An Ruoxi’s delicate body radiated a shocking chill.
Her long sword cut through the air, and her vast spiritual qi transformed into an unmatched sword energy, slashing towards the flower demon’s roots.
Howl!
The flower demon let out a mournful cry.
Despite its massive main body, An Ruoxi’s attack had severed two-thirds of its form, leaving a hideous gash.
“Excellent!”
“As expected of Senior Sister An! She’s too strong!”
The disciples, witnessing this scene, erupted in cheers.
Seeing the flower demon’s power greatly diminished, the remaining disciples swarmed forward, unleashing their strongest attacks to press their advantage.
Seeing this, Mo Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to form hand seals to grant Ruoxi another enhancement, he suddenly sensed a gaze fixed on him.
Turning his head, he saw An Ruojun staring right at him.
He focused his gaze.
Standing beside An Ruojun was Xia Qingluan.
Noticing the young man’s gaze, she gave a slight nod of her head, waved her hand, and greeted him.
Simultaneously, a voice transmission sounded in Mo Huaiyu’s mind.
“Little Junior Brother, this flower demon is the tree demon that escaped from the Jubao Pavilion.
Or rather, the tree demon was just a part of its main body.”
Mo Huaiyu: !!!
This thing was that tree demon from back then?!
No wonder it looked so similar to that tree demon.
The flower bud on the tree demon’s head back then must have been this cannibal flower.
That’s right.
Faced with a flower demon that was extremely difficult to eliminate, the Yuling Sect’s solution was to use it as the first trial.
This both tested the disciples’ ability to work together and eliminated a potential hidden danger.
An Ruojun, seeing her close friend smiling and greeting the young man, couldn’t help but feel a bit displeased.
“Hey, Qingluan, have you taken a fancy to this little guy?”
“Not at all. It’s just a normal greeting between a senior and junior sister,” Xia Qingluan said, looking at the little young man.
“Besides, Little Junior Brother is so adorable, it’s hard not to feel fond of him.”
“Hmph!”
An Ruojun didn’t say anything more, just crossed her arms.
This little pervert, relying on his decent looks, not only had her sister smitten, but now even her close friend was starting to side with him.
He really couldn’t be allowed to stay for long!
“Alright, Ruojun, I should make my move too.”
Xia Qingluan also wanted to quickly enter the trial secret realm to find that treasure.
She blinked at the young man, then twisted her delicate figure and flew towards him.
An Ruoxi sensed a presence rapidly approaching from behind.
She didn’t need to look back to know who it was.
Xia Qingluan arrived beside An Ruoxi and said, “Ruoxi, Junior Sister, let’s join forces and deliver the final blow to this flower demon.”
An Ruoxi naturally had no objections.
She gave a soft “Mm,” and the spiritual qi within her body surged rapidly.
The auras of the two women merged, their momentum skyrocketing.
It actually broke through the Cave-Heaven Realm, reaching the level of the Creation Realm, as if they possessed the supreme power to split mountains and part seas.
The surrounding disciples’ attacks caused the flower demon to wail in agony.
Its thick roots were continuously severed, its body trembled, and leaves fell, flying towards the disciples, only to be completely destroyed by fire techniques.
Hmm?
Mo Huaiyu suddenly felt some difficulty circulating his spiritual qi.
It was then he realized with a start that the spiritual qi within a hundred-mile radius had become noticeably thinner.
Looking up, he saw that the two women’s combined attack was charging up, having almost completely drained the spiritual qi from the surrounding hundred miles.
Boom!
This sword strike instantly erupted with a brilliant light.
The sword energy surged forward relentlessly, a dazzling, magnificent beam of sword energy piercing straight through the flower demon’s body.
“Aoooo—!”
The flower demon sensed its life force rapidly draining away.
In its final moments, unwilling to accept death, it made a desperate, insane move—it detonated its demon pill.
BOOM!!!
A terrifyingly powerful spiritual qi storm instantly swept through the entire space.
“Not good!”
Even from a great distance, Mo Huaiyu could sense the terrifying power of this spiritual qi storm.
He wanted to activate a defensive artifact, but the speed of the storm far exceeded his imagination.
In the blink of an eye, it swallowed up all the disciples who had entered.
…………
“Little Junior Brother, Little Junior Brother, wake up.”
In his dazed state, Mo Huaiyu felt someone patting his cheek.
His consciousness gradually awakened.
As he opened his eyes, the beauty before him wasn’t Sister Ruoxi, but Senior Sister Xia.
He blinked, recalling that before he lost consciousness, he had successfully activated a defensive treasure, but he had still been swept into the spiritual qi storm.
Looking around, he asked, “Senior Sister Xia, where is this?”
Seeing the young man unharmed, Xia Qingluan let out a sigh of relief, the worry on her face fading. Her jade-like hand gently patted his little head.
“This is inside the Trial Secret Realm. But as for exactly where, your senior sister doesn’t know. We were thrown in by the spiritual qi storm, so our current location is hard to pinpoint.”
“I see…”
Mo Huaiyu nodded.
It was good that his jade pendant hadn’t activated to teleport him out.
Since he was already inside, he should first search for the spirit treasure Sister Yuyun had mentioned while also looking for Sister Ruoxi.
“By the way, Senior Sister Xia, do you know where Sister Ruoxi is?”
Hearing this, Xia Qingluan gently shook her head.
“I don’t know either. We were randomly scattered by the spiritual qi storm. But don’t worry, Little Junior Brother. I believe we’ll meet Ruoxi.”
Then, she asked, “But, Little Junior Brother, are you alright? I see your face is a bit pale. Are you injured?”
“It’s nothing serious, Senior Sister Xia. I just used up a bit too much spiritual qi.”
Mo Huaiyu had just activated the bead to enhance Sister Ruoxi, then encountered the spiritual qi storm and hurriedly activated a defensive treasure.
Activating two artifacts in quick succession, even with his astonishing spiritual qi reserves, had pushed him to his limit.
Moreover, the spiritual qi within a hundred-mile radius had been almost completely drained at the time, leaving him no chance to replenish.
Hearing the little young man’s answer that he was fine eased the worry on Xia Qingluan’s face considerably.
Looking at her junior brother’s youthful face, she took out a jade pendant.
“Oh, right, Little Junior Brother, was this jade pendant originally yours? You didn’t just pick it up somewhere, did you?”
Lying quietly in Xia Qingluan’s palm was a jade pendant engraved with the character “Yun”—the very pendant Mo Yuyun had given Mo Huaiyu.
“That’s my pendant. Thank you, Senior Sister Xia.”
Mo Huaiyu quickly felt at his waist.
Sure enough, it was empty.
Thank goodness, it wasn’t lost. That would have been a huge problem.
“How can you prove it?”
Xia Qingluan suddenly asked this, a hint of nervousness flickering in her expression.
Because this jade pendant was identical to the one described in her mother’s letter to her—the very pendant that served as proof of identity for the fiancé she was betrothed to.
When she had been checking the young man for injuries and saw this pendant, she had been completely stunned.
Could it be… her fiancé… was Little Junior Brother!!!
Thinking this, Xia Qingluan’s mind trembled.
Little Junior Brother was already engaged to Ruoxi.
But now, it seemed, even she… was engaged to Little Junior Brother!