Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 387 The Vanished Soul! Huo Yuhao, the Framed One!

The group approaching from the horizon was the Tang Clan members escorted by Xuanzi. They looked exhausted, covered in dust, and their weary faces concealed a deep sadness.

Zhu Ziyang, along with Cai Meier, Yan Shaozhe, and others, immediately went to greet them and asked, "Elder Xuan, what happened?"

"Sigh!" Xuanzi sighed, his old face full of helplessness and frustration. He was about to answer Zhu Ziyang's question when Huo Yuhao rushed out from behind him and interrupted him.

"Senior brother, please save Xiao Xiao!" Huo Yuhao rushed to Zhu Ziyang and knelt down in front of him with a thud, pleading in a hoarse voice.

Everyone was stunned, including Zhu Ziyang. However, he immediately pulled Huo Yuhao up, frowned, and scolded, "A man's knees are worth gold; how can you kneel so easily!"

Zhu Ziyang noticed Xiao Xiao lying on Huo Yuhao's back. She looked calm, but her face was deathly pale and she was completely lifeless. If Zhu Ziyang hadn't sensed that her life force was rapidly fading away, he would have thought she was just asleep.

His face darkened as he asked, "What happened to Xiao Xiao?"

"..." Huo Yuhao was filled with grief, choked with sobs, unable to speak.

Zhu Ziyang could only look at Xuanzi and Tang Ya and the others. Xuanzi said, "Ziyang, this matter is very complicated and cannot be explained in a short time. Let's go back to Tianyuan Pavilion first and see if Xiao Xiao has any chance of survival."

"Alright!" Zhu Ziyang glanced at the Tang Clan members and noticed that they all looked grief-stricken and dazed, clearly having just experienced a significant storm or calamity.

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Inside a wooden house in Tianyuan Pavilion.

After a thorough examination, Elder Zhuang concluded that Xiao Xiao's life force was rapidly diminishing, and she would die within a month. All he could do was replenish her life force to slow its loss and prolong her life.

But Old Zhuang sighed in the end, saying, "It's just a drop in the ocean! Xiao Xiao's current condition is like a pool where the outlet is much larger than the inlet, so it's hard for water to accumulate. To save her, we must find the outlet, but I've checked several times and still can't find the reason why this child's life force is slipping away! So... alas!"

"Why did this happen? Why?" Huo Yuhao found it hard to accept this outcome. His eyes were lifeless, and he was like a deflated balloon, filled with helplessness and despair.

"I understand, Elder Zhuang." Zhu Ziyang said to Elder Zhuang with a solemn expression, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Sigh, it's nothing." Old Zhuang waved his hand and sighed, "What a pity for that little girl, Xiao Xiao! Ziyang, I'm going to treat Xuanzi's injuries. I'll leave this place to you."

"Hmm!" Zhu Ziyang nodded. He looked at Huo Yuhao kneeling in front of Xiao Xiao's bed, crying on her body, and felt a sudden sense of irritation. Just as he was about to leave and find Tang Ya and the others to find out what happened, he suddenly heard Electrolux's voice.

"Ziyang, this little girl's soul is gone!" Electrolux said.

"What?" Zhu Ziyang's body trembled, and he immediately understood why Xiao Xiao was in her current half-dead state. He exclaimed, "I see!"

Normally, a person's soul only leaves the body and returns to the universe after the body dies. Under normal circumstances, a living person's soul cannot leave the body; once the soul leaves the body, the living person becomes a living dead.

The living dead's body will remain active, but its life force will slowly dissipate. If the soul cannot return to the body before the body's life force is exhausted and the body dies completely, then the living dead will become a real dead person, just like Xiao Xiao's current situation.

The analogy Zhuangzi used earlier was quite apt: the human body is like a pool that stores life force, and the human soul is the valve of this pool. When the soul leaves the body, it means that the pool has no valve, and the life force in the pool will naturally flow out uncontrollably. In ordinary people, this situation is called soul loss syndrome.

Why is it called "soul loss syndrome" among ordinary people? That's because Soul Masters don't suffer from it. A Soul Master's soul is linked to their Martial Soul, which is closely integrated with their physical body. So, under normal circumstances, it's impossible for a Soul Master to develop soul loss syndrome.

If a Soul Master suffers from Soul Loss Syndrome, there is only one possibility: his Martial Soul is shattered, and the protective function of the Martial Soul is lost between the soul and the body, making it possible to suffer from Soul Loss Syndrome.

Xiao Xiao's current condition is almost identical to that of someone suffering from amnesia. However, what's strange is that both of Xiao Xiao's martial souls are intact, and her soul power level has not dropped. This means that there is no problem with her martial souls, and if there is no problem with her martial souls, then her soul cannot leave her body.

This is why Elder Zhuang couldn't see that Xiao Xiao lacked a soul; he never even considered it, nor could he possibly have, because it was too abnormal.

If it weren't for Electrolux's reminder, Zhu Ziyang wouldn't have thought of this. It can only be said that Electrolux, as a soul entity, has an extremely strong perception of souls.

Now that we know why Xiao Xiao is in this predicament, the next step is to figure out why her soul disappeared into thin air.

In fact, the answer is already quite clear. Although Soul Masters also cultivate spiritual power, the existence of the soul level is too profound. Even Limit Douluo can only be said to have grasped some superficial aspects, and can briefly travel through the void in their minds. But to be able to easily abduct the soul of a Soul Master, especially a Soul Emperor-level Soul Master, Limit Douluo is clearly not qualified. Only gods possess such an ability.

Considering the miracles that occurred in the Sun and Moon Mountains, and Niu Tian who intercepted him and Ma Xiaotao, is it necessary to spell out who the culprit is?

Zhu Ziyang's face showed unspeakable anger. He took a deep breath to suppress the anger, but in his heart he had already prepared for the future battle of the gods.

Huo Yuhao was still crying, constantly blaming himself. Although Zhu Ziyang didn't understand exactly what had happened, he knew perfectly well that his poor junior brother had been tricked by the Sea God. Even the chosen ones sometimes didn't grow up so easily. However, he didn't understand why the Sea God wanted to imprison Xiao Xiao's soul. Could it be to coerce Huo Yuhao into becoming his person later?

"Yuhao, if you don't want Xiaoxiao to really die, then stop crying!" Zhu Ziyang said coldly.

"What?" Huo Yuhao's crying stopped abruptly. He jumped up, his face full of hope and fear as he looked at Zhu Ziyang, his voice trembling, "Senior brother, do you have a way to save Xiao Xiao?"

"Hmm!" Zhu Ziyang nodded and said, "The most urgent thing is to preserve Xiao Xiao's body. We can't let her body die. Otherwise, even if you resurrect Xiao Xiao in the future, it's hard to say whether she will still be the Xiao Xiao you love."

"Oh, oh!" Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao quickly wiped away his tears and hurriedly asked, "I understand, Senior Brother. Then how can we protect Xiao Xiao's body?"

"Looks like you're really confused in your haste." Zhu Ziyang looked at Huo Yuhao speechlessly and said, "Isn't your second martial soul the Ultimate Ice? What could be more effective at sealing than Ultimate Ice?"

"Oh, oh!" Huo Yuhao was enlightened by Zhu Ziyang's words, and a smile finally appeared on his face as he said, "I understand, I understand!"

He immediately turned around, releasing his second martial soul in preparation to condense ultimate ice. However, just as he stretched out his hand, he turned back to look at Zhu Ziyang and asked, "Senior brother, won't this hurt Xiao Xiao? Won't she be cold?"

"No!" Zhu Ziyang said. "I can tell you definitively that Xiao Xiao's soul is no longer in her body, so she won't experience any emotions!"

"Senior brother, is this the reason why Xiao Xiao was dying?" Huo Yuhao asked with a sorrowful expression, having keenly grasped the key information.

"Yes." Zhu Ziyang nodded and said, "Alright, you can do it now. I'll go out and find Tang Ya and the others to find out what happened, and then I'll tell you about Xiao Xiao's soul."

"I understand," Huo Yuhao said gratefully. "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

Zhu Ziyang waved his hand and walked out of the wooden house.

(End of this chapter)