Chapter 171: Eve of Destruction
Yang Xiu fell behind the rampart after being shoved, the blades missing her completely. Not that it mattered. Not that anything mattered.
Their opponent was simply too strong. He could fly, and given how the voice moved around, he was fast. Much faster than her or her arrows. And flying meant that he was probably Golden Core.
From her experience with Master, Golden Core meant power farther above her than she was above the Qi Gathering cultivators that surrounded her. As they stood no chance against her in the true fight, she surely had even worse odds against the man in the air terrorizing them.
And as if being a realm higher than her wasn’t enough, he was invisible. She couldn’t see him with her eyes or even perceive him with her spiritual sense. There was literally no way for her to land an attack. All the strength she’d worked so hard to acquire was worthless.
The only saving grace was that her brother and Kang Lin were still on their mission away from the village. They should be safe from the enemy.
Even though fighting back was pointless, Yang Xiu would not give up. Even if all she did was distract the enemy for one more attack, that was one attack where the rest of the village wasn’t being destroyed, one more moment that gave Master time to finish off whoever he was fighting and hopefully save everyone else.
She stood, nocking and loosing arrow after arrow with quick, smooth motions. Not that she had any real idea where the cultivator was. Honestly, it felt like she would have had the same chance to hit if she would have been able to see him. That was to say none.
“You’ve got spirit,” the voice said. “I’ll give you that. Too bad you’re just so young and weak. Too bad for you, anyway.”
At least the mocking gave her a direction to shoot her arrows.
If she somehow survived the day, she vowed to herself that she would become even more diligent in growing her power. No one should be so much more powerful than her other than Master.
“You will probably kill me,” Yang Xiu said. “Maybe even everyone in the entire village. But you won’t kill Master. Whatever sect or family or organization you hold dear, he will destroy. I will be avenged.”
The voice laughed. “I’m the weakest of the three of us, child. The other two have surely already killed your so-called master.”