Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 261 Unexpected
Lin Xiao's Soul-Gathering Sword flickered incessantly, but he hadn't noticed it for a moment because of what had just happened. When he temporarily put aside his thoughts and extended his spiritual power again, Xue Di's slightly anxious voice suddenly rang out.

"Are you OK?"

"It's nothing," Lin Xiao chuckled. "It's rare to see someone who cares about others."

The Snow Empress seemed to pause for a moment, "Since you are taking action for the sake of the far north, I naturally don't want you to be in danger because of it."

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine." Lin Xiao didn't press further and shook her head. "However... if things go smoothly, the far north should never see what happened before again."

"really?"

"Of course it's true." Lin Xiao replied with a smile, his eyes narrowing as he looked towards the direction of the Sun Moon Empire.

He was naturally referring to the fragment of divine consciousness. Regardless of Zhongli Wu's reasons for placing the statue of the Holy Emperor here, once he took the fragment of divine consciousness, Zhongli Wu would naturally not come here to do such a thing again.

"Sigh." Xue Di sighed deeply, her tone carrying a hint of coldness.

"I chose the path of rebuilding because I was not confident in dealing with the next tribulation."

"Since I didn't fall to the heavenly tribulation, my final fate is to become a soul ring for you humans. Perhaps becoming your soul ring wouldn't be bad. I hope you can really live a long time."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao's smile vanished, replaced by a serious expression. He raised the Soul-Snatching Hand to his eyes, gazing at the faint white light within.

"Snow Emperor..."

Lin Xiao never imagined that such words would come from the Snow Empress's mouth. No, perhaps despite her unwavering will, the Snow Empress also longed to see the human world.

After all, the original Snow Empress had said that if Huo Yuhao could not become a god in the end, she was willing to compress her origin again and experience more things with another human.

Perhaps it was just a helpless choice with no other way out, or perhaps she also longed for a wonderful world, but in any case, more than two years of getting along had eventually changed the relationship between him and Xue Di.

"Don't worry, I won't let you regret it."

Lin Xiao exhaled softly, looked around, put away the Soul-Gathering Device, and then spoke softly in her mind.

"Teacher, let's do it here."

"Ready?"

"Ah."

Lin Xiao nodded, and the next moment, his soul power surged, and the Gate of the Dead reappeared in front of him.

This time, however, he didn't wait for the Snow Empress inside to make a move; he took the initiative to leap up and dive inside.

Facing the power of 700,000 years head-on, Lin Xiao wasn't entirely confident, so he wanted to increase his chances of winning as much as possible.

In the realm of the dead, his soul power can be continuously replenished through the gates of the dead, while the Snow Empress cannot replenish her soul power, making it the perfect battleground.

Upon entering the plane of the dead, an aura unique to the dead instantly swept over him. However, Lin Xiao did not feel any discomfort. His soul power surged within him, and an extreme aura of death emanated from him, making him feel even more at ease.

Ice shards remained scattered on the ground in the distance, and the undead creatures inside had long since vanished under the Snow Empress's attack.

Although the Necropolis resembles a real world, it is ultimately much smaller. Over the past two years, she has been unleashing her power within it, even causing the temperature of the entire Necropolis to drop considerably.

Seemingly sensing Lin Xiao's appearance, Xue Di stopped abruptly and turned to face him. Eight spirit rings—six black and two red—rose around her, with the seventh ring radiating a dazzling blood-red light.

Lin Xiao was not careless at all and immediately used his Martial Soul True Body.

One by one, the spider lilies, exuding the aura of death, bloomed in this demiplane belonging to the dead. The two auras blended and amplified each other, as if these flowers were meant to bloom in this place.

Lin Xiao felt a slight chill on his exposed skin as Xue Di's figure drew closer. He suddenly raised his hand, and his eighth spirit ring began to flash.

"The eighth soul skill——"

As a 400,000-year-old soul beast, the Grand Elder's soul ring naturally provided two soul skills. One of them was a domain ability that could separate the soul, while the other was a pure attack soul skill.

"Blood and soul grieve together."

As soon as he finished speaking, countless spider lilies bloomed and then transformed into streams of light that converged in Lin Xiao's hand. A terrifying aura emanated from Lin Xiao, and then an invisible wave spread out.

There was no violent roar, nor any blinding light, only a wave that was indistinguishable to the naked eye emanating from Lin Xiao, separating the inside and outside into two worlds.

Outside, it was still the original undead plane, but inside, it was as if some force had erased everything, leaving nothing but Lin Xiao.

Snow Empress seemed to instinctively sense that something was wrong, but her pride as a 700,000-year-old soul beast prevented her from dodging or avoiding. She gathered her soul power and struck forward.

Her palm seemed to have encountered an invisible wall. Despite being seven hundred thousand years old, her body was slowly retreating, and her soul power was rapidly dissipating as she resisted Lin Xiao's attack.

When the power of a 400,000-year-old soul skill is fully applied to an attack, its power is unimaginable. If it were the complete Snow Empress, she might be able to deal with it easily, but having lost her soul and only having instinct left, she could only let her soul power dissipate continuously.

Lin Xiao was not alarmed when he saw Xue Di block his eighth soul skill. After all, he knew from the beginning that the only way to defeat Xue Di head-on was to start by depleting her soul power.

However, just as everything was going according to Lin Xiao's expectations, the Snow Emperor in front of him suddenly shouted and his aura suddenly rose rapidly.

Lin Xiao's expression suddenly changed.

The Snow Empress's aura was no longer pure, but her soul power was also gradually recovering.

"teacher?"

"She is absorbing the power of the undead plane."

Lin Xiao's heart skipped a beat. The demiplane he was in was created by Electrolux with his power; it was not a place suitable for the living to survive, nor did it contain enough power for the living to absorb.

Only a Soul Master like Lin Xiao, who is inherently associated with death, can get used to this place. Others who enter this place will only experience the instinctive discomfort of a living person entering a land of the dead.

Even the Snow Emperor shouldn't be able to absorb the power here.

As I was pondering this, the entire undead plane changed once again, the temperature dropped even lower, and layers of frost gradually covered the entire ground.

"This is not right, you should leave first."

"Hmm." Lin Xiao slowly withdrew his soul power, and his figure also retreated continuously until he was far away from Xue Di. Suddenly, his speed increased and he entered the gate of the dead that appeared out of thin air.

(End of this chapter)