54. Those Who Play Tactics Have Dirty Hearts
“Illusion!?”
When Shangguan Ziyuan’s body dissipated, Wu Shijie’s heart skipped a beat.
His attack was so sudden, how could there be an illusion!?
Could it be that the Immortal Master anticipated his move…?
Before he could react, a golden lightning bolt struck him from the sky.
The lightning surged through his body, disrupting his true essence. He suppressed a mouthful of blood, but a trickle still escaped his lips.
“An Earth-grade talisman?”
Wu Shijie was shocked, quickly trying to recover, but his reckless attack had left him surrounded.
In an instant, the Heartflame Empire’s guards engaged him in combat.
Blades flashed, true essence exploded, and various martial skills clashed, leaving everyone injured.
Miss Gong watched with some apprehension.
In a real fight, she was just a weakling. It was better to stay on the sidelines and watch.
Shangguan Ziyuan, escorted by her maids, was brought to the “safest” place, beside Gong Yiling. She couldn’t help but ask, “Senior… aren’t you joining them?”
“Fighting and killing is uncivilized,” Gong Yiling said calmly, her hands behind her back. “Cultivators cultivate their hearts, healers nurture their nature. Such meaningless battles do not interest me.”
As expected of a senior!
Shangguan Ziyuan’s admiration for the woman who had just helped her grew.
“However, your point is valid. Such villains should not be allowed to live.” Gong Yiling then added, feigning deep thought, before stating her purpose, “Qiu Ming, go help them.”
“Understood!”
To be honest, Gong Yiling was also nervous.
Wu Shijie was still a Soul Origin cultivator, while the guards were mostly at Return to Origin. Only Long Yingchen, at the peak of Profound Void, could barely hold his own against him.
Although Wu Shijie seemed to be at a disadvantage, it was only because he had been caught off guard by her Earth-grade talisman.
Now, with everyone fighting in a chaotic melee, she couldn’t use another talisman without risking retaliation.
So, she had to participate, but not directly. She would send her disciple instead.
Qiu Shui stepped forward, closed her eyes, and slowly raised her right hand.
“Sound of Heavenly Wind.”
A gentle, soothing wave of true essence flowed from her body. Shangguan Ziyuan, standing nearby, felt a refreshing breeze.
The green true essence rippled outwards.
All their allies who were touched by these ripples felt their injuries, both internal and external, rapidly healing.
Even their depleted true essence was slowly recovering.
The scales were already tipping in favor of the righteous side, and this further demoralized the demonic cultivators.
Damn it!
They had a healer! This was going to be tough.
And when a few demonic cultivators specializing in hidden weapons threw darts at the girl, they realized… her figure was an illusion.
Illusion and healing.
Wasn’t this invincible?
This was the last straw. Despair spread among the Hehuan Sect and their allies.
Wu Shijie’s heart sank, his face darkening.
Escaping with his men was now impossible.
His aura exploded, sending the surrounding guards flying.
Then, he looked at Gong Yiling, his dark eyes reflecting her most gruesome death, before taking advantage of the opening and rushing out of the room, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
However…
Seeing him flee, the righteous cultivators were puzzled, and the demonic cultivators were dumbfounded.
—Was what he saw real?
After he left, Qiu Shui released a long breath, dispelling the illusion.
Everything Wu Shijie had seen was just an illusion created by Qiu Shui.
In reality, the demonic cultivators, seeing Wu Shijie charge forward alone, were filled with zeal.
Even with the healer, they still had self-destruction as a last resort.
So, Gong Yiling didn’t have Qiu Shui reveal her healing ability, focusing on illusions instead.
And it worked.
The key wasn’t the other cultivators, but Wu Shijie himself, who already lacked confidence in this fight.
“Your leader has already run away.”
Gong Yiling took out her stone horn from her ring and shouted at the demonic cultivators, “Surrender now, and your lives will be spared.”
“This…”
“While you were fighting, your leader abandoned you and ran. Aren’t you angry?”
Her voice, amplified by the horn, combined with her imposing aura and their already shaken morale…
Many demonic cultivators immediately dropped their weapons.
This trend quickly spread, and soon, all the demonic cultivators ceased their resistance.
Seeing this, Miss Gong didn’t say anything more, simply calling out to Qiu Shui, “There’s nothing here. Let’s go.”
Coming and going as they pleased, seemingly unconcerned despite taking the most credit, Gong Yiling’s image as an aloof expert grew even larger in their eyes.
“As expected of an Immortal Master, making Wu Shijie flee without even lifting a finger.”
“Yes, just now, Wu Shijie was holding his own against seven people, but after the Immortal Master did something, he suddenly ran away.”
“Hahaha, I bet she used some method we couldn’t see…”
“What do you mean ‘she’? I clearly heard her tell her disciple to do something, and then Wu Shijie ran!”
“The Immortal Master is truly amazing!”
Surrounded by these baseless praises, Gong Yiling felt so awkward she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself.
But she gradually became indifferent.
Whatever.
She hadn’t lied.
In a sense, she was indeed the Sect Master of the Great One Engineering Sect, and her disciple did cultivate the Cloud Rainbow Sect’s technique.
And Wu Shijie was indeed manipulated and driven away by her.
As for the specifics, the reasons behind it all, who cared!
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