Legacy World 1.15 Running From Leader Han

While the group had been making their way to her tree, Xinyi observed them and figured out the core and filler members of the large group.

Based on their conversations, Xinyi identified the buff man as the spy that ZhangYong and WangWei were chasing down. When she did, she started rambling to herself.

/Is this the world consciousness trying to correct events by pulling me back into the plot? Does this mean that the original soul died around now? Did I even manage to delay her death? Or is my luck just this bad?/

The moment the spy left his spot to head towards one of her gardens, Xinyi made her move. He knows. He definitely knows.

[Eh? We're leaving? Why? We have the advantage of this being our home ground.]

BaoBao was incredulous when Xinyi started backing away into the darkness and using it as a cover while she moved from platform to platform. This was the first time Xinyi decided to run away from intruders who discovered her existence.

/That advantage isn't enough to close the gap between our strengths. Think about it, he ran away from ZhangYong who's now at high level Heaven realm. How would we fare against him?/

[Isn't it more dangerous to risk being spotted while you're running away?]

/He doesn't only know I exist, BaoBao. He knows where I am. My guess is that people in the Heaven realm do not sense the presence of people but, more specifically, the spiritual energy within people. It would explain how he could pinpoint the locations of my gardens. I still don't know why he chose to check out the gardens first, but he'll eventually come to me. I have to get as far away from him as I can in the meantime./

BaoBao no longer asked her any questions and got ready to materialise himself to fly her away once he could.

While Xinyi made her way across the platforms, she did not forget to release the hold on her traps. She did not expect the traps to wipe them out but she hoped that it would take out as many filler characters as possible. The fewer she had to deal with, the better it would be.

When chaos broke out behind her, Xinyi kept her full focus on getting to the cave so she did not slow down or look back even once.

The moment she entered the cave, she asked BaoBao for his help in navigation. The cave was shrouded in the kind of darkness that one would not be able to see their hands even if it was placed right in front of their faces. The first time they made it through was by Xinyi feeling her way around. Now that BaoBao has the way memorised, he could fly her through it smoothly.

BaoBao appeared by her side without delay, already holding onto her hand, then lifted her off the ground that way.

/Fly me at the speed that I would be running at./

[Why?! He'll catch up in no time!] Even though he asked for the reason, BaoBao did as she instructed.

/We don't know the range of his detection. Unless your maximum speed can beat his, it would be worse if he catches me and questions my sudden burst of speed./

Knowing that his speed does not beat the spy's, BaoBao continued at Xinyi's pace.

/Bring me as close to ZhangYong's camp as you can./ Xinyi instructed with the belief that Zhangyong was the one fated to bring an end to the spy's life.

[On it!]

Not long after they left the cave, however, BaoBao whined in alarm. [He's gaining on us. He's gaining on us. I have to go now!]

/On the branch!/

BaoBao deposited her on a branch then disappeared. As soon as he disappeared, the spy arrived at the scene below her and looked up at her with smiley eyes.

"Nice to finally meet you. Aren't you going to come down and greet me properly after all the chasing I've done?"

Xinyi didn't reply. She merely stared at him with a frosty and guarded expression.

"Come now, come now. I won't harm you. I just want to get to know you. You're very intelligent. Your little gardens. Your impressive traps. Consider it an achievement that you got noticed by me."

Xinyi, however, just kept staring at him.

Finally, the same dangerous look Xinyi saw before entered his eyes again but his tone still sounded as sweet as ever. "I should let you know that I'm not very patient."

No longer able to drag it out any longer, Xinyi gritted her teeth and jumped down.

He stared at Xinyi who stood a few steps before him. Her black shoulder-length hair was scraggly and messy. It covered her face like a veil which he found to be teasing. Wanting to see the face of the person that intrigued him greatly, he reached out to brush aside her hair. However, she moved away from him as if repulsed by his touch.

He raised an eyebrow in amusement. He did not try to touch her again and simply took his time to study how she looked.

Seeing how she was more than a head shorter than him, how she was almost half his size, and how her clothes hung off her loosely, he commented, "You're small and dainty for a man."

Suddenly, he reached out at a speed that Xinyi could not react to. One arm circled her waist and pressed her body against his. His other hand brushed aside her hair to reveal a feminine looking face. He grabbed her by the chin and turned her face from side to side, closely studying her features.

The look he had on his face clearly showed that he was thoroughly entertained by her.

The hand that was on her chin moved to her back. He copped a feel by sliding his hand up and down her back and side. It made Xinyi's hair stand on its ends.

When he felt the how toned her body was, he commented again, "You train hard. Diligent."

Some semblance of appreciation started to enter his eyes.

Suddenly, he tugged onto the back of her clothes without warning, making it mold to her body shape. It revealed every curve her 21 years old body has. Xinyi finally scowled at the way he ogled at her body with an appreciative but also lecherous gaze.

When she felt one of his hands making its way under her garments, she threw a punch at his face. He dodged it easily and his hand continued to make its way to her bare skin. She struggled hard and one of her legs managed to lodge between his legs. Once it did, she immediately raised a knee to his balls. This move finally made him let her go and back away from her.

Xinyi was ready to get beaten up and die for her defiance. It was a development she was willing to face than be sexually violated. However, she looked at him standing still at the spot he backed off to, looking as amused as ever.

/He really has a screw loose in his head./ Xinyi thought to herself.

"Tell me about your little gardens. Why's the soil so special?" He finally broke the silence with a question.

"Special? Is there something special about the soil?" Xinyi chose to humour him. She did not want to risk him getting close to her again in his effort to get her to reply.

"Why did you choose to plant your little gardens at those specific spots?"

"There was an abundance of wild plants at those spots so I took it as an indication that it was more fertile there. Is there a problem with that? Why're you so interested in my gardens?"

After a short pause, he asked again, "What's a young woman like you doing here? Living in the wild like this."

Xinyi guessed that she must have sounded convincing enough for him to not want to let her know of how special the ground must be.

"I ran away from home."

"Why?"

"Marriage."

His eyes went round then he broke into a fit of laughter. "You're truly wild. Hard to tame. It's like you're born to tease me."

Xinyi did not know how to respond to that so she kept silent and continued to stare at him with a cold and wary gaze.

The look on her face seemed to please him even more and his eyes curved even more, turning into crescents. "Mm… I've decided. I shall make HuiShan my woman who will serve me and live for me the way she does for that prince. And you... You'll be my darling pet. I bet that you'll keep me very, very, entertained."

"I reject."

"That was not a question." He said lightly.

"I won't go with you."

"I don't think that's a wise decision, because, you see, if I can't have you, no one can." He said with a slight pout.

"So you'll kill me now if I continue to resist? Is there no other way I can make you give up on me?" Xinyi knew what his answer would be but asked anyway. Her current objective was to stall for time. She had not forgotten that ZhangYong was still doggedly searching for this man.

"Your only options are to be mine or be killed."

Upon hearing his answer, Xinyi drew her sword, then assumed a defensive-offensive stance and maximised her continuous cultivation ability.

"You've actually mastered the peak cultivation method." His voice was filled with some awe.

"That's my kitten. You're already doing a good job of entertaining me." He praised her with a bright smile. "Don't give in to me. I'll make you mine!"

He dashed forward and pinned her hands above her head against the tree in a split second. In reflex, she did the only move that was effective in making him back off earlier. She raised her knee upwards to jam his balls hard which he had to back off to dodge.

Just as he wanted to attack again, the rest of his group finally caught up.

He then relaxed and leaned against a tree. "All of you, help me roughen her up." He ordered them while looking at her with a sickly sweet smile. His eyes held the unspoken expectations he has for her.

All the men turned their gaze onto the person that he indicated. The two at the front of the group were, however, met with the sight of a sword cutting the air and heading straight for their throats.

Xinyi had moved first to catch them by surprise in her effort to reduce their group to a more manageable size.

She successfully lopped off one head while the other escaped with a graze at his neck. She then immediately followed up with another strike that he could not react to fast enough. The lethal gash across his torso combined with the impact of her spiritual power instantly knocked him out cold.

Without pausing for even a moment, she quickly engaged the ones furthest away from the spy in a fight.

Because the men were already on their guards, she only managed to knock the other two out instead of killing them. She was still satisfied with it though. This was only possible because she had the momentum of being the attacker on her side which she was quickly losing. The two men behind her were now fighting against her at the same time and she was forced to be on the defensive.

She subtly and skillfully dodged in a direction further and further away from the spy. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach that made her spit some blood out. The men halted their actions in surprise. None of them were responsible for that.

"Little kitten, go too far away from me and you'll be punished." The leader's light voice rang out clearly. He had a smile on his face while tossing and catching a rock in his hand. The cold but amused look in his eyes told her that he was aware of her intention from the start.

Xinyi gritted her teeth and glared at the spy. Even if she could bear with pain, it did not mean that she liked feeling pain.

The two men quickly resumed fighting when their leader coldly glanced at them.

While he was enjoying the scene of her desperate struggle, the lean man who called the spy a wild dog regained consciousness and interrupted his fun. "Leader Han, even if you want to play with her, bring her back to our hideout to play. Not here."

The spy lost his smile and he looked at the man with killing intent reflected in his eyes. "I've about had enough of you telling me what to do and what not to. You're just a right-hand man assigned to me who could not even defend himself against a little wild kitten. Why should I let you destroy the fun I'm having right now, huh?"

The right-hand man clenched his jaws and hands but knew that it was wiser to not say anything at the moment. He continuously cursed his fate in his mind for being put in charge of keeping this uncontrollable and volatile leader in line.

Suddenly, the spy threw the rock in his hand away and a sick smile returned to his face. "Count yourself lucky. My little kitten saved your life." As soon as he said his last word, he dashed to catch Xinyi who was falling from a considerable height.

Xinyi had run up the tree then jumped and swung from one branch to another like a nimble monkey. She scaled the tree with ease and tried to put as many branches between her and the spy as she could.

However, a sudden excruciating pain in her leg made her lose her footing and fall all the way back down, crashing into some branches along the way. The rock he threw had shot through the branches in its way before hitting her leg.

The spy adoringly looked down at Xinyi who was in his arms. "My kitten's so smart and observant. You noticed that I was distracted and tried to leave me. Good girl."

Xinyi continued to glare at him and her face slightly scrunched up because of how he made her feel sick to the core. She threw a punch at his face and he reacted by dropping her like a rag doll.

The impact from falling onto the ground caused more pain to shoot through her entire leg.

"Ngh-!" She cut off the cry that barely escaped her mouth, clenched her jaws, and pursed her lips. Tears clung to the corners of her eyes and her hands clutched onto her thigh.

With the pain this bad, she was sure that her shin was at the very least fractured.

The spy got aroused from watching the way she stubbornly refused to look weak in front of him and the way she tolerated the pain. He licked his lips then declared, "Alright, I've had enough fun, let's move on to the main course, my kitten."