The expected explosion sound never came.
Instead, there was the sound of a protective shield shattering.
The pain the black - robed men had anticipated didn't arrive either.
They quickly opened their eyes and threw off their black robes.
They had thought their master had arrived.
However, what they saw was an entirely different scene.
Two beams of light suddenly emerged out of thin air behind A Shui and A Yue, firmly pinning the two of them in place.
Moreover, as the light beams moved, the bodies of the Water - Moon Envoys visibly returned to normal.
"What?"
"How is this possible?"
They had never seen anyone with such ability to bring two people on the verge of self - detonation back to normal.
The leading black - robed man looked in the direction from which the light beams extended.
His pupils suddenly shrank in his eyes.
It was the mysterious person from the top pavilion of the Moon - Summoning Tower.
"Boss, the protective shield is broken. Let's go in and kill that person."
One of the black - robed men was about to rush out but was stopped by the leader.
"Boss?"
"Something's wrong." The leading black - robed man lowered his voice.
"Boss!"
"Shut up. Can't you feel that this person's spiritual power is definitely not low? And now, she's clearly distracted. Even in this situation, she was able to save the Water - Moon Envoys. You can imagine that the person in the top pavilion must be extraordinary."
As soon as he said this, the other black - robed men realized the seriousness of the problem.
Right.
The person's main body hadn't even appeared, and just with these two beams of light, she had changed the self - detonating Water - Moon Envoys back to normal.
How powerful this spiritual power must be.
"Run!"
"But boss—" This was a hard - won opportunity. If they killed Kong Ye, they could make great contributions in front of their master.
"Run! While there's still a chance."
The leading black - robed man's voice was now clearly panicked.
They saw him quickly dash away.
In just an instant, he disappeared into the sky above the Moon - Summoning Tower.
The remaining black - robed men were about to leave.
However, dozens of light tendrils began to extend from the window.
The speed of the tendrils was extremely fast.
The black - robed men used all their spiritual power but still couldn't escape the binding of the light.
"Swish!"
"Swish!"
As the light contracted, all the black - robed men were bound by the light and then quickly pulled back.
Then, with a series of thuds, the black - robed men were all firmly pinned to the rooftop by the light tendrils.
A Shui and A Yue saw a familiar figure quickly dash out of the window.
Before they could say a word to the figure, it quickly disappeared from their sight.
A Shui was stunned.
Looking at the place where Zhao Shuning had disappeared, he said blankly, "Where is the leader going?"
A Yue let out a relieved laugh.
"Where do you think the leader could go?"
The two looked at each other and smiled, then slumped to the ground.
At this moment, their faces had become very calm.
Sure enough, no matter how many years had passed, as long as the leader was around, no matter how dangerous the situation was, they could breathe a sigh of relief.
The leader was destined to be a powerful person. No matter the circumstances, in a desperate situation, she could always forge a new path on her own.
"After all these years, the leader's temper still hasn't changed."
"That person won't escape."
"Yeah, the leader holds grudges the most. Anyone who tries to sneak - attack her in this situation, even if she has to damage herself a thousand to kill eight hundred of the enemy, she will definitely do it."
However, the leading black - robed man was no match for the leader.
Just from the two beams of light the leader had extended, they could already sense that the leader's spiritual power should be far above the sixth rank, not to mention her achievements in spiritual power.
To be able to inject new spiritual power into their bodies and quickly return them to normal when they were on the verge of self - detonation, as far as they knew, among the spiritual pharmacists they had met, only Leader Zhao could do this.
"Whoosh!"
A Shui and A Yue looked at each other and smiled.
"The leader's back."
"Yeah."
The next moment, a black - robed man was heavily thrown onto the rooftop.
Looking closely, it was the black - robed man who had escaped earlier.
At this moment, he was tied up tightly.
From head to toe, he was bound extremely tightly by the light.
The veins on his face bulged.
Looking at his eyes, even in the night, they could feel that his heart must be full of panic.
The leading black - robed man had never expected this.
He knew that the mysterious person in the Moon - Summoning Tower must be very powerful, but he never thought she would be this powerful.
The man raised his eyes.
At this moment, he finally had the chance to see the face of the mysterious person who had subdued him with one move.
Zhao Shuning was floating in the air at this moment, looking down at the rooftop with a contemptuous look in her eyes.
Her clothes fluttered in the wind, and she was extremely beautiful. Just one look from her was enough to make the people on the rooftop tremble with fear.
She slowly landed, clapped her hands, and walked slowly to A Shui and A Yue.
The two half - knelt and placed their hands on their chests to salute.
"Leader Zhao."
There still seemed to be some anger between Zhao Shuning's eyebrows.
"From now on, you must never do such stupid things again."
"Yes, leader."
Zhao Shuning's eyes were a bit red.
Perhaps.
She remembered a certain year.
At sunset, a little kid in a light blue dress with a high ponytail followed her and called her Sister Ling in a crisp voice.
Zhao Shuning remembered that little kid.
The little kid, Ji Qinglin, had also died in this way.
At that time, she was far away and had no ability to stop him from doing such a stupid thing.
Zhao Shuning only found out about Ji Qinglin's self - detonation later.
Now, right beside her, she definitely couldn't watch A Shui and A Yue die in front of her again.
"Leader!"
"Go back to your rooms first and watch over Kong Ye for me. He needs someone to take care of him now."
"Yes."
A Shui and A Yue always obeyed Zhao Shuning's arrangements.
Now they also knew a bit about the leader's strength.
These black - robed men wouldn't cause any harm to the leader.
A Shui and A Yue returned to their rooms.
Only then did Zhao Shuning slowly turn around.
She looked at the black - robed men on the rooftop.
She shouted sharply, "Who sent you?"
The black - robed men didn't say a word.
Zhao Shuning raised her hand.
The big red flames shone brightly.
Suddenly, they split into ten flames.
"Not going to talk?"
Seeing this, the leading man replied, "Senior, although I don't know who you are, since you can associate with the Water - Moon Envoys, you must be a person of the righteous path. Using torture to extract confessions is not something people of the righteous path would do."
Zhao Shuning squatted down, bent over, and lowered her head.
Looking at the ferocious expression of the black - robed man, she just found it funny.
"What makes you think I'm a person of the righteous path?"
"What I like most is to do despicable things."
The ten flames shot out and entered the foreheads of the ten men. In an instant, they felt that the spiritual roots in their minds seemed to be burning, and their spiritual power began to wither slowly.
There was not a trace of sympathy on Zhao Shuning's face.
She sneered.
"If you don't talk, I'll burn your spiritual roots clean, and then I'll slowly look into your minds."
"By the way, I'm an alchemist. Your memories are vulnerable in front of me."