"This..."
Long Yeyue stared blankly at the sky, instinctively rising to give chase.
But to her despair, she discovered that Long Xiaoyao's brief burst of speed had actually surpassed the realm of a Limit Douluo. She could not catch him!
Long Yeyue turned and looked around. The Shrek Law Enforcement Team, originally over a hundred strong, had suffered a single indiscriminate attack from Long Xiaoyao. Now, not one of them remained alive!
Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yue'er lay convulsing on the ground, a massive gash exposed across her abdomen. More air went out than came in; she was already at death's door.
"Cai Yue'er!"
Long Yeyue hurried down into the dungeon and gathered Cai Yue'er's upper body into her arms.
"Elder... Long, am... am I going to die?"
"No! No, you won't! I'll have Ya Li come save you right away!"
Long Yeyue reached down with her right hand, trying to take out her communicator to tell Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li to hurry over and help. But when she raised her hand, she discovered to her horror that the communicator had already been reduced to dust in the battle.
"What! Someone! Help!"
Long Yeyue tilted her head back and shouted anxiously.
"It's... too late."
Cai Yue'er suddenly began gasping rapidly, trying to draw in more oxygen, but it was already useless.
The life within her body had long since been utterly destroyed by Long Xiaoyao. Even if Ya Li came, she would be powerless to turn the heavens back.
"Elder Long, there's something I have to tell... you."
Long Yeyue cradled Cai Yue'er's head with an aching heart. "Don't speak, Yue'er. Don't speak."
Cai Yue'er shook her head, slowly raised her blood-covered hand, and gripped Long Yeyue's hand.
"Those two... two Heavenly Kings were... brought here by me. Deal with... quickly, or it'll... be too... late."
Cai Yue'er spoke haltingly, blood flowing from her mouth with every word.
After leaving those final words, her hand dropped limply, and her unseeing eyes stared at the sky.
Cai Yue'er was dead!
"Yue'er! Yue'er!"
Long Yeyue's eyes widened. Unable to accept the sight, she burst into sobs.
"Damn you, Long Xiaoyao! I'll tear you and that bitch of yours into ten thousand pieces!"
Long Yeyue rose with Cai Yue'er's body in her arms, her gaze vicious. She had already gone mad.
Just then, Chen Xinjie finally broke free of Yu Guanzhi in the distance and came over. The wreckage strewn across the ground and the completely annihilated Shrek Law Enforcement Team were a horrifying sight!
"Long... Deputy Pavilion Master, this..."
Chen Xinjie's mind went blank.
All he knew now was that they were in enormous trouble!
The War God Temple's Long Xiaoyao had openly staged a jailbreak and slaughtered the entire Shrek Law Enforcement Corps. Never mind what would happen to Long Xiaoyao-Chen Xinjie himself would probably lose his position as Temple Master!
Long Yeyue's gaze turned ruthless.
"Chen Xinjie! I no longer want to pursue anything else right now. I only want those two Evil Soul Masters dead!"
"Sigh."
Chen Xinjie immediately contacted every War God in the War God Temple.
"All members of the War God Temple, heed my command! Temporarily abandon the pursuit of the two Dark Heavenly Kings and apprehend Long Xiaoyao immediately!"
On the other end of the call,
the dozen or so War Gods were dumbfounded, but still instinctively carried out the order.
Only after hearing Chen Xinjie make the arrangements in front of her did Long Yeyue carry Cai Yue'er's body back into the courthouse.
She laid Yue'er's body on the conference room table.
Speaker Li Yuntian's eyes were grave.
To be honest, the current situation gave even him, the Speaker, a headache.
Long Yeyue's expression was icy.
"I'll leave Cai Yue'er's body right here. For every day those two bastards remain at large, her body will remain here another day."
"I want everyone under heaven to see what these Evil Soul Masters have done! Shrek has suffered grievous losses this time. Speaker Li, the Federation must give Shrek an accounting for this!"
Li Yuntian sighed. "Vice Pavilion Master Long, could there be more to this matter?"
"If Ye Zhaolu really colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult, why would Long Xiaoyao rescue her?"
Long Yeyue flew into a rage. "More to it? Cai Yue'er is already dead! This was your choice as Speaker!"
"If that little bitch had been killed sooner, would Long Xiaoyao have come to break her out today?!"
"And that Yu Guanzhi switched sides at the critical moment. I'm certain he's an Evil Soul Master too!"
Li Yuntian choked on her words and was left speechless.
One fucking Quasi-God and one Limit Douluo with Twin Martial Souls couldn't stop Long Xiaoyao, a single Super Douluo, and that was his fault too?
Even if Yu Guanzhi switched sides, the problem was that Long Yeyue was far too useless. Long Xiaoyao had sent her flying with a single slap. She had provided about as much obstruction as a snap firecracker.
Li Yuntian was utterly speechless.
After Cai Yue'er was killed, Long Yeyue's first response was not to reflect on herself, but to blame others. Truly, no one could get into Shrek without a thick hide.
Having finished speaking, Long Yeyue took a communicator from someone nearby, walked outside, and called Yun Ming directly.
Yun Ming answered. "Elder Long? Why have you changed communicators? Have those two Dark Heavenly Kings been caught?"
With a gloomy expression, Long Yeyue briefly recounted everything that had happened.
Far away in Shrek City, Yun Ming abruptly rose to his feet and looked at Ya Li beside him in shock.
Ya Li was puzzled. It had been a long time since she had seen Yun Ming so astonished.
"What's wrong, Yun Ming?"
Yun Ming said distractedly, "Cai Yue'er died in battle."
"What?!"
Ya Li, along with Yuanen Zhentian, Zhuo Shi, Feng Wuyu, and the others nearby, was shocked.
"How... how could that happen?!"
"Cai Yue'er is dead? Who did it!"
"Didn't she go to Mingdu to capture two Dark Heavenly Kings? What were those people in Mingdu doing?! How could Cai Yue'er have died?!"
The Sea God Pavilion Elders bristled on the spot.
After all, Cai Yue'er was a Super Douluo, and one of the Sea God Pavilion Elders at that.
Who among ordinary people could kill her? Who would dare?!
Killing Cai Yue'er was tantamount to declaring war on Shrek!
Yun Ming raised a hand and pressed it down, signaling for them to quiet down.
"Elder Long, you're saying that young War God from the War God Temple killed Cai Yue'er? Could there be more to this? Did Cai Yue'er arrest the wrong person?"
Yun Ming asked with a frown.
After hearing Long Yeyue's account, he felt something was wrong. First of all, what reason would that man from the War God Temple have to stage a jailbreak?
Second, Chen Xinjie was overseeing things there, which was why Yun Ming had not gone this time.
Yun Ming felt that Chen Xinjie's presence was enough to deal with two Dark Heavenly Kings.
Yet Chen Xinjie had actually failed to stop that War God from the War God Temple.
This left Yun Ming wondering whether Cai Yue'er had arrested the wrong person, causing the War God Temple to take issue with her, and she had then been accidentally killed in a moment of carelessness.
After all, Mingdu was the War God Temple's territory!
Long Yeyue flared up immediately upon hearing this.
"Yun Ming, what do you mean by that?! Cai Yue'er was one of us at Shrek. I can say this: she might have had failings in minor matters, but her integrity in the great matters was beyond reproach!"
"You're the Pavilion Master. Cai Yue'er died in battle, yet instead of finding a way to capture those two Evil Soul Masters immediately, you're holding her accountable? Yun Ming, ask yourself-have you done right by your teacher?!"
Yun Ming was speechless.
It had to be said that Long Yeyue could pinpoint the weak spots of the men around her every time.
With her using Yun Ming's teacher to pressure him, it was difficult for him to ask any further questions.
"I understand, Elder Long. I'll head to Mingdu immediately. Those two Dark Heavenly Kings, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Zhaolu-none of them will escape."
Yun Ming ended the call and immediately turned to the others.
"I'm going to Mingdu. Ya Li, come with me, in case anyone else unexpectedly dies in battle."
"To the remaining Elders, sorry for the trouble of managing Shrek in our absence. Be sure to stay vigilant. The Holy Spirit Cult suddenly deployed two Heavenly Kings this time. Their target might not be just the War God Temple; they might also strike at Shrek."
The other Elders nodded.
Zhuo Shi ground his teeth. "Yun Ming, when you catch that brat from the War God Temple, don't kill him. I'm going to flay him alive with my own hands!"
Zhuo Shi's hatred made his teeth itch.
In his eyes, Shrek had warmly invited Long Xiaoyao to compete, and Cai Yue'er had repeatedly extended goodwill. That had already given him enormous face.
Yet Long Xiaoyao had turned around and killed Cai Yue'er. Zhuo Shi felt that simply killing the brat would not be enough to vent his rage. He had to be subjected to the cruelest punishment!
"Sigh. Everyone, calm down."
Yun Ming sighed and immediately set off for Mingdu with Ya Li.
Meanwhile,
after flying out of the courthouse with Ye Zhaolu in his arms, Long Xiaoyao immediately plunged toward the densely populated residential district on Mingdu's outer ring.