Soul Land: Power Of Space - 24. Examiner
“Xiao Wu!”
Lu Yuan was eating melons and waiting patiently when he unexpectedly heard a familiar voice from behind.
“Elder brother!”
Xiao Wu instinctively jumped up, attempting to rush towards him, but Lu Yuan caught her with his palm and pressed her against a tree trunk.
“You belong to me. Do you understand?”
The warmth of his breath brushed against Xiao Wu’s earlobe, causing her body to freeze, and she stopped struggling.
“Answer my question!. Do you understand?”
On the verge of tears, Xiao Wu nodded quickly and replied, “Yes, I understand.”
“That’s good.”
Satisfied, Lu Yuan nodded and released his grip.
Ignoring Xiao Wu, who was trembling in fear, and Ma Hongjun, who stood beside him in a daze, Lu Yuan looked straight ahead.
Tang San. Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Rongrong.
Lu Yuan nodded inwardly.
Very well, they were all familiar faces.
Tang San quickly approached Lu Yuan, glancing at him with a hint of hatred in his eyes. But when he saw that Xiao Wu was unharmed, Tang San finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Elder brother!”
Xiao Wu instinctively wanted to rush towards Tang San. However, sensing two pairs of watchful eyes, she halted her movements in fear and lowered her raised arm.
Just as a spirit beast doesn’t need a reason to kill a spirit master, a spirit master doesn’t need a reason to hunt and kill a spirit beast.
In other words, if the opponent is provoked, they would kill her on the spot and take her ring, without any condemnation or even a warrant from the Spirit Hall.
Observing Xiao Wu’s grievance with concern, Tang San stared at Lu Yuan with bloodshot eyes filled with resentment.
This was the man who had snatched Xiao Wu away from his side!
“LU YUAN!!!!”
A hoarse voice emerged from Tang San’s throat.
Just by listening to his voice, one could sense the unwillingness and hatred in Tang San’s heart. One could imagine the extent of his negative emotions at this moment!
Ning Rongrong glanced at Tang San with a peculiar look, then shifted slightly and stood beside the cold Zhu Zhuqing.
Although leaning on a cold and icy person made her uncomfortable, it was still better than leaning on a person who wielded a blood-dripping magic weapon.
Who knows what unreasonable things this abnormal-looking person would do?
She was an auxiliary system spirit master. Her combat ability was considered the weakest among spirit masters. Ensuring her own safety was a necessary skill for every auxiliary system spirit master.
Of course, if there was a highly compatible defense system spirit master, there would be no need to learn it.
Lu Yuan smiled softly.
“It seems you finally remember who I am.”
“Yes!”
Tang San suddenly raised his head, gazing up at the sky with a smile before lowering his head and speaking in a cold tone:
“You are Lu Yuan. Like me, you’re from Holy Soul Village. When we were six years old, you shamelessly snatched the admission quota from me, but fortunately, I reacted quickly and took it back. After that, you, a person without honor, mysteriously disappeared from Holy Soul Village.”
Tang San coninues “So… Do you think you can appear here because you believe everything you’ve done has been forgotten? Or… Do you think you’re no longer afraid of death, so you dare to stand in front of me?”
Lu Yuan, seeing Tang San’s provocative expression, smiled pityingly and delivered a loud slap across his face. He calmly retrieved a tissue from his storage space, wiped his hands, and disgustingly discarded the tissue on Tang San’s body.
A silent, piercing sound resonated as a jade fist struck the air in front of Lu Yuan.
Tang San cursed inwardly, his face contorted in anger, and his figure shot backward.
An assortment of hidden weapons flew towards Lu Yuan, but the fiery red flames engulfed them, reducing them to molten iron.
“A villain who relies on hidden weapons to harm others!” Ma Hongjun sneered, attempting to display contempt. However, due to his still healing facial injury, his expression conveyed more of a “pained” look.
Momentarily, Ma Hongjun had doubted Lu Yuan, but he didn’t expect this villain, who had slandered their boss, to make the first move! And it had to be with such a despicable method like “hidden weapons”! Which spirit master commonly used hidden weapons? And why such a dark mass of hidden weapons? This villain was clearly one who hid his true intentions!
Ma Hongjun himself had momentarily fallen for this villain’s deceit. Ma Hongjun’s eyes, swollen to the size of mung beans, filled with anger.
“Phoenix Fire Wire!”
A long, straight flame shot towards Tang San.
Tang San snorted coldly as dozens of thick, blue and silver grass vines intertwined to form a rough shield.
“Sky Moat!”
Lu Yuan sighed softly, extending his hand as a massive, box-like spatial barrier blocked the path of Ma Hongjun’s spirit skill.
The phoenix’s flames scattered in all directions as if hitting an invisible, colossal shield.
“You are neither an examinee nor an examiner, so it is not advisable to act without authorization,” Lu Yuan calmly advised, observing Ma Hongjun’s confusion.
Ma Hongjun nodded, retracting his martial spirit.
Gazing at the grass and vine shield that Tang San had constructed after the flames dissipated, Ma Hongjun spat on the ground disdainfully.
“What the hell!”
Tang San’s face turned livid. “Say that again!”
“Just try it! What the hell! ” Ma Hongjun, one who preferred being laid-back, made a special spitting sound after speaking.
“It seems I was too lenient!” Accompanied by boisterous laughter, a powerful pressure suddenly descended.
Ma Hongjun’s expression mirrored that of someone who had seen a ghost. He surveyed his surroundings warily and tentatively asked, “Boss Zhao?”
After a gust of wind, a figure materialized on the field.
No, it was actually two figures!
One person was being held under the armpit by the other.
Throwing Dai Mubai, who resembled a lifeless dog, to the ground, Zhao Wuji looked at Ma Hongjun with a malicious smile on his face.
“What? Not happy to see me?”
Ma Hongjun’s face twitched, as if reopening a wound, and he winced in pain. However, he still endured it and hurriedly replied with a smile, “Of course, I’m delighted!”
“We’ll add two more tests temporarily,” Zhao Wuji declared, producing an incense and handing it to Lu Yuan.
Two more tests?
Ma Hongjun glanced at Dai Mubai, who was coughing violently on the ground, and a sense of foreboding crept over him.
“Boss…”
“Little fatty, it’s time to summon the examiner!”
As Ma Hongjun watched Zhao Wuji’s retreating figure, his lips moved several times, nearly uttering a curse aloud.
Could such a scheme exist?
Just when he thought the beating was over, they had to face another assessment?
Wasn’t the previous beating in vain?
Dai Mubai coughed repeatedly, dazedly surveying his surroundings. When his gaze fell upon Zhu Zhuqing, he froze.
The sensations dulled by Zhao Wuji’s attack were finally returning, and Dai Mubai hastened to approach her.
“Zhuqing, let me explain.”
“Get lost!”
Lu Yuan cleared his throat and clapped his hands, instantly silencing the venue.
Disregarding the excitement, shame, hatred, coldness, complexity, and pleas for mercy, Lu Yuan shrugged helplessly.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted that you have passed the first three levels. Now, welcome to the fourth level.”
“I am the chief examiner of this level.
There are two conditions for passing.
The first is to endure until the incense burns out.
The second is to defeat me or kill me.
To quickly make you realize the cruel reality of this world and save myself some precious time,
I have a suggestion recommend that you all go together!”
Lu Yuan spread his hands with a smile. “Now, you can discuss tactics.”
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