"Yes, Senior Sister!"
Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao's expressions turned serious, and then, without joking, they quickly walked downstairs.
Ye Chen also followed closely.
However, Zhang Lexuan's voice came from behind him: "Xiao Chen, if you feel you can't handle it, you can call big sister anytime. Big sister will always be behind you."
Although the academy's rule was that guardians could not interfere with student missions unless absolutely necessary.
But who made Ye Chen her favorite adopted younger brother?
She couldn't bear for Ye Chen to suffer even the slightest harm.
"En, big sister is the best~" Ye Chen looked back with a smile, then quickly caught up.
"He's really cute..." Zhang Lexuan felt a slight tremor in her heart as she saw Ye Chen's sunny smile, and her fondness for Ye Chen grew even stronger.
...
...
Although this evil Spirit Master's stronghold was in the mountains, it was easily found by the intelligence personnel of the Supervisory Group because it was too arrogant.
Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Ye Chen rushed through the night, heading straight for the intelligence location.
A moment later, the three of them arrived in a valley.
The valley was brightly lit. The enemy had built directly into the mountain, excavating many caves within the mountain body. There were definitely many tunnels inside, so they could fight if they could, and run if they couldn't.
According to intelligence, there were about a hundred people in the valley, all subordinates of that Spirit King evil Spirit Master, including ordinary people and Spirit Masters.
There was only one true evil Spirit Master, the guy who cultivated evil arts by relying on infants.
The others could only be considered villains, not evil Spirit Masters.
Most wild evil Spirit Masters have several characteristics: extremely poor innate talent, fast cultivation speed, powerful combat strength, short lifespan, and extremely harsh cultivation conditions.
Therefore, the number of true evil Spirit Masters is very small.
However, even though the others were just cannon fodder, there were many of them, and each one was a ruthless individual who fought without scruples. Even Ling Luochen dared not be careless.
...
Ma Xiaotao led Ling Luochen and Ye Chen to approach stealthily, looking for a good opportunity.
The main goal was to kill that Spirit King evil Spirit Master, who was the culprit, so they had to be careful not to startle the enemy and let them escape.
It would be best to ambush the enemy outside.
However, soon, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen couldn't sit still...
Because they saw several masked figures walking out of a small path in the distance, and the leader was carrying two unconscious infants.
Clearly, these were just snatched from nearby villages. Seeing the blood still on them, it was highly probable it belonged to the children's relatives...
"Beasts!! I want you dead!"
Upon seeing this, Ma Xiaotao could no longer hold back. She transformed into a Fire Phoenix and directly shot a line of fire at those few people.
"Whoosh--"
Several fire rays precisely incinerated those black-clothed figures into ashes.
The one leading them, who was carrying the infants, was a Spirit Master, but as soon as he released his Spirit, his head was incinerated by the fire ray.
"Thud--"
The headless corpse fell, and Ma Xiaotao, quick as a flash, caught the two children and carefully placed them aside.
"Enemy attack!!!"
"Kill them!!!"
"Holy crap... it's a Spirit Emperor, kill your mom, hurry and run!"
In an instant, the area outside the valley became chaotic.
Originally, some people in the caves had taken up weapons and were holding up their Spirits, intending to come out and help, but upon seeing the six terrifying Soul Rings behind Ma Xiaotao, they all immediately turned and fled.
"Run, run, run! Go quickly and inform Lord Blood Infant!"
What kind of outrageous joke was this? Most of them were only Spirit Masters in their teens or twenties. Fighting a Spirit Emperor, wasn't that just asking for death?
Moreover, there was also a Spirit King ambushing on the periphery.
The best way was to call out Lord Blood Infant to stall these two powerhouses, then they might still have a chance to escape.
"Alright, alright, alright, Shrek's Supervisory Group, how dare you ruin my good deeds, you are already seeking death!"
Just then, a bloody figure rushed out of the cave.
A blood-colored infant appeared behind him, letting out an ear-piercing cry.
Moreover, although the opponent was only a Spirit King, his aura was close to that of a Spirit Emperor, and the Soul Ring configuration behind him was one white, one yellow, and three black!
Clearly, the latter three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings were obtained after he became an evil Spirit Master!
Before becoming an evil Spirit Master, the opponent was most likely just a low-level ordinary Spirit Master.
And after becoming an evil Spirit Master, he gained powerful strength, allowing him to directly absorb ten-thousand-year Soul Rings!
This is also the main reason why many people cannot resist temptation and fall.
Power makes people crazy.
Even if the process of transforming into an evil Spirit Master has a 99% mortality rate, there are still endless low-level Spirit Masters who try, and even some talented Spirit Masters who encounter setbacks cannot resist the temptation and fall.
"Phoenix Meteor Shower!"
"Boom boom boom--"
Countless fire meteors erupted, blasting towards the Blood Infant evil Spirit Master.
Of course, at the same time, they indiscriminately attacked the opponent's other subordinates.
Anyway, everyone here deserved to die.
However, there seemed to be secret passages in the caves, and all of the opponent's subordinates drilled into the caves, fleeing out of the valley along the secret passages.
"Damn it, Shrek is such a nuisance!"
Upon seeing Ma Xiaotao's ferocity, the Blood Infant Spirit King also dared not confront her head-on, but instead used an unusual evasion technique to escape out of the valley as well.
He was an evil Spirit Master, not an idiot.
Fighting a top-tier Spirit Emperor from Shrek, wasn't that just seeking death?
His Soul Power cultivation had reached the peak of Spirit King. Although he could unleash a Spirit Saint-level strike, that was a desperate trump card, and he would surely die after using that move.
Under normal circumstances, he could only exert the combat power of a Spirit Emperor, and he couldn't sustain it for long.
If he had a chance to escape, he certainly wouldn't use that move.
"Xiao Chen, let's chase quickly, don't let those accomplices escape!"
Ling Luochen pulled Ye Chen and quickly pursued them out of the valley.
Ma Xiaotao was handling Blood Infant.
The rest of the people were naturally left for Ling Luochen to clean up.
Although these people were not strong, every single one of them was an extremely vicious individual, and they all deserved to die.
If they were allowed to escape now, who knows, they might even become evil Spirit Masters in the future, causing unimaginable destruction.
"Okay, Senior Sister, let's split up and chase!" Ye Chen nodded, and his figure quickly disappeared into the darkness.
"Hey, Junior Brother, don't..."
Ling Luochen was about to tell Ye Chen not to act alone, but Ye Chen's figure was already gone.
"Forget it, they're all small fry, Ye Chen should be fine, and Senior Sister Ou is watching him..." Ling Luochen gritted her teeth and still chose another direction to chase the others.
What Ling Luochen didn't know was that Zhang Lexuan was also searching for Ye Chen's figure at this moment...
"Teleportation ability, this little guy, he can really hide..."
Zhang Lexuan was a little speechless.
Her figure was hidden in the darkness, occasionally striking out to kill the villains who fled to her.
She was originally watching Ye Chen, but Ye Chen's teleportation distance seemed very far. After instantly disappearing into the darkness, she also lost track of him.
Although she didn't think these small fries could harm Ye Chen, she couldn't help but worry.