The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead-Chapter 429 - 428: The Sculpture is Fine

Nian Shutong held a knife in one hand and punched with the other.

The most formidable aspect of the Mantis Beast was its arms, each one a blade. It had six arms and thus six blades, attacking Nian Shutong from all directions.

After undergoing the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering, Nian Shutong’s body was as tough as the Mantis Beast.

From a distance, Xia Tian, for some unknown reason, saw Nian Shutong standing midair, her feet kicking agilely. With each kick, the Mantis Beast trembled.

"Such strength, such physical toughness, is she still human?"

"Could she be an SSS-rank Body Refining cultivator?"

By this point in the fight, the Mantis Beast had already lost three arms, and it seemed destined for defeat.

Originally nearing madness, the Mantis Beast slowly regained some sense and thought to flee.

But how could Nian Shutong let go of refining materials that had delivered themselves to her doorstep?

Previously, she had focused mostly on physical combat, but she was a person of Cultivation.

Spells were her forte.

"Arise—"

"Form the array!"

From afar, Xia Tian instinctively rubbed his eyes but was reluctant to miss the scene before him, his hand hovering just above his right eye, never quite falling.

In front of him, golden light stretched horizontally and vertically against the grey-brown sky, converging into a pattern.

A pattern that Xia Tian could not understand.

But Xia Tian understood one thing: the power within the pattern was heart-pounding.

The pattern solidified, needing no time to accumulate energy, soared into the sky, and fragmented into six stele-like forms.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang"

They landed and formed mountains, leaving no escape.

At this moment, Nian Shutong stood on one leg, the other slightly bent, her fingers moving again in dizzyingly quick motions that were difficult to discern.

"Shatter!"

The six steles suddenly transformed into thousands of swords and flew towards the Mantis Beast in the center.

"Roar————"

A roar, filled with unwillingness, ended before it could be completed, and the sound vanished.

Silence returned to the world.

The scene of thousands of swords flying through the air settled into the dust, as if it were all an illusion.

The usually talkative Xia Tian was now silent.

Xia Tian kept thinking: What should I say? Can I even say anything? Will she kill me to silence me? Do I know too much?

Nian Shutong in the air gently descended, her garments less billowing than usual, but her posture was still graceful.

She looked at the fragments on the ground and shook her head slightly in regret.

"A bit of a waste of good materials."

Nian Shutong was about to leave but then silently returned and crouched down.

"No wait, I refine Flying Knives, after all, melting them down is part of the process, it doesn’t matter."

After Nian Shutong picked everything up, she didn’t even glance at Xia Tian and walked towards the battlefield’s border.

She felt a bit homesick.

The dumbfounded Xia Tian behind her absentmindedly asked, "Aren’t you going to kill me?"

Nian Shutong stopped momentarily and asked, puzzled, "Are you from the Insect Race?"

"No, no, no! Not at all!"

Xia Tian, afraid to ask further, just glanced in the direction Nian Shutong was headed but ventured cautiously, "I’m preparing to leave, and it seems I’m headed in the same direction as you."

"I swear, I don’t mean to follow you, I really just want to go out."

"I—"

"The road isn’t owned by my family."

Nian Shutong had already walked far away, but Xia Tian quickly ran after her.

Fortunately, fortunately, she was a reasonable powerhouse.

Running along, Xia Tian felt too tired and pulled out a vehicle similar to a Jeep, only with much larger wheels.

The roar of the car rang out from behind Shutong. When Xia Tian caught up, he had finally reverted to his true self, and wasn’t so scared anymore.

"Um, boss, do you want to get a ride?"

"I just want to thank you for saving my life; I won’t bother you."

"I absolutely won’t pry into your information, I won’t ask anything, and I won’t say anything."

Shutong thought about the distance she had walked, and it was indeed quite far.

Getting a ride wasn’t a bad idea.

"Don’t talk, can you manage that?"

Shutong’s question made Xia Tian restrain himself to utter just one word: "Okay."

Shutong got into the car, and the vehicle drove away.

The car was quite fast and after traveling for about half a day, they finally arrived at the place Shutong had first entered.

Xia Tian drove into Border City through another gate, which was specifically for vehicles.

Intrigued by the car, Shutong realized there were indeed transportation tools available.

After the two entered Border City, Xia Tian went to park first, but there weren’t many vacant parking spots. Eventually, he found a small one.

"Boss, can you help me watch; I’m afraid of hitting the sculpture next to us."

Shutong, still not speaking, simply jumped out of the car and said one word: "Reverse."

Xia Tian, completely trusting, began to reverse without checking any mirrors or rearview cameras.

What he didn’t know was that his revered "boss" was a complete novice at driving, very, very inexperienced.

"Reverse, reverse... go ahead, the sculpture is fine."

"The sculpture is fine, go, go."

"Keep going, the sculpture is fine."

Xia Tian in the car finally sensed something was off.

The sculpture is fine?

What about the car?

"Crash—" Xia Tian knew then.

The car was not okay.

Before Xia Tian could get out of the car, Shutong approached him and said the longest sentence since they had met.

"The sculpture is fine, but the car bumped into something and got several scratches."

"But, why protect the sculpture instead of the car? Is this sculpture expensive?"

Shutong’s question left Xia Tian completely unsure of how to respond, though he recalled the scene of the boss slaying the Beast.

Xia Tian’s mouth twitched up as if pulled by strings, his voice sounding somewhat forced.

"Right, the sculpture is expensive. Don’t damage it; the car doesn’t matter."

"This broken sculpture is expensive?"

Shutong was genuinely surprised; it seemed to her that by comparison, she had undercharged for her sculpture.

Having barely managed to park the car, Xia Tian finally got out and asked Shutong, "Boss, what are you going to do?"

With a fleeting glance at Xia Tian, Shutong offered no response, merely stating, "Leaving."

Just leaving, not even wanting to say goodbye.

Xia Tian was quite intrigued, but he knew such a boss, firm in their ways, disliked being hassled.

"Let’s leave it to fate for another meeting, then."

Shutong was somewhat pleased with Xia Tian’s sense of propriety.

Her nature was indifferent, although it had improved a lot in the small wooden house, because those people were accepted by her.

As for Xia Tian, whom she had only met once? Sorry, she just didn’t care.

Shutong, familiar with the route, arrived at the place for exchanging contribution points, covered in dirt.

However, the scruffier the look, the more attention it garnered.

This appearance clearly came from a fierce battle, and post-battle, there must be gains.

"Hello, please place your spoils on this tray, and I will convert them into contribution points."

Looking at the tray before her, Shutong spat out two words.

"Too small."

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