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

Chapter 80 Electrolux Awakens

"A ten-thousand-year-old spirit ring?!"

Looking at the extremely dark halo surrounding Luo Chen, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise and doubt in their eyes.

They had considered that with Luo Chen's strength, he might also be able to absorb items beyond his level. After all, Tai'an's second spirit ring was at the thousand-year level, which was much higher than Luo Chen's talent, so he could naturally do it as well.

However, to their surprise, the soul rings that Luo Chen absorbed when he was a three-ring Soul Master were actually ten thousand years old!

Normally, to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring, one would need to be at least at the Soul King level. However, Luo Chen absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring while holding a third soul ring at the Soul Venerable level, crossing an entire major realm!

At this moment, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong finally understood what Tai An had just said.

"No wonder, it turns out that this guy's strength has reached the point where he can forcibly absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring. With this kind of physical quality and mental strength, he is probably several levels above the normal Soul Master level."

Looking at the jet-black ten-thousand-year soul ring on Luo Chen's body, Wang Dong couldn't help but swallow. Having experience in absorbing a thousand-year soul ring at a higher level, he naturally knew how difficult it was to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring at the Soul Venerable level.

But even something as seemingly impossible as this actually happened: a three-ring Soul Master with a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring!

However, before Wang Dong could recover from his daze, Huo Yuhao noticed something unbelievable and raised an eyebrow, speaking to Luo Chen in front of him:

"Brother Luo, I remember you should have had two hundred-year spirit rings at first, how come you have two thousand-year spirit rings now? Did your spirit rings change after you broke through to the Spirit Master level?"

That's right. When Huo Yuhao was receiving "special training" under Luo Chen, he was paying close attention to Luo Chen's situation in all aspects. Although both his mental strength and soul power were increasing at an extremely terrifying speed, his own soul rings remained unchanged.

Two yellow, hundred-year spirit rings—that was Huo Yuhao's impression of Luo Chen's first two spirit rings. But now, those original hundred-year spirit rings had suddenly turned into thousand-year ones. Such a strange situation would probably leave even a Title Douluo stunned.

However, Luo Chen simply nodded and said:

"It was indeed after breaking through to the Soul Master realm that my Martial Soul awakened again, which caused my first two hundred-year Soul Rings to transform into thousand-year Soul Rings. However, I don't know the specific reason. Perhaps my own Martial Soul is too strange."

As he spoke, Luo Chen looked at the blood-red giant scythe he was holding, which exuded a strong aura of death.

Even Luo Chen himself only had a vague understanding of the origin of this scythe. Even though he had actually seen the true face of this terrifying scythe, he still had no idea about its origin.

The only thing he was certain of was that his Death Scythe Martial Soul was fundamentally superior to all matter in this world. If it truly evolved to its peak, then calling it a super artifact would be an insult to it.

He already had a general understanding of the power of divine artifacts and super divine artifacts. After all, the Seagod Island of Shrek Academy was a sacred place for cultivation formed under the influence of the super divine artifact, the Sea Cucumber Trident.

It can undergo such incredible changes simply by relying on the natural evolution of the aura within the super artifact. The power it contains is beyond imagination. When used at full power, it might be able to move mountains and overturn seas, but that would only be a world-destroying level of power.

It's unlikely that Luo Chen could achieve the same level of effortless cleaving of an entire chaotic space as he had seen with the Grim Reaper's Scythe itself. After all, even a super artifact can't be stronger than its wielder.

Even a god-king cannot destroy a star, so it would be too much of a stretch for a super artifact to destroy an entire plane with a single blow.

"I wonder if the Reaper's Scythe will evolve to the level of a divine artifact when I break through to the seventh ring of Soul Saint. If it can, then my own strength should be equivalent to that of an ordinary demigod..."

Luo Chen was quite optimistic about the evolutionary ability of his Death Scythe Martial Soul, since as long as his life force was sufficient, his Death Scythe Martial Soul could continue to evolve.

Just like now, the Death Scythe Martial Soul in his hand has undergone a very obvious change compared to when it was first awakened. The sharpness of its blade can even easily break through the defense of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

If Luo Chen uses his ten-thousand-year soul skill, this Death Scythe can even direct its attack onto the opponent's soul, transforming into the Grim Reaper and becoming a true soul harvester!

However, under normal circumstances, Luo Chen would not use his soul skills, since the soul skills he possesses are basically all extremely powerful killing techniques, which are simply not suitable for ordinary battles.

This is why Luo Chen said he could only defeat ordinary five-ring Soul Kings, but not six-ring Soul Emperors, because Luo Chen did not want to use his Soul Skills indiscriminately.

Otherwise, even a six-ring Soul Emperor would be killed as easily as cutting melons and vegetables under Luo Chen's strong control of his Soul Skills and various powerful offensive skills!

"This is truly outrageous. In all my years, I've never heard of anyone's spirit rings advancing autonomously through their martial soul. Two thousand-year spirit rings! That's completely incomparable to two hundred-year spirit rings!"

Hearing Luo Chen's explanation, Wang Dong nodded in agreement and said something.

The first and second soul rings are at the thousand-year level. Doesn't this mean that Luo Chen can easily defeat a three-ring Soul Master by using only a one-ring level soul power?

You should know that yesterday, Luo Chen had to put in a lot of effort to defeat Xu Sanshi, who was at the third ring level. But now, he had only broken through to the third ring level Soul Master level, and he was able to defeat him effortlessly. This increase in strength made Wang Dong feel truly terrified.

However, after considering the various outrageous soul skills that Luo Chen possessed, Wang Dong felt relieved. Luo Chen was a monster in himself, and a monster among monsters. Comparing him to a monster of this level with normal human thinking was clearly not a wise thing to do...

However, just as Wang Dong was pondering why Luo Chen's martial soul was able to do such an incredible thing, a faint aura suddenly appeared, which made Luo Chen's eyes light up. He then turned his head slightly to look at Huo Yuhao beside him.

He was all too familiar with this aura; it was the purest, most intense aura of death that he was constantly in contact with!

Moreover, this aura of death was also mixed with an indescribable holiness and light. This was the first time Luo Chen had ever seen an aura of death combined with an aura of light.

Not only that, the level of this aura was so high that it startled Luo Chen. Even Long Xiaoyao, who was at the peak of the ninety-ninth level limit and only one step away from the demigod realm, did not give Luo Chen such a strong sense of pressure!

The moment Luo Chen sensed the sudden surge of deathly aura, he immediately guessed who possessed it.

On this continent, apart from the Necromancer Saint God, the Undead Calamity Ilex, who has already stepped into the realm of true godhood and created his own necromancy, there is no other being who can possess such a pure aura of death and holiness, and even contain the aura of light!

Luo Chen was naturally familiar with Electrolux, an unparalleled expert who had explored the path of death and the undead to an extremely deep level. His own realm had reached the peak of the human realm, and his soul essence had even entered the god level, making him immortal and indestructible.

However, at this level of soul cultivation, it can no longer be called a soul; it would be more appropriate to call it divine consciousness. And now, the deeply hidden aura of death that Luo Chen sensed from Huo Yuhao originated from a fragment of his divine consciousness!

The fact that such a fragment of divine consciousness could exert such a strong sense of pressure on Luo Chen makes it hard to imagine what level its own strength has reached. It is probably far beyond Luo Chen's estimation of a true god!

In terms of the essence of its divine consciousness, it is probably comparable to a first-level god. Although its strength may not be able to compete with a first-level god who has a divine position, it can achieve immortality and has the opportunity to "resurrect" with just a fragment of its divine consciousness. This alone is something that ordinary first-level gods cannot compare to!

In Luo Chen's opinion, with Electrolux's mastery of the rules of death and his unparalleled necromancy, it would probably not be difficult for him to create his own godhood and become a true god!

The moment Luo Chen sensed this aura, the Death Scythe in his hand spontaneously emitted its own deathly aura. At the same time, a strange, crimson eye quietly appeared on the blade, slowly turning towards Huo Yuhao in front of Luo Chen.

"Huh? Chenzi, what's going on with you?"

Sensing the terrifying and unbelievable aura of death emanating from Luo Chen, Tai An, who was standing to the side, also noticed something was wrong and looked at Luo Chen anxiously.

However, Luo Chen also frowned at this moment, as this was the first time his martial soul had gone out of control.

Even though he had withdrawn all his soul power into his body, his Death Scythe was still in his hand, and the life-absorbing ability originating from his martial soul was suddenly released at this moment.

Looking at the Grim Reaper's Scythe in his hand, which seemed to have suddenly gained its own consciousness, Luo Chen couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He knew that his Grim Reaper's Scythe Martial Soul definitely had its own consciousness, but he didn't expect that it could break free from his control, which made him feel a little surprised.

However, just as Luo Chen sensed the intent being transmitted to him, he couldn't help but twitch his eye. He actually felt a "hunger" from the Death Scythe he was holding!

"Could it be... you're planning to devour Electrolux?"

Thinking of this, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel that this possibility was very high. Besides strong life force, the only thing that could trigger his Death Scythe Martial Soul was the aura of death.

At this moment, it broke free from Luo Chen's control and wanted to devour "Electrolux". Luo Chen roughly understood its meaning. It wanted to use Electrolux's pure death aura, which was almost in contact with the rules of death, to achieve its own evolution!

Unfortunately, Luo Chen knew this was impossible. Putting aside the fact that the Death Scythe, which hadn't even reached the quality of a divine artifact, could actually devour the fragments of Ilex's consciousness, even if it could, Ilex was no lamb to the slaughter.

Its divine consciousness, which transcends the human realm, is truly capable of easily isolating itself from the life-draining ability of the Reaper's Scythe. The two are currently on completely different levels of power.

However, at this moment, the cross-shaped light pattern between Luo Chen's eyebrows reappeared, and that inexplicable sense of control reappeared in Luo Chen's mind. This was the Death Scythe's control over a part of the rules of death!

However, just as the cross-shaped light pattern appeared between Luo Chen's eyebrows, the Death Scythe, which had been agitated, and the intense aura of death instantly calmed down.

In Luo Chen's perception, it was as if the Grim Reaper's Scythe, which had just broken free from his control, was instantly controlled by the Death Authority it possessed, and returned to Luo Chen's body with Luo Chen's will.

"what?"

Just as Luo Chen used his Death Authority to summon the Death Scythe Martial Soul back into his body, a magnetic, aged voice rang in his mind.

At the same time, an extremely terrifying energy fluctuation emerged from Huo Yuhao, who was also full of surprise, and then instantly enveloped the two of them. Under the cover of this invisible fluctuation, Luo Chen felt as if the flow of time around him had suddenly stopped!

Wang Dong and Tai An, whose eyes were originally full of anxiety, were now frozen in place, while Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao, who were enveloped by this energy, were completely unrestricted.

"Could this be... a barrier?"

Faced with such a divine skill, Luo Chen couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes. To be able to create such an invisible barrier in an instant and seal off this entire area, Luo Chen couldn't imagine what kind of power was required!

However, compared to Luo Chen at this moment, Huo Yuhao's eyes showed even more surprise, as if he had not expected such a change to happen. Unfortunately, Luo Chen already knew about his "little secrets".

(End of this chapter)