Night fell, and only starlight spilled into the alleys of the lower district.
Whether Tang Ya could get her first bite of food depended entirely on the green-robed man's charity.
The green-robed man was eating a bowl of char siu and egg rice, the grains covered with thick-cut char siu and tender fried eggs, the sauce thick and glossy, half the bowl filled with honey-braised meat juices and half with golden egg oil, eating until the green-robed man's face glowed with satisfaction.
The charred fragrance of the char siu and the aroma of the eggs drifted into Tang Ya's nose, eroding her final shred of dignity bit by bit.
"Your Tang Clan's estate has already been taken by others, yet you still dare to come to Shrek City and grab territory. You truly have a death wish. Kneel down and kowtow to prove that the Tang Clan knows how to yield, and I'll give you a bite to eat."
Kowtowing was out of the question.
The green-robed man ate a piece of piping-hot char siu: "It's already been a whole day. Why don't you just swallow your pride, go apologize, and get it over with?"
She was collapsed on the ground because the meridians in Tang Ya's lower body had been sealed; otherwise, given her personality, she would have fought this green-robed man to the bitter end!
The green-robed man sighed: "I genuinely pity you. As long as you kowtow to me, I guarantee I'll let you live another day."
Kowtow! Hurry up!
Don't think you can just die. Even if you refuse to eat a single thing, I'll still smash your teeth in and force the stuff down your throat! As for what the stuff is? Hmph! Did you see that latrine over there?
In a moment, I'll have a few good uncles give you a physical checkup to guarantee you live a nice, long life. Hahaha, don't worry, we'll thoroughly check every single inch of your body.
Tang Ya closed her eyes, the green-robed man's lewd laughter still echoing in her ears.
As expected, had this moment finally arrived after all?
Her mother's fate would repeat itself on her.
A man passed through the alley, dressed in white soul master robes embroidered with exquisite, archaic cloud patterns.
He held a bag of boiled dumplings, looking toward Tang Ya's direction.
He took out a single boiled dumpling.
"Eat."
The fragrance of the boiled dumplings made Tang Ya open her eyes. She raised her head and looked at the man before her.
Because the soul tool lamp was behind Ji Feng, casting him somewhat in silhouette, she could not clearly see Ji Feng's face.
Tang Ya reached out to take the boiled dumpling, but the green-robed man suddenly underwent Martial Soul Possession, transforming entirely into a red-brown humanoid lizard, and whipped his tail to bat the boiled dumpling out of Ji Feng's hand!
Such an outcome was within Tang Ya's expectations, and she closed her eyes once more.
Yet the white-robed man's voice sounded very surprised: "What are you doing? I was giving this little girl something to eat..."
"Who the fuck told you to give it to her!"
The green-robed man's face bore a trademark sadistic grin!
Following Martial Soul Possession, paired with the lizard's head, this smile appeared even more terrifying.
The white-robed man took two steps back: "What do you mean? Do people get beaten up now just for handing out food? No way!"
"My rules are the rules!!" The green-robed man unbuttoned his soul master robe, revealing the heavily mused muscles on his body!
Five soul rings, two yellow and three purple.
A captivating pressure burst forth, causing the surrounding sheet-metal walls to rattle with a clanging din!
"If you're hungry, you eat-it's only natural. Where did I go wrong? Tell me? Where on earth did I go wrong?"
A trace of trembling already laced the white-robed man's speech.
The green-robed man detested this type of person the most.
"Like to talk reason? I'll beat you to death with a single punch, and you can go argue with the King of Hell in the netherworld!"
The green-robed man clenched his scale-covered right fist and struck directly at Ji Feng's cheek!
A gale force buffeted the air as Ji Feng instantly initiated Martial Soul Possession!
His white clothes ripped, and half-black, half-white scales protruded across his body, a fierce aura condensing almost into physical substance that directly rebuffed the green-robed man's punch!
Two soul rings burst forth, one red and one black!
Both soul rings radiated an archaic aura, their pure dragon might completely suppressing the green-robed man's Red Poison Fire Lizard martial soul.
The scales on his body flickered in and out of view; clearly, his martial soul was so heavily suppressed that even his possession state was now unstable.
"One red and one black?!!! A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring? No! This is impossible!! What kind of person are you!! That's not what Shrek said!"
Dammit! This really was Shrek's doing.
Could Xuan Zi have been behind this?
The green-robed man had thought he had found someone who both liked reasoning and was easy to bully.
Such a person was very suitable for venting.
He had made no prior preparations, never expecting Ji Feng to deflect his punch purely with momentum!
"Come again!"
Ji Feng's right hand transformed into a dragon claw, the Demon Dragon Right Arm Bone blooming with light as his power skyrocketed!
Dragon Rend Strike!
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!!
The surrounding sheet-metal buildings were instantly blown away in a flurry. A claw strike with double the power, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill!!
The green-robed man was struggling to even stabilize his martial soul, let alone mount a defense!
Boom!
His entire body was sent flying, crashing through several sheet-metal walls behind him as blood flowed freely!!
Ugh, ahhhhhh!!!
The green-robed man let out a piercing scream. The pain seemed to pierce his nervous system, completely rousing his soul power and causing it to surge outward!
Soul power flowed like magma between the lizard scales, the unstable appearance completely vanishing as the power of a Soul King was perfectly unleashed!
The light of the green-robed man's fifth thousand-year soul ring flared brilliantly, and a red-brown, high-temperature mist spewed from his mouth, charging straight at Ji Feng!
Fifth soul skill! Fire-Poison Hot Mist!
This soul skill, originating from the volcanic millennium soul beast Lava Poison Frog, could melt gold and iron; merely touching a trace of it would infect one with a fire-poison that melted the internal organs!
Though it was only a thousand-year soul ring, the green-robed man's strength was among the very best in the Xiang Family Pill Room!
Roar!!
A dragon roar rang out, driving a scene that nearly cracked the green-robed man's eyes wide open!
Ji Feng did not dodge or evade in the slightest, charging straight into the fiery mist!
The twin red and black soul rings tempered his body to the level of an ordinary Soul Emperor, and this mere fiery mist could do no more than stir up a puff of white smoke on him!
The black soul ring on Ji Feng's body lit up!
A violent gale formed with Ji Feng's body at its center, and set against the backdrop of the fiery mist, even the color of this tornado turned into a pure, bloody crimson!
"Dragon Tornado Sevenfold Rift!!!"
That's right, this was the second soul skill Ji Feng had obtained from the Golden-Thread Black Flood Dragon.
Spinning oneself, the violent dragon might instantly deals seven consecutive heavy strikes to a single target, the damage of each strike equivalent to an ordinary attack while the whipped-up wind of force carries a high probability of repelling approaching enemies in the surrounding area. Following use, the user must regulate their breath.
The green-robed man, who had broken through not long ago, was subjected to a truly desperate cleave!
In the span of a single second, before the green-robed man could even recover from the stiffness of his fifth soul skill, he was struck down directly into the abyss of despair by the seven consecutive claws carrying terrifying might. His body was swept up by the crimson tornado and sent flying, landing flat on his back motionless!!
Tang Ya watched the scene before her, her face covered in tears of excitement.
She felt as though the dark skies shrouding her had been abruptly torn open by Ji Feng's dragon claw, leaking out boundless light!
Ji Feng had intended to activate the Holy Dragon Left Arm Bone's soul skill to heal himself when suddenly, a colorful radiance enveloped his body.
"Seven Treasures Turn, Glazed Light Appears!"
Upon seeing this colorful, magnificent light, the on-the-verge-of-death green-robed man revealed a look of terror on his face: "Ning You! It was you who did this! It was you who made him co... come..."
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