"Senior Brother, Senior San Shi, Senior Sister Nannan!"
Huo Yuhao had originally intended to go all out, even if letting Ice Empress take control of his body would cause damage, he would fight the enemy to the death.
But at this critical moment, he keenly sensed familiar auras. Looking up, he saw three familiar figures rushing to his aid.
Upon recognizing who the newcomers were, Huo Yuhao was overcome with surprise and joy. His previously dimmed eyes instantly regained their sparkle.
The moment Wang Dong saw the three, his tightly strung nerves suddenly relaxed. Unable to support his exhausted body any longer, he and Huo Yuhao plummeted directly from the sky.
Their bodies were like kites with broken strings, swaying precariously in the strong winds.
"Profound Tortoise Displacement!" Xu San Shi reacted extremely quickly, instantly summoning his Profound Tortoise Shield. The massive shield gleamed with an ancient light.
Behind him, a phantom of the Profound Tortoise appeared, its tortoise head and snake head simultaneously raised, spouting two deep black lights that instantly enveloped Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
In an instant, space rippled with a strange fluctuation. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's figures vanished from mid-air. The next second, they appeared steadily in front of Xu San Shi.
"Are you two alright? What's going on?" Xu San Shi held up his Profound Tortoise Shield, his eyes vigilantly fixed on Black Fourteen and White Thirteen.
Of all those present, only these two emitted powerful auras that made Xu San Shi feel immense pressure.
"We don't know either. We just left the city a short while ago when Yuhao discovered that someone had laid an ambush, and their target was us." Wang Dong's face was filled with frustration. They usually lived deep within Shrek Academy, rarely interacting with the outside world. They truly couldn't understand why they would suddenly encounter an assassination attempt.
A barely perceptible darkness flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and the hatred in his heart surged like a tide.
He knew very well that he had no enemies in the outside world, nor had he offended anyone, but within Shrek Academy, there were indeed a few who bore ill will towards him.
Dai Huabin and Wu Feng. These two had always disliked him and were highly likely to have hired assassins.
However, Wu Feng was under Ning Tian's control, and given Ning Tian's personality, she would certainly not condone Wu Feng doing such a thing.
Thus, the biggest suspect was Dai Huabin.
Among those in the academy with a grudge against him, only Dai Huabin had the financial means to hire two Soul Emperors and four Soul Kings to take his life.
Moreover, Huo Yuhao, relying on his powerful spiritual force, clearly perceived that the killing intent of these six assassins was unreservedly locked onto him, while their killing intent towards Wang Dong was not intense.
"To dare to attack Shrek Academy disciples outside Shrek City, you have immense guts!" Bei Bei's aura suddenly surged. Four soul rings, two yellow and two purple, were orderly arranged, shining with dazzling light.
Blue lightning, like nimble snakes, coiled and danced around him. Facing powerhouses at the Soul King level like Black Seventeen, he showed no fear.
"The academy's powerhouses will arrive soon. You probably won't be able to leave!" Jiang Nannan also warned, her voice clear and melodious, like a mountain spring flowing.
She seemed to be pressuring these assassins, but in reality, she was reminding them, implying that if they didn't retreat now, they wouldn't be able to leave once Shrek City's powerhouses arrived.
"It's not too late to kill him before leaving!" White Thirteen's voice was cold. She raised her hand to wipe away the blood from the corner of her mouth, and her sixth soul ring instantly lit up.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Mist Realm - Underworld Beckon!"
In an instant, a thick mist spread out from White Thirteen like a tide, completely engulfing an area several hundred meters in radius in the blink of an eye.
Within this mist, Jiang Nannan and the others felt their five senses rapidly weaken. Their vision blurred, and their hearing became dull.
The surrounding mist seemed to transform into countless invisible sharp blades, whistling from all directions, launching an all-encompassing attack on them.
For a time, Jiang Nannan and Bei Bei found themselves in an extremely passive situation.
Facing a Soul Emperor's sixth soul skill, even though they were elite disciples of Shrek Academy and far surpassed their peers in strength, they were unable to contend against it at this moment.
After all, they were currently only four-ringed Soul Sects. In the face of absolute level suppression, the gap in strength was infinitely magnified.
"Profound Tortoise Power!" Seeing this, Xu San Shi immediately stepped forward, blocking in front of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
The Profound Tortoise phantom behind him roared skyward, its voice deafening. Water elements gathered around him, forming a massive vortex that emitted a powerful suction force, firmly binding Black Seventeen and the other three.
At the same time, this suction force rapidly absorbed the surrounding mist, completely exposing their figures.
"Die!" Just as everyone was fully engaged in fighting, Black Fourteen's figure emerged like a ghost from Wang Dong's shadow.
Eight jet-black spider legs instantly grew from his back, glinting with a chilling light under the moonlight.
His fifth soul ring shone brightly, and the spider blade in his hand suddenly extended to three meters long, its edge exuding a terrifying sharpness.
Black Fourteen's martial soul was the Shadow-Eating Demon Spider. His first soul skill, Shadow Stealth, allowed him to move freely through shadows like a fish in water, and his fifth soul skill, Demonic Spider Berserker, comprehensively enhanced his attributes while strengthening the power of his spider blades.
He and White Thirteen had collaborated on many missions, having long formed a tacit understanding.
The moment White Thirteen released her sixth soul skill, he seized the opportunity, preparing to launch a fatal blow.
While White Thirteen trapped Jiang Nannan and Bei Bei, and Xu San Shi was fully occupied with Black Seventeen and the others, unable to be distracted, Black Fourteen, like a black bolt of lightning, appeared behind Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao in a decisive killing posture.
The black spider blade sliced through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound, creating a strange ripple.
That sharp aura was like a cold dagger, stabbing straight towards Wang Dong, causing Wang Dong to instantly stiffen and be unable to move.
In the face of life and death, a strange blue-golden divine light flashed in Wang Dong's eyes, as if some powerful sleeping entity was about to awaken.
"Wang Dong!" Almost at the same moment, Huo Yuhao also sensed the danger.
However, due to the mist released by White Thirteen severely suppressing his spiritual perception, by the time he discovered Black Fourteen's sneak attack, it was already too late.
Without time to think, Huo Yuhao instinctively stretched out his arm, using all his strength to push Wang Dong away.
At the same time, he used the momentum to quickly retreat, attempting to dodge this fatal blow.
But Black Fourteen's spider blade was simply too fast, swift as lightning, transforming into a black slash carrying the aura of death, just narrowly missing Wang Dong.
"Ah!!!" A shrill scream instantly cut through the night sky, like a sharp blade, piercing everyone's eardrums and drawing all eyes to the scene.
"Yuhao!" Wang Dong's eyes were tearing, filled with grief and anger. He looked incredulously at the fallen Huo Yuhao.
At this moment, the mist gradually dispersed, and the cold moonlight shone down on the ground. Everyone clearly saw the bloody, horrifying sight beneath Huo Yuhao's crotch.
Fresh blood gushed out continuously like a spring, pooling into a shocking puddle on the ground.
Black Fourteen looked strangely at the black spider blade in his hand, crimson blood flowing from it, looking particularly dazzling under the moonlight.
His previous attack would at most have severely wounded Wang Dong, who had blocked in front of Huo Yuhao.
But who could have predicted that Huo Yuhao would suddenly push Wang Dong away and underestimate the speed of his slash, inadvertently sending his lower body onto his blade?
For a moment, everyone was so shocked by this sudden turn of events that they were speechless. The scene fell into a deathly silence.
Only Huo Yuhao's painful screams echoed ceaselessly in the night sky, as if recounting endless pain and despair.
"Little Junior Brother, you bastards!" Bei Bei was the first to snap out of his shock, his inner rage erupting like a volcano.
Golden light burst forth from his body, and his previously blue lightning instantly turned into dazzling gold. A sacred and majestic dragon might faintly appeared.
A golden thunder dragon, carrying a sacred and inviolable aura, roared as it charged towards Black Fourteen.
The giant dragon bared its fangs and claws, every dragon scale flashing with golden lightning.
Black Fourteen's mouth twitched. These Shrek Academy disciples truly didn't play by the rules. A mere Soul Sect could actually unleash such a powerful soul skill.
But he was by no means an ordinary person either. Facing the golden thunder dragon's attack, he showed no fear. His two spider blades rapidly crossed, slashing fiercely at the giant dragon.
A black cross-shaped light blade howled out, tearing through the air with a piercing shriek, colliding head-on with the golden thunder dragon.
"Boom!" A deafening roar resounded across the sky. Golden lightning exploded in the void, kicking up a violent shockwave, like a surging tide, overturning and rolling up the surrounding earth.
The powerful force created cracks on the ground, as if the very earth could no longer bear such terrifying power.