395: Mutation

“Hmm… there is a disciple who went out for a long time and recently came back,” Valley Master Liu Yanwan said, pursing her lips.

“Been out for a long time? How long?” Lin Zifeng asked.

“Three to five years, I guess…” Valley Master Liu Yanwan thought for a moment and said, “I don’t remember the exact time, but it has indeed been a long time.”

“Hmm…” Lin Zifeng listened and pondered slightly. If this was the Main God Space creating an identity, then this would be the most suspicious and ‘easiest’ identity forgery.

“Then, this returning disciple… does the valley still have anyone who was close to her before? Like, people she often hung out with, who were quite familiar with her?” Lin Zifeng asked.

“I’m not too sure about that, I’d have to inquire,” Valley Master Liu Yanwan said, shaking her head slightly. Luli Valley wasn’t too big, nor too small.

There were over three thousand disciples, and not all of them knew each other.

It’s like attending classes at a school; you don’t necessarily know everyone in the entire school.

You just recognize them as being from your school because they’re wearing the uniform, or you’ve seen them around school and have a slight impression…

“Hmm~” Lin Zifeng nodded, then he had already flown to the previous location.

“It’s right here.” Lin Zifeng landed and stood on The Ground. This was the spot where he had previously seen the person from the Main God Space.

He carefully sensed around, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.

Valley Master Liu Yanwan also landed. She frowned slightly, then waved her hand, and a burst of colorful light appeared.

She seemed to have cast some Mysterious Art.

Lin Zifeng waited quietly by her side.

“Found it!” Valley Master Liu Yanwan suddenly raised an eyebrow, then continuously waved her hands in front of her, sending one Mysterious Art after another into the void.

Subsequently, a small mark appeared.

Suddenly, just as this mark appeared, Valley Master Liu Yanwan was about to seal it with Mysterious Art.

This mark suddenly emitted an intense bright light.

Lin Zifeng sensed a hint of danger.

“Be careful!” Lin Zifeng quickly used the Golden Profound Spirit Defense Profound Art.

Various “permanent Xuan Arts” on Valley Master Liu Yanwan’s body also activated and took effect.

Boom!!!

A loud bang, accompanied by a huge mushroom cloud, rose up.

The Luli Valley disciples cultivating in various parts of Luli Valley were startled by the loud bang and explosion.

Since it occurred on the outskirts of Luli Valley, although still within Luli Valley, it was located on the periphery, at least several tens of kilometers away from Luli Valley’s main buildings.

This explosion flattened at least ten kilometers of The Ground.

Leaving a large crater. Not only that, the explosion was secondary; the mark’s greatest ‘effect’ was to damage Luli Valley’s sect-protecting formation!

Pfft!

Valley Master Liu Yanwan spat out a mouthful of blood. She didn't care about her own injuries but immediately checked the status of the sect formation.

A gap! A huge gap had appeared here!

The sect formation, while in “standby” mode (only maintaining basic protection), was forcibly opened with a gap.

And it needed to be repaired completely.

The Luli Valley’s sect-protecting formation has been passed down for a very long time. Even now, Valley Master Liu Yanwan only knows how to operate, maintain, and perform simple repairs.

She is incapable of performing major repairs or rebuilding a sect-protecting formation like this.

Formation Grandmasters are even rarer and require more talent than Talisman Grandmasters.

“Damn it!” Valley Master Liu Yanwan looked at Luli Valley’s sect-protecting formation, which had suffered such a calamity, and was so enraged that she spat out another mouthful of blood.

Lin Zifeng’s expression was also a bit grim. Although he wasn’t seriously injured, in that situation, his Golden Profound Spirit Defense Profound Art was directly shattered.

The disciples of Luli Valley were all alarmed and rushed towards this direction.

However, they found someone blocking their path.

“Everyone, look here!” The woman smiled, raised her hands, and like a “camera,” “framed” the Luli Valley disciples in front of her, softly uttering a few words: “Domain Expansion!”

Whoosh!

From the woman’s body, black things instantly burst forth, as if devouring the world, rapidly enveloping the surrounding world.

Enveloping both her and all the Luli Valley disciples within it.

“!!!” Valley Master Liu Yanwan and Lin Zifeng both noticed it. They sharply turned their heads and saw a huge black cover (cover/dome) appear within Luli Valley.

“Not good!” Valley Master Liu Yanwan was startled.

Lin Zifeng also frowned. He hadn’t expected the Main God Space’s people to act directly!

It was probably due to Valley Master Liu Yanwan activating that mark.

Although it disrupted the opponent’s plan, forcing them to act directly.

Lin Zifeng sighed inwardly. There was nothing he could do. If it were another place, he would have directly started fighting; there would be no need to go through all this with Valley Master Liu Yanwan.

There was nothing he could do. He had to stay in this world, and just being so “careful” resulted in the opponent starting their actions.

Although such an action would bring him more source points for “saving” Luli Valley and “killing” the Main God Space’s people later.

However, this was not a reason for sacrifice.

Lin Zifeng was not so cold-blooded and solely focused on profit.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Just as Valley Master Liu Yanwan and Lin Zifeng were about to move, a blonde, red-eyed girl appeared before them.

“It’s you!?” Lin Zifeng saw her. This was the person he had seen before, who had disappeared at the time. Based on the assumption that she had already noticed him, directly searching for her might not have been easy.

So he had planned to discuss it with Valley Master Liu Yanwan first…

As a result, the other party showed up herself.

This girl was also different from when he had seen her before; at least her hair and eyes had changed, and her clothing had also changed.

It was no longer Luli Valley’s attire, but a black leather halter top, exposing her fair shoulders, arms, and flat stomach.

Her lower body consisted of denim shorts, and she wore black stockings but no shoes.

Her attire was a bit strange, but it was very clear that with such an outfit, there was no doubt she was not from this world.

“Who are you!” Valley Master Liu Yanwan looked at the other party with anger in her brows.

“The one who will take your lives.” The woman curled her lips, and a long blade without a handguard, only the blade and handle, appeared in her hand.

“Valley Master, leave this to me. You go back and check,” Lin Zifeng said to Valley Master Liu Yanwan.

“…” Valley Master Liu Yanwan glanced at Lin Zifeng, seeing “you believe me” in his eyes.

She pursed her lips, then flew towards the sect.

“Trying to leave…” The woman seemed unwilling to let Valley Master Liu Yanwan go, as she was one of the mission targets.

But Lin Zifeng wouldn’t indulge her.

Mist Spirit Strangling Mysterious Art

Spirit Fire Trapping and Killing Mysterious Art

Gold Restraint Spirit Sealing Mysterious Art

Lin Zifeng cast three Mysterious Arts in a row.

Whoosh! Numerous golden chains suddenly appeared in the void, binding the woman’s limbs and body.

Then flames surrounded her, trapping her, while thick black mist enveloped the outside.

Imprisonment! Trapping and Killing!

And also blocking the woman’s vision.

“Damn outsider!” The woman angrily shouted, “Then I’ll deal with you first!”