Chapter 150: Offer and Threat

Shen Yu looked at Qian Ru and raised an eyebrow when he sensed how the wind element got attracted to her. It was as if it was a natural thing.

Lan Ming was going to reply but Qian Ru beat her on that.

"My name is Qian Ru and I'm an Elder in Assassin Organisation. Just the fact that you're here in the wilderness filled with horrifying Abominations, I know you're strong. But I still ask you to not meddle in our fight."

Shen Yu turned speechless and thought.

'Why does she talk like that? Is she some actress of an opera or what?'

"Master, she's the one who sent Assassins after Sister Yue'er."

Lan Ming spoke from the sides, letting him know of Qian Ru's deeds.

And as she expected, the burning flames like eyes in the visors of the Demonic mask grew colder and deeper.

"Is that so? Why don't you tell me why you did that?"

Shen Yu asked, looking at Qian Ru with his chilling eyes.

Although a little afraid, Qian Ru still acted as if she was completely fine.

"Truthfully, I didn't. I just said that to taunt her. I didn't even know what happened to her. I'm just here in this hideout because this place is filled with challenges. Even the weakest creatures here are powerful enough to give me trouble. What more do I want?"

'She is telling the truth. Well, that's better. She seems like a woman who wants nothing but encounters with death. Yup, she can be useful.'

Shen Yu thought, his eyes turning soft. Just for clarification, he checked her memories and found that she literally had nothing to do with Ying Yue. She was such a indifferent person that she only got to know of Ying Yue when she was almost been assassinated.

Lan Ming's head snapped in Qian Ru's direction as she gave her a annoyed look, but of course she couldn't see that because of mask.

"Hmm, so Ms, Qian Ru, how about you work for me? Your job will be quite the same and you will just need to help us, nothing more."

Shen Yu smiled and spoke.

"Though you only have two options. Either die or be helpful for us. I trust my judgement and I can see that you wouldn't betray us so I'm fine with you being a helper."

Of course, he didn't completely believe in his own words. He knew anyone could betray so he had other plans if she decided to join.

"I will only listen to someone's who's stronger than me. So, how about your subordinate first defeat me? I know I can't beat you so it really depends. I'm considering your offer though. I don't want to be under anyone but if this partnership keeps me alive and allows me to fight to my heart's content, I'm fine with it."

Qian Ru shrugged, talking in her usual ascent.

'She is weird for sure, but will be helpful. She has nothing to do with what Yue'er suffered, atleast not directly.'

The blood red sword was something Shen Yu had personally created and given to her, knowing how good she was with the swords.

It was nothing special and only had two enchantments. One was to make it unbreakable and second was to make it so sharp that it could cut anything.

Of course, some things changed in the sword during formation but Lan Ming was too weak to use it.

That was the reason she was able to cut anything so easily. Of course, it involved her skills too as the bones were too many in numbers and too fast. If she did even a slight mistake, the bones could do a lot of damage.

After the first bone was cut in two pieces, it joined the many bones hovering around and once again joined in line to attack her.

'If this doesn't work then how about this?'

The zone around her finally formed to its full capabilities when she was busy in deflecting the numerous milky bones.

She breathed out and opened her eyes, looking directly at Qian Ru. Her posture was completely relaxed and even her hand that held the sword was downwards.

Qian Ru frowned, as she remembered how some of the bones had turned into dust when she was flying towards the surface.

'Something is wrong around her. Only one way to check.'

Qian Ru clapped her hand, as a giant tornado formed before her while the numerous bones shot at Lan Ming. She continued to make the tornado bigger and also kept an eye on Lan Ming.

And as she guessed, the moment one of the bones reached one meter close to her, it was turned into dust.

'So it works perfectly now. In irritation, I used it sub-consciously, but now I can control it far better.'

Lan Ming smiled, looking at the bone dust flying in the wind. This was something she had been working for many days and had finally succeeded.

The Sword Zone.

She had created an isolated field around her using her Qi and then filled the empty space with uncountable small sword slashes. They worked on micro levels and were invisible to the naked eyes.

However, they were there and if an object came in contact with them, millions of slashes would cut it into millions of pieces, which was what happened with the bones.

She had this idea for a few years but never been able to do it because of the control it needs. Only after she formed a Nascent Soul was she able to practice it.

Her proficiency in sword intent also helped her a lot.

But the consumption of Qi in the Sword Zone was a lot and that was why, Lan Ming decided to end it early.

Qian Ru smiled and said, looking at Lan who was approaching her.

"Not so easy."