Chapter 440: Victory Within Sight

Zuo Yuan fell to the ground, her body covered in black mud.

Gu Qing stepped over in one stride.

She pinned down Zuo Yuan's still-flailing arm and stretched her palm toward Zuo Yuan, spraying out a massive stream of silk from above.

That silk had just been thin enough to cover fifty people; now, aimed at Zuo Yuan alone, it became a waterfall of red silk.

Soon, Zuo Yuan was wrapped into a blood-red silk cocoon pressed tight against the ground.

Her whole body couldn't move, only her head sticking out.

No matter how hard she struggled, her hands and feet would spring back, and in the end they were completely stuck together.

With her own strength alone, she couldn't break free at all.

Zuo Yuan was already scared out of her wits.

"Stop, stop spraying, let me go!"

Gu Qing stopped spraying.

"Don't worry, I just said I can't let you die too quickly. I'm going to tear your mouth open and see what filthy thing is inside, always spouting nonsense."

Gu Qing really reached out to tear at her mouth.

Zuo Yuan's mouth corner throbbed with pain, as if it had been torn.

She was already scared into tears.

"Don't, don't, I beg you, it was my fault just now, I apologize, I'm sorry…"

Gu Qing let go.

She delivered a heavy slap.

When Gu Qing's hand was relaxed, it was very soft and delicate—little Zhao Chi of the Shenyouti Society knew this well.

But when she used force, it was also very powerful.

One slap landed, and Zuo Yuan's cheek was slapped until it bled.

The inside of her mouth was also cut by her teeth until it bled.

Tears flowed out, pitiful and touching.

If it were a man, seeing Zuo Yuan like this, he would surely feel heartache or soften.

But Gu Qing was a woman.

She didn't fall for that act at all.

"Starting to play pitiful now? Did you forget what you said?"

"I… I…"

Zuo Yuan was still talking when Gu Qing slapped her twice more.

*Slap! Slap! *

The force was equally great, nearly slapping Zuo Yuan into unconsciousness.

Gu Qing didn't continue—she had already wasted a few seconds and couldn't afford to waste any more time.

She used silk threads to tightly seal Zuo Yuan's mouth.

"I don't have time now. I'll play with you properly later."

Zuo Yuan stared at her in terror.

She had no idea how Gu Qing was going to "play" with her.

But she knew that when women got vicious, sometimes it was truly terrifying.

Gu Qing had already turned and left.

The women she had brought were still hacking away frantically; there weren't many living Blood Clan warriors left.

"No need to chase. Let's hurry and reinforce Tang Ruan!"

"Understood!"

Those women were covered in blood all over.

Some of it was their own, but most was the enemy's.

Gu Qing raised her arm, and streaks of yellow light descended from the sky.

All the female soldiers' lives were fully restored.

"Move out, full speed to reinforce Tang Ruan!"

Gu Qing shot forward in an instant.

Far in the distance, a large group of Blood Clan could be seen chasing after Tang Ruan, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.

Flames also kept flashing.

And the middle of the battlefield was no easier—those female soldiers were all struggling to hold on.

Now they were basically fighting one against two, or even one against three.

Although those women were extremely brave, fighting to the death without retreat.

But the enemy had the advantage in numbers after all, and the two sides' strength was roughly equal.

When individual strength on both sides is similar, two against one is far from as simple as one plus one equals two.

It's almost an increase of one plus one equals three or four.

The side with fewer people was at an enormous disadvantage.

Let alone one against three.

Those female soldiers who could still hold on until now were truly a miracle, entirely sustained by their bodies and willpower.

But Gu Qing also saw some female soldiers fallen in pools of blood.

She guessed they… would have to wait for resurrection twenty-four days later.

But fortunately, they can be revived.

The Blood Clan soldiers' corpses were similarly plentiful, and the fact that those female soldiers could still kill so many while at a disadvantage was no small feat.

Gu Qing sighed, and a glow of light appeared in both her hands.

She wondered whether, if she had been paired with Tang Ruan's team just now, the results might have been a little better?

That way, she could have healed everyone more promptly.

It's just that Zuo Yuan's team would have become freer.

With her spiritual arrows, she could snipe five people at long range in one go, which would also be quite a headache.

After all, the power of those spiritual arrows was truly considerable — a single shot could punch a hole through an iron shield.

If it hit a female soldier, that leather armor definitely couldn't withstand it.

The spiritual arrows would burrow straight into the women's flesh, very hard to defend against.

Moreover, Zuo Yuan could also recover her spiritual arrows, replenishing her spiritual power, giving her very strong endurance.