A flash of black and green light streaked past, rarely noticed by those who didn't look up at the sky.
However, Tang Hao, who had followed the movements of the Shrek Seven Devils to Heaven Dou City, noticed the two figures that flashed by, one in front and one behind.
Because he was also wearing a black cloak at the time, concealing his aura, he stood on the rooftop of a building, overlooking the entire bustling Heaven Dou City.
And the two streaking lights happened to be within his field of vision, so he saw them clearly.
"That is..." Tang Hao narrowed his eyes, looking in the direction they left, a faint unease rising in his heart.
That aura just now, although it passed by quickly, but...
Tang Hao's figure distorted in place, and in the next second, he reappeared dozens of meters away, also streaking towards the direction of the Sunset Forest.
...
"Rustle rustle—!"
Amidst the dense forest, rustling sounds continuously emanated from between the bushes.
Two streaks of black and green light, using the dense foliage, flickered and collided.
Dugu Bo, carrying Tang San, was calculating the distance to the poison array he had set up. When the presence behind him was about to catch up again, he suddenly stopped, his soul power instantly attaching to his free right hand, and he slapped forward at the upright pursuer.
"Buzz—!"
Black and red demonic energy bloomed in his deep pupils, instantly forming an energy shield that blocked Dugu Bo's palm.
Like hitting a hard steel plate, Dugu Bo met the gaze of the eyes wrapped in black mist.
At that instant, he seemed to see a ferocious beast, tightly bound by chains, only its ferocious eyes exposed, about to tear through its restraints and rip towards him.
"Putting on a show!" Dugu Bo snorted coldly, increasing the output of his soul power, and the powerful impact aimed at a single point of the barrier and slammed down.
A crisp shattering sound rang out, and the barrier disappeared, but Dugu Bo's palm had also struck into the ethereal black mist, missing its target.
"What?!"
As the black mist dissipated, Dugu Bo's pupils contracted, keenly sensing the ripples in the air. He looked up to see a black-haired, black-eyed girl standing in mid-air, her delicate, pale little face expressionlessly looking down at him. Her black masks floated on either side of her body, and the fox-shaped mask on the left was spitting out a wisp of black mist.
The black mist, like a solid rope, bound Tang San, who should have been slung over his left shoulder, and suspended him in mid-air.
Dugu Bo instinctively glanced at his empty left hand for a second, and when he looked up again, his dark green eyes flashed with tangible killing intent: "How dare you, a mere Soul Venerable, dare to steal someone from my grasp!"
He stared grimly at Tang Sui, his dark green eyes seeming to merge with his martial soul, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, exuding the cold, inorganic ferocity of a cold-blooded animal.
But strangely, those two masks floating beside her should be her martial souls, yet he couldn't feel any soul power fluctuations from this girl.
Then by what means was she flying?
Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Little girl, daring to chase me all the way here alone, are you prepared to never return?"
Although he didn't know what gave this little girl her confidence, she, a mere Soul Venerable, dared to come alone and wanted to confront him head-on while carrying someone?
Hmph, did she think he hadn't been active on the continent for a long time and couldn't wield his blade anymore?
Tang Sui looked down at Dugu Bo, as if seeing through his thoughts. Her gaze shifted to the fox mask, which was entirely black with gold patterns outlining its edges.
The fox mask trembled slightly, and to Dugu Bo's astonished gaze, it suddenly spewed out more black mist, completely enveloping Tang San. In the next second, it was like slurping noodles, and the overflowing black mist was sucked back into the fox mask's mouth.
As the small fox mouth opened, Tang San, who was three times his size, seemed to turn into a thin sheet of paper, shrunk by the black mist and swallowed into its mouth.
Dugu Bo: The mask ate a person?!
Dugu Bo, who initially thought this was Tang Sui's soul skill, still didn't detect any soul power fluctuations. Only a fleeting spatial ripple occurred when Tang San was swallowed by the fox mask's mouth.
With no more obstacles, Tang Sui refocused her attention on Dugu Bo. Soaring black flames erupted from her body, like a raging inferno, and black mist spread outwards from her.
"Not good!"
The black mist spreading from Tang Sui gave him a great sense of threat, like a terrifying poison that would corrode his bones upon contact. He immediately stopped caring about Tang San or anything else. He tapped his feet, his figure flickering between the shadows of the trees, and fled towards the outer perimeter, wanting to escape the range of the black mist's corrosive effect.
"Can you escape?"
A distant, ethereal voice came from Tang Sui's lips. She tilted her head slightly, looking at the sky-obscuring spiritual plants. Behind her, dense and powerful black and red demonic energy spread like ink stains on white paper, dyeing the white Xuan paper with an indelible darkness. Pouring out like thorny shadows that coexist with light, in an instant, this entire stretch of forest plunged into complete darkness!
Dugu Bo, who was only one step away from his terrifying poison array: !
His footsteps abruptly stopped, and his vision was enveloped by dense darkness.
As the darkness trapped him, another figure, who had been tracking the movements in the forest, was also engulfed within.
— — — Author's Notes — — —
Dugu Bo: ! Just a little bit more!
Warning of a tag-team fight √
One more chapter~