Chapter 87: Launching the Encirclement
“Yu Ling!”
“Yu Tianqi!”
“The surname ‘Yu’ is quite rare.”
“Could they be related since they share the same surname?”
Fang Xiaocao murmured to herself.
“You know my brother?”
Hearing her mumbling, Yu Ling was stunned and asked timidly.
“Yu Tianqi is your brother?”
Fang Xiaocao was taken aback and asked in return.
Yu Ling nodded weakly.
“Get up!”
Fang Xiaocao said in a deep voice.
With teary eyes, Yu Ling shivered and got up slowly from the ground.
“Do you… know my brother?”
Yu Ling asked cautiously again.
“I don’t.”
Fang Xiaocao responded flatly.
Yu Ling pouted, looking like she was about to cry again.
“Great, I got excited for nothing,” Yu Ling thought to herself, feeling wronged.
“But I’ve heard of him,”
Fang Xiaocao added with a smirk.
Yu Ling: …
“Relax, I’m not a good person.”
Fang Xiaocao grinned mischievously.
Yu Ling: !!!
She took a few steps back in fear, staring at Fang Xiaocao in horror.
“I knew it! She’s not a good person!”
“What kind of good person carries a gun?”
Yu Ling muttered in her heart.
“Ahem… I misspoke!”
“I’m not a bad person!”
Seeing Yu Ling’s terrified expression, Fang Xiaocao awkwardly tried to correct herself.
“I don’t believe you!”
Yu Ling pouted.
“Believe it or not!”
Fang Xiaocao glared at her.
Yu Ling pouted again, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Don’t cry!”
“If you cry again, I’ll hit you!”
Fang Xiaocao threatened fiercely.
Yu Ling sniffled, doing her best to hold back her tears.
“See those three people?”
Fang Xiaocao pointed at Aquarius and the others.
“Y-yes…”
Yu Ling answered timidly.
“They’re with me!”
Fang Xiaocao smirked proudly.
Yu Ling blinked, glancing between Fang Xiaocao and Aquarius’s group.
“We’re not your enemies. We’re here to help you,”
Fang Xiaocao said seriously.
“I…”
“Whether you believe it or not!”
Fang Xiaocao cut her off.
“Oh…”
Yu Ling answered reluctantly.
“Who’s that beautiful woman?”
Fang Xiaocao pointed at the woman fighting Capricorn.
“That’s Sister Helan…”
Yu Ling answered weakly.
“Helan Xiaoyue?”
Fang Xiaocao narrowed her eyes.
“Mm…”
Yu Ling nodded.
“You see, my people are helping her.”
“Could we really be bad guys?”
Fang Xiaocao tried to prove her innocence with facts.
Yu Ling blinked and muttered, “Not necessarily…”
Fang Xiaocao: !!!
“What do you mean ‘not necessarily’?!”
Fang Xiaocao screamed internally.
“Which one is Yu Tianqi?”
Fang Xiaocao asked, changing the topic.
“That one…”
Yu Ling pointed at the man wielding a mountain-splitting blade, fighting two opponents alone.
Following Yu Ling’s direction, Fang Xiaocao saw Yu Tianqi.
Her eyes lit up instantly.
“So handsome!”
Fang Xiaocao marveled inwardly.
Yu Tianqi, having trained in martial arts since childhood, had a tall, well-built physique and a ruggedly handsome face.
A textbook definition of a hunk!
“Who’s your other companion?”
Fang Xiaocao shifted her gaze and continued asking.
“That one…”
Yu Ling pointed at the man wielding an electric baton.
“Brother Wang Xiao, the one with the stun baton.”
Fang Xiaocao followed her gaze and instantly spotted the electric baton guy.
Not because Wang Xiao was particularly striking, but because he looked… incredibly shady.
His unattractive appearance made him unforgettable at a glance.
“So, the rest are enemies, right?”
Fang Xiaocao asked.
“Mm…”
Yu Ling nodded.
Fang Xiaocao glanced at Yu Ling and caught her sneaking peeks at her.
Smirking, Fang Xiaocao suddenly turned her head toward Yu Ling, scaring her.
“Hahaha…”
Having successfully frightened Yu Ling, Fang Xiaocao laughed triumphantly.
Yu Ling puffed up her cheeks, glaring at Fang Xiaocao, then quickly backed away like a startled rabbit.
After a full day and night of being hunted, Yu Ling was no longer the spoiled princess who argued with Yu Tianqi upon entering the mountains.
In fact, this timid, frightened version of her was her true self.
Her previous brattiness was just a facade.
Now, she had no energy left to pretend.
Having gathered the information she needed, Fang Xiaocao stopped teasing Yu Ling and swiftly scanned the battlefield.
Aquarius wasn’t exaggerating—Capricorn was incredibly strong!
Wielding a flexible sword, she used its unpredictable nature to counter the attacks of Aquarius, Qianxia, Wan Xiaozhou, and Helan Xiaoyue.
She maintained perfect balance between offense and defense, even when surrounded by four formidable opponents.
Then Fang Xiaocao shifted her focus to Yu Tianqi and Wang Xiao.
Yu Tianqi, fighting two enemies alone, held his ground.
But Wang Xiao was in serious trouble.
He was being surrounded and overwhelmed, already wounded.
His stun baton, once powerful, was running out of charge.
At first, the baton’s electric bursts allowed him to barely hold his own against three opponents.
But once it lost power…
That might be his end!
If Wang Xiao fell, the entire battlefield would shift in favor of their enemies.
Fang Xiaocao quickly analyzed the situation and realized the severity.
Frowning, she raised her gun, aiming at one of Wang Xiao’s attackers.
However, the battle was too chaotic.
She couldn’t get a clear shot and didn’t dare fire recklessly, fearing she might hit Wang Xiao by mistake.
“What do I do?”
Fang Xiaocao asked herself.
She had to take action.
Otherwise, Wang Xiao would die.
And once he was gone, the others would be in danger.
She considered using hypnosis to turn one enemy against the others.
But in such an intense battle, everyone was hyper-focused on their opponents, leaving her no opportunity to catch anyone’s attention.
Let alone hypnotize them one-on-one!
“Damn it…”
Fang Xiaocao cursed under her breath.
Scanning the battlefield again, she gritted her teeth and shouted:
“Qianxia, Wan Xiaozhou! Forget Capricorn for now—help the others take down the enemies first!”
Despite being surrounded, Capricorn was still holding her own.
Helan Xiaoyue alone could fight her to a standstill, and with Aquarius backing her up, they could hold out for now.
Instead, Fang Xiaocao decided to pull Qianxia and Wan Xiaozhou from the fight and redirect them to assist Yu Tianqi and Wang Xiao.
Once they took down the five other Zodiac members, they could all turn on Capricorn together.
Even if Capricorn had superhuman skills, she wouldn’t escape!
“Got it!”
Qianxia and Wan Xiaozhou responded in unison, swiftly withdrawing from Capricorn’s range.
“Help the creepy stun baton guy!”
Fang Xiaocao pointed at Wang Xiao and shouted.
(End of Chapter 87)
