Punishing Evil and Promoting Good!!

Just because they had numbers on their side did not mean much. In a fantasy world like Douluo Continent, where science did not apply, numbers were not necessarily proportional to combat strength.

The dozen or so Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors combined were not much stronger than the Soul King Li Yuan had just taken down.

As for Li Yuan, who was even stronger than their leader, there was no need to say more. Even if all dozen of them attacked together, they would most likely still end up on their knees.

Thus, although the black-clad men appeared as steady as old dogs, every one of them was panicking like hell inside.

The only thing that could be considered good news was that they had just captured the Tang sisters alive and could use the two girls as hostages.

Although they were not sure what relationship Li Yuan had with the Tang sisters, and their intelligence had not mentioned such a fierce figure as Li Yuan—

At this point, they could only treat a dead horse as if it were alive and hope Li Yuan cared whether the Tang sisters lived or died. Otherwise, they would all be wiped out.

To the black-clad men's delight, when they used the Tang sisters to threaten Li Yuan, he really did stop and did not continue advancing toward them.

Seeing this, the Soul Ancestor holding Tang Weiwei hostage gradually grew more arrogant. "Kid, you've got guts!"

"I'm warning you, squat down with your hands on your head right now, or your girl is dead for sure!"

"Let me tell you a secret..." Li Yuan muttered quietly, yet his voice was loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly.

In an instant, the Soul Ancestor holding Tang Weiwei hostage felt a nameless rage flare up in his chest, impossible to suppress. Especially when he noticed the strange looks everyone around him was giving him, he grew even angrier.

Provoked by his fury, he completely forgot about the enormous gap between himself and Li Yuan. Without another word, he released Tang Weiwei, and a long blade appeared in his hand. Four soul rings—white, yellow, yellow, and purple—flashed around his body.

Wielding the blade, the Soul Ancestor showed no courtesy. He raised it and chopped straight at Li Yuan's head.

For some reason, he found the man before him unbearably punchable. Instinctively, he wanted to kill him, as though only that could quell the anger in his heart.

Unfortunately, the gap between him and Li Yuan was simply too great. Against a Soul Ancestor, Li Yuan did not even need to use his Martial Soul. He simply smashed a fist into the man's forehead.

In an instant, the Soul Ancestor's head burst like a smashed watermelon, spraying red and white everywhere.

After suffering such a devastating blow, the Soul Ancestor was dead beyond doubt. As for his final counterattack, it was not worth mentioning in Li Yuan's eyes. It merely tore his clothes and left a white mark on his chest.

"Hey, I'm not targeting you guys. I just want to say that every single one of you is trash!"

Before the other black-clad men could react, Li Yuan used his First Soul Skill again. This time, he used an area-wide taunt, targeting every remaining black-clad man.

In an instant, all the black-clad men lost their heads. They suddenly found the man before them exceptionally hateful and wanted nothing more than to swarm him and fuck him up to vent the hatred in their hearts.

Driven by that rage, they even forgot the difference in strength between themselves and Li Yuan. All they wanted was to vent the fury in their hearts.

Thus, the black-clad men no longer cared about the Tang sisters as hostages. Screaming wildly, they charged forward one after another, their soul rings flashing as all kinds of soul skills flew everywhere. They were ready to fight Li Yuan to the death.

"Heh. Not one of you can fight."

Li Yuan did not hold back either. He did not even use his Keyboard Martial Soul, yet with just a few punches and kicks, he dealt with all dozen or so Soul Masters.

In the blink of an eye, the dozen or so Soul Masters who had charged in so aggressively all fell, and the wounds on their corpses were nearly identical.

All of them had suffered heavy blows to the head and died after having their heads burst open.

Li Yuan did not know why, but ever since awakening his Keyboard Martial Soul, he had found himself liking headshots more and more. Whether he smashed an enemy's head with a keyboard or with his fists, it gave him an incomparably satisfying feeling.

Of course, such a hobby was rather horrifying in ordinary people's eyes. For example, the Tang sisters were currently looking at Li Yuan with fear in their eyes.

Tang Cai'er, the younger sister in particular, went pale at the sight of the red and white matter splattered all around. She nearly threw up on the spot.

Tang Weiwei, the elder sister, fared much better. Although her complexion was equally unpleasant, at least her expression remained fairly normal.

After killing all his opponents, Li Yuan did not immediately attend to the Tang sisters.

As a hunter, after a hunt ended, the first thing to do was naturally clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils.

Although these Soul Masters could not be directly eaten like soul beasts, they carried things soul beasts could not possibly have, such as Gold Soul Coins.

From the first moment he saw those little golden things, Li Yuan felt that he liked them.

In this life, Li Yuan was very interested in all sorts of shiny things and instinctively wanted to collect them. Well, he had also been quite interested in money in his previous life; he had simply been poor.

Thus, after killing these evil Soul Masters who had harbored malicious intentions and completing the task of punishing evil and promoting good, the first thing Li Yuan did was search them for Gold Soul Coins and other valuables.

Unfortunately, these Soul Masters all looked rather poor. Of course, it was also possible that they simply had not carried their wealth on them.

In any case, after searching them all, Li Yuan found only a little over two hundred Gold Soul Coins.

Not bad. For someone as broke as him, it counted as a huge sum. After all, a Soul Elder like Li Yuan could only receive a monthly subsidy of one hundred Gold Soul Coins from Spirit Hall.

More than two hundred Gold Soul Coins was equivalent to two months of his salary, and since it was free money, Li Yuan did not complain. Happily pocketing it, he then set a fire to destroy the corpses and erase the evidence—ah, no, strike that. He was sending these evil Soul Masters on to their next lives.

Mm, may God bless them to be good people in their next lives. Amitabha!

"All right, that's done." Watching the corpses of the dozen or so evil Soul Masters be swallowed by flames until not even their bones remained, Li Yuan showed a relieved expression. When the wind blew, even their ashes vanished.

Only then did Li Yuan finally notice the two trembling girls nearby. He gave them an apologetic smile. "I'm truly sorry. I frightened you two beauties just now."