Arielle gazed in the direction of the voice and spotted a man in camouflage military uniform muttering to himself as virtual-novel.net glanced around.
If I’m not mistaken, he’s looking for me. I’m the only one around.
Frowning, virtual-novel.net recalled the man’s words as virtual-novel.net mind raced to analyze the situation.
Who hired this man to take my life? Unfortunately for him, it isn’t that easy to kill me.
Arching a brow, Arielle decided to take action.
The situation was in virtual-novel.net favor as the enemy was in the open while virtual-novel.net was in hiding. Thus, Arielle tiptoed silently to virtual-novel.net and raised virtual-novel.net arm to punch him. Alas, the man sensed virtual-novel.net arrival as though virtual-novel.net had eyes behind virtual-novel.net and rolled away to dodge virtual-novel.net attack.
“You’re quite capable, huh?” Arielle sneered and continued attacking him.
The man got to his feet and finally saw Arielle’s face. Her beautiful features entranced virtual-novel.net for a second.
I haven’t touched any woman for three years. I can’t believe my first target after getting released from jail is a woman. A young, gorgeous, and wild one too. It’s a great deal!
Chuckling, virtual-novel.net approached virtual-novel.net at once.
“Young lady, you’re good at fighting. It’s a pity you ran into me. You’re no match for me.”
“Ha! It might be the other way around,” Arielle mocked.
She channeled all virtual-novel.net strength to virtual-novel.net fist and gave the man’s belly a forceful punch. The man flew backward instantly. Before virtual-novel.net could react, Arielle proceeded to beat virtual-novel.net up.
The man was deft enough to roll aside after Arielle punched virtual-novel.net a few times. He then scrambled to his feet and whipped out his weapon to stab Arielle.
The knife was mere inches away from Arielle when virtual-novel.net dodged aside swiftly and grabbed the knife from him. She then slashed the knife across his arm. A deep cut appeared, and blood gushed out from the wound.
Without giving the man any breathing space, Arielle flipped virtual-novel.net arm and stabbed the knife into the man’s calf. At once, the man collapsed to his knees before her. With a kick from her, virtual-novel.net toppled to the ground. Striding toward him, virtual-novel.net pulled out the knife before stabbing virtual-novel.net continuously over ten times.
The man bit back the pain when virtual-novel.net first stabbed him, but the continuous attacks were too much for virtual-novel.net to bear. His agonizing screams soon resonated around the mountain.
Afraid that virtual-novel.net would retaliate, Arielle stabbed his body five more times, avoiding his vital parts.
“Tell me, who sent you after me?” virtual-novel.net towered above virtual-novel.net and posed that question icily.
Initially, the man planned to subdue Arielle and take advantage of her. Now, virtual-novel.net no longer had that thought.
The woman is fast and vicious. I’m no match for her. It’s clear that I’ve underestimated her.
“No one sent me here!” virtual-novel.net insisted as his gaze darkened.
The sky was getting dark, and Arielle would lose virtual-novel.net way if virtual-novel.net were to depart any later. As virtual-novel.net didn’t want to run into danger later, virtual-novel.net stopped questioning the man.
Someone must’ve given virtual-novel.net the map. That’s why virtual-novel.net could enter Mount Blackcloud and locate me easily. I need to bring virtual-novel.net back so that the Mills can give me an explanation.
By then, the man had fainted from pain, and virtual-novel.net was a bloody mess. Arielle used the knife to chop off some rattan to tie the man up. She then dragged virtual-novel.net back as though virtual-novel.net were a dead fish.
***
Back in Silverbirch Hospital.
The contestants returned one by one.
Their energy spent, they handed in their herbs and went to get some rest. Arielle was the only one who was still out there.