"Captain!" Ji Juechen and Zimu flew towards Xie Huanyue at the first possible moment.
"Orororororo! A few ants that have not yet grown up dare to be impudent in front of a peerless Douluo of the current age?" Mu En danced his mace, determined to give these young kids who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth a few more blows.
"Your opponent is me!" The Demon Empress, Zi Ji, descended from the sky and once again blocked Mu En's path. Even she, when facing Mu En, whose combat power had suddenly soared, felt a bit strained.
Zi Ji's phoenix eyes were like lightning, and her long hair flowed. Her entire body was covered in purple-black scales. Her figure was slender, her chest was full, and her thighs were straight and long. Above her chest, the snow-white skin of her shoulders and the deep cleavage on her chest were exposed. A head of purple-black long hair was draped behind her, moving without any wind, naturally rippling out from both sides of her body.
She looked down at Mu En in front of her, her aura incomparably sharp. Her status was noble. She was one of the pure-blooded true dragons, the Abyssal Demon Dragon. By relying on her bloodline suppression, she was able to briefly contend with Mu En.
The soul power of the yin water attribute began to circulate on the surface of her body. She used her Heavenly Demon Field and Heavenly Demon Water Domain, miraculously transforming into countless giant dragon illusions that suddenly appeared beside Mu En, and her hands suddenly unleashed thousands of strange attacks.
Mu En reacted quickly, relying on his powerful physical body to withstand a pressing soul power attack. He instantly unleashed his ultimate skill, Reign Under Heaven, and the soul power on his body surged and transformed into a ball of blazing light.
Zi Ji only felt a righteous and vast aura assail her, making one's courage break and heart stop, sending a chill down her spine. Fortunately, she was experienced in combat and used the Heavenly Demon Reverse to offset Mu En's strike.
The battle between the two was abnormally fierce. Both sides were in extreme danger, their auras surging. Every movement of theirs shook the surroundings, and every collision exuded an aura of destruction, making it impossible for Ji Juechen and the others to approach for a time.
In the final analysis, the time left for them to grow was too short. Apart from Huo Yuhao, at an average age of only sixteen or seventeen, they were temporarily not qualified to join this kind of battle.
Seeing Mu En shining brightly on the battlefield, killing the strongest member under Huo Yuhao's command with a single blow, the fighting spirit of the Shrek and Sun Moon Empire side soared, and they all joined the ranks of the siege.
"How is Xiaotao's situation?" Zhang Lexuan asked Ju Zi, who was dismantling the bomb bracelets for Ma Xiaotao, while resisting the enemy's soul tool cannon fire.
"Give me some more time." A dense layer of sweat had already seeped out on Ju Zi's fair forehead. The bombs on Ma Xiaotao's limbs were very tricky. Not only did they bind her soul power, but they also restricted her range of movement. If they were to just retreat cleanly like this, the bombs on her body would sense that the target was far from the controllable range and would immediately blast Ma Xiaotao into pieces.
She did not have a Blade of Life's Hope like Huo Yuhao's and could only rely on her own soul tool knowledge to crack it step by step.
What's more, Ma Xiaotao was now a Soul Douluo of Ultimate Fire. Once the restraints on her body were broken, she would also be a formidable fighting force.
Right now, Zhang Lexuan, as the strongest combat power of the group, even with Ning Tian's support, the frontal pressure she was enduring was not to be underestimated.
Several figures came before Zhang Lexuan, making her stunned for a moment. She was all too familiar with these few people. They were Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, Hua Yao, Xixi, and... Bei Bei.
"Lexuan, do you know what you are doing?" Han Ruoruo was silent for a moment, then spoke. Wu Ming, on the side, also couldn't help but move closer and ask, "Eldest Senior Sister, were you controlled by the Demon King Huo Yuhao?"
"Eldest Senior Sister, why did you choose to help them? Come back quickly!" Xixi was very direct. There was no need to continue hosting the current Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention. She had come this time precisely to find out why Eldest Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan was standing on the enemy's side.
"That's right, Sister Lexuan, it's great that you're back. The academy urgently needs your strength right now." Bei Bei couldn't help but echo from the side.
"Go back?" Zhang Lexuan looked at the few of them with a faint smile, and said with a shocking sentence, "I am now the woman of the Demon King Huo Yuhao you speak of. Why should I go back?"
Bei Bei was choked by her words and said, dumbfounded, "Sister Lexuan, could it be that you were... by that damn Huo Yuhao..."
He, Bei Bei, was also a man. He knew that Zhang Lexuan had once had extremely complicated feelings for him. So, even though he had never left a place for Zhang Lexuan in his heart, he was not happy to see Zhang Lexuan choose another man.
Zhang Lexuan shook her head, not even willing to look at him again. "There's no point in talking more. If you want to forcibly take me back to the academy, then let's see who is stronger."
"Can you tell us the reason?" Han Ruoruo was the oldest among the few. She knew that with Zhang Lexuan's character, she would definitely not rashly betray the academy. There must be some misunderstanding.
From Zhang Lexuan's questioning of Mu En earlier, she could faintly hear something unusual.
"The reason?" Wu Feng, who knew the inside story, stood out and was on the verge of pointing at Han Ruoruo and the others' noses and cursing, "Why don't you go and ask that old undying Mu En? Do you know how much hardship Eldest Senior Sister was kept in the dark by him, and how thoroughly she was used?"
Bei Bei stared intently at Zhang Lexuan's pretty face. He let out a long sigh and asked, one word at a time, "You know everything?"
Regarding the truth of the tragic extermination of Zhang Lexuan's family, in fact, Mu En had already reminded him when Bei Bei and Tang Ya became a couple. For Bei Bei to choose Tang Ya instead of Zhang Lexuan would undoubtedly make things very difficult for him.
However, in the end, he still let his great-grandson follow his own nature.
Bei Bei had never taken this matter to heart. After all, the extermination of her family was done by Tang Ya's elders who were hired. There was no reason to involve Tang Ya herself, so he hadn't paid it any mind at all. And Zhang Lexuan's departure from Shrek three years ago to find Tang Ya for him, it was very likely that she had found some of the truth of the tragic case back then.
But so what? Shrek Academy had raised her to adulthood, and Mu En had even taught her everything he knew. Even if it was just to train her as a weapon, that was an undeniable kindness.
More importantly, she had made a blood oath back then that in this life, she would give her all for Shrek Academy.
"I didn't expect Teacher Mu to have already told you." Zhang Lexuan finally turned her gaze to Bei Bei. She had thought countless times about how she would face this face in the future. But when she saw Bei Bei again, all that was left in her heart was pure numbness.
Bei Bei was not used to this kind of gaze from Zhang Lexuan. He forced a smile, "Sister Lexuan, about the rights and wrongs of back then, I believe Great-grandfather will naturally give you an explanation. There's no need for us to fight. What's more, you are still my..."
"Shut up!" A trace of coldness flashed in Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes. Mu En had not fulfilled his promise to her at all. The blood oath back then had become a joke by now. For Bei Bei to bring it up in public now was tantamount to slapping her in the face.
"Good, very good..." Bei Bei nodded dejectedly. He had never thought that this Eldest Senior Sister, who had always cared for him so much, would show such an expression. He immediately turned and flew in the direction of the academy.
"Zhang Lexuan, you have betrayed your faith. When the time comes, don't blame Great-grandfather for being heartless."