A Startling Change

"Who are you people, and why are you attacking us?"

Compared to the other frenzied and violent Evil Spirit Masters, the red-eyed woman before them was clearly far calmer and more composed. This was also one of the defining traits of Evil Spirit Masters.

The lower an Evil Spirit Master's cultivation, the more easily they were affected by evil aura, causing them to lose their reason and become violent and crazed.

But someone like the red-eyed woman, an Eight-ring Soul Douluo, was only minimally affected by evil aura. With her formidable cultivation, an expert like her could already exert a rough degree of control over it!

"Why are we attacking you?"

Hun Yue sneered. "It's rather funny to hear words like that from Evil Spirit Masters everyone has the right to kill. Don't you think your question is too foolish?"

The red-eyed woman's expression darkened. "You're from Spirit Hall, aren't you?"

There were only so many Titled Douluo on the continent.

Since the woman in black was commanding so many Spirit Masters, she clearly came from some faction. There were only a few factions that possessed Titled Douluo.

And aside from the Pope of Spirit Hall, there had never been word of any other faction having a female Titled Douluo.

Then they were most likely from Spirit Hall!

Spirit Hall had deep foundations. No one knew exactly how many Titled Douluo it had hidden away.

At that thought, the red-eyed woman glared at Hun Yue with hatred filling her eyes.

Spirit Hall, the mortal enemy of Evil Spirit Masters!

"Kill!"

The red-eyed woman launched her attack.

Her Seventh Spirit Ring lit up immediately.

A layer of red light erupted, and the red-eyed woman instantly transformed into a gigantic mosquito. Its entire body was blood-red, with two pairs of four transparent cicada-like wings on its back. Threads of crimson lines traced across them like Demonic Runes. It looked ferocious, and its sharp proboscis gleamed with chilling light, like the sharpest sword in the world.

This was her Martial Soul, the Blood Mosquito.

This Martial Soul was born with an evil nature and possessed the ability to control blood.

"First Spirit Skill, Blood Demon Gravity!"

The moment this Spirit Skill was unleashed, Hun Yue immediately felt the blood within her body boil like scalding water, as though something were drawing it out, trying to burst through her body.

As expected of an Evil Spirit Master. Truly strange.

Hun Yue thought to herself and hurriedly used Soul Power to suppress it.

The First Spirit Skill of an Eight-ring Soul Douluo had actually affected her, a Titled Douluo. Moreover, she could not directly dispel the effect and could only forcefully suppress it with Soul Power.

This showed just how bizarre the methods of Evil Spirit Masters were.

"Second Spirit Skill, Blood Demon Possession."

"Third Spirit Skill, Blood Mosquito Thrust."

With both Spirit Skills activated, the enormous Blood Mosquito beat its transparent wings and erupted with lightning-like speed, transforming into a streak of red light as it shot fiercely toward Hun Yue.

"Overestimating yourself!"

Hun Yue sneered. "Even if you're an Evil Spirit Master, you're still only a Soul Douluo. Today, I'll show you the power of a Titled Douluo!"

Boom!

The air trembled.

Hun Yue activated Martial Soul Possession. A gigantic ghost rose behind her, followed by nine Spirit Rings.

Seventh Spirit Skill, Ghost True Body!

Hun Yue's figure merged with the ghost Martial Soul.

Then, her Third Spirit Ring lit up.

Third Spirit Skill, Ghost Guard!

A shield of light glowing with black radiance easily blocked the red streak transformed from the Blood Mosquito.

Fifth Spirit Skill, Ghost Hand.

The Ghost True Body Hun Yue had transformed into raised its right hand and made a grasping gesture. Immediately afterward, a ghostly hand wreathed in black mist seemed to reach out from hell itself, fiercely grabbing the Blood Mosquito.

"Heh, how's that?"

Hun Yue sneered.

The red-eyed woman flew into a rage. "I'll fight you to the death!"

She unleashed her Sixth Spirit Skill. Intense blood light suddenly erupted from the Blood Mosquito's body, and the aura that surged upward in that instant actually approached the level of a Titled Douluo.

This was one of her trump cards, the Blood Burning Secret Art.

By burning her own blood, she could multiply her strength several times over for ten minutes. But once those ten minutes ended, she would be weakened for an entire month, unable even to use her Martial Soul.

Of course, if she could drink a large quantity of blood containing powerful energy, such as the blood of high-level Spirit Masters or spirit beasts, she would not need a month and could recover quickly.

"Eighth Spirit Skill, Infinite Blood Sea!"

The red-eyed woman was risking everything. From the massive proboscis of the Blood Mosquito Avatar she had transformed into, she sprayed out a beam of red light that turned into a surging ocean of blood and crashed toward Hun Yue.

This was her strongest attack.

Amplified by the Blood Burning Secret Art, this strike was comparable to the Eighth Spirit Skill of a Titled Douluo in Martial Soul Avatar form. Its power could not be underestimated.

Hun Yue's expression turned grave. As expected of an Evil Spirit Master—an Eight-ring Soul Douluo had actually forced her to this point.

Her Ninth Spirit Ring shone with deep light as the Ninth Spirit Skill she had yet to use was finally unleashed.

"Ninth Spirit Skill, Ghost Soul Reaping Scythe!"

A gigantic scythe appeared in the Ghost True Body's hand. With a fierce swing, the ink-black scythe etched with purple Demonic Runes flew forth, cleaving through the sea of blood in a single strike before slashing fiercely into the Blood Mosquito Avatar. It directly broke apart the red-eyed woman's Martial Soul Avatar and exposed her true body.

"Ah!"

The red-eyed woman wailed in agony.

At that moment, she looked utterly miserable. Her once sexy, voluptuous body had completely withered, as if all her blood had been drained away. This was the backlash of the Blood Burning Secret Art.

After taking another strike from Hun Yue's scythe, her injuries only worsened.

It had to be said that in the Blood Burning Secret Art state, she truly possessed the strength to fight a Titled Douluo. But that only applied to Titled Douluo who had only recently broken through.

If it had been Gu Qing, who had only recently obtained his Ninth Spirit Ring, she might have been able to put up a fight.

But against Hun Yue, she was no match!

Seeing the red-eyed woman fall to the ground severely injured, Hun Yue let out a breath. Their strongest Soul Douluo had been defeated, so the overall situation was settled. Not a single one of these Evil Spirit Masters would escape!

Just as Hun Yue thought this and relaxed her guard slightly, a terrifying chill suddenly engulfed her entire body.

Reacting on instinct as a powerhouse, she immediately activated Soul Power to protect herself.

Yet a sharp Blood-colored Light directly pierced through her Soul Power defense, blasting a huge hole through her Ghost True Body!

Bang!

A bloody blossom exploded from Hun Yue's shoulder, and blood gushed out.

She was injured!

"Who was that? Get out here!"

Hun Yue shouted angrily.

"Ke ke!"

A hoarse, bizarre laugh rang out. The sound was incredibly piercing and seemed to carry a special magic. Many Spirit Masters with insufficient cultivation within its range clutched their ears in pain without realizing it.

"There's a powerful enemy!"

Having finally pierced the Blood Bear Evil Spirit Master's throat with a spear and won that clash, Liu Xinghan saw Hun Yue being ambushed.

He was immediately horrified.

The information from that damned Soul Saint Evil Spirit Master had been false.

The strongest person here was not that female Soul Douluo. There was actually another powerful enemy hiding in the shadows, using the red-eyed woman as bait to successfully ambush Hun Yue and injure her. The scheme had been meticulously planned, impossible to guard against!

A red figure rose into the air and transformed into a burly silhouette.

He had a pair of bat wings a zhang wide on his back, his face was covered in fur, his nails were sharp, and long fangs protruded from beneath his lower lip.

The Spirit Rings that rose around him filled everyone from Spirit Hall, including Liu Xinghan, with fear and dread.

Two Yellow, Two Purple, Five Black!

Nine Spirit Rings—he was unmistakably a Titled Douluo.

"Could he be the Blood Bat Venerable?"

Liu Xinghan was aghast. He had already realized that they were in serious trouble!