181: Zhang Xi

This suddenly appearing Mental Energy caught Lu Qianyuan off guard, and for a moment, he was actually forced back.

However, after reacting, Lu Qianyuan quickly steadied his footing. While resisting this powerful Mental Energy, he simultaneously deleted the memories of himself from Zhang Ruoxue's mind.

"How bold, to dare touch someone from my Zhang family!"

Just then, a cold female voice resounded throughout the entire mental sea.

Simultaneously, as the voice swept through, Mental Energy followed right behind it.

Relying on the disparity in strength, this powerful Mental Energy instantly tore through Lu Qianyuan's mental defenses, reclaiming most of the territory that had been occupied.

'Eighth Realm!? And someone who specializes in Mental Energy?'

Sensing this overwhelming Mental Energy, Lu Qianyuan was somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected to encounter the Mental Energy left behind by an Eighth Realm Mental-type expert here; it was truly troublesome.

Currently, he was only using Zhang Xuan's body to enslave Zhang Ruoxue, and the effect was ultimately not as good as doing it with his own main body.

Coupled with the gap in Realm, it was already quite impressive that he hadn't been completely wiped out by the opponent's single strike.

On the other side, Zhang Xi was also exceptionally surprised at this moment.

As an Eighth Realm expert, she hadn't managed to completely wipe out the Mental Energy of a Sixth Realm individual in one strike.

There was a two-Realm difference between the Eighth and Sixth Realms, a gap of two major Realms—an uncrossable chasm.

Even though she was only using a portion of the Mental Energy she had left behind previously, it still possessed the enhancement of her Eighth Realm.

Moreover, Lu Qianyuan was not in his complete state either; like her, he was like duckweed without roots. In fact, because of Zhang Ruoxue, her condition was much better than his.

Even so, she still hadn't completely cleared out Lu Qianyuan's Mental Energy in one strike.

'This guy is strange; I must keep him here!'

Zhang Xi thought this immediately, then mobilized her Mental Energy, preparing to surround Lu Qianyuan's consciousness and deal with him slowly.

However, Lu Qianyuan did not give her the chance. After deleting Zhang Ruoxue's memories, he directly left Zhang Ruoxue's mental sea.

He had also copied a portion of Zhang Ruoxue's memories, which contained some secret information about the Zhang family. It was quite useful to Lu Qianyuan, so he couldn't just self-destruct.

If he could manage to take it out, he would do so.

Lu Qianyuan wanted to leave, and even if Zhang Xi wanted to stop him, she was powerless.

After leaving behind a portion of his Mental Energy, Lu Qianyuan successfully departed from Zhang Ruoxue's mental sea.

No matter how powerful Zhang Xi's spirit was, it was still like duckweed without roots. She could throw her weight around in Zhang Ruoxue's mental sea, but once she left it, who was stronger would be uncertain.

At this moment, Lu Qianyuan, who was locked in a fierce battle with Uncle Yun in the outside world, quickly learned of everything that had happened in Zhang Ruoxue's mental sea. He was somewhat surprised, but not significantly.

The overall situation remained under his control.

The next moment, the previously unconscious Zhang Ruoxue immediately woke up.

However, the one controlling Zhang Ruoxue's body at this moment was not herself, but Zhang Xi.

But the moment Zhang Xi took control of Zhang Ruoxue's body, Zhang Xuan also made a move to control her.

Zhang Ruoxue was only Fourth Realm, while Zhang Xuan was Sixth Realm.

Even though Zhang Xuan was severely injured at the moment, given such close proximity, no matter how great Zhang Ruoxue's abilities were, she had no chance to unleash them.

Before she could unleash them, Lu Qianyuan would discover it in advance and control Zhang Xuan to deal with it beforehand.

In other words, even if Zhang Xi was now controlling Zhang Ruoxue's body, she could not avoid the situation of Zhang Ruoxue becoming Lu Qianyuan's hostage.

Lu Qianyuan clashed with Uncle Yun once more, and after being forced back by Uncle Yun, he used the momentum to create some distance.

After fighting with Uncle Yun for a while, Lu Qianyuan was now covered in wounds.

A Peak Seventh Realm expert certainly had some tricks up their sleeve; dealing with a pseudo-Seventh Realm like him—who possessed the physical strength of the Seventh Realm but lacked the corresponding Realm enhancement—was, if not effortless, then certainly easy.

Moreover, Uncle Yun could transform Origin Qi into mist, infiltrating the enemy's body in a way that was impossible to defend against.

If not for Lu Qianyuan's powerful Mental Energy, which allowed him to keenly detect these mists, he likely would have been defeated long ago.

However, even so, Lu Qianyuan was now showing signs of defeat. If the battle continued, it probably wouldn't be long before he lost.

But before Uncle Yun could continue his attack, Lu Qianyuan controlled Zhang Xuan to seize the item that created this space from Zhang Ruoxue's hands.

He then destroyed this item with the fastest speed, and the entire space collapsed accordingly.

Uncle Yun had absolutely no anticipation of this.

Just a moment ago, he was still fighting Lu Qianyuan, and now the person he was supposed to protect was being controlled by Lu Qianyuan. This turn of events left him unable to react in time.

Seeing Lu Qianyuan leave, Uncle Yun pondered for a moment but did not pursue.

His goal was to protect Zhang Ruoxue; capturing Lu Qianyuan, the attacker, was only secondary.

Zhang Ruoxue could not be harmed; everything else was negotiable.

He immediately came to Zhang Ruoxue's side, but Zhang Xuan, controlled by Lu Qianyuan, grabbed Zhang Ruoxue by the throat at that moment.

'Back off, and wait here.'

Zhang Xuan's voice rang out, entering Uncle Yun's ears, leaving him stunned in place, not daring to act rashly.

Seeing this scene, Uncle Yun guessed the reason behind it.

It seemed that before he had arrived, Lu Qianyuan had already controlled Zhang Xuan, only keeping it hidden, waiting for the right moment to launch a fatal strike.

Now Lu Qianyuan's plan had succeeded; he had indeed restrained Uncle Yun, making him afraid to act rashly.

Uncle Yun waited quietly, without any unusual movements.

Lu Qianyuan had a hostage in hand; he had no choice but to comply.

Time slowly passed, and after a moment, a powerful aura suddenly appeared. Then, a slender figure appeared abruptly behind Zhang Xuan.

Before he could react, a powerful Mental Energy instantly controlled Zhang Xuan.

The person who arrived was a woman with black hair and a white dress, who bore an eight-point resemblance to Zhang Ruoxue, only lacking some of Zhang Ruoxue's youthful innocence and possessing more sexiness and maturity.

Seeing the person who had arrived, Uncle Yun immediately bowed and saluted.

"Young Miss Zhang Xi."

The person who arrived was none other than Zhang Xi, who had planted her Mental Energy within Zhang Ruoxue's mental sea.

Zhang Xi ignored Uncle Yun and instead fixed her gaze on Zhang Xuan, who was to the side.

She focused her mind, preparing to first sever the connection between this spirit and Lu Qianyuan's main body, and then slowly interrogate him to scrape out all information regarding Lu Qianyuan.

However, before she could even act, the spirit Lu Qianyuan had hidden within Zhang Xuan's mental sea directly collapsed.

This process was something even Zhang Xi, an Eighth Realm Mental-type expert, could not stop.

Although Lu Qianyuan could not use very powerful Mental Energy, his foundation was there.

Even if the Realm difference was vast, no one could suppress his Mental Energy.

At most, one could expel or crush it; wanting to suppress it and then read its memories was absolutely impossible.

And his action was mainly to prevent Zhang Xi from using the connection between the spirits to find the location of his main body.

He did not want to face an Eighth Realm expert too early.