Peerless: Tang San, this time Huo Yuhao is the attacker.

Chapter 79 Xuanzi: What have I been protecting?!

Countless corpses trembled simultaneously and began to swell rapidly, more than doubling in size in the blink of an eye.

The bloated corpse surface glowed a scorching red, like a branding iron, and a slight buzzing sound emanated from it.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

All these changes happened in the blink of an eye. The members of the main team didn't even have time to react, but having been through a lot of battles, they instinctively used their soul power to defend themselves.

Of the seven, only Xixi was an exception. Her mental detection began to issue a severe warning the moment the corpse emitted a fluctuation of soul power, and it also showed a route.

Almost subconsciously, Xixi pushed her speed to the limit and followed the route to the reserve team.

She traversed over 2,000 meters in half a second, a feat only she could accomplish on the entire starting team.

By the time Xixi realized what was happening, she had just witnessed the terrifying power of the explosion.

The explosion had no flames, no heat waves, only pure soul power that indiscriminately bombarded everything within its range.

The cave was simply unable to withstand such power; the stone walls above cracked layer by layer, and large chunks of rock fell down. In addition, a large amount of corrosive venom was sprayed in all directions by the shockwave, at a speed that was impossible to avoid.

"don't want!"

Looking at Ling Luochen in the center of the explosion, Xixi's face was filled with fear, and her narrow vertical pupils shrank to the extreme.

She instinctively wanted to rush into the explosion to save Ling Luochen, but a sudden sharp pain shot through her head, making her dizzy and momentarily stunned.

The stinging sensation lasted only a moment, but that moment was enough for the explosion to spread completely and reveal its destructive power.

Xixi looked at Ling Luochen in despair. With the aid of her mental detection, she could clearly see the panic and helplessness in his eyes.

bass!

bass!

The faint sound was only audible to Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen.

Their invincible shields shone brightly, and a layer of solid golden light shot outward, enveloping their bodies.

Minced flesh and blood mixed with venom fell onto the surface of the shield, congealing into a thin layer of blood plasma.

The venom corroded the shredded flesh, causing it to emit white smoke, but it had no effect on the golden shield.

The solid golden light remained hard and dazzling until it dimmed and disappeared three seconds later.

Ling Luochen's panic first turned into astonishment, and then into confusion as she tried to recall the source of the golden light.

The image of her conversation with Huo Yuhao flashed through her mind, and she suddenly realized what was happening as she touched the invincible shield on her chest, her eyes shining with the joy of surviving a disaster.

Ling Luochen glanced around subconsciously, the surprise in his eyes vanishing instantly, replaced by deep shock.

Not far away, Yao Haoxuan's lower body had vanished, his eyes were bulging out, and his body was being corroded by venom, making a hissing sound.

Ling Luochen could no longer sense any soul power fluctuations from Yao Haoxuan's body, which meant that Yao Haoxuan was dead!

Ling Luochen's breathing became rapid. As she scanned the area, she discovered that Yao Haoxuan was not the only one who had died in battle!

Gongyang Mo lay in a pool of blood, with many white broken bones exposed all over his body, and he had stopped breathing.

As a power-attack type Soul Master, Chen Zifeng's physical attributes were naturally much stronger than those of other types of Soul Masters. Despite this, he still did not survive.

His condition was only slightly better than Gongyang Mo's; his entire body was a bloody mess, with not a single piece of good flesh to be found.

His real fatal wound was a rock spike that fell from the cliff face; its sharp edge pierced his eye socket, penetrated his brain, and ended his life.

The only one who survived the injury was Dai Yueheng, who was screaming in agony.

He re-entered his martial spirit form at the moment of the explosion, entering the White Tiger state.

Although his size increased as a result, and he suffered more damage from the explosion, the possession of his Martial Soul greatly enhanced his defense.

Overall, Dai Yueheng came out ahead; at least he survived and didn't end up dying like Yao Haoxuan and the other two.

However, Dai Yueheng's injuries were still not optimistic. The impact of the explosion completely disrupted his soul power, causing him to exit the White Tiger form.

The foul-smelling venom sizzled as it corroded his body, leaving large patches of skin all over his body ulcerated beyond recognition.

However, the most serious injury was to Dai Yueheng's eyes, as the highly corrosive corpse poison precisely targeted them.

The fragile eyeballs were easily assimilated and infected by the corpse poison, turning into a pool of pus.

"Hehehe! How does my corpse explosion taste? No matter how high your cultivation level is, you'll only face death before my corpse explosion!"

"asshole!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously. One was from the controller of the Corpse Explosion Technique, the leader of the Death Hand Bandit Gang, and the other was from Xuanzi, who was enraged.

Xuanzi stared in horror at the horrific scene inside the cave. When he sensed that Yao Haoxuan and the other two had already stopped breathing, his body trembled involuntarily.

Something terrible has happened! Another accident has occurred!

Under his leadership, another serious incident of student injury occurred!

Last time, the twelve students he led were almost wiped out by a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and this time they were defeated by a Soul King.

Although he didn't show up at all, he actually arrived here long before the main team.

After using his mental power to investigate and discover that the strongest opponent here was only a Soul King, he easily hid on the ridge and drank and ate meat.

Xuanzi didn't believe his team's main players would get injured because of a mere Soul King.

But just as he was happily eating his chicken leg, a violent explosion came from the cave. Xuanzi's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling.

"Give me your life!" Xuanzi roared, unleashing a torrent of powerful soul energy.

The Grim Reaper sensed something was wrong when he discovered that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen were still alive.

Now, with the addition of Xuanzi, whose strength was clearly extremely powerful, he subconsciously activated the Corpse Explosion Technique again, sensing the three freshly formed corpses on the ground.

The corpses of Yao Haoxuan, Gongyang Mo, and Chen Zifeng on the ground swelled up like air under the effect of the Corpse Explosion Technique.

"No!"

Xuanzi's eyes were filled with panic. The deaths of the students were serious enough. He couldn't let Yao Haoxuan and the others be completely destroyed. If he did, he would have no face to face anyone!

He, who was originally rushing towards the messenger of death, suddenly turned and came to the nearest body of Chen Zifeng.

Xuanzi injected his soul power into Chen Zifeng's body, attempting to forcibly stop its continued expansion.

This trick worked; Chen Zifeng's body stopped expanding and began to gradually shrink back to its normal size.

Xuanzi's face lit up with joy, but then the sound of explosions rang out in his ears one after another—the mournful music that came from the explosions of Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan's corpses.

Xuanzi's smile froze completely. He stood there blankly, letting bits of flesh mixed with blood fall on his body, his eyes filled with deep confusion.