Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 280

Chapter 280: Would You Risk It?

The saintess floated forward confidently.

"You are Li Yao, right?" she asked with a smile.

But Li Yao didn’t respond, simply hovering in place with an unreadable expression.

"No need to hide it. I already figured it out," the saintess continued smugly. "I know all the geniuses from the central continent, but I don’t know you. That means you’re from the eastern continent. There’s no way a young person from the eastern continent could be so strong"

Li Yao still didn’t respond, her silence only fueling the saintess’s confidence further.

"What? Don’t feel like speaking? Are you scared?" she asked mockingly, her expression twisting into a sneer.

But suddenly, she heard a soft voice from directly behind her. "That’s Sect Master Li to you."

The saintess spun around quickly in alarm, then immediately tried to step back and create distance from Li Yao. But she found her retreat blocked as Li Yao effortlessly caught her wrist in an iron grip.

"So fast?" she thought in shock. She hadn’t even seen Li Yao move - one moment she had been floating several meters away, and the next she was right behind her.

She smiled nervously, trying to appear nonchalant. "Sect Master Li is really a genius of our generation," she said.

But Li Yao completely ignored her flattering words, moving even closer. "You...you have a strange scent," she spoke.

"I really hate it," Li Yao continued as she shot her free hand directly toward the saintess’s throat.

When the saintess noticed the incoming attack, she instantly panicked. This girl was actually going to kill her directly! She hadn’t expected Li Yao to attack without any hesitation, not caring about potential retaliation from the central continent at all.

Just as Li Yao was about to catch her neck, the saintess suddenly transformed her entire body into brilliant blue flames and quickly stepped back several paces before reconstructing her physical form.

"Let’s calm down! This is all a misunderstanding!" the saintess spoke, raising her hands in a peaceful gesture. She thought to herself that things weren’t going according to plan at all. Li Yao was much stronger than she had expected - she needed to change her approach.

"Phoenix?" Li Yao asked with sudden interest, her eyes narrowing as she studied the flames that remained in the air for a moment before merging back to the saintess.

The saintess smiled with relief when she heard this. "That’s right, I have the phoenix bloodline," she said proudly, puffing out her chest. She thought to herself that maybe Li Yao would be intimidated by her background.

When Li Yao heard this confirmation, her expression hardened. The saintess wondered what was with the sudden change in expression. It looked even worse than before - did she have some personal grudge against the phoenix clan?

Li Yao then started chuckling. It started slowly and quietly before she broke out in complete, unhinged laughter that echoed through the mountains.

"Did she go insane?" the saintess wondered.

"I see, so that’s what it was. I finally understand," Li Yao said as she suddenly stopped laughing, her expression becoming deadly serious.

"See what? Did she really lose her mind?" the saintess wondered nervously.

"I’ve figured out your scheme," Li Yao spoke accusingly, pointing directly at the increasingly confused saintess.

"Sect Master Li, what do you mean?" she asked, smiling nervously. She wondered if Li Yao had somehow realized she was secretly calling for backup.

"You’re after my senior brother, right?" Li Yao asked with absolute certainty, her killing intent beginning to leak out.

"After what now?"

...

"Don’t try to play dumb with me," Li Yao spoke with irritation, her eyes narrowing.

"Ever since I left the sect, I’ve had this persistent feeling that someone is trying to steal from me," she said.

The saintess had a strange expression, wondering what that feeling had to do with her.

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