Sunshine Valley in Danger
“Sunshine Valley is Archfiend Phoenix’s territory,” stated Long Xingan, looking up with his chin lowered.
Long Xingan had considered the idea, but he could not see a means of carrying it out without the repercussions.
“That’s easy enough to solve. We can cast all the blame on Mu Yu. Everyone witnessed his strength that could obliterate the valley. We can say we killed him for the sake of our fellow fiends. As for the dragon vine, we can claim Mu Yu killed it in the chaos,” elucidated Long Keshuang.
“We should’ve done that earlier. Long Qi and Long Feiying are closely matched; it’s stupid to have high expectations of Long Feiying. I concur with Long Keshuang’s plan,” vocalised Jade Wyrm.
“Exterminating the entire valley… is a bold move,” opined Long Xingan, fearing Archfiend Phoenix.
“The two of us will go if you’re not willing to risk your wellbeing. With that being said, it means the dragon vine will be divided between just the two of us,” stated Long Keshuang.
“All right, but we need a plan. The four of us will strike together and not leave traces that can be traced back to us,” declared Long Xingan, receiving a nod from Long Shentu.
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“What’s the matter, Mu Yu? You look out of sorts,” Qiao Xue sat down next to Mu Yu and asked.
“Nothing, just doing some thinking.”
Mu Yu’s calmness was just a by-product of utilising the bloodlust energy, but his urge to commit acts of violence brewed beneath the still surface
“Big Earthworm, it’s my turn again. I’ll show you how it’s done.”
Due to the small pool of Body Severing Realm contestants, Xiaoshuai had five matches in the single day, while Mu Yu and the dragon vine were done for the day.
Arguably the most comical event was listening to the doctor explain Xiaoshuai’s legitimacy as a contestant before each fight to the referees and judges. Thankfully, Xiaoshuai left such a deep impression by his second to last fight that explanations were no longer necessary. His opponents also dropped the trash talking as the trend was, the more trash they talked, the worse their beating.
Finishing his last opponent in a single punch and then taking out a drumstick, Xiaoshuai remarked, “See? That’s called dominating.”
“What’s so hard about beating mops and brooms?” ribbed the dragon vine.
“I’d flatten Spirit Severing Realm opponents equally fast. You forget how I usually kick you behind?”
“That’s because I go easy on you!”
“If the event unfolds at today’s pace, I reckon it’ll take another three days to wrap up,” Mu Yu assumed, returning to Sunshine Valley with everyone to a grandeur welcoming ceremony.
Mu Yu and the dragon vine avoided the occasion. Xiaoshuai, in contrast, won everyone’s affection with his cute appearance. More importantly for him, though, was the food he was served based on his whims.
Night patrols were still deployed at night for the fiend kings had not returned.
Mu Yu started to worry about missing out on other events because almost a month had passed since his arrival. He mumbled to himself, “He can be found where thunderstorms are likely, huh?”
Mu Yu’s vision swiped across a certain spot in Sunshine Valley, then promptly took cover in the darkness.
The four dragon leaders, watching Sunshine Valley from five kilometres away, concealed their presence behind a spiritual energy barrier.
“You sure you want to go through with this?” asked Long Xingan.
“What are you still prattling on for? Why are you fearing a weak human?” admonished Jade Wyrm.
“Let’s get on with it already.”
Long Shentu headed east of Sunshine Valley. Jade Wyrm and Long Keshuang flew to the north and south borders of the valley. Having no way to pull out at this stage, Long Xingan flew to the west. Privy to Mu Yu’s background as a formation caster, the four of them decided to combine their powers to cast Four Phenomenon Sky Scorcher Formation, a human-invented formation that could level Sunshine Valley.
The four leaders brought out white beast bones Archfiend Green Dragon personally bestowed them. Needless to say, the four had an excuse prepared to explain their usage of the bones.
The story went as so: humankind sent Mu Yu in to win the trust of the fiends at Sunshine Valley and then cast a formation to eradicate the valley using ruins poison. He subsequently tried to spread the poison to other areas, forcing the four of them to trap him in Sunshine Valley to end his reign of terror. Sadly, the dragon vine also fell victim to his ruins poison.
The four gingerly activated the formation. The transient flash of light came and went too fast for anyone to notice. The undulating grey light threads linking up with the other bones were camouflaged. The four planted the bone in the ground, completing the prison.
Jade Wyrm cracked a smirk. “Your deaths will not be in vain, lowly, primitive fiends.”
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