Chapter 168: Chapter 134: Hand of Melting Hundred Forms

Helan Que is not dead yet.

Although the "Bright Mirror Armor" Three-Turned Rare Treasure Token was shattered by Pharmacist’s Wish with a calculated strike, its strongest yet most useless property is its ability to form a defensive barrier upon breaking, blocking any attack, including Foundation Establishment attacks, while also granting the messenger recovery power akin to consuming a hundred Blood Replenishing Pills. Unless beheaded, surviving is almost certain.

Escape!

Even though Pharmacist’s Wish might become a significant threat in the future, Helan Que can only run.

He mustn’t die; his tokens are all top-notch from the family military town. If he loses them here, he will truly be beyond redemption, causing the Helan Family’s strength to plummet!

But when he tries to escape, how could Pharmacist’s Wish and the young girl just sit back and watch?

Unfortunately, the recent swirling attack caused Pharmacist’s Wish’s lance to almost snap in half, forcing her to wield the broken lance to entangle Helan Que.

The effects of the Yunqiao Pill were still active, and Helan Que had a weapon advantage, which allowed him to suppress Pharmacist’s Wish’s pursuit with ease. It was the young girl who leaped up aiming a thrust at his throat, and he, lacking defensive tokens, could only use the curved blade to parry.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

A series of rapid attacks brought Helan Que close to the horse. His heart, oddly calm now, knowing Pharmacist’s Wish was strong yet lacking stamina, and the young girl firm yet not adept at offense. As soon as he mounts the horse, he would escape unscathed. As for dealing with these two... he would let Duke Wei deal with that headache.

Ding!

The young girl, as usual, aimed for the throat with a thrust, parried by Helan Que’s curved blade. But this time, he heard an ominous sound from the blade.

Pa.

The rare blue light shattered, the blade broke into dozens of pieces. This rare ornate sword he cherished for decades and regularly spent four hundred Spiritual Jade on its upkeep, shattered!?

Yet he had no time to lament the loss of his treasured blade, as the young girl’s longsword once again targeted his throat!

Forced by circumstance, Helan Que could only wield the great lance to block, yet on the other side, how could Pharmacist’s Wish let the opportunity slip? Tightening grip on the lance, she thrust it into his left abdomen, twisting it harshly!

Helan Que let out a painful grunt, but his steps didn’t cease; the recovery power from the Bright Mirror Armor was enough to withstand most of the injuries!

Buzz.

Suddenly, Helan Que felt a dizzy spin, as if his head were boiling, his body weighed like lead, and he was overwhelmed with sleepiness. He realized immediately this is the aftermath of the Yunqiao Pill’s effect dissipating, leading to a notable decrease in qi blood, spirit, and dexterity for the next quarter of an hour.

In a normal state, this slight reduction wouldn’t bother him, not even discomfort. But heavily injured now, the negative effects from the Yunqiao Pill felt like the last straw breaking the camel’s back, completely crushing him!

Slash! Crunch!

The longsword and broken lance chose this time to thrust at Helan Que’s knees, even with a strong recovery ability, the shattered knee structure couldn’t sustain an escape run.

Helan Que fell to the ground, the meticulously cared-for face now smeared with mud, his once suave demeanor rendered utterly disheveled. Opening his eyes to look at the young girl, a hint of realization flashed in his gaze, as if he discovered a monumental secret, he shouted in a trembling voice: "I remember now, I remember now, repelling weaponry, destroying tokens, these Legendary Gloves are Liang—"

Slash!

Pharmacist’s Wish with a quick motion pulled out the broken lance, then stabbed it into Helan Que’s head.

Duke Heyang of the Zhou Kingdom, Third-Turn Messenger ’Hunting Frenzy’ Helan Que, dead.

"Duke Heyang... is dead!"

"He’s dead!"

"Ughhh!"

Witnessing this scene, the surviving Mansion Soldiers broke down, turned, and fled on horseback. The Tooth General looked extremely sullen but, after hesitating, followed the escape.

Helan Que was their patron; now, with Helan Que dead, returning would only mean execution by the Helan Family. Escape was the sole choice... but at the cost of their families being executed as collateral unless they returned stealthily to retrieve their families.

Seeing all the outside pursuers scatter, Wuqiu and Shidong cautiously emerged from the bushes.

"Miss!"

"Miss... wah... I thought this time, this time..."

Shidong was like a water bag, tears never stopped. He rushed to cry holding Pharmacist’s Wish’s sleeve. Wuqiu glanced at Pharmacist’s Wish then at the young girl, and said: "Miss, we owe this safety to the Rabbit Heroine’s help."

"Rabbit Heroine." She bowed, pulling Shidong with her, "Without you, we wouldn’t be safe and sound. We have no way to repay the life-saving favor, should there be any service, as long as the Miss doesn’t object, Wuqiu and Shidong definitely—"

"It’s unnecessary." Pharmacist’s Wish interrupted, gazing at the young girl, "Rabbit Heroine, you saved us this time, I, Pharmacist’s Wish, owe you a favor. As long as I am alive, you can come to me at any time to cash in this favor; no matter the request, even if it is to assassinate a Foundation Establishment Messenger, if I frown, I’ll cease to be called Pharmacist."

Wuqiu hesitated; she wanted to thank the young girl first to limit the favor within their dealings with her, ensuring any request concerns only them... Though her gratitude to the young girl was sincere, her decade-long friendship with Pharmacist’s Wish was genuinely more significant; she didn’t want Pharmacist’s Wish to bear this favor... In her heart, Pharmacist’s Wish mattered much more.

"As it happens, I do have a request." The young girl sheathed the sword.

"Please." Pharmacist’s Wish raised her brow.

"I want to go to Shu Dao Mountain but am not very familiar with the way; there aren’t any locals around here to ask for directions; do you know the way?"

Pharmacist’s Wish exchanged a glance with Wuqiu and Shidong, barely containing the joy in their eyes. Clearing her throat, she said: "Coincidentally, we are headed to Shu Dao Mountain as well; if you’re willing, you can accompany us on the journey."

"Good." The young girl nodded, then crouched to rummage through Helan Que’s corpse.

"Wait!" Wuqiu hurried to halt her: "Are you intending to loot the corpse?"

"Yes."

"If you don’t mind, let us do it on your behalf; Rabbit Heroine can just watch on the side. We won’t keep anything to ourselves, there’s no need for you to get your hands dirty." Wuqiu spoke sincerely, thinking seeing a young girl scavenging bodies was simply too shocking. Moreover, since she had killed so many, how could they just stand by?

The young girl nodded; Wuqiu and Shidong immediately began clearing the site, not only Helan Que but didn’t spare other bodies on the ground.

During this period, Pharmacist’s Wish studied the young girl and her Legendary Gloves before straightforwardly asking: "Is your surname Shao?"

"No."

"Are you from Liang Kingdom?"

"No."

"Then who exactly are you?"

"My brother says I’m the Rabbit Heroine, Rabbit Heroine is just Rabbit Heroine." The young girl lifted her head to look at Pharmacist’s Wish: "I already introduced myself beforehand, didn’t I, big sister are you deaf?"

Pharmacist’s Wish didn’t mind, pointing to her gloves and asking: "Then why do you have Liang Taizu’s Legendary Gloves, Hand of Melting Hundred Forms?"