A guttural, heart-wrenching scream echoed throughout the territory of the Soul Locking Sect.
Yet outsiders heard nothing at all.
A layer of white mist had completely sealed off the sect.
This white mist not only blocked vision and muffled sound, but also formed a barrier-like force.
It prevented certain people from entering the Soul Locking Sect.
This power had persisted for several whole days.
At first, it only stopped a small number of people.
However, as the days passed, more and more returning disciples and elders gathered outside.
Even visiting guests kept arriving in greater numbers.
Once news of Soul Lei and Soul Yong’s deaths spread, many people wanted to see how the Soul Locking Sect would react, so onlookers multiplied rapidly.
Without exception, everyone was trapped outside.
“What on earth is going on?”
“Has something happened inside the Soul Locking Sect?”
People were extremely curious and had no idea where this power came from.
They clustered together, unable to enter, so they could only discuss and speculate among themselves.
“Look, the power seems to be weakening!”
Soon someone shouted loudly.
Sure enough, the force that had blocked everyone vanished.
At that moment, complicated emotions surged through the crowd.
There was tension, excitement, and naturally unease and fear as well.
“Good heavens, how can this be, how can this be?”
When the white mist finally dispersed completely and people could see everything inside the Soul Locking Sect, every single person present paled dramatically.
The bold ones fared better, but the timid turned and fled at once. Some even fainted on the spot.
Many of the younger generation with weaker minds fell to their knees and vomited uncontrollably.
Those from the Soul Locking Sect itself wailed in anguish, unable to believe their eyes.
The sect’s buildings stood perfectly intact, yet outside the sect grounds lay the corpses of Soul Locking Sect members everywhere.
There were countless bodies, but none could be identified.
Not a single corpse was whole. They had died in an utterly horrific manner.
They were torn apart, as though ripped open by brute force.
It was tragic, utterly tragic.
Yet the word “terrifying” described the scene even better.
“How can this have happened? Who did this? Was it that fellow called Chu Feng?”
“Or those two thieves?”
The crowd did not know that Song Yun was responsible.
Instead, they pinned everything on Chu Feng.
After all, Chu Feng had only just killed Soul Lei and Soul Yong at the Tyrant Star Mountain Villa. The grudge was now irreconcilable.
“As expected, that genius has an extraordinary background.”
“Not only was Tyrant Star Mountain Villa destroyed, even the Soul Locking Sect has been slaughtered.”
“The martial world truly hides dragons and crouching tigers. It seems we must keep a low profile from now on.”
“Otherwise, we might unwittingly offend some terrifying existence and suffer total annihilation.”
Having concluded that Chu Feng was probably responsible, people did not blame him. On the contrary, they felt genuine awe toward him from the bottom of their hearts.
Who would dare provoke such a fearsome being?
What they did not realise was that the real culprit was not Chu Feng at all. Moreover, the true perpetrator was still in this world and actually not far from the Soul Locking Sect.
…
Several hundred li away, in a stretch of dense forest, two beautiful figures could be seen.
They were Song Yun and Song Xue’er.
They had already been here for several days. After all, wiping out the Soul Locking Sect had not taken them much time.
At the moment, Song Xue’er lay leisurely in a hammock.
Song Yun, on the other hand, sat cross-legged on the ground with her eyes tightly closed.
She was cultivating. Ever since destroying the Soul Locking Sect, she had come here and begun cultivating.
This session had already lasted several full days.
Suddenly, the relaxed Song Xue’er sprang to her feet and stared intently at Song Yun.
Song Yun’s body had changed, or more precisely, her forehead.
A black mark had appeared on Song Yun’s forehead.
That black mark even emitted wisps of black flame.
The shape of the mark was exactly the same as the Tyrant Star Demon Flower.
However, the black mark only appeared for a moment before vanishing again.
Once it disappeared, Song Yun opened her eyes.
“Yun’er, did it work?” Song Xue’er hurried over, her face full of joy.
“I suppose it did.” Song Yun’s lips curved upwards and a sweet smile bloomed across her face.
With those clear eyes, innocent features, and this sweet smile, the aura of youth radiated from her completely.
Nobody who saw her would ever connect this beautiful young girl with the demon who had annihilated the Soul Locking Sect.
“You little rascal, you actually used that Chu Feng and obtained the Tyrant Star Demon Flower.” Song Xue’er said.
As it turned out, the Tyrant Star Demon Flower had not vanished from Chu Feng’s body on its own. Song Yun had taken it.
The cultivation just now had simply been the process of fusing that Tyrant Star Demon Flower into her own body. The mark had appeared because the fusion succeeded.
“That wasn’t using him. I genuinely wanted to help him. If I hadn’t helped, how could he have raised his cultivation by an entire grade so smoothly?”
Song Yun replied.
“Wasn’t it because you were afraid there might be danger in directly plucking the Tyrant Star Demon Flower, so you let him do it instead?”
Song Xue’er asked.
“Of course not. I like him so much. How could I harm him?”
Song Yun shook her head.
“Yun’er, do you really like him?”
“His status isn’t worthy of you at all.”
Song Xue’er said.
“Sis, why do I feel you really don’t want me to like my Brother Chu Feng?”
“Don’t tell me you fancy him? I happen to know a few things about what happened between you two.”
Song Yun narrowed her eyes and asked.
“How could that be possible? There’s no way I’d like him.”
Song Xue’er shook her head repeatedly.
Hearing this, Song Yun suddenly burst out laughing.
“Good, good. It’s best if Sis doesn’t like him.”
“If you tried to steal him from me, be careful I might forget our sisterly bond and kill you.”
Song Yun said to Song Xue’er with a cheeky grin.
