The platform was in shambles. Panicked crowds scattered in all directions. Spirit beasts huddled in corners, trembling. Sunlight still streamed through the shattered dome, but it could no longer illuminate the harmonious scene.
Li Yucheng's face was pale. His fists clenched with a creaking sound. "Disaster."
He had to contact the Spirit Transmission Tower immediately.
And in a place he didn't notice, a wisp of gray mist and a figure quietly disappeared.
A bone-chilling wind cut across the skin like blades. The young boy seemed to instinctively open his eyes. His pupils contracted sharply. Beneath him was an abyss of ten thousand meters. Wispy clouds, like ghosts, twined around his feet. The frigid air currents were tearing at his suspended body.
He was wrapped in a narrow blood-colored protective shield, unable to move.
And across from him, inside another blood-colored protective shield, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena were also trapped.
Huo Yuhao's brow was furrowed. He "suddenly" awoke from his unconscious state. A hazy gray mist lingered in his eyes, quickly receding. His first sight was Gu Yuena beside him. Her body was lying across him. Her hand gripped his collar tightly. Her face was pale. Her long lashes were lowered, trembling slightly in the cold wind, as if she wake might at any moment.
Just then, Gu Yuena's brow gently furrowed. Her eyelids struggled a few times before finally slowly opening. Her amethyst-like eyes held a trace of confusion. Seeing the evil spirit master, they turned to understanding. Her brow furrowed.
Huo Yuhao: "..."
What to say? Great acting?
Had she been acting around him all this time?
"You all woke up quite quickly."
A cold, strange voice suddenly sounded. The voice was neither male nor female, carrying a twisted sense of eeriness, as if countless tiny insects were crawling on the eardrums. Illusions seemed to appear in their eyes.
The cool young boy quickly closed his eyes and said nothing. Huo Yuhao and the other also remained silent, simply looking at the evil spirit master with vigilant expressions.
Just then, a strong strong sense of weightlessness suddenly struck. The clouds around them flew past like blades. The earth was rushing toward them at a terrifying terrifying speed.
The suffocating feeling of falling made their blood seem to freeze. When they were only a hundred meters from the ground, a sudden BAM an invisible force suddenly yanked the three to a halt. The feeling of their internal organs being squeezed and shifted surged into their hearts. Before they could regain their senses, their feet had already landed heavily on solid ground. Their knees bent uncontrollably from the impact.
Gu Yuena staggered to steady herself. A cold glint flashed in her amethyst eyes. Her face was pale.
Huo Yuhao supported her shoulder. With an extremely "grave" expression, he looked at the evil spirit master.
This evil spirit master was entirely shrouded in impenetrable gray darkness. A gray outfit clung to her body, as if merged with the shadows. Even her face was completely covered by a special hood, revealing only a pair of bone-chilling eyes. In those grayish eyes, blood-red pupils were like two solidified drops of blood, glowing with a demonic light in the dimness.
The Blood Eyes martial soul. And a Super Douluo at that.
He seemed to have some impression of her.
Wasn't she the evil spirit master who had originally attacked the Divine Craftsman?
This time, she had switched to attack the next Divine Craftsman?
The Blood Eyes evil spirit master looked at the three. "Your mental fortitude is pretty good, worthy of your talent."
Facing her without showing fear was indeed good. But they had no shortage of the tension and worry either.
That was only natural, after all, the gap gap in strength was there.
If they weren't nervous, that would be the real problem.
"Senior, what business do you have with us?"
The boy beside them struggled to his feet and couldn't help asking, "We weaklings shouldn't be worth your trouble, should we?"
"Weaklings? Tenth on the Junior Genius Rankings, Yuanen Yehui. Fifth, Gu Yuena. First, Huo Yuhao."
The evil spirit master looked at them with a cold smile. Her cold and cold voice sounded in their ears.
"You may not be strong individuals now. But what about the future? At this age, a high-level Spirit Elder, a Spirit Ancestor, a Soul King. The Federation is producing more and more geniuses these years. But conversely, killing you would mean a few fewer peak powerhouses for the Federation in the future, strangling the future of major powers. Why wouldn't I do it?"
Yuanen Yehui's brow furrowed. "If you truly wanted to kill us, you wouldn't have waited until bringing us here."
The evil spirit master glanced at Yuanen Yehui. She didn't continue the conversation. She turned her head to look at Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena. "The Spirit Transmission Tower was very quick to protect those with evil martial souls. They overlooked the geniuses of their own power."
"However, for geniuses like you, not having protectors by your side is one thing. Didn't your teachers leave you any other means?"
Huo Yuhao glanced toward Yuanen Yehui, took a deep breath, and said, "Since I already have the means to protect myself, I can't rely on my teachers for everything. Who could have known we would encounter a senior like you today?"
"A five-ring Soul King, plus Battle Armor. That does give you some means of self-protection."
The evil spirit master's blood-red eyes narrowed slightly, like a snake staring at its prey, locking locking Huo Yuhao's eyes. His slightly mocking words did not anger her. Instead, the curve of her mouth grew more twisted and twisted.
The fleeting gray mist from Huo Yuhao when she had grabbed him still lingered in her mind. So pure, so sweet a death aura. Just recalling it made her whole body shudder, a tingling pleasure rising from the depths of her bones.
With one casual move, she had captured such a pleasant surprise. How fate favored her!
Huo Yuhao saw this. His eyes flickered.
Her attention had completely focused on him. It seemed the effect of the necromancy aura he had stirred up was very very noticeable.
"Rest here for a while. Don't try anything clever."
The evil spirit master said coldly. "If anyone comes after you, you will be the first to die. And if you can get through this time safely, you might just make it back alive."
As she finished speaking, her figure quietly disappeared.
Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena exchanged a glance. They understood each other without speaking. Neither said a word.
Yuanen Yehui was silent for a moment. She slowly walked to their side, her gaze moving between the two. "Sorry for dragging you both into this. She was probably after me. If I get a chance later, I'll try to draw her attention. You two escape as soon as possible."
Sensing that the evil spirit master's presence had temporarily left their vicinity, Huo Yuhao looked at "Yuanen Yehui."
Yuanen Yehui, female. Sometimes disguised as a man due to her martial soul. Her martial souls were the Titan Giant Ape and the Fallen Angel. A possessor of an evil martial soul. And because the Fallen Angel could connect to the Demon Plane at nine rings, she was among the most dangerous of evil martial soul potentials.
Thinking this, a smile suddenly appeared on Huo Yuhao's face. He transmitted: "No problem. With us drawing her attention, she didn't even notice Your Majesty. Leaving should be easy for us."
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