At this moment...
Hearing the woman's slightly playful advice, Liu Yuan's gaze instantly became somewhat strange.
He hadn't expected that one day, he would be treated as a "Little Brother" in need of protection by a Disciple of the Shrek Inner Academy.
This feeling was truly quite peculiar.
He was full of ill will toward the high-ranking officials of Shrek Academy, especially Xuan Zi.
But toward this young girl before him, who was dedicated to her duty and even cared about a stranger's safety, he couldn't bring himself to feel any malice.
However, logic aside, strength still needed to be proven.
In the next second, without any warning, Liu Yuan moved.
"Spirit, Possession!"
There were no flashy light effects, but an incredibly powerful spirit power pressure suddenly erupted from within his body.
A flash of interwoven emerald and brilliant gold light flickered across his body!
Almost at the exact moment of Martial Soul Possession, Liu Yuan's figure abruptly and irrationally... disappeared right before the young girl's eyes!
"Extreme Speed!"
Swish—!
No sound, no warning.
The girl's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints; she hadn't even captured a trace of spirit power fluctuation before the youth in front of her vanished into thin air.
The hair all over her body stood on end instantly, and an extreme sense of crisis made her subconsciously want to circulate her spirit power for defense.
But it was too late.
A warm palm lightly patted her shoulder.
"Slap."
The soft sound caused the girl's muscles to stiffen instantly.
She could feel a hand resting on her shoulder, and the owner of that hand had appeared behind her at some unknown point.
A calm voice came from behind her ear.
"If I'm not qualified..."
"Then, Elder Sister, is there no need for you to go in either?"
The girl froze in place, her mind going blank.
She completely couldn't comprehend what had just happened.
What kind of speed was that?
Was it teleportation? No, teleportation would have Spatial Fluctuations, but there was nothing just now!
It was a speed pure to the extreme, so fast it exceeded her visual tracking limit and even surpassed her neural reaction speed!
Cold sweat slid down from her temples.
She knew very well that if the other party hadn't patted her shoulder with his palm just now, but had instead drawn a sharp blade across her neck...
She would be a cold corpse by now.
A strong sense of frustration and embarrassment welled up in her heart.
As an elite of the Shrek Inner Academy and a member of the Supervision Team, she had been toyed with so easily by a youth who looked even younger than her.
Thinking back on her well-intentioned advice from just now, it was simply a joke.
She hadn't expected to have misjudged him so completely!
The girl took a deep breath, forcing the stormy waves in her heart to subside.
She slowly turned around, looking at the youth who had already deactivated his Martial Soul Possession and had a playful smile on his face, and admitted with a bitter laugh, "...I take back what I said earlier; you are very formidable."
"So, Little Brother, what is your name? Where are you from?" The girl's gaze became serious. She wanted to know when such a terrifyingly powerful young Genius had appeared on the continent.
However, Liu Yuan didn't answer directly, but asked instead, "Before asking for someone's origin and name, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"
"You..." The girl was choked up by his words and let out a helpless breath. "Little Brother, you really don't want to suffer even the slightest loss."
She shook her head. "I can't tell you my name; it's a rule of the Supervision Team. But I can tell you that I'm from Shrek Academy."
Upon hearing this, an understanding expression appeared on Liu Yuan's face.
"In that case, I can't tell you my name either," he said, mimicking her tone. "I can only tell you that I'm from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy."
"What?!"
This time, it was the girl's turn to be shocked.
"Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy?!"
Her eyes widened, unable to believe her ears.
Since when did the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy have such outstanding Spirit Master students?
In her impression, weren't the students of that academy a bunch of guys who relied on spirit tools but didn't have particularly outstanding spirit power themselves?
But the speed this youth had just displayed was clearly a powerful ability brought by his own Spirit!
In that case... in the upcoming All-Continent High-Rank Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, wouldn't Shrek have to face such a terrifying opponent?
In an instant, a thousand thoughts flooded the girl's mind.
Liu Yuan had no intention of continuing to entangle with her; his goal had been achieved, and there was no need to waste time.
He turned around directly and stepped into that gloomy forest.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Seeing this, the girl quickly snapped back to her senses and hurried to catch up.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Liu Yuan stopped, somewhat speechless, and turned to look at her. "Why are you following me again?"
The girl caught up to him in a few steps, a natural smile appearing on her face. "Your target should also be that Evil Soul Master inside, right? In that case, why don't we team up?"
She looked at Liu Yuan and said sincerely, "I acknowledge your strength now. Since our goals are the same, acting together will allow us to look out for each other."
"I haven't acknowledged you yet," Liu Yuan said indifferently.
"Hey! Little Brother, don't look down on people!" The girl's competitiveness was piqued by his words, and she puffed out her chest, speaking indignantly.
Liu Yuan glanced at her, said nothing more, and turned to continue walking deeper into the forest.
He didn't necessarily have to drive her away.
Although she was from Shrek, after their brief interaction, he felt she was a decent person.
Evil Soul Masters used treacherous methods, and this forest also exuded a dangerous aura.
He would just consider it an act of mercy and protect her along the way.
Seeing that he didn't refuse again, the girl understood he had tacitly agreed, so she hurried to keep up and walked side-by-side with him.
The two stopped talking, both heightening their senses to the limit, vigilantly searching for every movement in the forest.
The light in the forest grew dimmer and dimmer, and the foul stench in the air became increasingly thick.
Just as the two had gone a bit deeper, Liu Yuan's footsteps suddenly paused.
He tilted his head to listen, capturing an extremely faint sound.
"There's movement," he whispered.
The girl beside him also stopped immediately, her expression becoming serious.
The two exchanged a glance, lightened their footsteps, and quietly crept toward the direction of the sound.
Passing through a dense thicket of bushes, the scene ahead made both of them stop in their tracks at the same time.
In a clearing not far away, a bonfire was burning.
Above the bonfire, a huge iron pot was suspended.
Red broth was boiling inside the pot, emitting a nauseating smell of blood.
Beside the bonfire, several figures were conversing in low voices.
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