The three showed excited expressions as nine colossal dragon heads lay fallen on the ground.
"Quick, before its head regenerates, hurry and retrieve the Chiyang Fruit," Liu Fuyao urged.
"En," Li Jianxing and the others rushed towards the Chiyang Fruit tree.
Suddenly, three figures blocked their path.
Li Jianxing and the others looked up, only to find members of the Azure Dragon Academy.
How did they get here?!
"What do you want?" Mo Qian asked.
"Hmph! These Chiyang Fruits belong to our Azure Dragon Academy. You can scram!"
The leader was a handsome man in green, with a cold demeanor.
This man was none other than Ke Fei, the chief disciple of the Azure Dragon Academy and the top-ranked on the Heaven Ranking of the Four Symbols Academy.
Beside him were the chief disciples of the White Tiger and Black Tortoise Academies.
Unexpectedly, the other three academies had joined forces against their Vermilion Bird Academy!
"Ke Fei, are you even making sense? We found the Chiyang Fruits first, so why are you snatching them from us?" Lin Yan'er shouted.
Ke Fei sneered, "Our word is law in the Azure Dragon Academy. You won't get a single Chiyang Fruit!"
With that, he directly attacked Li Jianxing.
Chaos erupted on the scene.
Meanwhile, Liu Fuyao, Lin Yan'er, and Mo Qian fought back fearlessly against Ke Fei's companions.
At this moment, the remaining members of the Vermilion Bird Academy had reached the Chiyang Fruit tree and successfully plucked three fruits.
They excitedly shouted to Liu Fuyao, "Senior Sister Liu, we got the Chiyang Fruits!"
Liu Fuyao was overjoyed upon hearing this and said to the White Tiger Academy chief disciple she was fighting, "It seems your plan has fallen through. The Chiyang Fruits have already been secured by our Vermilion Bird Academy."
"Is that so?" The White Tiger Academy chief disciple's lips curved into a smile as he narrowed his eyes at Liu Fuyao.
Liu Fuyao immediately sensed something was wrong.
Turning around, she saw that the individuals who had just picked the Chiyang Fruits had not returned to their side.
Instead, they had thrown the fruits into the hands of Nalan Wuxia, who had appeared out of nowhere.
Seeing their actions, Liu Fuyao was shocked, "You!"
"Hahaha, those people betrayed your Vermilion Bird Academy long ago," the White Tiger Academy chief disciple boomed with laughter, filled with mockery.
Everyone was stunned by his words,
then they understood. No wonder they had thrown the Chiyang Fruits into Nalan Wuxia's embrace; they had already defected.
"You despicable bastards!" Liu Fuyao cursed them fiercely.
"So what if we're despicable! I'll tell you, not only these disciples from the Vermilion Bird Academy, but also those from the other two academies have submitted to my Nalan family's control," Nalan Wuxia declared.
Liu Fuyao and the others' faces changed drastically upon hearing this. They had not expected these people to have bribed all the disciples from the other two academies.
Nalan Wuxia commanded those individuals, "What are you waiting for? Hurry and pluck the remaining Chiyang Fruits."
The Vermilion Bird Academy disciples, hearing this, quickly stepped forward and began harvesting the Chiyang Fruits.
Liu Fuyao and the others tried to stop them but were entangled by the chief disciples of the other three academies.
They could only watch helplessly as their hands reached for the Chiyang Fruits.
Seeing Nalan Wuxia and his group celebrating prematurely,
Mu Qingting, from within the conscious space, shook her head and said indifferently, "You're celebrating too early. Have you forgotten about the male protagonist?"
Ten silver chains instantly erupted from beneath the Chiyang Fruit tree, binding the five traitorous disciples of the Vermilion Bird Academy.
Simultaneously, they scooped up the remaining seven Chiyang Fruits from the tree.
Xin Ci also appeared stealthily at this moment and stored the Chiyang Fruits into his spatial ring.
Nalan Wuxia and his companions froze in place, then gnashed their teeth and glared at Xin Ci, roaring in anger, "It's you again, damned Xin Ci!"
Xin Ci sneered, "What, are you enraged? All the remaining Chiyang Fruits have fallen into our Vermilion Bird Academy's hands."
"You!" Nalan Wuxia became furious.
But at this very moment, a strong sense of danger washed over their bodies.
The Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard had somehow regenerated and its massive bloody claw swept towards them.
"Ah!"
The members of the Azure Dragon Academy screamed, unable to dodge in time. They were sent flying dozens of meters away, spitting blood.
The revived Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard's strength had reached the King realm!
Everyone's faces turned pale, and they stared at it in terror.
"Run!" Ke Fei yelled to his people, stopping the attack.
Whether it was a beast or a human, once they reached the King realm, their strength was vastly different.
Even if everyone present teamed up, they would not be a match for the Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard, so Ke Fei and the others decisively chose to flee.
Nalan Wuxia, who was furious about having the Chiyang Fruits snatched away, trembled with rage but knew it was not the time to stay and become food for the King realm Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard.
He quickly led his people away from the area, escaping towards another direction.
Xin Ci and his group also immediately left.
But as they looked back, they saw the Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard was not chasing Nalan Wuxia's group, but instead charging towards them!
The Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard's bloody claws swung with extreme speed, instantly catching up to Li Jianxing and the other four.
In the blink of an eye, it flashed before them, blocking their path.
Xin Ci's expression turned grim. He estimated that he was carrying more Chiyang Fruits, making them the primary target of the Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard.
"Hahaha, Xin Ci, you can stay here and become food for the Blood Dragon Lizard!" Nalan Wuxia laughed heartily from a distance.
Seeing them being chased by the Blood Dragon Lizard filled Nalan Wuxia with extreme satisfaction.
However, he didn't linger and immediately fled with his group.
Although angry at Nalan Wuxia's actions, the immediate priority was how to escape from the King realm Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard.
"Careful!" Lin Yan'er shouted.
Xin Ci and the other four suddenly felt a sense of danger from behind them.
In an instant, all five of them sidestepped to evade.
Boom!
The ground where they had just stood was shattered by the Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard's claw, revealing a deep pit and sending up a cloud of dust.
If that claw had hit them head-on, they would have been pulverized.
This Blood Dragon Lizard was much stronger than before, truly worthy of being a formidable King realm existence.
In just a blink, the Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard appeared before Lin Yan'er.
Before the others could even react, its massive claw swept forward, aiming directly for Lin Yan'er's head.
Lin Yan'er's face turned pale, her body trembling. It was too late to escape.
Fortunately, Mo Qian, who was closest to her, acted quickly.
He blocked the attack with a shield spirit artifact in front of her and jumped to her side, ready to save her.
However, even Mo Qian's shield spirit artifact could not withstand the giant claw of the King realm Nine-Headed Blood Dragon Lizard. The shield shattered like paper.
Bang!
Both Mo Qian and Lin Yan'er were sent flying backward, crashing heavily into a large tree.