Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 281

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Chapter 281: You Too

Li Yao felt the overwhelming pressure pressing down on her body and forcing her to the ground. She tightly gripped her void sword, using its powerful aura to help resist the immense spiritual pressure bearing down on her.

"Hmm, that’s quite the interesting treasure you got there kid. Hand it over and I might leave your corpse intact," the voice was feminine.

Li Yao looked up and saw the woman floating above her, gazing down at her condescendingly. The woman appeared to be in her late thirties and had the overwhelming aura of a Void realm cultivator.

Li Yao glanced back at the saintess, who had quickly regained her confidence now that her backup had arrived. She now smiled smugly toward Li Yao, her earlier terror completely gone.

"Elder, she’s the spirit the sect master was talking about. Capture her alive," she said.

The elder seemed to become more serious after hearing this. From her elevated position where she looked down on Li Yao, she stretched out her hand. Instantly, a huge flaming hand descended toward Li Yao.

"So you’re a phoenix too. Then I can’t let you live," Li Yao spoke.

"What are you saying? You need to run!" Xiang Yu urged frantically from within her spiritual sea.

"But they’re after you. I can’t let them get away," Li Yao said, her grip tightening on her weapon.

"No one is after me! They don’t even know me!" Xiang Yu spoke. "Quick, cut through space and escape while you still can!"

"No, it’s too risky," Li Yao said, shaking her head.

"Don’t worry, with the sword, as long as you do it continuously, a Void realm cultivator won’t be able to catch up with you," Xiang Yu said reassuringly.

"No," Li Yao spoke firmly, her voice growing darker. "What I meant was..." she began, slowly drawing her sword from its scabbard.

"It’s too risky to leave them alive," she said.

Instantly, she swung the sword toward the massive flaming hand descending upon her. But just as the blade was about to make contact with the flames, the sword suddenly disappeared.

In the next instant, the flaming hand landed directly on her position. She quickly raised the sword’s scabbard and used it as a shield to protect herself from the impact. Even with this protection, she was violently knocked backward, her body forming a crater in the earth.

Luckily, the scabbard had absorbed all the damage from the attack. She rose from the smoking crater and looked up at her opponent.

"One down," she said coldly.

"One down?" the Void realm opponent repeated in confusion, not understanding what Li Yao meant.

It was then that the elder detected a subtle spatial disturbance.

"Oh no," she thought in alarm as she rushed toward the saintess.

But she was far too slow. Space shattered behind the unsuspecting saintess, and the void sword materialized from the tear, cutting her head clean off in one smooth motion before she could even register the threat.

When the severed head fell to the ground with a dull thud, it was still frozen in her earlier smug expression.

"You...how dare you!" the elder screamed out in rage as she rushed toward Li Yao. Her gaze filled with killing intent. "I won’t let you get away with this!"

"That’s funny, I was just about to say the exact same thing," Li Yao said calmly as she stretched out her hand. The void sword immediately appeared in her grip.

Seeing the weapon, the Void realm cultivator slowed down considerably. That sword was definitely strange - she could tell it was a low-level divine weapon, but it was far too powerful, especially in the hands of someone who wasn’t even in the Void realm yet.