Chapter 350: Villains Die from Talking Too Much
What entered Qi Han's line of sight was the graceful figure of a silver-haired woman clad in a long robe. Behind her stood several hooded figures, all wearing robes marked with the distinct emblem of Shrek Academy.
Yue Lengxin?
Why is she here?
Qi Han was startled, and the thought of going outside instantly vanished.
If he were to go out now, there'd be no way to explain himself.
Wait a minute—aren't those the inner academy students of Shrek?
After spotting a few familiar faces among the group, Qi Han quickly guessed the identities of the people following Yue Lengxin.
As he continued observing the surroundings, Qi Han's face showed a bit more surprise.
In front of Yue Lengxin, several inner academy students were surrounding a man in a thick black robe. Dark, sinister mist surrounded the man, and the pale skin barely visible beneath the robe left no doubt about his identity.
An evil spirit master.
But after seeing the six spirit rings glowing behind the man, Qi Han felt slightly relieved.
He's just a Spirit Emperor. With Yue Lengxin present, it shouldn't be too dangerous.
Still… an evil spirit master showing up right after he entered the training space?
Qi Han felt a chill run down his spine.
If he had entered the space just a bit later, he might have already been attacked by that evil spirit master.
"No, he actually came specifically to find you," Ru Yi shook her head and briefly explained to Qi Han the origin of You Li and the background of the situation.
Qi Han's expression turned rather strange.
So… the root of all this was that his 3 Star dish was so miraculous that even an evil spirit master coveted it?
It seemed he had let his guard down too much. Even in this kind of remote wilderness, he should've been more cautious.
Although with Yue Lengxin and the other inner academy disciples here, this evil spirit master couldn't pose much of a threat to him anymore, this served as a serious wake-up call for Qi Han.
He had always known about the existence of evil spirit masters, but he believed he had never provoked them, so they wouldn't come after him.
Clearly, the evil spirit masters didn't see it that way.
…
Outside.
You Li was being besieged by several Shrek inner academy disciples, each also possessing six rings, and with Yue Lengxin—who held an eight-ring cultivation—present as backup, he quickly fell into a disadvantage.
Realizing he couldn't escape, a cold and savage look emerged on You Li's face.
His hood had long been blasted away—one of Shrek's power-attack disciples had landed a heavy blow aiming straight at his head. If he hadn't reacted fast enough to break free, he'd already be dead.
You Li had a youthful face, but his complexion was corpse-pale, with several gruesome scars. The twisted, bloodless flesh made him look even more sinister.
These scars, paired with his grim expression, gave him an even more eerie aura.
"Now! He's almost done for!" one of the female disciples shouted excitedly. After such a long struggle, they were finally about to take down this detestable evil spirit master.
The other disciples all nodded and launched themselves toward You Li almost simultaneously.
"Hmph! You think you can kill me?" A trace of madness flashed in You Li's eyes. He glanced warily in Yue Lengxin's direction, and his expression hardened with resolve.
He knew that woman.
She was the senior disciple of Shrek Academy, a powerhouse with eight spirit rings.
While the six-ringed disciples attacking him were troublesome, they weren't enough to completely subdue him.
After all, compared to normal spirit masters, evil spirit masters had plenty of strange and sinister techniques.
But with that eight-ringed woman present, escaping would be far more difficult.
Damn it!
He had only come to catch a cook—how did he end up provoking Shrek Academy?
As the Shrek disciples lunged toward him, You Li let out a sharp, piercing shriek. Suddenly, his body exploded into countless streams of black smoke, scattering rapidly in all directions.
The disciples reacted quickly, adjusting their attacks to intercept and destroy the black smoke. But every stream they struck dispersed with ease—it was clearly just a smokescreen.
This evil spirit master was definitely hiding among the streams of smoke, but pinpointing which one would be no easy task.
"Hmph!"
Yue Lengxin let out a cold snort. Seeing the situation unfold, she reacted swiftly. Eight black spirit rings instantly appeared behind her, and her seventh spirit ring lit up. Though it was clearly still afternoon, the surroundings darkened in an instant as a clear moon slowly rose into the sky. The black smoke fleeing in all directions seemed to fall into a quagmire, rendered immobile.
With a graceful wave of her hand, she slowly clenched her jade-like fingers. An endless moonlight poured down, instantly shattering all the remaining black smoke that had not been intercepted.
Only one stream of black smoke gradually reformed, revealing You Li's figure. His eyes were filled with terror. But before he could react, the moon in the sky transformed into a moon blade and came crashing down on him, cleaving him in half in the blink of an eye.
The disciples who had been besieging You Li finally let out a sigh of relief and returned to the group.
"Senior Sister, sorry—we nearly let him get away," one of the disciples said with guilt on her face.
"It's fine. Evil spirit masters are full of tricks. Just be more cautious next time," Yue Lengxin smiled gently, though she couldn't shake the sense that something was off.
That six-ringed evil spirit master—why didn't he resist at all in the end?
Logically, even under the suppression of her Martial Spirit True Body, he shouldn't have been completely paralyzed...
'Maybe his injuries were worse than she had estimated, leaving him unable to struggle.'
She shook her head and pushed down the lingering doubt in her heart before smiling and saying, "Alright, let's continue on to the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast Zone. This time we'll be helping six of our junior brothers and sisters acquire their spirit rings, so we'll need to stay inside Star Dou Forest for a while."
"Yes, ma'am!" the group responded in unison and followed Yue Lengxin as they departed.
About ten minutes after the Shrek group had left, a wisp of black smoke quietly seeped up from the ground where You Li had supposedly died. It slowly reformed into a faint, ghostly image—You Li.
Except now, he had no physical body. His form was spectral, like a ghost, and extremely weak.
"Heh…" A twisted and hate-filled expression covered You Li's face. "Damn it… to think I ended up like this."
"If I hadn't witnessed that senior's escape technique back in Star Luo City, I wouldn't have gained the inspiration that saved me today."
"Damn it. My physical body was completely destroyed." He glanced at the two halves of his former body not far away, his face contorted with venomous hatred. "Just a sliver of my soul remains… If not for my martial spirit's special nature, I wouldn't even have been able to preserve that much. And even though I survived, I've lost more than 90% of my strength. That damned woman!"
"Oh? You've lost over 90% of your strength?" a cheerful voice suddenly echoed from the void.
Startled, You Li turned in horror to see Qi Han suddenly appear at his side. A fiery glint flickered across the kitchen knife in Qi Han's hand as it slashed toward him.
"Die, evil spirit master!"
To be safe, Qi Han activated his first, third, and fourth spirit skills simultaneously for the strike. With one clean swing, You Li's spirit let out a shrill, wailing scream before being completely incinerated into ashes.
"Whew!" Seeing that You Li had truly vanished, Qi Han finally let out a breath of relief. "Ru Yi, he's really dead this time, right?"
"Totally dead. Don't worry," Ru Yi replied with a cheerful grin.
After Yue Lengxin had left, Qi Han had been about to emerge, but Ru Yi stopped him and told him that the evil spirit master wasn't completely dead—there was still a trace of his soul lurking nearby.
So, Qi Han waited patiently until the evil spirit master revealed himself, then struck when he least expected it.
At first, Qi Han had still been a little nervous—even if it was just a soul fragment, this was still a six-ring evil spirit master. Who knew how much power he might have retained?
But to his surprise, the guy didn't even try to escape right away. Instead, he stood there muttering to himself, even revealing that his strength had dropped to less than 10% of his peak.
With that, Qi Han's hesitation vanished. He gave the evil spirit master a very special "gift."
Under the power of flame, You Li's fragile soul was instantly reduced to dust.
What's this called?
This is called: "Villains Die from Talking Too Much."
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