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

Chapter 9 The Authority of Death, Rise Up!

"Where did they go in such a short time?"

Even though Bei Bei, Luo Chen, and the other two had used all their Ghost Shadow Steps to chase after Huo Yuhao in the direction he had initially gone, they still couldn't find him no matter how hard they searched.

For a moment, Luo Chen even suspected that Huo Yuhao was playing tactics against them. The people were initially running in this direction, but suddenly veered off course.

"Sigh, there's nothing we can do now that we can't find him. It's almost noon, and most of the dangerous spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest have already returned to their nests. I hope nothing bad has happened to Xiao Yuhao..."

After searching halfway around the perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest, they still couldn't find any trace of Huo Yuhao, so Bei Bei and Tang Ya had no choice but to give up the search.

After all, their purpose in coming here was to help Tang Ya obtain her third spirit ring. If they spent all their energy searching for people, they wouldn't have the stamina to hunt down any suitable thousand-year spirit beasts for Tang Ya later.

"I do have a way to increase the chances of finding Yuhao, but it requires some prerequisites, and I haven't tried it before..."

Seeing the troubled looks on Beibei and Tang Ya's faces, Luo Chen pondered for a moment and then spoke to them.

"What method?"

Upon hearing Luo Chen say that he had a way to find Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei and Tang Ya quickly asked him for help.

They did not doubt the method Luo Chen mentioned, because Luo Chen's own abilities were quite bizarre. Not to mention probing life force, even absorbing life force to replenish himself was quite inconceivable.

"This method requires some special conditions to work... I've got it!"

Luo Chen first frowned, glanced around, and then seemed to see something, his eyes suddenly lighting up.

Seeing Luo Chen's appearance, Bei Bei and Tang Ya followed his gaze and saw a group of about a dozen hyenas eating animal carcasses in an open area a few dozen meters away from them.

Apart from the leader, a hyena that was nearly three meters long, the other dozen or so hyenas were all around several decades old. Because hyena packs are collectively aggressive, even those with several decades of cultivation could climb to a relatively high level in the food chain in the outer area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Xiao Chen, what do you mean?"

Looking at the pack of hyenas hunting in front of them, Bei Bei and Tang Ya both looked puzzled. They didn't understand what the hyenas had to do with finding Huo Yuhao.

However, Luo Chen did not respond verbally, but instead gave them a reply through his actions.

A massive scythe, as black as ink and with eerie blood patterns on its blade, appeared in Luo Chen's hand, and two bright yellow halos instantly rose around him.

This is Luo Chen's own martial soul, the Reaper's Scythe. However, Luo Chen doesn't have any physical attack soul skills right now. The damage he inflicts with the Reaper's Scythe relies entirely on its sharpness and the scythe skills he has learned over the past few days.

However, even without physical attack soul skills, Luo Chen's combat ability is still not to be underestimated, because the soul skill effects provided by the two hundred-year soul rings he currently possesses are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people!

"Certainly!"

As the first yellow halo appeared on Luo Chen's body, it signified the release of his first soul skill, "Death Gaze".

The effect of this soul skill is to forcibly imprison any living being within the field of vision. Although the effect of the soul skill will vary depending on the cultivation level of the target, this group of hyenas with only a few decades or a hundred years of cultivation can fully exert the effect of this soul skill.

Forced confinement for three seconds!

Faced with such a divine control soul skill, the pack of hyenas barely had time to react. Their movements were as if they had been paused, frozen in place, unable to move an inch.

In those brief three seconds, a figure transformed into a white streak of light, carrying a hint of darkness, and charged straight into the pack of hyenas, flashing past each and every one of them.

This figure was none other than Luo Chen, who was already familiar with the use of the scythe and the hunting process. During his pleasant month-long interaction with the soul beast, he had already figured out how to hunt it most efficiently, which was to seal its throat!

With the added bonus of the divine skill "Death Gaze", Luo Chen has ample time to accumulate experience. Unless it is a soul beast whose defense or vitality is so high that even Luo Chen's Death Scythe cannot break through it, as long as it is hit and locked by Luo Chen's first soul skill, Luo Chen is fully confident that he can kill it!

The soul beasts whose defenses Luo Chen's Death Scythe couldn't break were mostly defensive soul beasts with a thousand years of cultivation. Their physiques were among the best of all soul beasts, and their attack power was also extraordinary. Unless several Soul Masters joined forces, it would be very difficult to hunt them down.

However, as Luo Chen hunted and absorbed the blood of the soul beasts, his own Death Scythe was constantly evolving, from being as sharp as a kitchen knife at the beginning to being able to cut hair in an instant and slice through iron like mud.

It was precisely because the Reaper's Scythe possessed such a sharp blade that Luo Chen did not feel much effort when hunting soul beasts. Just like the hyenas that Luo Chen swept in front of him one by one, unsurprisingly, none of them survived during the short three-second imprisonment period!

"Xiao Chen, what are you doing? If you hunt too many soul beasts, the smell of blood might attract some very dangerous ones!"

Seeing that Luo Chen had slaughtered a pack of hyenas in less than three seconds, even Bei Bei was somewhat shocked by his terrifying combat power. However, he still asked Luo Chen a question.

After all, he had already advised Luo Chen not to cause too much bloodshed from the beginning, but Luo Chen seemed not to have heard him.

However, in response to Bei Bei's words, Luo Chen simply shook his head and showed the two of them his reasons for doing so through his actions.

As Luo Chen took a deep breath, an ominous, gray halo suddenly rose from the scythe in his hand, slowly seeping into the corpses of the hyenas that had just lost their lives...

Beibei and Tang Ya, who were standing to the side, were both stunned for a moment. But the next moment, as a layer of gray color appeared on Luo Chen's blood-red eyes, the scene that shocked them happened!

The gray light in Luo Chen's eyes seemed to resonate with the gray halo surrounding the hyena corpses before him; the bodies of the previously dead hyenas began to tremble slightly...

As that vague feeling in Luo Chen's mind grew clearer, it was as if he had grasped something. The aura of death emanating from his body intensified, and the next moment, looking at the pile of hyena carcasses before him, a command-like voice suddenly escaped his lips:

"Stand up!"

(End of this chapter)