The Little Kitten Kneels and Offers a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone
Black, black, black, black.
Four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet, and the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul suddenly emerged behind him. A moment later, an Angel Holy Sword condensed from Soul Power appeared in Li Wuyou's hand.
"Hundred Thousand Year Angel Head Soul Bone Skill!"
"Simulation: Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul."
"Third Soul Skill: Teleportation."
Under everyone's terrified gazes, Li Wuyou vanished from the treetop and reappeared before the eight Soul Ancestors. Golden light streamed around him, and the Angel Holy Sword in his hand swept through their bodies with a wet slicing sound.
Amid a chorus of screams, all eight Soul Ancestors were cut in half at the waist. They fell stiffly from the treetop and landed on the ground with a series of loud thuds.
"Hundred Thousand Year Angel Head Soul Bone Skill!"
"Simulation: Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul."
"Third Soul Skill: Teleportation."
Li Wuyou vanished again, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of Zhu Zhuyun. The Angel Holy Sword in his hand slashed mercilessly toward her.
"F-four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings?"
"H-how is that possible?"
The sudden turn of events scared Zhu Zhuyun out of her wits. Four Soul Rings, two yellow and two purple, instantly appeared as she instinctively tried to activate Nether Civet Martial Soul Possession to evade the attack.
But before she could complete her Martial Soul Possession, the two Soul Kings beside her, who had long been wary of Li Wuyou, made their decision as the Angel Holy Sword was about to pierce her.
They immediately cast aside the distinction between master and servant. One of them slammed into Zhu Zhuyun, knocking his mistress dozens of meters away and taking her place, while the other wrapped his arms around her waist and fled without looking back.
"Splurt!"
As expected, the Angel Holy Sword pierced straight through the heart of the Soul King who had taken Zhu Zhuyun's place. He took the fatal blow in her stead.
"Every one of his Soul Skills boosts speed?"
"Interesting!"
Li Wuyou pulled out the Angel Holy Sword and turned to look at Zhu Zhuyun and her servant, who had already fled more than ten thousand meters away.
The Nether Duke's Mansion really did have some tricks up its sleeve. Not only had it trained such utterly loyal deathsworn, but it had also prepared for the possibility of future danger, deliberately training a flying Soul Master whose Soul Skills all boosted speed specifically to cover the Zhu Family's escape at critical moments.
Li Wuyou rubbed his chin and silently weighed whether he should give chase and cut the grass at its roots.
For other Soul Masters, a distance of over ten thousand meters really was impossible to close. But with his Hundred Thousand Year Angel Head Soul Bone Skill, he could simulate the Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul's third Soul Skill, Teleportation. Catching Zhu Zhuyun would cost him nothing more than some time and Soul Power.
Of course, he could also use the Angel Clone Soul Skill. Even if that level-fifty Soul King burst out with a flying speed on par with a Soul Saint's, he could never shake off the Titled Douluo-level Angel Energy Clone Soul Skill.
"Cut the grass without pulling out its roots, and the spring breeze will bring it back to life."
"Since I've already offended Zhu Zhuyun beyond repair, there's no need to leave myself an unpredictable threat."
After some thought, Li Wuyou decided to cut the grass at its roots.
Now that things had come to this, he wasn't about to count on Zhu Zhuyun letting the matter go and bearing him no grudge after suffering such a great loss.
"Bang!"
Li Wuyou stepped forward, just about to chase after Zhu Zhuyun, when he suddenly heard a thump behind him. He turned to see Zhu Zhuqing kneeling before him, pleading.
"Don't!"
"Your Excellency Angel of Spirit Hall, please don't kill my sister."
Just as Li Wuyou had thought earlier, a bystander saw clearly while someone caught up in events was blind.
Zhu Zhuyun had held back so blatantly that perhaps only Zhu Zhuqing, who was caught up in it, had failed to notice the trick behind it.
But when Zhu Zhuyun had deliberately picked a fight with Li Wuyou, she had happened to give Zhu Zhuqing some time to examine the details of the whole affair from a bystander's perspective. Only then had Zhu Zhuqing gradually noticed the many unusual flaws in her sister's conduct.
Leaving Zhu Zhuyun aside, she was a level-twenty-seven Soul Grandmaster who had somehow escaped the Star Luo Empire from the hands of two level-fifty Soul Kings and eight level-forty Soul Ancestors. She had even made it all the way to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, still alive and kicking.
Who would believe that?
Zhu Zhuqing would never believe there wasn't something fishy about it.
The only explanation was that her sister had gone to great pains for her sake.
After all, it couldn't really be that she was so formidable that, as a level-twenty-seven Soul Grandmaster, she could hold out for so long against a group of Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings, could it?
Don't make your Sister Zhu Zhuqing laugh!
"How ridiculous!"
"You tell me not to kill her, so I won't?"
"Who do you think you are?"
Li Wuyou looked down at Zhu Zhuqing and mocked her.
This really was a good position. Mocking Zhu Zhuqing from above gave him quite a different view.
Not only was the scenery beautiful!
There was also a mysterious line of cleavage!
Flickering in and out of sight!
Like a bottomless abyss!
It was extremely eye-catching!
Mm!
His eyes had confirmed it!
Above Zhu Zhuqing's pair of proud assets, which even surpassed Zi Yue's, he was shocked by Zhu Zhuqing's magnificent bosom and envious that Dai Mubai, that lecherous tiger, had eaten so well. In the original story, such fine fare had truly been wasted on that fellow Dai Mubai!
"I... I..."
Hearing Li Wuyou's mockery, Zhu Zhuqing's delicate body trembled.
That was right!
She was nothing more than a stray dog. What right did she have to ask Li Wuyou not to kill Zhu Zhuyun?
From beginning to end, Zhu Zhuyun had been the one picking a fight, and Li Wuyou had been forced to take the initiative and strike back. How could she have the face to ask him to spare Zhu Zhuyun?
Was it supposed to be because she had big breasts?
Just as Li Wuyou was about to pursue and kill Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing grew anxious on her knees.
"Your Excellency Angel, I have a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone here. I'm willing to give it to you, and I hope you'll spare my sister Zhu Zhuyun. I would be forever grateful."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Zhuqing quickly took a rectangular wooden box from her storage ring. It gave off faint fluctuations of Soul Power.
Without another word, she raised the wooden box high in both hands, presenting it to Li Wuyou as clearly as she could.
"Oh! A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone?"
"Heh! Interesting!"
"Then let me see how sincere you are!"
Li Wuyou, who had been about to pursue and kill Zhu Zhuyun, stopped in his tracks at the offer.
Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones were known by the grand name of Blood River Treasure. The two great empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo had once gone to war over one, which showed just how precious they were.
He had heard that more than a hundred thousand soldiers from the two empires had died in that battle alone.
That showed how precious Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones were.
They deserved the name Blood River Treasure without a doubt.
Of course, all these were interesting stories Zi Yue had told him some time ago, and he had listened with great relish.
Now, to make him spare Zhu Zhuyun, the little kitten was truly willing to pay a heavy price. This Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was probably her single most precious possession.
"Hum!"
The instant Li Wuyou opened the wooden box, a warm, vast surge of Soul Power spread out, and a faint bluish-green glow filled the entire box.
A Ten Thousand Year Leg Soul Bone lay quietly inside. It was a translucent emerald color, with a fine texture like jade. Layers of luminous green patterns flowed over it, like the condensed spiritual light of a vast forest.
The Soul Bone's contours followed the lines of a human leg, its edges smooth and even. Faint fluorescent light flowed over its surface, while wisps of pure ten-thousand-year Soul Power constantly seeped out, carrying a powerful life-attribute presence.
Fine bone patterns crisscrossed its surface, forming natural pathways for Soul Power. At a glance, one could feel the vast life energy contained in this ten-thousand-year leg bone. Its appearance was flawless, making it an exceptionally rare, top-grade life-attribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
"Whoa! Interesting!"
"It's actually a life-attribute Soul Bone!"
"And judging by its Soul Power fluctuations, this should be a Right Leg Soul Bone of around forty thousand years, shouldn't it?"
A faint smile curved Li Wuyou's lips.
A forty-thousand-year life-attribute Right Leg Soul Bone was a priceless treasure.
If it were put on the market, Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects would probably fight until their heads broke and blood flowed. It wouldn't even be an exaggeration to say they would fight to the death.