Reborn As A Cute Loli

Five black-cloaked youths we're surrounding the four. Their malevolent gazes could be felt despite their hidden faces.

They didn't even bother acknowledging Ryan's question before they suddenly attacked.

Two instantly landed their most vicious attacks on Roland while the other three turned to Ryan, Richard, and Rinley.

Rinley made a defensive stance. She really wasn't well-versed in fighting. She hasn't even killed a single person in her previous life. She was caged in her master's protection that she didn't have to fight to death like most cultivators.

Now that she is in a pinch, Rinley can't react fast enough. One of the black-cloaked youths locked into her, launching an all-out punch on her stomach.

Rinley felt slightly dizzy, she coughed a mouthful of blood as her body was blown away by the impact.

Roland and the others noticed this and were distracted from their opponents, instantly putting them at a slight disadvantage.

Rinley got up and picked a high-level lightning attack talisman from her interspatial ring. She hurled it at the black-cloaked youth while backing away quickly.

In truth, she wanted to use this opportunity to 'accidentally' break up from the group and start looking for her master's treasures on her own.

She is not the slightest bit worried about her cousin brothers. Unlike her, whose fighting power is similar to a toothless tiger, her cousin brothers were geniuses forged on the battlefield. They have been following the Yan clan army on missions ever since they started cultivation. Due to this, they have better fighting prowess than other cultivators at the same cultivation level.

But how could the black-cloaked youth fighting her let her escape? He hurriedly followed after her, leaving the rest of the group behind.

Rinley heard a tiger's roar and saw a massive blue tiger made of qi speeding towards her.

She immediately activated <Qi Guard>. Simply put, this is a basic-level technique used to shape qi to a shield. Rinley is out of time and this is the only defense she can put up in seconds before her opponent's attack reach her. She is betting on her high cultivation to block it.

Rinley can't help but close her behind the shield, her heart filled with dread. （-__- |||）!!!

She didn't see how the attack mysteriously vanished along with the black-cloaked youth just as it was an inch before her shield.

A few seconds later, Rinley opened her eyes. She tilted her head confused at what happened then breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't know why the enemy suddenly stopped attacking but that isn't important. Right now, she is a distance away from Ryan's group and free to search for her master's treasures! What helpful friends! She will thank those black-cloaked youths next time she saw them. (*^__^*)

She hurried along before Ryan's group can catch up to her. In her musings, she didn't notice that there are two shadows tailing her discreetly from behind.

***

Meanwhile, in the temporary camp outside the trial grounds where Leo and Yan clan elders were staying, the temperature suddenly turned a few degrees lower upon the arrival of a couple of cold-faced middle aged men.

Leo and the elders' knees buckled at the powerful aura. In their hearts, they were crying? Why did both the Clan Head and Grand Elder came here?

***MINI THEATER***

Rinley: Wrong script! Wrong script! Where's the traditional pre-fight trash talk? I prepared my heroic response for that!! I really wanted to say: "You're courting death!"

You five black-cloaked youths! This is the golden rule of wuxia/xianxia novels-- trash talk first before attack! That is specially so for no-name cannon fodders like you!

Five Cannon Fodders: ...

Author: ...*cough* uhm, Rinley. This is not a wuxia or xianxia novel...

Rinley: What? Did our novel genre change?

Author: ...with you as the protagonist, this novel has turned into a comedy. |ω・）

Rinley: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻