"As expected, has she still been targeted by the Evil Soul Masters?"
Liu Yuan stood in the sunlight at the forest exit, a flicker of complexity flashing through his eyes.
The image of that once bright and cheerful young girl surfaced in his mind.
To Liu Yuan, Tang Ya was a good friend.
Back when he was expelled from Shrek Academy and trapped in a difficult situation, Tang Ya had also shown genuine concern.
Later, out of sentiment, Liu Yuan had even subtly suggested she go to the Sun Moon Royal Academy for further studies, attempting to find a glimmer of hope for her in that dark destiny.
He just hadn't expected that the gears of fate would ultimately slide toward the worst possible side.
"What's wrong? Why did your expression turn so ugly all of a sudden?" The Snow Empress keenly noticed the fluctuation in Liu Yuan's emotions, her cold eyes shifting slightly as she asked softly.
Liu Yuan took a deep breath, calming his turbulent emotions, and shook his head, saying, "I suddenly remembered something important to do. Snow Empress, we won't return to the Sun Moon Empire for now; come with me to another place."
"Alright."
For her current self, Liu Yuan's will was her direction.
Even though they had just experienced a great battle, as long as Liu Yuan said the word, she was still willing to follow him and trample over any Forbidden Land.
"Let's go."
Liu Yuan summoned Mega Rayquaza.
The green divine Dragon let out a low roar, carrying the two of them as it turned into a streak of light that split the sky, racing toward the original location of the Tang Sect in the Heaven Dou Empire.
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Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City, Old Site of the Tang Clan.
This place was once the Holy Land of the continent's number one Sect, but at this moment, it was shrouded in a heavy smell of blood and eerie black Qi.
"Die... all of you, die!"
A shrill and raspy voice echoed through the ruined courtyard.
The once lively and adorable Tang Ya had long since changed her appearance.
Her jet-black long hair had become dry like grass, even faintly revealing a strange grayish-purple hue.
Her eyes were no longer clear, but filled with a frantic red light; her skin was so pale it was almost transparent, and blue veins pulsed restlessly beneath the surface.
Around her, the Blue Silver Grass that originally symbolized vitality had now completely mutated.
Every leaf had become pitch black as ink, with hideous serrated edges growing along the margins, like venomous snakes crawling out of Hell, twisting frantically on the ground, greedily sucking up the remaining blood around them.
At Tang Ya's feet, the Sect Master of the Iron Blood Sect and those enemies who had once occupied the Old Site of the Tang Clan had now all turned into cold corpses.
Their deaths were extremely tragic; their entire essence and blood seemed to have been completely devoured by these "Dark Blue Silver Grass," leaving only shriveled husks behind.
Tang Ya had indeed taken Liu Yuan's words to heart back then.
After handling the miscellaneous affairs of the academy, she had intended to head to the Sun Moon Royal Academy to find Liu Yuan and seek a new path to revive her Sect.
However, at the moment she passed through her hometown and returned to the Old Site of the Tang Clan, everything collapsed.
When she saw her clansmen's tombstones being trampled and the foundation of her ancestors occupied and humiliated by petty people like the Iron Blood Sect, her long-accumulated hatred and despair instantly broke through the dam of reason.
Most unfortunately, she was targeted by an Evil Soul Master from the Holy Spirit Cult who had been secretly searching for prey.
Under the incitement and secret techniques of that Evil Soul Master, the hidden darkness attribute within Tang Ya's Spirit was completely triggered, causing an irreversible corrupted evolution of her Blue Silver Grass.
"Hehehe... Well killed, a truly satisfying slaughter."
Not far behind Tang Ya, a figure completely shrouded in a large black robe let out a grating laugh.
His eyes, deeply sunken in their sockets, greedily stared at the dark aura emanating from Tang Ya.
"Leader of the Tang Sect, look at your current power; this is your rightful form."
"What justice, what Shrek? In the eyes of those hypocrites, you are nothing more than a dispensable discarded piece."
"Only by devoting yourself to the Holy Spirit can you master the true power of revenge."
Tang Ya panted heavily, the Dark Blue Silver Grass in her hands trembling continuously.
As the slaughter subsided, her remaining reason made her look at the bloody scene all over the ground, and a deep sense of fear rose in her heart.
"I... what have I done..." Tang Ya's voice trembled as she tried to back away.
"You did what you should have done long ago." The Evil Soul Master stepped forward slowly, his withered, bone-like palm reaching toward Tang Ya.
"Now, your revenge is taken, but this continent no longer has a place for you."
"You are now an Evil Soul Master, the mortal enemy of Shrek and all of humanity. Come with me, return to the Holy Spirit Cult; that is your only home."
"No... I won't go! Stay away from me!" Tang Ya screamed, waving the vines in an attempt to force the other party back.
"Not going?" The Evil Soul Master's voice suddenly turned cold, and a chilling spirit power instantly spread out, forcibly suppressing Tang Ya's unstable aura.
"Tang Ya, do you think you still have any room for choice? Look at your ghostly appearance, covered in the sins of killing, with evil energy entering your body."
"If you don't come with me, once those fellows from Shrek find out, they won't hesitate to purify you like a monster. Right now, besides coming with me, where else is there space for you to survive?"
He let out a cold laugh, the spirit rings behind him flashing in turn, and a giant black handprint formed out of thin air, grabbing toward Tang Ya.
"Since you won't listen, I can only take you back by force."
"Don't worry, the Cult Leader will really like his new toy."
Tang Ya closed her eyes in despair.
She felt that suffocating dark spirit power.
Just as the other party said, she could no longer go back.
That bright afternoon, that dream of going to the Sun Moon Academy to find that youth and revive the Tang Sect, had all shattered into pieces.
However, the expected impact did not arrive.
Before the Evil Soul Master's voice could even fade, an indifferent yet infinitely overbearing voice abruptly exploded over these ruins!
"Her space to survive isn't for a sewer rat like you to decide."
Bang!
A massive sound rang out directly.
Subsequently, the Evil Soul Master, who had been incredibly arrogant just a moment ago, was slapped away by a giant Dragon's tail in an instant, falling to the ground and vomiting blood.
Tang Ya opened her eyes once more.
What met her eyes was a handsome youth who was incredibly familiar to her.
The moment she saw his face, her eyes instantly welled up with tears.
"Liu Yuan? Why are you here, you guy?"
Liu Yuan grinned: "I'm here to save you!"
Tang Ya lowered her head in shame: "But I lost to hatred, I've become an Evil Soul Master."
Liu Yuan smiled faintly: "It's fine, I can save you."
But soon, his gaze shifted to the side, to the Evil Soul Master who was struggling to crawl up from the ground, intending to flee.
"However, I have to deal with this scourge first."
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