“Haaah! Haaaah! Haaah! Are they… still chasing us?”
“They are. Keep running, Lady Zhenya! Don’t stop!”
Xing Zhenya’s ragged breathing couldn’t mask the pounding of her heart as she and Gao Zhou ran through the Magical Beast Forest. Their footsteps pounded against the ground. They did their best to dodge trees, shrubs, and roots, but she stumbled several times in her haste.
Behind them echoed the sound of stampeding feet.
“Where do you think you’re going, Young Lady?! Come back! I promise I won’t bite you… too hard!”
Xing Zhenya gritted her teeth as Mao Zemin’s voice echoed to her from behind. She pushed chi into her legs, felt the energy suffusing them with strength, and tried to increase her speed. Gao Zhou kept pace. His cultivation base was higher than hers.
She couldn’t recall ho
