Besides, ever since Mentor Zhou had eaten that sumptuous breakfast, Qiao Mu found Mentor Zhou’s gaze a bit hair-raising whenever it was mealtime.

It was nearly November now, so the temperature would turn chilly at night.

Qiao Mu, Qi Xuanxuan, and the others entered the forest and split up to gather branches.

After bending over to pick over two, Qiao Mu halted and cast a look behind her. She spat coldly, “Since you’ve come, why hide like turtles? Come out.”

Soon enough, a shuffling sound came from behind the bushes.

Afterwards, two men who looked rather normal came out, shooting heartless gazes at Qiao Mu.

One of them snorted and gave a thumbs up. “The little lady is rather perceptive. However, just relying on your spiritual conscious’ perception isn’t enough!”

As that person spoke, he dashed toward Qiao Mu at high speed with a dagger in his hand. He then slashed it horizontally at Qiao Mu’s neck.

This was a savage attack that was aiming to reap her life.

Qiao Mu naturally did not know who was so vicious as to chase her to this place to take her life.

But she was clear on one point.

She was not going to let a single one of these people off.

Since the other party had come to take her life, what did she still need to hold back for?

Qiao Mu narrowed her eyes, and around a dozen talismans rose up before landing on her body.

After giving herself a buff with the mystic-guiding talisman matrix, Qiao Mu promptly dashed toward one of the men without any hesitation, returning the favor with a dagger at his throat.

You’ve got to be kidding. The other party was already aiming for her throat with a dagger. How could she still be wishy-washy and hold back?

That person was clearly taken aback. It was like he had not yet processed the fact that Qiao Mu would counterattack so quickly.

Even after getting stunned, he nimbly retreated backwards. However, a leopard’s claw had torn through his shoulder.

Yet that person’s expression did not even change. He merely pulled out something from his pocket and threw it at Qiao Mu without any hesitation.

If it made its mark, Qiao Mu would at least be seriously injured if she didn’t die.

Qiao Mu stayed collected as she looked coldly at the other party. Afterwards, she turned around and bolted backwards.

It was evident that the other party had thrown a spiritual energy sphere. Furthermore, it was a level-13 or level-14 spiritual energy sphere, so it would naturally cause a tremendous explosion.

Qiao Mu flung out a series of defensive talismans to protect herself. She also immediately activated the eggshell shield.

Even though she had evaded it immediately, the spiritual energy sphere’s explosion still affected her somewhat.

However, she had reinforced her defense with several barriers, so she wasn’t affected too much.

These two men looked extremely brutal, and they fought without caring for their lives.

After one person threw a spiritual energy sphere at her, the other immediately followed up.

He drew a sword and produced a substantial water spirit with a flourish of his blade. He gathered seven to eight water spirit spheres around the size of a person’s palm and shot them toward Qiao Mu.

However, those water spheres truly were not worth a mention in Qiao Mu’s eyes. As long as she leaked a hint of her sacred water’s pressure, it would naturally override those water sphere’s influence.

Qiao Mu’s gaze turned sharp, and the five slender water streams in her hand shot out between her fingers like snakelets.

They crashed into the enemy’s seven to eight small water spheres. After several booms and bangs, the water spiritual energy that Qiao Mu controlled swallowed up those water spheres.