Chapter 429: Chapter 425 Xiaocao Wants to Fight Chapter 429: Chapter 425 Xiaocao Wants to Fight After a brief Morse code communication, it was confirmed that Tom would be fine as long as they could rescue him in time, both Fang Xiaocao and Taotie breathed a sigh of relief.

“Now we can relax a bit, let’s rest for a while and wait for Xinyan to send someone.”

Fang Xiaocao ungracefully collapsed onto the ground. The fear she had felt just moments ago had caused her to break out into a cold sweat. Now, as her nerves suddenly relaxed, she felt the exhaustion from both her body and mind.

Taotie wasn’t doing much better.

Already suffering from internal injuries, the extreme emotions had caused him to cough up blood repeatedly before he finally lay down on top of the vault, gasping heavily and struggling to stabilize his mood.

Time moved from night towards dawn.

As the first hint of dawn appeared, the distant sound of a helicopter’s rotating blades could be heard.

Fang Xiaocao immediately became alert.

She quickly got up and drew her hidden weapon, intently watching the direction the sound was coming from.

Struggling, Taotie also managed to sit up.

“Princess Your Highness, it’s a helicopter.”

“Could it be sent by Xinyan?” Taotie said in a deep voice.

Fang Xiaocao shook her head, “I don’t know.”

Fang Xiaocao pondered for a moment, feeling a nagging unease in her heart.

“It might also be someone from the pawnshop.”

After a brief silence, Fang Xiaocao suddenly spoke up.

Taotie nodded, “That’s possible.”

“Princess Your Highness, you hide first. I’ll stay and check. If it’s an enemy, I’ll slaughter them till the rivers run red with their blood.”

Saying this, Taotie unsteadily got to his feet; however, his usually solid stature now seemed on the verge of collapsing, his steps unsteady, staggering almost to the point of falling.

Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao felt a pang of pain for him. She quickly took a few steps to support Taotie: “You’re so heavily injured, stop trying to act tough. Your princess isn’t just a fragile vase; for dealing with some small fries, there’s no need for you to fight to the death while sick.”

“Let’s go over there and hide for now.”

“If it’s an enemy, then we’ll figure out what to do.”

Fang Xiaocao grabbed Taotie and they hid behind some ruined walls, using a not yet completely collapsed stone slab overhead to evade the helicopter peeking from above.

Soon, the helicopter landed.

The propellers stirred up a fierce wind, whipping up a cloud of dust. Fang Xiaocao and Taotie held their breaths, staring intently at the slowly descending helicopter.

Fang Xiaocao clutched the hidden weapon in her hand, readying herself for a desperate fight.

Taotie was severely injured from trying to save her.

He used to stand as sturdy as a tower, but now he could barely stand upright. Fang Xiaocao didn’t even want to think about how much pain Taotie was in, or how severe his injuries were.

She suspected that if Taotie wasn’t so worried about leaving her alone, he would have passed out long ago, relying solely on his strong willpower.

As the dust settled, the helicopter’s doors opened, and a group of people disembarked.

Seeing their attire, Fang Xiaocao’s heart sank, boding ill.

There were six people that came down from the helicopter, all dressed in pawnshop uniforms.

Among them, one store manager with a black background and gold trims, two shopkeepers with black backgrounds and silver trims, and three ordinary guards–this formation made Fang Xiaocao feel the pressure mounting, and she inwardly groaned.

Taotie saw them too.

In a low voice, he said, “Princess Your Highness, you should run. I’ll hold them off.”

“If you see Xinyan and Nannan, tell them… I love them…”

Determination shone in Taotie’s eyes, resolute and unwavering.

Fang Xiaocao smiled slightly and reached out to press her hand on Taotie’s forehead, “Taotie, be good, sleep, just for a little while.”

Before her words had fully dropped, a flash of red light streaked between Fang Xiaocao’s hand and Taotie’s forehead, and Taotie’s eyes widened instantly before he collapsed onto the ruins.

Fang Xiaocao withdrew her hand and looked at the Blood Jade Ring in her palm, her lips curling into a cold smirk, “I’m certainly not just a vase.”

Blood Jade Ring!

The Blood Jade Ring and Phoenix Gall that the Black-robed Person was looking for were right in Fang Xiaocao’s hands.

It was all just a Blinding Trick that Fang Xiaocao and Tom had performed for the Black-robed Person.

In the hall, when Tom pretended to knock Fang Xiaocao unconscious, she had already slipped the Blood Jade Ring, which she held, into Tom’s hands; Tom then hid both the Blood Jade Ring and the Phoenix Gall in his hand.

By the time Tom carried Fang Xiaocao to the Black-robed Person, the Blood Jade Ring and the Phoenix Gall had already been transferred to Taotie.

While the Black-robed Person had Tom search Fang Xiaocao, naturally, she no longer had the Blood Jade Ring or the Phoenix Gall on her.

Once the Black-robed Person was convinced that Fang Xiaocao didn’t have the items, Tom took advantage of retying Fang Xiaocao’s bonds, while back turned to the Black-robed Person and within his blind spot, to quietly take the Blood Jade Ring and Phoenix Gall from Taotie and slip them into Fang Xiaocao’s hands.

Fang Xiaocao then, with her hands tied behind her back, hid the Blood Jade Ring and the Phoenix Gall in her tactical belt.

With such maneuvers, Taotie, too, would naturally not have them, even when the Black-robed Person had Tom stripped to search him, but still found nothing.

Little did he know, the Blood Jade Ring and Phoenix Gall he so desperately sought had been right under his nose, passed around several times, and had made their way back into Fang Xiaocao’s hands, ready to betray him.

Had it not been for Taotie inadvertently kicking the Black-robed Person into a pile of bombs, at this point, the Black-robed Person would very likely have been under Fang Xiaocao’s control.

Recalling the flawless coordination between herself and Tom, Fang Xiaocao smirked.

After a moment, Fang Xiaocao collected her thoughts.

She turned her gaze toward the people from the Pawnshop entering the ruins, her eyes gleaming coldly.

“Are you ready to die?”

“Let me send you to Hell.”

Fang Xiaocao murmured.

Saying so, Fang Xiaocao took out the Phoenix Gall, tore a strip of cloth from her clothes, and tied the Phoenix Gall on her forehead.

This position, under the Phoenix Gall, lay the human’s most mysterious pineal gland.

It could sense danger, feeling dizzy when sharp objects targeted it,
a sign of danger perception.

There were many legends about the pineal gland.

The most common belief was that it was the human’s degenerated third eye.

Whether the pineal gland was the third eye or not, Fang Xiaocao did not know, but she did know that it stored her spiritual power, heating faintly every time she performed hypnotism.

After securing the Phoenix Gall, Fang Xiaocao walked out from behind the ruins, one hand holding the Blood Jade Ring, the other gripping a Hidden Weapon.

As soon as Fang Xiaocao appeared, she immediately caught the Pawnshop people’s attention, all eyes riveted on her.

“Is it you?”

Seeing Fang Xiaocao, the Store Manager sneered coldly.

“Yes, it’s me.”

Fang Xiaocao looked emotionlessly at the Store Manager.

“Seize her!”

the Store Manager said coldly.

Before the Store Manager had finished speaking, three guards immediately sprang into action, charging toward Fang Xiaocao.

Facing the assault of the three guards, Fang Xiaocao remained unflustered, not even deeming them worthy of a direct glance, her gaze fixed solely on the Store Manager.

When the three guards were less than three meters away, Fang Xiaocao flicked her wrist, and the Hidden Weapon she had been priming, shot out in an instant…