Another crisp sound rang out.
Dong Gua continued sneering: "Who told you I'd only hit you once?"
Xi Gua held his breath. This Dong Gua truly was half-witted.
Dong Gua took a deep breath and looked toward Cui Hao again.
Cui Hao cautiously stepped back two paces. "I have no objection to you hitting him, but you can't hit me."
"Tell me your plan? You want to pretend to be seriously injured? Trick your senior sister into using that thing?" Dong Gua crossed her arms and asked.
Cui Hao coughed lightly. "Remove the 'pretend' and you're about right."
Dong Gua nodded with satisfaction. "As expected of a sect's elite disciple. You're truly willing to go all out."
"Since that's the case, let me help you. I'll ensure the injuries are sufficiently severe."
"I have my own methods. I don't need your help." Cui Hao retreated two more steps, then looked up and gestured. "If I'm seriously injured, you'll need to sustain some injuries as well. Otherwise, my senior sister will see through it at a glance."
Xi Gua looked at Dong Gua's thoughtful expression and spoke decisively:
"I'm already seriously injured. I'm down to half a body. Dong Gua, how about you count me out?"
Dong Gua shot him a glare. "No. If we're doing this, we go all out. At worst, I'll go easy on you. I'll give you a couple of hits later."
Hearing this, Xi Gua sighed inwardly.
Dong Gua's emotions were completely chaotic. Her race's inherent nature had fully emerged.
This Cui Hao seemed to be Dong Gua's true nemesis.
Every action, every word seemed designed to disrupt Dong Gua's composure.
Every conversation left Dong Gua unable to stay calm.
It was as if he already understood Dong Gua's race and had thoroughly seen through her.
It was as if the moment Cui Hao arrived, he'd identified who was the weak link between the two of them, and possessed extremely detailed information about Dong Gua.
This situation was clearly wrong.
His subtle hints couldn't even make Dong Gua react.
At this moment, even voice transmission likely wouldn't produce results. It might even leave openings.
Although Xi Gua had been somewhat silent along the way, it was precisely through this silence and feigned indifference that he'd been able to secretly observe Cui Hao and Lin Luoyu the most.
The relationship between the two was absolutely not what Cui Hao claimed.
At minimum, the two were quite familiar with each other.
Cui Hao had definitely concealed crucial details about their relationship.
Xi Gua couldn't openly tell Dong Gua these things.
If he did, it would definitely ignite the undying fire in Dong Gua's heart.
Things would then rapidly deteriorate further.
Forget it. For now, they could only respond to whatever came.
At least… although Cui Hao was suspicious, he still hadn't caught any obvious flaw in Cui Hao.
Some things could still be explained away.
"I don't care what you two do. I have my own methods regardless." As Cui Hao spoke, he took out a pill from his spatial ring.
"This is the only one. Don't blame me for not sharing. You two figure out how to handle your parts first."
Dong Gua looked skeptical. "What is that thing in your hand? Will it be effective?"
Cui Hao wore a confident expression. "What do you know about a great sect's reserves? Would I dare take it out if it weren't effective?"
Dong Gua's skeptical gaze diminished slightly, and she said nothing more.
Seeing this, Xi Gua's expression remained the same.
This time, he truly didn't care anymore.
———
At a considerable distance.
Lin Luoyu gazed in the direction she'd come from, arms crossed, gently tapping her arm, waiting for the timing Cui Hao had mentioned.
Inwardly, she was also skeptical.
Even with the master's exact personal information, wasn't Cui Hao's operation far too reckless?
Could this really deceive anyone?
Lin Luoyu waited a bit longer.
Suddenly, from the direction she faced, a violent spiritual fluctuation erupted.
Immediately after, the residual energy spread with tremendous noise.
They took the bait?
Lin Luoyu found it somewhat incredible, but she still followed the plan, slowly heading toward the gathering point.
She didn't know if Cui Hao truly had tricks, or if these two were simply too foolish.
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