Lu Zheng's Heart Turns to Ash

On the plains not far outside Xilu City.

A dense, hazy pink radiance suddenly expanded, shrouding a radius of one hundred meters.

Looking from afar, one could only see a blur of misty pink.

When the members of the Lu Family pursued them out of the city, they had already cleared the area in advance, driving away all surrounding Soul Masters. Aside from the Lu Family party, there was no trace of anyone else in this wilderness.

Even though many high-level Soul Masters harbored curiosity and secretly followed to spy, they were all frightened away by Ghost Douluo, who was hidden in the shadows.

The moment the mental domain of the String Fox Phantom Bow unfolded, Xie Yue and Yan moved in unison.

Simultaneously, Xiao Chen and Hu Liena drew their bowstrings and fired two arrows.

The four Soul Kings closest to the carriage had no defensive posture; their fate was already self-evident.

The offensive from the four of Xiao Chen did not cease for a moment. As Yan and Xie Yue charged toward the Lu Family members, arrows continuously broke through the air from within the carriage.

Facing these Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings who were trapped in mental bewitchment and dazed, the arrows shot by Xiao Chen and Hu Liena did not even require the true killing move of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill; mere arrows under the fusion were enough to claim their lives.

The level 58 Soul King of the Lu Family was the first to break free from the dazed state, but even after regaining his senses, he remained affected by the mental domain.

Upon seeing the tragic state of the Lu Family Soul Masters, he immediately released the Lu Family's distress signal firework and prepared to move in to save them, only to be intercepted by Yan and Xie Yue.

Xiao Chen's arrows continued to fly; in just a few dozen seconds, the majority of the Soul Masters dispatched by the Lu Family this time had already been lost.

That level 58 Soul Master was strong, holding his own against two opponents within the mental domain without falling behind.

However, the strength of the others was not as formidable as his; those below level 55 could not even break free from the dazed state in a short time.

Even if they could break free, they could not escape the mental domain constructed by Xiao Chen and Hu Liena, leaving them as nothing more than living targets.

After about a minute, of the elites brought by the Lu Family, only two remained barely standing besides that level 58 Soul King; the rest had all fallen to the ground, devoid of any life.

The two surviving level 55 Soul Kings were both heavily wounded, their wounds seeping blood and their Soul Power aura chaotic and unstable.

Yan and Xie Yue joined forces to trade a blow with the level 58 Soul King.

With a thunderous roar that shook the surroundings, a violent shockwave of Soul Power swept outward. The two were sent flying backward, stumbling to regain their footing only when they reached the carriage.

"A level 58 Soul King is indeed powerful; within your mental domain, his combat strength hasn't been weakened much!" Yan remarked.

"It can't be helped. My Soul Power Level is a bit low; otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have been able to break free from the illusory realm so quickly!" Xiao Chen said.

"Leave this person to me and my junior brother; leave those two level 55 Soul Kings to you!" Hu Liena said. "That man already released the distress firework; that old scoundrel Lu Zheng will arrive soon. We must finish this quickly and take these three down before he gets here!"

"No problem!" Yan and Xie Yue nodded, then each chose a Soul King and charged forward.

Within the mental domain, the vision of the three Lu Family members was obstructed, but the level 58 Soul King was not significantly affected.

He saw Yan and Xie Yue charging toward the last two remaining Soul Kings of the Lu Family and immediately prepared to intervene, but he sensed an extremely dangerous aura.

He looked toward the carriage and saw Xiao Chen and Hu Liena standing atop it, both drawing their bowstrings to condense a pale red arrow. That dangerous aura was emanating precisely from that arrow.

"It's actually a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!" The Soul King's expression changed drastically. Gazing at the arrow, he dared not be distracted any longer, hoping only that Lu Zheng would arrive as soon as possible.

"Phantom Soul-Chasing Arrow!"

Xiao Chen and Hu Liena shouted softly, then released their bowstrings. The pale red arrow instantly transformed into a streak of red light, reaching the Soul King in the blink of an eye.

He dared not be careless and immediately flicked his wrist to summon his Martial Soul: the Mystic Steel Blade, blocking it horizontally before him to steadily withstand the incoming pale red arrow.

The collision produced no sound, but the Lu Family elder felt a massive, strange force surge along the blade and directly into his body.

He let out a muffled groan, feeling his blood and qi surging within. Just as he wanted to mobilize his Soul Power to suppress the chaotic force rampaging inside him, he suddenly felt a mental force strike his sea of consciousness.

The feeling of the illusory realm he had just struggled to break free from emerged once more.

He hurriedly focused his mind and gathered his breath, guarding his spirit and stabilizing his sea of consciousness, yet he still found it difficult to resist the needle-like mental assault.

Coupled with the strange force inside his body, the dual attacks caused his figure to sway violently, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"What a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill!" He was secretly shocked, yet felt incredibly fortunate.

He knew very well that two Soul Ancestors just over level 40, capable of unleashing such a terrifying Martial Soul Fusion Skill, must have exhausted their own Soul Power.

However, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, that extremely dangerous aura once again lingered in his heart.

He looked up and saw a pale red streak of light shooting toward him once more.

He hurriedly swung his Mystic Steel Blade to block, already prepared to endure the strange force and mental impact, but just as he blocked one arrow, he discovered another following right behind it.

"How is this possible..." His face was filled with disbelief, his heart churning with stormy waves.

Yet the strange force that ignored part of his defense and the mental impact aimed directly at his spirit left him no time to care about anything else;

The second arrow struck his brow with pinpoint accuracy.

At the same time, Yan and Xie Yue also forced the two heavily wounded Soul Kings into a dead end. Already severely injured, they found it extremely difficult to resist the mental domain and were naturally no match for Yan and Xie Yue.

In the lounge of the Xilu City Spirit Fighting Arena, Lu Zheng was leisurely sipping fragrant tea.

Suddenly, a member of the Lu Family rushed in, reporting with a panicked expression that the Lu Family's exclusive distress firework had been set off outside the city.

Lu Zheng was not particularly anxious, assuming it was the Cang Family making a move.

Thus, he said a word to Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ji Chuan before leaving the Spirit Fighting Arena with his clansman.

Yet when he arrived at the scene, what met his eyes was a bone-chilling sight: Xiao Chen and his three companions stood silently before the carriage, while the ground surrounding it was littered with the corpses of the Lu Family members, sprawled in every direction.

"Did... did you do this?" Lu Zheng asked, his voice trembling.

"That's right!" Xiao Chen replied, and as he spoke, he released both his Bow Martial Soul and his Spear Martial Soul simultaneously.

Upon seeing Xiao Chen's Twin Martial Souls, Lu Zheng's expression shifted violently; only then did he realize that Mystic Spear and Absolute String were truly the same person.

"Why, why on earth would you do this? When did my Lu Family ever offend you? Why must you drive us to extinction!" Lu Zheng roared in a frenzy.

"Those who commit many injustices are doomed to destruction; your Lu Family brought this upon yourselves!" Xie Yue said.

"Heh... hahahahaha..."

Lu Zheng suddenly burst into manic laughter. "There is no need for those hiding in the shadows to remain concealed any longer. To be able to slaughter so many Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings in such a short time, surely you don't still need to ambush a mere Soul Emperor like me?"