Outside the demonic forest.
Piao and Feng Qishi stood together before the barrier.
Feng Qishi eyed the barrier before him and asked, "Can you break it?"
Piao: "I'll try." With that, he began to cast.
Just then, Shen Xian, with Xiang Nang and Yan Bian, landed behind them.
Immediately, Feng Qishi sensed demonic energy. Considering the current situation, he quickly turned to Shen Xian and said, "You can't stop me."
Shen Xian had thought Feng Qishi and Piao had already entered the demonic forest. Seeing the situation now, he breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm not stopping you, but you can't get in either."
"..." Feng Qishi glared at Shen Xian.
Shen Xian snorted coldly.
Following that, Feng Qishi looked at Xiang Nang, who stood behind Shen Xian. "Xiang Nang, I knew he'd brainwash you."
"I wish for my master to be resurrected," Xiang Nang stepped forward.
Feng Qishi scoffed, "Do you think that's possible?"
Xiang Nang firmly said, "Ying."
"..." Xiang Nang's obstinate expression, just like Shen Xian's, left Feng Qishi speechless.
"..." Shen Xian glanced at Piao, who was behind Feng Qishi, continuously casting magic to break the barrier. "It's useless."
Piao: "..." He ignored Shen Xian completely and continued his work.
Feng Qishi: "You talk too much."
"I don't..."
"Shen Xian, I made myself perfectly clear at the mansion earlier. If you still don't understand, then I can't help you."
"Gu An and Mu Anxiao are not the same person. Mu Anxiao occupied Gu An's soul. She deserves to die," Shen Xian insisted stubbornly.
Hearing Shen Xian speak like this, Feng Qishi became enraged. "Just shut up!" With that, he charged forward, raising his fist to strike Shen Xian.
Seeing this, Shen Xian quickly dodged.
Feng Qishi missed and said, "I will never let your scheme succeed." With that, he swung his fist at Shen Xian again.
This time, Shen Xian did not dodge. Instead, he began to fight Feng Qishi.
Meanwhile, Yan Bian quickly pulled Xiang Nang away.
Piao continued to break the barrier, unaffected.
Demonic Forest.
Mu Anxiao looked at the monster being killed by the vine spirit with disbelief. Then, she looked at the monster leader fighting the vine spirit to the death and suddenly remembered Lu Yan, who had been deceived by the vine spirit for his entire life.
Slightly lowering her eyes, her palm began to burn. She then recalled the gaze of the first monster and thought, "I can't just wait to be killed anymore."
With that thought, she looked up at them and murmured, "You surely don't want your brother to die, do you?" After speaking, she clenched her right hand tightly, and the Soul Sword gradually appeared.
Then, she continued, "He died for me, so I should protect the brothers he wanted to protect. Soul Sword, am I right?"
"..." The Soul Sword trembled in her hand.
"Then let's go."
"..." The Soul Sword trembled again.
Mu Anxiao gripped the Soul Sword, and a surge of power instantly rushed into her body.
"Let's go." With her eyes glowing blue, she rushed out.
At the same time, the vine spirit saw Mu Anxiao at a glance. "She's here." With that, he grabbed the monster leader opposite him by the shoulder and said, "Die for me."
Upon hearing this, the monster leader's eyes widened. Before he could speak, Mu Anxiao stopped behind him. "Vine Spirit, go to hell."
The monster leader was stunned.
Vine Spirit: "Mu Anxiao, I advise you not to be too confident."
Mu Anxiao snorted and fixed her gaze on his hand. "I am confident, what does it matter to you?" With that, she subtly raised the Soul Sword.
The vine spirit smirked, paying no attention.
The next second, Mu Anxiao's eyes narrowed, and she instantly thrust the Soul Sword into the back of the vine spirit's hand.
Then, the vine spirit's eyes widened again. He transformed back into chains and flew into the sky.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao quickly lowered her hand, her eyes slanted as she hurriedly turned to look at the vine spirit, who had transformed back into Xu Lan. "That was fast!"
"Mu Anxiao, I didn't expect you to be quite smart."
"Being smart is better than being treacherous like you."
"..." The vine spirit sneered, reached out, and grabbed the thick neck of a nearby monster. "Alright, let's see if you can save these guys." With that, he squeezed hard, and the monster died.
"You lunatic."
Mu Anxiao finished speaking and was about to step forward when the monster leader's voice reached her ears. "You don't need to worry about this. Leave."
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned her head. "You can't beat him."
The monster leader walked to Mu Anxiao's side. "I am their leader. He killed so many of my brothers. This debt cannot be settled so easily. There's nothing for you here. Get lost!"
"You..."
"Get lost!"
Hearing the monster leader's dismissive words, Mu Anxiao's body trembled. However, thinking of the first monster's actions earlier, she couldn't allow herself to leave.
Therefore, she lowered her head to look at the Soul Sword in her hand, then looked at the monster leader angrily glaring at the vine spirit. She shouted, "I can't do that," and charged towards the vine spirit.
The wind blew.
Mu Anxiao gathered all her strength and began to fight the vine spirit.
Those monsters who had lost their brothers looked up at the two flashing beams of light. They all wanted to help, but due to Mu Anxiao's speed, they could do nothing.
In the end, they could only watch.
The monster leader stared at the rapidly flashing blue beams of light in the sky in disbelief. His eyes darkened. "You were right. With the Soul Sword, she is indeed extraordinary." With that, he thought of the first monster who had warned him to stop.
Outside the barrier.
Piao broke the barrier.
"Done." Piao withdrew his hand, turned to look at Shen Xian and Feng Qishi, who were being pulled apart by Yan Bian, and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiang Nang: "They're fighting."
Piao's mouth twitched. "..."
Feng Qishi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "I'll say it again, you're being used by the vine spirit."
"My Gu..."
"Do you think Gu An would still accept you if you brought him back this way?"
Shen Xian: "..."
"Idiot!" Feng Qishi glared at Shen Xian, then turned around and, by chance, saw the red and blue lights in the sky. He exclaimed, "Not good."
Hearing this, Shen Xian followed Feng Qishi's gaze upwards and frowned. "What is that?"
"That's Mu Shazi and the vine spirit." With that, Feng Qishi nodded to Piao and ran off first.
Piao understood Feng Qishi's intention and quickly set up another barrier.
Yan Bian exclaimed, "What are you doing?"
Every demon here has their own barrier.
Therefore, Piao, to prevent Shen Xian from causing trouble, had devised this plan with Feng Qishi before they arrived!
"Can't you see for yourself?" Piao said, moving a few steps aside and leaning against a tree.