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

Chapter 309 Rescue Operation
The hands were covered in wrinkles, and the owner of the hands was obviously not young, but his strength was not as weak as the wrinkles suggested.

With just one palm strike, Lin Xiao felt a tremendous force emanating from the ground, causing his body to leap uncontrollably into the air.

"Moo-"

Only then did a sound that was neither quite a cow nor a cow ring out, and a pair of giant, earth-yellow horns emerged from the ground, accompanied by a figure shrouded in earth-yellow light, appearing where Lin Xiao had originally stood.

Taking deep breaths to calm the somewhat chaotic soul power within his body, Lin Xiao could clearly see who had suddenly appeared.

That was Xuanzi, the level 98 Super Douluo of Shrek Academy.

"what--"

A piercing scream suddenly came from the surrounding audience seats.

Previously, Shangguan Weier and An Litong were still concerned about ordinary people on the ground rising into the air to fight, but Xuanzi suddenly appeared in the center of the arena. His powerful aura caused the audience in the first few rows to faint instantly.

Although the audience on the periphery was not substantially affected, the aura of the level 98 Super Douluo amplified their instinctive fear once again.

The entire audience was thrown into chaos, with people from all three factions more or less affected by Xuanzi.

The seven referees stood up the instant Xuanzi's aura emerged from beneath the ground, releasing various martial spirits and soul tools, with soul rings of different colors flashing alternately.

The Nether Thunder Douluo soared into the air and flew towards Lin Xiao's side, with thunderous roars like howling sounds around him. He had already grasped the electric net in his hand.

However, before he could get close, another phoenix cry rang out, and a bright light burst forth from Xuanzi's feet. Another figure soared into the sky from the ground, and the flame-like light illuminated the entire night sky, enveloping Minglei Douluo.

In just a few breaths, several figures appeared one after another. Judging from their aura, all of them were at least level ninety.

Lin Xiao looked around, his brows suddenly furrowing.

Shrek Academy seems to have mobilized quite a few experts; besides Xuanzi, there are as many as four other Super Douluo auras.

It's unclear whether they sensed some special detection method from last night's operation, but the entire group came from underground using Xuanzi's abilities without alerting the Sun Moon Empire in the slightest.

Xuanzi, on the ground, turned his head slightly to look at Huo Yuhao, who was shrouded in a cloak, before looking up at the sky. The astonishment in his eyes was no less than that of Lin Xiao, who had been suddenly attacked.

Although it wasn't a full-force attack, Xuanzi's palm strike was still not something an ordinary soul master could easily withstand. He hadn't expected that after landing on Lin Xiao, it would only knock him back without causing any obvious injuries.

Just as Xuanzi was about to speak, a familiar spiritual force suddenly spread from behind him. Seeing this, he relaxed his spiritual force slightly, and then the world in front of him suddenly changed into another appearance.

That was Huo Yuhao's shared mental detection, as if another brain was helping him process all kinds of information around him. Even though there was a huge difference in soul power between him and Huo Yuhao, it still had a significant auxiliary effect on him.

Xuanzi suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Last night, after returning to Shrek Academy with the others, he couldn't stop thinking about Huo Yuhao and the others who hadn't returned yet. So, after discussing it with Mu En, he returned with several experts without resting for a moment. Before they even entered Mingdu, he sensed a familiar aura in the western suburbs outside Mingdu.

At first, Xuanzi thought it was his imagination, but when he felt the effect of Huo Yuhao's mental detection sharing, he knew that Huo Yuhao was not in any danger.

"Elder Xuan, my senior brother and Wang Dong are still at the Holy Spirit Cult's stronghold in Mingdu."

Before Xuanzi could speak, Huo Yuhao's voice surged into Xuanzi's mind along with his spiritual power.

Upon hearing this, Xuanzi felt somewhat more at ease, nodded almost imperceptibly, and looked up at Lin Xiao in the air.

The six black and three red soul rings made Xuanzi's expression somewhat unpleasant. The coldness that had lingered in his palm from that moment still seemed to remain, and the deathly stillness made even him feel a slight unease.

Such evil spirit masters must not be allowed to remain. Since they have already appeared here because of Huo Yuhao's aura, we might as well take this opportunity to weaken the Holy Spirit Cult's strength.

"Moo-"

With another roar, Xuanzi stomped his foot heavily and instantly shot into the air. The earthy yellow light, as heavy as the earth itself, rushed straight towards Lin Xiao's face.

It seemed slow, but in reality it only took a short moment. Before Lin Xiao could see clearly who from Shrek Academy had arrived, he saw Xuanzi leap into the air and head towards him.

Lin Xiao once exchanged a palm strike with Long Xiaoyao, but Long Xiaoyao did not use his full strength at that time; it was just a test.

At this moment, Xuanzi arrived with genuine killing intent, and the power contained in his attack suddenly made Lin Xiao feel that it even surpassed that of Long Xiaoyao at that time.

At the Title Douluo level, the difference in soul power between seven levels is far greater than that between other levels.

With her mind racing, Lin Xiao suddenly threw off her cloak, revealing a black robe with dark red accents underneath.

Within the dantian, the power of the entire plane converged from all directions, and then spread throughout the body along the meridians.

As his soul power surged within him, a dazzling light suddenly shone from behind Lin Xiao. The clanging sounds of metal mechanisms operating rang out continuously, and the parts seemed to come alive, spreading all over his body along the dark red patterns on his skin.

A crimson hue spread from his waist, and a pair of bone claws, made of some unknown alloy, unfolded from behind him like wings, gleaming with a chilling light under the illumination of his soul tool.

Then, the "wings" closed, and the pair of bone claws, like the hands of a lover, wrapped around Lin Xiao from behind and pulled him into their arms, their ten fingers interlacing in front of his chest to form a solid breastplate.

Xuanzi was not a Soul Master, so he couldn't immediately discern the subtle changes in Lin Xiao. Even Huo Yuhao, who shared his spirit with him, couldn't understand many aspects of it at first.

But this did not prevent them from understanding the terrifying nature of this soul tool. Lin Xiao seemed to have become a different person. His aura suddenly rose, and the deathly aura emanating from him made Xuanzi's breathing become rapid, as if he had aged considerably in an instant.

Since acquiring this level-nine soul tool, "Embrace of the Styx," this was the first time he had fully unleashed its power. In an instant, it seemed as if endless power, like the Styx River, was surging forth from his body.

(End of this chapter)