Hell Difficulty

Hell Difficulty

The current situation could only be described as hell difficulty. Staring at the towering flaming lion before him, Reid was dumbfounded.

"Blazing Sun Lion King!" Reid recognized the terrifying soul beast before him at a glance.

As a soul master with a fire-attribute martial soul, Reid had always wanted to find a Blazing Sun Lion as his Soul Ring in his earlier years. Unfortunately, his luck had been poor, and he had never encountered one.

Now, he did not know whether this luck was good or bad. He had run into a Blazing Sun Lion King the moment he arrived!

It never showed up when it should have, but when it should not have, it suddenly popped out with a bang?

After briefly gauging the Blazing Sun Lion King's strength, Reid estimated that it was nearly eighty thousand years old. Against a Blazing Sun Lion King of this level, he could barely guarantee that he would not die.

Even that guarantee relied on him possessing a fire-attribute martial soul. As for Wind Concealment and Jin Ling behind him, they were probably in serious danger.

"Everyone, it seems the situation has changed. I won't play with you any longer. Goodbye!" Fick sneered viciously and took a dark-red potion from his pocket.

"That is—!" How could Reid fail to recognize the item in Fick's hand? It was a potion specifically used to lure soul beasts.

At that moment, Reid understood everything. No wonder that Purple Lightning Leopard they had encountered midway had stubbornly chased them for so long. Fick had been behind it.

"Oh, don't look at me like that. It's useless even if you do. Stares can't kill people."

That was right. If looks could kill, Fick would have been killed by Reid thousands of times already.

Without the slightest hesitation, Fick threw the potion in his hand toward Reid and the others.

Reid could only watch helplessly as the bottle shattered. He could not stop it; if he turned to intercept the potion, the Blazing Sun Lion King would inevitably find an opening.

Wind Concealment and Jin Ling did not dare cause trouble for Reid either. Acting rashly would only make things worse.

The Blazing Sun Lion King seemed to have caught the scent of the potion and instantly became agitated. It glared furiously at Reid and the others, violent flames surging in its enormous lion eyes.

"This is bad—the Blazing Sun Lion King has been enraged!"

Meanwhile, Fick had already taken advantage of that time to break through the wall of flames.

Fick was also a Soul Douluo, so breaking through the flame barrier was not a problem. But if he had to face the Blazing Sun Lion King, he was far inferior to Reid.

"Damn Fick!"

Reid was deeply frustrated. This was all because of his own mistake. Otherwise...

"Wind Concealment, Jin Ling, find a chance to break through the flame barrier. I'll cover you!"

Reid did not want to owe anyone anything. Although he had helped Wind Concealment before, Wind Concealment's contributions along the way had far exceeded his own.

"How can we do that? Wouldn't we be just like that bastard Fick?" Wind Concealment immediately objected to Reid's suggestion.

Jin Ling stood with Wind Concealment, so naturally she was unwilling to retreat so easily as well.

Looking at the two stubborn people behind him, Reid was unexpectedly moved. However, the tears that had just welled up at the corners of his eyes were quickly evaporated by the surrounding heat.

"Very well. Then let's take this fellow down!"

Rather than dying miserably, they might as well risk their lives in one final fight. At the very least, they would not die without dignity.

Reid's only regret was that he could not personally kill that bastard Fick, who had completely violated the rules.

Having broken through the flame barrier, Fick hurried onward without stopping. This place was far too dangerous. His goal had already been achieved, so there was no need to risk his life any further.

"This time, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family will definitely reward me. An official post and a noble title are guaranteed." Before he had even completely escaped, Fick had already begun imagining his wonderful future.

"Oh my, where are you rushing off to? You're making this old man feel quite awkward, you know~"

Hearing that leisurely voice, Fick could not help but stop. When he turned around, he saw Rota walking toward him.

"Who are you? How dare you block my path? I'm acting under orders from the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial family. If you don't want trouble, get lost."

Fick only wanted to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. He had no interest in wasting time with an irrelevant stranger.

"This old man is no ordinary bystander. You should recognize this token, shouldn't you?" Rota took out the Elder Token.

"This is?! An Elder... Token! You... you're... an Elder?"

How could Fick fail to recognize Spirit Hall's Elder Token? Since this man possessed one, that meant...

"That's right. This old man is an elder of Spirit Hall. It seems your hands have reached a little too far for this Soul Bone!"

Rota's smiling expression was no different from a threat in Fick's eyes.

Spirit Hall elders were never weak. His chance of escaping beneath the eyes of a Spirit Hall elder was less than ten percent.

"My lord, are you here for this Soul Bone too?" Fick asked tremulously.

"Of course. This old man is here to recover the Soul Bone Spirit Hall lost, so you understand what you should do, right?" Rota asked in a casual yet imposing tone.

Words spoken in that tone were no less intimidating than a direct threat.

Fick was conflicted as well. He had finally obtained this Soul Bone. As long as he handed it over to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, he would surely rise to prominence.

Yet now it had fallen into Rota's hands. Although Rota was an elder of Spirit Hall, Fick was still unwilling to submit just like that.

"Don't waste time, now. It would be better for everyone if you took the initiative~"

"Fine, I'll give it to you..."

Fick approached Rota and prepared to hand over the Soul Bone. Just as everything seemed to be proceeding smoothly...

"Die!" Fick's gaze suddenly turned vicious as he launched a fierce attack at Rota.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Claw of Terror!"

Fick had originally believed that at such close range, this attack would at least inflict some damage on Rota. But reality gave him a brutal slap in the face.

Rota had already appeared on Fick's other side, and Fick had struck nothing but air.

"What just happened? How was he so fast?"

"Oh my, you shouldn't talk nonsense~ Be careful, or the traffic police uncle might come arrest you~"

"What? What did he say? Why don't I understand any of it?" Fick did not understand a word of what Rota had just said.

If Fick had understood Rota's joke, Rota might have let him go. What if they were fellow countrymen, after all?

"What a pity. Have you ever experienced a Light Speed Kick?"

With both hands in his trouser pockets, Rota delivered a swift and decisive Light Speed Kick straight into Fick's stomach.

The violent impact nearly squeezed Fick's eyes from their sockets, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Rota controlled his strength well and did not strike the Soul Bone in Fick's pocket. By coincidence, the immense force sent the Soul Bone flying out of Fick's pocket anyway.

"Then this old man will take it~" Rota stored the Soul Bone in his Storage Ring.

More than a hundred meters away, Fick was already half-dead. With only a final breath left in him, there was no need for Rota to personally finish him off.

In a place known as the Life Forbidden Zone, surviving would already count as Fick's good fortune. Rota did not hold much hope for it.

"Next, it's time to deal with that little lion~"

Rota gazed toward the distant blaze. "What a reckless lion. That saying is quite right: set fire to the mountains, and you'll spend your life in prison~"

Rota walked step by step toward Reid and the others. Reid could definitely hold on for this much longer. In truth, Rota also had a little ulterior motive.

Rota wanted to watch the show. If he stepped in too casually, would that not make him seem cheap?

"Let this old man have a good look at the battle between soul masters and soul beasts!"