With a red light flickering in his eyes, Feng Piaoling scanned the direction of the Shrek group before finally letting his gaze rest on Xuan Zi in the distance.
"Then I must ask Sect Master Zhongli to follow the plan agreed upon with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Go and tie up that fellow Xuan Zi so he has no time to tend to anything else—ideally, eliminate him entirely. After that, we shall each take what we need. Your holy church will obtain the Phoenix Saintess, and I will eliminate Xu He for His Royal Highness."
Under Electrolux's perception, Xuan Zi's tracks had already been laid bare.
Originally, he wasn't inclined to take action personally, but unfortunately, Wang Dong and Wu Feng were also there, and both of them were his friends. At a critical moment, he still couldn't just stand by and watch them die here.
"No rush. Let the Envoy of the God of Death test the strength of the Phoenix Saintess first." Zhongli Wu paid no mind to Feng Piaoling's words whatsoever. Or rather, from the very beginning, he had never spared a glance for a mere Class 5 Soul Engineer.
Feng Piaoling raised an eyebrow. It seemed his scheme to have the Holy Spirit Cult heavily wound or even eliminate Xuan Zi was going to die in the womb. This old fox truly had no intention of acting according to the plan from the start. However, this was for the best; if Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult were genuinely close and inseparable, that would be what gave him the biggest headache.
Besides, these evil soul masters truly deserved to die.
If Shrek wiped out these bandits completely, it would save him from having to turn around and do it himself later.
"If that is the case, I will rely entirely on your holy church in a moment," Feng Piaoling said. Three soul rings—yellow, purple, purple—rose from beneath his feet. As his second soul ring lit up, an earthy yellow talisman appeared in his hand.
The earthy yellow talisman emanated a faint layer of yellow light that enveloped him. In the blink of an eye, he sank into the ground and vanished from sight.
Not long after he left, a black-clad elder beside Zhongli Wu crouched down, pressing his right palm against the ground to investigate for a moment. He then addressed Zhongli Wu with a respectful look, saying, "Sect Master, that kid has already departed."
Zhongli Wu said calmly, "That kid obtained the spiritual barrier of our Holy Spirit Cult, so you won't be able to find him. He is merely a Class 5 Soul Engineer; even if his talent is decent, he amounts to nothing in the grand scheme of things. No need to trouble yourself with him."
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The formation of the Shrek reserve team was arranged like this:
Bei Bei was responsible for clearing the path at the front, Xu Sanshi brought up the rear, and Xu He and Dai Huabin guarded the left and right flanks respectively.
Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Wu Feng, who had the lowest cultivation bases, followed alongside Zhou Yi, receiving focused protection.
This was the deployment Zhou Yi had made.
Their primary mission here was to assist the seven inner court disciples in eliminating the evil soul master bandit group, the Death Hand, and their leader, the Envoy of the God of Death.
Although it was a guaranteed success, there was still a Soul King among this group of evil soul masters. If any more of these reserve team students were to suffer casualties, her grand blueprint of becoming a legendary master who would leave her name in the annals of history would be utterly shattered.
Ma Xiaotao and the other six were moving very fast. Deep underground, Feng Piaoling watched them silently through his Heaven-Reaching Demon Eye, feeling utterly speechless. With such reckless underestimation of the enemy, it was no wonder that in the original timeline they were played like fools by an Envoy of the God of Death who only possessed a Soul King cultivation, ultimately resulting in casualties and heavy losses.
However, this Huo Yuhao certainly had some tricks up his sleeve. He had actually grown from a frail youth into a massive powerhouse. He must have obtained a second martial soul.
He just didn't know what exactly this second martial soul Huo Yuhao had acquired was.
Before long, Ma Xiaotao and the other six arrived at the lair where the Death Hand bandits were hiding and immediately clashed with four or five of them.
These bandits guarding the entrance of the cave generally had low soul power. They were knocked down by Ma Xiaotao's group upon the very first contact, leaving them sprawled all over the ground.
Shortly after, Zhou Yi and her group of eight caught up. A total of fifteen people charged into the Death Hand's lair one after another.
Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul erupted as blazing phoenix flames surged wildly. A pair of three-meter-long phoenix wings unfolded, leaving nothing but charred bandit corpses wherever she passed.
Next was Dai Yueheng.
"Roar—" He fiercely tore a Soul King-level evil soul master in half, sending blood spraying everywhere. Right after, his fifth soul ring lit up, and the dazzling White Tiger Meteor Shower erupted, wiping out a vast swath of evil soul masters in an instant.
Gongyang Mo stood in the center as beams of colored light shot out from his body continuously, landing on his companions. Yao Haoxuan guarded Gongyang Mo's back, while Ling Luochen protected the other side, shielding this auxiliary system soul master.
With Gongyang Mo's assistance, not only did Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao's combat power increase drastically, but even Xi Xi and Chen Zifeng unleashed destructive power no less impressive than that of a Soul Emperor.
It could be described as an overwhelmingly one-sided battle.
"Ah..." Yet another Soul King was struck by Ma Xiaotao's phoenix wings, turning into a charred corpse and collapsing to the ground.
This was already the second Soul King Ma Xiaotao had killed.
According to intelligence, the bandit chief should be a Soul King, so he was clearly one of those three Soul Kings.
Seeing that the situation was decided, Zhou Yi knew the time to reap the merits had come. "Move out! Everyone attack together, leave none alive!"
The enemies before them were not very powerful. The strongest had either been eliminated by the inner court disciples or were blocked and bitterly holding on. The remaining ones only had two or three rings, and some were not even soul masters at all; they posed no threat whatsoever.
With that, Zhou Yi took the lead and rushed forward, snapping the neck of a Soul Ancestor.
Bei Bei followed closely behind. Having instantly completed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon possession, blue lightning crackled all around his body. Wherever he passed, the evil soul masters were either crushed to death by a single claw or electrocuted into charred corpses.
Just like in the original timeline, Wang Dong'er had obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Earth Dragon King Left Arm Bone through a purchase at the Treasure Pavilion in Shrek City.
Despite always feeling out of place among the Shrek crowd, the thought of Feng Piaoling's past encounters and the countless corpses piled up outside made her—who equally detested evil soul masters—unleash the second soul skill of her Bright Goddess Butterfly martial soul, the Butterfly Goddess's Light. Dozens of brilliant golden spheres of light burst with intense radiance under the amplification of her left arm soul bone skill, the Golden Radiance.
The bandits were blown off their feet one after another, wailing in agony.
Wu Feng likewise detested evil soul masters to the core. Two soul rings lit up simultaneously on her body as she activated her two amplification soul skills, Dragon Fire and Dragon Rage. Although she wasn't as dazzling as Wang Dong'er, after those evil soul masters were blown into the air, she swung her left dragon claw, slaughtering everyone in all directions.
On Dai Huabin's side, he seemed intent on displaying his current strength. Having already activated the White Tiger Barrier and the White Tiger Vajra Transformation, his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave erupted. A white sphere of light spewed from his mouth, blasting several bandits down before he charged into the crowd. Clawing left and striking right, not a single bandit's head remained intact wherever he passed; they all burst violently apart.
Seeing Dai Huabin slaughtering everyone, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a bit eager to join the thrill of the hunt. After using a Soul Shock to blast the head of a one-ring soul master, he clenched his fists and activated his Glacial Ape martial soul. The first soul ring on his body lit up, and a white spherical shroud surfaced on the knuckles of his fists as he charged toward the bandits.
Boom!
With one punch, an oncoming two-ring bandit was sent flying backward. Midway through the flight, the bandit's body turned into an ice sculpture and shattered into pieces with a loud crash.
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