The Pervert’s Embrace

Tou, clutching a massive pillar, lunged at Ji Jie, whose Platinum Star seemed delicate by comparison.

Yet, in a true confrontation, appearances often deceived.

Ji Jie, far more nimble, met the oncoming Heaven-Reaching Pillar with a graceful leap, soaring over two meters high.

Mid-air, she executed a flawless three-hundred-and-sixty-degree spin, landing precisely atop Tou’s colossal pillar.

The Platinum Star at her fingertips aimed directly at Tou’s brow, a stark contrast to his surprisingly sluggish charge.

His movements had been hesitant, his footwork erratic—a multitude of openings visible at a mere glance.

A skeptical glance flickered from Ji Jie towards Yue Ye Si, who stood nearby.

‘Are disciples trained by Heaven-Human realm masters truly this… underwhelming?’ she mused inwardly.

Tou, however, harbored no such self-doubt. In fact, he was positively thrilled to find Ji Jie perched upon his Heaven-Reaching Pillar.

Noticing Ji Jie’s fleeting glance at Yue Ye Si, Tou seized upon her moment of distraction, resolving to unleash the pillar’s full power and decisively defeat this arrogant opponent.

Previously, the Heaven-Reaching Pillar had been summoned as a slender rod, but now it had expanded to the girth of a washbasin, though it could, of course, revert to its delicate form.

Indeed, Tou’s remarkable pillar boasted an array of transformations: it could be thick or thin, long or short, pliant or rigid, singular or multitudinous!

Ji Jie could have engaged Tou in any manner, but her gravest error was touching his Imperial Armament, let alone standing on it like a veritable fool.

Suddenly, Tou’s Heaven-Reaching Pillar wilted, bending sharply downwards.

Ji Jie, caught off guard, lost her footing, her feet slipping as she teetered on the verge of a fall.

“Watch me bind you, you oaf!”

Tou’s triumphant smirk widened as the Heaven-Reaching Pillar in his hand splintered into several smaller columns, each as thick as a rope, coiling around Ji Jie like a swarm of serpentine tendrils.

“So it can change forms! How intriguing.”

Yet, Ji Jie, on the cusp of entanglement, betrayed not a flicker of alarm.

As she tilted back, about to fall, her body executed a slow, deliberate three-hundred-and-sixty-degree, then one-hundred-and-eighty-degree, rotation.

With a sweep of her Platinum Star, she not only severed every encroaching tendril but also flipped, driving her sword into the bluestone bricks.

The blade ‘clanged’ as it flexed under the immense pressure, then ‘hummed’ as it sprang back, catapulting Ji Jie into the air.

A frequent presence within the Exorcism Bureau, she had undertaken more missions than Tou had ever brandished pillars.

Her combat experience vastly eclipsed his, and her cultivation base surpassed his by three minor stages.

Light and ethereal, she ascended into the air, phantom-stepping on unseen currents.

A sharp whoosh pierced the silence, and she rotated like a honed blade, hurtling towards Tou.

Tou’s freshly revealed ability had been instantly nullified by his adversary, igniting a bitter resentment within him.

Barely having regained his balance, he saw Ji Jie’s blade descending, a strike that promised to sever his very life.

Without a moment’s hesitation, two slender pillars sprouted from the rear of the Heaven-Reaching Pillar, snaking around a nearby tree.

His body was then rapidly yanked away, out of Ji Jie’s attack radius, propelled by the retracting pillars.

The swiftness of his maneuver startled even Ji Jie.

Tou was, in truth, far from weak.

With seven Heaven-Human realm masters, he had absorbed a considerable amount of knowledge, despite his penchant for slacking off, dodging lessons, and napping during class.

However, a gnawing hunger now plagued him, his spiritual power teetering on the brink of exhaustion.

Each use of his Imperial Armament’s abilities demanded a heavy toll on his spiritual energy.

He sensed that his meager remaining power could, at best, fuel two more attacks.

Ji Jie, conversely, appeared to have only employed basic slashes and cuts, never tapping into the true potential of her Platinum Star; her spiritual reserves seemed boundless.

To defeat her, Tou realized, he first needed to compel her to unleash her full capabilities.

Witnessing Ji Jie’s ‘magic-spinning’ efforts yield nothing, Tou seized the moment as she landed and sought to regain her stability.

He commanded the Heaven-Reaching Pillar to pierce through the bluestone bricks, causing it to erupt suddenly beneath her feet.

Innumerable tentacle-like smaller pillars instantly coiled around Ji Jie’s thighs, already beginning their insidious ascent.

A surge of perverse delight filled Tou, for the Heaven-Reaching Pillar felt like an extension of his own body, allowing him to experience the thrilling, tingly sensation as it brushed against Ji Jie’s soft thighs.

Yet, he wasn’t entirely consumed by lust.

He lunged forward, intent on embracing this temporarily immobilized opponent.

Ji Jie, if she wished to break free, knew that mere ordinary slashes would be insufficient to sever the pillars rising from beneath her feet.

Her only recourse, short of severing her own legs, was to unleash the Platinum Star’s true power.

This was merely a simple spar; Ji Jie would never resort to such a desperate, self-destructive act.

To evade Tou’s grasp, she had no choice but to activate the Platinum Star’s ability, severing the control at her feet before retaliating against the charging Tou.

Tou, too, was prepared.

He envisioned dodging Ji Jie’s incoming slash, then using his last vestiges of spiritual power and his own embrace to firmly bind her.

As Tou lunged towards Ji Jie, a flicker of unease stirred within him at the inexplicable curve of her lips.

However, he lacked the spiritual power to command his Heaven-Reaching Pillar to pull him back.

No, his very last shred of spiritual energy *could* effect a retreat, but such a move would guarantee his defeat!

How could he ever concede?

Gritting his teeth, he let out a defiant roar—”Die!”—and plunged into Ji Jie’s arms, embracing her tightly.

Concurrently, a dozen small tentacles that had sprouted behind him surged forward, enveloping them both.

The pair became inextricably entangled, bound together like a tightly wrapped zongzi (TL Note: A traditional Chinese rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves, often conical or tetrahedral, implying a tight, restrictive binding.).

Tou found himself utterly submerged in the surging, tumultuous waves of Ji Jie’s ample bosom, unable to break free.

“Mmph~~~”

Tou was on the verge of expiring!

Fearing Ji Jie’s escape, he had coiled himself impossibly tight.

Adding to his plight, when Tou had lunged onto her, Ji Jie had reciprocated, wrapping her arms around his head.

Now, he was trapped between Ji Jie’s ample curves, his mouth and nose pressed suffocatingly against her skin, utterly unable to breathe!

He felt himself on the cusp of asphyxiation!

His already frail body, weakened by spiritual power depletion, suddenly surged with a desperate vitality, spurred by this life-threatening predicament.

Indeed, ‘struggle’ would be a more apt description.

Tou eventually retracted the Heaven-Reaching Pillar, simultaneously releasing Ji Jie from its bindings.

However, Tou had been woefully naive; this Ji Jie was, in fact, a seasoned pervert.

She continued to hold him fast, and Tou thrashed his arms like a drowning fish, haphazardly clawing and scratching in desperation.

Finally, Yue Ye Si watched as Tou tugged at Ji Jie’s hip-length gauze skirt, threatening to tear it off.

A sudden, potent surge of jealousy erupted within her.

In a flash, she materialized behind Tou, seizing his long, golden ponytail, and forcefully yanked him into her own embrace.

Yet, Tou remained stubbornly clinging to Ji Jie’s skirt.

With that forceful tug, Ji Jie’s one-piece gauze dress was also violently ripped away!

Tou finally gasped in fresh air, a wave of profound relief washing over him.

However, upon opening his eyes, he was met with an utterly unbelievable sight.

What in the heavens?! Ji Jie was left with nothing but her shoes and a tiny pair of panties!

A expanse of stark white, dazzlingly bare—’her clothes vanished in broad daylight’…

Before Ji Jie, the bewildered victim, could even cover her chest with her hands and reclaim her garments from Tou’s grasp, his ear-splitting shriek pierced the air:

“Aargh!!! Pervert!!! Exhibitionist!!!”