USWHC -Chapter 376 Qishan Stone Plum Nunnery (Part 6)

With a thunderous rumble, the ground shook—what was that sound? Uncle Ge turned his head and nearly went dumbfounded. Seriously? That unlucky?

Logs came crashing down like waves! If one of those hit, wouldn’t he be flattened into mince on the spot?

Just then, through the swaying shadows of the trees, he spotted someone waving at him. Th-that looked like the utterly unreliable Zhu Jie!

Huh? She didn’t seem to be waving after all. Her hand moved bit by bit, as if pointing at something!

But the logs were getting closer and closer, about to slam into him any second. Even the black-clad men had all retreated. Only Uncle Ge was left—unable to advance, unable to retreat. Were they trying to drag him down with them?

At that critical moment, another roar rang out. Before the person could even be seen, a massive tree trunk came charging forward, sweeping everything in its path like an unstoppable force!

Almost at the same time, Uncle Ge suddenly vanished with a flick of his body. Where did he go? The black-clad men looked around in unison.

A figure leapt down like a monkey from a nearby tree, landing right on top of the trunk. With a midair flip, he somersaulted twice along the branches and landed behind the trunk.

Then, with another loud shout from behind it, the long trunk shot forward like a javelin, hurled straight into the black-clad men. Wh-what kind of super strength was this?!

The black-clad men hurriedly dodged the incoming trunk, but when they looked up again, the others had already disappeared. All that remained was a chaotic pile of logs blocking the road.

“Chase them! Hurry and chase!” came the order.

But everyone froze—how were they supposed to chase through this?

“Y-you came back?” Uncle Ge said in surprise as he ran.

Yes, Zhu Jie had returned. And not just her—Ji Yi had come back too. In fact, Zhu Jie hadn’t really run off earlier; she had gone to find something to fight back with!

“You think I’m that disloyal? I’m just smarter—I use my brain! So? We shook them off, right?” Zhu Jie said proudly.

She couldn’t help shaking her head. “You have no idea, I kept signaling you to climb the tree, but you just stood there clueless! I was so anxious—I was afraid you’d actually get smashed!”

Hearing this, Uncle Ge rolled his eyes. “From that far away, it’s already impressive I could see you at all. How about being a bit clearer?”

Indeed, in that final moment, he had jumped onto the tree—but that was pure instinct, not because he understood Zhu Jie’s plan at all.

“If I made it clearer, those bad guys would’ve understood too. Then what would be left for you?” Zhu Jie immediately retorted.

At that moment, Ji Yi, panting heavily, said, “We should keep running. Brainy one, they’ll catch up soon!”

“No way, right? I already blocked the road. Don’t tell me they’re all super strong too?” Zhu Jie said in shock.

Ji Yi sighed. “This is a forest. They don’t need to move it—they can just go around.”

Ah! Zhu Jie froze, then immediately sped up. Right—she had blocked the main path, but they could just cut through the forest!

Sure enough, not long after, movement could already be heard behind them. The pursuers were still far, but clearly catching up.

What now? Zhu Jie started to panic.

Just then, Ji Yi shouted, “Up the mountain!”

At a time when going downhill would already be too late, Zhu Jie did the opposite and ran uphill. The Qishan range stretched endlessly, and she simply ran upward without any clear direction.

Was she being foolish? Not exactly. She was gambling—betting that those people wouldn’t expect her to head uphill. Even if they did, not all of them would follow. At least it might reduce the number of pursuers.

The mountain grew more desolate the higher they climbed. Zhu Jie’s steps became heavier and heavier, each one feeling like a needle piercing her. Her vision swam, her head spun, and then a low cry rang out.

“This is bad—her poison is flaring up even worse!” Uncle Ge leaned in, his face filled with concern.