Chapter 80 - Face Off!

General Ning furrowed his brow when he saw how quickly Lilith backed down from a single word from Shen Xia. He was now wondering if she was human or not too. "Quickly get over here."

Shen Xia nodded, not saying anything to the General but paused her steps when she got to Lilith and whispered: "Be ready to act just in case."

Lilith patted Shen Xia on the shoulder and nodded her head: "Good luck." She did not know what Shen Xia had planned, but if she was willing to go up to face the General, then she must have an idea of what she was doing.

Shen Xia walked over and stood in front of General Ning, the wind causing her hair to flutter lightly in the breeze. Her small petite frame looked as if she would fall over with the littlest bit of force. But in General Ning's eyes, he was picturing holding Shen Xia down and having his way with her. He almost couldn't stop himself from licking his lips. "Alright, I want you to come at me with everything you have." This time General Ning was not going to let his guard down, not after fighting Lilith. 

"Mmm… I won't… Here I come..." Shen Xia's eyes flashed pink as she sent a small wave of her charm directly at General Ning, causing him to freeze for a split second, but this was enough time for Shen Xia's animal instincts to kick in. She had already appeared in front of General Ning. Her lips curled up into a beautiful smile that was not a smile due to the cold look in her eyes. Before General Ning could snap out of her charm, he felt a powerful blow slam into his face making him stumble back once more!

He only took a few steps back, unlike how he almost fell over from Lilith, which showed just how weak she was but Shen Xia already factored this in. She just wanted to punch him in the face once! She already knew that she could not use the same trick twice, so she did not follow up with any more attacks and quickly jumped back. 

General Ning came back to his senses and held his nose. He looked at Shen Xia and gritted his teeth. It was weak, but he knew she had done something! "Heh! To think I would meet two non-humans! What race are you from?"

Shen Xia did not say anything. She just smiled and stood there waiting for his attack. Right now, in General Ning's eyes, there looked like two Shen Xias standing in front of him. "You!" General Ning rubbed his eyes, but no matter how many times he did this and looked at Shen Xia, he kept seeing two of her. "Don't think your little tricks will work on me!"

General Ning ran forward and struck his fist out full force at Shen Xia's face, but just as he was about to hit one of the two Shen Xia, he felt something was off as his fist, that was supposed to land on her face, hit nothing but air!

To those watching, all they saw was General Ning striking his fist out past Shen Xia, who was off to his right a few steps away. He came nowhere near actually hitting her! When Lilith saw this, her lips curled up into a smile. Even though she could not tell what Shen Xia was doing, she could tell that she was messing with the orc's head. Orcs were weak to mental attacks, so illusions and charms worked well on them.

General Ning was enraged! He kept punching out, trying to hit the correct Shen Xia, but every time, he missed! Whether he used kicks or punches, he could not hit her. It was as if he was fighting a ghost, and worse yet, he would feel like he was being stunned every time he threw his fist out. 

Shen Xia's eyes were in full concentration mode as she had to manipulate her illusion for only a single person while keeping up her illusion for others to keep her ears and tails hidden. To lighten this load, she was using her charm right in the middle of his punch to give him a quick stun so she could adjust the illusion so he would follow it and miss her real body!

"Damnit! Stop messing around!" General Ning yelled out in rage. His words confused everyone who was watching because, to them, it looked like he was the one messing around. He was only a few centimeters away from her, but he kept deliberately missing his punches. It was clear as day that he was going easy on her. 

"But Sir, I'm not doing anything..." Shen Xia replied as she once again manipulated him with a teasing smile.

"I bet the general is doing this because Shen Xia is beautiful."

"Probably, I think he is going easy on her and putting on an act all because he has taken a liking to her looks."

"Does this mean if we are ugly, he will just outright punch us?"

"Is he biased against ugly people?"

"Is this how our country's military does things!?"

While the girls were beginning to give Shen Xia dirty looks because of her beauty, the boys had different thoughts. "To be honest, if I was the General, I wouldn't hit Shen Xia either..."

"Yeah, I want her to walk all over me."

"Dude, that is disturbing!"

"You're telling me you wouldn't want her bare feet stepping all over you!? Are you gay!?"

"It's not a matter of being gay. You just told the world you are a masochist!"

"Only for Shen Xia and other beautiful girls!"

Shen Xia had no idea she was being talked about. She was figuring the right time for her counterattack. She was starting to get used to the single target split illusion while maintaining her normal illusion. Shen Xia was lost in thought, trying to plan out her actions.. 'It seems I have around a range of twenty meters… But if he attacks the right one, I will definitely be hit… But… If I can stun him in time, I can move my body just right and still dodge it and land a hit…. I guess I can only give it a try…'