Crossing Douluo: Robbing and Killing, Be Careful of Being Counter-Killed

Su Hui tucked the Ten Thousand Year Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and the Level 4 Milk Bottle into his storage.

A smile still hung on his lips as he stepped out of the auction house gates.

Today's haul far exceeded his expectations.

In the era he originated from, these two items were simply beyond measure in value.

Not to mention that in the era of Tang San, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was incredibly rare.

Even this Level 4 Milk Bottle, capable of replenishing soul power, was nothing short of a divine artifact in an age where soul masters below the rank of Soul King were constantly starved for energy.

As expected, traveling to the future was full of treasures.

Of course, the old era had its own advantages.

In this current age, with the development of Soul Tool technology, all kinds of metals were exorbitantly expensive.

But going back to the past was a different story.

In the past, there was no Soul Tool technology, and people had not discovered the miraculous uses of many metals, making them dirt cheap.

Su Hui was planning to go back and use the Gold Soul Coins in his possession to acquire some rare metals to craft Soul Tools.

He walked along the street at a leisurely pace.

"Hey, someone is following you."

Ice Empress's cold, clear voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

Su Hui's footsteps faltered, and the smile froze on his face.

He instinctively wanted to turn around, but forced himself to hold back.

"What is their strength?"

"Just a Soul Ancestor."

Su Hui's tense shoulders relaxed.

Is that it?

He mocked himself in his heart for acting like he was facing a mortal enemy just a moment ago.

A mere Soul Ancestor was truly not enough to make him panic.

Come to think of it, following him all the way out from the auction house, they were most likely eyeing the Soul Bone and Milk Bottle in his hands.

Killing for loot was hardly a rare occurrence on the Douluo Continent.

"What do you plan to do?" Ice Empress asked.

Su Hui didn't rush to answer, instead sinking his consciousness into his body.

That pink Anywhere Door hung silently above the Martial Soul Clock, and the indicator on the clock face was almost back to the starting point.

He grinned.

The timing was just right.

"Since someone wants to play, we shouldn't be too cold, should we?"

Su Hui wove through the bustling streets, specifically choosing secluded paths, twisting and turning until he finally ducked into an abandoned residential area.

Surrounded by crumbling walls and ruins, wild grass grew madly from the cracks in the stone, and the wind whistled as it passed through the dilapidated eaves.

He stopped in his tracks.

In the silent clearing, there was only the sound of the wind and the faint, distant noise of the city.

"Friend."

Su Hui turned around, his tone as casual as if he were greeting an old acquaintance.

"You've followed me all this way, time to come out, right?"

"..."

At first, there was no response.

A few breaths later.

A black shadow stepped slowly out from the shade of a broken wall.

Dressed in black and masked, only a pair of sinister eyes were visible.

Su Hui looked him over and asked, "Why are you following me?"

The man in black did not answer the question.

His gaze swept over Su Hui repeatedly, as if confirming something.

That look carried undisguised greed, mixed with a hint of condescending scrutiny.

"I have observed you."

The man in black finally spoke, his voice raspy, "You only have the cultivation of a Soul Elder."

As he spoke, he directly released his Martial Soul.

"Awoo!"

A gray-black Lone Wolf phantom coalesced behind him, its fur coarse like steel needles, fangs bared, exuding a fierce and malevolent aura.

Immediately following, four soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, and purple—rose from beneath his feet; a standard optimal configuration, which at the Soul Ancestor level could already be considered quite impressive.

"Hand over the soul bone and the Milk Bottle, and I can spare your life."

The man in black's tone was as if he were announcing an established fact.

Su Hui nodded.

So that was what this was about.

Then, he smiled.

"A mere Soul Ancestor dares to threaten me?"

He slowly loosened his wrists.

As soon as these words left his mouth, the aura opposite him visibly faltered for an instant.

The man in black's gaze shifted from greed to cold, murderous intent, his Lone Wolf Martial Soul let out a low growl, and soul power surged around his body.

"You don't know what's good for you."

The man in black squeezed the words through his teeth.

"Kill you, and the items will be mine all the same."

He didn't waste any more breath; he kicked off the ground, his entire body rushing toward Su Hui like an arrow released from a bowstring.

Under the state of Martial Soul Possession, his figure swelled in size, sharp claws sprouted from his ten fingers, and he went straight for Su Hui's throat with a whistling sound that tore through the air.

Su Hui did not dodge.

He chose to meet it head-on.

The two fists collided!

"Bang!"

A dull sound of impact exploded in the empty ruins.

"Hm?"

The man in black's pupils shrank sharply.

A wave of numbness traveled up his arm, and he was forced back three steps, his heels plowing two deep furrows into the muddy ground.

Su Hui, however, stood motionless where he was.

He looked down at his own fist, gaining a sense of certainty.

His physical strength was even greater than he had anticipated.

Even with the opponent in a state of beast Martial Soul Possession, he held the absolute advantage in a pure collision of strength.

The man in black steadied himself, his expression flickering between uncertainty and malice.

He realized that the Soul Elder before him was not quite right.

He decided not to test him any further.

"Kid, since you want to die, I'll grant your wish."

The Lone Wolf Martial Soul roared, and the third purple soul ring lit up.

Dozens of black wolf-claw phantoms tore through the air, pouncing on Su Hui from all directions.

Su Hui calmly raised his right hand.

"Don't be in such a rush; I still want to use you to practice. This is my first time fighting a human soul master, after all."

The first purple soul ring appeared.

Three-thousand-year first soul skill: Fire Element Manipulation!

"Whoosh!"

Flames condensed into a sphere in his palm, then burst into a sky full of fire rain, each wisp of flame precisely meeting a wolf-claw phantom.

Before the man in black could change his tactics, three fireballs roared toward him in a triangular formation.

He rolled to the side in a panic, barely dodging two, but the third grazed his shoulder as it flew past.

"Sizzle!"

The black clothing was burned into a large hole, revealing the scorched, bright red skin underneath.

Immediately following came several more fire arrows, dense as a rainstorm.

The man in black was left struggling to defend himself.

The fur of his Lone Wolf Martial Soul was singed and charred, his body was covered in lacerations, and the stench of burning fur filled the air.

Su Hui hadn't even moved a step.

He simply stood there, his fingers moving slightly, the flames changing shape in the air according to his will.

At times it transformed into fire fists, fireballs, and exploding fire arrows!

At other times it shifted into a wall of fire, blocking every single attack from the man in black.

Simultaneously, the fire wall could instantly surround the man in black.

He was consciously controlling the tempo, in no rush to end the fight.

It was rare to have a sparring partner delivered to his doorstep, so he might as well use him to hone his practical combat skills.

"Who exactly are you?!"

The man in black finally realized something was wrong.

What kind of person had a soul skill that could change forms at will?

He panted heavily, his eye twitching, bloodshot veins gradually crawling into the corners of his eyes.

This Soul Elder had been toying with him from start to finish; that air of ease and composure dealt a massive blow to his self-esteem.

"You're courting death!"

He roared, his purple fourth soul ring suddenly bursting with light.

"Awoo!!!"

His Lone Wolf martial soul let out a howl toward the sky, and his body instantly swelled to nearly double its size.

His muscles became more knotted, his fangs grew longer and sharper, and his eyes were filled with nothing but berserk crimson.

Fourth Soul Skill: Lone Wolf Berserk!

His speed and strength were significantly boosted for a short time, at the cost of his sanity being almost entirely swallowed by beastly instinct.

The man in black no longer cared about anything; he just wanted to tear the person in front of him to shreds.

At almost the same moment, the voice of the Ice Empress rang out again: "Stop playing around. A powerful expert is approaching, and they are very fast."

Su Hui's expression turned cold.

"Fine, I've had enough fun anyway."

With a casual clench of his hand, the surrounding flames vanished instantly.

At the same time, a black soul ring rose from beneath his feet.

It was his second soul ring, one he had never displayed before others—pure black, deep and profound, shimmering with a chilling luster under the sunlight.

"!!!"

The pupils of the enraged man in black dilated violently.

What was he seeing?

A black soul ring!

That was the color only found in ten-thousand-year soul rings!

This person was a Soul Elder; why would he have a ten-thousand-year level soul ring!

Fear finally overwhelmed his killing intent, but it was already too late.

Su Hui threw a punch.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

A layer of crystalline ice armor condensed over his fist.

The cold was biting.

It was as if the very air was being frozen until it cracked.

Second Soul Skill: Ice Empress Pincer!

The berserk Lone Wolf collided with this punch.

The power of the Ultimate Ice was released without reservation at this moment.

"BOOM!!!"

A terrifying chill erupted from the center of Su Hui's fist.

The body of the man in black froze the instant it made contact with the ice.

Wolf fur, skin, muscles, and bones were covered layer by layer in frost, and even his ferocious expression was frozen in that final moment.

He was frozen into a lifelike ice sculpture just like that.

But this ice sculpture began to vibrate under the force of Su Hui's punch.

Crack—!

The ice sculpture shattered.

It exploded into a pile of ice shards!

Su Hui retracted his fist, looking at the shattered ice mixed with frozen chunks of flesh and blood, his emotions calmer than he had expected.

There was no disgust, no fear, and not even any excitement.

It was as if he had done something utterly trivial.

Is this what killing is?

It didn't seem like anything special.

He had no time to dwell on it, for the sound of something tearing through the air arrived from the distance.

The speed was immense, clearly aimed directly at this location.

"Hurry, leave!"

Ice Empress urged, "The person coming is at least a Soul Saint level; you are no match for them, and if I were to intervene in my current state, the consumption would be too great."

Su Hui, however, remained unhurried as he bent down to pick up the storage Soul Tool dropped by the man in black, tucking it into his robes.

He raised a hand once more.

"Ding!"

A pink Anywhere Door appeared out of thin air.

The delicate clock hands on the door's surface stopped exactly at their starting position, not a fraction off.

"Click!"

The Anywhere Door slowly creaked open.

Behind the door lay a swirling vortex of space-time, bottomless and dark, connecting to another world.

Su Hui glanced at the figure in the sky, a faint smile curling his lips: "This trip ends here; I hope the next visit will be more interesting."

With that, he stepped into the space-time vortex.

A thunderous roar exploded from the sky: "Shrek Enforcement Team! Everyone, drop your weapons and surrender!"

A figure descended from the heavens, a tyrannical blast of energy scattering the surrounding ice mist and revealing the empty ruins.

The newcomer frowned, scanning the surroundings.

There was not a soul to be seen.

Only a patch of shattered ice slowly melting on the ground, emitting faint cracking sounds amidst the dissipating shockwave.