Whoosh!
Two crimson arrows flew one after another. The first grazed past Jiang Nannan, knocking away the dagger the girl had been pressing tightly against her own neck, while the second flew straight toward the old man's throat.
The latter furrowed his brows, a pale green Xuanming Armor lighting up in front of him, forcefully blocking the strike.
Xu Jing's gaze gradually turned serious as he looked toward the direction the arrows had come from.
He narrowed his eyes.
"May I ask which expert is here? Since you have arrived, why hide and skulk about? It is truly despicable."
That arrow just now had made even his hands, a spirit saint, tremble slightly.
A soul master who uses arrows is skilled in long-range combat and extremely troublesome. Even if the opponent were only a Spirit Emperor, by kiting from a distance, it would be enough to give him, a Xuanming turtle, a hard time.
"Xiao Cheng, run!" Jiang Nannan looked into the distance with teary eyes, her gaze gradually becoming dazed.
A figure slowly walked out.
"That is still better than the Xuanming Sect plotting to deceive young girls..." Lu Cheng's figure appeared, a smile playing on his lips.
The scene suddenly fell silent.
Elder Jing looked at the youth in astonishment. The soul power fluctuation surging from the latter was extremely familiar; he was undoubtedly the owner of that crimson arrow from just a moment ago.
But... how old is he?!!
Now that Lu Cheng had undergone a second martial soul awakening, even the butler Chen Nian did not recognize him, only looking grim at having provoked such a genius...
No wonder Jiang Nannan was so fearless, daring to go head-to-head with the Xuanming Sect.
"Are you alright, Sister Nannan?"
Lu Cheng picked up the pale-faced Jiang Nannan in a bridal carry, his gaze gentle as he spoke.
"Are you... Xiao Cheng?" Jiang Nannan's eyes were equally dazed and astonished. Clearly, the tone and mannerisms were the same person, but this appearance... it was unreasonably handsome. The beauty reached out her slender hand in disbelief to stroke Lu Cheng's cheek, a blush unconsciously spreading across her pretty face.
Being held by her younger brother by her soft waist was a first in all these years.
In the past, she was the strongest soul master in the family, always carrying heavy burdens on her shoulders and maintaining the pride and dignity of an older sister on her face. But now... this burden seemed to have been taken over by her younger brother, and she could only hide quietly in his arms, her body feeling weak.
From the little guy who used to be 1.5 meters tall to the 1.75-meter-tall man now, he could be considered a real, dependable man.
"Then leave the rest to me." Lu Cheng lifted his head.
His gaze swept over the members of the Xuanming Sect, his eyes indifferent and cold.
Jiang Nannan bit her red lips lightly, burying her pretty face in Lu Cheng's chest. She felt that everything was worth it and let out a soft, gentle hum.
"Mm~"
"Boy, state your master and sect. I, Xu Jing, do not kill the unknown!" the white-haired old man said indifferently.
"Sister Xiao Tao," Lu Cheng slowly uttered a few words.
His gaze was as cold as if he were looking at a few dead people.
Screech!
A phoenix's cry resounded through the sky.
The temperature of the entire space suddenly rose. A crimson figure slowly appeared before everyone's eyes—a stunning beauty with a tall, slender figure, wrapped in red clothes, with two fire wings growing from her back, standing proudly in mid-air.
Seven soul rings rippled out one by one, the bearing of a spirit saint fully revealed.
However, although both were Spirit Saints, Xu Jing felt an indescribable fear and suppression.
"Kill," Lu Cheng spat out the word coldly.
With his current strength, killing this old turtle would be quite difficult; after all, reaching Spirit Saint is a hurdle, and having or not having a Martial Soul True Body is a completely different level of power. Fortunately, Ma Xiaotao was also following him.
Since that was the case, he didn't want to waste any more words on them.
"Is Your Excellency an inner academy disciple of Shrek Academy? I have some history with your dean..." Xu Jing swallowed, speaking rapidly.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk~" Ma Xiaotao shook her head lazily.
"Xuanming Sect, daring to run wild on the territory of Shrek Academy, do you really think that I, a member of the Supervisory Group, am just for show? And... since that little guy wants you dead, and I owe him a huge favor, I dare not disobey his orders."
After speaking, a ball of divine fire surged within her long, narrow phoenix eyes. "Remember the one who killed you: Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao."
Rumble!
After speaking, Ma Xiaotao curled her red lips, a flash of coldness in her eyes. With a wave of her fair hand, a pitch-black soul ring flickered beneath her feet.
"Divine Phoenix True Body!"
As a powerful aura, resembling an ancient behemoth, rose from behind her, flames enveloped Xu Jing and the others, forming a massive cage of fire. Countless flames bowed toward the divine Phoenix phantom condensed by Ma Xiaotao as if paying homage to their monarch.
Her martial soul had been strengthened by Lu Cheng once; it was no exaggeration to call it a second awakening.
"No, come to me!" Xu Jing's expression grew increasingly ugly. He condensed a Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul True Body, and a pale green water-attributed Xuanming Turtle phantom shielded Xu Sanshi, resisting the crimson heat wave. Meanwhile, the page-boy butler screamed and wailed nearby, his body being scorched, turning into charcoal inch by inch until he finally vanished into ashes.
"Is Your Excellency really going to make an enemy of the Xuanming Sect!!!" Xu Jing's face turned green as he stared coldly at Ma Xiaotao, who was gathering power in mid-air, forcing himself to remain calm.
"I am the Third Elder of the Xuanming Sect. If you dare to touch me, the Xuanming Sect will surely retaliate a hundredfold!"
"Old turtle, you are about to die, yet you still dare to threaten me," Ma Xiaotao sneered.
She slowly pressed her hand down.
Her phoebe eyes gradually turned cold.
"Die, so you can stop harming people everywhere..."
After speaking, the Divine Fire Phoenix behind her flapped its wings and flew straight toward Xu Jing on the ground.
"Damn it, I'll fight it out!!!" Xu Jing's expression was grim. soul rings rose from beneath his feet as well, and he applied a defensive boost to his Martial Soul True Body, making the green Xuanming Turtle even more solid.
But the next instant—
The Divine Fire Phoenix collided with the massive phantom of the Xuanming Turtle.
Rumble!
The powerful impact shook the earth and mountains.
A wave of Qi surged out from the center of the battlefield.
Lu Cheng's expression remained indifferent, though his body turned slightly to the side, condensing a pale red shield in front of him to block the shockwave.
Jiang Nannan stared at this scene with a dazed little face. Lu Cheng gently pinched her cheek and turned her gaze back. "Sister, it's too bloody; you'd better not look..."
"Do you really take me for a child?" Jiang Nannan said with shy annoyance. Her pink eyes stared straight at Lu Cheng, and she pounded her fist into Lu Cheng's chest.
She struggled lightly, but because her soul power was exhausted and she didn't have much physical strength left, it only made her look more like she was acting coquettishly.
He is Xiao Cheng! I am the sister; how can I...
Jiang Nannan swallowed, her pink eyes secretly glancing at Lu Cheng's side profile. But her heart, which had been silent for many years, was indeed beating violently.
The beauty bit her red lips lightly, still blushing, and wrapped her porcelain-like arms gently around Lu Cheng's neck.
"You holding me... isn't too tiring?"
Listening to Jiang Nannan's voice, as soft as a mosquito, and seeing her pretty face, which was flushed red and turned away, Lu Cheng revealed a gentle smile.
"It's fine; I'm not tired."
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