Chapter 345: The Ban
"Who?" Yu Chou roared at the void, his voice carrying an icy chill.
From the diagonal direction, four colorful ribbons shot toward him like arrows, countless times sharper than arrows, sealing off his retreat. If he wanted to dodge, his only options were to rise higher or drop lower.
No one answered Yu Chou. Only the four colorful ribbons rushed downward, faster than arrows.
Stepping lightly in the void, Yu Chou's body soared upward, rising higher to evade the ribbons that had sealed all four sides.
"Crack..."
The sound of tearing rang out. The four ribbons collided without any hesitation, but under the shocked gazes of the crowd, these colliding ribbons split into three or four torn strips of colorful silk, completely unchaotic, and shot directly toward Yu Chou in the void. The entire sky turned into a shadow of colorful ribbons, extremely dazzling, like blooming colored petals.
"Boom!"
A surge of intense fury erupted from Yu Chou. Who was it? Just as he was about to obliterate Lin Feng, someone appeared and launched such a fierce attack at him, not allowing him to stop.
At this moment, Yu Chou couldn't even see his opponent, let alone use sound wave attacks. His attacks were completely aimless.
"Get out here!"
Yu Chou roared in the void, his true essence transforming into sharp blades that tore toward the colorful ribbons below. Hissing sounds rang out continuously, but the blooming colored lotus became more and more dazzling. Dozens of colorful ribbons turned into hundreds, filling the sky with colorful dreamlike shadows. The opening petals surged upward, as if trying to wrap Yu Chou's body inside.
"What terrifying control."
The crowd's hearts twitched. The person was nowhere to be seen, yet the attack was so powerful. The more Yu Chou attacked the ribbons, the more they split, making them harder to deal with.
Stepping on dazzling true essence, Yu Chou's body soared wildly, moving at an unbelievable speed.
But as fast as Yu Chou was, the colorful ribbons seemed even faster. In an instant, they overtook him from all eight directions, forming a cylindrical shape around his body, leaving only an opening above.
The crowd on the ground froze, staring. They could no longer see Yu Chou. The colorful ribbons that had surpassed his body completely blocked his figure. What was happening inside, they had no way of knowing.
Yu Chou's face turned ashen. Staring at the endless colors wrapping around his body, he knew he couldn't go upward anymore. Turning his true essence into sharp blades, he charged sideways, trying to tear the ribbons apart.
"Chi..."
The colorful ribbons were torn by Yu Chou's true essence, but immediately, other ribbons filled the gaps. The endless colored petals closed in, completely burying Yu Chou's body. In the void, a colorful sphere appeared, and Yu Chou's body was entombed inside it.
At the same time, this colorful sphere was connected to four colorful ribbons, each in a different direction—the directions from which the ribbons had come.
The crowd stared at the colorful sphere, seeing light flickering inside and something writhing. Clearly, Yu Chou was still struggling within.
"Who is the master of these colorful ribbons?"
The crowd's gazes froze. In just a short moment, the powerful Yu Chou had been bound and trapped inside the colorful ribbons. This level of strength was too terrifying.
Just then, at the ends of the four colorful ribbons, figures emerged one by one, stepping along the ribbons toward the sphere. The crowd's pupils contracted again.
Four colorful ribbons, each corresponding to one person. These four figures were slender, with light veils covering their faces and long hair dancing in the wind. They were all women.
They pulled the colorful ribbons and stepped toward the sphere, like fairies strolling, causing many to lose themselves in a daze.
In that moment of distraction, the four figures had already stepped along the ribbons to the side of the colorful sphere. Four jade-like hands descended directly onto the ribbons. Instantly, a scream rang out, piercing the crowd's eardrums. This scream was Yu Chou's voice.
Yu Chou, buried inside the sphere, was enduring the attacks of the four women. This time, he was in deep trouble.
No one knew who these four women were. How had Yu Chou offended them, that they would suddenly attack without mercy?
Some who knew the background of the Longing Forest exchanged glances, secretly guessing whether Yu Chou had angered the master of the Longing Forest, disturbing her peace, and she had sent people to deal with him in a fit of rage.
But the crowd had never encountered the master of the Longing Forest in the forest. Perhaps the rumors were true—the master had always been there, but in that forbidden area, a place no one could set foot in, and the master had never stepped out of it even half a step.
Yue Tianchen's expression was unpleasant. How could this be? Yue Tianchen was a member of the Yue Clan, so of course he knew who the master of the Longing Forest was. How could she ruin his good plan? He had been wanting Lin Feng dead.
Just one step away, and Lin Feng would have died. But these four who appeared out of nowhere directly attacked Yu Chou, undoubtedly stopping him from killing Lin Feng.
What was the meaning of this?
Only Duan Wuya knew what was happening. He also understood what this meant. She had appeared. She had finally made her move.
Everything was as he had guessed, and everything was proceeding according to his plan.
Lin Feng had killed Yu Tianxing and two Mysterious Martial Realm experts of the Yu Clan. Yu Chou wanted to kill Lin Feng. Now, the Yu Clan and Lin Feng had forged a life-and-death enmity. It seemed Lin Feng was doomed, but Duan Wuya knew very well—with her here, who would dare say Lin Feng was doomed?
Eighteen years ago, she and that person from the Duan Clan were the most dazzling geniuses of Snow Moon. Now, that person from the Duan Clan sat behind the deep curtains of the palace, no longer appearing in public, yet controlling everything.
And as for her now, how terrifying she was, no one knew.
And her husband—unfortunately, he had been sealed by that person from the Duan Clan. Otherwise, eighteen years later, perhaps even a Yu Clan wouldn't be enough to contend with.
In the void, a wild and domineering aura raged. The colorful sphere burst apart, the ribbons shattering into countless fragments. Yu Chou's figure reappeared, coming into the crowd's view.
But the Yu Chou now was not the same as the Yu Chou from before. Earlier, Yu Chou had been domineering, intent on killing Lin Feng.
But now, Yu Chou was covered in wounds, his aura weak, his eyes devoid of luster. In those chaotic pupils, there was also a trace of confusion and unwillingness.
Confusion, because he still didn't know why he had angered the four experts who attacked him. Unwillingness, because he, the Third Master of the Yu Clan, a powerful existence at the Fourth Layer of the Mysterious Martial Realm, had had his cultivation crippled.
Without even knowing the reason, he had been crippled...
At this moment, Yu Chou felt as if the end of the world had come, a sense of utter despair.
On Yu Chou's body, four colorful ribbons still remained, binding his hands and feet. The four graceful figures' hands trembled slightly, and Yu Chou's body flew into the distance. At the same time, four voices rang out together.
"From today onward, members of the Yu Clan are forbidden from setting foot in the Longing Forest. Violators will be killed!"
With that, the four figures flickered simultaneously. In an instant, their figures vanished into the bamboo forest, soon disappearing completely. The fragments of colorful ribbons still danced in the void, as if those four had never appeared.
From now on, the Longing Forest was off-limits to the Yu Clan!
This final statement clearly proved the identity of the four women. They represented the Longing Forest, issuing a ban against the Yu Clan.
Not only was Yu Chou crippled, but the entire Yu Clan seemed to be implicated, forbidden from stepping into the Longing Forest. Violators would be killed.
"Boom!"
Yu Chou's body slammed heavily into the ground, blood gushing out, his entire body completely shattered.
Staring blankly at the disappearing figures in the void, Yu Chou roared, "Why!"
"Why?" No one would answer him. The crowd also didn't understand why. Why had the Longing Forest dealt such a harsh blow to Yu Chou and banned the Yu Clan?
Was it really because Yu Chou had caused trouble in the Longing Forest?
But Lin Feng had killed Yu Tianxing. If anyone was to blame, Lin Feng should be included too.
But at this moment, Lin Feng still stood faintly in the void, his eyes closed, as if none of this had anything to do with him. This made many people's gazes freeze. Could it be... related to Lin Feng?