143: Success

As Xiao Xu violently withdrew the dagger from his hand, Lin Xi's eyes widened, and he clutched his chest as he collapsed to the ground.

Blood gushed out, instantly forming a pool of blood beneath him.

"Old Lin, your ability is truly troublesome. If I hadn't confirmed that you were really exhausted, even a successful sneak attack would make one wonder if they were dreaming!" Xiao Xu said, shaking the blood off his dagger.

"Teacher!" Su Ze shouted, his eyes widening to the extreme, unable to believe the scene before him.

His teacher, who had just instantly killed a powerful enemy, had actually been backstabbed by one of their own right in front of him?

"You animal!"

Su Ze charged at Xiao Xu with the blade transformed from the Shadow Moon Wolf King. The other principals, teachers, and students with significant strength like Qi Lin, Lin Queer, and Kuang Yi, and even Xu Yao, who felt a brief debt of gratitude for his teaching, all launched attacks at Xiao Xu together.

However, with just a wave of his hand, he repelled everyone's attacks, leaving only Su Ze in his grasp before tossing him next to Lin Xi.

"Dammit... Xiao Xu has been hiding his strength all along. With his power, he could even serve as a legion commander in the Great Xia Spirit Guards. Why stay at a retirement home like the Beast Taming University? And now he's even sneak-attacked Old Principal Lin."

The other principals spoke in disbelief, having been repelled by Xiao Xu in a single move.

"Teacher, how are you?!" With tears in his eyes, Su Ze struggled to crawl to Lin Xi's side and asked as he helped cover the wound on Lin Xi's chest.

"It hurts a bit... and it's a bit cold... child, you won't blame me, will you?" Lin Xi said, coughing up blood.

"No, of course not. You'll be fine, teacher," Su Ze answered decisively, although he didn't know why Lin Xi would say such nonsensical things at a time like this.

"That's good..." Lin Xi patted the back of Su Ze's hand. Immersed in grief, Su Ze didn't notice that something seemed to have been hidden away on him.

Then, Lin Xi's eyes gradually glazed over, and his hand slipped down from before Su Ze.

"Teacher!" Su Ze cried out in grief. This teacher, who only knew how to drink and slack off and had hardly taught him anything, was dead.

Although they had only known each other for half a year, he still felt an unspeakable sorrow.

But before he could thoroughly say goodbye to Lin Xi, he was grabbed from the ground by Xiao Xu.

"What a touching teacher-student bond. So, how will you repay me for specifically arranging for you to be with the Old man?" Xiao Xu asked with a smile.

"You animal!" Su Ze struck out violently again, but Xiao Xu easily blocked it by pinching the blade with his fingers.

"As a captive, you're being far too noisy." Xiao Xu then raised his palm and knocked Su Ze unconscious with a hand chop.

In the air, Xiao Sheng, who was fighting William, also noticed what was happening on the ground. Seeing his teacher Lin Xi being backstabbed, his moves instantly became much more disorganized.

William seized this opportunity to launch a counterattack, but the power of the xuanyuan yu sword was simply too great.

Even with casual swings, it prevented him from achieving his desired effect.

Meanwhile, the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird undergoing Nirvana in the sky perhaps felt that her master was in danger.

She forcibly ended her Nirvana and rushed over, but she was still a hair's breadth away from being a divine beast.

"A bit of a pity. The power of the wutong fruit hasn't been fully digested yet. Given more time, she would have become a divine beast sooner or later," Xiao Xu said, shielding his eyes from the sun-like brilliance of the Phoenix Fire.

At that moment, the ball of fire was rapidly approaching him.

Even if she was a step away from being a divine beast, Feng Qingyi's current strength was exceptionally formidable.

But just as she reached Xiao Xu, she abruptly halted her dive and soared upward, letting out an unwilling, angry cry.

Because just then, Xiao Xu had placed his hand on the chest of the unconscious Su Ze, looking as if he might rip out his heart at any moment.

For her master's safety, Feng Qingyi had to abandon her attack.

"Human, let go of my master!" Feng Qingyi landed, breathing fire.

"If I let him go, will you still listen to me? Don't worry, I just need a bit of your blood. As long as you cooperate, both you and this kid will be fine," Xiao Xu said, still smiling.

This made Feng Qingyi spit out a burst of flame in anger, turning the ground beneath her into lava, but she still didn't dare to attack.

"Very good!" Xiao Xu nodded, then shouted loudly, "Everyone! The objective is complete. Let's retreat quickly, or we won't be able to leave!"

The remaining two Dark Guard Captain Generals saw this and shouted in unison, "Jiang Huairen, it's time for you to let us out as agreed!"

In front of the wutong tree, Holy Sun, who had come for revenge, was entangled with vines that seemed impossible to clear.

Jiang Huairen, who had initially completed his parasitism, had not yet reached the level of a divine beast or even Holy Sun's level in many aspects.

However, supported by an immense vitality, Holy Sun couldn't kill him as long as he couldn't find his core.

Along with the Dark Guard Captain General's words, the ground shook once more, and Holy Sun suddenly stared at a spot on the trunk.

Controlling the operation of the entire Wutong Space required concentrated power, which would expose Jiang Huairen's core.

However, he was hidden in the center of the trunk, which was tens of thousands of meters thick; ordinary attacks couldn't reach him.

Xiao Sheng also looked up, his eyes red as he roared, "Holy Sun, what the hell are you doing?! Stop these guys from leaving! None of them are leaving here alive today!"

Hearing this, Holy Sun gritted his teeth and raised his giant staff. "Damn it, then I'll just smash this whole tree!"

At that moment, a face woven from vines appeared on the tree, smiling. "Holy Sun, stop. Do you really want to..."

Before he could finish, he was struck hard by the staff. The vines shattered, wood chips flew everywhere, and a massive gap appeared in the trunk, reaching a third of the way through.

But such a powerful attack was also a huge drain on Holy Sun. He panted and raised his staff again. "If one hit doesn't break it, I'll do it again!"

"Wait! Do you want that girl to die?!" This time Jiang Huairen got smarter; he didn't use vines to form his loathsome face again, but spoke directly from within the trunk, no longer worried about exposing his core's location.

"What do you mean?!" Holy Sun gripped his staff but didn't strike, asking through gritted teeth.

"Do you really think that girl can live if I die? Her life is currently sustained by the part of me I split off. If I die, the split part dies too, and then... hehe," Jiang Huairen laughed triumphantly.

Hearing this, Holy Sun's expression was pained as he held his staff. He desperately wanted to smash this arrogant guy and the tree that was his hope for longevity.

But Holy Sun didn't dare to gamble, especially after seeing that thing inside Jiang Yiyi's body with his own eyes. In the end, he could only strike the empty ground.

A loud sound rang out, and the powerful force vented like an earthquake, creating a massive crack that swallowed dozens of Fusang Dark Guards.

But by now, they no longer cared about these casualties and began to dive into the shadows to escape.

Su Ze was carried by Xiao Xu as he left with the two Dark Guard Captain Generals. Feng Qingyi, meanwhile, was forced into the beast taming space.

William, who was targeted by the enraged Xiao Sheng, didn't find it so easy to leave. In the end, he even self-detonated the kusanagi-no-tsurugi, causing the Fusang's three divine artifacts to completely become history before he could successfully escape.

After all, the artifact belonged to Fusang; as an outsider, he had no reason to feel bad.

The people from Great Xia also felt a repulsive force from the space. This was Jiang Huairen controlling the power of the wutong tree to completely close the Wutong Space.

The weaker students were pushed out first, and others began to appear within the Imperial Capital Beast Taming University.

Finally, even the two War Gods were repelled, and the Wutong Space entered a state of complete closure.

It would likely only open again once Jiang Huairen's parasitism was complete.

That would be a huge problem then, but Xiao Sheng didn't want to care about that now.

He stumbled over to Lin Xi's body.