tsk, tsk. How adorable. If praying like a little girl worked, would there be any villains left in this world?"
"In this snowfield where even mercenaries dare not tread, there are none more cruel than us. You can imagine what we're going to do to you!"
"The Church of the Goddess of Fate is now a heretical cult. Are you trying to summon a dark god to save you?"
However.
Amidst this laughter.
After a while.
The sound of rustling branches and falling snow reached them from a thicket several dozen meters away.
"Logically, this should be the only way."
"Xide, let's hire a scout. You really don't have a talent for this. If I hadn't heard the noise, I would've wandered around with you for another two laps without finding this path."
"Keep talking and I'll deduct affection points."
A man and a woman emerged from the trees.
They were dressed for the outdoors in warm fleece-lined windbreaker jackets, with sun hats on their heads and hiking sticks in their hands. They examined their map while looking around.
The bandits, who had been striking the barrier with all their might, paused and turned to look at the commotion at the edge of the snowy forest.
When they saw who it was, their eyes twitched.
Were these two out here hiking?
In the distance, the young man and woman emerged from the trees, relieved to have finally reached the main road. They immediately looked toward the direction where people could be seen.
"Excuse me, which way is it to Qinstone City...?"
The green-eyed youth's question trailed off as his eyebrows furrowed, and his expression turned serious.
"Hey, you guys over there, are you committing illegal acts such as robbery, restricting personal freedom, kidnapping, human trafficking, or even organ harvesting?" he asked, pointing at the bandits sternly.
(End of Chapter)
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