Chapter 31: Xiao Ning’s Choice
At this moment, Xiao Ning felt as though he had just claimed a long-desired fortress after a bitter siege, only to see dark storm clouds gathering on the horizon—heralding a force even more terrifying than the last defenders. Victory had barely touched his hands before it threatened to slip through his fingers.
A deep, cold premonition churned in his heart.
If his suspicions were correct, then that woman—Su Jen—would not be satisfied with merely chasing after him and Mei Lin. No, a cultivator of her caliber did not act on whimsy.
Once she set her sights on something, she would not rest until she uprooted it completely.
If she had left a tracking mark on Mei Lin without the latter even noticing, then what of the two Nascent Soul cultivators who had unknowingly played their part in her ’abduction’? Would they have escaped her attention?
Unlikely.
Worse yet, those two were not strangers—they were Elder Zhou and Elder Qian, both of the Shadowclaw Sect... his sect.
If that woman had already marked her path, then the Shadowclaw Sect might very well be her next destination. And if so, she wouldn’t be arriving for diplomacy. She would descend like a heavenly executioner.
The notion that she would kill only the two elders and leave the rest of the sect untouched... was laughable.
This woman was not the merciful kind.
From the pure and unblemished earth qi he had sensed upon her arrival, Xiao Ning could immediately dismiss any notion of leniency. Her aura was righteous, ancient, and unwavering—like a sword forged in the heart of the heavens.