When the Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor moved its body, it caused violent tremors in the air, forming circles of silver ripples, as if space itself was twisting under its power.
On its head, a pair of silver-jade dragon horns emitted a soft yet deadly moonlight, continuously shooting silver beams of light that mercilessly harvested the lives of every Shrek Academy inner court disciple who entered its sight.
Its silver vertical pupils stared at the fleeing Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo, but it was not in a hurry to pursue them. Instead, like a cruel hunter, it unhurriedly killed the other human Soul Masters one by one.
One could clearly see that its tail was crescent-shaped and incredibly sharp, like a keen blade. Every time it swung its tail, space would ripple in layers, as if it could be torn apart at any moment.
When the last scream vanished, the Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor sensed that no human Soul Masters remained alive in this area. It slowly swayed its crescent-shaped dragon tail, instantly tearing open a spatial rift. Its massive body gradually disappeared into it, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
On the other side, because Lu Jingming and Zhang Lexuan's targets were 100,000-year soul beasts, or at least soul beasts over 80,000 years old, Jingliu led them directly into the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
However, shortly after entering the core region, Lu Jingming encountered unexpected people. From a distance, Wu Ming was seen fleeing in a sorry state. Her hair was disheveled, her body covered in dust and blood, and she was tightly holding Han Ruoruo in her arms.
Lu Jingming and Zhang Lexuan's faces immediately showed astonishment at this sight. Wu Ming's condition was terrible; her soul power was clearly overdrawn, and she was teetering on the verge of collapse.
As for Han Ruoruo in her arms, her life aura was so weak it was almost imperceptible, as if she would breathe her last any second.
Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming were elite inner court disciples of Shrek Academy, members of the previous Shrek Seven Devils. Even if they had lost the last Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament and were punished by the academy, causing their status to drop, they shouldn't be in such a pathetic state, should they?
Although the Star Dou Great Forest was fraught with danger, Shrek Academy had many powerful experts. As long as a Titled Douluo escorted them, even in the core region, they shouldn't fall into such a desperate situation. From Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo's appearance, they had clearly been pursued by a powerful enemy and had fallen into dire straits.
"Run! It's a 100,000-year soul beast!" Wu Ming, who was desperately fleeing, also spotted Lu Jingming and Zhang Lexuan, and her pupils suddenly contracted.
But she didn't hesitate, immediately flying in another direction while shouting a warning.
Although they had lost to Zhang Lexuan in the previous tournament, it was a fair duel, and she had lost wholeheartedly, without a shred of complaint.
Therefore, even if she knew that dragging Zhang Lexuan and Lu Jingming into this would greatly increase her and Han Ruoruo's chances of survival, she unhesitatingly abandoned that thought.
This was because Lu Jingming and Zhang Lexuan were Ma Xiaotao's friends, and more importantly, because of her inherent pride.
She, Golden Crow Saintess Wu Ming, disdained to do such despicable things, even if death awaited her. And she believed that if it were Han Ruoruo, she would make the same choice.
Hearing Wu Ming's urgent warning and seeing her resolute figure heading in another direction, Zhang Lexuan and Lu Jingming's expressions instantly changed. Both of them almost simultaneously blurted out, "Teacher!"
Just then, the space behind Wu Ming distorted without warning, as if an invisible giant hand violently tore it apart, and a silver dragon claw emitting a cold light suddenly emerged. The dragon claw, enveloped in a chilling, frosty moonlight, viciously swiped down towards Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo in her arms.
Just as Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo were about to perish under this claw, a streak of sword light, imbued with extreme cold, flashed like lightning.
With a muffled "thud," silver scales splattered like shattered glass, and crimson-silver blood splattered into the vast void. A painful yet angry dragon roar emanated from within the spatial rift.
Immediately after, another incomparably sharp sword light flashed past. This sword, carrying terrifying sword intent, directly shattered the space. Within that shattered space, the colossal, hundred-meter-long body of the Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor was revealed.
At the same time, terrifying ice power, like surging tides, frantically spread from the shocking sword wound on its dragon claw. In an incredibly short time, its entire dragon claw was completely frozen, like an ice sculpture.
Jingliu's silver hair fluttered as she stood in mid-air, her face beneath her black eye patch exquisitely beautiful, radiating a cold aura that kept others at a distance.
Jingliu was currently holding a sword of ice, firmly blocking the space between the Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor and Wu Ming. It was she who, at the most critical moment, saved Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo with astonishing speed.
And it was these two sword strikes she unleashed that not only severely wounded the Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor but also forcibly dragged it out of the spatial rift.
When Lu Jingming and Zhang Lexuan saw the colossal, sky-obscuring body of the Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor, they instantly recognized the soul beast's identity: the 100,000-year Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor, possessing both moonlight and spatial attributes, a type of flood dragon.
This Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor was inherently extremely arrogant and held deep animosity towards human Soul Masters. If any human Soul Masters trespassed into its territory, they would inevitably face its relentless pursuit until death.
Clearly, Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo had inadvertently strayed into the Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor's territory, which led to their desperate situation, being relentlessly pursued by this fierce soul beast.
However, Lu Jingming's heart was filled with questions. Where were Shrek Academy's escorting teachers? Surely Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming wouldn't be so bold as to rashly enter the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest by themselves? Four years had passed.
Even if Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo had now broken through to become Soul Sages, entering the perilous core region of the Star Dou Great Forest with just the two of them would be suicidal, wouldn't it?
"Roar—!" The Silvermoon Flood Dragon Emperor let out a deafening roar of fury, its voice filled with hatred and rage.
However, within its cold silver vertical pupils, a hint of deep apprehension was subtly revealed.
This was because it discovered with horror that both its majestic soul power and its powerful moonlight essence seemed so vulnerable before Jingliu's ice power, completely unable to shake the rock-solid ice on its right claw.
Not only that, but the biting cold seemed to have a life of its own, constantly trying to spread throughout its entire body. If it hadn't reacted quickly, instantly using its moonlight essence to resist this cold with all its might, it wouldn't just be its right claw that was frozen at this moment.