Chapter 260 (2/2)
”Zi Yuan jiějie?”
Zi Yuan waved a hand”Never ht flash appeared belowZi Yuan looked towards the te on the barrier's surface
”That's a counter-spell, right?” Hongling asked
”M stepped forward until her face was less than an inch away from the sound barrier Zi Yuan had erected earlier”Hey… I know thatturned around to look at Zi Yuan”He's the one whose conversation I overheard back at the guesthouse”
Zi Yuan stepped in to take a closer lookA short, pluap”Which sect is he from?”
”The Jinshan Sect”
”I see”
”I don't knoho his opponent is though,” Hongling mumbled
”Ye Yu,” Zi Yuan answered quickly”She's a seven-tailed fox spirit”
The battle began when Ye Yu's chakram hurtled towards the short man
”You knoe can't just walk up to Liu Ye and ask hi said all of a sudden”Zhang zhenren will be watching”
”Of course we can't,” Zi Yuan said without taking her eyes off the battle”Hopefully the Heir would show up before anything happens to Liu Ye”
”You'd think he'd be here by now,” Hongling gru”
Zi Yuan s”
The glowing chakra its enean to wonder if things would've been different had Master not left them so soon
The Snake in the Grass
A giggle escaped Ruan Hongling's lips despite the gravity of the situationBelow them, the plump man's limbs had withdrawn into his torso, which had swollen up like a gigantic, round, spherical…
A meatballThe man had just transformed into a human meatball
”What kind of spell is that, Zi Yuan jiějie?” Ruan Hongling burst into giggles again”It looks like so from that cartoon show!”
Zi Yuan jiějie raised a brow
”Oh, you know” Ruan Hongling bit her lip to stifle a se mutant ninja turtles”
Zi Yuan jiějie looked like she had no idea what Ruan Hongling was talking about, so Ruan Hongling decided to let it drop
The huan to roll around on the floor to avoid the chakra clalance sideways
Aling's relief
”Do not underesti” The corner of Zi Yuan jiějie's lips twitched”It's actually a pretty decent Earth-style escape spell”
Ruan Hongling let her hand drop froaped at Zi Yuan jiějie
Zi Yuan jiějie s battle with a slight head tilt
The ainSparks flew as the chakraet it, Zi Yuan jiějie” Ruan Hongling bit her botto around”
Zi Yuan jiějie chuckled”You'll see soon enough”
”Soon” turned out to be one minute later
SWIsh!+
The chakra was rendered speechlessThe round”W- What? How did he do that?”
Zi Yuan jiějie answered with a cryptic smile
The chakram continued to circle Ye Yu, who looked just as surprised as Ruan Hongling felt
”Here it co leaned forward slightly and squinted through the darkness”Whoa…”
The round a few feet behind Ye Yu, who didn't seem to be aware of his presence yet
Suddenly, Ye Yu turned around, but she was too late
The man's thick ar her in a tight bear hugSo to theinto rocks
”It's called the Earth Transforht Ruan Hongling out of her trance
”That huge boulder just now is actually an earth shi+eld,” Zi Yuan jiějie explained”The user can also harden his flesh, effectively turning his flesh into stone”
”But how did he… how did he go underground?” Ruan Hongling asked”There wasn't even a hole on the groundIt's like he…” Ruan Hongling gestured with her hands wildly as she searched for the right terh the earth?” Zi Yuan jiějie said
Ruan Hongling turned to face her mentor”E- Exactly”
Zi Yuan jiějie nodded”In its most advanced form, the Earth Transformation Spell allows its user to becoh the earth, or even conceal yourself in the ground as long as you have to spiritual energy to ood escape tool”
The sound of roaring laughter drew Ruan Hongling's attention back to the battle
”You're done for, demon witch!” the short man snarled”Now you can't use that chakram of yours unless you want to slice your own body in half” Theto crush your body with my bare hands”
”The battle is over” Disdain colored Zi Yuan jiějie's tone”He's too carelessToo full of himself”
The crowd's cheers turned into screams of horror when Ye Yu transformed into her fox formSeconds later, a seven-tailed fox with fire red fur towered over the templeOne of Ye Yu's tails rose and plucked the short man off her backA loud crack sounded when thewinced internally when one of Ye Yu's paws squashed the man's body into a bloody pulp
”NOOOO!!!!!!”
The short man's Yin Spirit rose fro said
A soft sigh was Zi Yuan jiějie's only reply
They both kneas co
Ye Yu's mouth opened wide
The croent into an uproar: so in fear
”NOOO!!!! Stop!!!!”
The short man attempted to flee with his Yin Spirit, but he was too late; his Yin Spirit was sucked right into the seven-tailed fox's mouth
”You Goddamned demon witch!” someone from the crowd yelled
”Release this barrier now so that we can kill you properly!”
BAM!
The croas silenced when all of Ye Yu's seven tails slaiant fox's mouth
Someone broke the silence
”The Jinshan Sect will not tolerate this!”
”Release the barrier you cowards!”
The fox's body glowed in red as it begun to shrink in sizeSeconds later, Ye Yu was back in her huly at the h the barrier
Ruan Hongling looked towards her ,” Zi Yuan jiějie re-qiánbèi is farnoddedIf this hat a seven-tailed fox spirit could do, she couldn't even iine what kind of power a nine-tailed fox spirit like the Mystical Silver Fox possessed
Suddenly, Zi Yuan jiějie took a s…”
Ruan Hongling's stomach dropped when she noticed the tensed set of Zi Yuan jiějie's shoulders
Ruan Hongling quickly followed Zi Yuan jiějie's gaze to see rong
So at the temple
Below, the crowd had parted to two sides totowards the temples protective barrierOn the other side of the barrier, an old rey robe enveloped the ureThe robe billowed and fluttered around the oldafter the old e, which consisted of thenoted with interest that aside froe, the rest of the Tianhé zhenren unsheathed his swordA golden radiance eloom in the teling never thought she would have the opportunity to see that sith her own eyes”I- Is that…”
”Mm,” Zi Yuan jiějie said”The Sword of Seven Stars”
Zhang Tianhé zhenren's clear voice resonated through the night”So you have finally shown yourself, Liu Ye”
”Round up your people and leave, Zhang zhenren” The old man stopped beside Ye Yu”Before more blood is spilled” The oldfaces hereIt is such a waste for them to die in such needless scuffles”
A wo on Liu Ye's right
Ruan Hongling felt Zi Yuan jiějie shi+ft beside her
”There you are,” Zi Yuan jiějie whispered to herself, ”you snake in the grass…”
Frowning, Ruan Hongling observed the wohtThe woal air and a dignified comportmentCo
Then, it clicked
”Wait… Youpractically screamedPretty sure the entire mountain would've heard her voice by now if they didn't have the sound barrier
”I think so,” Zi Yuan jiějie answered after a ht you've neversaid with a pause”How could you tell?”
”Take a closer look at the wo”The hairpin…”
”Maze reThere's noshook her head”I e a person by their appearance, Hongling,” Zi Yuan jiějie said, sounding uniling didn'tTianhé zhenren's voice sounded again
”We will leave once your walls are reduced to ruins”
”Your plan has been foiled, Zhang zhenren,” Liu Ye said”There is no way you can breach this barrierIt is futile”
It surprised Ruan Hongling a little that a frail oldto differ, Liu Ye,” Zhang Tianhé zhenren said in a s tone
”Is this what you call a successful assault, Zhang zhenren? Sending in one estured at the ar your ant laughter sounded below
”It would seehter”At this rate, I alone can dispatch these weaklings” A look of disdain spread across Ye Yu's face”We don't even have to count on that despicable wo frownedDespicable wo a second to realize that Ye Yu was referring to Ao Wushuang
”None of the co”
”Wushuang-qiánbèi never got along with any of them,” Zi Yuan jiějie answered”I doubt anyone bothered to look into her disappearance”
Not even Liu Ye?
Ruan Hongling looked towards the te a heated argu” Zi Yuan jiějie's serious tone interrupted Ruan Hongling's observations”Things are about to go south”
Ruan Hongling squared her shoulders and gave Zi Yuan jiějie a firm nod
I can do this… I can do this…
”Do you know yournodded”Sneak into the teFind Su Chan”
”Tell y?”
Ruan Hongling answered in a heartbeat, ”I'll let the da”
Zi Yuan jiějie seemed impressed”That would be wise”
”If I find Bahuang, I will su continued to outline her plan”If I find Su Chan and her life is in ier, I will summon you with the taliser, I will take note of her location and then report it back to you”
Zi Yuan jiějie suddenly turned her head”And in the event of an e forced herself to aze”I will activate the talisman and summon you to htful look spread across Zi Yuan jiějie's features”When you're looking for Bahuang…” Zi Yuan jiějie trailed off as though she was considering her words carefully
”What is it, shījiě?”
”Avoid the common areas in the temple” Zi Yuan jiějie frowned”If she has the sword, she'sto keep it hidden solanced at her briefly”I'm not sure about the rest of his disciples, but I think Liu Ye knows that Wushuang-qiánbèi had Bahuang”
”Understood” Ruan Hongling nodded”I knohat to do”
Zi Yuan jiějie's expression reaze to the te to take place in front of the tee, so they're probably going to spread out to cover ,” Ruan Hongling added
The Great Six had hter everyone; leave none alive
Ruan Hongling turned her head when she felt Zi Yuan jiějie's gaze on her
”You need to infiltrate the temple from above”
”Understood”
Zi Yuan jiějie nodded”Once the barrier is down, fly up high and then lower yourself to the teer that” Ruan Hongling froze, suddenly re”When do you think—”
Zi Yuan jiějie raised her hand and pointed at the te Zhenren's voice was too soft to be audible, but Ruan Hongling knew that he was speaking to a fewa little was that nobody orking on the counter-spell
Maybe because they know they won't be needing the counter-spell soon, an o's head
”Leave, Zhang zhenren!” Liu Ye said loudly”It is over”
Zhang zhenren stopped speaking and turned around to face the barrierThe Sword of Seven Stars suddenly stabbed itself into the ground
”That's where you're wrong, old a your tihed”A zhenren?” Liu Ye said”The Fox Zen School has never harmed anyone!”
”You shouldn't waste your breath on the likes of himén,” Ye Yu sneered”These people are just a bunch of lunatics”
Zhang zhenren suddenly stopped laughing, and a confident smirk spread across his handso down, old man”
Liu Ye slid his hands under the sleeves of his robe”You're out of your rabbed the hilt of the Sword of Seven Stars”And you, Great Seer, are blind”
It all happened so fast that Ruan Hongling almost missed it: Liu Ye's body flew backwards until it crashed into wall of the te uselessly on the ground
Mo Ahshi+'s hair had coh it wasn't the wo's heart
It was the woman's face
The face of a female rakshasa