"Hiss... No matter how you look at it, this scene is really weird."
"Uncle Tail is right."
In the center of Fyxestroll Garden, the screams of the Huiyan fragments echoed everywhere. It could truly be described as a field of wailing cries.
Yet accompanying those spine-chilling sounds was the sight of large numbers of heliobi-possessed judges being pinned to the ground by muscular gourds with arms and legs. Unable to move, they could only let themselves be violently sucked dry.
For once, such a scene brought the two heliobi onto the same side.
Being carried along by Nero like a balloon, Cirrus couldn't help lowering her head and looking at him a few times. She found that there was almost no expression on the child's face.
Too terrifying. Too bizarre.
Even she, a heliobus, found this scene disturbing.
Cirrus trembled inwardly and felt it would be best not to carry out her original plan.
If this white-haired kid set his sights on her, she probably wouldn't even know how she died.
More importantly, death might actually be the kindest ending this kid could offer.
She definitely didn't want to be pinned to the ground by a bunch of muscular gourds and violently sucked on.
Maybe she should just go with the flow and surrender.
Although Cirrus still wanted to fight the General someday, compared to Nero, that obsession suddenly didn't seem like much.
After walking a bit farther toward the formation, Cirrus suddenly asked, "Kid, between you and the Luofu General, who's stronger?"
At first glance, the question seemed rather stupid. Asking whether the General of the Luofu or some young boy was stronger.
But the problem was that this boy was Nero, and Cirrus had already seen plenty of bizarre methods from him.
As a result, the thought kept growing uncontrollably. If she didn't ask now, she felt uncomfortable, as if ten thousand muscular gourd-men were pressing down on her and sucking on her nonstop.
As much as she hated to admit it, these animated Moon-Mad Gourds had truly left a psychological scar on her.
Even Tail, floating beside Huohuo, had lowered his flame-like tail and pressed it against his body.
Though Uncle Tail showed nothing on the surface, seeing such a huge crowd of muscular gourd-men had probably made him a little nervous too.
"Between me and Jing Yuan?" Hearing Cirrus's question, Nero answered without the slightest hesitation, "I'm probably stronger."
An extremely arrogant answer.
But coming from him, those who knew him would only think, "Yep, that's exactly what he'd say."
Everyone knew the kid was easy to get along with, but also arrogant to an extreme.
Other people's arrogance came from looking down on others.
The kid's arrogance was that it didn't matter whether you were human or not... he looked down on everyone.
Other people's arrogance was contempt and belittlement.
The kid's arrogance was simply, 'you do your thing, I'll do mine.'
After answering, Nero thought for a moment and then said with a hint of envy, "But Jing Yuan has the Lighting Lord."
"I don't. Isn't the Divine Foresight, Heavenly Lord of the Lightning-Wielding Thunder Palace, Chaser of Demons and Sweeper of Evil really cool?"
"Uh... yeah, pretty cool..." Cirrus didn't know what to say. She wanted to complain, but couldn't think of how. In the end, she could only go along with him before falling silent.
She thought, "I'm such an idiot. Really. I should've known this would be the result. But I still couldn't suppress my curiosity and asked anyway."
After walking for a while longer, they noticed the animated Moon-Mad Gourds becoming much more efficient in their movements.
They no longer paid attention to the judges lying on the ground, already sucked clean. Instead, they gathered together and marched toward the formation like an army.
Seeing this, Huohuo thought for a moment and said, "Looks like... the gourds have already captured all the heliobi that were possessing people. Let's go. We should move faster and meet up with Lady Xueyi."
The gourd army quickly disappeared from sight. Stelle, Nero, and Huohuo also sped up slightly and arrived at the formation not long afterward.
There they saw a group of gourd-men standing in the spacious area. They were arranged in neat ranks, forming a square formation.
Every one of them stood straight and proud. Although they looked strange, they somehow seemed even more spirited than the Cloud Knights.
Standing before the gourd formation was Xueyi. Beside her was a familiar pink-haired figure.
Whether Nero had actually guessed correctly or whether his words had somehow produced a miraculous effect, March 7th had truly escaped the illusion on her own.
Standing opposite Xueyi and March was Guinaifen. At the moment, she looked as though she were confronting a judge of the Ten-Lords Commission. A tense atmosphere filled the air.
"It's Lady Xueyi... and Miss Guinaifen and Miss March! That's great, everyone's okay." Seeing that no one appeared injured, Huohuo felt relieved.
The three of them walked into the formation.
Hearing the movement, Xueyi, Guinaifen, and March all turned around.
March waved her hand, then placed both hands on her hips with a proud look.
"You all suddenly disappeared just now. It scared me to death. But this young lady got out all by herself. Well? Pretty amazing, right?"
Guinaifen shouted excitedly, "Family! Huohuo! Thank goodness you're safe. That's wonderful!"
"I've already subdued all the judges gathered here who were being manipulated by Huiyan... It was quite troublesome, having to hold back while still knocking them down. These Moon-Mad Gourds helped a lot."
As a judge, Xueyi remained very professional. Upon meeting them, she first reported the results.
"Next, we'll seal the fragments absorbed into the Moon-Mad Gourds inside the Evil-Binding Formation. Once Huiyan's power is stripped away, it will no longer be able to affect the people and things within Fyxestroll Garden."
Listening to Xueyi, Guinaifen blinked.
"So those gourd monsters with arms and legs are Xianzhou magic treasures?"
After speaking, Guinaifen ignored everyone else's reactions. She quickly walked toward the formation and approached the animated Moon-Mad Gourds.
Like someone touring a grand garden for the first time, she stared at them in amazement, clearly intending to study them closely.
Huohuo quickly warned her, "Miss Guinaifen, please be careful... Getting too close to the formation might make people feel dizzy..."
Guinaifen waved her hand.
"It's fine, it's fine. This is my first time seeing the Ten-Lords Commission's demon-slaying tools up close! Wow, hiss... Was it made to look like this just to scare ghosts, or does it actually have some special function? It's pretty ugly."
As she spoke, Guinaifen suddenly raised her hand and struck one of the animated Moon-Mad Gourds. The force she used clearly wasn't an ordinary tap. It looked as though she wanted to smash it open and release the heliobus inside.
"Ah! That's Huiyan!" Cirrus suddenly shouted.
At the same moment, Tail also yelled, "Huohuo, don't let her do it!"
But it was obviously too late to act now.
However, a large hand suddenly reached out and blocked Guinaifen's hand. Then that thick arm grabbed Guinaifen's slender arm and, with a swing, threw her away.
Guinaifen rolled twice after landing, then climbed to her feet awkwardly. She glared viciously at the animated Moon-Mad Gourds, and the voice that came out of her mouth was actually Huiyan's, "What in the world are these things?!"
Seeing this result, everyone let out a slight sigh of relief.
Nero smiled and said, "Animated Moon-Mad Gourds. Well? Surprised?"
Floating nearby, Cirrus looked at Huiyan, then at March 7th, then at the muscular gourd-men. She decisively flew over to Nero's side and started mocking Huiyan.
"Well, Huiyan? Here's a little fish-shock for you!"
At the same time, Tail shot Cirrus a look of disdain.
"You switched sides way too fast!"
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