Ning Rongrong covered her mouth and chuckled as she saw Ma Hongjun's miserable state. "Now that he has a few wooden tail feathers stuck in his backside, he looks even more like a country chicken."
"He really does," Li Xun nodded with a smile.
Without the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Ma Hongjun had indeed become a complete country chicken. It was possible that one day he might suffer from an Evil Fire Backlash and explode.
"He runs quite fast," Li Xun's gaze shifted past Ma Hongjun and landed on Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai had already retreated from the hole in the wall.
Looking at the nearly healed hole in the wall and Ma Hongjun reaching out for him, Dai Mubai's eyes flashed with struggle.
The two had known each other at Shrek Academy for over two years. Although their friendship hadn't reached the level of life-and-death comrades, he couldn't just stand by and watch Ma Hongjun in danger.
"White Tiger Protective Barrier, White Tiger Light Wave," Dai Mubai calculated his remaining Soul Power and immediately released an energy barrier to block the surrounding vines. Then, using his second Soul Skill, he enlarged the hole in the wall a bit more.
"Fatty, grab my arm," Dai Mubai quickly stepped forward and extended his hand. The moment Ma Hongjun grabbed it, he pulled him towards himself.
"Ah!.. Stop.. stop pulling!" Ma Hongjun let out a piercing scream.
The hole was too narrow, and the wooden spears stuck in his body rubbed against the edges of the hole, much like a doctor manipulating the tail of a needle during acupuncture, stirring the needle tip inside his body.
Except these needles were a bit thicker.
Hearing Ma Hongjun's scream, Dai Mubai's hand trembled in shock. He instinctively let go of Ma Hongjun's hand.
Although he couldn't see what was happening behind Ma Hongjun from his current angle, it wasn't hard to guess that Fatty must have suffered significant damage.
Dai Mubai's heart sank, and he took a few steps back. "Let's get out of this kid's skill range first."
At this point, there was no need to continue the fight. Due to the continuous release of skills, his Soul Power was almost depleted.
"Trying to run?" Seeing Dai Mubai's reaction, Li Xun sneered.
Today, Dai Mubai would have to pay a price.
"Release," Li Xun held a sword hand seal in front of his chest, draining the Spiritual Energy from the base of the wooden wall.
The temporary wooden wall woven from vines on the street stood tall only because Li Xun continuously supplied it with Spiritual Energy. Now that the base of the wall had no energy support, it immediately tilted towards the direction Dai Mubai was fleeing.
"Haha, although this kid's Martial Soul control is strong, his combat experience is lacking. How could such a slow skill possibly hit me?"
Looking at the slowly collapsing vine wall, Dai Mubai's eyes showed disdain. "He only has an advantage because of this narrow street."
Beast Spirits were generally for close combat, and this place was too narrow. Li Xun's skill range was too large, leaving no opportunity for him to get close.
"I'll meet up with Xiao San later," Dai Mubai noticed Tang San speeding along the side of the building from the corner of his eye, and his heart stirred. "I should have thought of this earlier."
Without hesitation, Dai Mubai ignored the collapsing vine wall and Ma Hongjun, continuously dodging attacks as he retreated along the path, planning to follow Tang San's lead and attack from the roof.
"Extend," Li Xun's eyes flashed coldly as he clasped his hands together, his little finger and ring finger interlocking to form the Tiger Seal. The vines along the entire street quickly became active.
Some vines that were previously too short grew instantly, coiling towards Dai Mubai like vine snakes.
"Not good!" Dai Mubai's pupils contracted as he hurriedly quickened his pace, simultaneously expanding the light shield to its maximum capacity.
This was not the time to worry about conserving Soul Power. If he tried to save Soul Power and allowed the vines to get too close, it could severely limit his movement.
"Your reaction is quite swift, but it's too late now," Li Xun chuckled, manipulating the vines to block Dai Mubai's path. His skills weren't so easily evaded.
"White Tiger Light Wave," Dai Mubai muttered, his back breaking out in a cold sweat as he looked at the tangled vines outside the shield and the impending Vine Wall above him.
A milky-white energy sphere shot out from within the shield, swiftly shattering the vines in front of him.
Dai Mubai seized the opportunity to take three steps forward. But before he could take the fourth step, the energy sphere was completely drained by the vines.
"I can still use the White Tiger Light Wave twice," Dai Mubai thought, feeling the vines relentlessly pressing against the shield. His mind raced to devise a countermeasure while he continued to channel Soul Power to maintain the shield's stability.
Before he could come up with a plan, he suddenly felt the area above him darken.
Dai Mubai quickly looked up.
The Vine Wall was descending like a tidal wave, almost upon him.
Fear and panic surged within Dai Mubai. Without a second thought for his remaining Soul Power, he spat out two energy spheres toward the sky.
The Vine Wall was now extremely close to Dai Mubai.
The two energy spheres he released instantly struck the Vine Wall.
But before his attack could yield any results, the Vine Wall suddenly split open, allowing the energy spheres to shoot past and disappear into the distant sky.
"It's over..." Dai Mubai muttered, despair flashing in his eyes.
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Boom—
The Vine Wall quickly closed back together after letting the energy spheres pass, then crashed onto the street with a deafening roar.
"Beast Spirit Soul Masters are tough-skinned. This level of attack shouldn't be enough to take him out," Li Xun sneered as he observed the scene below. With a casual hand seal, he added, "Dai Mubai, playing dead won't work with me."
The Vine Wall rapidly disintegrated, turning back into individual vines.
As the Vine Wall fell apart, a tall figure burst out from the vines, ready to make a run for it.
"Entanglement," Li Xun clenched his fist, and the vines immediately sprouted sharp thorns of varying lengths.
These thorny vines quickly surrounded Dai Mubai.
"I surrender!" Dai Mubai shouted, his pupils trembling as he looked up at Li Xun standing atop the tree canopy.
The thorns on the vines were as long as ten centimeters, clearly deadly.
If he had been at full Soul Power, he wouldn't have feared them. But now, after exhausting his Soul Power to withstand the impact of the collapsing Vine Wall, he was defenseless.
The thought of those thorns piercing his body sent a shiver down his spine.
"What did you say? I'm too high up; I can't hear you," Li Xun said, pretending to listen intently. Meanwhile, the vines below seemed to act on their own, swiftly binding Dai Mubai.
One of his objectives in coming here was Dai Mubai. There was no way he would let him go so easily.
"Ah!" The vines twisted and the thorns pierced into his bones. Dai Mubai clenched his teeth but couldn't suppress the agonized roar: "Li Xun, I am a prince of the Star Luo Empire. You can't kill me. Even if my elder brother ascends to the throne because of this, for the sake of the royal family's dignity, he won't let you off."
"Who said I was going to kill you?Li Xun smiled as he manipulated the vines, spreading Dai Mubai into a "big" shape, then used smaller vines to craft a thorny undergarment for him: "There are many ways to achieve my goal." Why should I help your elder brother by eliminating you? Isn't that right, little brother?"
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