"Yuhao, come here quickly. Don't let those bandits spot you."
At the edge of a steep cliff, Tang Ya softly called to Huo Yuhao, urging him to join her and Jiang Nannan.
And so, Huo Yuhao ended up sandwiched between Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.
Their bodies pressed against either side of him. Whenever he looked up, he saw... He could only secretly activate his first Soul Skill.
Below the cliff lay a flat basin.
Quite a few people stood in the basin. Huo Yuhao counted roughly thirty of them.
Among the thirty or so people was a sinister-looking middle-aged man, whose aura suggested he was around a Soul Elder. He was wolfing down a roast suckling pig in front of him.
The middle-aged man was eating with gusto, while the people gathered around him had to make do with dry rations.
"Boss, we can't keep hiding like this! That crazy woman will find us sooner or later."
The middle-aged man, his face slick with grease, looked up. "Then what do you suggest? She killed our big brother."
"That crazy woman is an eight-ring Soul Douluo. You want me, a three-ring Soul Elder, to go up there and get myself killed?"
The skinny man, who looked rather shrewd, quickly waved his hands. "Of course not, Boss! Without you, we'd just be a bunch of helpless ordinary people."
"Even if you gave me a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare plot against you."
"Then shut up and stop bothering me while I eat." The middle-aged man cursed and went back to enjoying his delicious lunch.
Up on the cliff, Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan watched the man who led the group. He was their target for the day.
"There are so many people around him during the day. It'll be hard to make a move."
"Then let's wait until nightfall!"
Night fell. The group the three had been watching lit a fire in the middle of their camp. Everyone took turns keeping watch, except for their boss, who went to sleep.
Two men who had just been woken up took over the watch, yawning reluctantly. As they struggled to keep their eyes open—
Thick, deep-blue grass, like vines, instantly coiled around their throats. They had no time to make a sound before they suffocated.
They weren't the only ones. The people lying on the ground were also ensnared by the vine-like blue grass, then stopped breathing.
It was Tang Ya. She had used her first Soul Skill, Blue Silver Grass Entanglement.
A figure silently approached the spot where the group's boss was lying.
Second Soul Skill, Gravity Control.
First Soul Skill, Waist Bow.
Just as the two Soul Skills were about to hit the boss—
He suddenly opened his eyes and quickly retreated.
"Damn it, even a fallen tiger gets bullied by dogs! You two little three-ring Soul Elders dare come looking for trouble with me, Mizun Wanbuyao?"
Wanbuyao spat. "You're from Shrek Academy."
Tang Ya held a deep-blue Blue Silver King in her hand. Her two yellow and one purple Soul Rings revolved as she came to stand beside Jiang Nannan, whose Soul Ring Configuration was exactly the same as hers.
"Who I am is none of your business. Just know that today is the day you die," Tang Ya said.
Jiang Nannan looked grave. This man had somehow dodged her sure-hit attack, despite giving no sign beforehand that he was going to move.
"Kill me? What a big mouth you have, little girl."
"Judging by your age, you're only in your teens. You must taste tender."
"You had a way to heaven and didn't take it, but barged into hell instead. Today, I'll gladly take you two for myself."
Wanbuyao leered and summoned his Martial Soul: a purplish-black flower.
This was his Martial Soul, the Miro Flower. Two yellow and one purple Soul Rings hung beneath it.
Wanbuyao's gaze grew even more feverish. With his Martial Soul, those two little lambs wouldn't be able to escape.
The Miro Flower was a relatively rare Plant-type Soul Beast. It wasn't much good at fighting, but it had one especially powerful ability:
It could stoke and inflame desire.
When Wanbuyao had first awakened this Martial Soul, he had even worked as a miracle doctor for a while and made quite a bit of money.
Later, while practicing medicine, he was caught "acting like Cao Cao," so he killed the witness. After committing a string of other crimes, he eventually became an Evil Soul Master.
The years he'd spent as an Evil Soul Master were the happiest of his life.
Their leader was a Soul Saint who had been unexpectedly good to those who had willingly joined him!
Before every village massacre, their leader let them indulge for three minutes before they began the slaughter.
If the people who suddenly claimed to be from Shrek's Inspection Team hadn't dealt a devastating blow to their stronghold some time ago, Wanbuyao wouldn't have ended up here.
"Hmph, you Shrek people. Where's that crazy woman who killed my leader?"
"You sent two little girls after me. Looks like you don't care much about your students' lives!"
As Wanbuyao drew their attention, he released pollen from his Martial Soul. At the same time, the Soul Rings beneath his feet lit up.
First Soul Skill, Colorless and Tasteless.
Second Soul Skill, Pollen Movement.
The colorless, tasteless pollen would spread without the two girls in front of him noticing.
Pollen Movement let his pollen spread rapidly. Those two wouldn't escape his grasp.
Tang Ya frowned as the man in front of her kept babbling.
"Nannan, he's trying to stall for time. Let's finish this quickly!"
Jiang Nannan had realized it too. "Okay, Xiaoya. Protect me and cover me."
"Got it!" Tang Ya raised the Blue Silver King in her hand.
Second Soul Skill, Blue Silver Protection.
Two beams of blue light shot out from the Blue Silver King in Tang Ya's hand. A faint-blue barrier appeared around Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.
This was Tang Ya's second Soul Skill. It increased their defense by 50% and restored some of their spent Soul Power.
Third Soul Skill, Blue Silver Link.
A chain of blue Soul Power stretched from Tang Ya to Jiang Nannan.
This Soul Skill completely linked their Soul Power, allowing them to share it.
After using those two Soul Skills, Tang Ya used her first Soul Skill again: Blue Silver Grass Entanglement.
Jiang Nannan's three Soul Rings lit up as she gathered strength, preparing to deliver a fatal blow.
Wanbuyao's expression turned grim. He wasn't very strong in a head-on fight.
Third Soul Skill, Pollen Bomb.
Pink smoke billowed up, but it couldn't stop the Blue Silver vines surging toward him.
With no other choice, Wanbuyao used the trick he'd just used to dodge Jiang Nannan's attack.
He spread the pollen over himself, worked himself into a frenzy, then kicked off hard and successfully dodged the Blue Silver vines.
Third Soul Skill, Teleportation.
Jiang Nannan, who had been waiting for her chance, appeared in front of Wanbuyao in an instant.
Combining Waist Bow with Gravity Control, she slammed her gravity-enhanced lower leg into Wanbuyao's abdomen.
With a bang!
Wanbuyao was driven deep into the surrounding rock wall, his life or death uncertain.
"Xiaoya, pull him out of the rock. If he's not dead, I'll kick him again!"
"No problem."
Tang Ya was about to send her Blue Silver vines into the deep hole and drag Wanbuyao out.
But something came out faster than her vines—it was Wanbuyao.
Wanbuyao spat out a mouthful of blood. "You two little bitches have some skills, forcing me into this state."
"Next, you won't be smiling for long!"
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