The Three Realms Thief Chapter 24

“Then let me ask my sword if it agrees.”

Before the words had even faded.

“I don’t believe it.” The leading girl let out a soft cry and rushed towards the subway entrance.

But the next second.

She shrank back as if struck by lightning, returning to her original spot, her face changed.

“Jiang Xueyao, why did you attack me?”

The girl cried out loudly.

Jiang Xueyao didn’t even look at her, she raised her head, once again gazing absentmindedly at the sky.

The wind.

Blew through her long hair.

Moonlight cascaded down.

Her fluttering robes were frosted with a layer of white.

And her eyes were as indifferent as water, looking up at the sky without a care, not even glancing at the crowd, like an ethereal heavenly maiden descended to the mortal world, making people dare not act rashly.

“Stop talking, she didn’t move at all, nor did she attack you.”

A boy couldn’t help but say.

The girl was furious, screaming, “Are you stupid!”

Yes.

It was a setup just now.

If everyone could maintain a unified front and say that Jiang Xueyao attacked first and injured someone, then the subsequent events would become legitimate!

Jiang Xueyao was indifferent to everything, merely asking softly:

“Such a great grudge? What did Xu Yuan do?”

“He doesn’t know what’s good for him, he even dares to refuse the invitation of Teacher Zhang from Yuheng University. We just want to see how strong he really is.” The leading boy said, arms crossed.

“Yuheng is indeed not good enough,” Jiang Xueyao said earnestly, “He, like me, plans to test into Nine Luminaries. By the way, do you all want to try for Nine Luminaries together?”

All the students fell silent.

Do we all want to try for Nine Luminaries together?

What are you saying?

—Who would go to Yuheng if they could get into Nine Luminaries!

The leading boy, however, came to his senses.

Jiang Xueyao’s strength was formidable, and getting into Nine Luminaries or Luofu was almost a certainty for her.

Her words actually meant:

—It was perfectly normal for Xu Yuan not to choose Yuheng, just like her.

But the way she said it was too convoluted.

“Jiang Xueyao, I’ve heard of your reputation, but we’re set on teaching this brat Xu Yuan a lesson. What you say won’t matter.”

The boy looked back at the dozen or so students behind him, confidently saying.

“What’s the point of a dozen people fighting one?”

Jiang Xueyao said.

“If we find it interesting, that’s enough.” The boy replied.

The examinees behind him all laughed.

A group of people against one person.

Even if the opponent was powerful, there was no need to be afraid.

Jiang Xueyao finally stopped observing the night sky and looked at the dozen examinees opposite her.

—The Flood Dragon was nowhere to be seen.

Perhaps it had moved to another place, going to fight with high-level cultivators.

That was good.

“I’ve said it before, Xu Yuan is in my team, and we’re doing well in the exam right now, so don’t cause trouble.”

Jiang Xueyao said seriously.

“Stop with the nonsense, if you don’t move, we’ll beat you too!” The girl standing in front said.

Everyone’s minds stirred, and their eyes flickered.

What if she was the top female student?

Right now, everyone was at the Qi Refining stage, and their spiritual power was still limited.

—It hadn’t reached the Foundation Establishment or Golden Core stages where the gap in strength widened.

Meaning—

This was the best time to defeat Jiang Xueyao.

Using this as an excuse to fight her might even earn them greater fame.

Or even make her look at them differently, gaining an opportunity for further interaction with her!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

Jiang Xueyao spoke indifferently:

“Don’t regret it.”

She gently patted her waist.

It seemed some storage treasure had been opened.

Tiny scales flashed like flowing water, spreading out with a roar and rapidly flying, transforming into a roaming white phoenix in the space between heaven and earth.

“Spirit beast! Impossible!” Someone cried out.

“It’s impossible for Qi Refining stage cultivators to bond with a phoenix, especially since there are no phoenixes in the world!” Another couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Shut up, that’s armor,” the leading boy shouted.

Everyone fell silent.

They looked again.

They saw the flying white phoenix descending from the sky, landing on Jiang Xueyao, and transforming into a helmet, shoulder guards, chest plate, waist guard, leg guards, and white skirt armor.

Jiang Xueyao extended two slender, pale fingers, pinching a face mask that only revealed her eyes, and gently placed it on her face.

With Chixiao Sword in hand.

A killing intent arose.

She strode forward towards the opposite side, her steps as heavy as a mountain.

This heaviness was the spiritual pressure emanating from the battle armor.

It made one feel heavy in their spiritual sense.

Because the divine power it carried was immensely vast and complex, creating a sensation of “heaviness” in the senses.

“This isn’t fair,” the leading girl’s eyes were wide with disbelief, unable to suppress the jealousy in her heart, she shouted, “What kind of achievement is it to use such good battle armor!”

Jiang Xueyao suddenly vanished from her spot.

She reappeared behind the girl and whispered into her ear:

“This is the worst set in my armor collection.”

The longsword slashed downwards.

The girl spun around abruptly, blocking the Chixiao Sword with her double blades.

But it was useless!

Jiang Xueyao, holding the sword in one hand, pressed down with a deceptive slowness that was actually quick, striking the girl and her blades to the ground.

“Ah—”

Half of the girl’s body was sliced open, and a painful scream erupted from her mouth.

During the examination, everything was real; only upon leaving the examination venue would all experiences transform into illusory spells, fading from the examinee.

“Is that all? I thought you had some trump card, something you wanted to try against me.”

Jiang Xueyao’s tone was filled with confusion and disappointment.

—She wasn’t insulting her opponent with words.

She genuinely couldn’t understand.

You’re useless.

And you’ve made no preparations.

—Why bother me?

The long sword pierced through the girl’s neck, then fiercely slashed horizontally.

As Jiang Xueyao grabbed the girl’s hair, intending to lift her head, the girl suddenly vanished.

—This was a forced withdrawal from the exam.

At this moment, Jiang Xueyao was wearing a face mask, so no one could see her expression.

But everyone instinctively felt—

She seemed even more furious!

She slowly turned around, facing the dozen or so examinees who had not yet acted, and said softly:

“What disgusts me more than bullying is stupidity.”

“You know nothing, yet you come to cause trouble?”

“Have you even formulated any decent combat strategies?”

“Or rather—”

“Do you have any combat coordination?”

The opposite side fell silent for a breath.

“Everyone, together!”

Someone roared.

Streams of Five Element spells, weapons, and bullets rained down on Jiang Xueyao.

She walked among them with her sword, letting out “ding-ding-dong-dong” sounds from her armor, then suddenly approached an examinee and slashed with her sword.

The person and their weapon were sent flying by the longsword, crashing to the ground and exploding into burning ashes.

“Second one.”

Jiang Xueyao’s voice was calm and cold, devoid of any emotion.

These words were like a commencement—

She kept walking, kept swinging her sword.

“Third one,” “Fourth one,” “Fifth one”…

No one could withstand a single strike from her.

—Her sword was too powerful!

The leading boy recoiled a few steps, momentarily dazed.

The battle armor just now erupted with extremely strong spiritual pressure, obviously activating some kind of powerful ability.

Once the longsword made contact, it would unleash flames.

So, for her, killing people was as easy as slicing melons and dicing vegetables.

—Their attacks couldn’t even break through the opponent’s armor defense, nor could they completely block the opponent’s attacks.

What was the point of fighting then?

“Jiang Xueyao, you’re just relying on the power of your armor, what’s the point of that!”

The boy couldn’t help but exclaim.

“If I find it interesting, that’s enough,” Jiang Xueyao said.

The boy was stunned.

Just now, when asked “What’s the point of a dozen people fighting one?”, he had given the same answer.

Heaven’s will spares no one.

The other party had just thrown his words back at him!

And the examiners would absolutely not say a word—

The so-called wealth, companions, methods, and land.

Without money, without equipment, without cultivation techniques, how can you improve?

The other party had the strength to wear such a high-grade sword and armor in the exam, which was recognized.

All equipment that could enhance combat power was encouraged and allowed.

As long as you possess it!

Because in the future battlefields, you must give your all and fight against demons with your strongest abilities!

The boy shuddered and immediately turned to run.

But a sword swept in from the side, severing his head directly at the bridge of his nose.

“You—”

The boy’s voice cut off abruptly, and he vanished from the spot.

Jiang Xueyao didn’t even spare him a glance, charging forward to pierce another girl, then swiftly turning her sword to stab a boy’s head, and finally returning to repeatedly slash five times, killing seven more examinees.

Killing, killing.

The subway station returned to silence.

Jiang Xueyao lightly landed on the ground, the skirt armor clanking with a faint metallic sound as it struck the floor.

Clang!

She sheathed her sword and stood there, silently lowering her eyes to regulate her breathing.

A dozen people.

None could withstand her attack.

—All had withdrawn from the exam.

She removed her face mask, brushed a strand of wind-blown hair from her face, and then headed towards the subway station.

By the time she descended the escalator and reached the fortifications—

The battle armor had already vanished.

“How was it?”

Yang Xiaobing asked.

“They were indeed looking for trouble with Xu Yuan,” Jiang Xueyao said.

“Where are they?” Zhao Afei asked nervously.

“I persuaded them a little, and they gave me face and turned back,” Jiang Xueyao explained softly with indifferent eyes.

—As if speaking of an insignificant matter.

“Really? That’s great.”

Zhao Afei breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Xiaobing, however, rolled her eyes at Jiang Xueyao.

—”Turned back”?

It should be “beheaded and returned,” right?

Jiang Xueyao also rolled her eyes at her, then took out a Spirit Replenishment Pill, put it in her mouth, and slowly sucked on it like a piece of candy.

—It was all the divine power of the armor and sword; she actually didn’t exert much effort.

Bullying people was rather pointless.

But since she had already had some activity, taking a Spirit Replenishment Pill to maintain full spiritual power was absolutely necessary.

Who knew what else might happen.

Just then, the walkie-talkie crackled again.

“Shh… shh…”

“Special Action Team, please pay attention!”

Liu Shanxing’s voice came through.

“Greetings, officer, we’re listening,” Jiang Xueyao said into the walkie-talkie.

“Your identification, supplies, and equipment will be delivered shortly. Please receive them. Over.”

The three exchanged glances, their faces beaming with joy.

“Received, thank you, officer!”

Jiang Xueyao said.