Kill and Run

Chen Xilin's pupils contracted.

That seemingly ordinary palm strike felt as heavy to Chen Xilin as Qin Yang's casual punch had back then!

Chen Xilin transformed both hands into Black Dragon Arms, pushing Blue Tier Futu to its optimal state.

"First Soul Skill, Black Dragon Power!"

"Second Soul Skill, Dark Dragon Demonic Flame!"

Chen Xilin directly activated his defensive and enhancement spirit skills to their limits, then layered the black flames of his second spirit skill over his dragon arms.

Boom—

Chen Xilin was sent flying like a cannonball.

"He actually blocked it!" The Old Man could not believe it. Though he was a defense-type Titled Douluo, even a Spirit Douluo could not take that palm strike head-on. Yet this brat had blocked it.

After being sent flying, Chen Xilin used Blue Tier Futu's inner force and his body's flexibility to disperse much of the palm strike's power.

"Pfft—"

Though he had shed much of the force, the backlash still reached him, and Chen Xilin spat out a mouthful of blood.

However, he was not seriously injured. He had merely coughed up some clotted blood and felt a little unwell.

"Fourth Spirit Skill, Myriad Dragon Devouring Abyss!"

Chen Xilin unleashed his fourth spirit skill. Countless Dark Energy Masses instantly formed around the Girl, surging madly before turning into black, Ferocious Dragon Heads in the blink of an eye.

The next instant, countless ferocious dragons opened their jaws and tore toward the Girl!

"Not good! Martial Soul Avatar! Eighth Spirit Skill, Diamond Tortoise Shell Shield!"

The Old Man realized that the Holy Maiden had been marked by the opponent's spirit skill. He immediately unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into a massive Mysterious Armored Dragon Turtle as countless sturdy shields protected the Girl.

Only then was the Holy Maiden spared from harm.

"Whew, is the Holy Maiden all right?" The Old Man wiped at the nonexistent sweat on his forehead and spoke slowly.

The Girl had been frightened senseless. Just now, she had truly felt death closing in.

Those dark evil dragons had been incomparably sinister and bizarre. She possessed Twin Martial Souls, the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, two top-tier beast martial souls, both with top-tier Dark Attributes.

Yet she had been utterly crushed in terms of darkness and nearly killed. Bibi Dong's heart was still pounding wildly. She had never encountered anything like this in all her life.

Seeing that Bibi Dong remained silent, the Titled Douluo began issuing orders to the others.

"You lot, go kill that brat! Bring me his head!"

The pressure of a Titled Douluo made the remaining Spirit Emperors and Soul Saints tremble with fear.

They rushed off at full speed, quickly pursuing the direction Chen Xilin had flown.

At Chen Xilin's location,

"Hmm? They caught up. Heh, if the Titled Douluo doesn't come himself, can they catch me? Meld into Darkness!"

Chen Xilin immediately turned into a black shadow and moved deeper into the forest, toward its darkest depths. Even his aura began to conceal itself.

Before long, the Spirit Emperors and Soul Saints arrived at the place where Chen Xilin had just been. They saw some bloodstains on the ground, but found nothing else.

One Spirit Emperor who appeared somewhat older suddenly crouched beside Chen Xilin's blood. He dipped a finger into it and brought it to his nose to sniff.

"Emmm, over there!"

The Spirit Emperor pointed in one direction.

"Good! Let's go!" The oldest Soul Saint led the group in that direction.

Why did all these Spirit Hall Soul Saints and Spirit Emperors trust this Spirit Emperor? His cultivation was not particularly high; in fact, he was among the weakest in this group.

However, his martial soul was a Canine Beast Spirit. His sense of smell was exceptionally sharp, and he excelled at tracking.

His original role had been to help Bibi Dong track suitable Spirit Beasts. Instead, he was now being used to track a person.

Elsewhere,

"Hmm? They're following so closely? Does someone have a tracking-type spirit skill? This is troublesome."

Chen Xilin sensed that he had failed to shake off the people behind him and began considering how to deal with them.

Chen Xilin stopped walking and hid within the shadow of a tree, merging with the darkness.

Soon, Chen Xilin noticed that the leading Spirit Emperor's nose was constantly twitching.

"Must be a canine-type martial soul with strong tracking ability. Tsk, not bad. These people seem to be from Spirit Hall, right? Who was that girl just now?

"A spider martial soul? Don't tell me that was Bibi Dong? Bibi Dong still looked like a little girl. Looks like this Timeline is very early.

"Never mind. I'll deal with this tail first."

With that said,

Chen Xilin began setting up his spirit skills. The place where he stood was completely covered in tree shadows, with no sunlight able to reach it—a natural ambush site.

The Spirit Hall party's leading Spirit Emperor with the canine martial soul suddenly stopped.

"That person seems to have stopped. Let's move in slowly." The tracking Spirit Emperor at the front gave the signal.

"Good! Everyone, be careful." The Soul Saint with the highest cultivation nodded.

The Spirit Hall group quietly crept forward.

"Fifth Spirit Skill, Dark Sky Curtain!"

The sky immediately darkened, and everyone from Spirit Hall was enveloped in darkness.

"What is this?!" The Spirit Hall Spirit Masters were greatly alarmed!

Spirit Masters naturally had excellent vision. They could see their surroundings clearly even at night, let alone beneath these mere tree shadows. Yet in an instant, their sight was completely sealed by darkness.

Chen Xilin's fifth spirit skill, Dark Sky Curtain, was a Domain Spirit Skill. In this state, his Dark Attribute increased by 250 percent, all his attributes increased by 150 percent, and all enemy attributes were weakened by 50 percent.

Chen Xilin and the Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts had spent half a year in the Star Dou Great Forest before finding this Spirit Beast: a supreme dragon-type Spirit Beast, the Netherworld Demonic Dragon. It was a Spirit Beast with True Dragon Bloodline, a subspecies of the Hell Demon Dragon.

Possessing half of a True Dragon Bloodline, it was immensely powerful. Chen Xilin's fifth soul ring came from a Netherworld Demonic Dragon nearing forty thousand years of cultivation.

This was also Chen Xilin's trump card spirit skill. It was because of this Domain Spirit Skill that Chen Xilin had created an escape-type spirit skill: Meld into Darkness.

It involved covering himself with Dark Sky Curtain and using the Dark Attribute to conceal himself, though it was not yet perfected.

That was why the canine-type Spirit Emperor had tracked him down. Once it was perfected, even his aura would be covered by darkness.

"Fourth Spirit Skill, Myriad Dragon Devouring Abyss!"

Chen Xilin unleashed Myriad Dragon Devouring Abyss within the Dark Sky Curtain. Its power doubled within the curtain, and it was completely impossible to predict where the evil dragon heads condensed from darkness would appear.

"Aaaahhh—"

Very soon, the screams of Spirit Hall Spirit Masters rang out from within the Dark Sky Curtain—the screams of their bodies being torn apart.

Although the Spirit Hall Spirit Masters included Soul Saints, and reaching the Soul Saint realm was a qualitative transformation on the path of a Spirit Master, granting a tremendous increase in strength after obtaining a Martial Soul Avatar,

Dark Sky Curtain possessed a special trait: unless one was enveloped while already in the Martial Soul Avatar state, it was impossible to activate any enhancement spirit skills or Martial Soul Avatar within the Dark Sky Curtain.

This was the absurd power of a supreme spirit skill! Even Chen Xilin felt that this spirit skill was excessively powerful, though its limit seemed to be targeting Soul Saints.

Chen Xilin had tested it before. Spirit Douluos could still activate their Martial Soul Avatars, though the consumption was much greater than usual.

Once those Spirit Hall Spirit Masters had been completely dealt with, Chen Xilin left. Right under a Titled Douluo's nose, he had beaten their Holy Maiden and casually killed the Titled Douluo's underlings.

Tsk, tsk. Running after showing off was incredibly satisfying in any world. Tonight, he had to drink three big bowls!

Not long after Chen Xilin left, the Mystic Armor Douluo arrived with the now-calm Bibi Dong.

But the moment they arrived, they found severed limbs and mangled remains.

"Bleurgh—" Bibi Dong immediately vomited in disgust.

The Mystic Armor Douluo also frowned deeply. This matter could not be allowed to end here!