Fan Wubing and Fu Manman tensed their minds, circulating their vital energies, linked together as one.

The young woman in red came towards them, her lotus-like feet touching the ground without absorbing a drop of rain. Her voice pierced through the curtain of rain,

"That little cat had too short a time to gain fortune, its cultivation not high, and it was quite kind-hearted, believing whatever others said. When its true form was seen, it merely scared them a bit and let you go."

The woman in red pulled a human head from somewhere and threw it at Fan Wubing and Fu Manman.

Their eyes fixed on it, and their hearts were instantly filled with shock.

That head belonged to the white-clothed youth from before. It rolled a few times on the rain-soaked street before stopping, staring with eyes full of bewilderment. One could imagine he never knew who killed him, even at the moment of death.

They looked back at the woman in red.

She was beautiful, and her red attire suited her perfectly. Her brows were gentle, full of charm, exuding an enchanting quality from head to toe.

Fan Wubing frowned and said,

"Are you a demon too?"

"Demon? Do I look like a demon to you?" The woman in red laughed, her voice very pleasant.

Indeed, she had no demon aura about her; standing among the crowd, she would truly be like an ordinary person.

"Whether you are a demon, you know better than I do."

The woman in red smiled faintly,

"How amusing... as if it's only right that you, with your human appearances, are proper. But when we bear human semblance, we are heinous."

"No one claimed you were heinous. But your actions are undoubtedly heinous. He didn't harm anyone, yet without a word you killed him."

The woman in red said,

"He could only blame his curiosity for being too intense."

"So, will that become your reason for killing us too?"

"You are very perceptive." The woman in red chuckled, "But regrettably, it's the awareness of death."

Fu Manman said nothing, but she had already adjusted her position, standing in front of Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing whispered to her,

"This person's aura is steady and restrained, her cultivation is around the Third-Layer Golden Core. The umbrella in her hand is linked with her aura, seemingly part of her. The water aura in the rain matches her aura very well, hinting at a unified form. I'm afraid, she's getting additional benefits on this rainy night."

"Third-Layer Golden Core!" Fu Manman frowned heavily, not asking how Fan Wubing figured it out, "She's one level higher than me. Plus, she blends with the environment, and you have no cultivation... perhaps, escaping is the best choice."

Fu Manman was very cautious, never reckless. She immediately said,

"You escape first; I should be able to hold her off."

"Okay!"

Fan Wubing wasted no words and promptly ran away.

The woman in red was taken aback at the sight,

"Running away for real? Even as a man, you actually left a woman to cover for you. Cowardly men are most detestable. In that case, I'll deal with you first!"

Her form blurred, turning into a red shadow and merging with the rain night, disappearing instantly from Fu Manman's sight.

Oh no!

Fu Manman thought it was dire. This woman in red was too attuned to the rainy environment, but the rain also happened to interfere with her senses. Enemies strengthened while she weakened—extremely unfavorable!

She connected with her divine soul, merging it into the surroundings, catching the woman in red's movements.

But the woman in red seemed able to manipulate the rain and even... as if she melded with it, making her hard to catch. She was always just discovered, then immediately disappeared.

"Ice Barrier!"

Fu Manman's aura surged, and a wave of cold air burst from her center, creating a freezing zone. The falling rain instantly turned to ice upon entering this zone, crashing onto the ground.

Once the rain turned to ice, the red-clothed woman's figure immediately emerged.

"Good technique! But it's too late."

Fu Manman never expected the woman in red to move so fast in the rain. In the blink of an eye, she distanced herself significantly, charging straight at the fleeing Fan Wubing ahead.

No!

"Extreme Speed!"

Fu Manman immediately employed her Body Technique, with the cold wind howling behind her. Her speed increased instantly, like an arrow piercing through the rain, heading straight for the woman in red. During this, the woman in red manipulated the rain, forming various attacks to hinder Fu Manman.

But Fu Manman remained clear-minded. She aimed to buy time for Fan Wubing to escape the scene, not confronting the woman in red but only holding her back.

Seeing Fu Manman catching up, the woman in red frowned,

"Boring. You can play with this umbrella for a while."

She relaxed her right hand, and the red oil-paper umbrella spun towards Fu Manman.

The umbrella handle etched a beautiful arc through the rain, and the bamboo ribs rustled. On the umbrella's surface, putrid air rose, and faces gradually emerged. These faces, varying in age and appearance, twisted grotesquely, sinister to the extreme, sharply contrasting with the woman in red's beautiful facade.

Fu Manman thought the red umbrella was just a weapon and tried to evade, continuing her pursuit of the woman in red.

But just as she was about to change her posture, she suddenly discovered that a sinister aura had locked onto her whole body. Furthermore, through the rain, that chilling aura was continuously gnawing at her Protective Gang Qi.

This turn of events caused her body to falter uncontrollably. To stabilize herself, she had to slow down.

Yet in that brief moment of slowing down, the woman in red had distanced herself greatly.

Oh no!

Fu Manman gritted her teeth, and an intense malice suddenly surged in her eyes. Within her lay a Nine-Turn Golden Core, its nine lines of dan marks flashing wildly. All the Immortal Qi in her Dantian erupted, pouring furiously into her meridians.

The Purple Mansion between her eyebrows even revealed traces of blood, showing a rapid infusion of Immortal Qi in a short time.

She left nothing in reserve, simultaneously wielding the Divine Soul Technique and Immortal Dao Divine Techniques, determined to break through the red umbrella's blockade in one strike!

Even though it was a massive drain, especially to the divine soul, with carelessness, one might damage the divine soul.

But this was a moment teetering on the brink of life and death!

She absolutely couldn't allow the woman in red to catch up to Fan Wubing.

"Binding!"

"Ice Shell!"

The Divine Soul Technique and Immortal Dao Divine Techniques exploded simultaneously.

The ghostly faces on the umbrella surface were instantly bound by rune-engraved chains, even the red umbrella itself became fixed in the air, struggling and swaying.

Next, beneath the umbrella surface, ice blocks formed out of thin air. Upon closer inspection, these ice blocks were in the shape of "cicadas." Immediately after forming, they exploded, the blast of cold rushing towards the red umbrella, tearing the umbrella surface apart, and snapping its ribs and handle in an instant.

Fu Manman, eager to rescue Fan Wubing, didn't linger, swiftly moving past the now shattered red umbrella, thinking only of Fan Wubing holding on till she arrived.

But, as she crossed over the red umbrella,

suddenly, from between the shattered fragments of the umbrella surface, a human face emerged.

Its appearance was precisely that of the woman in red!

Not just that, her upper body followed, and she suddenly extended her hand, grabbing Fu Manman's ankles, and uttered a chilling voice,

"Your mind has become chaotic. You are clearly strong, yet your mind is disordered because of that man. Disordered mind brings death!"

Fu Manman's pupils contracted sharply,

"How could it be! You clearly went after him! How can you be here?"

The woman in red let out an eerie laugh,

"Who said I went after him? Haven't I been here all along?"

Then what went after him!

Fu Manman suddenly recalled what Fan Wubing initially said, "... the umbrella in her hand is linked with her aura, like a single entity..."

Could it be,

the umbrella was the main body, and the woman in red who chased him was merely an extension!

Fu Manman's pupils trembled,

"That was your extension!"

"To deal with someone without cultivation, an extension is enough, isn't it?" The woman in red ominously chuckled, "Come, merge with me. Become a part of me."

Fu Manman's heart burst with overwhelming malice, golden threads emerged in her eyes,

"Damn it, if you dare harm him, I promise you'll be utterly destroyed!"

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