Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 189 Strange Stains

In the past few months, quite a few Soul Masters have died at the hands of their own people while cleaning up filth spots.

Faced with the harsh environment of the filth spot, Shui Bing'er and the others had prior experience in dealing with it. They quickly circulated their soul power, spreading it throughout their bodies to isolate themselves from the invasion of negative energy.

At the same time, they focused all their mental energy on trying to block out the interference of negative emotions.

However, they cannot maintain this state for too long, as their soul power will be constantly consumed and their mental energy will gradually become exhausted.

However, this is the most basic way to deal with the filth. Otherwise, once one is eroded by negative energy and one's spirit is polluted by negative emotions, even as a Soul Master, it will take at least a year and a half to recover to a normal state.

"Crack!"

A crisp snapping sound rang out in the silence as the dry branch was mercilessly broken under Shui Bing'er's feet.

She looked around at the dilapidated scene and found it hard to believe that not long ago, this place was a vibrant and lush forest.

However, she knew in her heart that as long as she successfully cleaned up this filth, the place would soon be able to regain its former vitality.

Once the negative energy in the filth is cleansed and purified, it will miraculously transform into positive energy containing a powerful life force. At that time, this barren land will quickly regain its vitality and return to its original state.

However, if it is not cleaned up in time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The filth will expand infinitely like a malignant tumor, constantly giving birth to even more powerful monsters.

The Spirit Hall and the two great empires deduced that if a filthy spot, comparable in size to a main city, were to appear, the monsters born from it would reach the level of a Title Douluo, and might even break through to the terrifying level of a Peak Douluo or even a Peerless Douluo.

At that time, the entire Douluo Continent will face an unprecedented disaster.

Even more worrying is that if any taint is not detected in time and allowed to expand without limit, there is even a possibility that a god-level monster may emerge.

Although major powers on land are closely monitoring the situation, it would be extremely difficult for the corrupt to expand to such an extent without anyone noticing.

However, the vast ocean has become a hidden worry for all major powers.

The ocean area of ​​Douluo Continent is vast and boundless, and most areas are inaccessible to humans.

It's hard to imagine what kind of terrifying monster would be bred if a filthy spot suddenly appeared in a deep-sea area and no one could deal with it in time.

If these spawned monsters cannot be successfully killed, the filth will expand endlessly, the monsters will become stronger and stronger, forming a vicious cycle. Then the destruction of Douluo Continent may only be a matter of time.

Of course, many people are aware of this potential crisis, but most people don't care about it, after all, they have the mentality that "if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up."

"Be careful, something's not right at this filth spot! Why are they all humanoid monsters?" As the group ventured deeper, Shui Ming'er's expression grew increasingly grim.

Although they were currently on the outskirts, the monsters they encountered were not very strong; most of them were humanoid monsters with the cultivation levels of Great Soul Masters and Soul Venerables.

However, these humanoid monsters were dressed in black soul-guided armor and held all sorts of soul-guided devices in their hands, including those for ranged attacks, control and support, and defense... causing great trouble for Shui Bing'er and the others.

According to the investigation results of the Spirit Hall and the two empires over the past few months, most of the monsters bred from the filth spots are beast-shaped or other forms, including various kinds of spirit beasts, and a small number of strange monsters that they have never seen before.

Of all types, the filth that gives birth to humanoid monsters is undoubtedly the most difficult to deal with.

Because these humanoid monsters are mostly modeled after Soul Masters in the Soul Master world, they not only possess Martial Souls and Soul Rings, but also have a wide variety of Soul Skills, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

Shui Bing'er and the others had even heard that a tainted spot had once appeared in the Star Luo Empire, and the humanoid monster that condensed there was actually modeled after the Sword Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Despite being only a Sword Douluo at the Soul Saint level, the Star Luo Empire mobilized a full five Soul Douluos to surround and kill him.

The reason is that beside that Soul Saint-level Sword Douluo, there was also Ning Fengzhi, the Soul Emperor-level Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, providing assistance.

Furthermore, the negative energy monster is a completely emotionless killing machine with an exceptionally terrifying fighting instinct, making its actual combat power even stronger than that of Sword Douluo himself.

Therefore, when cleaning up the filth, everyone avoided the humanoid monster like the plague.

At this moment, what made Shui Bing'er and the others even uglier was that the monsters on the outermost edge of this filthy spot already looked like a heavily armed Soul Master army.

It's hard to imagine how troublesome the monsters will be the deeper you go.

The only saving grace is that this filthy spot has only recently been created, and the negative energy it has accumulated has not yet reached a large level, so the monster's level is not too high for the time being; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"Crack!" The sound of ice shattering rang out again. A black armored soldier, frozen into an ice sculpture by Shui Bing'er, was shattered by her palm. The black armored soldier instantly turned into black mist and dissipated into the air, leaving only a spherical soul tool in place.

Shui Bing'er bent down to pick it up, infused it with her soul power, and then threw it at another black-armored soldier.

"Boom!" With a deafening explosion, the black-armored soldier was instantly blasted into a cloud of black smoke, leaving only a piece of metal before completely dissipating. Witnessing this, Shui Bing'er and the others couldn't help but show expressions of amazement.

These soul tools are truly useful; they can unleash astonishing power simply by inputting soul power.

Even for support-type and food-type Soul Masters who lack direct combat ability, obtaining these Soul Tools can allow them to demonstrate formidable strength.

They had just personally experienced the power of the soul tools in the hands of these black-armored soldiers. If it weren't for Shui Ming'er being there and Shui Bing'er being alert enough, there would probably have been wounded in the team long ago.

The fact that a dignified Soul Sect member was almost injured by a Great Soul Master and a Soul Venerable demonstrates the strength of these black-armored soldiers.

None of the two great empires or the Spirit Hall's Soul Master legions were as troublesome as this.

The clever Shui Bing'er thought even further ahead: if these black-armored soldiers were to form a certain size and a battle formation, and then be equipped with those powerful soul tools, what a terrifying force they would be.

They already found it difficult to deal with just a few black-armored soldiers; if they encountered a large group, they would probably have no choice but to flee in disarray.

Despite the arduous battle, the rewards were substantial.

After these black-armored soldiers were killed, most of them would leave behind a soul tool or soul metal.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has been collecting a large number of soul tools. Selling these spoils to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will definitely make a fortune.

After all, these low-level soul tools are not of much practical use to Shui Bing'er and the others, but the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School accepts them all, and will pay a high price to buy even low-level soul tools.

Moreover, they will not let go of soul-guided metals either.

As the group continued forward, the surrounding black aura grew increasingly dense, making the battle increasingly difficult for Shui Bing'er and the others, who even had to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Technique.

As the black-armored soldiers that appeared later became increasingly powerful, and the soul tools they wielded were incredibly potent, even Shui Bing'er was slightly injured.

At this point, Shui Ming'er was already having second thoughts.

The number of monsters far exceeded her expectations. Although these monsters posed little threat to her, Shui Bing'er and the others were in grave danger.

No one knows whether the soul tools in the hands of the monsters behind them will be even more powerful. If they cause Shui Bing'er and the others to be seriously injured and thus unable to participate in the upcoming Soul Master Competition, then it would be a great loss.

Thinking of this, Shui Ming'er signaled the team to stop, then turned to Shui Bing'er and said, "Bing'er, you guys wait here on the outer perimeter. I'll go in alone to try and kill the core monster."

"Auntie, isn't this too risky? This filth spot is too unusual and too dangerous!"

Shui Bing'er frowned. This filthy spot was eerie and filled her with unease. She really didn't want her aunt to take the risk.

They had cleaned up filth before, but this was the first time they had encountered a place full of humanoid monsters.

Furthermore, these monsters are uniformly equipped, clearly resembling a complete Soul Master legion.

It was only because they lacked reason and wisdom that these black-armored soldiers were unable to cooperate and could only fight individually, which allowed them to fight their way to this place.

But as they went deeper, they could clearly sense that this filthy spot was frantically accumulating a large amount of negative energy, and new monsters were being born at any time.

Moreover, those soul tools are extremely powerful, and their effects are incredibly varied.

It's hard to imagine whether the soul tool in the core monster's hand would pose a threat to Shui Ming'er now.

"It's alright, I'll go in and check the situation. If it's really bad, I'll retreat in time."

Shui Ming'er was full of confidence in her abilities. She found it hard to believe that she would encounter misfortune when facing a newly born filth.

"Auntie, you must be careful!"

Seeing her aunt's confident demeanor, Shui Bing'er was filled with worry, but there was nothing she could do. She could only nod helplessly, knowing full well that she couldn't stop her aunt.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Shui Ming'er chuckled softly, then transformed into a streak of blue light, shooting straight towards the core area of ​​the filth like an arrow released from a bow.

"Sis, will Auntie be alright? I feel a little uneasy."

Looking at the withered grass and trees, the cracked earth, and the wisps of black smoke rising from the ground, Shui Yue'er lost her usual liveliness even while concentrating on resisting negative emotions.

After all, anyone would be under immense pressure in such an environment, and Shuiyue'er was no exception.

(End of this chapter)