After hearing the white-robed man's words, Shen Luo stopped hiding and jumped down from the tree.
"Are you all right?" Shen Luo asked.
Yuan Yuan shook her head to show that she was fine.
But she could not quite make sense of the situation before her. She did not understand why the white-robed man had suddenly killed the others, yet seemed to harbor ill intentions toward them as well.
Still, with Shen Luo and Wuman'er beside her, she inexplicably felt much more at ease. She immediately descended and helped the Leaf Spirit Sprite of her own clan to her feet.
Only then did she notice that her clansmate's body was rigid, her face full of terror as she stared at the white-robed man.
"Feihong, what's wrong?" she asked in confusion.
"It's him, it's him... the Water Python Demon. That's him..." Feihong cried in terror.
Yuan Yuan suddenly remembered the distant flash of white she had seen while fleeing in haste. Hadn't it been the very man standing before her?
"It was you..." Fury instantly blazed in her heart, yet her body instinctively grew cold.
It was a terror that rose from deep within, seeping out of her very bones.
"So you're the fish that slipped through the net that day. Perfect. Today, I can send you off to reunite with your clan." At this, the Water Python Demon stared fixedly at Yuan Yuan and grinned.
Yuan Yuan felt as though she had plunged into an ice cellar. The hatred in her heart was almost drowning out her reason.
Just then, a figure stepped in front of her. Shen Luo had moved over to shield her.
"Are there any survivors among the Leaf Spirit Sprites besides these two?" Shen Luo asked, his expression calm.
"Letting those two slip away was already