Coming Back to Spirit City Felt Like Coming Home

If we're talking about the biggest surprise during the hunt for Soul Beast, there's only one thing— Soul Bone.

Soul Bone are extremely rare, especially for those under 10,000 years old. The drop rate of Soul Bone from Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Soul Beast is significantly higher than that from low-level soul beasts. However, as long as the soul bone production rate is below 100,000 years, the actual drop rate remains very low, only slightly higher than that from low-level Soul Beast.

This time, the hunt for the Archaeopteryx yielded a Soul Bone! The Archaeopteryx Right Arm Bone!

You Chen does not pursue absolute perfection in Soul Bone, unlike the protagonists in fanfiction who pursue a body full of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone or even Ferocious Beast Soul Bone.

The reason why You Chen has not absorbed Soul Bone all this time is not because he dislikes Soul Bone that are not at the 100,000-year level, but simply because... Soul Bone are too rare and scarce.

Soul Bone can be passed down, meaning that the number of them in the world increases over time.

In this era, many Titled Douluo only possessed one or two Soul Bones, let alone You Chen.

He only had that one Head Soul Bone, and its compatibility was questionable; even if he absorbed it, it wouldn't improve his Martial Soul Origin by even a fraction. For You Chen, whose only goal at the time was Martial Soul Evolution, it was somewhat like a chicken rib—tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.

You Chen was already very satisfied with the 70,000-year-old Archaeopteryx Right Arm Bone, especially since it and his Sixth Soul Ring came from the same source, making their compatibility naturally much higher than other Soul Bone!

However, You Chen did not intend to absorb it now.

Unlike in the past, the reason now is quite simple.

Absorbing Soul Bone, like absorbing Soul Ring, will enhance the stability of your Martial Soul.

Therefore, before the alt account of the You Xing absorbs the first three Soul Rings, he will not use any Soul Bone.

After storing the Archaeopteryx Right Arm Bone in his Storage Space, You Chen chose to return.

Then, about a month passed.

A major upheaval occurred among the upper classes of the Douluo Continent.

Almost all the nobles knew one thing: the assassination of Mount Fang Marquis of the Star Luo Empire and the son of Antonio Duke!

The organization that made the move was SkyNet, a killer organization that had gradually gained notoriety in recent years!

Compared to before, the "SkyNet" organization has truly become infamous this time.

Even in remote areas of the Douluo Continent like Notting City, rumors of the SkyNet have spread. Some parents even use the SkyNet to scare their children, saying things like, "If you don't behave, SkyNet's assassins will suddenly appear and kidnap you."

Star Luo Emperor began calling on the entire nation to arrest and crack down on the SkyNet organization.

Although the Spirit Hall holds a transcendent position, for ordinary people on the Douluo Continent, the two great empires are far more revered.

This has nothing to do with strength, because ordinary people and low-level Soul Master only know that Titled Douluo are very powerful, but they have no concrete concept of it, and they don't know that the Spirit Hall currently has the most Titled Douluo.

The empire's appeal lies largely in humanity's greater reverence for the concept of "nation."

In other words, the civilization of the Douluo Continent did not transition to a stage where cultivators were supreme and mortal emperors merely served them, simply because of the emergence of extraordinary powers.

With such a powerful appeal, many civilians were mobilized. Even though the Soul Arena Beasts began to practice the Aura Concealment Art, it was still difficult to hide from all eyes.

It's only a matter of time before it's discovered.

However, contrary to what many people expected, the exposure of their whereabouts this time was actually a deliberate act by the Soul Arena Beasts organization.

The Star Luo Empire dispatched a massive army of over a thousand Soul Master to encircle and annihilate the Soul Arena Beasts.

Among this army of over a thousand men, there was one Soul Douluo and ten Soul Sages.

Everyone felt that the so-called "SkyNet" was ultimately "SkyNet that leaves nothing out," and would come to an end in this encirclement and suppression.

However, the result shocked and terrified everyone.

An army of one thousand men surrounded and attacked one hundred SkyNet assassins, but suffered heavy losses in their very first encounter due to the strange weapons wielded by the SkyNet assassins.

Even the Soul Douluo and the ten Soul Sage failed to gain any advantage.

Because SkyNet also has a "Soul Douluo"!

Moreover, he was one of the strongest Soul Douluo!

Afterwards, some survivors in the army revealed that their commander, the Soul Douluo General, was instantly killed by SkyNet's Soul Douluo Assassins in a single encounter!

It was also because the methods of that Soul Douluo assassin were too terrifying and frightening, coupled with the previous casualties, that the morale of the army collapsed instantly, and everyone, including the ten Soul Sages, began to flee!

Based on the previous ranking of Bronze Killer, Silver Killer, Gold Killer, and Earth-Grade Killer from the SkyNet, some busybodies have dubbed that Soul Douluo- level assassin as a "Heaven-Grade Assassin"!

After this incident, the previously overwhelming outcry suddenly fell silent.

Even the Star Luo Emperor, who initially called for the annihilation of the SkyNet, backed down.

There's no other reason than that he's a Heaven-Grade Assassin capable of instantly killing Soul Douluo. Even if he's not Titled Douluo, he already possesses the deterrent power of Titled Douluo!

Moreover... they couldn't actually confirm whether this person was Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo.

After all, this Heaven-Grade Assassin didn't even reveal his Soul Ring when he made his move! The reason we previously guessed he was Soul Douluo was simply because most Soul Master didn't even consider the possibility of Titled Douluo!

In this day and age, Titled Douluo are like martial arts legends in wuxia novels, beings whose appearances are rarely seen.

Shortly after this incident, the Star Luo Emperor issued a statement declaring that the previous events had been investigated and found to be a misunderstanding. It was revealed that the son of Mount Fang Marquis and Antonio Duke had attempted to steal the Soul Beast prey of Heaven-Grade Assassin, and were instead punished by the Heaven-Grade Assassin. The correspondence between Mount Fang Marquis and Antonio Duke's son within the Mount Fang Marquis's mansion essentially confirmed the evidence.

Following Star Luo Emperor's statement, Antonio also followed suit and completed a righteous separation from the Duke.

After severely condemning the actions of Mount Fang Marquis and Antonio Duke's son, Star Luo Emperor declared that he would hand over all of their property to the Heaven-Grade Assassin as compensation, and sincerely invited the Heaven-Grade Assassin to join the Star Luo Empire as a guest minister.

Throughout the entire incident, the Star Luo Empire became a complete laughing stock, and the Heaven Dou Empire's official authorities took the opportunity to write extensively about it, thoroughly mocking the Star Luo Empire.

However, he did not mock the Heaven-Grade Assassin.

After all... who wouldn't be afraid of an assassin who can instantly kill Soul Douluo on the front lines, in front of thousands of troops?

Especially for emperors who have already climbed to the pinnacle of power, who would be willing to break ties with such a person?

SkyNet never responded to the Star Luo Emperor's gratitude, and the entire SkyNet organization fell silent.

The storm seems to have subsided...

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

"The cultivation speed of the Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength has slowed down significantly again."

After his life level improved, You Chen felt that the difficulty of cultivating the Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength had decreased.

With the benefits of the Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength, it wouldn't be unreasonable to temporarily set aside Soul Power cultivation and make it the main focus.

In the past six months, even if You Chen missed his daily Soul Power training, he still made sure to practice the Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength at least once.

Now that the number of Giant Elephant Particles has exceeded 50%, You Chen feels that his cultivation efficiency has been greatly reduced.

The enhancement from three ten -Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring is undeniably powerful, especially one of them, a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring. In terms of the physical enhancement from the Soul Ring alone, You Chen is comparable to some Soul Ring Soul Douluo with lower-quality spirit rings. However, even though he hadn't improved his Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength half a year ago, his overall physical attributes had already reached the level of Soul Douluo.

Combined with the few high-level buff pills he currently has in reserve, and the momentary dazed effect of the Soul Shocking Tactic, he was able to achieve the feat of instantly killing Soul Douluo half a year ago.

Now, he has made more than halfway through his cultivation of the Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength Technique, and his overall physical qualities are definitely among the best in Soul Douluo. If he could go back to half a year ago, he would be fully confident that he could do the same thing even without using those high-grade pills.

In other words...

At first glance, some Soul Douluo with weak mental strength, who have not reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, and whose physical strength is insufficient, could be instantly killed by him in his current state.

As long as one's mental strength has not reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, the difficulty of him killing either Soul Douluo or Soul Sage is not much different.

However, it's a different story when facing a spiritual power expert at the Spirit Abyss Realm. Even if his spiritual power were to increase by another level, he would probably still be unable to overcome the challenge with the Great Accomplishment level Soul Shocking Tactic alone.

Because, even though the Soul Douluo's mental strength had clearly not reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, You Chen could still feel extremely obvious resistance when he used the Soul Shocking Tactic after using Hyperfocus.

If he hadn't been fast enough, he might have been able to catch his opponent before he could inflict serious damage.

The biggest difference between the Spirit Abyss Realm and the Spirit Sea Realm is the ability to project one's perception outwards; everyone in the Spirit Abyss Realm can achieve a kind of Spiritual Detection ability.

Their perception of danger far surpasses that of their subordinates.

If You Chen only uses the Soul Shocking Tactic to intimidate them, that's fine. But once he harbors murderous intent, they will realize it at an astonishing speed.

But this is enough.

Even Titled Douluo couldn't keep You Chen now.

Even if Super Douluo makes a move, You Chen can simply reveal his Starlight Avatar trump card and escape after maneuvering for a while.

Only at this moment can one truly say that one can go anywhere in the world.

Many of the concerns we had in the past can now be disregarded.

It's time to get back to my old ways.

However, You Chen did not immediately return to Spirit City.

Shortly after the first two weeks of his initial hunting campaign...

As time passed, word eventually spread about his massacre of researchers in Spirit City, causing many fearful researchers to flee the Spirit City.

They completely ignored the fact that even if someone was targeting them, their chances of survival were significantly higher under the protection of Spirit City than if they were to flee haphazardly.

Among those who fled were many of You Chen's targets.

You Chen couldn't figure out if the Spirit Hall was secretly watching these people. If he acted rashly, he might be able to find his informants by following the clues.

However, as time goes by, the Spirit Hall's attention to this group of escapees will inevitably decrease.

And... they will soon no longer have that luxury.

You Chen spent two months completing the roundup of these fugitives.

Then... a year later, another series of murders occurred in Spirit City.

In the first month after the masked killer reappeared, more than ten people died.

Unlike before, among these deaths were people who were murdered in extremely cruel ways.

This action is an insult to his character, causing fear and indignation in many people.

The Spirit Hall naturally viewed the perpetrators' brazen actions as a provocation and was furious.

In reality... these changes were not due to any particular hobby of You Chen, but simply because the changes in the mission conditions altered his methods of execution.

Regarding the conditions and types of task completion, so far, they can be roughly divided into "defeat", "humiliation", and "attitude change" types.

Additional conditions are generally "expanding the impact (such as the number of onlookers required in Tang San's mission)," "increasing the intensity (such as requiring a quick victory, or inflicting a certain degree of trauma on the opponent while defeating them)," and "other additional mission conditions that are completely different from the main mission."

There was no actual requirement for You Chen to kill the mission target.

However, most tasks can actually be accomplished through simple and brutal "killing".

Defeating someone is self-explanatory, but killing someone is also a form of defeat.

You Chen had already tried humiliation. He used extremely vile methods to physically humiliate someone, such as tearing off their clothes in public. This method could also achieve the same effect.

Killing the target using brutal methods can also be considered an achievement.

Unless it's a mission like the Yu Xiaogang mission that requires a specific form of psychological humiliation, the mission can usually be easily completed using violence.

In fact, many forms of psychological humiliation can be achieved simultaneously during the process of physical humiliation.

Finally, there's the change in attitude. This is the most troublesome of the three conditions.

Because the target of the attitude shift is not the "Masked Killer," but "You Chen." Therefore, even if You Chen terrifies the other party, if the other party does not know that the source of their fear is You Chen, the mission is not considered complete.

Therefore, for such targets, You Chen must first forcibly abduct them, and only after confirming that no one else is present can he reveal his identity to complete the mission. The killing is merely a cleanup measure.

Of course, some people guessed from You Chen's notebook records that there were several tasks. You Chen would not kill them all at once, but would play cat and mouse, first scaring them to complete the task, and then choosing to kill them at the end.

Such an uninhibited style of behavior naturally makes it easier to expose more flaws.

However, You Chen is no longer the same person he once was.

Even relying solely on physical attributes, one can easily and quickly shake off Soul Sage.

Moreover, with his increased strength, You Chen no longer hides himself like he did in the first few operations a year ago. If he is surrounded by multiple Soul Sage, he will directly use his Martial Soul Possession to escape.

Why did you try so hard to conceal it before, not even letting your Soul Power fluctuations slip through? Why aren't you trying so hard to conceal it now?

In reality, even if the people of the Spirit Hall were incredibly imaginative, it would be almost impossible for them to deduce that the Masked Killer's true identity was You Chen.

You Chen's unnecessary action was merely out of caution.

If Bibi Dong places too much trust in his academic abilities and truly believes that he can defy fate and possess the strength of Soul Sage, thus confirming that the Masked Killer is You Chen, and directly lays a trap, then he will truly have nowhere to escape.

But now, he's not so worried about that happening.

Unless a powerhouse at the Limit Douluo level intervenes, You Chen is confident that he can escape at least once before his Starlight Avatar ability is discovered.

If You Chen's current combat power is at the level of Soul Douluo, then his ability to escape and save his life is at the level of Super Douluo!

To complete the divine test, Bibi Dong was forced to suppress her Soul Power until near the end of the original novel, and could only exert a maximum of level 98 combat power.

This means that You Chen is no longer as weak Bibi Dong.

With such a small probability, and even a second chance for insurance, if you don't make the most of your development, then there's no point in talking about ambition.

You Chen's days in Spirit City were like coming home, but in the second month, You Chen was finally held back by a number of Soul Douluo.

In this situation, it would be impossible for You Chen to completely hide.

Then, the people of Spirit City quickly realized that their previous assessment of him having combat power above Soul Sage could be changed—this guy was definitely a strongman at least at the Soul Douluo level!

Despite the fierce winds, You Chen managed to escape before the Titled Douluo from Spirit City arrived.

Seeing You Chen successfully escape, the Red Robe Bishop at the top of the Spirit Hall all had grim expressions.

Even knowing You Chen's strength, the current situation won't change much because of this information.

As You Chen had anticipated, they had already deployed the highest-level encirclement and suppression force they could normally use.

Including Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, there are currently five Titled Douluo elders on standby in Spirit City, ready to take down the Masked Killer with lightning speed.

However, the problem was... In their initial expectations, the simultaneous actions of several Red Robe Bishop were a sure thing, and the enforcers with Soul Sage- level strength were only responsible for delaying the Masked Killer and waiting for them to arrive.

But reality gradually shattered their expectations.

It's one thing that the Soul Sage couldn't stop the Masked Killer, but these Soul Douluo couldn't hold him off for long either!

This means that they can probably only hope for the last resort—waiting for the Masked Killer to make a move near Titled Douluo and be discovered!

Because only Titled Douluo- level powerhouse could truly delay and hold off the Masked Killer!

Why would such a troublesome entity target the Spirit Hall and Spirit City?

Many people dressed in red had the same thought in their minds.

Such a terrifying and powerful individual has been roaming around Spirit City for years. Even if they are not his target, they still can't sleep or eat in peace!

At this moment, these high and mighty figures also experienced the feelings of ordinary residents in Spirit City.