Chapter 256 Evil Influence.
A gentle breeze swept by, unexpectedly effective. The blood flames surrounding Elder Li were instantly extinguished, and the crimson flames around Xiao Xiao also weakened.
Elder Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Wu Xuan was there; otherwise, Elder Li and the little girl would have been in danger.
Seeing that it was almost over, Wu Xuan stopped using his first soul skill. The crimson flames around Elder Li suddenly began to swirl, emitting wisps of fire, but Elder Li forcibly suppressed them. However, the crimson flames around Xiao Xiao did not hesitate at all and immediately blazed fiercely again.
"What the hell?" Wu Xuan was somewhat flustered at this moment.
Veins bulged on Elder Li's forehead, his eyes red as he looked at Wu Xuan and said, "Quickly, save this little girl and take us back to the Sea God Pavilion! This flame is the primordial evil energy within the Lich Douluo's soul core; it has the effect of corrupting martial souls and causing them to fall into evil. It will be too late if we're too late!"
"What?" Elder Xuan jumped up and down in panic. Xiao Xiao was his little disciple; if her martial soul fell into evil, it would cost him his life!
Upon hearing this, Wu Xuan's expression tightened, and he released his first soul skill again, a gentle breeze enveloping the two of them. Seeing this, Elder Xuan's earth-yellow soul power erupted and instantly enveloped the two of them, effectively compressing the gentle breeze.
"Elder Li, why isn't Wang Dong affected?" Wu Xuan asked Wang Dong, who was still absorbing soul rings, with a gloomy expression.
As the breeze entered his body, Elder Li instantly felt much more relaxed. He said, "Back then, when I pierced through that Lich Douluo with my sword, he went hysterical and tried to self-destruct his soul core to take me down with him. But who knew that as soon as I dodged, the auras of these two little guys were suddenly exposed for some reason. Then the Lich Douluo changed his strategy, directly destroying his soul core and releasing all the original evil energy within his martial soul, which then invaded these two little guys."
"My lightning element happens to be the nemesis of evil spirits. Even with the Lich Douluo's self-destruction, he couldn't harm me despite my intervention. But an unexpected accident happened. For some reason, a golden ripple spread around Wang Dong's body, and then the crimson flames were drawn by the ripples and scattered in all directions. Xiao Xiao was right next to Wang Dong." Old Li's face turned ashen as the bottom of a pot by the end.
His Thunderclap Sword was arguably the most effective martial soul against evil spirits in the Sea God Pavilion besides Old Mu. Clearly, if it weren't for this sudden accident, neither he nor Xiao Xiao would have been in danger.
"Wu Xuan! You protect Wang Dong first. You can return to the academy after Old Song comes back. I'll take Xiao Xiao and Old Li back to the academy first. Don't worry, with the Golden Ancient Tree there, they'll be fine."
After successfully compressing enough Spirit Gathering Wind with his immense soul power, Old Xuan called to Wu Xuan, grabbed Old Li beside him, and rushed towards the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy.
Wu Xuan watched Elder Xuan's departing figure, his gaze first turning somber to Wang Dong, then he looked up at the sky. Huo Yuhao, having failed to obtain the inheritance of Electrolux, was clearly useless in the eyes of that Buddha, especially given Wang Dong's sudden change in attitude. The more he thought about this unexpected turn of events, the more absurd it seemed; it was highly likely orchestrated by some Buddha.
Being noticed by the Heavenly Buddha, the consequences were predictable. If he didn't want to be chained up, he would have no choice but to cultivate relentlessly.
Wu Xuan's eyes darkened. The road ahead might be difficult; he had no other backers, and the Heavenly Buddha could easily manipulate him.
But so what? He never regretted his decision.
Wu Xuan had only waited for less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea when Elder Song, who had gone to pursue another wisp of blood mist, found Wu Xuan and Elder Song following the directions left by Elder Xuan.
"Little Xuan! What happened earlier? Where are Elder Xuan and the others?" Elder Song asked hurriedly as soon as he landed. After all, the vast expanse of deep pits in front of them was simply too conspicuous.
"Old Song, you've finally arrived!" Wu Xuan hurriedly went to greet him.
"Elder Song, to make a long story short, Xiao Xiao and Elder Li were injured during that Lich Douluo's desperate counterattack, and Elder Xuan took them back to the academy for treatment. Wang Dong is still absorbing his soul ring, so I'll leave him in your care." Wu Xuan said, taking out his flying soul tool from his storage soul tool and carrying it on his back. Then, before Elder Song could even process what was happening, he soared into the sky.
"Elder Li was injured? That shouldn't be possible!" Elder Song murmured. Lightning attribute is the most effective counter to evil soul masters, second only to holy and light attributes. Even if he was injured during the desperate counterattack, he could still protect the students!
Elder Song's thoughts were no longer relevant to Wu Xuan, who was currently rushing back to Shrek Academy as fast as he could.
Sea God Pavilion!
Wu Xuan rushed into the Sea God Pavilion as soon as he landed. Just as Wu Xuan was about to use his spiritual power to locate Xiao Xiao, a somewhat aged and weak voice suddenly came.
"The third floor of the Sea God Pavilion, the first room on the left, come up!"
"Teacher!" Wu Xuan exclaimed in surprise. He then hurriedly went to the third floor of the Sea God Pavilion.
On the third floor, the first thing he saw was a small hall of only about twenty square meters. Two passageways on either side led deeper into the hall.
Wu Xuan pushed open the left door, and when he saw Elder Mu, he was greatly surprised. "Teacher, what...what happened to you?"
Elder Mu lay quietly on a recliner, his face ashen, his eyes lifeless. Already very old, half of his white hair had turned a pale gray.
Since the Soul-Breaking Spear fused with the Metal of Life, Wu Xuan's perception of life force had reached an unimaginable level; Elder Mu's current state indicated a significant loss of life force.
"Come, little disciple, sit down," Elder Mu said calmly, his aged eyes revealing no emotional fluctuation.
Wu Xuan hurried to Elder Mu's side and asked anxiously, "Teacher, what happened? How did you consume so much of your life force?"
Elder Mu sighed and said, "It's nothing, I won't die anytime soon. It's just... Xiao Xiao's condition is not optimistic. I mobilized the power of the Golden Ancient Tree but couldn't clear away that blood-red flame." As he said this, even with his status as the Sea God Pavilion Master and his astonishing Limit Douluo strength, a look of sorrow appeared in his eyes.
Top-tier geniuses with twin martial souls! It's rare to see one like this on the continent even once in a hundred years. In this great era, Shrek Academy has suddenly produced four top-tier geniuses with twin martial souls. Losing even one of them is a tremendous loss.
Elder Xuan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but sigh as well. Old Li's strength was so great that the evil energy could no longer harm that old guy. He was no longer in any serious danger. But thinking about his little disciple, Elder Xuan sighed again.
"Teacher, perhaps someone can help." Wu Xuan immediately thought of Ye Guyi and Ilex.
"Who is it?" Elder Xuan asked anxiously.
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