The First Summoner - Chapter 40
Shen Xue grabbed Nangong Jin and Lu Shaohuai.
Brilliant light erupted from her body.
In the next instant, all three vanished.
Shen Yan witnessed the entire scene.
How could Shen Xue disappear into thin air?
More importantly, how could she take two other people with her?
Her strength was nowhere near enough to accomplish such a feat.
She had to possess some hidden trump card—or someone was helping her from the shadows.
Shen Yan’s gaze deepened, cold enough to freeze bone.
The Soul-Severing Spirit Vine began to struggle violently.
It flung contestants through the air without the slightest concern for whether they lived or died.
Their wails filled the forest.
The vine continued hammering at Elder Yu’s position.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
No matter how fiercely it attacked, it could not break through his defensive barrier.
Its fury mounted.
Unable to reach Elder Yu, it turned upon the contestants.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Tendrils thrashed in every direction. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen contestants were torn apart.
The scene became a slaughterhouse.
The Qiutian Sect disciples trembled in terror.
They tried to flee the vine’s territory, only to find another formation barrier blocking their way.
They pounded against it.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Elder Yu, let us out!”
Elder Yu ignored their cries.
He continued pouring spiritual power into the formation, reinforcing the barrier.
He wanted every person inside to die.
Their blood would draw out the Blood-Devouring Pearl.
“Elder Yu, save us!”
“Elder Yu!”
The remaining contestants joined the disciples in begging for help.
Nangong Yu and those who had yet to enter the vine’s territory watched in horror.
They immediately turned to run.
Too late.
A powerful force seized them and dragged them toward the formation.
“No!”
“Help!”
Nangong Yu went white with fear.
As the pull caught him, he drove his sword into the trunk of a towering tree and clung to the hilt.
The other contestants could not resist.
Within seconds, they were swept into the barrier.
The Soul-Severing Spirit Vine slaughtered every newcomer to vent its rage.
The thick stench of blood spread through the air.
Nangong Yu held fast to his sword.
The pulling force gradually weakened.
Joy appeared on his face. He thought he had found a chance to survive.
Then instinct made him look up.
A pair of ink-black eyes met his.
They were filled with icy killing intent.
Nangong Yu’s pupils contracted.
Terror seized his heart, and his lips trembled.
“Shen… Shen—”
Before he could finish, a broken branch shot toward the hand gripping his sword.
It moved like an arrow.
Rip!
The branch punched through the back of his hand.
Blood gushed from the wound.
“Ah!”
Nangong Yu released the hilt in agony.
The formation’s pull seized him at once and hurled him inside.
His pupils shrank.
“No!”
“Shen Yan!”
His furious, unwilling shout was quickly drowned beneath the screams of the other contestants.
Shen Yan lowered her hand.
Her guarded gaze snapped toward Elder Yu.
He remained focused on maintaining the formation and had not noticed her.
Only then did she relax slightly.
The Soul-Severing Spirit Vine pierced Nangong Yu through the abdomen.
Then it smashed him against the barrier.
Bang!
Blood poured from his mouth as he crumpled to the ground.
At that moment, crimson light erupted from the vine’s main trunk.
A gleam flashed through Elder Yu’s eyes.
He stared at the glowing point, unable to suppress his smile.
The Blood-Devouring Pearl had finally been drawn out.
The Soul-Severing Spirit Vine released a piercing cry filled with boundless rage and madness.
Its entire trunk transformed into a weapon and crashed against the formation barrier.
Boom!
The barrier shattered.
Elder Yu’s smile froze.
Panic flickered across his face, but he reacted immediately.
He summoned his sword and met the vine head-on.
One slash fell.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The vine’s branches exploded into fragments.
Elder Yu’s eyes remained fixed on the center of its body, where the Blood-Devouring Pearl was hidden.
He sneered.
“Soul-Severing Spirit Vine, hand it over obediently, and this old man will spare your life!”
The vine answered with an unending barrage.
Elder Yu’s temper snapped.
He raised his sword and fought back.
The battle became savage.
The waves of force rolling from them were so powerful that the already wounded contestants lost consciousness on the spot.
The others and the Qiutian Sect disciples lay in pools of blood, too badly injured to rise.
Shen Yan watched the clash with every nerve drawn taut.
No matter which side won, she would have a chance to obtain the Blood-Devouring Pearl.
She only needed to wait.
Half an hour passed.
Elder Yu and the Soul-Severing Spirit Vine had wounded each other severely. Most of their strength was gone.
The vine was losing ground.
Elder Yu’s sword cut through its main trunk.
Its body split open.
A blood-red pearl appeared inside.
Shen Yan prepared to move.
A black mask suddenly appeared in her hand.
Feng Xingyao’s languid voice sounded in her sea of consciousness.
“Proceed carefully.”
Her expression did not change.
She put on the mask, concealed her true face, and leaped down from the tree.
Elder Yu reached eagerly for the Blood-Devouring Pearl.
A purple figure flashed past him.
The pearl vanished with her.
“Who?!”
Elder Yu roared.
Before he could see the thief clearly, scorching heat surged toward him.
The attack forced him back several steps.
Flames caught on his robes.
He smothered them with spiritual power, his eyes turning vicious, then chased the purple figure at full speed.
He cut her off.
The badly wounded Soul-Severing Spirit Vine realized its precious pearl had been stolen.
Enraged beyond reason, it locked its attention on Shen Yan as well.
Elder Yu watched her warily.
“Who are you?”
He could not sense her cultivation at all.
That could only mean one thing.
Her cultivation was higher than his.
Elder Yu’s expression shifted wildly at the thought.
Shen Yan did not answer.
She attacked.
Her fire ability condensed into a blazing fist with the force of a thousand pounds. Anyone struck would burn both inside and out.
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