Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 398 Dawn Firebird

Ji Lin proved to everyone through his actions that evil spirit masters are not invincible; they are indeed terrifying, but not unbeatable.

Of course, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that Ji Lin is far stronger than Ji Li of the Holy Spirit Sect, and he's not someone that ordinary soul masters can compare to.

The Soul Guidance Shield rose again, and the Unbreakable Douluo stood in the center of the arena, taking a deep look at Ji Lin, who had already walked to the edge of the arena and turned around, his face as calm as still water.

As the referee, he knew very well that neither side had used their full strength in the first match. Ji Li was defeated before he could even use his full strength, while Ji Lin did not need to use his full strength. At least, Ji Lin did not use the soul skill that could freeze him.

What puzzled him was Ji Lin's martial soul. It was clearly a fire-attribute weapon martial soul, but it possessed a soul skill that could freeze space. Could it be a twin martial soul? Or was it that so-called holy mark skill? As a level nine soul master, Zheng Zhan, although he was from the Sun Moon Empire, still knew the specific information about the holy marks that had appeared in recent years.

Although Zheng Zhan is a level nine Soul Master, his ability in martial soul is far from comparable to that of a true Title Douluo. However, once one reaches that level of cultivation, one's eyesight is naturally much better than that of an ordinary person.

He was well aware of Ji Lin's power; it was power in every aspect.

"The match begins." Although his mind was racing, it didn't affect Zheng Zhan's officiating of the match.

As he swung his right hand down, Ji Lin raised his hand and unleashed a crescent-shaped sword aura. He had already used the Other Shore Flower once, so Wang Xiaolei should have been on guard. That kind of wide-range soul skill was okay on first sight, but once someone was on guard, it was not easy to hit. After all, the Flame Pillar required charging up, and one could dodge it in advance while charging up.

On the other side, Wang Xiaolei of the Holy Spirit Sect stood still, and as he raised his right arm on his slender body, rings of spirit energy rose from his feet.

As expected of a powerful sect from the Evil Soul Masters, they also had six soul rings, and six soul rings in the best ratio slowly rose up, two yellow, two purple, and two black.

Just then, a skeletal hand emerged from the sleeve of the right arm.

With a flick of his finger at the crescent-shaped sword energy that was tearing through the air, Wang Xiaolei's first spirit ring also shone brightly.

A bizarre scene unfolded: a cluster of white, bony claws suddenly emerged from the hard steel floor, coalesced, and formed a wall of bones, blocking Ji Lin's sword energy.

Despite it being broad daylight, the sky was already overcast, and the sudden appearance of a large number of bone claws immediately drew gasps from the audience.

What is this thing? What kind of martial spirit is this?!

A deep, eerie voice emanated from Wang Xiaolei's large cloak. His protruding bone claws pulsed with rhythmic movement, and his second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth spirit rings began to flash alternately in a bizarre manner. Each spirit ring would flash briefly before moving on to the next, the brightness of the light undulating like waves, making it impossible to discern what kind of spirit skill Wang Xiaolei was about to use.

Wang Xiaolei made a pressing motion towards Ji Lin, and a strange icy blue fluctuation suddenly lit up on his bone claw. Instantly, a pale white halo appeared under Ji Lin's feet.

Second Soul Skill: Evil Frost.

Ji Lin felt a strong, chilling aura rise from beneath his feet, and the next moment, the surroundings turned white.

The freezing ability that Wang Xiaolei used was formed from the evil energy extracted from the source of vengeful spirits. The extreme cold feeling actually came from the concentrated evil and resentment.

His soul skill requires a constant replenishment of vengeful spirits to maintain its effectiveness. Each vengeful spirit originates from a life, and like most evil soul masters, his ability is built upon slaughter.

Ji Lin glanced at the halo beneath his feet. The chill had no effect on him, but the evil, corrupting power was disgusting. He stomped his right foot lightly, and flames rose up, dispelling the corrupting power and chill.

Wang Xiaolei remained calm. Seeing that he could not corrupt Ji Lin's martial spirit, he immediately took a step forward and raised his right hand high.

As he raised his right hand, amidst the gasps of the audience, his sleeve naturally slipped down to his shoulder, revealing his right arm, which was completely bare white bone.

The eeriness of the evil spirit master sent chills down the spines of countless people.

On Wang Xiaolei's raised right hand, purplish-black light condensed. His evil frost could not only corrupt opponents, causing the evil aura of vengeful spirits to frantically erode them and even turn them into vengeful spirits themselves, but it also had a very strong restrictive effect. As for how long it could restrict opponents, it depended on the strength of the opponents themselves.

At this moment, his fifth spirit ring was already lit up.

The purplish-black light on his right hand became extremely dazzling, and the entire arena resounded with the wailing of vengeful spirits.

Even the Unbreakable Douluo's face darkened. He wasn't afraid of Wang Xiaolei's attack power, but he could sense the intense aura of vengeful spirits contained within Wang Xiaolei's abilities—it was the result of at least a hundred lives! This guy was an executioner.

Although Zheng Zhan came from the Sun Moon Empire and had close ties with the royal family, he had absolutely no liking for these evil soul masters. He even secretly hoped that Ji Lin would kill Wang Xiaolei as well, and he would definitely not interfere.

"Ah!" With a scream, Wang Xiaolei's right arm suddenly swung down, and instantly, a long, purplish-black whip was flung out from his raised right hand, pointing straight at Ji Lin.

This is his powerful fifth soul skill, the Whip of Death. Once hit by the Whip of Death, one will be eroded by the aura of death and simultaneously be violently attacked by the terrifying vengeful spirit aura contained within the Whip of Death until one's own soul also transforms into a vengeful spirit.

This Death Whip also needs to be forged from vengeful spirits. Wang Xiaolei's Death Whip already has more than two hundred vengeful spirits on it. The power of the fifth soul skill composed of so many vengeful spirits is so strong that even many seven-ring soul saint level experts cannot withstand it.

It's important to understand that souls capable of being transformed into vengeful spirits are not readily available. It's not something that can be achieved by killing just anyone. Only those humans with extremely deep resentment in their hearts, or those who have experienced great fear at the moment of death, can become powerful vengeful spirits. For this reason, Wang Xiaolei has tortured and killed countless people to achieve his current success.

Even the Unbreakable Douluo Zheng Zhan didn't understand evil soul masters enough. The number of lives lost at Wang Xiaolei's hands was far more than a hundred, already exceeding four figures.

As the purplish-black whip swept across, countless shrill screams filled the air. The sound alone, emanating from the arena, caused nearby spectators to feel dizzy and disoriented, as if their souls were about to leave their bodies. After the match, all of these dizzy spectators fell seriously ill.

Ji Lin's face was cold, and his eyes were filled with killing intent. As expected, he hated evil soul masters. A single evil soul master at the Soul Emperor level had killed thousands of innocent people, and they were tortured to death. Before they died, they had endured countless cruel tortures. And the Holy Spirit Sect had so many evil soul masters. They must have killed more people than a war had ever killed.

Since he's already run into them, let's send them to meet their deaths.

"Bang!"

Flames surged forth, and the Heavenly Fire Judgment in Ji Lin's hand transformed into a flaming sword. He compressed and condensed the flames onto the sword's blade, and the crimson flames gradually turned blood red.

He slashed at the long whip with his sword.

"Ah—" A shrill scream came from the long whip. It could be clearly seen that under the burning of blood-red flames, a large amount of light mist overflowed. With each ripple of light mist, a distorted human face dissipated in the air, accompanied by wisps of purplish-black mist surging in the air.

Wang Xiaolei was furious and roared repeatedly.

He had spent a great deal of energy forging this Whip of Death, to the point that he himself had become neither human nor ghost.

But it was damaged by Ji Lin's Heavenly Fire Judgment, which carried high temperature and destructive power. How could he not be furious?

Wang Xiaolei's sixth spirit ring instantly shone, and clusters of purplish-black light lit up all over his body. His black cloak finally shattered.

Just as many people guessed, when the black cloak was no longer covering him, what appeared before everyone was a white, skeletal frame, clearly a skeleton.

Within the skull's eye sockets, two dark red flames flickered violently, while on its white bones, strange purplish-black patterns appeared.

At this moment, he raised his left hand and placed it on his right hand. The clusters of purplish-black light immediately passed through his left hand to the Whip of Death in his right hand.

All the vengeful spirits seemed to fall silent at this moment, and a terrifying aura of death surged toward Ji Lin like a tidal wave.

Ji Lin frowned, and several crimson slashes shot out. With a loud bang, the purplish-black light ball in mid-air was cut in two. The purplish-black light ball that fell to the ground turned into liquid. Instantly, the steel plate on the ground melted silently. Moreover, the purplish-black liquid that adhered to it even spread to the granite below, corroding it mottledly. Small holes with no bottom appeared one after another, densely packed and nauseating.

Death and Decay, Wang Xiaolei's sixth soul skill, is also his most powerful soul skill.

Ji Lin's body shuddered involuntarily, and goosebumps rose all over his body. Oh, I forgot to mention, he has trypophobia!

Ji Lin gripped the Heavenly Fire Judgment tightly with both hands, and flames began to condense on the sword. After a slight gathering of power, a firebird was slashed out by Ji Lin and flew rapidly towards Wang Xiaolei. The air along the way was distorted by the high temperature of the firebird, and the purplish-black liquid on the ground was evaporated.

This is a skill that Ji Lin imitated from a game character in her previous life, named Dawn.

Bone claws reappeared on the ground, but unfortunately, wherever the firebird passed, the bone claws shattered, unable to stop Fenhao at all.

A hint of panic flickered in the soul fire dancing in Wang Xiaolei's eyes. He grabbed at the air with his right claw, and his third soul ring shone. A dark purple bubble appeared out of thin air, enveloping his body. Then, his bony arms split to the left and right sides of his body, and the purplish-black patterns on his body lit up as if they had been ignited.

As he stretched out his arms, his fourth spirit ring lit up, and patches of purplish-black light emanated from beneath his feet.

This is his third soul skill, Death Guard, and his fourth soul skill, Sea of ​​the Dead.

The Sea of ​​the Dead is an ability similar to a domain, but not quite. It can only be used within a radius of ten meters. Once activated, the Sea of ​​the Dead will not move with Wang Xiaolei, but any ability released within it will be greatly enhanced. It also has the ability to nourish vengeful spirits and allow them to be reborn.

Wang Xiaolei is releasing this soul skill now to enhance his defense.

As the firebird rushed into the area of ​​the Sea of ​​the Dead, a purplish-black light surged forth, rushing towards the firebird in an attempt to extinguish it. However, the firebird's body temperature was too high, and the purplish-black light was vaporized by the high temperature before it could even get close.

However, the Firebird was not Ji Lin's soul skill after all; it was merely a pseudo-object formed from fire elemental energy. Although it was amplified by the ultimate fire, it could only barely break through Wang Xiaolei's Death Guard.

Wang Xiaolei took the opportunity to retreat to the other side of the Sea of ​​the Dead, thus avoiding the firebird's attack.

"Bang!"

Ji Lin was engulfed in flames. With a powerful push from his feet, he transformed into a streak of fire and charged toward Wang Xiaolei.

As soon as Ji Lin entered the Sea of ​​the Dead, he felt a chill creeping over him, and the mournful howls of vengeful spirits echoed in his ears.

An evil, icy aura surged towards him, trying to engulf him, but it could not break through the flames surrounding Ji Lin. However, Ji Lin's speed was also slowed down.

"Gah gah gah!" Wang Xiaolei laughed, his laughter as chilling as a crow's cawing at night. "Idiot, your biggest mistake was entering my Sea of ​​the Dead. Enjoy, Sea of ​​the Dead, Death and Decay."

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hands high, and purplish-black springs gushed forth from his body, rapidly spreading to every corner of the Sea of ​​the Dead. A terrifying aura of death hysterically enveloped Ji Lin.

Wang Xiaolei once used this move to kill two Soul Saint level experts at the same time, making them the main souls of his Death Whip. He was looking forward to seeing how much stronger his Death Whip would become after absorbing Ji Lin's soul.

The overcast skies today are a great opportunity for the evil spirit masters, especially for Wang Xiaolei. If it were a sunny day, his strength would be greatly reduced, and he might not even be able to represent the team, only being able to serve as a substitute.

At that moment, however, he firmly believed that he was powerful.

Although Wang Xiaolei appeared calm, evil soul masters are different from ordinary people. After going crazy, many things are overlooked. For example, he did not see Ji Lin's soul ring, and he forgot about the soul skill that Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng mentioned, which could freeze space.

He didn't see the way the Unbreakable Douluo looked at him, as if he were a dead man.

(End of this chapter)