Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 172 The Strongest Soul King, the Grim Reaper! Explosions are Art! (5K Wiped Out!)

Following the direction from which the rooster crowed, Xuanzi approached swiftly like a ghost, using his level 98 soul power to steal the chicken.

He really loves eating chicken drumsticks!

In the entire Douluo Continent, he is probably the only Title Douluo who would use his soul power to catch a few chickens.

But it must be said that the effect was very good. Even when he reached the tree branch above the Void Kun Chicken, the Void Kun Chicken under his feet did not notice his arrival.

"Not bad, not bad! It's actually a nest! Not only are there two Void Kun chickens, a male and a female, but I also happened to encounter their eggs, which they only lay once every two and a half years!" Xuanzi swallowed hard, his eyes shining as he looked at the two Void Kun chickens at his feet.

The Void Kun Chicken consists of a male and a female. Unlike normal chickens, they do not have combs on their heads. Instead, they have two tufts of feathers that are symmetrically separated in the middle and fall on either side of their heads. Moreover, the color of the feathers of male and female Void Kun Chickens is different.

The male Void Kun Chicken has pale yellow hair on its head, orange-red feathers on its body, and blue claws without feathers.

The female Void Kun Chicken had gray hair, black feathers, and gray claws. Compared to the brightly colored male, the female appeared rather ordinary.

Xuanzi grinned and instantly appeared in front of the two Void Kun Chickens, grabbing one chicken by its claws and lifting both chickens up.

Startled, the two virtual Kun chickens immediately let out a sharp, explosive cry.

"You're so beautiful, chicken!!!"

"What are you doing? Haha, ouch!"

Xuanzi frowned, then snapped the necks of the two Void Kun Chickens, finally calming them down.

"Sigh, the meat of this Void Kun Chicken is indeed delicious, and its quantity is extremely rare, but its cry is too strange, isn't it?" Xuanzi muttered to himself, then threw the two chickens into the soul tool and took away all the eggs that only lay a nest every two and a half years.

Old Deng, returning laden with spoils, vanished in an instant, leaving only a barely audible whisper that drifted away on the wind.

"Hehehe, what a great harvest! Let's find a place to drink and eat chicken!"

"Hehehehe~"

……

Meanwhile, Shrek and his group finally arrived outside the cave where the Grim Reaper was hiding.

Because of the Grim Reaper's abilities, he would not casually discard corpses, which are excellent detonators. Therefore, apart from a strong smell of blood permeating the cave entrance, there were no corpses or severed limbs.

But just by smelling the blood, Shrek and his group became alert.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng exchanged a secret glance, then Ning Tian reached down to his waist, where a bright golden gemstone quietly shimmered, and the faint lines of the core magic array on its surface could be seen.

This is the Invincible Shield, one of the Soul Master's signature life-saving abilities.

Even though this is only a level 5 invincible shield, attacks from below the Title Douluo level can protect Ning Tian and Wu Feng for at least three seconds unless the attacks continue until their soul power to maintain the invincible shield is exhausted.

Three seconds is enough time, not to mention that each of them has five invincible shields.

"Ning Tian, ​​remember, the invincible shield must be hidden well; never expose it."

"Why, Brother Yun? Since the Invincible Shield can save lives, wouldn't it be better to take a few more points and give them to the senior students? They're not worth much anyway, and it will also make them have a better impression of my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School."

"Heh, you don't understand. Most Shrek Academy students, whether from the inner or outer courts, look down on soul tools. Besides, they're all inner court disciples who've already carried out countless missions. Giving them an invincible shield so readily is more like a sign of disrespect and humiliation to them. They won't remember your favor!"

"I see... I understand now, Brother Yun!"

"Okay, good that you understand. If they blame you later for not taking out the invincible shield beforehand, just say that you didn't prepare it in advance, and only you and Wu Feng each carried one for emergencies!"

"..."

Recalling her conversation with Lin Yun that night, Ning Tian gently bit her lower lip.

She didn't understand why Lin Yun did this, and she also vaguely felt that Lin Yun seemed to harbor great hostility towards Shrek Academy, as if he was secretly plotting something.

Ning Tian wasn't stupid; she could tell.

No matter what, she is the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. The upbringing she received from childhood is incomparable to that of Huo Yuhao, who came from a humble background as a servant. Although Lin Yun thinks her vision is still not high or broad enough, she has her own judgment in many things.

"If Yun-ge and I weren't considered friends, perhaps he wouldn't have even reminded me of these things?" Watching the people in front of her walk into the cave one by one, the dark and deep cave seemed like a gaping maw, as if it wanted to devour them all.

Ning Tian shivered slightly at those who hadn't come; goosebumps rose on his smooth arms, and his gaze toward the cave turned somewhat fearful.

Why...

Why do I feel this fear?

Could it be because of Brother Yun's earlier warning that I subconsciously felt a sense of crisis? But Elder Xuan was watching from the shadows, so how could any crisis possibly surpass a Title Douluo?

Ning Tian was filled with doubt, and even a little cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Xiao Feng, take care of yourself!" Ning Tianxia said softly, almost unconsciously.

Wu Feng turned to look at Ning Tian, ​​and that pretty face, pale and frightened, came into view.

"I will definitely protect you," Wu Feng said gently.

Even if I die, I will never let you get hurt!

Resurrect, my...

Sorry for the mistake.

"I'm fine, let's go, catch up with them!" The fear in Ning Tian's eyes faded considerably, and a gentle smile bloomed on her pretty face. She nodded slightly to Wu Feng and then stepped forward to follow the people in front.

However, Ning Tian was not thinking about what Wu Feng had said earlier. Instead, he gently stroked the invincible shield around his waist with his small hand. Looking at the dazzling golden light, Ning Tian felt as if that tall and imposing figure, who made him feel safe, had appeared beside him.

"You'll protect me, right?"

……

As for Ning Tian's future...

Ma Xiaotao and the others had completely entered the cave. Seeing the bloody scene in the passage, their faces were all very grim.

Jiang Nannan and Huo Yuhao from the reserve team were even paler, and Wang Dong clutched his stomach and ran to a corner to vomit rainbows.

That's so cruel!

Limbs and severed bodies, which were not found outside the cave, were almost everywhere inside. The surface of the gravel and stones was stained with a thick blood color, and many pieces of flesh, still dripping blood, were fixed to the top of the cave and the surrounding walls with sharp swords and daggers.

Huo Yuhao even saw a complete piece of skin and flesh, which, judging from its appearance, was probably peeled off from a young child.

"Damn it...!" Dai Yueheng roared in a low voice, his tiger eyes bloodshot, his voice filled with barely suppressed rage.

This is within the territory of the Star Luo Empire! All the people who died here were citizens of the Star Luo Empire!

If Dai Yueheng saw those lowly commoners on the street, he wouldn't even bother to give them a second glance, but seeing so many corpses here, he felt a surge of rage.

That damned evil spirit master, how dare he kill so many of my Star Luo Empire's fully automatic cotton harvesting machines!

He has already found a way to die!

The other inner court disciples were equally furious, their teeth grinding together.

Even though they were all under twenty years old, they were still inner disciples of Shrek Academy and had participated in many inspection team missions, but such a bloody scene was something they had never seen before.

"Charge in and kill them!" Ma Xiaotao, the most hot-tempered of them all, was the first to attack. Her huge fiery phoenix wings spread out instantly, and six spirit rings followed closely behind, circling around her.

boom!

A sudden burst of scorching flames erupted, and Ma Xiaotao, carrying terrifying heat, flapped her phoenix wings and flew rapidly through the cave, passing through places as if they were empty.

Those bandits who heard the commotion were all struck through the heart by a wisp of soul power thrown by Ma Xiaotao, burning their internal organs.

Others were not to be outdone.

The Soul-Chasing Sword in Chen Zifeng's hand exuded a strong killing intent. His body transformed into a streak of sword light, darting around and leaving trails of blood wherever he went. With each strike, a notorious bandit had his throat slit open.

Dai Yueheng's approach was even more straightforward and brutal. After activating the White Tiger Protective Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation, he used his two hands, which had transformed into tiger claws, to tear apart the bodies of the bandits one by one. Xi Xi, on the other hand, had a significantly reduced presence. Holding two sharp daggers, she attacked from tricky angles, slitting the throats of the bandits or stabbing them in the heart from behind.

Every move is deadly.

In this battle, Ling Luochen, a control-type Soul Master, didn't really get a chance to participate. She simply conjured her ice staff and froze the bandits who had escaped from the labyrinthine tunnels into ice.

Yao Haoxuan and Gongyang Mo followed behind the people in front, using their soul skills to assist them.

By the time the reserve team entered the cave, the bandits had almost all been killed by Ma Xiaotao and her group. The first thing Ning Tian and his men saw was Dai Yueheng tearing a Soul King-level bandit in half with his tiger claws, blood and entrails splattering everywhere.

This method of killing has a bit of the feel of tearing apart Japanese soldiers with bare hands.

Ning Tian and the others, who had already endured the journey, retreated back into the passage and vomited profusely while leaning against the walls when they saw the even more bloody scene in the cave.

Even Wang Yan, the teacher, looked terrible. His pale, weak face was terrified. If it weren't for the need to maintain his teacher's image, his reaction probably wouldn't have been any better than the kids in the reserve team.

Just as the reserve team was vomiting violently, and the nearly 100-strong Death Hand bandit gang was almost completely wiped out, a sharp and sinister voice rang out.

"How dare you! You dare to oppose the great messenger of death! You will all die! I will turn you all into my corpse slaves!"

Upon hearing this voice, the remnants of the bandit gang, who had already begun to feel fear, suddenly became as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Their faces turned red as they roared loudly and charged towards Ma Xiaotao and the others, completely disregarding their own lives.

Meanwhile, the skin of the corpses that had died long ago in the cave, as well as the members of the bandit gang that Ma Xiaotao and her group had killed, was turning red rapidly at a visible speed, and the corpses were also swelling rapidly.

Huo Yuhao, who was vomiting profusely, was terrified when he saw this scene using his mental detection.

To ensure safety, no matter how bloody or cruel the situation was, Huo Yuhao maintained mental detection, but he did not share it with others.

In his perception, the corpses were gathering energy at an alarming rate, making his mind tremble with fear.

"careful!!!"

Huo Yuhao had barely opened his mouth when the corpses had already reached their limit of expansion, and then...

Explosion instantly!

boom!!!

boom!!!

Explosions rang out one after another, and each corpse seemed to have turned into a powerful fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell. Ma Xiaotao and her seven companions were the first to be affected by the power of the explosions!

Before the Grim Reaper appeared, he shouted a voice unique to NPCs, and Ma Xiaotao and the others instinctively wanted to interact with the NPC by clicking on the interaction panel. They didn't even retreat; instead, they moved forward quite a bit.

Little did they know that this was not an NPC at all, but a top-ranked Soul King who lacked martial ethics and resorted to sneak attacks!

Pure sixth brother!

A terrifying shockwave instantly swept through the entire cave. Upon hearing Huo Yuhao shout "Be careful!", Ning Tian and Wu Feng immediately patted their waists, and two golden shields instantly enveloped them.

Although Jiang Nannan was a step too slow, when she was thrown into the air by the explosion, she spat out a mouthful of blood, but managed to activate her invincible golden body in time, and then crashed hard into the mountain wall.

However, protected by her invincible golden body, she did not suffer secondary damage, only internal injuries from the shock of the first wave of explosion.

Huo Yuhao was alright. Although the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm liked to sleep, it still cared a lot about Huo Yuhao, the host who had helped it become a god. The moment it sensed the danger, it released a portion of its essence, forming a transparent shield that enveloped Huo Yuhao.

And Wang Dong...

It was incredibly absurd. He happened to be standing right behind Huo Yuhao, and just as Huo Yuhao subconsciously raised his hands and closed his eyes to wait for the explosion, he found himself unharmed.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Huo Yuhao standing in front of him. What had seemed like a clumsy figure to him now appeared more generous and reassuring.

Let's take another look at the people in the inner courtyard.

Because Ma Xiaotao had already transformed into the ultimate fire, apart from distant enemies who were only burned through the heart and left with their corpses intact, close-range enemies were burned to ashes, with only a few limbs and fragments at her feet. The moment the explosion occurred, she activated her two great soul skills, Phoenix Rebirth and Phoenix Wing Soaring.

The ultimate fire soul power instantly formed a shield on her body, so although she was blasted away, she only suffered an impact, and her injuries were similar to Jiang Nannan's, so it wasn't a big problem.

But Dai Yueheng is in a terrible situation.

Putting aside his fighting style, which resulted in corpses lying all around him, even the Soul King he tore in two with his bare hands unleashed an attack that was almost at its strongest.

Even though Dai Yueheng activated the White Tiger Demon God Transformation, the signature and powerful soul skill of the White Tiger Martial Soul, in time, his legs were still blown off immediately!

Flesh and bones were blasted into dust almost instantly. Dai Yueheng screamed and flew backward, crashing into the mountainside on the other side.

Not only were his legs blown off, but Dai Yueheng, who fell to the ground, was almost cut in half at the waist, with his internal organs flowing out of the wounds, and his lower body disappearing without a trace.

Chen Zifeng was the most miserable of all. His attack ability was purely cutting, and he could basically only cut the enemy in half to kill him. The integrity of his corpse was even higher than that of the ones next to Dai Yueheng.

Furthermore, since he was a weapon-type spirit master, the Soul-Chasing Sword provided almost no benefit to his body.

In the instant the explosion occurred, Chen Zifeng was engulfed by the terrifying shockwave and torn to pieces in the flames.

Only a few small pieces were scattered everywhere.

Perhaps due to the special nature of his martial spirit, coupled with Chen Zifeng's fear and negative emotions before his death, his martial spirit did not disappear with his death. Instead, it was held tightly in his broken right hand like a real sword.

Although Gongyang Mo, who was flying in the sky, was far from the explosion, he was still weak. His back was blown to pieces and he fell to the ground, his life hanging in the balance. The wound on his back was corroded by blood containing corpse poison, and white smoke was coming out.

Xi Xi's condition was not much worse than Dai Yueheng's. She was very fast, but the cave was ultimately limited in size. The rocks that splashed from the explosion tore her left leg and right hand apart, leaving the cuts bloody and mangled.

Yao Haoxuan...

Uh, this guy isn't dead!

Yes, he actually survived!

Looking at the reason again, oh, it turns out that Ling Luochen, who was not far behind him, put him in an ice prison in time, and he also released his martial soul in time, reducing the area affected by the explosion to the minimum, although he was blown unconscious.

However, it is certain that Yao Haoxuan is at most seriously injured, and there is no risk of death.

Ling Luochen's injuries were similar to Ma Xiaotao's, but slightly more severe.

Although she was on the outermost edge, this girl was a bit unlucky. Dai Yueheng happened to have thrown a few corpses next to her. Although they weren't very strong, they were still difficult for a mage to deal with.

She was now kneeling weakly on the ground, her white stockings on her beautiful legs were tattered, and the cat headdress on her head was making a (X皿X) expression.

lost heavily!

Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen were seriously injured, Yao Haoxuan was seriously injured, Dai Yueheng was severely crippled and rendered useless, Xixi lost her left leg and right arm and was also rendered useless, Gongyang Mo was poisoned by the corpse and was almost dying, and Chen Zifeng died on the spot.

As expected, the immortals were right; the explosion was art. And the Supreme Elder continued to perform steadily, not appearing until now!

This explosion nearly wiped out the Shrek Academy team, once again upholding the last vestige of glory for the Soul Kings, a vulnerable group.

Death Messenger?

No, I would call him the real Grim Reaper!

After all, even if the real Grim Reaper came, he would probably have to offer the messenger a cup of tea and respectfully call him "Big Brother"!

"Hehehehehehehehe!!!"

The MVP of the winning team made a grand entrance, and the Grim Reaper, looking at the Shrek Seven Devils who were either dead or injured, let out a wild laugh.

"How dare you provoke the great messenger of death! This is your fate! I will refine you into my corpse slaves, so that you may bask in the glory of death for all eternity!"

"Hehehehe~"

Not far from the cave, Xuanzi, who was eating Orleans Void Kun Chicken and gulping down wine, was so startled by the sudden explosion that he spat out the wine in his mouth.

"Oh no, I've messed things up again from drinking!"

(End of this chapter)