Outside Shrek City.
In mid-air.
A black-robed figure sped past, causing the forest to sway. Behind him, thick emerald vines surged up along his path, lifting two figures in hot pursuit.
The speed of a rank-seven flight spirit tool was not slow, but Ruo Mu was a Spirit Douluo after all. With the boost from Zhang Lexuan's Bright Moon Spirit, they stayed right on his heels.
"Ruo Mu, that lunatic..."
Lu Cheng felt his eyelid twitch and glanced back at the panting Zhang Lexuan beside her.
Clearly, the stamina gap between a Spirit Emperor and a Spirit Douluo was quite significant.
Is it tonight then...
"How far do you two plan on chasing me?"
Lu Cheng's figure suddenly came to a halt. He turned around, his blood-red eyes beneath the Ghost Mask indifferently sizing up the two women.
"Lexuan, don't look into his eyes!" Ruo Mu's pupils constricted as she braked suddenly, shielding Zhang Lexuan behind her.
"Yes!"
Zhang Lexuan's small face was full of solemnity.
Although she hated this saint to the core, the eerie strength he displayed made them realize they could not afford any carelessness. There was still a possibility of failing in an unexpected way...
"Just holding him back is enough," Ruo Mu said, sending a voice transmission. "This guy's subordinates are weak. Linger and the others should finish clearing them out soon and come to support us. There's no need for a life-and-death struggle."
"Heh, I didn't expect the Wood Demon of the Inner Court to be so cautious." Lu Cheng stood with his hands behind his back atop an ancient tree. He didn't look flustered at all. Instead, he swept a complex gaze over Zhang Lexuan. His voice, which gave no hint of gender, teased Ruo Mu.
Ruo Mu and Zhang Lexuan exchanged a look, filled with astonishment.
This Saint was strange... He knew the details of the Shrek Inner Court so well. Her Inner Court nickname was usually only used by her fellow Disciples in jest. Why would a notorious Evil Soul Master Saint know the title 'Wood Demon'?
"Who exactly are you?" Ruo Mu said coldly, standing atop a thick emerald vine and staring intently at Lu Cheng. "To have been hidden in Shrek City for so long... it is indeed a failure of my supervisory group."
"The Supervisory Group has indeed failed," Lu Cheng said leisurely.
"Hmph! Those words are hardly for an evil soul master like you to say!" Ruo Mu huffed, the killing intent in her eyes intensifying.
Zhang Lexuan glanced behind her. Seeing several auras rising from Shrek City like rainbows piercing the sun and approaching, a flash of joy appeared in her beautiful eyes. "Senior Sister Ruo Mu, Sister Linger, and the others are done!"
"Scumbag, let's see where you run now!" Cold light erupted in Ruo Mu's eyes. A pitch-black soul ring rose from beneath her feet. Within a radius of several miles, countless ancient trees seemed to come alive, turning eerily toward Ruo Mu's direction.
"Myriad Sea of Trees!"
Ruo Mu gave a low shout.
In the next instant, looking down from the sky, all those ancient trees extended dense branches, binding toward Lu Cheng. Even a rank eighty-nine Peak Spirit Douluo would find this scene a headache. Clearly, Ruo Mu had unleashed a powerful move.
"Lexuan!"
"Okay!"
The sky suddenly brightened for a moment, as if a bright moon had descended to the mortal realm. Silvery moonlight spilled down. The black-haired beauty looked like a moonlight fairy, her gaze cold and detached from the world. Two Soul Rings rose from beneath her feet.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Moonfall!"
"Sixth Soul Skill, Moon Silence!"
The massive bright moon behind her first emitted a golden light. The crescent moon transformed into a scythe and attacked Lu Cheng; then it turned pitch-black and silent as a silver halo enveloped him.
It stunned him for a moment, followed by a beam of moonlight falling straight down, causing piercing damage.
Boom!!!
A continuous series of explosions rang out.
A look of surprise flashed in Zhang Lexuan's eyes. "Senior Sister Ruo Mu, he..."
"He's not dead," Ruo Mu said calmly.
The girl turned her head and looked down at the center of the battlefield where the Black-Robed Man slowly emerged. Compared to before, he seemed a bit more disheveled and appeared to have sustained injuries. However, for some reason, she felt no joy at this moment, but rather an inexplicable irritability.
An image involuntarily surfaced in her mind. That Blockhead didn't join the operation, and she didn't know where he had gone...
A mouthful of blood leaked from the corner of Lu Cheng's mouth. He slowly wiped it away with his palm, a smile curling on his lips, and a hint of madness flashed in his blood-red eyes.
"If this is all you've got, the name of Shrek Academy would be quite a disappointment to me..."
"Heh, take a look around you."
Ruo Mu sneered. Over a dozen figures from the Supervisory Group appeared in the distance, their gazes solemn as they surrounded the area.
"I didn't use my full strength before because I was afraid you'd slip away, but now... Beast, your time is up!
Ultimate Forest Sea! "
Ruo Mu's palms quickly formed seals. An even more terrifying momentum came from the surroundings. At this moment, the boundless wooden forest grew rapidly, forming a fearsome wooden cocoon that enveloped the entire sky.
As the second strongest among the Shrek Inner Academy disciples, she naturally had her signature moves. Just as she said, she had indeed been playing around before.
The dozen or so figures tightly surrounded Lu Cheng and began to display their divine abilities, sparing no effort in their siege.
Pfft...
Lu Cheng was trapped once again by Zhang Lexuan's silver moon. He took a full-force blow from a disciple in the Spirit Saint realm, spitting out a mouthful of blood as his face grew paler.
"It's over..." Ruo Mu's gaze was indifferent. She pressed her hands together, and more wooden vines rose from the ground, lashing toward Lu Cheng.
Even though the latter dodged nimbly, he still took a hit. His body was sent flying back, crashing heavily into an ancient tree.
Cracks appeared on the ancient tree behind him. Lu Cheng coughed violently, as if he were coughing up his internal organs.
"Before you die, do you have any last words?" Ruo Mu sneered, her arms crossed over her chest, looking down indifferently.
Over a dozen Supervisory Group Disciples were scattered across the surrounding ancient trees, all with sharp gazes.
Zhang Lexuan's beautiful face looked calmly at the Evil Soul Master Saint who had been sentenced to death and was clinging to life. Her mind, however, had already drifted back to the Inner Court. What was that Blockhead doing? Should she really do as Senior Sister Ruo Mu suggested and raid his room tonight...
A faint blush quietly crept from her neck up to her fair cheeks. Her jade-like hand gently patted her face. The girl looked around guiltily, like a thief. Fortunately, the night was dark, and everyone's attention was on the Black-Robed Man, so no one noticed anything unusual.
The beauty's eyes were languid. She unconsciously glanced at the black-robed man. Her cold eyes were about to sink back into the topic of "whether to raid his room" when an emerald jade pendant suddenly caught her eye, making her freeze for a few seconds.
Wait... something seemed wrong.
She suddenly looked at the black-clothed figure again. At his waist, an emerald shadow was faintly visible.
That jade pendant was the token of love she had given to her brother after the destruction of their family.
It was also the only surviving relic she had found next to her mother's charred corpse when she later returned to the Zhang Family.
Just as Ruo Mu sneered and was about to deal the killing blow...
A dark scythe blade crashed down. The tip of the blade was thrust into the ground beside Lu Cheng's neck. The beauty's eyes were bloodshot as her hand held the end of the scythe blade like a guillotine, pinning it against the black-clothed man's neck.
Threads of blood flowed from his neck.
Under the bewildered gazes of the Shrek disciples, Zhang Lexuan no longer looked like the cold fairy from before. Extreme killing intent flashed in her eyes as she squeezed out each word.
"What have you done to my brother?!!!"
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