Chapter 109: The Traitor Was Actually Me

"Since the Vice-Cult Master is here, why would our cult's Cult Master miss this rare opportunity to take down the future number one person of Shrek Academy?"

A sinister, wicked laugh came from behind Feng Ling. It was a man completely shrouded in a black canopy, his pale face brimming with a supremely smug smile.

"Xuan Zi, that old undying Mu En, he probably doesn't have many years left to live, right? With the two of you gathered together, my cult really can't do anything to you Shrek. But since we received the news that you were leading a group of little devils to the competition alone, my cult naturally cannot let you return so easily."

As he spoke, nearly ten more evil soul master experts stubborn-ly emerged from behind him, forming a pincer formation to surround Elder Xuan and the members of Shrek.

Seeing this situation, Elder Xuan's originally calm face finally turned deathly pale. "Three Super Douluo, seven Titled Douluo... you really think highly of this old one..."

Ma Xiaotao had also recovered from her cultivation state at this time. She recognized at a glance the leader as the Cult Master who had captured her and brought her back to the Holy Ghost Cult back then, Zhongli Wu.

If only Elder Xuan were present, perhaps he would still have a way to escape from here. After all, as a level ninety-eight Super Douluo, coupled with the bloodline of one of the Dragon God's nine sons, it was still possible for him to get away. But at this moment, there were more than a dozen students from Shrek Academy present, and Ma Xiaotao was even the future of Shrek!

The reason Ma Xiaotao had been able to be released by the Holy Ghost Cult back then was in large part because nearly ten Super Douluo elders from the Sea God Pavilion, plus Mu En and Elder Xuan, had come forward to intimidate them. Only then did Long Xiaoyao have no choice but to persuade Ye Xishui to let Zhongli Wu release her. And now, with Elder Xuan, the future stabilizing force of Shrek, being alone, they naturally would not let go of this opportunity.

"Saintess, long time no see," Zhongli Wu turned his gaze to Ma Xiaotao at the side, smiled faintly, and said, "This time, you should obediently return to the cult."

"Where did you get your information?" Elder Xuan's face was extremely ugly. Logically speaking, the operation of their Shrek Supervision Group to annihilate the Hand of Death Bandit Gang was something that not even the higher-ups of the academy could know.

Hearing Elder Xuan's words, Ma Xiaotao seemed to have thought of something. The figure of a youth appeared in her mind.

Is it you... Yuhao? Why would you do this?

Ma Xiaotao couldn't even believe that Huo Yuhao would do such a thing, but on second thought, Huo Yuhao's identity to this day was still the Holy Son of the Holy Ghost Cult!

But there was another new question that made Ma Xiaotao unsure if it was him. After all, until they had left the academy, Huo Yuhao had not yet returned. So where did he get the news from?

Hearing this, Zhongli Wu, however, gave a strange smile. "That naturally is... a message sent by the Saintess of our cult!"

The moment the word "Saintess" came out, all the Shrek students immediately turned their gazes to Ma Xiaotao in their midst. Especially the just-awakened Dai Yueheng, those tiger eyes were as if about to spit fire.

"Nonsense!" Ma Xiaotao was stared at by the scrutinizing gazes of her own people and felt uncomfortable all over. She immediately took a step forward and pointed a finger at Zhongli Wu. "This old lady was born a person of Shrek and will die a ghost of Shrek! It's absolutely impossible for me to be some Saintess of you scum!"

Zhongli Wu only gave a strange smile at this. "If it weren't for the signal from your phoenix cry, Saintess, it really wouldn't have been easy for us to find you in this Ming Dou Mountain Range."

Ma Xiaotao's face instantly turned deathly pale. She struggled to turn her gaze to her companions behind her, only to be met with pairs of disbelieving and resentfully unbearable eyes.

"No! It's not me! It's absolutely impossible that it's me! Don't look at me like that! It's really not me!"

Ma Xiaotao powerlessly retreated a few steps. Her mind suddenly went blank. If she were just facing a desperate situation of certain death, she could still manage to face death as if it were a homecoming.

But now, she had to face not just these evil soul masters, but also the group of companions present.

She tried to prove her innocence, but what could she use to prove it? Launch a self-destructing offensive against the evil soul masters? But facing so many powerful evil soul masters, I'm afraid she couldn't even self-destruct.

Actually, this was a coincidence. Ever since Tang Ya had sent the news to the Holy Ghost Cult about Bei Bei's group heading to Star Luo City for the competition, Zhongli Wu and a group of evil soul masters had been lying in ambush here for a long time. Then it was the Corpse Explosion from the Death God's Emissary just now that had forced Ma Xiaotao to reveal her Martial Soul True Body to block that wave of damage for her teammates, which was what allowed Zhongli Wu and the others to find their precise location.

"Xiaotao, if it was really you who did it, this old one will kill you first," Elder Xuan's face was incomparably gloomy. His gaze towards Ma Xiaotao already held a trace of killing intent. He naturally knew about the matter of Ma Xiaotao having been captured and becoming the Saintess of the Holy Ghost Cult. Although the returned Ma Xiaotao was safe and sound, her martial soul had evolved into a sinful fire phoenix. This had caused the Sea God Pavilion meeting at that time to explode. In the end, it was Yan Shaozhe who had spoken up to protect her, which was what had prevented Ma Xiaotao from living a life of imprisonment.

However, Zhongli Wu had cruelly told them that the news of their group traveling to the competition had been sent by the Saintess of the Holy Ghost Cult.

"Elder Xuan, it really wasn't me!" Ma Xiaotao retreated again and again, completely unaware that she had already retreated out of the range of Elder Xuan's protection. Behind her was the vice-leader of the Holy Ghost Cult, Feng Ling.

"Saintess, you've done very well. Thank you for your hard work," Feng Ling raised a hand and slapped Ma Xiaotao on the back of her neck, causing the latter to directly fall into a coma. However, this action, in the eyes of the members of Shrek, was clearly Ma Xiaotao stating her position and defecting to the Holy Ghost Cult.

Zhongli Wu clearly had no intention of speaking up to clear up this beautiful misunderstanding. Making Ma Xiaotao's state of mind completely collapse was also something he needed to do subsequently.

They had laid an inescapable net here, even at the cost of buying high-level soul tools from the Sun Moon Empire, precisely to wipe out Elder Xuan's group in one fell swoop.

At this point, it was too late to do anything. Elder Xuan did not look at Ma Xiaotao again. A terrifying aura gradually emanated from his body, and within it was a taste of madness.

"Be careful, he's burning his life origin," Zhongli Wu reminded the group of evil soul masters. Facing a desperate level ninety-eight Super Douluo, even though they had already made extensive preparations beforehand, they did not dare to be the slightest bit negligent.

Elder Xuan looked one last time at the two Shrek participating teams behind him. A look of determination emerged on his aged face.

"Children, live on!"

A world-shaking battle of life and death was on the verge of breaking out!

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Huo Yuhao sat on the bed in Ning Tian's villa. For some reason, he always had a feeling of unease, as if he were about to lose someone or something important. He was, after all, a spiritual-attribute soul master. He had always firmly believed in his premonitions.

What on earth has happened? Why am I so anxious?

He was not the only one with this premonition. Even the Dragon God Douluo Mu En, in the Sea God Pavilion, also had a solemn expression. Beside him, Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and a group of other academy high-ranking members were all here, awaiting his command.

His aged eyes looked into the distance. At this time, it was sunset. The blood-red setting sun was like a tearful lament, as if an old friend of his was bidding him farewell.

"Something has happened to Xuan Zi."

Mu En suddenly aged a lot. Hearing his words, the group of high-ranking members of the Sea God Pavilion were filled with disbelief. They looked at each other. In the current world, who would dare to say they had the certainty of detaining Elder Xuan? Unless...

"I'm afraid both of our Shrek participating teams have fallen into a desperate situation," Mu En let out a long sigh. "Shaozhe, among the inner court disciples now, can we still put together a participating team to go to the Star Luo City for the tournament?"

Yan Shaozhe thought for a moment, then shook his head. After entering the inner court of Shrek, those inner court disciples were basically never seen on a daily basis. Unless there was a large-scale event like the Sea God's Fate blind date conference, they were mostly out performing missions.

Just at this moment, a figure rushed quickly towards the Sea God Pavilion. It was none other than the teacher from the soul tool department, Fan Yu.

"This is bad! Something has happened to Caitou and the others!"

Just now, he had received a rescue communication from his direct disciple, He Caitou, and learned that Elder Xuan's group had been ambushed by the Holy Ghost Cult, their life or death unknown.

Learning this news, Mu En almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Yan Shaozhe was quick-acting and caught him.

"How could they have been ambushed? The mission Elder Xuan went out on was a top secret of the Supervision Group!" Yan Shaozhe hurriedly asked him, his tone full of urgency.

Fan Yu looked at him, then at Mu En, a look of wanting to speak but hesitating on his face.

"Speak!" Xian Lin'er was an impatient person by nature. She rushed up and grabbed Fan Yu by the collar. The latter could clearly see the flames about to spew out from the beautiful eyes of this female war god.

"They said... it was... Xiaotao..."

Hearing this, Yan Shaozhe was immediately so angry his heart was attacked. He almost fell down as well and was caught by Cai Mei'er at his side, which prevented him from losing his image completely.

"How could it be Xiaotao..."

The various elders hurriedly gathered around, reading the message sent by He Caitou without missing a single word. Their faces couldn't help but change color one by one. Yan Shaozhe's face was even more gloomy, as if water would drip from it.

"Sigh..." Mu En sighed. His aged face was full of the color of his twilight years, looking like an old man in his declining years.

"At this point, it's fine not to participate in that Soul Dueling Tournament. You all immediately set out for the Ming Dou Mountain Range and do your best to save the surviving children..."

"Yes!" No one dared to hesitate. A moment's delay might mean one more life lost. Those children who bore the glory of Shrek were the future of their Shrek...

At the same time, Huo Yuhao was running back and forth in the academy. Behind him, Xie Huanyue and a group of other companions followed closely. Although they were somewhat mystified by Huo Yuhao's action of gathering them, seeing the anxious look on his face, they did not question him.

Huo Yuhao led the group of companions and finally arrived at Mu Jin's office, just in time to run into her as she was getting out of class. Seeing Huo Yuhao's group arriving in a hurry, she couldn't help but frown and ask, "What business do you have with me?"

Huo Yuhao did not speak. He carefully counted the people he cared about in his mind. Zhongli Yu was in his Kamui space and would naturally be fine. Then there was Xie Huanyue, Cui Yejie, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and also...

Huo Yuhao finally thought of the last possibility. His expression immediately became ugly. How could it be her?

Just at this moment, in the sky above the academy, more than a dozen experts above the Titled Douluo level whistled past, carrying an extremely piercing sound of breaking air as they sped towards the direction of the Ming Dou Mountain Range.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao finally confirmed his premonition. Something had happened to Ma Xiaotao!