First Kill

Chapter 26: First Kill

With a mask over his face, Lu Yuan gripped a jade bottle in his right hand. His feet moved through Phoenix Dance Six Illusions, his toes landing on the branches with nimble silence!

Phoenix Dance Six Illusions was an incredibly mysterious movement technique, and Lu Yuan had already grasped much of its essence. When he used it now, even Xu Fei, a Soul King, could not help but be impressed.

Watching Lu Yuan slip away in secret, Xu Fei fixed his gaze on the group ahead. A fierce aura rose within him as he stomped his foot and shot toward them like lightning.

Tang Qi had been walking along when his heart suddenly skipped a beat and a sense of danger surged up. He twisted to the right, and a wind blade sliced through the spot where he had just stood, leaving a deep gash in the ground!

"Everyone, be careful! Something's wrong!" Tang Qi shouted, alerting all the Soul Masters present.

"Roar!" With a thunderous lion's roar, Xu Fei had already entered Martial Soul Possession. His body abruptly grew to over two meters tall, the muscles in his arms bulging as sharp claws extended from his hands. A ferocious lion stood behind him, while five soul rings—white, yellow, yellow, purple, and purple—glimmered beneath him.

A Soul King? Tang Qi's heart clenched. Blood-red Soul Power rose up, and a crimson humanoid figure appeared behind him—it was his Martial Soul, the Spirit Blood Puppet. Four soul rings—white, yellow, purple, and purple—rippled beneath it. He was astonishingly a level forty-five Soul Ancestor.

On this side, seeing someone block their path, two Soul Masters remained where they were while the remaining Soul Elder, two Soul Grand Masters, and eight Soul Masters stepped forward and surrounded Xu Fei.

White and yellow lights flashed, and dozens of soul rings appeared before their eyes.

Xu Fei's expression turned grave. One Soul Ancestor, one Soul Elder, two Soul Grand Masters, and eight Soul Masters—he had to go all out against such a force.

"Second Soul Skill: Wind Blade Annihilation!" Xu Fei growled. His second, hundred-year soul ring suddenly lit up, and gusts of fierce wind arose, howling as they tore toward every Soul Master around him!

"Get out of the way!" Tang Qi shouted. An ordinary Soul Master had no chance of taking a Soul King's soul skill head-on.

Wind Blade Annihilation was the second soul skill of Xu Fei's Raging Gale Lion Martial Soul, as well as an area-of-effect attack. It was perfect for clearing the field.

Tang Qi naturally emerged unscathed. With his warning, the Soul Elder and two Soul Grand Masters only suffered minor injuries, but the other eight Soul Masters were not so lucky. Four died on the spot in the Wind Blade Annihilation, while the remaining four were severely wounded!

"Damn it!" Tang Qi cursed under his breath. "Take your lives! Crimson Rain!" His third purple soul ring lit up. The Spirit Blood Puppet's third soul skill, Crimson Rain, carried highly corrosive poison in every drop of blood rain. Once struck, a person's skin would rot away.

Xu Fei did not dare underestimate it and hurriedly activated his fourth soul skill. "Gale Sweeping Clouds!"

The wind howled as it collided with the blood rain. Driven by the gale, the blood rain drifted toward Tang Qi instead. Xu Fei was a Soul King after all, and he held the advantage at this moment.

"Blood Sea Surge!" Tang Qi activated his second soul skill, and a river of blood spread out. Streams of fresh blood gushed from beneath his feet and surged toward Xu Fei. The blood carried lethal toxins, and the slightest carelessness could result in blood poisoning.

"Winds Rise, Clouds Surge!" "Gale Shield!" His second and fifth soul skills activated at once. The violent gale actually halted the rushing blood river, while gust after gust of wind blew the blood rain back, drenching Tang Qi from head to toe.

"Aah!" Tang Qi screamed. Though his Martial Soul was the Spirit Blood Puppet, the blood rain's power did not distinguish friend from foe. As soon as the blood rain splashed across his cheeks, they began to rot rapidly.

The poison in the blood rain made Xu Fei's heart skip a beat even as they fought.

"Black Chains!" "Phantom Blade Strike!" "Soul-Devouring Blood Claws!" Xu Fei had only just gained the upper hand when attacks from the Soul Elder and two Soul Grand Masters arrived from the other side.

Xu Fei did not dare take them lightly and dodged every attack!

While Xu Fei fought the four of them, Lu Yuan silently emerged on this side and came up behind a Soul Master. The World-Shocking Spear in his hand pierced straight through the man's back.

"Someone's—" Another Soul Master was about to warn the others when a spear plunged into his throat, killing him instantly.

Looking at the two Soul Masters he had killed with his own hands, Lu Yuan felt somewhat lost. This was his first time killing someone. Two living people had died at his hands just like that, and an indescribable feeling welled up inside him as a powerful urge to vomit struck.

But when he recalled the villagers' corpses from before, Lu Yuan's gaze instantly sharpened. He forcefully suppressed the nausea, gripped the World-Shocking Spear, and rushed toward Xu Fei's battlefield.

"Surging Tides!" Seeing a Soul Grandmaster nearby preparing to attack, Lu Yuan pointed the World-Shocking Spear in his hand and unleashed a move from the Vast Sea Spear Art.

Before the spear even arrived, it already carried an overwhelming force.

The Soul Grandmaster was startled. In a daze, he seemed to hear the sound of ocean waves.

He stretched out both hands to grab the spearhead. In his view, he could easily withstand the attack of a mere Soul Master.

Squelch! The World-Shocking Spear's tip pierced straight through the Soul Grandmaster's heart. He had overestimated himself and underestimated Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan's current immense strength, combined with the power of the Vast Sea Spear Art, was far beyond what he could withstand.

Lu Yuan withdrew his spear, and blood sprayed out. With his heart pierced, the Soul Grandmaster was long dead beyond saving.

"Well done, kid!" Xu Fei praised as he retreated, a smile on his face.

"Uncle Xu, you're hurt?" Lu Yuan's eyes narrowed. Xu Fei had several wounds across his body, blood continuously flowing from them.

"These guys really aren't simple. One Soul Ancestor, one Soul Elder, and two Soul Grand Masters actually managed to injure a Soul King like me." Xu Fei's expression was grave. These Soul Masters had some strange skills, and their attacks were extremely powerful.

"Luckily, you killed one Soul Grandmaster. It'll be easier now!" Lu Yuan had caught one Soul Grandmaster off guard and killed him, greatly reducing Xu Fei's pressure.

"Brat, you're courting death!" Xu Fei was pleased, but Tang Qi was burning with rage. Who could have expected a Soul Grandmaster to be so useless, getting instantly killed by a mere Soul Master brat?

"Ding Yin, go deal with that kid!" Ding Yin was the Soul Elder under Tang Qi's command. His Martial Soul was the Soul-Devouring Chains, and he was a level thirty-eight Soul Elder!

"You forced my hand! Fourth Soul Skill: Bloodthirsty Berserk!" Tang Qi roared. Blood-red patterns crawled over his face, his eyes turned scarlet, and a tyrannical, explosive aura erupted from him. Its strength was no weaker than Xu Fei's.

Tang Qi lunged at the two of them with scarlet ghost claws extending from his hands, his crimson eyes wide open. At the same time, Ding Yin's Soul-Devouring Chains flew toward Lu Yuan.

"Uncle Xu!" Lu Yuan and Xu Fei exchanged a glance and covered their noses and mouths at the same time. A jade bottle flew out, exploded in midair, and yellow powder enveloped Tang Qi and the other two.