1475 Escaping Death!

No matter the situation, having a woman straddling a man was absolutely unsightly. Nevertheless, neither cared about that right now. The icy cold knife was pressed against Xia Fan’s throat, and he was not interested in a woman like Sarah at all, so he very quickly calmed himself down.

After organizing what he was going to say, Xia Fan asserted in a low voice, “Please don’t be mistaken. I am actually an investigator from the Starcloud Union’s Special Bureau, serial number XY7769301206, from the Deron branch. Presently, I am tasked with a mission to infiltrate Murder Shrine, and the person with me who always liked to look at others with disdain and appear to be fine with anything was the Little Old Buddha of the Holy Buddha Clan. He goes by the name of Traveling Buddha, and his brother is called Drunken Buddha. Drunken Buddha has gone missing for more than a decade, which might be something you people from the Sacred Federation are aware of.

“Four months ago in the Chaos Eagle Empire, I met someone like you, another Advanced grade investigator from the Sacred Federation called Wu Zhuo. That wily old fox wanted to compete for the exclusive mining rights from the Chaos Eagle Empire, but unfortunately, he failed to do so in the end..

“As long as you take a moment and think, you will realize that I’m not lying. If I was truly someone from the Outer Frontier, hailing from Deserted River, there would surely be no way I would know any of this, nor would I warn you to hug tight the container the guard sent us before the catastrophe occurred, or tell you that there were weapons inside.

“Considering our present predicament, I’m afraid we’re now in an extremely dangerous spot. You definitely need my help, as I am someone who possesses both the Speed and Scent special abilities. The reason I knew there was a weapon inside the containers was because even while I am under the effect of the disruptor handcuffs, I still retain about half of my capabilities with Scent. If you set me free, I’ll be able to find my partner, and we can think of a solution to leave this place.”

Xia Fan’s logic was meticulous, analyzing their current situation to Sarah without sparing a single detail, before proposing a reasonable solution.

Sarah should not have believed his words from the start, but Xia Fan could observe the changes in her expression as he continued to speak, and it was very obvious his words had shocked her greatly. She was currently pondering his words and the results were obvious. She believed Xia Fan, but it was just the matter of Xia Fan killing Xiao Wu was something Sarah was brooding about.

Sure enough, after Sarah processed her thoughts, her entire body shook as she exclaimed, “Then why? If you’re an investigator from the Starcloud Union, why did you kill Xiao Wu?!”

Xia Fan answered in an even tone, “Very simple. Everyone has our own masters. My mission was to blend in and join the special ability Tyrant Battle Murder Shrine was organizing. If you were in my shoes, and there was an investigator from Starcloud Union seriously interfering with your mission, you’d also make the decision to kill him.”

Sarah’s expression was first that of rage, which then turned to hesitation. Ultimately, she bit her lip and lifted her fist, which she then slammed right into Xia Fan’s face. Sarah only stopped her beating of Xia Fan after he was bleeding from his nose and mouth. She then tossed him to the side and resumed her position, hugging her legs as she sat under a large black crystal tree, looking absolutely helpless.

Xia Fan sat up and wiped away the traces of blood from his face. He did not say anything more, since Sarah was still fuming, and continuing to argue with her could very well just agitate her even further.

Xia Fan was restrained by the disruptor handcuffs, and he was no match for Sarah in this state. All he could do was wait until she saw the light of their situation and released him.

Unfortunately, before Xia Fan could even wait for Sarah to set him free, he could smell the danger in the air. Xia Fan had yet to see the creatures who lived in the dark forest, but from the stench they gave off, the enemy was surely not an existence they could reason with. They had been chasing Sarah and Xia Fan the entire time, and though Sarah’s special ability was exceptional and she had managed to throw their enemies off their tracks, it did not take long for them to renew their hunt for them..

“Enemies are coming in from my right, 215 degrees from my position. Our best recourse is to head toward the ten o’clock direction on my left. There’s fewer enemies that way,” Xia Fan said softly.

Sarah was startled. She did not immediately believe Xia Fan’s words, and instead flung out her thin and cicada wing-like knife, sending the little knife quickly in the direction that Xia Fan had warned her. She had been able to learn that the enemies were nearing them before was probably due to the flying knife constantly patrolling around her, encountering the enemy before they made contact.

It did not take long before Sarah’s face paled. Her knife had already detected an enemy, and it was just as Xia Fan had said; a large group of the creatures was closing in on their position. Given her current energy reserves, there was no way she could fend off the creatures, and all she could do at the moment was flee.

The only problem was which direction they should be fleeing in. Should they be going in some random direction, or as Xia Fan advised, ten o’clock to his right?

In the end, Sarah chose to believe Xia Fan, but she was still unwilling to release him from his disruptor handcuffs. Dragging her exhausted body along, she flew away with her telekinetic special ability once more, while also carrying the burden that Xia Fan was now, which only drained her even faster.

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Once, twice, thrice..

Though Xia Fan could accurately warn her each and every time, Sarah’s physical condition still continued to gradually drop as events dragged on. From being able to maintain flight continuously for an hour, she now needed to rest every twenty minutes or so. At the same time, Sarah lacked the necessary nourishments for such expenditures of energy. The dried bread and water that came from God knew where were all gone.

Xia Fan had a moisture collector in his stealthed spatial ring, as well as nutrient paste. However, his seventh brain region needed to be used concurrently in order to access the spatial ring, and the disruptor handcuffs were preventing him from taking them out.

Sarah knew very well how fearsome Xia Fan’s Speed was. Though she believed that Xia Fan was an investigator from the Starcloud Union, she simply refused to set him free. Given that he was able to kill Xiao Wu for the sake of his mission, that meant he could do the same to her, as well!

“Which direction is next?” Sarah asked Xia Fan as she panted heavily from exertion.

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Xia Fan looked at Sarah and shook his head lightly, “It’s no use. The enemy will engage with us no matter which direction we go, and you’ve already lost a large portion of your combat strength. Our only way out is to set me free, or we’re both going to die.”

“Impossible!” Sarah screamed hysterically. “You’re a murderer, someone who killed Xiao Wu and then all my companions died as a result! As an investigator, I must bring you back and have the Sacred Tribunal sentence you to death!”

Xia Fan finally understood. It turned out Sarah was a stubborn woman, who was still naively hoping that Xia Fan would plead guilty in the face of the law. The reason she did not kill Xia Fan was purely because of the respect she had for the law, but unfortunately, that was being far too inflexible at this point. Xia Fan had no choice but to keep his mouth shut and not say another word.

Five minutes after the fight started, Sarah found herself encircled by the enemy, along with Xia Fan. Creatures with fangs and claws came hurtling out from the dark forest, letting out periodic roars, their spread claws still stained with fresh blood and other human entrails. It seemed they had already killed quite a few more humans before this fight!

The thin knives were constantly flying through the air, fatally penetrating through the brains of the creatures time and time again. The moment their heads were penetrated, the creatures would instantly die, which might just have been their main weakness.

Xia Fan could see that Sarah’s little knives were not just two, but seven in total. The seven knives were moving slower and slower as the battle dragged on. Though there were already a sizable number of dead bodies strewn nearby, it was abundantly clear that Sarah’s ability was not going to last for much longer.

Sarah’s brain was becoming chaotic. Mental-type special ability users were said to have the most powerful brains, but at this moment, she could feel her vision blurring. Her mind was in a state of chaos, and she could not even make sense of the sounds around her. Xia Fan was desperately yelling at her, but Sarah was unable to register anything he said.

She felt like she was about to die, and wanted to give up struggling. But Xia Fan could still see an intense desire to live in her eyes; it was just too bad that he was still restrained by his disruptor handcuffs, or he would have been able to unleash his Speed.

What was he saying? They were about to die, so what did it matter what he said?

Sarah was slowly pondering things with her final sliver of consciousness. She was actually not at all cruel, and normally someone who was very kind. She was kind to the point where she was clearly hanging by a thread of life, yet she still abided by the principle of law. It was her belief that Xia Fan deserved death, but that it should be done by the judgment of the Sacred Tribunal, and she was not going to exact that judgment by herself. She believed in both God and law, something she had been taught since she was a child, and it was what she had firmly believed in her entire life.

Her God said that all things had a right to live..

Ultimately, her kindness won over her hatred, and just as the creatures swarmed toward Xia Fan and were about to dig their fangs into his neck, Sarah forgave the ugly man. She tossed him the keys to his disruptor handcuffs just before she lost consciousness, and She sank into a world of darkness.