Quick Transmigration: Still Life Fairy

Chapter 140 Trials and Tribulations - I Am the Protagonist

"A barrier?"

A bright golden light shone forth. When the light faded, Yu Liu and Blind Wang were enveloped in a golden barrier. The barrier was rectangular and completely covered the space, even the ground beneath their feet.

"Hey? Why did you go outside?" You were just standing in the middle a moment ago.

Yu Liu looked at Jun Ran, who had suddenly teleported outside the barrier, with some surprise, and was even more confused about the situation.

"I don't know how it happened, I just suddenly appeared." Junran tried to raise his hand in front of him: "Moreover, it seems like I've regained control of my body."

"So what's going on now?"

Yu Liu looked up at the barrier that enveloped this space. "What are you trying to do with this thing you created?"

A black line appeared on Junran's face as he looked at Yuliu with a hint of helplessness: "What do you mean I created this? I didn't do it willingly, okay? That was all that was poured out—my hard-earned... uh, my inner strength! Have you ever seen anyone so generously give away their inner strength?!"

Considering the other two people in the room, Junran changed the divine power he spoke of to internal strength.

"But I think... I know what's going on?"

"If you know, why don't you just say it!"

For some reason, looking at this shrouded space, Yu Liu felt a strange sense of unease.

"Is there even a need to explain? It's obvious! This is clearly a barrier, and judging from the situation, it doesn't seem to be protecting anyone, so it can only be restricting you. And you were just—fighting! I was wondering why that Yue Sheng insisted I come along; it turns out he wanted me to do this." Jun Ran looked at Yu Liu inside the barrier with schadenfreude, raising an eyebrow: "Judging from this situation, all your previous preparations might not be useful. Good luck!"

Yu Liu: "...No way! QAQ! How are we supposed to fight like this?!"

However, the barrier demonstrated to Yu Liu through its actions that it was indeed a serious matter!

"That golden thing... is it moving?" Ju An, who had been observing from the side, suddenly asked uncertainly.

"Huh? It's moving?"

Yu Liu turned around in a daze, then exploded: "Holy crap, wasn't it just far away from me?! How did it suddenly appear behind me?! Holy crap!!"

The golden barrier behind Yu Liu, which was originally more than a meter away from her, moved behind her in just a few words, and was now only a dozen centimeters away from her back.

"This means... every fight you fight has a time limit. If the barrier shrinks to the point where the people inside can no longer move, and you still don't win, I think there will be bad consequences..."

Junran had already seen through the essence of the barrier.

"There's a time limit?! Oh my god, what's going on here?" Yu Liu was about to collapse. As a fairy who had only been cultivating for a short time and had no real combat experience, being suddenly sent to fight was already confusing enough. Now, with so many restrictions added, who could possibly win?! So, what exactly is the purpose of sending her here to fight?

I have this strange feeling that I've been tricked!

"Stop talking, let's start fighting!"

“Alright!” Yu Liu straightened her expression and looked directly at Blind Wang: “In that case, let’s begin!”

"Inside here?" Yu Liu was all ready, but Wang Xiazi encountered another problem. The appearance of the golden barrier clearly made him uneasy: "Won't there be any danger?"

“This was set up by my elders to control him,” Yu Liu gestured to Jun Ran standing outside, “The purpose is to restrict me, it has no effect on you, so don’t hesitate, take this!”

As Yu Liu was speaking, she suddenly raised her hand and threw out a semi-circular object. Just as Blind Wang became nervous, the object flew less than three meters away, drew a low arc, and landed on the ground with a "thud".

"Uh... my premonition came true, I knew it wouldn't work!" Yu Liu was truly devastated. Knowing that the barrier was meant to target her, and that Jun Ran had infused it with so much divine power, Yu Liu had a hunch that everything she brought from the God Realm would be unusable within this barrier.

"Young lady, you still need to practice your skills in using hidden weapons more."

A slight smirk appeared on Wang the Blind Man's lips. Without further hesitation, he shifted his stance and swiftly approached Yu Liu. In less than a second, the small dagger on Wang the Blind Man's folding fan was right before her eyes, its cold light gleaming menacingly.

"...How can we even compete like this!"

Yu Liu was completely caught off guard. Seeing the cold glint of the dagger, she instinctively reached out to grab it, not knowing why.

When Blind Wang noticed her movements, he was startled. He thought that since this young girl was able to go out and train at such a young age, she must at least have some skills to rely on. But catching a weapon with bare hands was something that no one in the martial arts world would dare to do!

"Ding--"

The sound of metal clashing rang out. Yu Liu's hand steadily grasped the dagger that was thrust at her, making a strange sound. Her hands were completely unharmed. However, the force of Wang Xiazi's charge was all in the dagger. Yu Liu was small and didn't have much strength. She couldn't withstand the sudden impact and was forced to take a step back, her back hitting the nearby barrier.

"I...I accepted it!!"

Wang the Blind was shocked and momentarily lost his composure.

Yu Liu had no time to think about why she was unharmed. She subconsciously followed her instincts, as if it were a special kind of instinct. Her left hand came together and gripped the dagger tightly, while her right hand was removed from the dagger and stabbed straight at Blind Wang with her fingers together, without any skill. But Blind Wang was in a daze and did not dodge at all. Her two seemingly fragile fingers pierced straight into Blind Wang's abdomen.

"puff--"

Blood gushed out, and at the same time, Yu Liu twisted her left wrist, and with a "bang," the exquisitely crafted dagger that had accompanied Blind Wang through the martial world for many years, sharp and ingenious, was broken in two by Yu Liu!

"Uh-"

Wang the Blind Man subconsciously loosened his grip on the folding fan, a hint of fear in his eyes as he looked at Yu Liu.

"How...how is this possible?!"

The barrier enveloping Yu Liu and Blind Wang slowly dissipated, eventually coalescing back into a vortex as tall as a person, transforming into a beam of light and returning to Jun Ran's body.

"Did I... win?"

Yu Liu's eyes were blank. When she felt the warmth from his fingers, she realized that two of her fingers were still stuck inside Wang Xiazi's lower abdomen. She hurriedly pulled them out in a panic.

"what--"

Blind Wang cried out in pain.

"Are you...are you alright?" The joy of winning the fight was replaced by panic, and Yu Liu stammered.

"Uh, no...it's nothing, just a minor injury. The girl's strength is greater than I imagined."

"It's okay."

Fortunately, Yu Liu was small, and her two fingers weren't very big either. Wang the Blind wasn't seriously injured; he was just caught off guard and couldn't react in time.

This competition gave Blind Wang a better understanding of the situation.

"It's also good luck, young lady. In recent days, most of the martial arts practitioners will be coming to Jun'an Town one after another to discuss the Demon Extermination Conference. So you just need to wait here quietly, and the people who need this training will come to you automatically."

Upon hearing Blind Wang's words, several black lines appeared on Yu Liu and Jun Ran's faces. So, there really was a demon-slaying gathering...