Li Ming jumped away from the rock to protect herself. She looked at the three people who were standing a few meters away from her.
Li Ming recognized them instantly. They were the disciples of Guixian Land. She should have known that it would not be too easy to get them out of her way. After all the Guixian Land would not send normal disciples for such an important matter.
A smirk appeared on her lips as she said, "Tsk tsk. Looks like I underestimated you guys. Who would have known that you will turn out to be a disciple of the Array Sect of Guixian Land? But it's alright. I don't mind chatting with you for a little while."
There were only eight minutes left for the Magical Maple Tree to appear. All she needed to do was to keep the three disciples busy. She had already lost a huge amount of her powers when she performed seven illusion arrays at the same time. The small amount of power that's left was for an emergency, she couldn't waste it on these three disciples.
Moreover, she had no idea what was waiting for her at the other end of the portal.
"So, it was you who attacked us! You little girl! Are you too eager to die? How dare you attack the disciples of Guixian Land? Don't you know who we are?" One of the three men said with his voice overflowing with venom and anger.
A laugh broke out from Li Ming's lips. "You are too funny. Are you wearing a badge or an ID that will help me to recognize you as the disciple of Guixian Land? How childish!"
Her words made the three men lose their minds. Though they didn't understand what she meant by that badge thing but the mockery in her voice was enough to make them understand that the girl was laughing at them.
Being the disciples of Guixian Land, all their lives they had only experienced respect. Whenever they appeared on the mainland, people looked at them in awe and admiration. It was the first time when they were being mocked and moreover it was a little girl.
"Haha...! You are such a naive girl. Rather than playing with dolls, you are here, in the middle of the night interfering in something you don't even understand. Being the disciples of Guixian Land, we'll not make it hard on you but you also need to be taught a good lesson so that in future you will not meddle in the businesses which are out of your league!" The man who appeared to be the senior out of the three said in an arrogant tone.
Though he said that he would only teach her a lesson and then let her go but Li Ming was not a child. How could they let her go easily after losing their faces?
Li Ming smirked as she said, "I'm deeply unsatisfied with your performance. After hearing such high praises of Guixian Land and looking at its high position, I've thought that its disciples would be better in not only cultivation but also in manners and etiquette. But today you disappointed me in both these categories!" Li Ming sighed deeply and shook her head slowly.
"You dared to look down on our Guixian Land? Today I'll surely teach you a proper lesson!" The senior disciple said in rage and his other two companions also nodded their heads in agreement.
The senior disciple took out his sword and launched into the air. He sliced his sword in the air and hit the final stroke. A large fireball came rushing towards Li Ming, who in return bent down backward to let the fireball pass. The fireball hit a tree and disappeared.
The three men started launching one after another attack at her and Li Ming kept dodging them one after another.
Li Ming was actually thankful to Ruoshan for the first time. If it was not for his constant nagging for her to practice the sword art, she would probably have lost her life at this moment.
In addition to Ruoshan's sword practice, her own training back in her world came handy. Being the leader of the Mage Clan, she was trained day and night, not only in magic but also in combat. The harsh physical training was now saving her life.
The attacking and dozing kept going on, destroying several rocks and trees in its path.
The three disciples were getting frustrated since not a single attack was successful.
The attack suddenly stopped and the three men stood together, gathering spiritual power in their hands.
"F**k!"
It took Li Ming barely a second to realize that the three were creating an array to trap her.
Li Ming was about to launch an attack at her enemy when suddenly a bright light appeared a few meters away from where they were battling.
Li Ming took advantage of the distraction and took out a vial full of green liquid. She threw the vial towards the three men. One of them realized that she was up to something but by that time the vial had already broken at their feet.
Suddenly dozens of vines started growing from the ground and started clutching their feet. Though the three tried to cut the vines with their swords or destroy them with power balls but the vines kept growing and clutching them tighter.
Li Ming smirked as she looked at the futile attempts of the three men.
"Li! Stop wasting your time!" Snowy shouted through their bond as he tried to get her attention back on the task at hand.
Li Ming looked at the Magical Maple Tree which was glowing in bright yellow light.
She ran towards it and stopped in front of what appeared to be the portal. After taking a deep breath and a last glance at the three struggling men, which by this time were completely in the tight hold of the vines, she entered into the portal.
Just the moment Li Ming disappeared in the portal, one of the men launched a sparkling red light into the sky.