Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 416 Soul Cocoon

"Close your eyes now! What are you thinking about Yun Ming?"

The Dark Phoenix unleashed its aura, pressing down on the Dark Bell. Judging from its appearance, it was more likely that it would fight the Dark Bell first than attack Yun Ming.

"Damn, crazy woman."

Sensing Leng Yulai's imposing aura, Nanali's eyelids twitched. She had no doubt that, given Leng Yulai's personality, it was entirely possible that she would actually fight her right here.

Glancing at Yun Ming's expression, Nanali did not choose to listen to Leng Yulai's words. Instead, she took a slight step back and retreated behind the Ghost Emperor, using his body to block her view.

Anyway, since her martial soul is a sound wave type, even if she keeps her distance, she can still take timely action to control her opponent.

Moreover, with the Ghost Emperor as a massive shield in front of them, where could be safer than here?

Looking at Leng Yulai's infatuated yet slightly infatuated gaze, Nanali couldn't help but feel a sense of disdain for her.

It's just a man's naked body, why are you so obsessed?

You should know that during the six months she worked as a servant in the governor's mansion in Tianhai City, she had seen everything, not to mention a naked man, she had seen even more lewd scenes.

That woman, Fors, completely treated her as part of the game, so Nanali was quite worldly-wise. The only downside was the tuition; it was practically the price of her entire future.

Thinking of Fors, a shadow crossed Nanali's eyes. Ever since leaving the governor's mansion in Skysea City, she had been searching for a way to break free of the control, but so far, she had not found a single clue.

What methods did that woman Fors use to control her?! Even when trying to sleep, Nanali has trouble falling asleep until the control is broken.

Watching the farce unfold across from him, Yun Ming remained completely unmoved, though he was already prepared to slip away.

Run! You're giving Luda a piece of your mind!

Although he could ask his main body for help, Yun Ming decided it was better not to bother Nan Fusheng since he was also busy.

Yun Ming's way of existence is very special. He is similar to Lu Fa and others, with Nan Fusheng's blood inheritance in his body, but his way of existence is different from theirs.

Because Yun Ming's soul was somewhat damaged, Nan Fusheng chose to let the Time Worm directly replace it and merge with Yun Ming's soul, in addition to having Nan Fusheng's blood in it.

To a certain extent, Nan Fusheng and Yun Ming share a sense of resonance. For example, if Nan Fusheng punched Yun Ming, he could completely empathize with Yun Ming's reaction.

This is the sense of resonance, which is why Nan Fusheng said earlier that he wanted Yunming to live as his other half—because he understood this sense of resonance.

Of course, this feeling can also be blocked out.

Seeing Leng Yulai staring at him intently, Yun Ming's gaze sharpened. He raised his spear, and a blinding golden light burst forth. "Sky-Piercing, Sun-Shooting!"

"not good!"

Seeing Yun Ming's stance, the Ghost Emperor was immediately shocked, and familiar memories flooded his mind once again. Yun Ming, he really was still the same Yun Ming!

The dark green skull quickly enveloped him, and the Dark Bell also wisely raised its bell to block in front of him.

Leng Yulai also realized what was happening, a resolute glint in her eyes, and a dark phoenix phantom appeared behind her, protecting her.

"boom--"

A dazzling golden light shone forth, but the towering divine spear did not fire. Yun Ming stomped a large crater in the ground, and using the force, he soared into the sky, fleeing far away towards the outer city of Shrek Academy.

"If you want to test my Heaven-Piercing Spear, then come after me." Only Yun Ming's voice echoed in the air. He actually ran away! He just got away like that!

"Chase!"

Coming to his senses, the Ghost Emperor let out a roar. Seeing Yun Ming's posture, he knew perfectly well that the guy was truly at his last gasp, yet he had foolishly been intimidated!

However, Yun Ming's figure had already disappeared from the sky. The other party's speed was also astonishing. When the Ghost Emperor wanted to chase after him, he didn't know which direction to go, because he could no longer see Yun Ming's trace!

"Yun Ming!"

Just then, the Dark Phoenix let out a shriek, and then transformed into a streak of light, flying far away into the distance.

She didn't know which direction Yun Ming was in, but she still chased after him.

"Ghost Emperor, what should we do? Should we deal with the important matters first, or go find Yun Ming?" Dark Bell asked the Ghost Emperor, after all, he was the one in charge now.

"Search! We'll split into two groups. If we still can't find Yun Ming in ten minutes, then the mission will take priority," the Ghost Emperor said quickly.

After saying that, he flew off in another direction. Seeing this, Dark Bell shrugged slightly and then flew off in a direction different from the two of them.

"That guy actually has so many tricks up his sleeve!"

The Ghost Emperor gritted his teeth as he tried to sense Yun Ming's presence, but for some unknown reason, he couldn't sense even a trace of Yun Ming's aura.

……

Ten minutes later.

The Ghost Emperor appeared amidst ruins, his face a mixture of emotions. He couldn't find it; he simply couldn't find it!

"What a magnificent Yun Ming! What a formidable Sky-Supporting Douluo!"

The Ghost Emperor's gaze was grim. At this point, he was absolutely certain that Yun Ming had escaped. Their Holy Spirit Sect had spent so much effort and meticulously crafted this situation, yet they still hadn't managed to completely kill Yun Ming.

"But it's alright. Even if he's not dead, he's already shattered his divine position, and his soul power is almost completely burned off. Even if he's still alive, his strength will definitely be much weaker than before, and he'll need to recuperate for a long time."

Thinking of this, the Ghost Emperor's gaze calmed down considerably. Although he didn't know why Yun Ming was able to unleash such a powerful attack just now, he could still roughly judge Yun Ming's condition: his soul power was almost completely burned off, and he had to rebuild it over time.

A period of ten to twenty years, or at most several decades—this is the timeframe the Ghost Emperor can roughly estimate. And during this time, the invincible Sky-Supporting Douluo will definitely not appear.

With this period of time as a buffer, their Holy Spirit Church's goals can be achieved.

"Even if you really come back, so what? I'll just become a god. Yun Ming, you should focus on recovering from your injuries. I hope you can make it to the scene when our grand plan is complete. At that time, I'll also let you experience the power of a true god."

Without hesitation, another dark green skull materialized beneath the Ghost Emperor, letting out a roar.

Immediately afterwards, from the ruins of Shrek's inner city, one soul after another began to emerge, only to be devoured by the skull beneath the Ghost Emperor.

"Hehehe, eat up, eat up. These are the foundation for our future godhood, hmm?"

As he laughed, the Ghost Emperor suddenly noticed something was wrong: why were these soul orbs becoming fewer and fewer?

At first, he didn't care, thinking that there were probably fewer people in this area and he could just go somewhere else.

However, after changing locations several times, the number of soul orbs only decreased, which immediately put the Ghost Emperor in a bad mood.

"What on earth is going on?!"

The Ghost Emperor's face turned extremely gloomy. Their plan to destroy Shrek Academy was not only to get rid of Yun Ming, a major threat, but more importantly, to take revenge on the souls of those who died tragically in Shrek City.

These souls are the most important thing; compared to this goal, eliminating Yun Ming is secondary.

The number of people who died this time, if not tens of millions, was definitely close. So many people died, yet the Ghost Emperor has only collected a few thousand souls so far. There must be something wrong with that.

The Ghost Emperor immediately contacted the Dark Bell, who was in charge of another direction, so he needed to confirm with her.

"Hey, what's up?"

"The number of souls I'm getting isn't what I expected. How's it going on your end?"

"Hmm? Didn't you arrange for anyone else to do this with you? I've tried several different locations here, and I've only collected a few thousand souls."

"Really? The situation has changed. You need to come to my side immediately."

After hanging up the communication, the green light in the Ghost Emperor's eyes intensified. There was definitely something wrong. He wanted to see which audacious fellow dared to try and steal souls from their Holy Spirit Cult.

The Ghost Emperor looked at the skull beneath him that was devouring souls, and with a thought, he stopped it, causing some soul orbs to hang in mid-air.

However, they did not disappear; instead, they seemed to be pulled in some way and moved in one direction.

A green light flashed in the Ghost Emperor's eyes, and the skull beneath him immediately carried him in pursuit of the soul orb.

Midway through, they met up with the Dark Bell. The Ghost Emperor and she tacitly remained silent, simply following the drifting ball of soul light.

"What happened?"

The Ghost Emperor's gaze became filled with suspicion and uncertainty, because the soul before him had vanished without a trace after flying a certain distance. He was certain that it had not disappeared naturally.

Something's fishy!

The skull beneath the Ghost Emperor immediately spewed out a ball of dark green flame, engulfing the land.

……

"Hmm? They're here."

Nan Fusheng looked into the distance, where the Ghost Emperor was controlling a skull to launch indiscriminate attacks, trying to find out what was strange about the place.

"However, we're almost done here too."

Nan Fusheng looked up at the sky, where there was a blue energy cocoon. This energy cocoon was made of soul power and emitted a dazzling light.

However, the Ghost Emperor and the Dark Bell, who were not far away, seemed not to see it at all, and continued to launch large-scale attacks on their own.

All of this was naturally Nan Fusheng's doing. Fate's cover-up caused the Ghost Emperor and his companions to subconsciously overlook the fluctuations here. They could only sense that something was wrong, but they found it difficult to pinpoint the exact location.

"More than three million souls is the minimum requirement for evolution, but now it has devoured far more than three million souls. I wonder what it will become in the end."

Nan Fusheng's eyes flashed. The number of souls required for the golden butterfly's evolution was almost the same as he had estimated. The minimum requirement was more than three million souls, which would be difficult to gather without carrying out a massacre in those big cities.

However, the death toll in Shrek City is now far more than three million; at least tens of millions have died as a result of the recent attack.

When the death toll is high enough, it becomes just a cold, hard number.

Through this attack, the golden butterfly devoured at least five million souls before beginning to spin its cocoon.

With so many souls as the foundation, he believed that a powerful Chimera Soul Beast would eventually be born.

"In that case, there's no need to hide it anymore."

Nan Fusheng's eyes flickered, and the veil of fate vanished.

"Hmm? Found it!"

The Ghost Emperor, who was indiscriminately attacking not far away, suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and then found that everything around him had changed, with dazzling blue light constantly shining all around.

However, what attracted the Ghost Emperor's attention the most was the large cocoon of light that was devouring souls not far away, and the strange man watching them intently from beneath the cocoon.

"That's a soul beast?!"

The Ghost Emperor narrowed his eyes. He didn't know what the cocoon of light that devoured souls was. But the energy fluctuations emanating from it were more like those of a soul beast than humans. The Ghost Emperor was absolutely certain of this.

Because the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, the Demon Emperor, is a soul beast. Moreover, he has killed many sea soul beasts, so he is naturally very familiar with the soul power fluctuations of soul beasts.

"Then what is this thing? It doesn't seem like a ferocious beast, but it's definitely not human either."

Looking at the Oukes that Nan Fusheng had transformed into, the Ghost Emperor made a guess in his mind: Is it an alien race from another plane? It looks like it's not to be trifled with.

The Ghost Emperor didn't act immediately because Nan Fusheng gave him a strange feeling. Even though he hadn't done anything, he just felt that this insect-like monster was dangerous.

"A strange guy, but dangerous."

Seeing that the Ghost Emperor did not make a move, Dark Bell simply observed from the sidelines.

Their goal this time is to capture souls; they cannot afford to lose them.

Thinking of this, the Ghost Emperor attempted to negotiate with the other party, "Your Excellency, you..."

"Get lost." Before the Ghost Emperor could finish speaking, Nan Fusheng rudely interrupted him, "Our objective here will be completed soon. If you don't want to die, get the hell out of here."

"it is good."

The Ghost Emperor was so angry that he laughed. What was his status? How many people in this world would dare to speak to him like that?

He had initially thought Nan Fusheng was no ordinary man, and had even tried to negotiate with him to see if they could join forces or take advantage of him. However, he never expected that the other party would be so disrespectful to him. Did he really think that the Ghost Emperor was made of clay?

"Die." The dark green skull beneath him opened its mouth rapidly, spewing out dark green death flames. At the same time, nine more dark green skulls condensed around the Ghost Emperor and pounced towards Nan Fusheng.

If you don't want to cooperate, then die! On this Douluo Continent where there are no gods, the Ghost Emperor fears no one!

Seeing this, the Dark Bell beside it also started shaking its own bell.

"Ring ring." An invisible sound wave, in conjunction with the Ghost Emperor's attack, swept towards Nan Fusheng.

(End of this chapter)