Chapter 113: Encounter with Hu Liena

Three hundred li east of Heaven Dou City, nestled among a mountain range, was a dense forest where nine teenagers were swiftly moving through the trees.

*Boom*

Suddenly, the sound of a scuffle rang out. The nine teenagers halted, exchanged glances, and then, with a silent understanding, sprinted toward the source of the noise.

"Please don't kill me! I beg you, don't kill me. I'll never dare again. I have an eighty-year-old mother and a child who needs care. Please, don't kill me. If you do, they'll have no way to survive."

"You think I'll believe that nonsense? Die!"

As the nine teenagers reached the perimeter of the fight, they saw a young man kneeling on the ground, pleading with a girl wielding a dagger.

Whatever grudge the girl had against the young man, she showed no mercy. She raised her dagger without hesitation to strike him.

*Clang*

One of the teenagers, a young man, furrowed his brow and raised his hand.

In a flash, a silver light shot out from his sleeve, striking the girl's dagger and knocking it away with a metallic clang.

"Who?" the girl demanded, her eyebrows knitting as she turned to face the young man.

"Nine accomplices?" she thought, but her eyes showed no fear.

Accomplices?

The young man was equally surprised, not recalling any such allies. His gaze, along with the others', landed on the young man who had intervened.

The young man studied the girl.

She had golden hair and a nearly perfect figure, like a poised wolf. At first glance, she wasn't striking, but upon closer inspection, she exuded an irresistible charm. Her voice was slightly husky, yet it carried a unique allure.

As the young man sized up the girl, she too was appraising him.

"Since you're here, why not stay?" she smiled lightly.

Her melodious voice seemed to carry a magical power, making Mu Chen's spirit momentarily stir.

What's happening?

Mu Chen wondered.

"Brother, she can charm others!" Xiao Wu warned.

"Charm?" Mu Chen raised an eyebrow, glancing at his companions. Apart from Xiao Wu and Tang San, the rest had fallen under her spell.

"Level forty-eight soul power?" Mu Chen was taken aback.

The girl seemed about eighteen or nineteen, yet her soul power had reached level forty-eight. With a fox martial soul and enchanting abilities, was this the Spirit Hall's Hu Liena?

Indeed, her first soul ring glowed yellow. Inadvertently, she had already ensnared Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others with her charm.

If not for Xiao Wu's enchanting skill, Tang San's Purple Demon Eye, and Mu Chen's head soul bone's passive skill, all of Shrek's nine monsters would have succumbed to her allure.

At such a young age, possessing such formidable charm was rare, likely belonging only to the future saintess of Spirit Hall—Hu Liena.

"What is your name?" Mu Chen asked curiously.

"An accomplice of an evil soul master isn't worthy of knowing my name," she said, her magnetic voice weaving a magical melody that tugged at Xiao Wu's heartstrings.

Simultaneously, her second soul ring lit up yellow.

Even Xiao Wu, with her enchanting abilities, began to show signs of daze.

"Accomplice of an evil soul master?" Mu Chen was startled, asking, "Isn't there some misunderstanding here?"

Uh!

Seeing Mu Chen unaffected, a flicker of surprise crossed the girl's eyes. This tall young man had resisted her two charm skills: the first soul skill, 'Sight,' and the second, 'Hearing.'

Looking around for the young man who had pleaded earlier, Mu Chen realized he was gone. The young man had seized the opportunity to escape during Mu Chen's silent exchange with the girl.

"Huh, where did he go?" Mu Chen was perplexed.

With the man gone, Mu Chen found himself unable to clear his name.

"Misunderstanding? You let an evil soul master escape; what misunderstanding could there be?" the girl said as her third soul ring glowed purple.

*Whoosh*

She drew another dagger and lunged forward, aiming for Mu Chen's throat.

Too slow!

Mu Chen sidestepped, avoiding her attack, hastily saying, "Wait, there must be some misunderstanding between us. Let me explain!"

*Whoosh*

The girl was unfazed. Missing her strike, she spun on the spot, negating her forward momentum. Grabbing the dagger mid-air before it hit the ground, she redirected its point at Mu Chen, who had just dodged her attack.

Such combat skill was impressive!

However, Mu Chen, who had honed his Gale Step to the level of a Soul Douluo, was no ordinary opponent.

"Still too slow!"

Without even using his Sharingan, Mu Chen evaded her attacks using only his Gale Step.

"Hey, aren't you listening? There must be a misunderstanding. I don't even know that guy. I'm not an accomplice of any evil soul master. I... I... wait..."

Mu Chen, dodging her attacks, tried to explain.

As the fight continued, Mu Chen noticed his heartbeat quickening, his reflexes dulling, and his response time slowing. Eventually, he found himself exerting more effort to dodge the girl's relentless strikes.

"The air is toxic!"

"The air is toxic!"

Mu Chen and Tang San exclaimed simultaneously!

No, to be precise, it wasn't the air that was toxic but rather an unusual element in the air that affected one's mind and reactions.

"It's her third soul skill!"

Mu Chen was shocked to see the girl's third soul ring still glowing purple.

What did this mean?

It meant she was continuously using her third soul skill.

Indeed, Mu Chen was correct.

The girl was Hu Liena, and her third soul skill had a singular focus: scent!

Hu Liena's martial soul, the Enchantress Fox, specialized in charm. Her third soul skill infused her soul power with charm, releasing it into the air. Once inhaled by opponents, it charmed them from within, accelerating their heartbeat, dulling their senses, and catching them off guard.

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