Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 91 Escape
"Elder Xuan..."

Chen Zifeng, leaning on his long sword, collapsed to his knees and shakily raised his head.

He was soaked in blood splattered from the explosion, and his body was emitting corrosive white smoke.

This explosion of corpses was actually mixed with a deadly poison!

At this moment, even he, an elite member of the inner court, could not bear the feeling of his flesh being corroded by the deadly poison, and could only vent his pain with low sobs and screams.

"Senior..."

Gongyang Mo, who was standing beside her, had completely lost consciousness. He was leaning against Bei Bei's hand with his body covered in open wounds. The poisonous blood on his body was flowing freely and had turned his own blood black.

If it weren't for the powerful physique granted by his dragon-type beast spirit, he would probably have been reduced to a mangled corpse in the chain of explosions long ago.

But his current condition is not optimistic.

Severely injured and dying, coupled with the corrosive effects of the toxins, Gongyang Mo's vitality was visibly fading away.

The third person who has passed away.

"Xiao Xiao..."

A golden light flashed, and Wang Dong spread his wings and flew out of the broken Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, rushing madly through the aftershocks of the explosion towards the location where Xiao Xiao had been.

"Xiao Xiao!"

The heavy cauldron collapsed, and the two people who fell out of the other two cauldrons looked up at the same time, their eyes blankly fixed on the scene.

Being exposed to an explosion without any protection would instantly injure even a Soul King. How could Xiao Xiao, a mere third-ring Soul Master, possibly withstand such a shock?
'Won't I die?'

A series of thoughts flashed through her mind, and the fear and grief of being separated by death instantly overwhelmed Wang Dong's mind, causing her to scream out in anguish with eyes almost bursting open:
"Xiao Xiao—!"

Having almost no relatives around her, she had long regarded Xiao Xiao as her closest family. Apart from Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao was the only person she could open her heart to and treat sincerely.

but now……

why?
If you gave me your dearest companion, why take her away from me?!

"She's here."

Just as Wang Dong was about to lose her temper, a whisper rang out, instantly changing the emotions in her eyes from lingering fear to the joy of surviving a close call:

"Senior Nan Nan?"

Sand~
A tall, slender figure rose from the chaotic aftermath of the explosion, looking down with lingering fear at the little girl she had shoved into the crater and pinned down by her own body.

"Thank goodness I made it in time... hiss~"

Jiang Nannan sighed with immense relief, but then gasped as the toxins spreading across her back began to spread.

Third and fourth soul skills—

Teleport!

Invincible Golden Body!

This was her reliance on saving Xiao Xiao's life at the critical moment: moving to her side the instant the explosion started, and then using her invincible golden body to turn herself into a human shield.

only.

The explosion damage could be mitigated with skills, but the deadly poison splattered from the corpses was unavoidable. The moment her invincibility wore off, the blood smeared on her back began to erode her flesh.

"She's alright... Xiao Xiao is alright..."

Wang Dong landed unsteadily in front of them, then knelt down in a daze. He quickly crawled to the two of them, his face a mixture of tears and laughter from the shock of regaining what he had lost.

"You're okay..."

"That's great……"

She thought the trio was forever missing a member. She thought she would only be able to carry the body back to the academy. She thought she would lose such a dear friend forever. "Hey! How can you cry like that in front of a living person!"

Xiao Xiao muttered, her face pale, venting her dissatisfaction: "It's like I'm already dead."

That being said, her condition was certainly not good.

All three Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons shattered under the impact exceeding their limits, and the resulting backlash from her Martial Soul almost split her head open, with chaotic and explosive pain raging deep within her soul.

But at least we're still alive, aren't we?
"The Seven Treasures have names: the second is called 'Explanation'!"

Amidst the emotions of joy and sorrow, Ning Tian regained some composure and unleashed his soul skill upon the group suffering from severe poison.

As they were enveloped in a shimmering, glassy light, Jiang Nannan and the others' complexions improved noticeably, though only slightly.

Ning Tian's current level is not high enough to completely remove the toxins.

"You bastard...!"

After witnessing the horrific scenes in the passageway, Xuanzi's already bloodshot eyes burned even brighter. With a wave of his hand, the Death Messenger, who had been imprisoned in place, was slammed to the ground by a vast pressure of soul power.

Last time, when Zhang Lexuan led a team of twelve, only four of them survived and returned alive.

This time, it was another case of death and maiming.

Xuanzi's heart was filled with more than just grief and indignation—all three generations of the Shrek Seven Devils had met with misfortune because of him!

As the future master of the Sea God Pavilion and the future guardian of Shrek Academy, these promising geniuses and little monsters keep getting into trouble in his hands!
What's more, these good kids are going to participate in the competition, win the championship, and strive for their own glory and brilliance!
"You deserve to die!"

Xuanzi pointed a finger from afar, and a cloud of blood mist erupted from the body of the Death Messenger, who was being held firmly to the ground. The five spirit rings that had just appeared on his body dimmed instantly, and he was almost crushed into dust along with his martial spirit.

"Elder Xuan—"

Just as Xuanzi made his move, Wang Dong, sensing something amiss, suddenly looked up and exclaimed in surprise.

The remains of Xixi left in Ma Xiaotao's hands, and Gongyang Mo in front of Beibei, both rapidly expanded in a burst of red light, flashing terrifying power!
Gongyang Mo, in particular, had his already high soul power level of 59 transformed into a power comparable to the peak of a Soul Saint by the Corpse Explosion skill.

"Ugh~"

Sensing certain fluctuations, Ma Xiaotao, who was being held captive by Xuanzi, suddenly opened her eyes, and the crimson-black flames that she had barely suppressed reignited.

"what?"

Xuanzi's expression changed instantly; for a moment, he was overwhelmed with the task at hand.

The evil fire within Ma Xiaotao's body had swelled to the point where it was about to burn her to ashes. In order to save her life, Xuanzi was forced to use more than half of his mental energy to guide his soul power to envelop Ma Xiaotao's meridians.

Now, the about-to-explode corpse is also consuming his already limited attention...

'Interrupt him!'

With a quick thought, Xuanzi made up his mind in an instant.

But when he was about to kill the evil soul master first to interrupt the corpse explosion, he was horrified to find that the Grim Reaper had actually used a mysterious soul skill to turn into smoke and easily get rid of his soul power suppression.

"You wretched brat! It's all because of you that I've had so many misfortunes!"

The Death Messenger, freed from his restraints and covered in blood, still managed to grab Wang Dong by the neck with the immense power granted by his evil martial spirit:

"But that's perfect, bringing back a little genius isn't unacceptable! Hehehe..."

"Bastard!"

Xuanzi roared in anger again, but he could only choose to use his soul power to suppress the corpse explosion, watching helplessly as the messenger of death uttered a final cold laugh at him.

"You old codger~ Looks like I was one step ahead after all~"

The messenger of death spat out a mouthful of blood, stomped the ground, and the explosives that had been buried beforehand detonated, breaking through the rock layers and falling freely into the next level of the mine under the almost desperate and angry gazes of the crowd.

(End of this chapter)