The Real Heiress Rules the World

Chapter 176 Siege and the Counterattack

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The bottom of the pit was littered with dry branches and dead leaves; Sloane hit the ground hard, pain shooting through her entire body, but she didn’t dare make a sound. Curling up quickly, she held her breath and listened intently to the noise outside.

“Holy crop, where the heck did that wench go?” one of the assassins growled from the edge of the pit.

“Cut the crap, split up and search! She couldn’t have gotten far!” a gruff voice snapped, thick with impatience.

Sloane’s heart pounded so hard it felt like it might burst from her chest. She clutched the hairpin in her hand, ready to fight to the death if she had to.

But the men in black never noticed the deep pit. Their footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Sloane let out a slow breath, though she knew she couldn’t stay here for long. Grabbing onto a vine, she climbed out quickly and darted deeper into the woods, using the trees for cover.

She hadn’t gotten far when a low humming noise suddenly buzzed overhead. Glancing up, she saw several drones circling in the sky; red scanning beams swept through the forest in wide, methodical arcs.

They’re using high–tech surveillance. There’s nowhere to hide. Her heart sank.

She ducked behind a large tree, held her breath, and tried to stay out of the scanner’s range. But the drone’s infrared detection system had already locked onto her location.

in the distance. Footsteps thundered toward her,

grip on the hairpin. She was surrounded; the only way out was

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away,” the gruff voice echoed

Instead, she quickly scanned her surroundings, mind racing through the terrain’s layout. She knew this forest like the back of her hand. If her memory was right, there was a steep slope

the slope. The assassins behind her gave chase immediately; their footsteps and shouting echoed

let her

through the woods—but there were too many of them. Two assassins soon flanked her from the side,

hand glinted with a cold, deadly light. Her eyes sharpened as she waited silently for her prey

searching cautiously. Sloane tilted her head slightly and caught sight of him through a crack in the bark. Her heartbeat remained steady; fingers wrapped tight

the back of his neck. He didn’t even have time to grunt before he collapsed in

dragged his body into a

of sight. He must’ve realized his partner was missing; eyes narrowed, gun raised, he scanned the forest with sharp,

colored snake dropped from a tree and sank its fangs into

neck.