Chapter 535: Meeting Xueyu Again

Good luck doesn’t always stay by one’s side.
Su Che thought that with 55 people scattered over a vast area, the chances of them running into each other were extremely low. The previous Extreme Wood Ancestor was an exception, as he was assigned to the same region as him, making their encounter somewhat inevitable.
As for the others, it was unlikely they would run into each other by chance. Among them, especially that Xueyu Fairy—Su Che least wanted to deal with her.
But today, as Su Che walked across a wide plain, searching for a special terrain where he might find a Survival Token, he spotted a figure in the distance.
His Divine Eye technique allowed him to see farther than Lao Hei’s detection ability, and he immediately recognized her—her robes fluttering, her figure ethereal—she was indeed the woman he wanted to see the least.
Xueyu Fairy!
“What bad luck—the first person I meet is her,” Su Che cursed inwardly. Without hesitation, he turned around and headed in another direction. Of course, he knew that the open plain offered no cover, so Xueyu Fairy must have seen him as well.
Sure enough, Xueyu Fairy followed from afar. Even though her speed wasn’t very fast—comparable to Su Che’s ability to move quickly—she persisted and refused to let go.
“Doesn’t she need to look for Survival Tokens? Or has she already found one?”
Su Che was quite troubled. With this stubborn woman following him, how could he carry out his plan to search for other Survival Tokens? Just the worry that she might backstab him was enough to drive him crazy.
Over an hour passed. Su Che couldn’t afford to waste more time with her, so he turned around and headed straight toward her.
Soon, they were over a hundred feet apart, both stopping in their tracks.
“Why do I have to meet you?” Su Che said helplessly.
“It’s not a coincidence,” Xueyu Fairy replied. She held a delicate compass in her hand and said slowly, “I’ve been following you all the way.”
“If you’re not looking for Survival Tokens, why do you keep pestering me?” Su Che asked, frowning. “No matter how good a treasure is, one still needs to live to enjoy it.”
“I was lucky. It only took me five hours to find one Survival Token,” Xueyu Fairy said frankly, smiling gently. “The rest of the time, I’ll spend following you—of course, to find an opportunity to catch you.”
“So that’s how it is…”

Su Che muttered to Lao He in his heart, “We’ve gone through so much trouble just to get one Survival Order, yet she managed to find one in just five hours, seemingly with great ease, without encountering any competitors at all.”
“That woman is so persistent. We should just capture her and force her to work as a maid, serving others!” Lao He said resentfully.
“I’d like that too.”
Su Che shook his head inwardly. “But this woman is unfathomable. It’s hard to say who’s the hunter and who’s the prey between us.”
“As long as there are shadows around, fighting her alone isn’t a problem at all.” Lao He, full of confidence, said, “Anyway, we have to deal with her first if we want to find more Survival Orders. Fighting her is inevitable.”
“That’s inevitable.”
Su Che agreed, “Fighting her is inevitable!”
Seeing that Su Che remained silent for a while, Princess Xueyu smiled mysteriously and said softly, “You don’t need to worry too much. I just want that precious pagoda and to find my sister’s reincarnation. As for your life, I have no interest in it. I don’t even have to kill you. In fact, I can even help you find more Survival Orders and save your lover and your three subordinates’ lives. How about that deal? Is it worthwhile?”
“Absolutely not!”
Su Che said coldly, “I can handle the Survival Orders on my own. I don’t need your help, so there’s no need for any deal with you. If you want what you desire, the method is simple—defeat me. Stop talking nonsense and attack!”
“No!”
To his surprise, Princess Xueyu shook her head smilingly and said gently, “Direct combat is too risky. Although I’m confident in my ability to protect myself, I no longer dare underestimate you. So, I’ll keep following you, looking for the perfect opportunity to launch a surprise attack and settle this once and for all.”
These words were clearly meant to bully him!
In the Immortal Prison, Lao He was furious at her. He immediately revised his earlier “maid plan.” Ordinary chores weren’t enough; he wanted her to scrub toilets for thousands of people to satisfy his anger…
Even if she didn’t want to act now, Su Che definitely couldn’t tolerate such a dangerous threat following him everywhere, making it impossible to do anything.
“If you won’t act, it’s fine. I’ll do it first!”
Spatial Slash!

Hundreds of spatial blades were swung at him like a rainstorm. Su Che knew that such attacks surely couldn’t hurt her—they were merely a declaration of war. With a gentle wave of her hand, the Snow Jade Fairy instantly created a translucent energy sphere to shield herself. As the hundreds of spatial blades pierced into the sphere, it began to spin rapidly, resembling an endless, ever-rotating space that would never stop. When the blades’ rotation speed became almost invisible to the naked eye, with a flick of her hand, the translucent sphere shattered silently. Guided and accelerated by some force, the spatial blades flew back toward Su Che. Using the opponent’s own weapons against them was a highly clever tactic, demonstrating her profound mastery over controlling power. Su Che didn’t have such skills. Faced with spatial blades that were now over ten times faster, he couldn’t avoid them by simply walking—there was no choice but to endure them head-on. Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh… Although his powerful defense barrier blocked all the spatial blades, it left Su Che in an awkward situation and allowed him to experience firsthand the true strength and effects of his own spatial blades. “Their cutting and penetrating power is decent, but their force is a bit weak,” he thought to himself. Taking advantage of Su Che’s moment of exposure, the Snow Jade Fairy immediately pulled back at an angle, clearly adopting a strategy of advancing when he did and retreating when he did—staying away from direct combat and instead wasting his time, hoping to find the perfect moment for a surprise attack. Putting aside harsh words, Su Che could only describe her as “troublesome.” “She’s too troublesome,” he sighed inwardly. “If she’s troublesome, we have even more troublesome ones,” Lao He retorted angrily. “Send the Shadow over to entangle her and give this woman a good beating!” “It’s not the right time yet,” Su Che replied in his mind. “We must never underestimate her. I think even if the Shadow goes after her, there’s only one chance. If it fails once, she’ll come up with a way to counter it. So, we must use the Shadow as our trump card at the most appropriate moment.” Su Che believed that against such a patient opponent, one had to be even more patient to maintain control and ultimately win; any sign of impatience or carelessness would give her the chance to strike a fatal blow.

So, Su Che forced himself to stay calm, ignoring her for now and simply choosing a direction to continue searching for special terrain where the Survival Order might be hidden.
“Hey!”
From over two hundred paces behind him, the Snow Jade Fairy suddenly said, “The forest I passed by just now contains the mysteries of array formations, and it’s naturally formed with no signs of human intervention. If I were you, I’d go there to take a look—maybe you’ll find something useful.”
Su Che turned around with a cold smile. “Will it be me who gains something, or you?”
“Who knows? Maybe both.”
The Snow Jade Fairy still wore that smiling expression. In fact, it was because she regarded Su Che as a true rival that she showed such an attitude. Toward those she didn’t consider a threat, she always maintained a calm and indifferent demeanor.
Su Che knew well that the special terrain she mentioned must exist, and if someone like her intuitively believed it could hold the Survival Order, it was almost certainly true.
Of course, she surely didn’t share this information out of kindness. Instead, it was likely to help her face potential dangers when obtaining the Survival Order or to engage in conflicts with other competitors. Only amidst endless uncertainties could she find the best opportunity to ambush him.
This was her overt strategy—whether he fell for it was up to him.
Su Che wouldn’t waste energy arguing over such matters. To secure another Survival Order for Tian Yin, he was willing to take any risk. Though he knew Tian Yin had her own ways to overcome difficulties and might not even need his help, as a man, he had to do what was right for his woman.
So, Su Che changed direction and headed toward the spot the Snow Jade Fairy had indicated.
As he moved forward, he managed to get within a hundred paces of her. Without warning, he unleashed over three hundred Destruction Fists in quick succession.
“I may have taken your advice, but that doesn’t mean I owe you thanks—or that I won’t hit you.”
Another reason was that Su Che wanted to see what clever tactics this woman would use to counter his Destruction Force—would it be the same method as before?
By using the time spent traveling to learn more about his enemy, his potential threat could be reduced accordingly.
Faced with Su Che’s attack this time, the Snow Jade Fairy’s expression became more serious, no longer as casual as before.

The spatial slashing technique used just now, although belonging to the great art of “Great Slashing Technique,” was still extremely limited in power due to Su Che’s low cultivation level and his superficial understanding of such a profound art. However, the Destruction Fist is different. This divine skill has accompanied Su Che for decades, and he has relied on it to attack opponents in numerous battles. Over the years, Su Che has integrated over a hundred thousand pieces of Demon God bones, making the power of the Destruction Fist one of the strongest offensive methods. He believes that even against opponents two cultivation levels higher than himself, he can inflict serious injuries or even take their lives. In other words, if someone in the late Yuan Ying stage can seriously injure someone in the mid-stage Hua Shen stage, then his own true cultivation at mid-stage Hua Shen should be able to seriously injure someone in the early stage Lian Xu stage. So, what effect would it have against the Snow Jade Fairy, whose cultivation has been sealed?