Chapter 54: The Well-Intentioned Young Lady Who Made Things Worse

The blade flashed like a sudden bolt of lightning and rolling thunder!

In an instant, it seemed far too fast for Zhao Jin to make any reaction at all.

"Slash, slash, slash..."

The continuous sound of flesh and skin being torn apart echoed through the air.

Zhao Jin stood frozen in place, resembling a lifelike sculpture.

It wasn't until the four puppets sheathed their blades that the flesh on Zhao Jin's body began to patter down onto the ground, much like accumulated snow shaken off the tips of tree branches.

Two severed heads rolled a few circles across the floor, their expressions completely serene.

Did they win?

The survivors stood in a daze for a second, before erupting into cheers of having survived a brush with death.

The eldest Lin sister immediately rushed over to Lin Qinyue, rescuing her captive younger sister.

Meanwhile, Lin Qinshue brandished the Frost Sword, thoroughly slaughtering the remainder of Zhao Jin's subordinates.

Only Lu Li remained motionless, his gaze fixed on the pile of minced meat not far away with a grave expression.

"Lu Li, your puppets are amazing! For a second, I thought we were going to die at Zhao Jin's hands today..."

Wang Chao helped Xu Xiao to his feet, speaking to Lu Li with excitement.

"Nonsense, those petty tricks of Zhao Jin's are nothing compared to Brother Lu!"

Ma Han forced his head up with difficulty, breathing heavily as he smiled.

Lu Li ignored the two of them entirely, instead speaking to Lin Qinhua in a hurried tone:

"Treat the wounded, then take everyone and leave. It's dangerous here."

"What?"

Lin Qinhua was rather surprised. "Isn't Zhao Jin already dead? Mr. Lu, are you afraid they have reinforcements?"

"No..." Lu Li shook his head, slowly approaching the pile of minced meat.

"Zhao Jin isn't dead yet. You all need to leave immediately!"

"Right, don't forget to have Lin Qinyue cleanse the 'Demon Qi Erosion' effect."

"If that effect lingers for too long, it will mutate into 'Deep Erosion', and by then not even immortals could save you!"

"Zhao Jin isn't dead?!" Lin Qinhua froze, looking at the minced meat with incomprehension. "He was hacked into pieces like that, and he's still not dead?"

Despite her confusion, however, the eldest Lin sister still placed a great deal of trust in Lu Li's judgment. She immediately had her younger sister cast [Divine Blessing] to cleanse everyone of their negative status effects.

On the other hand, Lin Qinyue muttered discontentedly:

"He's clearly dead as a doornail, yet he's still putting on airs and playing the mystic. What a pretentious show-off..."

"Qinyue!" Lin Qinhua frowned and reprimanded, "Show some respect!"

Lin Qinyue shrank her neck and obediently applied the blessings to the rest of the group.

However, she deliberately skipped Lu Li alone.

Naturally, such a petty action could not escape Lin Qinhua's notice.

"Why aren't you casting the blessing on Mr. Lu?"

Lin Qinyue remained silent, continuing to bless the remaining survivors.

Only after cleansing everyone else of their negative effects did she speak up with an arrogant expression:

"Cast a blessing on him? Of course I can, but I have a condition!"

"I want the Lin family to stop recognizing him as their master, and furthermore, I want Lu Li to become my servant!"

Lin Qinhua's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly tried to stop her:

"Qinyue, stop talking nonsense and hurry up and bless Mr. Lu!"

"Elder sister, didn't you hear what he said just now?" Lin Qinyue looked at Lu Li's back, her eyes filled with smug satisfaction. "'Demon Qi Erosion' will turn into 'Deep Erosion' if it stays on too long! By then, even immortals can't save him!"

"Without my blessing, Lu Li is dead for sure!"

"Sister, this is a golden opportunity!"

Lin Qinhua frowned, completely disapproving of her sister's actions:

"Qinyue, Mr. Lu did us a huge favor. How is what you're doing any different from repaying kindness with enmity?!"

Lin Qinyue pushed Lin Qinhua aside and stubbornly retorted:

"I don't care about repaying kindness or enmity; I only know the Lin family cannot become vassals to anyone else."

"No one is allowed to step on the Lin family's head!"

"Even if the old man is gone, they still aren't allowed to!!"

Having said that, she turned around and bolted toward Lu Li, shouting as she ran:

"Lu Li! If you want me to cleanse the 'Demon Qi Erosion' on you, you must sign a servant contract and acknowledge me as your master."

"Otherwise, just wait and die!"

Lu Li's attention was locked entirely on the pile of minced meat, maintaining his utmost vigilance.

Suddenly hearing Lin Qinyue's clamor, his train of thought stalled for a moment.

And right at that moment,

The two severed heads rolling on the ground suddenly shuddered, their eyes snapping wide open!

Among them, Zhao Jin's head erupted with a mass of fleshy tendrils, lunging viciously toward Lu Li.

Meanwhile, the head of the Japanese puppy-demon sprang off the ground like a flea, charging straight at Lin Qinyue.

Lu Li failed to parry in time, barely managing to block Zhao Jin's assault.

Yet that allowed the Japanese puppy-demon to seize the opening!

The skinless head collided with Lin Qinyue's arm, instantly fusing with her as if it had grown out of her flesh.

No matter how shrilly Lin Qinyue screamed and struggled, she simply could not shake off the head of the puppy-demon.

"You thought you could kill me with just a few puppets? Naive, Chinese pigs!!"

A shrill, eerie laugh, half-male and half-female, burst from Lin Qinyue's throat,

Stabbing like a steel awl straight into the hearts of the Lin sisters!

Seeing Lin Qinyue captured once again, Lu Li was struck by a profound sense of speechlessness.

Why did this unqualified young miss constantly sabotage them?

Wasn't it better to just stay obediently in the back?

Realizing there was no hope of saving her right now, Lu Li simply focused entirely on dealing with Zhao Jin.

To his surprise, however,

Zhao Jin's head was merely a decoy; under the consecutive onslaught of the lightning arrow and the blade servant, it quickly reduced to a pile of debris.

On the contrary, the parasitized Lin Qinyue leaped and dodged, fleeing the scene like a flying bird.

"Qinyue..."

Lin Qinhua felt as though her spiritual pillar had been ripped away, her knees buckling as she collapsed to the ground.

Lin Qinshue remained silent, her delicate features as cold as frost.

"Mr. Lu..." Lin Qinhua took two steps forward. "My sister she..."

"Don't worry, her talent belongs to the 'Divine Class', so her life won't be in danger in the short term."

"If we want to save her, we'll have to plan it out carefully."

Lu Li put away his puppets and said indifferently:

"The top priority right now is to cleanse the 'Demon Qi Erosion' from my body."

Hearing this, Lin Qinhua's face flushed crimson.

If not for her sister Lin Qinyue throwing a tantrum, the negative status effect on Lu Li would have been cleansed long ago.

Now, not only had they left Lu Li with a hidden danger, but they also had to ask him for help.

It made her feel utterly ashamed.

"What can I do for you, Mr. Lu?"

Lu Li pondered for a moment:

"Take the others and head back first, and just continue fulfilling the mission I assigned you."

Lin Qinhua nodded slightly, her gaze shifting to the survivors:

"What about these people?"

Lu Li followed her line of sight and looked over as well.

However, his gaze didn't land on the survivors at all; instead, he looked directly at Wang Chao and Ma Han.

"You two, what are your plans next?"

Ma Han flexed his newly healed arm, glanced at Wang Chao who was supporting Xu Xiao, and twitched the corner of his mouth:

"I'd love to find my family first, but unfortunately my parents are in Yuecheng, and with transportation paralyzed right now, I can forget about that for the time being."

Wang Chao answered honestly:

"I lived with my grandfather, but after the cataclysm broke out, the old man went missing. If possible, I'd like to search for him in the city."

Lu Li nodded:

"In that case, you might as well follow Lin Qinhua for now."

"Lin Qinhua?" Wang Chao and Ma Han both turned to look at the tall woman.

Regardless of whether it was her attire, grooming, or combat performance,

This woman simply did not belong in the same world as them!

Lu Li was just a poor college student,

With no father and no mother,

How on earth did he know someone like this?!

Moreover,

Judging by Lin Qinhua's demeanor, she actually seemed to be relying on Lu Li.

Could this person possibly be...

The wealthy sugar mommy that Lu Li had just latched onto?!!

At this thought, Wang Chao and Ma Han wore identical expressions of profound understanding.

No wonder Lu Li couldn't care less about Xu Xiao,

Turns out he was trying to skip forty years of hard labor!