Pretending To Be A Boss

Maintaining vigilance while optimistically facing challenges is an important quality in turning the tide in perilous battles.

Tang Xian thought the battle had almost no chance of victory, but he didn't give up either.

The next thing to do was to act.

"The Gold-Breaking Beast can no longer harm me." Tang Xian bowed his head, looking at his gradually healing wounds, even though they had not fully recovered

Even though his resistance had not maxed out, it was getting increasingly difficult for the Gold-Breaking Beast to inflict fatal damage on him. It was just that the sensation of pain was still quite intense.

What delighted Tang Xian most was that the Crime Bone Spider's web had stuck to him, and yet it continued to provide him with resistance.

"Jiuye Fox, Gold-Breaking Beast, Crime Bone Spider. None of them can threaten me for the moment, but now is not the time to reveal this prematurely"

He slowly raised his head, his gaze swiftly scanning the entire battlefield.

It was then that he saw Tang Xiaojiu's fox woman form.

For some reason, Tang Xian had the feeling as if his own daughter had grown up.

The six-tailed foxes broke through the ice walls set up by Bai Mansheng with their foxfire. Among these foxes, some were not unfamiliar with Tang Xian.

When they were under Qing JiuYu's command, they had seen Tang Xian.

They had never imagined that this battle would be a hunt for this human who had once fought alongside their king.

On the Tianque Plains, the fox clan still remembered Tang Xian's figure. During the time in the forest sea, Tang Xian's little wooden cabin had also been a unique landscape of the forest sea.

But on the battlefield, there was no time for reminiscing. Amidst the fox howls, there were only the cold and cruel bugles of charge.

They despised Tang Xiaojiu because she was a disgrace to the fox clan.

Especially Tang Xiaojiu's half-human, half-fox form made the fox pack feel an extraordinary shame.

Yet even so, as more and more foxes rushed towards her, Tang Xiaojiu tried her best to avoid these kinsfolk.

She spouted her foxfire at the Iron-Cutting Beasts and the Bone Spiders, at those slowly creeping three-headed snakes. Her foxfire burnt fiercely, dismantling the bodies of countless beasts.

But only these foxes were spared from the blaze.

When Bai Mansheng, locked in fierce battle with Taowu, caught a glimpse of this scene, he suddenly felt a bit sorry for Xiaojiu.

This child had never been acknowledged by her clan since childhood, and now, fighting against her own kind on the battlefield, her heart must be suffering.

Six-tailed foxes kept pouncing towards Tang Xiaojiu, some deflected by Yuan Mu's telekinesis, others kicked away by Tang's powerful foot.

Even those two children could sense Tang Xiaojiu's tolerance towards her clan members.

"You... stop coming."

Tang Xiaojiu's voice carried a hint of sobbing. She had never complained about the affairs of her childhood, only hoping that one day when she grew up, grew tails, ears, and claws, they would accept her.

Later... everything changed again, the appearance of Tang Xian made Tang Xiaojiu feel that if she could follow her brother for a lifetime, it was okay not to be acknowledged by others.

Her voice was teary, but her expression was firm. There wasn't a trace of weakness to be seen.

Because this time she had to protect Tang Xian.

Despite her long-standing desire for her clan's approval, despite her wish to be their friend, if they were Tang Xian's enemies, then from today onwards, they would also be her enemies!

Beasts kept charging, yet Tang Xiaojiu's foxfire formed a fiery blockade in front of Tang Xian.

Her tails whipped up storms, tears fell on the battlefield of ice and fire, but her tactics became increasingly ruthless.

Her nine tails swept repeatedly, instantly sending the six-tailed foxes that collided with Tang Xiaojiu flying.

Tang Xiaojiu stood proudly in an open area, surrounded by no creature that could approach her.

The Xuan Bird noticed this as well:

"Why can this half-human, half-fox possess such great power?"

In Xuan Bird's understanding, taking human form should reduce strength to one-sixth of the original, yet for some reason, the little fox on the other end of the battlefield, despite not being fully transformed, was showing power almost like that of a full beast transformation.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a pitiable little girl."

The fox pack gradually dispersed, making way for Qing Jiuye who approached leisurely.

Step by step, Qing Jiuye walked towards Tang Xiaojiu, seeming to have no intention to attack.

Tang and Yuan Mu tried to block him, but were thwarted by a single look from Qing Jiuye.

"So young, yet you already have two flower guardians? Unbelievable, you're as flirtatious as that wretch Qing JiuYu."

Yuan Mu was shocked; his telekinesis upon Qing Jiuye felt like trying to shift a mountain.

And Tang, charging at Qing Jiuye, was knocked down by a whip-like sleeve.

Only when Qing Jiuye was about a zhang away from Tang Xiaojiu did he stop, standing face to face with her at close range.

"Tsk, for you, Qing JiuYu even rejected the court's invitation, but today you will die here. She will have nothing."

Compared to Tang Xiaojiu, Qing Jiuye seemed to carry an air of bewitching charm.

Like the monarchs of two clashing tribes finally meeting, the two stood off in some corner of the battlefield. Whether it was the Iron-Cutting Beast, the three-headed snakes, or the six-tailed foxes, these creatures seemed to sense an impending fateful duel and, by some tacit understanding, all avoided the two Jiuye Foxes.

"It's a pity Qing JiuYu isn't here, killing you would've given her such a delightful expression. I, you see, find her particularly disgusting."