Seeing her chance, Ning Wanwan turned her horse and quickly hooked the ball with her stick, heading towards the red team’s territory. Shao Yin, realizing the situation was slipping away, felt frustrated and considered swinging her stick at Ning Wanwan.
Si Yi suddenly stood up, while Si Zhan gripped the fish-shaped token bag tightly, focused on Shao Yin. Meanwhile, Yuan Zhu, having toyed with her opponent, narrowed her eyes and flicked a snowflake dart between her fingers.
Ning Wanwan sensed a sharp wind approaching and leaned forward as Shao Yin’s stick swept empty, nearly throwing her from her horse. In that moment, Ning Wanwan drove the ball straight to the red team’s goal and scored.
Bang— The drum sounded, and the yellow team scored again.
Shao Yin glared at her teammates in anger, “You couldn’t even contain a nobody?” “She’s too fast,” her teammates replied. “We’re no match for her.”
“What use are you? Useless!” Shao Yin turned her horse and rode away. The referee announced, “Yellow team wins.”
As they took their positions, Shao Yin shot Ning Wanwan a dissatisfied look and snorted, “Hmph!” Ning Wanwan, uninterested in the confrontation, was focused on finding the fire lingzhi.
Suddenly, her black-brown horse became agitated and rammed into Shao Yin’s horse’s neck. Shao Yin’s horse was startled, throwing her off unexpectedly. She screamed mid-air and tumbled to the ground. Ning Wanwan, shocked, found her restless horse charging towards the red date horse where Shao Yin lay dazed.
As the horse’s hooves were about to step on Shao Yin, Ning Wanwan’s heart jumped.
“Whoa—” She forced herself to pull back on the reins, determined to turn the horse’s head around, willing to overturn it rather than let it step on Shao Yin.
“Neigh—” The black-brown horse raised its front hooves in pain, and Ning Wanwan remained upright on its back.
Si Zhan’s hand holding the teacup trembled.
Shao Yin, half-lying on the ground, stared blankly at the horse’s raised hooves, her face turning pale, momentarily forgetting to scream.
“Ah—” Screams erupted from the viewing platform as some covered their faces, unable to watch the impending disaster.
