Soul Power Unsealed, Qian Xunji Fights at Full Strength

Qian Xunji's entire body radiated golden light, with clusters of flames swirling around him. He had lifted the seal he had placed on his own soul power. His soul power gradually began to circulate, flowing like an endless surging sea through his limbs and bones, making Qian Xunji let out an involuntary groan. Long-lost power, reveal your brilliance and glory once more.

Everyone was stunned. So he had not used soul power in any of his previous battles, relying only on his physical quality, reflexes, and strength. Looking at the golden figure in the center of the Area of Slaughter, Man Yao felt Qian Xunji was somewhat unfamiliar for the first time. Was he actually this powerful?

"Xue Tu, that soul bone skill is pretty good. I'll take it," Qian Xunji said.

Qian Xunji gripped the Ancient Black Sword as an endless stream of golden soul power poured into it, causing the ancient sword to shine with a dense golden light. His body assumed a strange posture, and he raised the sword toward the heavens as he shouted, "Startling Swan!"

Whoosh! A thunderclap suddenly rang out. Qian Xunji soared straight into the sky from where he stood at an unimaginable speed, vanishing into the air above without a trace.

The people around him were all bewildered. Where had he gone? Why could they not see him? Yet some of them merely stared at the sky, muttering silently.

Suddenly, a dazzling golden light split through the clouds overhead and plummeted straight down, carrying a force that shook heaven and earth, its sound like rolling thunder.

"What? How can it be this fast?" Xue Tu said in shock. Combined with his sinister face, he looked rather terrifying.

Xue Tu hurriedly activated the soul bone the Slaughter King had given him and shouted, "Fire Dragon Body Protection!"

Red light flickered from Xue Tu's torso, and an enormous fire dragon actually burst out from his body. Its tail coiled around Xue Tu's body as it let out a Dragon Roar in Qian Xunji's direction.

The surrounding people were badly shaken and even somewhat dizzy. Qian Xunji, however, was unaffected. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger guarded his Sea of Consciousness, and he did not take an attack of this level seriously.

At last, the golden streak of light charged toward the fire dragon and collided with it head-on. Cracks split across the slaughter arena around them, showing just how terrifying the attack was.

The stands fell completely silent. No one could utter a word.

Dust filled the slaughter arena, leaving it in utter devastation. No one could see what was happening within.

After an unknown amount of time, everyone heard the sound of someone falling. Just as they were guessing who it was, they saw Xue Tu spewing blood wildly, with several parts of his body shattered. He was barely recognizable as human.

Yet he had not completely died, still clinging to a faint breath of life.

"Y-you... Why are you so powerful? Even after absorbing the soul bone, I'm still no match for you. I refuse to accept this! I refuse!" Xue Tu glared venomously at Qian Xunji.

Xue Tu struggled as he lay sprawled on the ground, his eyes seeming ready to burst from their sockets, making everyone who saw him shudder.

Qian Xunji, on the other hand, said calmly, "A person's strength has never depended on external objects. It comes from having the heart of a strong person. You have long become a slave to power and lost your humanity."

"If I remember correctly, you once blood-sacrificed an entire clan for a soul bone, including your wife and child. Am I right, Huang Yuan?" Qian Xunji asked.

At those words, Xue Tu froze blankly in place, as though he had recalled something.

Qian Xunji had once seen this case in the specialized archives of Spirit Hall. It described a soul master named Huang Yuan who, due to a martial soul mutation, awakened a powerful martial soul—the Flame Scorpion. He cultivated step by step and eventually married into a clan, serving them.

Somehow, word leaked out that the clan possessed an Inherited Soul Bone of considerable power. When Huang Yuan learned of it, he could no longer suppress the desire in his heart and begged the elders of the clan to give him that soul bone. Naturally, the elders were unwilling, sternly rejecting his request. Huang Yuan felt deeply resentful. Finally, during one family banquet, members of the clan both young and old gathered together, and the guests and hosts were all enjoying themselves.

But Huang Yuan harbored the heart of a wolf. He secretly poisoned the food and wine with an especially rare toxin, incapacitating the entire clan, including his wife and children. Then he brazenly initiated a blood sacrifice, sacrificing the entire clan. Later, he found that clan's Inherited Soul Bone in a secret chamber. After absorbing it, his cultivation advanced greatly, and his actions grew increasingly extreme. He would kill people at the slightest provocation to silence them.

Later, he crossed Spirit Hall, and after Spirit Hall's investigation, he was confirmed to have fallen into an Evil Soul Master. In the end, Spirit Hall dispatched four Soul Saints and three Soul Emperors to hunt Huang Yuan down. Left with no choice, he fled into the City of Slaughter, where all trace of him was lost.

Huang Yuan—Xue Tu—said harshly, "That's right. I am Huang Yuan."

"You heartless beast! Your wife's clan treated you well enough. How could you so utterly lose your conscience that you blood-sacrificed them all alive?" Qian Xunji roared.

"Who told them not to give me the soul bone? If they had given it to me earlier, none of this would have happened! Hahaha!" Xue Tu laughed coldly.

"No!" Xue Tu cried in terror.

Qian Xunji swung his sword and beheaded Xue Tu in a single strike. His head rolled to the ground, his face filled with terror and shock.

Then Qian Xunji flicked his finger, turning Xue Tu's corpse into a pile of ash. Only two strange bones remained, quietly floating in midair. The scorching heat sent a wave of air rolling outward, causing some Fallen Ones around the stands, who had been silent as cicadas, to cry out in alarm.

"Two soul bones?!"

Some of the Fallen Ones stared intensely at the two soul bones, while others showed greed but deliberately looked away.

They were not only wary of Qian Xunji; they also did not dare violate the rules of the Hell Slaughter Arena.

The Hell Slaughter Arena had a rule: everything possessed by the losing side belonged to the victor. If these Fallen Ones dared to attack Qian Xunji now, it would be equivalent to challenging the authority of the Slaughter King.

Qian Xunji studied with interest the Dark Red Torso Bone emitting dense Soul Power Fluctuations. This was the torso bone Xue Tu had used to activate Fire Dragon Body Protection earlier. Without it, Xue Tu would never have left behind a complete corpse beneath Startling Swan; he would have been utterly annihilated. Yet this torso bone had blocked his Startling Swan. Although it had not blocked it completely, that was still incredibly astonishing.

What he had not expected was that such a top-grade soul bone could exist within the City of Slaughter.

Even if the soul beast that had produced this soul bone was not a pure-blooded dragon, judging from its quality, it must have had a deep connection to the Fire Dragon Clan.

The value of such a soul bone was not much inferior to an ordinary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. It carried traces of a dragon's aura and was no less formidable even compared to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Qian Xunji used his soul power to draw the two soul bones into his Soul Tool. Without lingering in the arena, he turned and walked out of the Area of Slaughter.

Everyone around the Area of Slaughter unconsciously moved aside, opening a path for Qian Xunji to pass through quickly.

Qian Xunji successfully found Man Yao somewhere in the stands and pulled her to his side, transmitting his voice into a line as his lips moved slightly.

Man Yao looked at Qian Xunji in surprise, then slowly nodded. She walked into the arena with the other nine people for the next match and began her hundredth challenge.

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