The golden-haired youth moved with exceptional speed, appearing just a few seconds away from Xia Feng.
He paused in surprise, casting a cold glance at the two masked figures before turning to Jiang Qiue with a grave voice,
"Mr. Jiang, are you alright?"
Jiang Qiue, at some point, had retracted her six tails, and the mask covering her face had also dissipated. She looked up at the youth and shook her head, her voice faint, "I'm fine."
Because of Master Yusi's gaze, Jiang Qiue regained her mobility and was no longer restricted.
With a step, her figure instantly appeared in the high sky.
"Was it you two who tried to assail my teacher?"
The golden-haired youth frowned, his eyes filled with disgust, "Do you really think that because this island is not under the laws of the Empire, you can do whatever you want?"
It seemed that Jiang Qiue had used some means to send a message and call Master Yusi here.
Xia Feng judged in his heart, but... Assail?
This witch Jiang was really saying whatever came to her mind.
Xia Feng rolled his eyes, "Kid, you don't know, do you? Your dear teacher is actually a fox spirit, the kind that eats people. I just experienced it; it was terrifying."
Master Yusi's face turned abruptly cold, misunderstanding Xia Feng's words, thinking Xia Feng was insulting Jiang Qiue by comparing her to a fox spirit.
Seeing his expression, Xia Feng's dark pupils narrowed, and he instantly understood. Certainly, people from the Black Moon Church must not know about Jiang Qiue's abilities related to the Nine-tailed Star God.
Given the current situation, Jiang Qiue might possess the Divine Relics of the Nine-tailed, or perhaps she is the Nine-tailed's human proxy?
But... the Nine-tailed has long been dead, so the possibility of being a human proxy isn't great.
Perhaps one could be bolder in guessing that Jiang Qiue is actually... the Nine-tailed Reincarnation Body?
After all, the Nine-tailed had the ability to resurrect continuously, so it's not impossible for it to have survived the twilight of the gods and became one of the few surviving Star Gods.
Of course, regardless, Jiang Qiue definitely didn't want her secrets exposed.
Thinking of this, Xia Feng glanced at the woman in the sky dressed in green, her ethereal eyes looking down, meeting his gaze.
"One condition, within the range of what I can do, I will agree to it," the woman's clear and spiritual voice echoed in Xia Feng's mind.
One condition in exchange for keeping a secret seemed fair; Xia Feng nodded in satisfaction, finding the green-haired fox rather sensible.
Master Yusi wanted to say something but then heard his teacher's psychic transmission, "The ones who attempted to violate me are not them; the culprit is someone else, but I've taken care of it already."
Before she encountered the two masked individuals, she had been pursued and heavily injured by the people of the Burning Heaven Temple; members of the Burning Heaven Sect intended to assault her, but she easily trapped and killed half of them with her Cherry Blossom Arrow trap.
Afterward, she continued to flee and set up numerous traps under a cherry blossom tree, originally planning to keep trapping members of the Burning Heaven Sect; she did not expect to encounter the two masked individuals.
While the teacher and pupil were communicating through psychic transmission, Xia Feng's Spiritual Sense once again saw.
In the distance, another twenty or so Black Moon Knights clad in silver armor rushed into the dense forest, bringing gusts of wind that shook the trees. This update is available on novｅlfire.net
It seemed they were being chased by something?
"That is..." Xia Feng's gaze sharpened, and then his expression changed slightly.
Nearly a hundred Crying Witches were following the twenty knights, each covering their eyes while their lips curled into a sinister smile, flashing and weaving through the Purple Mist Forest, closing in on the knights.
Their speed was incredibly fast, reaching the area in just a few jumps.
Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong didn't hesitate and turned to run.
Swoosh Swoosh Swoosh~~
The entire forest was shaking, and everyone was running. Nearly a hundred Crying Witches were in mad pursuit, closing in by the second.
Because of the sheer number of Crying Witches and the wide separation between them, coupled with the Purple Mist severely obstructing the line of sight, completely immobilizing the witch army was out of the question.
However, to Xia Feng's surprise, the knights from the Black Moon Church actually formed an A-level Spiritual Clothes formation.
As the intricate Spiritual Particle structure was completed, a radiant golden light surged out from the skin of the twenty-four Black Moon Knights, interconnecting with one another.
A majestic image of a goddess sketched by sacred golden light suddenly appeared in the midst of the forest, standing twenty meters tall, her divine eyes filled with golden light looked down, and—hum—the Purple Mist in the forest gently vibrated and dissipated in ripples.
The nearly hundred terrifying Crying Witches chasing behind them started to move sluggishly, and the distance between them and the main group of escapees grew ever larger.
Xia Feng was astonished. A-level Spiritual Clothes! This was the third set of A-level Spiritual Clothes he had encountered!
Previously on Xize Island, he saw the A-level Spiritual Clothes, Shiva's Heavenly Form, but unfortunately, after scouring the entire Xize Island, he was unable to find the Spirit Paper for Shiva's Heavenly Form.
Now, this A-level Spiritual Clothes of the Black Moon Church looked very impressive, but he wondered if Jiang Qiue or Master Yusi had the corresponding Spirit Paper.
The towering goddess figure quickly dissipated, and the witch army accelerated their pursuit once again.
Master Yusi glanced back and noted that although the Crying Witches were now a good distance away, they would likely be able to shake off their pursuit after running for a while longer.
After all, each Crying Witch had a limited number of teleports within 24 hours, and would eventually give up after chasing for some time.
However, just to be safe, Master Yusi thoughtfully looked at the two masked individuals, narrowed his eyes slightly, and transmitted his voice quietly:
"Xiao, do you see those two masked people? Please ask them to help us delay a little longer."
Scattered among the knights speeding through the dense forest, two masked people found themselves quietly in a semi-encirclement at the center.
Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong naturally noticed the knights' subtle intentions. Mu Qingtong used a Spiritual Artifact to control two of the Spirit Masters, but still couldn't prevent the formation of the Spiritual Clothes.
Eighteen knights' armor shone brightly, Spiritual Particles connected, and twenty paths of light appeared beneath their feet, instantly linking to Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong.
Their legs became as heavy as ten thousand jins, and the effects of being bolstered by -1000% slowed their pace, making each step extraordinarily difficult.
Under normal combat conditions, this effect of the Spiritual Clothes wouldn't be a big deal, but the current circumstances were different.
Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong furrowed their brows simultaneously and looked back to see a horde of Crying Witches, like a tide assaulting a city, surging towards them.
Master Yusi turned his head back to glance once more; the thick fog made it impossible to see clearly what was happening behind him.
But he possessed a Spiritual Artifact known as the "excitement ring."
[B-level Spiritual Artifact·Excitement Ring: Using this ring, you can stimulate one of your organs into an 'excited state'.]
For example, if you stimulate your right hand, it would become extremely nimble and fast.
If you stimulate both legs, their speed would be significantly increased.
If you stimulate the brain, intelligence would be boosted for a short period.
As for stimulating the... well, it could also enter an excited state instantaneously, but after using it once, Master Yusi preferred not to use it again; it caused him to ejaculate essence in less than a second.
He did not want to be a fast man.
All in all, Master Yusi was quite satisfied with his Spiritual Artifact.
It was just a pity that the artifact could only be used on oneself and not on others.
If there was some way to evolve it to affect others, like using it on Mr. Jiang... Of course, he only dared to entertain such dark thoughts privately, not letting Mr. Jiang know.
Master Yusi stimulated his eyes with the excitement ring, and suddenly, his vision pierced through the dense fog, allowing him to make out distant scenes faintly.
Those two foolish masked people were left behind by the knights, gradually being caught up to and surrounded by the thronging mass of Crying Witches.
They no longer had any chance of survival.