My name is Mo Feiyun.
I am a Tianhun Empire citizen, a Seven-Ring Spirit Saint.
I received a mission to take Miss Mu Xue and Princess Vina to acquire spirit rings.
Miss Mu Xue's Spirit is Snow, and Princess Vina needs a spirit ring for her Snow Lotus Spirit.
Originally, we should have gone to the more suitable Far North.
However, the environment of the Far North is too unsuitable for humans to enter. It is a paradise for ice-attribute Spirit Beasts, and the extremely low temperature would greatly weaken even a high-level Spirit Master like him, especially since his Spirit is Cloud, which is countered by ice-attribute. Moreover, it's easy to be ambushed by ice and snow Spirit Beasts. So, I decided to go to the Star Dou Great Forest instead, as it's closer and has a wide variety of Spirit Beasts.
On the first day, we found nothing in the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest, which was normal.
This continued for many days.
I decided to enter the outermost layer of the mixed zone to see.
We weren't going deep, and besides Miss and Princess, we had one Spirit Saint, one Spirit Emperor, and four Spirit Kings. My Spirit is Cloud, which can effectively control and confuse the opponent's perception. There shouldn't be any accidents.
Then I encountered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
Damn it! Don't these Spirit Beasts live in the core zone?
I used my Spirit Avatar, and although I escaped, one of my good friends was left behind forever, and another Spirit Emperor friend suffered significant injuries.
We returned to the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.
But I was unwilling to go back just like that.
After a few days of rest and recuperation, I led the team back into the mixed zone.
Unexpectedly, we encountered that bear again, but fortunately, for some unknown reason, that bear ran straight in one direction and didn't collide with us. Hard work pays off; it seemed our luck had finally turned. We discovered a white lotus with about five thousand years of cultivation in a lake. Both its type and age perfectly matched the fourth spirit ring Princess Vina needed. However, this lotus had an owner—a Bronze Crocodile with at least thirty thousand years of cultivation.
Suddenly attacked, I suffered significant injuries, and my Spirit Emperor friend fainted directly after taking a blow for me. Fortunately, that crocodile didn't leave the lake too far to guard the white lotus. But in our panic, we ran into a Red Fire Monkeys' territory. These Spirit Beasts are extremely vengeful and live in groups. Moreover, they even had a ten-thousand-year-old Monkey King.
Normally, I wouldn't even bat an eye at these guys. But now I was heavily injured, my Spirit Emperor friend was unconscious, and the remaining three Spirit King friends were also seriously wounded. To save the Princess, I had no choice but to kill a thousand-year-old Red Fire Monkey, which directly enraged the monkey group. I had to control them, use cloud mist to obscure their vision, and then escape.
After running for a distance, I wasn't sure if those vengeful beasts would pursue us, so I could only slow down to avoid disturbing other Spirit Beasts and continued forward.
Suddenly, a clear, cold voice sounded in my ear.
"Go around!"
Humans?!
...
An Zhen and the others' camp.
A hint of anger appeared in Huo Yutong's eyes. In her Spirit Detection, a group of Red Fire Monkeys appeared, chasing another team that was approaching them, and that team, despite hearing her voice, showed no intention of changing direction.
The leading Spirit Saint had traces of fire burns on him, clearly indicating they had provoked the Red Fire Monkey group. Although it was unclear why this Spirit Saint was in such a sorry state, the other party clearly intended to lure the Spirit Beasts towards them.
Under Spirit Sharing, the others also saw it.
"Let's avoid them first and see what they intend to do."
An Zhen's voice suddenly resonated in the minds of Huo Yutong and the girls.
This was a good real-world experience.
If the other party had just accepted the advice and directly changed direction to leave, Huo Yutong and the others would have been willing to help a group of kind-hearted people. But the other party chose to charge directly at them, diverting the disaster?
An Zhen disliked the saying that since you have the ability, you should casually save the other party; this was completely moral blackmail. It was like saying, since you have money, you should share it with everyone. When coming to such a dangerous place, one should be responsible for their own actions. Others don't owe you anything, and the hardships you encounter have nothing to do with others.
Of course, if the other party's actions were out of necessity, unable to turn around and only able to continue running forward, An Zhen wouldn't mind lending a hand. But if the other party chose to change direction and chase after Huo Yutong and them, then they were bad people.
An Zhen and Mu En's figures quietly disappeared, reappearing a second later at the top of a large tree, concealing their auras.
Huo Yutong and the others, hearing the voice, didn't hesitate and ran directly eastward.
A distance of over a hundred meters is very short.
Even moving at a slightly slower speed to avoid making too much noise, it was only a matter of a dozen seconds. Upon breaking through the obstructions near the camp, Mo Feiyun, with his Spirit Saint strength, instantly discovered Huo Yutong and the others running in another direction.
'Sorry.'
Mo Feiyun didn't hesitate at all, turning around and chasing after Huo Yutong and the others.
The threat of death makes people lose many things.
Let your own people die, or let strangers die? For many people, this is not a difficult choice.
Seven spirit rings appeared, and the third, a thousand-year spirit ring, lit up. A layer of cloud mist emerged, but this cloud mist didn't envelop Mo Feiyun's team; instead, it directly assailed Huo Yutong and the others.
Mo Feiyun couldn't clearly see the faces of these people, but he felt their spirit power fluctuations, roughly around Spirit Ancestor level.
In this situation, only if someone stays behind to delay the speed of this group of beasts can the remaining people escape danger. The Miss and the Princess are absolutely out of the question, and he won't abandon his old friends either. So, he can only apologize to these strangers.
"Ah!" Mo Feiyun suddenly let out a painful cry.
He felt as if his head had been suddenly struck by a heavy hammer.
The Spirit Saint's figure suddenly swayed, and the person he was carrying on his back directly fell down.
An attack!
"We… have… no… malice!" Mo Feiyun said with difficulty, his swaying body weakly half-kneeling on the ground. He was already heavily injured, and the sudden soul attack directly caused his spirit power to become chaotic. The fact that he didn't directly faint could be attributed to his strong willpower.
"Hmph!"
A cold snort sounded.
In an instant, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and a wave of Pole Ice power swept through. The white cloud mist was directly frozen into ice particles and fell to the ground. Mo Feiyun and the others felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave. Especially a black single-ponytail girl who looked fifteen or sixteen years old, her face instantly turned pale. Why? The other party was clearly also ice-attribute, so why did her Spirit feel a suppressive force? Ultimate attribute?!
Huo Yutong and the girls' expressions were icy cold.
No malice?
Then why were they chasing them?
Then why did they attack them?
"Take them down first," Huo Yutong raised an ice dragon claw.
Ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone Spirit Ability, Spatial Leap.
They didn't mind helping victims, but that didn't mean others could directly bring danger to them. Willingly helping them was being helpful, but deliberately bringing danger was harming others.
The next second, Huo Yutong's figure appeared directly behind Mo Feiyun. The weakened Spirit Saint had no time to react, only watching helplessly as the girl waved her hand in the air, and a layer of ice instantly spread over him. Beside him, an agility-attack system Spirit King reacted first and immediately rushed forward, but his speed, which he considered very fast, was clearly seen by Huo Yutong through Spirit Detection.
Spirit Interference!
The ice-blue dragon claw clenched into a fist, then slammed a punch onto the dazed agility-attack system Spirit King.
"Three Lives Soul鎮 Soul Cauldron!"
Xiao Xiao raised her hand, and the fourth spirit ring lit up. A large cauldron shining with dark golden light appeared, followed by a bright yellow spirit ring lighting up, "Cauldron of Suppression!"
Blazing flames enveloped Wu Feng. Her Spirit Avatar activated, and the Fire Dragon King bloodline was stimulated, unleashing a wave of heat. Fiery Red Dragon scales covered the girl's arms and legs, with golden-red patterns flowing like magma, as if she had donned a Red Dragon battle armor. Her golden eyes flashed with a hint of brutality.
This level of dragon transformation was not something a quasi-Spirit Ancestor could achieve, but Wu Feng possessed the Fire Dragon King bloodline; it was more like bloodline power than spirit power.
Brilliant spiritual light bloomed in the night.
The remaining two Spirit Kings faced Wu Feng and Gu Yuena, who held the Silver Dragon Spear. The two already injured Spirit Kings instantly retreated in defeat after encountering such fierce attacks.
The sharp spear tip cut across one person's chest.
A fiery dragon claw slammed heavily into another person's chest.
On the other side, Huo Yutong's ice dragon claw was already placed on the black-haired single-ponytail girl's chest. The other party's Spirit was Snow, and as fellow quasi-Spirit Ancestors, she was directly suppressed by Huo Yutong's Pole Ice, unable to even use her Spirit Abilities.
As for the other woman, she stood 呆呆 in place, somewhat bewildered by the sudden events. Her spirit power was already almost exhausted, and she seemed to be a support system Spirit Master, offering no resistance and meekly surrendering.
"Stop!"
Mo Feiyun, half of his body frozen, suddenly roared, his gaze fixed on Huo Yutong, "That is our Snow Demon Sect's Young Miss."
Mo Feiyun's voice softened a bit; he had no choice but to bow his head in this situation. "It was my fault first. My actions just now were my mistake. If you have any grievances, you can direct them at me. It has nothing to do with the two young ladies. With such strength, you must be prodigies from a great Sect or great power. Spare the two young ladies, and our Sect will surely compensate you sufficiently."
It was a surrender, but also a threat.
Mo Feiyun was surprised when he saw their faces.
Six beautiful young girls, all in their teens, each with their own unique charm.
Their spirit power was roughly around the Spirit Ancestor level, yet they were able to deal with them so cleanly, especially that soul attack that came from nowhere, and that extreme cold and scorching heat. Perhaps only those few super-major powers could have such favored daughters of heaven.
"Snow Demon Sect, hehe." A cold light flashed in Ning Tian's azure eyes. Possessing an innate Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, how could she not understand the meaning behind Mo Feiyun's words? She spoke directly, exposing his true intention, "You have a group of Red Fire Monkeys following you. Just now, you wanted us to get into trouble to cover your retreat. You didn't consult us when you wanted to harm us."
The Young Miss of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School was no pushover.
There was one thing Ning Tian didn't say: this was the Star Dou Great Forest.