Chapter 101: Really Stubborn?

  "I just wanted to help and pull you along, it's also effortless for me, so... don't worry about it too much." With a faint smile, Jiǔ Mìng said slowly, "I'm actually quite curious, what were you doing mixing with the demon crowd? And what's with that sudden firebird on your body?"

  "That phoenix......" The girl smiled slightly painfully, "It's probably heaven's punishment and curse on me."

  "Punishment and curse?"

  "That undead bird is now possessing me, constantly trying to burn me to ashes, but unfortunately, I didn't die, and the consciousness of that undead bird is getting weaker and weaker. That one attack of yours seems to have dealt it an even more severe blow."

  "Huh?" Jiǔ Mìng let out a strange sound, looking at the girl in front of him with great curiosity. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the flame aura on her body was much more stable than before, no longer like the uncontrolled ferocity of earlier. "You've reversed its absorption?"

  After some thought, the only way to describe the girl's current situation was that she was being consumed. The phoenix's possession was constantly burning her, yet instead of killing her, it was limiting itself... Seeing how well she could control the flames, Jiǔ Mìng estimated that after a while, all of the phoenix's powers would belong to her.

  The flame shadow that was scattered earlier seemed to have accelerated the process, and Jiǔ Mìng began to feel curious about the girl's physique. Was she another immortal? If not, then under the constant burning, even if Jiǔ Mìng himself couldn't extinguish the flames, he would be in trouble.

  The flames on the girl's body are now burning under the residual consciousness of that undead bird, and even earlier, it can be imagined that she was struggling in agony within the flames at all times.

  "I don't know..." The girl shook her head, "I just feel that as it weakens, I'm starting to have a special power. At first, I could only influence flames alone, but now I can release and manipulate them at will."

  "Oh, congratulations are in order for you then." Nine Lives Chengxin said with a gentle smile, "According to the current situation, after some time has passed, the power of that phoenix should completely belong to you. Perhaps it shouldn't be called punishment, but rather tempering before acquiring power."

  "...comfort me?" The girl twitched the corner of her mouth, showing no signs of excitement, "Hmph, it's fine this way, with power..."

  "What's the point of having power?" asked Jiumeng with great interest, wanting to understand where the girl in front of him got such a big grievance.

  "Don't you know!" The girl narrowed her eyes and bluntly refused without even thinking.

  "Hmm... don't be so quick to refuse, okay?" Jiǔ Mìng rubbed his cheek and smiled lightly, "After all, I'm a merchant too, and I can also accept commissions and employments... I'm very capable, you know."

  "No need, I can handle it myself. This matter doesn't require outsiders to intervene." After hesitating for a moment, the girl's tone became even more resolute, "I don't have anything to give you."

  "It's okay, I can give you something better later if I find it, I'm not picky."

  "I refuse, this is my family's affair!"

  Jiǔ Mìng shrugged and stopped talking, since she had already said things to that extent, Jiǔ Mìng also didn't think it was good to continue saying anything. Abruptly changing the subject, "Then what were you doing mixing with those monsters?"

  The girl hesitated for a moment before reluctantly opening her mouth to say, "I just wanted to find a secluded place to live alone, but I didn't expect so many monsters to gather here suddenly. I couldn't leave even if I wanted to, so I can only pretend for now..."

  "Is that so?"

  "Right!" The girl glanced away, slightly nervous under Jiuming's gaze, avoiding his eyes.

  The corners of her eyes twitched slightly, and Jiǔ Mìng dared to confirm that she had definitely hidden something, but... never mind. "Alright, it's getting late, let's stop here for now. This is for you, you should be able to use it when the time comes."

  He stood up with nine lives, waved his hand at the Simmons behind him, and after the Simmons disappeared, a new sealed card fell into his hand. Then he took out another new sealed card and stuffed it into the girl's hand, "As for clothes... I'm powerless."

  After some thought, Jiǔ Mìng took out two more Interstice Sealing Cards and handed them to her, pointing in a direction. "Why don't you head in this direction and keep walking? After a while, you'll see a large mansion where you can go to find some clothes. There definitely won't be anyone there for the time being."

  Going straight in this direction... isn't it the house of Yakumo Yukari?!

  The information on the card was easy to understand, and the words wouldn't appear incomprehensible, so after giving her nine lives, he didn't do much explanation, "Oh, almost forgot!"

  The nine lives who were about to leave suddenly knocked on the door again, and this time he took out a dozen sealed cards. "You take these, they're all food, enough for you to use for a while. The way to unseal them is to crush them, that's it. Farewell."

  "What's your name!!!" Looking at the figure that was about to disappear from view, the girl couldn't help but shout out to him, ".... Didn't you hear me...?"

  She shook her head slightly, feeling a bit disheartened. Then, under the moonlight, she saw a shadow approaching and was startled. She quickly put away what was in her hand and jumped to one side, vigilantly watching where the shadow would appear. It definitely wasn't Jiǔ Mìng (Nine Lives). During his stay here for some time, the girl had discovered that Nine Lives didn't have a shadow at all.

  "It's you!!" The girl's pupils contracted sharply as she saw the approaching figure, and a faint flame aura enveloped her body. She glared at the white-haired ponytailed girl in front of her, "Tell me!! Where is that bitch hiding now!!!"

  "Are all humans on earth so arrogant? They're just slightly empowered, that's all." The white-haired girl with a ponytail frowned slightly and said, "Don't forget who you owe your current success to."

  "Hahaha! That's right! With this body that can't even die, I really want to 'thank' that cheap person in person!!" Accompanied by a mad laugh, the girl was surrounded by intense flames, and the remaining consciousness of the undead bird attached to her seemed so small, struggling against its will, but that residual consciousness still flickered like a candle in the wind.

  "It's really unclear what the current situation is." The white-haired ponytail girl slightly shook her head, "You people on earth fundamentally don't have any awareness of the difference in identity between yourselves and the princess, that kind of futile delusion will only bring about a miserable outcome."

  "Is that so! In her eyes, it's just a game to tease people! Tell me where she is!! You've appeared here, she must be around somewhere!!!"

  "Oh? Not really, actually I don't mind helping the princess solve a problem, even if it's not fatal, mental collapse is irreversible, you say after sealing all your powers and throwing you into the slums, how would that be? Don't know if you can handle what happens afterwards?"

  The girl's eyes widened suddenly, and several mysterious patterns appeared beside her. The flames surrounding her quickly dissipated... What is this!?

  Sealing power? If it's really like she said... then myself... despicable!

  A solid blue light beam flashed from afar, and the powerful force instantly erased a piece of the law array. Then, with the energy beam's power still not exhausted, it continued to move forward and shot towards the white-haired ponytailed girl.

  Hasn't gone far?

  With a faint smile, the white-haired girl raised her hand, and a small, membrane-like light shield appeared on her palm, blocking the energy beam. The power was slightly greater than expected, and the light shield was shattered, with a small amount of energy impacting her palm.

  A scorching wound appeared on her palm and was healing at a very fast speed.

  After the seal that bound her power was broken, she immediately counterattacked, and a wave of flames produced by her rough use of power surged towards the white-haired girl. The white-haired girl somehow pulled out a large bow and shot an arrow that instantly dispersed the flames, and then the arrow shot out with undiminished force and pierced the girl.

  "Not good."

  The swiftly arriving arrow didn't give her any time to make an effective evasive maneuver, however before that a blue light beam intercepted the arrow from the front and the wooden arrow shaft directly turned into fragments.

  Damn it, so fierce?

  Kuniko quickly switched the high-end power back to mid-range, but still thought that high-end power was safer... however, it consumed too much!

  Hurry up and go, silly girl!

  Looking at the girl surrounded by flames, Jiǔ Mìng thought helplessly that this was the time to choose a swift retreat. Knowing that fighting back would lead to no good outcome, he shouldn't think 'I can counterattack'.

  Thinking of this, Jiǔ Mìng quickly dodged to one side, and an arrow had already been nailed to the spot where he was standing just now. The entire length of the arrow shaft had sunk into the ground by two-thirds, with only a small section still quivering slightly. This power...this is a wooden arrow shaft!

  He kicked it, and the arrow shaft snapped with a crisp sound. The strength of the arrow shaft was not high, which made the white-haired ponytailed girl's strength even more terrifying, and she was another freak!

  He took a deep breath, and with a flick of his wrist, he quickly ejected the five mid-grade high-energy crystals from the magazine and replaced them with five high-grade high-energy crystals.

  High-end might is no longer stable, extremely high might is fine. If he's really desperate, he'll just splurge and try the ultimate restricted-level might! Under that kind of might, one shot consumes four high-grade high-energy crystals...

  "This time, the white-haired ponytail girl, who was being targeted by Nine's high-energy beam gun from a distance, felt some threat. The next attack... will definitely be strengthened even more! The weapon in his hand is really something that humans on earth can come up with!?"