Chapter 78: Escape!

"How... how could it turn into this... state!"

Zhang Lexuan widened her eyes, her gaze gradually losing focus, and blood gushed from the corners of her mouth and the wounds on her body, yet she could not spare the attention to care for them.

Because compared to the pain in her body, her heart was in even greater pain.

The Shrek members of her generation had basically all participated in this Soul Ring hunting operation.

Now... some were dead, some were injured; how many could still remain?

Zhang Lexuan's heart was as cold as ash, and the flames of regret and fury churned within her...

If... if, if only she had discovered that something was wrong earlier and ordered a retreat in time... would the Junior Brothers and Sisters not have been injured, and even more so, would they not have died?

Buzz, buzz, buzz~~~

Waves of humming sounds arrived, and Zhang Lexuan slowly raised her head; what came into view was the massive body of the Silver Moon Giant King.

The Silver Moon symbol on its head condensed silver-white light once again; it was preparing... a final strike to end her.

Zhang Lexuan moved her fingers, and immediately, a sensation of pain spread throughout her entire body, causing her to frown involuntarily.

Chirp!!!

A beam of light shot out from the top of the Silver Moon Giant King's head once again, and Zhang Lexuan slowly opened her arms.

Lost... she had lost; the most promising generation of Shrek in a hundred years had been buried in the Star Dou Great Forest, in the Silver Moon Mountain Range, at the hands of the Silver Moon Giant King.

"Senior Sister!!!"

Following an exclamation, before that silver light arrived, Xu Nian'an instantly appeared by Zhang Lexuan's side and tackled her down.

"Lit... Little Junior Brother!"

Bang~ Boom!

The earth began to tremble, and the dazzling silver light illuminated the entire world.

"Signal flare, distress signal flare!"

Seeing clearly the person who saved her, Zhang Lexuan muttered to herself; after hearing Xu Nian'an's words in her ear, hope was rekindled in Zhang Lexuan's eyes.

"Right... distress signal flare, Xuan Lao... Xuan Lao must... must be nearby."

Her right hand flashed, and a signal flare with the Shrek mark slowly appeared.

Bang!

The moment it was fired, it exploded instantly over the Silver Moon Mountain Range in the Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest, and not long after, the Shrek pattern appeared.

In the Core Area on the other side.

In the forest, Xuan Lao was covered in cold sweat; suddenly, a loud noise in the sky made him tense up and look up instantly.

Immediately after, his pupils contracted.

Not long ago, Xuan Lao had seen both the Shrek distress signal fired by Xu Nian'an and the distress signal from the Xuanming Sect.

It was not that he did not take it seriously, although the distress signal flare Xu Nian'an fired was a Core Disciple's signal flare.

But this also made Xuan Lao nervous, knowing that Xu Nian'an and the others had encountered trouble they could not solve.

But... he was still trapped in this forest.

Although he knew that the longer he wasted time here, the more likely the students of the Shrek Inner Court would be in danger.

But... but he had no choice; he simply had no way at all.

Because he could not walk out of this forest at all.

Until... he saw the distress signal from the Shrek Inner Court core... that is, Zhang Lexuan, and Xuan Lao could no longer sit still.

Because the appearance of this signal meant... that there had already been casualties within this soul-hunting team.

This was a soul-hunting team formed by the geniuses of the Shrek Inner Court, and every student in it had the potential to become a Title Douluo.

Every loss was a loss for Shrek!

"Damn it... damn it, I don't care which one of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts you are, withdraw your Spiritual Power immediately, otherwise..."

Xuan Lao's upper garment exploded directly, blood-red patterns appeared, his black hair surged wildly, and a pair of bull horns appeared on his head.

Nine Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—appeared.

"Otherwise, if I find you, then even if I have to exhaust all my Soul Rings and soul bones, I will give everything I have to hunt you down!"

Following an angry roar, his level 98 soul power instantly crushed all the flowers, plants, and trees in the surroundings into a plain, and the ground collapsed.

After a moment of illusion in the surroundings, it ultimately did not form an illusion; looking at the forest that had disappeared, Xuan Lao's expression was ugly.

Finally, he stomped hard on the ground and disappeared from the spot instantly.

In a split in the ground, a white, fleshy worm gave a sudden jolt and surged frantically into the depths of the earth.

"It's over, it's over, something big almost happened!"

Bang!

A firework exploded in the sky again, and a massive Black Tortoise pattern shone brightly.

In the Mixed Zone, teams of people wearing green robes looked up one after another upon hearing the sound.

"Elder, movement, there is movement!"

Xu Jianyang, who was in the lead, looked up quickly upon hearing this, and when he saw this massive Black Tortoise pattern, he breathed a sigh of relief instantly.

"Core Area... find the Young Master, even if we have to turn the entire Core Area upside down and step into the Great Fierce Land, we will not hesitate!"

After Xu Jianyang left behind these resolute words, the nine Soul Rings on his body—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—flashed.

Immediately after, he took the lead and flew rapidly toward the Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Two people followed closely behind him; two yellow, two purple, four black—they were two Soul Douluos.

Among the two Soul Douluos, one of them was Xu Shang, the president of the Xuanming Chamber of Commerce who had appeared at the White Tiger Duke Mansion to welcome Xu Nian'an.

The remaining fourteen people were all seven-ring Soul Saints.

A single letter from Xu Nian'an had drawn Xu Jianyang's attention, leading him to empty half of the Xuanming Sect's resources to quickly come to the Star Dou Great Forest for reinforcements.

Previously, Xu Jianyang thought the first signal flare was in the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, but unfortunately, he misjudged it.

Otherwise, had he arrived sooner, perhaps so many people would not have had to die.

Silver Moon Mountain Range

After dodging the attack from the Silver Moon Giant King, Xu Nian'an and Zhang Lexuan each fired a distress signal flare.

All around were the severed limbs and arms of the Shrek Inner Court Disciples; some had not even left behind the most basic remains.

Xu Nian'an looked up at his surroundings; giants stood all around, even though the Silver Moon Giant King's right leg and left shoulder had been heavily wounded by Zhang Lexuan and the others.

But the other Silver Moon Giants had all awakened, hadn't they? Not to mention facing a heavily wounded Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Silver Moon Giant King, even if just one ten-thousand-year Silver Moon Giant came, he wasn't sure he could beat it, okay?

Was it he, this little butterfly, who flapped its wings and changed history, causing no one from Shrek Academy to survive this time???

Xu Nian'an held Zhang Lexuan, whose face had turned pale from blood loss, and arrived at the place where he had stored Wu Ming.

At this moment, Ye Yi Han also discovered Xu Nian'an and Zhang Lexuan, and she slowly brought over Han Ruoruo, who had fallen into a coma due to her martial soul shattering.

"Senior Sister... they're gone... they're gone, they're all gone..."

"The Senior Brothers... they're all gone."

Each word was like a heavy hammer, striking hard at Zhang Lexuan's heart.

Fourteen Shrek Inner Court students had come out this time, plus Xu Nian'an made fifteen, and now only this few of them were left???

The key was, they weren't even sure they could survive.

Roar!!!!

"Kill them, kill them, I want them all dead!"

Following an angry roar, the Silver Moon Giant King spoke again, and the surrounding Silver Moon Giants instantly gathered around.

Two were heavily wounded, two were in a coma, and only Xu Nian'an was completely unscathed.

Finally, Zhang Lexuan dragged her heavily wounded body and slowly stood up.

"Junior Brother Nian'an, you take Junior Sister Ye Yi Han and go; I... I will stay behind to accompany Ruoruo and Wu Ming, and also stay to block this group of Silver Moon Giants."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Lexuan looked at Xu Nian'an.

"Help me say sorry to Mu Lao; what I promised him, I, Zhang Lexuan, perhaps cannot fulfill."

Seeing Zhang Lexuan's resolute expression, Ye Yi Han stood up.

"This generation of Shrek cannot be wiped out. Junior Brother Nian'an, Senior Sister, Sister Ruoruo, and Sister Wu Ming all have better talent than me; if someone really has to die today, I think that person should be me!"

Puchi!!!!

As a silver-white light gathered, Ye Yi Han's petite body was pierced through once again. This time she did not dodge or evade, but instead opened her arms to block in front of Xu Nian'an and Zhang Lexuan.

"Just let me help you one more time... Junior Brother Nian'an, if I really die here today, please tell Ling Luochen I'm sorry for me; I... I can't continue to cultivate with her anymore!"

As Ye Yi Han's chest flickered, a green light instantly covered Xu Nian'an and the other three.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!!!!

Inside the ring of light, the Silver Moon Giants looked up, the silver moon marks on their heads flashed, and countless silver rays of light gathered, then were rapidly fired.

"No!!!"

"Second Soul Skill, Mysterious Ice Shield!!!"

The ice shield in Xu Nian'an's hand was disintegrated in an instant. Ye Yi Han stood out again; she blocked in front of Xu Nian'an, letting countless rays of light pierce through her body.

Swoosh~

After the light flickered, Xu Nian'an and the others disappeared.

A beam of light shot toward the center of the Core Area.

Roar!!!

"Damn it, find them for me! I want to see the people if they're alive, and their corpses if they're dead!"

The Silver Moon Giant King let out an angry roar, ordering his clansmen to pursue!

Bang!

A flash of red light flickered. When Xuanzi arrived here and looked at the severed limbs and arms all around, especially the Shrek emblem stained red with blood, Xuanzi could no longer hold it back.

"Uh... ah!!!! My children!!!!"

This chapter is nearly three thousand words!!!!

(End of chapter)