The Master Is Dead? The Master Pulled Out!

At night, a Full Moon hung high in the sky, casting bright, pure moonlight over the land.

And in the dense Soul Hunting Forest, they faced the pursuit of the Mandala Snake.

When the Master was swallowed by the Mandala Snake, Lei Hong's furious roar made Wang Sheng and Tang San both stop in their tracks. They quickly turned around, clenched their fists, gritted their teeth, and faced the Mandala Snake head-on.

Lei Hong was right. From the moment the Master had been swallowed, it was clear that in this dense forest, they were far slower than the Mandala Snake. Trying to outrun it was nearly impossible.

If they did not fight back, they would sooner or later be caught one after another by the Mandala Snake and killed.

On the other hand, if they took advantage of the fact that the Mandala Snake had just swallowed the Master and was having difficulty moving, a decisive counterattack might offer them a slim chance of survival!

"First Soul Skill: Rock Armor!"

"Third Soul Skill: Savage Collision!"

After shouting his warning to Wang Sheng and Tang San, Lei Hong immediately roared twice more and activated his first and third Soul Skills.

For a moment, the first and third Soul Rings circling Lei Hong's body suddenly lit up.

Amid intense fluctuations of Soul Power, a dazzling earthy-yellow glow burst from Lei Hong's body. A layer of hard rock armor rapidly formed, enveloping him.

Then, with an angry roar, Lei Hong stomped hard on the ground.

His entire body shot forward at incredible speed, charging with unmatched ferocity and unstoppable momentum toward the Mandala Snake, which had just swallowed Yu Xiaogang and was raising its head to gulp him farther down into its body.

Lei Hong's charge was not an ordinary charge. He had activated his third Soul Skill: Savage Collision.

Therefore, when Lei Hong burst forward, not only were his speed and momentum astonishing, but he was also in an uninterruptible state, capable of sending everything in his path flying.

If what he struck was a living creature, it could also leave it stiffened for one second!

Bang!

Thus, facing Lei Hong's activated third Soul Skill, Savage Collision, the Mandala Snake, which was still swallowing the Master, naturally failed to evade. It was sent flying outright.

"Hiss!!"

After knocking away the Mandala Snake, Lei Hong clung tightly to its body amid its furious hissing. Borrowing the force of his charge, he forcibly drove it to the ground and used all his strength to pin it down.

"Get over here and help me! I can't hold it for long!"

After pinning down the Mandala Snake, Lei Hong threw back his head and roared.

By then, however, Wang Sheng and Tang San were already sprinting toward him.

As he ran, Wang Sheng clenched his fists, activating Golden Bell Cover while circulating the Great Subduing Demon Fist.

With an angry shout, Wang Sheng raised his fist and fixed his gaze on the Mandala Snake's head, ready to grab it and pummel it viciously once he got close.

As for Tang San, he pulled out the sharp dagger his teacher Yu Xiaogang had given him earlier. As he moved with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he activated Purple Demon Eyes. His eyes instantly turned violet, and everything before him abruptly became clearer.

While charging toward the Mandala Snake, just like Wang Sheng—

Tang San also chose to attack the Mandala Snake's weakest point: its head. He raised the sharp dagger in his hand, while his Purple Demon Eyes locked firmly onto the Mandala Snake's vulnerable eyes. Once he drew close, he intended to kill the Mandala Snake in a single strike through its eyes!

But as Wang Sheng and Tang San charged straight at it, the Mandala Snake pinned beneath Lei Hong sensed the danger as well and instantly went mad.

Amid sharp hissing, the wildly thrashing Mandala Snake actually broke free from Lei Hong's control and flung him away in an instant.

There was no helping it. Compared to the Mandala Snake, a Soul Beast with more than three hundred years of cultivation, Lei Hong, who was only at the Soul Elder level, was still somewhat lacking in strength!

This is bad!

At the critical moment, the Mandala Snake had unexpectedly broken free from Lei Hong's control. Wang Sheng and Tang San's expressions changed drastically at the same time, terror flooding their hearts.

After breaking free from Lei Hong's grasp, the Mandala Snake quickly twisted its body. First, it swept its long tail fiercely toward the approaching Wang Sheng, then opened its mouth and sprayed a large cloud of poisonous mist at Tang San.

Faced with the Mandala Snake's tail sweep—

Wang Sheng had charged too quickly to dodge. He only had time to cross his arms before his chest before the Mandala Snake's tail sent him flying with a horizontal sweep.

As for Tang San—

Facing the poisonous mist sprayed by the Mandala Snake, Tang San could only activate Mystic Jade Hand. He rapidly waved his hands before himself, trying to disperse the poison mist while quickly retreating.

After sending Wang Sheng flying with a tail sweep, the Mandala Snake naturally turned its attention to Tang San, who was closest and had been forced back by the poison mist. It raised its long body, opened its bloody maw, and bit down at Tang San.

However, Tang San, with Purple Demon Eyes activated, instantly noticed the Mandala Snake's attack. With Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track beneath his feet, he immediately dodged its strike.

Then, just as the Mandala Snake prepared to attack Tang San again, Lei Hong came to support him once more. With an angry roar, he charged forward and instantly knocked the Mandala Snake away.

Not far away, Wang Sheng had also climbed back to his feet. Protected by Golden Bell Cover, he had not suffered much injury. After pushing aside the bushes, he sprinted toward the battlefield.

And so, the three began battling the Mandala Snake in the forest.

Although it was three against one, the Mandala Snake was highly venomous. While fighting it, the three were extremely cautious and did not dare let themselves be bitten.

Thus, for the time being, neither side could do anything to the other.

But the initiative still lay with the Mandala Snake.

Meanwhile, far beyond Fanos Province, in a hotel in Bavis City within Ghana Province, Bai Luo continued monitoring Tang San's situation through the Spy Satellite.

He discovered that because Wang Sheng and Lei Hong had intervened, Tang San had failed to obtain the Storage Soul Tool Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night from Yu Xiaogang.

As a result, Yu Xiaogang had been swallowed by the Mandala Snake, while Lei Hong, Wang Sheng, and Tang San were engaged in a thrilling battle with it.

Bai Luo could not help finding this somewhat strange.

Still, it was not a bad thing for him.

But now that things had reached this point, Bai Luo planned to make his move. If he waited any longer and the Mandala Snake escaped—or Tang San killed it—that would not be good.

Snap!

Bai Luo raised a hand and snapped his fingers.

Inside the resplendent room, two figures suddenly appeared out of thin air.

One was a man dressed in a black jacket, with fiery-red skin, an extremely unusual appearance, a pair of pointed ears, and a tail behind him.

The other was a young man dressed in magnificent white robes. He had light-blue hair, a slender build, elegant and handsome features, and a cold temperament.

Of these two clones, one was the Red Devil Clone. The other was the White Phoenix Clone created by Bai Luo using the Bai Feng template he had obtained from his previous draw.

During the last draw, Bai Luo had obtained more than a million Source Energy Points. In total, he had exchanged them for one Legendary Treasure Chest, two Gold Treasure Chests, three Silver Treasure Chests, and four Bronze Treasure Chests.

From the Legendary Treasure Chest, Bai Luo had obtained the Intent Sword Body Great Art.

From the two Gold Treasure Chests, Bai Luo had obtained the Nine Orifices Golden Elixir and Aura Power.

From the seven Silver Treasure Chests, Bai Luo had obtained the Heaven and Earth Undying Evergreen Art, Spy Satellite, the Blood Marquis Bai Yifei template, Blood Bodhi (vine + Blood Bodhi x5), Nine Yin Manual, Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and the Leylin Farlier template.

As for the four Bronze Treasure Chests, Bai Luo had obtained the Ke Zhen'e template, Chen Xuanfeng template, Feng Xingtong template, and Bai Feng template.

And among the four Bronze Treasure Chests, the best template Bai Luo had drawn was the Bai Feng template.

Compared to the other templates, which did not come with especially valuable items when made into clones, the Bai Feng template came with the mount White Phoenix after being created as a clone!

That was very nice!

"Red Devil, I'll leave it to you!"

After summoning the White Phoenix Clone and the Red Devil Clone, Bai Luo immediately spoke to the Red Devil Clone.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

The Red Devil Clone gave a sinister laugh. After grabbing the White Phoenix Clone, he activated his teleportation ability, and the two instantly vanished without a trace.

Meanwhile, in the Soul Hunting Forest thousands of miles away—

Against the black night sky, the Red Devil and the White Phoenix Clone suddenly appeared high in the air.

But after bringing the White Phoenix Clone here, the Red Devil Clone instantly activated his teleportation ability again. With a "whoosh," he disappeared and returned to Bai Luo's side.

However, after being brought here, the White Phoenix Clone was already prepared. He immediately summoned his mount, White Phoenix.

For a moment, a brilliant white light flashed. Amid a cry, a gigantic white bird resembling a phoenix suddenly appeared in the air beneath Bai Feng.

After summoning White Phoenix, Bai Feng gracefully descended from the sky and landed steadily on White Phoenix's back.

However, as Bai Feng summoned White Phoenix—

The sudden radiance blooming in the darkness and the clear cry that rang out instantly drew the attention of Tang San and the others below, who were fighting the Mandala Snake.

After the burst of light faded—

When they saw a colossal white bird suddenly appear in the sky, so massive it seemed to blot out the heavens, its beating wings whipping up howling winds that swept across a large stretch of the Soul Hunting Forest—

Tang San, Wang Sheng, and Lei Hong, down in the forest, struggled to steady themselves against the fierce wind. At the same time, all their expressions changed drastically.

"What a huge bird! What kind of Soul Beast is that? Why did it suddenly appear in the sky?!"

Staring at the white bird overhead, Lei Hong could not help crying out in terror.

They were already in great danger dealing with the Mandala Snake.

Now such a massive bird Soul Beast had suddenly appeared. If it joined the Mandala Snake in attacking them, they would be finished!

"Wait! Teacher Lei, this Soul Beast doesn't seem to be just a Soul Beast. There's someone on its back!!"

At that moment, Tang San looked into the sky with Purple Demon Eyes. His powerful vision instantly spotted Bai Feng on White Phoenix's back, and he could not help shouting in delighted surprise.

"What? Someone on its back?!"

Tang San's words left Lei Hong deeply shocked.

Could this Soul Beast actually be someone's mount?!

But at that moment, Bai Feng, standing on White Phoenix's back, had finally spotted the Mandala Snake and Tang San's group in the Soul Hunting Forest below.

When he saw that the Mandala Snake had stabilized itself in the raging wind, then suddenly twisted its body amid sharp hissing and charged against the wind toward Wang Sheng, who was closest, Bai Feng frowned and shouted coldly.

"Get out of the way, all of you!"

Hearing Bai Feng's shout, Wang Sheng, Tang San, and Lei Hong were startled. Instinctively, they rushed into the surrounding forest.

Under Bai Feng's command, White Phoenix suddenly beat its wings, whipping up a howling gale. Then it abruptly dove toward the Soul Hunting Forest below, spreading its two sharp claws covered in yellow scales as it lunged straight for the Mandala Snake.

"Hiss!!"

Seeing that the giant bird in the sky intended to hunt it, the Mandala Snake let out an angry hiss. It raised its long body, opened its bloody maw, and tried to bite White Phoenix.

But Bai Feng clearly would not stand by and watch. With a flick of his wrist, several feather-shaped throwing blades flew from his sleeves and landed in his hand.

Then, Bai Feng immediately unleashed Phoenix Dance Six Illusions. He leaped into the air and rapidly fired the feather blades in his hand one after another toward the Mandala Snake.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Amid a series of piercing whistles, several sharp feather blades shot straight into the Mandala Snake's eyes. The Mandala Snake instantly lost its vision and let out agonized, crazed hisses.

With its eyes blinded by the feather blades, the Mandala Snake's counterattack naturally came to nothing!

The next moment, White Phoenix's massive claws struck from the air and seized the Mandala Snake's head. Its sharp talons instantly pierced through the Mandala Snake's skull, and its tremendous strength crushed the snake's head to pulp in an instant.

After dealing with the Mandala Snake, White Phoenix spread its wings again and swiftly flew into the sky amid howling winds.

But as White Phoenix soared upward, Bai Feng leaped from its back. After a series of graceful flips in the air, he landed elegantly on the ground.

As the White Phoenix Clone appeared, arms folded, descending stylishly from the sky to the ground, Tang San, Wang Sheng, and Lei Hong hurried over from all around.

"Teacher!!"

After rushing over, Tang San had no time to thank Bai Feng. Instead, he anxiously threw himself at the fallen Mandala Snake's corpse and began feeling around it.

"What's wrong with him?"

Seeing Tang San's actions, Bai Feng frowned and turned to ask Lei Hong.

"Uh... his teacher was eaten by this Soul Beast!"

Lei Hong answered awkwardly.

"Right, we haven't thanked you yet. We truly have to thank you for helping us this time. Otherwise, the three of us would likely have been in grave danger."

As he spoke, Lei Hong bowed deeply to Bai Feng in thanks.

At the side, Wang Sheng bowed as well.

"No! No!"

On the other side, after throwing himself onto the Mandala Snake's corpse, Tang San anxiously searched it over and over, but found nothing unusual.

After struggling to cut open the Mandala Snake's body with his dagger, he discovered that there was no trace of his teacher's body in its stomach. There were only scattered bones that had not yet been fully digested, and they vaguely appeared to be human bones.

"Teacher!!"

Tang San immediately slammed his forehead against the ground and pounded the earth with all his strength, crying out in grief.

"Teacher, you died so horribly! It was our fault—we didn't save you in time!"

Tang San had never expected that less than ten minutes after his teacher had been swallowed by the Mandala Snake, he would already have been digested by it!

Was the Mandala Snake's digestive ability really that strong?

"Impossible! These can't be the Master's bones!"

Lei Hong walked over and frowned at the broken bones Tang San had pulled from the Mandala Snake's stomach.

"The Master couldn't possibly have been digested so quickly. Snake-type Soul Beasts do have powerful digestive abilities, but there's no way they could digest prey in less than ten minutes. Besides, we were fighting this Mandala Snake the entire time!"

"Really?"

Tang San wiped his eyes, unable to quite believe it.

But at that moment, the Mandala Snake's tail suddenly began to wriggle. Its scales scraped against the ground, producing a series of sounds.

Only then did everyone notice that the Mandala Snake's tail was somewhat swollen, as though something were inside it.

"Teacher?! Teacher, is that you?"

Seeing the movement, Tang San cried out in ecstatic surprise and hurried over.

Seeing this, everyone quickly followed.

And when everyone reached the Mandala Snake's tail—

Two hands, covered in greenish muck, suddenly stretched out from the Mandala Snake's cloaca. They gripped both sides of the opening and pulled hard in opposite directions.

Then, an incredibly foul-smelling head, its face and hair covered in yellow-green sludge, pushed out. It took great gulps of air before suddenly going "Blegh~" and vomiting a pile of filth.

When they saw that the Master had crawled out from the Mandala Snake's cloaca, covered from head to toe in excrement and reeking to high heaven, Lei Hong, Wang Sheng, and Bai Feng all covered their noses and mouths with their hands and quickly stepped back.

Even Tang San did so instinctively.

"Save me!"

After laboriously forcing his head out of the Mandala Snake's cloaca, Yu Xiaogang, who had been tormented until he had no strength left inside the snake's body, had exhausted all his energy. After weakly uttering those two words, he suddenly fainted.

Seeing his teacher Yu Xiaogang pass out—

Although Yu Xiaogang was now a complete mess and reeked unbearably, making even Tang San feel uncontrollably repulsed and disgusted, his stomach churning violently—

With so many people watching, Tang San, who had reverence for his teacher engraved into his bones, could only grit his teeth and rush forward after anxiously shouting, "Teacher!" He struggled to pull Yu Xiaogang out from the Mandala Snake's body.

At last, through Tang San's efforts, Yu Xiaogang was successfully pulled out.