CHAPTER 289: REUNITED SISTERS

Before Blood Snake Princess could figure it out, the bronze sword mark on the girl’s forehead suddenly blazed, and her greatsword got instantly covered with a mysterious glow.

Blood Snake Princess’s alarm bells went off like crazy. She sensed deadly danger from the girl. The crimson python immediately opened its massive mouth, biting at the incoming brilliant sword light.

Oh shit!

Blood Snake Princess’s expression went to hell. Her usually unstoppable snake bite couldn’t dissolve this sword light. She quickly backed off.

Boom!

The brilliant sword light slammed the ground, blasting out a deep crater with dust flying everywhere. The girl’s figure had actually vanished.

Blood Snake Princess’s vertical pupils spun like crazy.

Not on the left, not on the right, not in front... no... behind!

Slash!

Another brilliant sword light struck. Blood Snake Princess’s body bent into a weird position again, dodging the attack.

Seeing this, the girl confirmed her hunch:

"As expected, at this point in time, Blood Snake Princess’s strength is seriously limited."

Otherwise, even with the bronze sword mark, she couldn’t pin her down so easily.

The girl’s figure disappeared again, followed by several more brilliant sword lights. Blood Snake Princess dodged desperately, cursing inwardly:

"Damn! If this old lady hadn’t poured most of her power into the ritual, how could she be in such a pathetic state!"

Blood Snake Princess felt this couldn’t go on. Dragging things out would be a problem even if she could beat this girl—attracting the capital’s security forces would complicate the hell out of things.

Thinking this, Blood Snake Princess’s eyes turned vicious. She bit her snake tip as her aura suddenly spiked:

"Snake Annihilation!"

Boom!

The crimson blood expanded in the wind, transforming into a giant python in the blink of an eye. It opened its massive mouth and roared toward the girl.

Facing this strike, the girl only smiled coldly:

"I’ve been waiting for this move!"

"Sister Elsa, now!"

"What!"

Hearing the familiar name, Blood Snake Princess suddenly felt deadly danger. Her snake pupils contracted.

In the pitch-black night sky, ice arrows suddenly appeared, radiating bone-chilling cold and completely sealing all escape routes.

"It’s the Three Thousand Ice Arrow Rain!"

Blood Snake Princess’s heart sank like a rock. A year ago, she wouldn’t have given a damn about such an attack.

But now with seriously damaged strength and at the moment of exhaustion, she couldn’t handle it at all.

Within moments, thousands of ice arrows fell. Blood Snake Princess mustered her remaining strength to barely shatter some, but there were too many arrows—no way to dodge them all.

Slash! Slash!

Ice arrows pierced through Blood Snake Princess’s body, pinning her straight to the wall as blood dripped down.

Accompanied by clear footsteps, a figure appeared.

Badly wounded, Blood Snake Princess forced open her blood-stained snake eyes. Seeing the newcomer, she narrowed her eyes:

"Little Sasha, you came."

The newcomer was a woman holding a longbow, looking at Blood Snake Princess with eyes that held both satisfaction of sweet revenge and complex emotions.

"Blood Snake Princess, your time’s up."

"Cough cough!"

Blood Snake Princess had blood seeping from her mouth corners. As if she couldn’t care less about her impending death, she smiled:

"Little Sasha, you’ve broken through to high-tier?"

Elsa stayed silent, the ice-crystal colored longbow in her hands glowing with cold psionic energy:

"Farewell, my dear sister..."

Seven ice arrows radiating piercing cold gradually condensed as a tear quietly fell from her eye corner.

Blood Snake Princess’s eyes held no fear of impending death, only inexplicable relief. In a voice only she could hear, she murmured:

"Farewell, my dear sister."

The Seven-fold Ice Arrows were ready to strike when the girl Kiri suddenly called out to stop:

"Wait, Sister Elsa, we still need to grill her!"

Elsa remembered—indeed, before the battle, Kiri had said she needed to ask Blood Snake Princess something. She’d almost screwed up important business.

Under Blood Snake Princess’s bewildered gaze, the ice bow in Elsa’s hands disappeared:

"Blood Snake Princess, letting you live a bit longer."

With that, Elsa punched the confused Blood Snake Princess unconscious, then tied her up, shouldered her, and quickly vanished with the girl...

...

Meanwhile, the three women Kathy, Heidi, and Grace, led by Diliya, kept searching house after house.

"Blood Snake Princess can’t possibly be in such a crappy place, right?"

Grace couldn’t stand it. All night long, they’d said they were capturing Blood Snake Princess, but couldn’t even see her shadow.

"Keep it down, don’t attract other people’s attention."

Kathy hushed her. She had a nagging feeling something was off—how could Kiri, who’d started tonight’s action, disappear for so long?

"Speaking of which, with just the four of us, even if we really run into Blood Snake Princess, we definitely can’t beat her, right?"

Heidi vigilantly watched their surroundings, afraid Blood Snake Princess might emerge from the shadows.

Leading the way, Diliya stayed quiet. She couldn’t tell the three women that because their strength was too low, Kiri had specifically had her lead them away.

But could Kiri pull it off?

Thinking of the backup from Ember City, Diliya figured it shouldn’t be a problem. If they couldn’t capture her, staying alive wouldn’t be an issue.

...

When dawn broke, the four women who’d found jack shit returned to their place in the capital.

Entering the courtyard, Kathy, Heidi, and Grace’s eyes instantly went wide:

"Sister Elsa?" x3

Recalling a year ago, it was Sister Elsa who’d run their awakening ceremony. When Blood Snake Princess attacked, Sister Elsa had held the rear alone, earning the three women’s heartfelt respect and gratitude.

Elsa smiled at the three juniors:

"Kathy, Heidi, Grace, you’ve become more excellent.

Even among the talents of previous years, your psionic progress ranks in the upper tier for your age."

Hearing the word "talent," Becky and Heidi stayed quiet, while only Grace smiled like an idiot, naturally considering herself a genius.

"Talent..."

The two women exchanged bitter smiles. First there was Carlos from their awakening batch, whose strength improvement was simply inhuman—they couldn’t even see his back.

Now this ordinary person they’d coincidentally rescued from the Withered Lands months ago had, in just days of absence, gained combat power comparable to mid-tier when they met again.

How could they consider themselves talents?

Elsa knew why the two women were bummed out, but even with her years of teaching experience, she found it hard to comfort them.

"Sigh, don’t compare yourselves to little Carlos. He’s special, like his sister Grand Duke Iris—not someone us ordinary people can chase..."

Elsa sighed deeply. She’d once been the same, desperately trying to catch up only to see the distance grow ever greater. That deep despair was still unforgettable.

The older woman and two younger ones shared a soul connection at this moment. What had been merely teacher-student affection became something more intimate.

Meanwhile, Grace yawned carelessly—she was so damn sleepy after staying up all night.

"Sister Elsa, did you come specifically to find us?"

"No, she came to help capture Blood Snake Princess..."

A girl walked in with a smile.