"Boom!"
With a sweep of the fox tails, several towering pines and cypresses crashed down amid dull booms. Several black figures darted out from beneath the slanted trunks and fled into the distance without a word, never once looking back.
They neither spoke nor looked back because they feared leaving the Senior Councilor of the Under the Moon Council pursuing them with some tangible evidence. After all, as long as neither side had completely torn off the mask, there was still room for unspoken compromise in many matters.
First University's decision to put Su Shijun in charge of hunting down these troublemakers was, more or less, based on that consideration.
Yet no one had expected that, enhanced by First University's Guardian Formation, Su Shijun's combat power would soar severalfold, driving those four ill-intentioned "poachers" into a head-hugging rat escape and leaving them no chance to catch their breath.
"Lei!"
A sharp cry rang through the forest clearing. Amid the snow flurries kicked up by the falling trunks, several thick vines spread out from the void. In the blink of an eye, they split into hundreds and thousands of offshoots, weaving themselves into a massive green-glowing "cage."
Before the four "poachers" could get far, they were trapped inside it.
"Break through!"
The nameless poacher, wrapped head to toe in a black robe and wearing sunglasses, shouted in a low voice. Blood-red flames suddenly burst from his body as he charged straight at the green cage woven from vines.
"Bang!"
The heavy impact seemed to shake the entire space. Not only did the poacher trying to force his way through fail to break the vine-woven cage, he was instead firmly stuck to its green glow—more vividly put, like a red-headed fly smashing into flypaper.
The other three "poachers" following behind immediately stopped