Chapter 340: The Terrifying Moonshadow
Chapter 340: The Terrifying Moonshadow
"You all will die!"
As the chilling voice rang out, Moonshadow unleashed a power so overwhelming that it filled everyone with despair.
In that moment, the space around Moonshadow began to distort.
The terrifying aura even caused Iron Xiong and Feng Xiu's faces to turn pale.
The five elders in the Capital City, far away, lost all color in their faces.
Feng Xiu, his face ashen, muttered, "Is this your true strength?"
Moonshadow didn't even bother to respond. With a swift motion, she raised her hand and slashed Feng Xiu in half, freezing him into two ice sculptures.
One of the Five Great Envoys of the Zero Organization, a terrifying existence beyond the Archmage rank, was slain with ease, and this was just the beginning.
After Feng Xiu's death, the next to step into the netherworld was Zhou An.
Moonshadow thrust her sword from afar, directly turning Zhou An and the ship he was on into an ice sculpture, freezing everyone on board.
These two strikes sent chills down the spines of those forced to come out.
At that moment, someone pleaded for mercy, someone tried to argue, and another turned to flee.
But Moonshadow, consumed by her killing intent, paid no heed. With a swift movement, she appeared behind the one who had run the farthest and slashed out with her sword, killing another Archmage-level being.
She flashed to another spot and, with a raised hand, struck down yet another Archmage-level powerhouse.
Regardless of their identities or words, Moonshadow showed no mercy and killed them all.
Soon, out of the nine who had been forced out, only Tox Island Rui Zi and her disciple, Maegaki Kaori, remained.
Moonshadow recognized Tox Island Rui Zi, but that didn't stop her from taking action.
"Die!"
She raised her hand and thrust her sword forward.
This strike was even more terrifying than the previous ones.
As the longsword pierced the air, fine ice crystals appeared in the surrounding space, and before the sword even reached its target, Tox Island Rui Zi and her disciple found themselves with no escape.
Tox Island Rui Zi tried to draw her sword to resist, but in that moment, she realized she couldn't even manage the simple action of drawing her sword.
Just as Moonshadow was about to strike Tox Island Rui Zi down with her sword, a heart-wrenching scream echoed through the air.
"No!"
It was Xing Zhanlong, finally arriving after a long delay, his voice filled with anguish.
Moonshadow didn't even flinch. As she was about to finish off Tox Island Rui Zi, Xing Zhanlong roared, "If you stop now, I'll consider our debt settled!"
Xing Zhanlong's furious roar ultimately saved Tox Island Rui Zi's life.
A flash of light passed through Moonshadow's icy eyes, and the longsword in her hand paused just as it was about to pierce Tox Island Rui Zi.
Xing Zhanlong and Tox Island Rui Zi, who had narrowly escaped death, breathed a sigh of relief.
However, just as they thought the matter was over, Moonshadow, without warning, struck Tox Island Rui Zi with a palm.
The blow enveloped Tox Island Rui Zi in an ice-blue aura.
"Miss Rui Zi!!!"
Witnessing this, Xing Zhanlong went berserk, unleashing his full power as an Archmage-level expert and charging towards Moonshadow. But he was knocked down with a casual palm strike from her.
After knocking Xing Zhanlong down, Moonshadow waved her hand, tossing the lifeless Tox Island Rui Zi onto his body.
It was then that Xing Zhanlong realized that while Moonshadow hadn't killed Tox Island Rui Zi, she hadn't made it easy for her either.
Tox Island Rui Zi's entire body was now covered in an icy aura, rendering her nearly useless. And more dangerously,
As Tox Island Rui Zi suffered the blow, her longsword began to backfire.
In this state, it was uncertain if she would survive.
Xing Zhanlong, realizing this, picked up Tox Island Rui Zi and turned to leave. He had to get her medical attention immediately.
Moonshadow didn't stop him.
After seeing Xing Zhanlong and Tox Island Rui Zi off, Tox Island Rui Zi's gaze turned towards the sky.
"She's discovered us!"
The faces of the elders in the Capital City changed.
Moonshadow suddenly raised her hand and slashed out with her sword, causing an ice-blue eye to fall, plunging the televisions in front of the elders into darkness.
The elders in the Capital City fell silent.
But their silence didn't mean inaction.
Soon, they began to act, testing the surveillance methods they had left in Fort City.
They desperately wanted to know if Li HaiKong was truly dead.
At this moment, they desperately hoped that Li HaiKong was alive.
If they found out that Li HaiKong was alive, the Lu HaiKong father and son would be in deep trouble.
But if Li HaiKong was indeed dead, then the trouble for those present would be immense.
If Li HaiKong was alive, some wanted him dead, and if he was truly dead, countless others would have to accompany him.
Moonshadow's killing spree was just the beginning. Once Lu HaiKong returned, more deaths would follow, and it was uncertain if some of those present would survive.
The Council of Elders was powerless.
To appease the anger of Lu HaiKong and that other potential source of rage, they would undoubtedly have to sacrifice some of those present to bear the brunt.
So, at this moment, the five of them stopped hiding their surveillance methods and brought them all out.
They tried one by one, and each attempt ended in failure.
The repeated failures left them on the verge of a mental breakdown.
"I've got it! I've found it!"
An old man, in a state of euphoria, discovered a usable product.
This product was recently developed by a certain organization—a pseudo-satellite capable of detecting energy fluctuations in a specific direction from high altitudes.
This satellite had drifted near Fort City.
After finding it, the old man immediately directed the pseudo-satellite towards the battlefield in Fort City and took a detection photo.
At the moment the satellite captured the image, Moonshadow was alerted once again. She raised her hand and, with a single sword strike, destroyed the satellite.
In the blink of an eye, the satellite was rendered useless.
Fortunately, the satellite managed to complete its final capture.
The photo was being transmitted.
At this moment, the few old men were confident they would obtain evidence of Li Wu's survival.
Aside from Zhou An's sudden mental lapse, nothing seemed out of the ordinary in this entire affair. However, they couldn't shake the feeling that Li Wu's death was not as straightforward as it appeared.
They had a hunch that this was all a trap set by Li Wu.
As long as they obtained proof of Li Wu's survival, all five of them would be safe.
Soon, the photo was transmitted, and the five old men gathered anxiously to examine it. As they did, their hopes were completely dashed.
In that clear energy photo, there was only a severely injured and dying dragon beside Moonshadow, and Li Wu's energy signature was completely absent.
In other words, unless something unexpected happened, Li Wu was truly dead.
At that moment, the gazes exchanged among the five old men in the room became eerie.
Their eyes were filled with anxiety, caution, and scheming.
Meanwhile, in Fort City.
After slaying everyone, Moonshadow turned back towards the little dragon.
Despite her perception that Li Wu was already dead, she couldn't let go of the hope and searched again and again.
However, no matter how she searched, Li Wu was still dead.
Moonshadow's cold gaze fell upon Jiang Yue Xing and the other two, and she tightened her grip on her longsword.
At that moment, Jiang Yue Xing and the others felt a chill run through their bodies.
But none of the three, not even the man beside them, dared to utter a single useless word.
Everyone could sense Moonshadow's current emotional state.
It was a mix of anger and guilt, and anyone who spoke up at this moment might be slashed to death by her sword.
Fortunately, Moonshadow eventually managed to control her emotions.
After calming down for a while, she pointed at the corpses on the ground and said to Jiang Yue Xing, "I'm going to find Lu HaiKong. You take care of things here, and I want to know the identities of these people and those behind them as soon as I return."
Li Wu's death had left Moonshadow with considerable resentment towards Lu HaiKong, to the point where she didn't even address him as 'Master' anymore.
After all, Li Wu was a child she had watched grow up, and her feelings for him were no less deep than those for Lu HaiKong.
As for Jiang Yue Xing, although she hadn't known Li Wu as long as Moonshadow, she had raised him as her son, and his death was a significant blow to her.
So much so that she was now in a daze, not paying attention to what Moonshadow was saying.
Moonshadow frowned, "Did you hear me?"
"I... I heard you!"
After getting a response from Jiang Yue Xing, Moonshadow turned her gaze to Iron Xiong, "I won't be here for a while, so protect Dudu. If anything happens to her, I'll hold you accountable when I return, understood?"
"Leave it to me!"
Iron Xiong patted his chest in agreement.
Moonshadow then shifted her gaze to Zhang Yunyi.
Seeing Zhang Yunyi, her longsword trembled in her hand, and she almost couldn't resist slashing this woman.
Her intuition told her that this woman was somehow connected to Li Wu's death, but after glancing at Zhang Yuhui, Moonshadow ultimately held back.
With great effort, Moonshadow withdrew her gaze from Zhang Yunyi and looked at the little dragon and little skeleton lying on the ground. She then soared into the air, carrying boundless rage, and sped off in the direction of Lu HaiKong.
Wherever Moonshadow passed, the temperature dropped sharply, and the early summer air turned into a snowstorm, covering half of Zone 1.
In Fort City, as they watched Moonshadow leave, Zhang Yunyi, who had been unusually well-behaved from the beginning to the end, couldn't help but smirk.
At the same time, the little dragon, who was lying quietly on the ice, moaned. His pupils also flickered with helplessness.
He hadn't expected that after holding back his ultimate move for so long, his first display would be like this.
At this moment, the little skeleton across from him blinked his eye flame at him.
(How was the little skeleton's acting?)
(End of Chapter)
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