"Teacher Zhou Yi, be careful. Once you go deep into the Mixed Zone, near the Core Area, the soul beasts will become extremely powerful, generally over thirty thousand years in age. If anything goes wrong, retreat immediately."
Two beautiful figures moved swiftly through the depths of the Mixed Zone. One wore a white robe, her appearance elegant and aloof; the other wore light red, with silver-white hair like a crane, yet her face was beautiful.
Although Zhou Yi was a teacher of the academy, this mission was under Zhang Lexuan's command.
The reason was simple: Zhou Yi was only an Outer Academy teacher, her cultivation merely at the Soul Emperor level. Zhang Lexuan, however, was the top disciple of the Inner Academy, only twenty-six years old, yet had reached the Eight-Ring Soul Douluo level.
Zhou Yi nodded solemnly. "I understand. These ten-thousand-year soul beasts are formidable, but ultimately they are animals, not very intelligent. If we can't win, retreating is no problem."
At this moment, Zhou Yi shed her crane-like disguise. Her true face was quite attractive, ranking just below Tang Wutong and Jiang Nannan among the academy beauties.
…
One hour later, at the boundary between the Mixed Zone and the Core Area.
"Lexuan, run! Don't worry about me!"
A huge net woven from poison vines stretched between several large trees. Zhou Yi's clothes were torn, her skin bruised in shades of blue and purple, and her lips blackened—she had been heavily poisoned. She shouted to Zhang Lexuan.
Zhang Lexuan's situation was no better. Her lips were purple, and eight soul rings glowed beneath her feet. Even at full strength, she could not save Zhou Yi.
Half an hour earlier, they had arrived, blocked by a mass of mobile poison vines.
These vines seemed intelligent, locking onto their positions and attacking.
At first, they thought these were ordinary ten-thousand-year poison vines.
Zhang Lexuan performed several Moon Slashes, opening two paths.
But the poison vines were endless, regenerating continuously, impossible to destroy completely.
Not only was their soul power slowly drained, but the vines spread poison into the air, paralyzing their bodies.
Zhou Yi, only a Soul Emperor, was the first to falter, trapped by the vines, life force slipping away.
Zhang Lexuan was caught in a fierce battle.
Seeing Zhou Yi suffering in front of her while unable to help, memories of past tragedies resurfaced.
Their team had once encountered a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in the Star Dou Forest, resulting in the death of multiple teammates!
This time, it was the Outer Academy teacher's turn.
"Teacher Zhou Yi, I will not abandon a teammate and run alone. The academy's rules do not allow this!"
At this moment, a dazzling soul bone appeared on Zhang Lexuan's body, radiating immense energy.
One of her soul rings was at the hundred-thousand-year level.
Hundred-thousand-year soul bone, hundred-thousand-year soul ring!These combined blessings allowed her, an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo, to rival ordinary newly-crowned Title Douluo!
Years ago, Master Xuan led twelve Inner Academy disciples into the Star Dou Forest. Unexpectedly, he and the twelve got separated. Twelve disciples fought a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Eight of them died. The four survivors became the Inner Academy's top talents. One of them obtained the soul ring and soul bone of that beast—the senior sister of the Inner Academy: Zhang Lexuan!
With the hundred-thousand-year soul ring, Zhang Lexuan shone like the Moon God descending, her body radiating a soft lunar light.
Multiple terrifying moonbeams condensed before her, cutting through all the poison vines in her path. The vines binding Zhou Yi were almost completely severed, and her body fell from the air.
Zhang Lexuan's white figure flashed, catching Zhou Yi. Even with poison vines piercing her body, she ignored the pain, flying quickly toward the perimeter.
Placing Zhou Yi in a safe spot, she drew a healing potion from her soul storage device and administered it.
"Teacher Zhou Yi, I'll hold it off. You escape, find Huo Yuhao and the others, and return to the academy. We were too arrogant, we shouldn't have tracked the Dark Mark into the Core Area."
Having said this, Zhang Lexuan turned back to battle the poison vines again.
But Zhou Yi weakly grabbed her hand:"Lexuan, I am severely injured. Even if I leave, we might encounter other ten-thousand-year soul beasts. My life cannot be guaranteed. I am only a Soul Emperor; my lifetime peak is basically set.
You, however, are a rare genius of the academy. Already a Soul Douluo in your twenties, destined to become a Super Douluo, the academy's pillar.
The academy can survive without me, but without you, it would be a huge loss—especially since the Holy Son is still missing."
Zhou Yi spoke.
Zhang Lexuan pushed her hand away and said firmly:
"Don't worry. I know how to protect myself. I witnessed teammates die before me last time; I will not allow that again. This time, I stay."
Turning, Zhang Lexuan resolutely charged forward. Since the hundred-thousand-year soul beast incident, she had trained diligently, fought beasts bravely, and studied soul beast data actively.
The obstacle before them was likely a hundred-thousand-year-level Thousand-Hand Magic Vine King!
A top-tier plant-type bloodline soul beast.
Records stated that in some part of the Core Area, a hundred-thousand-year Thousand-Hand Magic Vine King roamed, and any soul master entering its territory would be torn apart, as if it guarded something.
Zhang Lexuan could not guarantee to kill it; she only needed to risk her life to hold it off.
Red light shone in Zhang Lexuan's eyes, her blood raging.
Moon God Slash—hundreds of meters of forest collapsed!
…
Fifteen minutes later,
In the forest, a three-kilometer-wide ruin formed. Hundreds to thousands of ancient trees lay toppled, poison vines everywhere. In the center, a striking white figure lay amidst the vines.
"Human, with your level, forcing me to this extent is remarkable. But you should not have come here. Any human attempting to enter the forbidden zone must die!"
Just as the vine tips of the Thousand-Hand Magic Vine King were about to pierce Zhang Lexuan's body,
A sharp golden claw flashed, severing the vines.
The Vine King sensed the youth's aura and felt a hint of fear.
"Dare you still attack the Star Lord?!"
"Star Lord?!"
With the Red King's majestic voice descending, the Vine King was shocked. This was the human youth the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons had mentioned, with free passage even in the Core Area?!
Su Qingfeng's figure slowly appeared. Seeing Zhang Lexuan's heavily wounded body and the Shrek Academy emblem on her clothes, he frowned:"An Inner Academy disciple… Moon Martial Soul… Could it be the rumored senior sister? What is she doing in the Core Area? Haven't Sister Xiao Tao and Sister Luo Chen evacuated the students yet?"
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