novelhk Chapter 141 Time Stop is of course used for transportation.
Chapter 141 Time Stop is of course used for transportation.
Chapter 141 Time Stop is of course used for transportation.
The Mingdou Mountains are rugged and towering, formed four thousand years ago by the collision of two continents. Today, they stretch across the border between the Star Luo and Sun Moon kingdoms, and their internal environment is extremely complex and changeable.
According to the intelligence brought back by Dai Yueheng, the bandit gang known as the Hand of Death mainly operated in the central area of the Mingdou Mountains, which is the border of the country and a very sensitive location.
This is one of the reasons why the Western Army Group of the Star Luo Empire has repeatedly sent troops to encircle and suppress it, but has failed to completely eradicate it.
Fortunately, the dense vegetation and complex terrain of these mountain forests are not insurmountable obstacles for the students of Shrek Academy.
After Zhang Lexuan, relying on her rich experience, observed the location of Wenlan Forest, she quickly led everyone to discover the traces left by the bandit group with the assistance of Huo Yuhao's mental detection.
"stop."
Zhang Lexuan, who was at the front of the group, raised her hand and stopped everyone in their tracks.
Just like last time in the Star Dou Great Forest, Yan Shaozhe was hanging far behind the group, about a mile away, without offering any direct help.
Zhang Lexuan lowered her voice and clearly stated, "Their hiding cave should be located 700 meters to the west, below the hillside."
Xiao Tao, you'll be in charge of leading the main team from now on. The reserve team members and Yu Hao will stay with me and Teacher Gu Yuena at the cave entrance to deal with any bandits who might try to escape.
"No problem, Senior Sister, you can rest assured and leave the rest to us."
Ma Xiaotao readily agreed, and she was quite satisfied with Zhang Lexuan's arrangements. Without having to worry about the safety of the reserve team members and Huo Yuhao, all that was left was to simply begin.
Upon hearing Zhang Lexuan's arrangement, Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng exchanged a glance.
Dai Yueheng then stepped forward and said:
"Senior Sister, Junior Brother Huo should now be a member of our regular team, so he should participate in this operation, right? This can be considered another opportunity for team cohesion before the official start of the competition, isn't it?"
Zhang Lexuan frowned, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied.
Before she could even speak, the hot-tempered Ma Xiaotao couldn't hold back any longer and retorted directly:
"Dai Yueheng, it's true that Yuhao is a regular member, but he's not a formal member of the monitoring team. Neither my teacher nor my senior sister arranged for him to participate directly in this operation. What are you pretending to be for?"
Besides, if you really care that much about team chemistry, why didn't you come back from the entire scrimmage the day before yesterday afternoon?
As she continued, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but chuckle.
Dai Yueheng's expression stiffened, but fortunately, he had anticipated this situation and did not refute it. Instead, Chen Zifeng, who was beside him, spoke in a cold tone:
"With great power comes great responsibility. Junior Huo is clearly very strong, so why does he still stay with the female students from the Foreign Languages Department and not use his abilities to his full potential?"
Or is it that Junior Brother Huo, despite his formidable strength, is actually a coward who fears death? If that's the case, then I, Chen Zifeng, have misjudged him. Even if I couldn't defeat Junior Brother Huo back then, I should have at least fought him fair and square.
As he spoke, he patted Dai Yueheng on the shoulder again and said in a deep voice with a passionate tone, "Forget it, Yueheng. Although everyone has the right to kill evil spirit masters, since Junior Brother Huo wants to stay in the safe rear, then let him go."
But I, Chen Zifeng, am not one to fear death. I will be at the forefront, so that everyone will know that my Soul-Chasing Sword is never ineffective!
Upon hearing Chen Zifeng's words, everyone's expression changed instantly.
Zhang Lexuan, in particular, frowned even more deeply.
How could she not understand that both Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng were subtly urging Huo Yuhao to enter the cave?
Could there be some other unknown entity in that cave besides the Death Hand bandits?
Before she could figure it out, she heard Yan Shaozhe's voice transmission in her ear.
"Le Xuan, for the sake of team unity, let Huo Yuhao participate."
I've already sensed the cave; it's only a few miles long, and there are only three Soul Kings inside. For the main team members, it's not a particularly difficult task.
Zhang Lexuan didn't immediately respond to Yan Shaozhe. Instead, she turned her gaze to Huo Yuhao and asked softly, "Yuhao, what's your opinion?"
Huo Yuhao could clearly sense that Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng's original hostility had now transformed into a malice so intense it was almost tangible.
He stopped Gu Yuena from swatting the two flies, and said with a half-smile:
"Senior Dai and Senior Chen are right. Evil Soul Masters are deserving of death by everyone. How could I avoid a fight? Then please lead the way, seniors."
Both Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng's eyes flashed with a sharp light, clearly not expecting that Huo Yuhao could be persuaded by such a simple provocation.
Then they don't need to try the methods they prepared later. As expected, Huo Yuhao is still too young and impetuous and can't withstand provocation.
Ma Xiaotao's phoenix eyes narrowed, and her brows furrowed with impatience. Although she had great faith in Huo Yuhao's abilities and knew his composed nature, why would he fall for such a simple provocation?
Ling Luochen moved slowly and gracefully to Huo Yuhao's other side, took his arm, and spoke in a cool voice:
"Then Yuhao can stay by my side. He'll be right in the middle of the group, which will allow him to provide better assistance to everyone."
Seeing this, Ma Xiaotao nodded slightly and did not refute Ling Luochen's words.
Her own soul skills are weaker than Ling Luochen's in defense, not to mention that when Ling Luochen is with Huo Yuhao, the abilities he can unleash are probably far greater than those of an ordinary Soul Saint.
However, if she discovers that Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng harbor malicious intentions and even plan to harm Yuhao, she will kill those two scoundrels even if the teacher intervenes.
Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath and whispered, "Everyone, change your clothes and get ready to move out."
Separate for men and women, the students of the inner courtyard skillfully stood in the bushes on both sides, changing into the equipment specially designed for Shrek inspectors.
However, Huo Yuhao did not receive the Watcher's Ring this time, thus avoiding the need to change clothes.
The group regrouped, and Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng were the first to rush out, while Ma Xiaotao lagged slightly behind.
Huo Yuhao and Gongyang Mo were at the back of the group, with Ling Luochen right next to Huo Yuhao, while Yao Haoxuan was on Gongyang Mo's side, forming a standard moving formation.
With their rapid movement, the eight people quickly approached the cave where the Death Hand bandits were located.
A strong, nauseating stench of blood filled the air, and the sight inside the cave caused everyone's expressions to change.
On the damp cave walls on both sides, dozens of human skins were hanging, and there were even children's corpses pierced by stone pillars and hanging in mid-air.
Before the bandits guarding the cave entrance could utter a sound, the blood-red slender sword flashed like a rainbow, swift, accurate, and ruthless, instantly severing their necks.
Chen Zifeng sheathed his Soul-Chasing Sword, exchanged a glance with Dai Yueheng, and then charged forward a little further, widening the distance between himself and the main force, and was the first to rush into the cave.
Following behind them, Ma Xiaotao was somewhat puzzled by the two people's eagerness, as if they were rushing to be reincarnated. Could it be that she had guessed wrong before?
Huo Yuhao's gaze, however, was fixed on the few corpses that had collapsed to the ground, their throats slit by a single sword, yet remained remarkably intact. A strange guess began to form in his mind.
Following behind the main team, the reserve team slowly advanced. As they approached the cave entrance, they saw what was in front of them. Except for Zhang Lexuan and Gu Yuena, all the women turned pale and felt a churning in their stomachs. They clearly could not accept this bloody and cruel scene.
Zhang Lexuan sighed softly and said gently, "Junior sisters, I will guard the cave entrance from now on. You can use your soul power to guide the burial of those innocent corpses from afar."
It's a bit much to ask these reserve members, who haven't yet experienced truly brutal combat, to participate directly in the killing.
Fortunately, Yan Shaozhe only arranged for them to witness the evil of evil spirit masters and accelerate their spiritual growth.
Therefore, their main task was to protect themselves, and Zhang Lexuan naturally didn't intend to rush in with them.
Yan Shaozhe, standing at the top of the cave, sensed the situation inside and outside the cave and nodded in satisfaction.
In his view, everything was under control, and he expected that the inspection mission would be completed smoothly and without hindrance soon.
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Inside the cave, the sounds of battle grew increasingly intense.
Along the way, Huo Yuhao also noticed that most of the bandits killed by Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng had relatively intact bodies.
In his previous life, Dai Yueheng would sometimes tear his enemies apart to demonstrate his power. While the corpses remaining on the ground were also mangled, they were noticeably more intact.
Especially in such a confined space with numerous enemies, Dai Yueheng did not use a wide-range attack soul skill like White Tiger Meteor Shower, but only relied on his tiger claws to fight off the enemy.
Huo Yuhao simply watched Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng's unusual behavior with an indifferent expression.
The other inner court students who had also joined the battle did not notice the two people's unusual behavior.
Rather, if it weren't for the fact that the Grim Reaper possessed the extremely rare Corpse Explosion skill, who would bother to pay attention to those corpses?
Compared to Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng, who were extremely restrained in their attacks, Ma Xiaotao's phoenix flames burned fiercely, illuminating the entire cave in a crimson glow.
The three-meter-long phoenix wings behind her were so powerful that anything that touched them would be injured, and anything that collided with them would turn to ashes.
Ling Luochen's icy blue aura was equally formidable, its condensed ice blades silently reaping the lives of the bandits, while the erected ice prisons firmly trapped those enemies who tried to escape.
Hidden in the shadows, Sisi swiftly and decisively kills the robbers with each strike, all within a flash of lightning.
Gongyang Mo's seven-colored flowing light and Yao Haoxuan's battle cry soul skill after transforming into a giant were also assisting everyone.
The battle continued until Dai Yueheng grabbed a Soul King-level opponent, smashed his head with a palm strike, and then violently threw the corpse in his hand to the center of the group behind him.
Inside the cave, numerous bandit corpses lay scattered about, numbering roughly over a hundred. The stench of blood in the air grew increasingly strong, making one want to vomit.
Just then, a sharp whistling sound rang out from the depths of the cave.
"Who dares to provoke me, the Grim Reaper? I will turn you all into my corpse slaves, never to be reincarnated!"
Upon hearing this sound, the remaining bandits' expressions changed, and they all trembled as they desperately ran towards the depression at the bottom of the cave wall, as if they were hiding from something terrifying.
The corpses on the ground, which had already fallen to their deaths, began to swell and turn red at an alarming rate without warning, emanating a chilling aura of danger.
Just as the explosion was about to occur, a dazzling purple-gold light rose up, and golden threads flowed erratically in the void. Time and space seemed to freeze for a moment, and the entire cave fell into a deathly silence.
The second and third soul skills are Mirror Flower Water Moon and Momentary Eternity.
Huo Yuhao looked indifferently at Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng, who were frozen in place.
A look of elation still lingered on their faces, their eyes filled with malicious glee, as if they could already see Huo Yuhao being severely injured or even killed in the upcoming corpse explosion.
Huo Yuhao looked at the pile of corpses around him, frozen in time and space, frozen in the moment before the explosion. Perhaps their target wasn't just him.
With Huo Yuhao's soul power guiding them, two palm-sized pieces of iron flew out from Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng and landed in his hands.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao sneered, "It seems that Senior Dai and Senior Chen really want everyone dead. They've even abandoned the Shrek Academy's tradition of never using defensive soul tools."
Although time and space were frozen, the people, whose consciousness could still respond to the outside world, all experienced a change in their inner feelings.
Although Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng still retained a fleeting look of joy on their faces, a mental warning was frantically reminding them that they were about to die.
"Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins cannot be escaped."
Huo Yuhao merely glanced at the two of them indifferently, like a high and mighty god, definitively announcing their fate.
"Senior Dai and Senior Chen, it's better for you to personally taste the bitter fruit of your own actions."
As their soul power pulled them along, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and the others were gently pulled by a soft force as Huo Yuhao walked out of the cave.
The surrounding purplish-gold halo gradually transformed into a path of light leading to the cave entrance.
All that remained in Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng's eyes was the glaring back view and a lukewarm remark.
"Dai Yueheng, actually, among the Dai family, I probably hate you the least, since we've never met before."
The moment the words were spoken, the purple-gold halo began to dissipate.
Until darkness completely engulfed them.
(End of this chapter)