How could Jiepeng catch up so quickly?1

This time, she had gone to great lengths to conceal herself. It was impossible for anyone to know where she was. Hua Wuying quickly considered her options, searching for a way to deal with the situation. 0

The knocking on the door rapidly turned into loud banging, accompanied by a few angry curses in Jiepeng’s language. 0

Hua Wuying made a quick decision. Her snow-white left hand lightly brushed the bowstring. Her jade-like palm was cut open, and fresh blood gushed from the wound. 0

She pressed her hand against the dust-covered ground. The crimson blood spread across the floor at an unnatural speed, quickly covering the entire surface of the basement storeroom and even climbing up the walls. 0

She activated an illusion spell using blood as the medium. A second later, the blood vanished entirely and the storeroom appeared unchanged, as if nothing had happened. 0

Boom! 0

The door to the...0