Since You're Here, Don't Even Think of Leaving!
As Bi Ji watched the sword light shoot towards her, and felt the familiar life force rapidly disappearing on the distant sea, her body trembled slightly with extreme anger.
She could no longer care about hiding her identity as Soul Beast.
Or perhaps, the moment she saw that the spot where Bai Yushan often sat cross-legged had been sliced off by a single sword, her reason was completely consumed by rage.
"You're really... asking for it!!!"
Bi Ji suddenly looked up, her emerald green eyes flashing with chilling light.
An immense and unimaginable pressure of Soul Power erupted from her body, like a volcano that had been dormant for ten thousand years!
The oppressive force swept across the surrounding area, almost waking the entire mountain forest from its slumber.
Under this oppressive force, the rubble on the cliff top floated up and trembled.
"Puff--!"
Behind Bi Ji, her clothes ripped apart, and a pair of enormous emerald green wings burst forth from her body, slowly unfurling.
Those wings, each feather was translucent and warm, as if carved from the finest jade, with a shimmering green light of life flowing between them. Bathed in the glow of the setting sun, they were breathtakingly beautiful.
At this moment, Bi Ji is half Soul Beast and half human.
She still retained the stunning beauty of a human woman, her long, emerald-green hair dancing in the air as her Soul Power surged, with emerald light flowing through her strands. Her eyes were as deep and green as an abyss, with fine emerald feather patterns appearing at the corners of her eyes.
A pair of emerald wings, spanning several meters, fluttered gently behind her, scattering a shower of azure light.
Holy, noble, and furious.
Like a verdant goddess descended to earth.
Facing the sword light that pierced through the air, Bi Ji neither dodged nor avoided it, but simply folded her wings gently.
"Emerald Guard."
A layer of azure light, brimming with life force, instantly condensed in front of her.
"Clang--!"
The sword light struck the light barrier, producing a crisp clang.
The sharp sword energy, powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, vanished the moment it touched the light barrier, like a mud ox sinking into the sea, dissolved layer by layer by the emerald light, without even a decent ripple.
On the surface of the light shield, emerald green patterns flowed, subtly transforming the power of the sword energy into warm life energy, nourishing everything within the shield.
High in the sky, Long Qinghe's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Soul Beast?!"
He was startled at first, but then an undisguised look of ecstatic joy appeared on his usually aloof face.
"Hahaha! Good! Excellent!"
Long Qinghe burst into laughter, his voice filled with unexpected joy, "I originally thought that this trip would only require capturing that one traitor. Unexpectedly, my cautious approach has actually caught a big fish!"
With a flick of his wrist, the longsword behind him was drawn, its stark white shadow coalescing once more.
Stop hiding!
Long Qinghe looked down at the forest and shouted loudly, "Ferocious Beast is here, priceless! Don't you two have any interest in it?!"
Originally, he was ordered to come here only to arrest Bai Yushan and bring him to justice for the Long Clan.
But he never expected that this trip would bring such an amazing extra reward.
A Ferocious Beast is a hundred or a thousand times more precious than a Three-Ring Soul Elder!
The words had barely left his mouth.
In the forest below the cliff, the branches swayed gently, and two figures slowly emerged.
The leader was an elderly man with white hair.
The old man was hunched over, dressed in a gray robe, and held a dark gold dragon-headed cane in his hand. The dragon head on the cane was lifelike, and there was a faint glint of light in his eyes. His steps seemed slow, but each step gave people a feeling of being as heavy as a mountain.
The old man raised his head, his cloudy gaze falling on Bi Ji in mid-air. He clicked his tongue in amazement, his eyes revealing an undisguised glint of greed.
"Having lived for so many years, today I have finally seen the light."
He spoke slowly, his voice hoarse, "As far as I know, only beings at the level of Ferocious Beast can perfectly conceal their Soul Beast aura, so that even we cannot detect them."
"Sparkling with emerald light, teeming with life."
The old man laughed, his smile growing wider. "It seems you are none other than the Emerald Swan, Bi Ji, one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts recorded in history."
The Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
Emerald Swan.
These two titles caused Long Qinghe, who was standing to the side, to catch his breath slightly.
The other was a burly middle-aged man.
The man had a resolute face, broad shoulders, and a thick back. He wore a black military uniform, and the general's stars on his epaulets gleamed coldly. He didn't speak a word from beginning to end, and there was no greed or carelessness on his face.
He simply stared coldly at Bi Ji, then reached into his robes and took out a strangely shaped silver Soul Tool.
"Buzz--"
The middle-aged man gently tossed the Soul Tool.
The Soul Tool hovered in mid-air and suddenly lit up, with rings of silver ripples spreading in all directions like water waves, covering the entire sea area.
A strange fluctuation rippled through the space.
Bi Ji's expression changed slightly.
She could clearly feel that her aura was completely sealed off and obscured by this silver ripple.
Her Life Perception could no longer extend even a fraction outward.
The outside world is largely unaware of what is happening in this sea area.
That's a tricky tactic.
Bi Ji's gaze turned serious.
Although Long Qinghe was Titled Douluo, in her eyes he was just an ordinary Title Douluo who only succeeded by sneak attacking. In a head-on confrontation, he was nothing to fear.
But what about the other two...?
That makes it a bit difficult to get started.
With her keen senses, Bi Ji could clearly perceive that the auras of the old man and the middle-aged man were unfathomable, like two bottomless abysses.
Both of them are at least level 95 Super Douluo!
The gray-robed old man was a retired war god from the War God Temple.
His appearance this time was solely as a witness to the War God Temple.
The middle-aged man was a major general in the Sun Moon Federation Military Department, serving as a witness for the military.
Both Super Douluo came because of the Long Clan.
The War God Temple and the military are both forces that strongly support the Long Clan.
Long Qinghe was in charge of taking action and hunting down Bai Yushan, while the other two stayed behind as witnesses.
After all, many people were speculating whether Bai Yushan had a protector hidden behind him, given that he was able to kill Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
Furthermore, since he has become a disciple of Leng Yaozhu, no one knows whether the Leng Clan, one of the Four Great Families, will lend a helping hand at a crucial moment.
That is why the military and the War God Temple each sent a Super Douluo to come together.
They wanted to witness Bai Yushan being brought to justice.
We must also guard against any possible variables.
Bi Ji hovered in mid-air, her emerald wings fluttering gently.
She looked coldly at the three people in front of her, her beautiful face covered with frost.
It's happening again.
It's always like this.
The gazes of these humans are always so unbridled, so greedy and despicable, as if in their eyes, Soul Beast are born merely commodities to be plundered at will.
In Bi Ji's heart, memories from ten thousand years ago surged forth.
Those fallen comrades, those dwindling clansmen, those years stained with blood...
Since that's the case.
Then, none of you should leave.