Douluo Continent: I, an evil soul master, work nine-to-five in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 67 Kill! (A long chapter of 4,000 words)

"hiss!"

Seeing that his carefully prepared attack, which he had been lying in ambush for a long time, had failed to hit the two of them, the Poison Armor Scorpion stared at Luo Chen and the other person in the air with its eyes that were flashing with a faint purple light, and kept letting out threatening roars.

However, even facing this threat, let alone Xuanzi who was at level 98, even Luo Chen who had just reached level 30 did not take it seriously at all, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Kid, you're incredibly lucky! You've only just arrived at the core area and you've already attracted an exceptionally rare Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion, and it just so happens to be a ten-thousand-year-old cultivator. Your third spirit ring is secured!"

The knowledgeable Xuanzi naturally recognized the species of the giant scorpion, which was about five meters long, and said to Luo Chen with a smile.

The Taipan Scorpion, a renowned assassin that hides underground and is famous for its physical and venomous attacks, is not only listed as an extremely dangerous soul beast by the soul master community, but also deeply hated by all other soul beasts for its treacherous behavior.

Unlike the Human-Faced Demon Spider, which is also a demon-like existence among soul beasts, it is likely to only act at night and is almost always in disguise during the day. The Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion, on the other hand, is hunting at all times.

Any prey pierced by the venomous stinger at its tail is severely affected by this neurotoxin, losing its ability to make its own judgments and ultimately succumbing to its venom, becoming its meal.

"Its attack power is quite good, and its defense is also decent. It's definitely a very suitable choice for my third spirit ring!"

Although a long time had passed, only two seconds had elapsed since the Taipan Poison Scorpion attacked. In that instant, Luo Chen made an analysis and determined the target for his third soul ring hunt.

"Since you think it's okay, kid, how about I lend you a hand? After all, this thing is a bit dangerous. It's a Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion with ten thousand years of cultivation. If you get poisoned by its venom, you probably won't be able to get out of bed for a month."

Seeing that Luo Chen had also made up his mind, Xuanzi spoke up.

However, despite Xuanzi's good intentions, Luo Chen shook his head, his eyes burning as he looked at the Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion at his feet, its body coiled up as if preparing for its next attack, and said:

"Elder Xuan, thank you for your kindness, but it's just a ten-thousand-year-old venomous scorpion. There's no need for you to take action. Please keep an eye on the surroundings for me. I'll handle this scorpion myself; it'll also be a good opportunity for me to test my current strength!"

Even when facing the combined might of Wu Feng and Ning Tian at the academy, Luo Chen was unable to unleash his full power, especially since his martial soul had not yet awakened.

At this moment, after his martial soul truly awakened, Luo Chen's strength also experienced an incredible increase. He had previously barely reached the Soul Master level, but now he could rival and suppress a typical five-ring Soul King.

Even so, without a powerful opponent to actually fight, Luo Chen could only estimate in his mind and could not truly understand the extent of his own strength.

In his view, although the 10,000-year-old Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion in front of him was very strong, it was far from being strong enough to make him want to back down. Therefore, Luo Chen planned to use it to test his own strength!

"Alright, since you're confident, then I won't interfere. However, this is the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, and it's too risky for me to just watch you fight here..."

As Xuanzi spoke, an exceptionally terrifying aura erupted from his body. His originally thin figure gradually swelled up, and his disheveled appearance underwent a dramatic change!

As the nine soul rings beside Xuanzi appeared one by one, the Taipan Poison Scorpion under its feet seemed to freeze, its body trembling under the influence of Xuanzi's rising aura.

When the ninth red soul ring, representing a 100,000-year soul ring, appeared behind Xuanzi, the Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion instantly deflated, its body losing all support and collapsing to the ground, unable to move an inch.

Under Xuanzi's deliberate manipulation, Luo Chen was not affected by this aura. However, within a mile radius of the two, all the hidden soul beasts simultaneously let out a mournful cry!

Instantly, apart from plant-type soul beasts, all other soul beasts that could move with their limbs, whether they were thousands or tens of thousands of years old, fled frantically into the distance, creating a huge commotion. This was the terrifying aspect of a level 98 Super Douluo!

Its mere aura was comparable to that of a ferocious beast hundreds of thousands of years old, causing all the low-level soul beasts to flee. However, this huge commotion also attracted the attention of many powerful figures in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest...

"Walk!"

With his own martial soul attached to him, the Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion, with only ten thousand years of cultivation, was naturally very easy to grab from a distance by Xuanzi's gravity control. Then, he carried Luo Chen and flew swiftly towards the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Meanwhile, deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, beside a vast lake as green as jade and brimming with powerful life energy, several human figures sat cross-legged, seemingly absorbing the rich life energy of the place to enhance their cultivation.

However, in the next moment, several figures with exceptionally powerful auras seemed to have sensed something and suddenly opened their eyes.

The middle-aged man at the head of the group, with shoulder-length black hair and golden eyes filled with a fierce killing intent and destruction, first emitted an indescribable aura, and then couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

"Hmph, after only one period of seclusion, yet another human powerhouse dares to trespass into our clan's core area and act so recklessly, and there's more than one!"

"Di Tian, ​​should I go and take care of those human ants?"

Just as the middle-aged man was about to speak, a terrifying figure sitting beside him, exuding an aura of bloodlust and violence, spoke up at that moment.

Unlike the others, this figure was not humanoid, but rather an exceptionally large bear-like creature with dark golden fur.

Upon hearing Di Tian's words, its pair of sharp, blade-like claws trembled slightly, causing the surrounding space to become unstable, as if it were about to shatter.

As he spoke, the figures beside him all turned silently to look at the dignified middle-aged man who was called Di Tian, ​​seemingly waiting for his orders.

However, Di Tian's golden eyes, which had just begun to gleam with a sharp aura, slowly closed after scanning the vast lake before him, brimming with life force. He then shook his head with a somewhat helpless expression and said:

"Those two humans are very strong. Even you, Lord Xiong, might not be able to defeat them unless I personally take action. But now, we only need to wait another ten thousand years for the Lord to fully recover..."

"At this critical juncture, anything unimportant can be put aside for now. Once our lord emerges from seclusion, the grudges accumulated between humans and our soul beast race can be completely settled!"

"yes!"

……

Meanwhile, in another part of the Star Dou Great Forest, a figure dressed in a gray robe also seemed to sense something and looked in a certain direction in the distance.

Although this figure did not emit any soul power fluctuations, its unparalleled presence attracted the attention of many powerful soul beasts around, who all chose to give way.

"The aura of an old friend... no, this intense sense of death?"

The gray-robed figure, whose eyes had previously held a hint of reminiscence, seemed to have sensed something. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and his figure vanished silently like a ghost, without a trace.

……

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, in a desolate, uninhabited area, within the "domain" constructed by Xuan Zi using his soul power, Luo Chen and the ten-thousand-year-old Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion were engaged in a fierce battle.

Faced with a Taipan venomous scorpion with ten thousand years of cultivation, even Luo Chen, whose martial soul had already awakened, had to take it seriously.

"Life Suppression!"

After a tentative head-on clash with his opponent, Luo Chen quickly retreated, creating distance between them. The millennium soul ring beneath his feet lit up, and an invisible wave emanated from it.

Under this invisible fluctuation, the Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion, which originally had an astonishing aura, now had its aura visibly reduced. This was Luo Chen's first soul skill that evolved after his martial soul awakened!

Any living being within the range of a soul skill will experience a certain degree of reduction in strength under the effect of this life suppression. The degree of reduction is inversely proportional to the opponent's cultivation level. The stronger the cultivation level, the weaker the effect. This applies even to a seven-ring soul saint!

The Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion in front of him, which had only cultivated for ten thousand years, had its original strength reduced to eighty percent under Luo Chen's debuffing soul skill. The maximum effect of this soul skill was fifty percent!

"The Sigh of Death!"

After releasing his suppression skill, Luo Chen did not hesitate at all. His second soul ring lit up, and purple light flowed from beneath his ruby-like eyes!

It is indeed the Purple Demon Eye!

When fighting, Luo Chen always adheres to the principle of "taking someone out in one go" and never hesitates. After all, for his scythe, the most suitable approach is to unleash a full burst of power and kill with one blow, rather than a long war of attrition!

After suppressing the opponent's life force, soul power, and mental power, Luo Chen activated his ability to forcibly deduct the opponent's life force, and then released the Purple Demon Eye based on his own Soul King-level mental power.

After a series of quick attacks, even the Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion, with its ten thousand years of cultivation, was experiencing a rapid decline in its powerful life force. In Luo Chen's eyes, the opponent's life force was roughly equivalent to its health bar.

Once the life force is almost gone, the other person is not far from death!

Seeing that the time was almost right, Luo Chen quickly mobilized his remaining soul power and unleashed his final move!

"The Grim Reaper's Gaze!"

After successfully activating his soul skill, Luo Chen's figure shot out like an arrow from a bow. He raised the blood-red scythe filled with the aura of death in his hand and rushed towards the Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion, whose figure seemed to be frozen in time!

"Sizzle—"

As the sound of a blade slicing through paper rang out, Luo Chen's figure flashed past the Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion. However, at this moment, a pool of purple liquid appeared on the blade of the blood-red scythe that Luo Chen was holding.

The next moment, as if sensing the liquid clinging to the blade, the blood-red scythe of death trembled like a living being, absorbing the liquid completely.

After this attack, Luo Chen's face turned noticeably pale, and his soul power was nearly exhausted. Fortunately, he still possessed a vast amount of blood and qi, and after taking a deep breath, he recovered.

At this moment, the Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion, which was originally under Luo Chen's strong control of the soul skill, had a long straight crack appear on its purple armor under the sharp blade of Luo Chen's Death Scythe. Then its body was split in two like tofu being cut open!

At the same time, as its own specks of energy gradually rose, a jet-black soul ring slowly condensed and floated above the corpse of the Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion!

"Hey!"

Seeing this scene, Xuanzi couldn't help but chuckle, a hint of satisfaction on his face, but even more so, he was amazed by Luo Chen's strange soul skill.

Despite his long cultivation, this was the first time he had ever witnessed such a bizarre martial soul and soul skill. First, there was a soul skill that suppressed the opponent like a domain, then a soul skill that forcibly reduced the opponent's aura, and finally, the opponent was directly controlled in place like a puppet.

Any one of these soul skills would have been enough to amaze him, but these incredible soul skills were all released by the first-year student in front of him, who was only at the Soul Master level.

This made Xuanzi's evaluation of Luo Chen even higher!

Upon seeing the black spirit ring rising before him, Luo Chen's eyes lit up with joy. Being able to hunt down a ten-thousand-year-old spirit beast on his own and still have energy left over meant that his overall strength was now completely above that of a five-ring spirit king!

After all, a typical five-ring Soul King wouldn't be able to kill a powerful ten-thousand-year Soul Beast so easily without a charged-up, explosive ten-thousand-year Soul Skill!

Just as Luo Chen was about to activate his soul power to absorb the ten-thousand-year soul ring in front of him, a cross-shaped light pattern suddenly appeared in the center of his brow, and then a huge energy fluctuation appeared in Luo Chen's body.

Before Luo Chen could react, the cross-shaped light pattern between his eyebrows, along with the ten-thousand-year soul ring in front of him, disappeared. And next to the two thousand-year soul rings floating beside him, a black ten-thousand-year soul ring appeared out of thin air!

Seeing the sudden appearance of the black soul ring, and feeling his own soul power suddenly surge as if he had broken through a bottleneck, not to mention Xuanzi who was stunned by the scene, even Luo Chen himself had a complicated expression.

"Is this... reasonable?"

(End of this chapter)