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Xue Tianxing looked at the direction where the two people disappeared, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.
Qian Renxue's action made him even more confused about what she was thinking.
But Xue Tianxing knew that after this siege and rescue, the relationship between him, Qian Renxue, and the Spirit Hall had become more complicated.
"Tianxing, we...we survived?"
Shui Bing'er leaned weakly against Xue Tianxing, her voice filled with a hint of disbelief.
Xue Tianxing nodded, took a deep breath, and said to them:
"We survived."
Xue Tianxing looked at the direction where Snake Spear and Thorny Porpoise Douluo disappeared, his brows furrowed.
Just now, before the two of them left, they not only stared at him with inquiring eyes, but also nodded implicitly - this action was too abnormal, it was neither a warning nor a gesture of goodwill, but more like a confirmation of something.
"What on earth are they thinking?"
Xue Tianxing was even more confused, but he couldn't find the answer for a moment. He could only suppress his confusion temporarily and turned to look at the weak Shui Bing'er beside him.
On the other side, Snake Spear and Thorny Porpoise Douluo were rushing towards Qian Renxue's temporary residence at an extremely fast speed.
In fact, as early as when Xue Tianxing and his group encountered an ambush, the two of them sensed the strong soul power fluctuations erupting in the forest - the unique aura of the fusion of ice soul power and martial soul made them instantly alert.
The two immediately reported the matter to Qian Renxue.
At that time, Qian Renxue was sitting in the carriage sorting out the details of the plan to steal the country. After hearing the news, she suddenly opened the curtain of the carriage and looked towards the forest.
When she saw the intertwined silhouettes of the Ice Phoenix and the Ice Phoenix circling in the distant sky and felt the familiar fluctuations of soul power, she instantly concluded:
"It's Xue Tianxing! They've been surrounded! Go and save him!"
"Young Master, no!"
Snake Spear Douluo quickly dissuaded him, and then said:
"Our duty is to protect your safety. Xue Tianxing is extremely talented and is in the Barak Kingdom. He will definitely become an enemy of the Spirit Hall in the future.
Now someone has gotten rid of him for us, which saves us from future troubles. Why bother saving him?"
Thorny Porpoise Douluo also echoed:
"Yes, young master, he is not related to us at all, there is no need to take risks for him."
Qian Renxue's face darkened, and her tone was unquestionable and firm:
"He's not an outsider. Xue Tianxing's mother is from the Angel Clan of Wuhun City, and he also has a spirit—like me, a six-winged angel spirit!"
Qian Renxue paused, looked at the shocked expressions of the two, and continued:
"I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, you can ask my grandfather for proof when you get back. A descendant of the angel clan like him will return to Wuhun City sooner or later. We can't let him die here."
"Sera... Seraph Martial Spirits?!"
Snake Spear and Thorny Porpoise Douluo froze instantly, their faces full of disbelief.
As members of the Spirit Hall's Worship Hall, their worship of the Angel God has long been engraved in their bones - the six-winged angel spirit is the symbol of the angel clan, and now in the entire Spirit City, only Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue possess it.
Xue Tianxing is also the heir of the angel martial spirit?
This was a truly huge matter! The two of them instantly dropped their previous opposition and turned grave.
"I admit my mistake!"
Snake Spear Douluo said in a deep voice:
"We're going to rescue them right now. We won't let anything happen to the descendants of angels!"
Before he finished speaking, the two of them flashed and transformed into two dark shadows, rushing towards the forest. This was also the reason why they had stared at Xue Tianxing with inquiring eyes in the forest just now.
They wanted to see with their own eyes what this person, one of only three possessors of the six-winged angel spirit on Douluo Continent, looked like; and that implicit nod was a silent expression of "recognition from their own race" after confirming his identity.
Turning back to the forest, Xue Tianxing helped Shui Bing'er to stand steadily. His eyes swept over the corpses of the black-robed men lying on the ground, and his eyes became sharp.
He said to Oscar:
"Xiao Ao, go tear off these people's black robes. Rongrong, follow them and identify them—as the Young Master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, you've likely met many members of various factions. See if there's anyone you recognize here.
I want to know who is so bold as to surround and kill us on the territory of the Kingdom of Barak."
Oscar nodded, walked quickly to the corpse, and pulled off the black-robed man's hat and mask one by one.
Strange faces were exposed in the air, some still had a lingering ferocity, while others still had the fear of death.
Ning Rongrong followed closely behind, carefully observing each face, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter - she had followed her father Ning Fengzhi to various soul master gatherings since she was a child, and had met countless members of various forces, but these people in front of her, no matter their faces or subtle features, made her feel extremely unfamiliar.
"Brother Tianxing, I don't know them."
Ning Rongrong shook her head, her tone filled with doubt, and then continued:
"They don't have any markings of power on them. They don't look like they belong to any known sect or family."
Xue Tianxing's eyes narrowed, and he thought to himself:
"No markings? Could it be some hidden faction, or a specially trained group of assassins?"
Xue Tianxing pondered for a moment and said to Ning Rongrong:
"Rongrong, use your soul guide to collect these bodies first. When we return to Barak City, we'll hand them over to the Kingdom's intelligence department for identification. No matter how deeply they hide, we'll always be able to find some clues."
Ning Rongrong responded, took out the soul guide she carried with her, and collected the corpses on the ground one by one.
"Okay, let's go."
Xue Tianxing took a deep breath, supported Shui Bing'er, and said to everyone:
"Return to Barak City as soon as possible. It's the only safe place there."
Everyone nodded, dragged their tired bodies, and slowly walked towards the direction of Barak City.
The ice and snow in the forest gradually began to melt, but the lingering smell of blood and the fluctuations of soul power in the air silently told of the thrilling life-and-death battle that had just taken place.
Then Xue Tianxing and his companions did not dare to delay and quickened their pace towards Barak City.
Along the way, they were all silent, their minds constantly recalling the thrilling siege in the forest, and the scene where Thorny Porpoise Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo suddenly appeared to rescue them, their hearts full of complicated emotions.
Finally, in the evening, several people arrived at the Barak Palace.
As soon as I walked into the palace hall, I saw Xuezhe, Liu Tianfeng and Dugu Bo waiting there anxiously.
When they saw the wounds on Xue Tianxing and Shui Bing'er, as well as their miserable appearance, their faces changed instantly.
"Tianxing, Bing'er, what happened to you? How did you get hurt?"
Xuezhe took the lead and walked forward quickly, his tone full of anxiety and concern, reaching out to check Xue Tianxing's injuries.
Liu Tianfeng followed closely behind, a flash of anger in his eyes:
"Did someone attack you? Who is so bold as to hurt you on the territory of the Barak Kingdom?!"
Dugu Bo even directly released a trace of soul power and carefully checked the physical conditions of several people. When he found that Xue Tianxing and Shui Bing'er had only consumed too much soul power and suffered some superficial injuries and were not seriously injured, he breathed a sigh of relief, but the murderous intent in his eyes became stronger.