Chapter 219

Chapter 219: Bai Mu Mu Ran Away

Shen Sang Ruo’s face was not pleasant as she told the group: “She ran.”

She explained in a steady voice: “I wanted to burn her to ash, but when the flames died, Bai Mu Mu was gone.”

She shared her guess: “The Malevolent Spirit pulled back all its power to protect her.”

Bai Mu Mu had in fact been saved by the System, though the reason was a little different from Shen Sang Ruo’s guess.

Shen Sang Ruo had said her fire could burn the Malevolent Spirit. The System inside Bai Mu Mu was truly scorched by that fire.

The damaged System triggered a protection mode. It pulled back all power and moved its Host, Bai Mu Mu, away.

Shen Sang Ruo added: “I do not know where she fled, but she is still inside the Secret Realm.”

Only half an hour remained before the team trial ended. They would not find her again in time.

Once they left the Secret Realm, they would make her deeds public. They would see if she could keep pretending then.

They cleared the battlefield first.

The other members of the Flying Cloud Sect had all been used as bait to draw the Purplegold Serpent. Every one of them was covered in blood and passed out.

Seeing the scene, Song Wei Yan clicked his tongue and said: “So ruthless.”

They were her teammates of the same sect. Two of them were even her fellow senior brothers.

Everyone glanced at Luo Chu lying on the ground and shook their heads.

Shen Sang Ruo stayed cold. She shattered all their tokens and showed them no pity.

They had raised a tiger and were getting bitten. They could only blame themselves.

Wen Xuan finally crawled over. Blood covered him and made his pale face look eerie.

He ignored his pain and stared only at Shen Sang Ruo. Joy of surviving a disaster filled his eyes, like a treasured gem lost and found again.

He rasped with guilt and relief: “Good, good, Little Ruo, you are safe.”

He had almost made a huge mistake. Thinking of how she had nearly died because of his foolishness was like having a thousand needles stab his heart.

He was truly afraid.

Seeing him like this, Ye Huai and the others clenched their fists. Su Xi Yu stepped forward and kicked him hard.

She shouted, anger burning as she lifted her alchemy furnace high: “You still have the face to stand before our junior sister.”

Ye Huai stopped her in the end. Wen Xuan was still useful to them.

Mei Mei, Jiang Chu, and the rest looked at him with open scorn.

He was a star among the Flying Cloud Sect disciples, Master Ling Xiao’s personal disciple, yet he was so shameful.

Their view of the famous Flying Cloud Sect changed, especially for Jiang Chu. His pretty picture of that sect shattered.

He now believed the rumors about Shen Sang Ruo had to have hidden truths behind them. He even thought the Flying Cloud Sect had spread them on purpose.

Wen Xuan’s voice broke as he said: “I was wrong, Little Ruo. I never meant to hurt you. I was angry. I did not think Bai Mu Mu could be so vicious, I…”

Shen Sang Ruo cut him off with a sharp voice, her eyes icy as she asked: “How dare you even think of harming my senior brothers and senior sister?”

The Luan Feather Fan dissolved into sharp feathers. With a flick of her slender fingers, the feathers buried into Wen Xuan’s flesh.

She did not hesitate at all.

Wen Xuan grunted. Pain twisted his face, and his lips went white.

If she had taken revenge only for herself, he would not have complained even if she dug out his heart.

But she did it for the people of the Ninghua Sect.

He forced down the pain and, with the last of his strength, shouted hoarsely: “Little Ruo, we are your senior brothers.”

She called the feathers back into her hand and said in a flat voice: “Not anymore. Remember this. I left you alive only to expose Bai Mu Mu.”

Otherwise, she would have killed him.

Wen Xuan closed his eyes. All his feelings turned into two lines of tears that slid down his cheeks.

He fainted soon after. Shen Sang Ruo left him a single breath.

She crushed his token and kicked him out of the Secret Realm.

Only Bai Mu Mu remained in the Flying Cloud Sect. Their momentum was gone.

They returned to the huge body of the Purplegold Serpent. The last trace of Devil Qi on it had vanished.

Mei Mei swept it with Spiritual Power. It was a method unique to the Heavenly Sword Sect for checking Devil Qi. She withdrew her power and slowly shook her head.

Shen Sang Ruo leapt to the serpent’s head and dug out its Beast Core. The crystal core was clear and bright, without any sign of Devil Qi.

If they had not felt the Devil Qi with their own senses before, they would have thought it was an illusion.

Everyone’s expression turned heavy.

This meant that the most important piece of evidence against Bai Mu Mu was gone.

Jiang Chu rubbed his brow and asked: “What is the origin of the Malevolent Spirit on Bai Mu Mu? How can it leave no trace?”

Mei Mei’s worry went deeper as she said: “She is the Young Sect Master of the Flying Cloud Sect. She is close to Sect Master Shen and Master Ling Xiao. How could she be tied to a Malevolent Spirit?”

Shen Sang Ruo answered calmly: “I do not know where that Malevolent Spirit came from. It may have been there since she returned to the Flying Cloud Sect. With the direct evidence gone, once we leave the Secret Realm, I will need you all to testify.”

This was why she had used the flames to draw the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Jiang Clan here.

If only the Ninghua Sect spoke, they could not nail Bai Mu Mu with certainty.

Mei Mei met her eyes and said: “Do not worry. Our Heavenly Sword Sect stands against the Malevolent Spirit. We will not let her go.”

Jiang Chu agreed at once.

Shen Sang Ruo inclined her head and said: “Thank you. There is still half an hour. We can search for more materials and treasures.”

Mei Mei and Jiang Chu nodded. Before they led their teams away, Shen Sang Ruo took them to split the Purplegold Serpent’s stored materials and treasures.

A ruler of the Heaven-grade Zone would have a huge stash. That needed no words.

Even split into three shares, each part was worth nearly 10,000 points.

Mei Mei and Jiang Chu were stunned. They felt they had not earned it. They had not done much in the fight against the Purplegold Serpent. They tried hard to refuse.

Shen Sang Ruo stayed firm. She said their trip here had cost them time they could have used to gather treasures, so it was right to split evenly. Only then did the two accept.

After they left, Song Wei Yan sighed and said: “In this Sect Grand Tournament, the Flying Cloud Sect may not even get second place.”

Su Xi Yu rolled her eyes and said with a grin as she took Shen Sang Ruo’s arm: “Who told Bai Mu Mu to dig her own grave? Anyway, our first place is locked.”

Shen Sang Ruo paused as Zhu Miao’s voice sounded in her mind: “Not right.”

She asked at once: “What is not right?”

Without the System’s suppression, Zhu Miao’s senses had returned.

He said simply: “The Flying Cloud Sect’s points are soaring.”

On the Fengling Terrace, True Lord Gu Ci had checked every Projection Stone in the Heaven-grade Zone and found nothing wrong.

He could only tell the gathered cultivators: “The projection of the Heaven-grade Zone cannot be restored for now.”

The Fengling Terrace erupted at once.

People shouted one after another: “What is going on?”

They cried out in anger: “What are they doing?”

Anxious voices rose: “Can someone tell me what is happening in there? I am going mad.”