Reincarnated As a Fox With System

Chapter 946 Playing Hide and Seek!

Under the Second Prince's command, half of his personal guards quickly spread out and surrounded Tang Li Xue like a net.

'Damn, they are moving much faster than I have expected. But so what?! Hehehe, it is not like you can track me down just because you can surround me~!' Tang Li Xue thought and sneered playfully.

The Second Prince might have many personal guards, but the only one who could track Tang Li Xue was the Second Prince, or to be more exact, it was the Second Prince's Earthly Desire Spirit who could track down Tang Li Xue's Phoenix of Pride!

With her perfect level of the [Art of Concealment] and [Thousand Myriad Faces], it was useless no matter how many guards the Second Prince deployed to capture Tang Li Xue since they probably could not even perceive or recognize her.

Just like what Tang Li Xue had anticipated, even though dozens of the Second Prince's personal guards were spread out and surrounded her like a net, but she ran past them easily without them noticing her at all.

The reason was, of course, because Tang Li Xue had already reactivated her perfect level of the [Art of Concealment].

'Hehehe, do you want to catch me, Little Prince?! Then you have to catch me by yourself~!' Tang Li Xue smugly giggled.

"Useless trash!" Contrary to Tang Li Xue's bright mood, the Second Prince was gloomy and irritated since his personal guards could not even catch a weak fox girl like Tang Li Xue.

The Second Prince did not give up and ordered many of his personal guards to encircle Tang Li Xue again and again while he kept chasing after her from afar.

Unfortunately, his effort was completely futile.

No matter how many guards he sent to catch Tang Li Xue, Tang Li Xue seemed to be able to run past them as if all of his guards could not see or sense Tang Li Xue at all.

It did not take long for the Second Prince to notice Tang Li Xue's strangeness.

"What a cunning vixen! No wonder she can sneak into the Imperial Palace without getting caught by the patrol guards. But no matter how good you are at hiding, you will never be able to hide from me!" The Second Prince sneered coldly as he suddenly increased his speed to catch up with Tang Li Xue.

The Phoenix of Pride inside Tang Li Xue's body quickly warned Tang Li Xue that the Second Prince was rapidly caught up from behind.

Tang Li Xue hastily activated her [Shadow Striders]'s equipment skill, [Shadow Flash], to instantly teleport toward the shadow that was 100 meters away from her.

Then Tang Li Xue summoned Lucia out from her System's pet space and jumped onto her back.

Lucia unleashed her [Slow Motion] and flashed further away with her full speed.

(Slow Motion: The user will feel the flow of time around him/her slow down tenfold. Buff duration: 5 minutes, Cooldown: 1 hour.)

With [Slow Motion]'s buff plus [Flash Speed] that increased overall speed by ten times, Lucia's speed was unmatched by anyone below Nascent Soul Stage.

Even the Great Perfection of Nascent Soul Stage masters had to use spells, talismans, or spirit treasures to increase their speed if they wanted to catch up with Lucia's speed.

It only took a few breaths for Tang Li Xue and Lucia to get out of the detection range of Second Prince's Earthly Desire Spirit.

"Damn b*tch!" The Second Prince gnashed his teeth in anger after his Earthly Desire Spirit could no longer sense Tang Li Xue's Phoenix of Pride.

Of course, the Second Prince still refused to give up just like that, so he decided to head toward the Third Prince's courtyard with his personal guards while hoping that he could catch Tang Li Xue before she could meet with the Third Prince.

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Tang Li Xue and Lucia, who hid behind the bushes beside the road, secretly sighed in relief after they could no longer sense the Second Prince.

"Okay, that was a close one. Fortunately, everything went smoothly according to plan. This is all thanks to you, Lucia. if not for you, I would have been in danger right now." Tang Li Xue praised Lucia while caressing Lucia's feathered head gently.

"Kweeakk~!" Lucia happily snuggled closer to Tang Li Xue which made Tang Li Xue feel ticklish and giggled.

After playing around with Lucia for a while, Tang Li Xue put Lucia back into her System's pet space.

It could not be helped since she was currently in the Imperial Palace which could also be said that she was in her enemy's territory.

Tang Li Xue could move around freely thanks to her perfect level of the [Art of Concealment] and [Thousand Myriad Faces], but Xi'er, Lucia, Little Loki, and Yaya could not do it.

Xi'er, Little Loki, and Yaya might also have the skill to turn themselves invisible, but unfortunately, it was useless against Nascent Soul Stage masters or above, while there were Nascent Soul Stage masters or above guarding everywhere in this Imperial Palace.

If Tang Li Xue let Xi'er, Lucia, Little Loki, and Yaya out and wander with her, it would only make them easy targets to get caught instead.

Tang Li Xue smiled brightly while putting her finger on her chin and muttering: "That arrogant prince should think that I am still heading to the Third Prince's courtyard to meet with the Third Prince, so he would definitely wait near the Third Prince's courtyard to catch me. Hehehe, everything is going well so far~!"

The Third Prince's courtyard was near the east wall.

Even though Tang Li Xue could let Little Loki make a hole in the east wall using her [Heaven's Devour], but there would be a moat after the wall, and there would be several layers of protection and killing formations after that.

Not to mention, they would also alarm the entire Imperial Palace, and then they would get chased by so many masters from the Imperial Palace if they did that, so Tang Li Xue's objective was to get out from the East Meridian Gate instead.

Of course, she had to lure the Second Prince and let him chase after her first before she got out from the East Meridian Gate.

Tang Li Xue tidied up her guard's uniform and armor before she jumped out from behind the bush and headed to the Third Prince's courtyard on the east.

Different from before, Tang Li Xue was already quite familiar with the location of the Third Prince's courtyard.

Tang Li Xue did not carelessly approach the Third Prince's courtyard yet, but she looked around first to find the best route toward the East Meridian Gate.

After that, she activated her perfect level of the [Art of Concealment] again before she approached the Third Prince's courtyard.

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What Tang Li Xue and the Second Prince did not expect was that the Third Prince's personal guards noticed the unusual movement of the Second Prince and his guards, then reported it to the Third Prince.

The Third Prince frowned deeply after he heard the report from his guards and muttered gloomily: "What does my second brother want to do? Did he want to launch a sneak attack on my place late at night?"

"His Highness Third Prince, what should we do now?" The guard asked in a solemn tone.

"Gather all the guards. We will confront him right now! I do not believe he really dares to attack me inside the Imperial Palace." The Third Prince gave his order to his guard.

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Meanwhile, the Second Prince could finally sense Tang Li Xue trying to approach the Third Prince's courtyard right at this moment!

"Heh, you are finally here! I want to see where you will run right now?!" The Second Prince sneered coldly as he rushed alone toward Tang Li Xue while all of his guards were tightly blocking the way to the Third Prince's courtyard.

The Second Prince was so confident that even a fly would not be able to get past his guards' blockade.

When Tang Li Xue's Phoenix of Pride sensed that the Second Prince was rushing at them, Tang Li Xue immediately ran toward the East Meridian Gate without any hesitation.

"Come here and get me, little fish~! I know you want to 'eat' me so badly, right?" Tang Li Xue smiled playfully as she dashed away with her full speed.

But her current strength was only at the high-rank Acupuncture Opening Stage while the Second Prince's cultivation was at least at the Core Formation Stage.

It was clear at a glance that the Second Prince's speed should be much faster than Tang Li Xue's speed.

Despite Tang Li Xue sprinting at her full speed, the distance between them kept narrowing as time passed.

At this rate, the Second Prince would definitely be able to catch up with Tang Li Xue before she could even reach the East Meridian Gate!

It did not take long for the Second Prince to be able to see Tang Li Xue's back.

'No wonder my guards were not able to find and catch you before. So, you are disguising yourself as a patrol guard! But it does not matter anymore because I will surely catch you really soon. At that time, I will make you cry and beg me to spare you.' The Second Prince sneered cruelly.

'Not yet... Let him come closer...' Tang Li Xue secretly counted the distance between her and the Second Prince.

Then the Second Prince suddenly took out a spirit treasure from his spatial ring and threw it toward Tang Li Xue from behind!

His spirit treasure was actually a golden purple rope!

"Go, [Dragon Binding Rope], catch her for me!" The Second Prince muttered as he made several hand seals to control the golden purple rope!