Chapter 1106

Just as Deng Changbai's team on that side let out a miserable cry not long ago, a strange, inhuman sound seemed to come from the white mist as well, and immediately afterward, Li Luo and the others sensed that the eerie white mist filling heaven and earth began to rapidly contract at this moment.

Faintly, Li Luo felt that the source of the white mist's contraction seemed to be the location of the evil-heart pillar.

"Leave the people to me!"

At this moment, a sudden roar rang out—it was Deng Changbai's voice.

Immediately after, thunder exploded, and vast, violent thunderous force raged within the white mist, but then it seemed as if something had blocked it, producing a dull sound.

The white mist contracted faster than imagined; in just a few breaths, it had completely withdrawn.

Li Luo and the others finally saw clearly that all the white mist had retracted into the evil-heart pillar, and along with it, two "Great Evil Xiang" had turned into blood-red liquid, flowing in like streams.

Within the blood-red stream, some human-skin bags were wrapped, the bags tightly bound into human shapes, faintly revealing struggling, distorted faces that looked somewhat familiar—indeed, they seemed to be some of Deng Changbai's teammates.

But looking at this appearance, they had actually all been captured by the "Great Evil Xiang"?

The "Great Evil Xiang" retreated at extreme speed; even Li Luo could only barely see its shadow, and afterward, the blood-red stream flowed into the evil-heart pillar and vanished without a trace.

Boom!

A violent thunder blade light howled forth, directly slashing onto the evil-heart pillar; the blade light raged, shattering the pillar into pieces, but at the site of the broken pillar, there was only black mud covering the ground, and the silhouette of the Great Evil Xiang had long since disappeared.

Deng Changbai's figure appeared at the site of the shattered pillar, gazing at the dark black earth, his face extremely grim, while fury surged in his eyes.

Because his teammates, in this "Great Evil Xiang" assault, had nearly all been captured without exception.

And with such heavy casualties among his teammates, his final evaluation would inevitably be reduced to the lowest; it could be said that the "Little Chen Heaven" task had just begun, and Deng Changbai had almost secured the bottom rank.

And Jiang Wanyu, Lu Ming, and the others, upon seeing this scene, also felt a chill in their hearts; earlier, that "Great Evil Xiang" had first fixed its gaze on them, and if Li Luo had not noticed something amiss and directly unleashed that extremely high-ranking marquis technique to intimidate, it was likely that those human-skin bags before them now contained them.

After all, relying solely on Zong Sha's虚印-level strength, it was fundamentally impossible to contend with the "Great Evil Xiang."

"By the way, weren't there three Great Evil Xiang? The one that just ran off—seems like only two?!" Lu Jinci seemed to have noticed something and suddenly asked.

Bang!

And just as his words fell, suddenly a huge black cocoon descended from the sky, smashing down before everyone.

The cocoon was formed from countless gray-black light rays condensed together; at this moment, in some broken parts of the cocoon, a blood-red body could be seen, and simultaneously, a broken "evil" character appeared.

It was indeed a Great Evil Xiang!

But at this moment, this Great Evil Xiang was clearly slain, countless gray-black light rays piercing its body, continuously dissolving the evil qi within.

Yet the vitality of this alien lifeform was astonishingly tenacious; even after suffering such fatal devastation, its shattered flesh still twitched, and the broken "evil" character kept trying to stitch itself back together—only each time this happened, those gray-black light rays would drift over and tear it apart again.

Seeing this slain Great Evil Xiang, everyone was frightened into retreating repeatedly, afraid to get too close, lest they be corroded and polluted by its evil qi.

At this moment, a slender figure descended from the sky, the eyes beneath the dark red mask filled with intense pressure.

It was Feng Lingyuan.

Li Luo secretly clicked his tongue; obviously, this Great Evil Xiang had been hunted down single-handedly by Feng Lingyuan, and from this one could see the formidable strength of this second seat of the Upper Court—after all, like Deng Changbai, though he also held an Upper Court seat, he could only fight a Great Evil Xiang to a standstill, and in the end could only watch helplessly as his teammates were taken, powerless to rescue them.

Feng Lingyuan landed, glanced at Deng Changbai still venting his fury on the broken pillar, frowned, and said coldly: "Deng Changbai, if you can't calm down, then get far away—don't be an eyesore here."

Her words really gave no face at all.

But Deng Changbai at least stopped his hands, knowing such venting was meaningless; he turned around, his pupils filled with red blood vessels, gritted his teeth and said: "The intelligence is wrong! What is the Academy up to?!"

If this time it was only their team that had fallen into the town, he feared even he would have no good outcome—under the siege of three Great Evil Xiang, he would surely die.

Thus, his heart pounded, and he became furious to the extreme.

"Your teammates are not dead; they were merely taken alive." Feng Lingyuan said.

Everyone's expression darkened; falling into alien hands, sometimes being alive was worse than death, but this was indeed strange—aliens usually left no vitality behind, so how had they started taking captives this time?

What do they want living people for?

Feng Lingyuan furrowed her brow, then extended her slender finger toward the Great Evil Xiang bound by the gray-black cocoon, lightly tapping it a few times.

Instantly, the countless gray-black light rays entwining the Great Evil Xiang sliced down, directly tearing its body into several pieces.

A foul stench immediately spread.

But Li Luo's gaze did not shift; he stared at the Great Evil Xiang's body and discovered that inside, it was stuffed with many blood-red straws, actually lacking organs, flesh, and the like.

The entire massive body had only a blood-red, eerie skin sack.

Yet it possessed extremely powerful evil qi, truly appearing strange and unfathomable.

Feng Lingyuan stared at those broken blood-red skin sacks for a while, then suddenly seemed to discover something; she swept her finger, peeling off a layer of the skin sack, and then everyone saw that between the membranes, there seemed to be an extremely thin layer of pale white flesh.

This layer of pale white flesh seemed to be slowly twitching, giving a sense of discomfort.

"This Great Evil Xiang is under the 'King of All Living Demons,' and the aliens within it are all transformed from skin sacks—how could there be flesh?" Feng Lingyuan said slowly.

The birth of aliens also follows its own laws, especially for forces controlled by an alien king; everything within exists in accordance with its will, and the 'King of All Living Demons' takes skin sacks as primary, so the appearance of flesh inside this Great Evil Xiang is indeed strange.

Everyone shook their heads, all unable to answer.

"Deng Changbai, your teammates were taken; you can use the 'Ancient Spirit Leaf' to issue a distress call, broadcasting the information—perhaps other teams encountered it and can rescue." Feng Lingyuan, seeing no answer, stopped wasting time and said to Deng Changbai.

Deng Changbai's expression turned listless, then he activated his spiritual force to activate the "Ancient Spirit Leaf" on the back of his hand, preparing to send the distress signal, but his gaze suddenly became dazed.

"How, how could this be?" he murmured in shock.

Li Luo and the others, seeing this, were all startled, then simultaneously activated the "Ancient Spirit Leaf" on the backs of their hands.

Light rose, forming before them a light curtain like a map—it was the map of the region they were in; but at this moment, suddenly, blood-red, glaring light points lit up on the map.

Each of these light points represented a "distress call."

Roughly glancing, at least dozens of teams had encountered crisis and sent out "distress calls."

At this moment, everyone's expression became extremely solemn.

"Other teams have indeed encountered such a 'trap' as well?" Li Luo said in a low voice.

If only they had encountered three Great Evil Xiang, it could still be called coincidence, but now so many teams had sent distress signals, indicating that facing the入学 of Yuan Tian Academy's students, the King of All Living Demons had long prepared a welcoming feast for them.

The feast of the demon king.

And this opening could not be called anything but bloody and heavy.

"A mission has been released!" Jiang Wanyu suddenly spoke.

As everyone's thoughts stirred, they immediately felt a message transmitted from the "Ancient Spirit Leaf."

Rescue Mission: Class A.

Proceed to the designated area, rescue the trainees, and receive evaluation based on merit, with the highest possible reward being Three-Class Merit.

"Three-Class Merit?!" Everyone present couldn't help but exclaim in surprise; even Feng Lingyuan's cold demeanor seemed to widen her eyes slightly, given their understanding of the academy's task releases—previously, even a First-Class Merit was scarce, yet now they directly issued a Three-Class Merit mission?

Yet from this, everyone could also sense that the situation likely exceeded the academy's expectations, hence the exceptional task assignment.

Li Luo was also somewhat surprised; just now he had casually checked his merits and discovered that, having completed the previous task, they had earned a Second-Class Merit, while Feng Lingyuan had one First-Class and one Second-Class Merit—likely because she had slain a major Greater Evil Roc.

Li Luo's gaze fixed upon the map formed by interwoven light from the "Ancient Spirit Leaf," where, in the distant northern region relative to their position, a blood-red skull symbol marked the location—the destination of this rescue mission.

Were the captured trainees sent there?

And just as Li Luo was lost in thought, Lu Ming suddenly patted his shoulder, somewhat astonished, saying: "Li Luo, quickly check the merit list."

Li Luo startled, then focused his thoughts, manipulating the Ancient Spirit Leaf to query the merit list.

As the light curtain before him shifted and formed a ranking, Li Luo swept his eyes over it and immediately understood why Lu Ming had reminded him.

For he clearly saw, at the top of the list, a familiar name standing tall and prominent.

Jiang Qinge, Three-Class Merit and One Second-Class Merit.

Those few simple words made Li Luo involuntarily draw a sharp breath—had Jiang Qinge's side encountered the same problem as theirs?

But in the end... did she slay all three Greater Evil Rocs?!

How did she manage it? Even Feng Lingyuan could only kill one and release two, while Jiang Qinge left none alive, slaughtering them all?!

At this moment, Li Luo could only sigh inwardly.

The great goose-branded war merit harvester produced by Luo'an Manor is truly terrifying indeed.