Chapter 6: The Ultimate Woman (Part 2)

Nan You suddenly said, “He’s here. Uh, I… my god… a woman…” He stared foolishly at the graceful Huo Fen Tian as she walked over with enchanting charm. To his surprise, she removed the mask from her face, revealing a stunningly beautiful face. Nan You was in awe—he had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life.

The four men acted like four dumb geese. Guo Shier was slightly better off; he had already seen Huo Fen Tian’s face and was merely shocked by her beauty. He knew well how fierce she was, and no matter how pretty she was, he didn’t consider her a woman. But Eagle Demon, Luo Zhan, and Nan You were different—they were seeing such a beautiful woman for the first time, and on top of that, she was a master who surpassed the Ninth-Level Altar, which shocked them greatly.

Huo Fen Tian smiled, and it felt as if spring had arrived, with all the flowers blooming. If one only looked at her appearance, it would be impossible to associate her with a murderer who had killed hundreds of thousands of professionals—there was no connection at all.

Guo Shier was now certain that the name Huo Fen Tian must be fake; such a woman could never have such a name.

Huo Fen Tian’s words made everyone feel like they might vomit blood again: “Are you all ready?”
“We’re ready!”
The four answered in unison. There was nothing they could do—Huo Fen Tian was too powerful; killing them was easier than killing chickens. In the face of absolute strength, no schemes or tricks would work; such people had to be appeased.

When Huo Fen Tian’s charming gaze swept over Guo Shier, he felt every hair on his body stand on end—the chilling sensation was truly terrifying.

Huo Fen Tian smiled sweetly and asked, “Where are we going?” She had willingly joined this team, using “we” right from the start. Of course, no one knew what she really intended.

Guo Shier thought, “Go wherever you want, just don’t drag us along.” He said with a wry smile, “Where is this place?” Being lost to this extent made Guo Shier feel a bit embarrassed.

Huo Fen Tian replied, “This is the Thousand Lakes Continent.”
Guo Shier said with a bitter smile, “Are we still in the Eight Paths Vast Heaven?”
Huo Fen Tian replied bluntly, “No!”

Guo Shier took a quick look at the cross-dimensional talisman and found that none of the coordinates could be used—there was even no way to return to the Eight Paths Vast Heaven. In other words, the Thousand Lakes Continent was a completely unfamiliar place. He felt a bitter taste in his mouth. If Huo Fen Tian abandoned them, they would have to find a secret realm, rely on luck, or locate a family of professionals on this continent to obtain useful coordinates in order to escape.

Nan You asked, “Are there any families of professionals here?”

Huo Fen Tian replied, “I don’t know now, but there were before.”

Guo Shier wanted to suggest finding a family of professionals, but thinking of how this woman had killed so many professionals, he hesitated. Since meeting Huo Fen Tian, he hadn’t seen any signs that she intended to kill anyone; otherwise, they wouldn’t still be alive. After some thought, he said, “Let’s explore this continent first. If there are any families of professionals, I need coordinates near here.”

Huo Fen Tian said, “Okay, okay…” She wore an expression like a little girl, which made everyone’s hair stand on end.

Guo Shier hesitated for a moment and said, “We’re just looking for families of professionals, hoping to proceed peacefully.” He couldn’t explicitly say, “Don’t go on a killing spree once you find them,” so he could only give a subtle reminder.

Huo Fen Tian opened her innocent big eyes, blinked, and asked, “What do you mean?”

Guo Shier shook his head helplessly. He couldn’t say more and said with a wry smile, “Nothing. Let’s go.” This time, he didn’t even dare bring out the altar and flew straight into the distance.

The handsome old man communicated with Guo Shier through extremely subtle soul vibrations. “Kid, you’re lucky. This woman’s soul is in chaos. I guess it’s because she swallowed too many souls at once. But her original soul is very strong, so it instinctively suppressed the chaos… Be extremely careful and don’t provoke her.”

Guo Shier said with a wry smile, “Me provoke her? Please, how would I dare? Ugh, is there any way we can get rid of her?”

The handsome old man replied bluntly, “No!”

Guo Shier asked anxiously, “Why? You must have a way!”

The handsome old man said, “Maybe we can escape when she’s not paying attention, but once she targets you, no matter what you do, you won’t be able to escape… To save your life, it’s better to follow her obediently, hoping she’ll leave on her own once she gets bored.”

Guo Shier was extremely distressed. Seeing Huo Fen Tian’s enthusiastic attitude, the possibility of her leaving on her own was almost zero.

The group fell silent and flew forward quickly. Huo Fen Tian followed at a leisurely pace.

After a moment, the Eagle Demon pointed ahead and said, “That should be the continent.” A black line appeared on the horizon, and everyone immediately grew happy. Guo Shieru prayed silently, hoping to find a professional family so they could leave this place. As for asking Huo Fen Tian to take them out, he didn’t even dare to mention it.

A small boat floated on the lake’s surface, but there was no one in it. Guo Shieru exclaimed, “Someone’s there!”

The Eagle Demon flew beside him and asked, “Where?”

Guo Shieru pointed at the boat below, “That’s not it.”

The Eagle Demon said, “There’s no one… It’s empty, right?”

Guo Shieru replied, “Nonsense. Of course I know it’s empty, but if there’s a boat, there must be someone—otherwise where would the boat come from?”

Luo Zhan said, “There’s a small village in the woods ahead.”

Guo Shieru said, “Those are ordinary people. They won’t know anything about professionals. Hmm, let’s ask if there are any towns nearby. Come on, let’s go down.” The four of them landed on the shore. Huo Fen Tian moved slightly and appeared beside Guo Shieru. She lazily asked, “Why did we stop?”

Guo Shieru explained, “Let’s go to the small village and ask which direction the nearest town is. Senior, two of us will be enough.”

Huo Fen Tian said innocently, “I want to go too!”

Guo Shieru was about to go crazy. He didn’t know what was wrong with Huo Fen Tian—she was completely different from what he had imagined. But even if he had the courage, he wouldn’t dare refuse, so he said tactfully, “We’ll go in two… If there are too many people, the villagers might get scared.”

Huo Fen Tian insisted firmly, “I want to go!”

Guo Shieru surrendered and said, “Alright, let’s go together.” Helplessly, he added, “Let’s go.” He prayed silently: Please don’t go crazy in the village, and hope no one provokes her.

To his surprise, Huo Fen Tian grew impatient and asked, “Why not fly over?”

Guo Shieru replied, “Flying straight over will scare the ordinary people… Oh…” Before he could finish speaking, everything blurred before his eyes, and when he looked again, Huo Fen Tian was already standing in the middle of the village.

Huo Fen Tian said with a smile, “Then we won’t fly…”

Ah…

The villagers, seeing a group of people suddenly appear out of nowhere, were so scared they turned and ran.

Huo Fen Tian became annoyed again and said, “Stop right there!”

Not only could the villagers not move, but Guo Shieru and the others were also held in place by an invisible force. Guo Shieru looked helpless—this person was too violent.

Huofen Tian reached out with her hand, and several people were flung in front of her. Seeing that Guo Shier and the others remained motionless, she finally realized what had happened and said, “Oh, I forgot. You’re so weak…”
Guo Shier said, “Elder… may I ask them?”
Huofen Tian indeed had no interest in dealing with these inferior people, so she casually released their restraints. The villagers, now able to move, screamed and scattered in all directions.
Guo Shier didn’t bother comforting them. He grabbed a middle-aged man, pulled him forward, and asked, “Where is the nearest city? Which direction?”
The middle-aged man begged repeatedly, “Don’t kill me… don’t kill me… No, no…” His cries were so pitiful that Guo Shier’s eyebrows twitched. He snapped, “Tell me where the nearest city is, and I won’t kill you!” With no other choice, he had to scare them first. Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man tilted his head and fainted.
Huofen Tian, perhaps finding it amusing, couldn’t help but giggle.
Guo Shier acted quickly and said, “Uncle Eagle Demon, Uncle Luo, Nanyou—each of you find a villager and ask them!” Then he grabbed another younger ordinary person and asked, “Do you know where the nearest city is?”
That person was also terrified, his face pale, but he was in better condition than the unconscious middle-aged man. He pointed north and said, “In that… that direction… it’s called… Tianshui City.”
Guo Shier released him and said, “Take him away. That’s enough. Let’s head north!” He didn’t want to stay here at all. If anything went wrong and angered Huofen Tian, he had no doubt she would massacre the entire village.
This time, Huofen Tian had no objections and flew away with them. The villagers stared in shock, as most of them had never seen anyone who could fly.
Guo Shier was already accustomed to this world, where the continents were vast and sparsely populated. After flying for half an hour, they finally saw a large city. Their flight speed was just ordinary—without using a sacrificial altar—they would have taken dozens of days by foot. When they saw the city, he said, “Thankfully… there are still people here. Hopefully, we can meet professionals.”
Nanyou said, “Don’t worry. Look over there… some people are flying into the city.”
Indeed, several small black dots flew into the city, clearly professionals. Guo Shier said, “Let’s bring out our sacrificial altars.” His altar appeared above his head, hovering there. Although Eagle Demon and the others didn’t understand, they still brought out their own altars. Except for Huofen Tian, everyone had a palm-sized altar above their head.

Guo Shier had his reasons for doing this. Huo Fen Tian now appeared as a beautiful woman; as long as she didn’t exert a strong spiritual pressure, no one would know she was a terrifying being. If some professional dared to provoke her, not only would they suffer, but the entire city could be destroyed. So he simply used his own altar to serve as a deterrent, and with four altar users present, he believed no one would dare to mess with them.

Huo Fen Tian tilted her head, glanced at the altar above them, and smirked, saying, “What are you doing? How dare you show off such an altar?”

Guo Shier smiled bitterly, “It’s just to make it easier to talk.”

Huo Fen Tian was puzzled—what was the connection between using an altar and making it easier to talk? But she found it amusing and cheerfully activated her own altar. A violent gust of wind spread from above her head, causing Nan You, Ying Mo, and Luo Zhan to lose their footing and tumble away. Guo Shier struggled hard to stay steady, staring at the altar rising above Huo Fen Tian’s head as he cried inwardly, “This isn’t an altar… this is… a pagoda… a flame pagoda…!”

Nan You sat on the ground, gripping it tightly, staring in shock at the altar above Huo Fen Tian’s head, counting aloud, “One… two… three… four… five… six… seven… eight… nine… ten! Ten layers of altars… Good heavens…!”

Huo Fen Tian’s altar indeed resembled a pagoda, with flames rising from it. The temperature around her soared rapidly, causing plants to wither instantly and water to evaporate quickly. Guo Shier kept shouting, “Stop… don’t release it… it’s going to start a fire!”

Huo Fen Tian retorted unhappily, “If you all can use them, why can’t I?”

Guo Shier smiled bitterly, “Senior, your altar is too powerful. Others won’t be able to withstand it.”

Seeing Nan You and the others tumbling away, Huo Fen Tian probably realized they couldn’t handle it either, and reluctantly retracted her altar. Guo Shier guessed that if she had delayed any longer, a huge fire would have broken out.

Guo Shier was extremely troubled by Huo Fen Tian. Thankfully, it was in the wilderness; if she had used her altar in the city, no one within a hundred meters—except those at the altar level—would likely have survived. This was the power of a master with ten layers of altars.

Huo Fen Tian said, “Alright, let’s go into the city!”

Guo Shier replied, “Senior, let me handle whatever happens, okay?”