Instant Kill

"We're done eating! You four rest first! I'll keep watch first. Second Brother, you take over later," the Hunter Leader ordered the four of them.

"Got it! Big Brother, then the four of us will rest for a bit. I'll relieve you later," Hunter Second Brother said, taking the other three into the tent.

Duanyu Fan and the other three had also finished their dinner.

"Everyone, stay half-asleep tonight," Duanyu Fan said after finishing his milk.

"Mm! You all rest first. I'll keep watch first," Xie Yue said, taking on the heavy responsibility as the oldest.

"Hehe, Milk Dad smells like milk. No wonder you drink milk every day. Let's go into the tent." Hu Liena chuckled as she teased Duanyu Fan.

Xie Yue and Yan felt that Hu Liena's words carried a bit of a jab at the two of them.

"Be serious..." Duanyu Fan walked into the tent, sat cross-legged, and meditated, but his mental power observed the surroundings.

After Hu Liena came in too, she sat cross-legged beside him and turned off the Soul Tool lamp. Only the firelight outside shone through the tent cloth.

Yan watched Duanyu Fan and Hu Liena enter the tent, then followed into another tent. Only Xie Yue sat quietly in meditation before the campfire.

Time slipped away silently. The night grew deeper and deeper, and gradually, the forest filled with the calls of insects, crickets, and other small creatures.

Chirp... whoosh...

"Second Brother, you keep watch. I'll rest for a bit too." At about one in the morning, the Hunter Leader walked into the tent and woke the Soul King ranked second among the hunters.

"Got it! Big Brother, you rest. I'll keep watch for the second half of the night." He got up and gave up his spot, then walked out, added dry branches to the fire, and sat there with a grave expression, no one knew what he was thinking.

About an hour passed like this before three figures walked out of the tent. They were the remaining three Soul Ancestors.

It turned out that after entering the tent, the four of them had already discussed it.

"Brothers, those four kids across from us actually all have Soul Tool spatial accessories on them. I don't need to tell you how valuable those things are, right? What's more, the things inside those spaces might be even more valuable. Do you dare do it? And isn't that girl seductive and pretty?" Hunter Second said quietly to the three Soul Ancestors, his eyes shining.

"Second Brother, Big Brother won't agree. Besides, Big Brother said they might have someone protecting them in secret," one of the Soul Ancestors said.

"What are you afraid of? At most it's just someone at the Soul Emperor level. And Big Brother only said there might be. It's the middle of the night. Maybe that secret protector has already fallen asleep too. Besides, I've never seen a woman so charming and alluring," another Soul Ancestor retorted in a low voice.

"Third, Fourth has a point. Fifth, Third, do you two dare? The value on those four people could let me live freely for years," Second said, continuing to tempt the remaining two.

"All right! Second Brother, what do you want to do?" the Soul Ancestor called Third also spoke up.

"Since Big Brother is so cautious, after he switches with me in the middle of the night, once Big Brother falls asleep, you come out and we'll act together. What strength could a bunch of kids have? At most they're Soul Elder level. We'll deal with them in one go." Second gave a wicked smile and spoke a plan that barely counted as a plan.

At two in the morning, the four hunters quietly gathered by the campfire. Under Second's gestures, the four of them silently crept toward Duanyu Fan's side.

"Shh!" Duanyu Fan touched Hu Liena.

Hu Liena naturally noticed the movement as well.

Xie Yue sat meditating by the campfire ashes, eyes closed, an almost imperceptible cold smile on his face as he waited for the four hunters to make their move.

On a large tree to the side, Ghost Douluo had no intention of stopping them either. This was also a kind of training, and the enemies were not strong.

Before long, the four hunters arrived in front of Xie Yue. Second signaled Fourth to act. Fourth pulled out a dagger, revealed a vicious smile, and stabbed hard toward Xie Yue's heart.

The three watched from the side as Fourth's dagger approached Xie Yue, and cruel smiles appeared on their faces as well.

With a clang, Xie Yue's Martial Soul, Moon Blade, instantly appeared in his hand. One Moon Blade blocked in front of his heart, stopping Hunter Fourth's strike dead on.

"What!" Fourth was startled, and a backlash of force traveled into his arm.

"You couldn't hold back so soon!" Four soul rings appeared around Xie Yue, illuminating his cold face.

"A rank 44 Soul Ancestor!" Hunter Second was utterly shocked. As expected of a great clan disciple.

"Third Soul Skill, Chaotic Cloak Cut." A large cleaver appeared in Second's hand, and he chopped at Xie Yue without hesitation.

"Third Soul Skill, Holy Light Guard. Second Soul Skill, Courage Blessing." A voice came from inside the tent.

"Second Soul Skill, Guard." Xie Yue's defensive soul skill, combined with Duanyu Fan's support, left him completely unharmed in the face of a Soul King's strike.

Instead, the backlash forced Soul King Second back a step.

"Fourth Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!" The four of them saw Duanyu Fan, Hu Liena, and Yan come out of the tent. Duanyu Fan had already released his soul rings.

"Hehe!" Hu Liena also summoned her Martial Soul, Demon Fox, and her soul rings, letting out a charming laugh.

"Three Soul Ancestors and one rank 40 Soul Elder. Since we've been discovered, brothers, attack together." Second no longer planned to sneak attack.

"Sigh! Isn't it better to stay alive? Wasn't a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins still not enough to spend? I don't even have ten thousand Gold Soul Coins." Duanyu Fan sighed for the four of them.

"Second, what are you doing! Didn't I tell you not to act?" The Hunter Leader also came out of the tent. With such a big commotion, he had naturally been awakened.

"Big Brother, since we've been discovered, hurry and help us," Second shouted to his leader.

"Fuck! So this is what great clan disciples are like? Around ten years old and already at the Soul Ancestor level." The leader did not answer his Second Brother immediately, only thought to himself first.

"Second! How can you all be so blinded by money?" The leader spoke to his Second Brother, but he did not release his Martial Soul or soul rings.

"Young brothers! Could we stop here? We won't take the remaining fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins either. Consider it compensation from me for my brothers' apology. How about it?" Instead, the leader said this to Duanyu Fan and the others.

"Big Brother! What nonsense are you saying? I never thought Big Brother would be so afraid of death now. If you won't help us, then stand aside." Before Duanyu Fan and the others could respond, Hunter Second shouted at his own big brother instead.

"Second Brother! Sigh! Young brothers, I can't stop them." The leader sighed and retreated to the front of his own tent.

"It would've been so much better if you listened to your big brother! Why bother? Now you won't even live to spend ten thousand Gold Soul Coins," Xie Yue said coldly.

"How arrogant! You should know I'm a Soul King, and there are three late-stage Soul Ancestors too. Go! Don't drag this out. Fifth Soul Skill."

"Fourth Soul Skill." ×3

"Hehe! Fourth Soul Skill, Soul-Seizing Hook of the Gods." Hu Liena instantly struck as well, tempting the four hunters' mental power and interrupting the stage where they released their soul skills.

Releasing a soul skill required focused mental power and cooperation, mobilizing the Soul Power inside the body. Once the mental power was disrupted, the soul skill naturally broke off.

"Third Soul Skill! Break." Xie Yue cooperated with Hu Liena's control and, in a few strikes, split all four who had no ability to resist into two halves.

"Damn it! They're actually this strong. I was originally thinking of waiting until both sides were badly hurt." The Hunter Leader watched several of his brothers get split in two before they could even release their soul skills, and the thoughts and plans in his heart were instantly shattered.

I'm numb. On January first, there won't be enough words to put it on the shelves. On February first, it's New Year, and the editor will probably be on holiday, so it can't go up. Most likely, it'll only be able to go on the shelves on March first and scrape by for full attendance.

By March, it'll probably have 300,000 words.