Century-Old Soul Beast Plagues Tiandou Imperial Capital

After condensing nine soul rings, Lin Yue left the Containment Space.

Before long, Lin Yue arrived at the Tiandou Imperial Capital.

This heart of the empire, once bustling and clamorous, remained shrouded in a suffocating panic.

The news of the extinction of soul beasts had swept across the continent like a plague, completely shattering the path of cultivation and the hope of advancement for all spirit masters.

In their desperation, spirit masters set out every day to search for those potentially overlooked, one-year-old soul beasts that had just awakened their soul power and possessed auras too faint to be easily detected.

Any sign of a soul beast's existence could trigger a bloody scramble.

Lin Yue mingled with the flow of people entering the city, observing this city on the brink of chaos with keen interest.

Just then, a burst of arguing from the city gate caught Lin Yue's attention.

Two groups of young women with vastly different styles were blocking the city gate, neither willing to yield.

"Hmph, a bunch of water-players, and you think you're worthy of blocking the path of our Blazing Fire Academy? Get out of the way!"

The red-haired girl in the lead, Huo Wu, arched her brows in anger, heat faintly rising around her body, her tone filled with gunpowder.

"Huo Wu, watch your tongue! Did your Blazing Fire Academy build this city gate? We arrived first, so why should we move?" Opposite her, a cold-tempered blue-haired girl named Shui Bing'er did not show the slightest weakness. Faint cold air swirled around her, and the students of Skywater Academy behind her also wore expressions of indignation.

"Arrived first? Just because you're slow? We at Blazing Fire value efficiency! Understand? Efficiency!" Huo Wu stood with her hands on her hips, mocking them without reservation.

"Efficiency? It's just recklessness and rudeness. The soul beasts are all gone, so you're in such a rush—are you in a hurry to attend someone's funeral?" Xue Wu, standing behind Shui Bing'er, retorted, her words icy and biting.

"You!" Huo Wu was instantly provoked, her soul power fluctuating violently. "Shui Bing'er, are you looking for a fight?"

"Think I'm afraid of you?" Xue Wu's eyes narrowed, and the cold air intensified.

The two genius girls from the major academies stood toe-to-toe, the tense atmosphere causing the surrounding crowd to subconsciously back away.

The students behind them also glared at each other; the opposition between Blazing Fire and Skywater, between ice and fire, was magnified infinitely at this moment.

Lin Yue stood in the crowd not far away, watching this explosive scene with a playful smile on his lips. "Interesting, ice and fire cannot coexist... Perfect, let me add some fuel to the fire—or rather, add some entertainment."

With a thought, he communicated with the Containment Space within his body.

He locked onto a century-old soul beast.

It was a Lightning Rabbit, not large in size, covered in pale yellow fur with a pair of long ears.

He chose it because it was fast; even as a century-old soul beast, it was not easily caught.

It also possessed a teleportation soul skill.

In the Tiandou Imperial Capital, filled with countless ordinary people, it would be even harder to capture.

Silently and imperceptibly, a faint spatial ripple spread out at the shadow of the city wall base designated by Lin Yue.

"Squeak--!"

A sharp, soul-power-infused shriek suddenly rang out!

Immediately following, a yellow shadow darted out from the shadows of the city wall like an arrow from a bow, rushing into the city in a panic!

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu, in the midst of their argument, were both stunned, their gazes instantly drawn to the yellow figure.

"A soul beast?!" Shui Bing'er exclaimed, a violent fluctuation appearing on her cold face for the first time.

"A century-old soul beast! A live one!" Huo Wu's eyes widened instantly, filled with disbelief and ecstasy, her previous anger cast to the nine heavens.

This shriek and the suddenly appearing aura of the soul beast were like a drop of water falling into a scalding wok of oil!

"A soul beast! It's a soul beast!"

"Heavens! There's still a soul beast here!"

"Catch it! Catch it quickly!"

"It's mine! That's my soul ring!"

After a brief, deathly silence, a tsunami-like explosion of madness erupted!

Everyone near the city gate, whether ordinary citizens or spirit masters, whether travelers just entering the city or local spirit masters who had been searching nearby, all fell into complete delirium!

Hope after despair, even if only a sliver, was enough to make people lose their minds.

Countless bloodshot eyes locked onto the panicked, fleeing Lightning Rabbit, like starving wolves seeing fresh meat.

Boom!

The crowd completely exploded!

Cries, roars, shoving, and the sound of erupting soul power mixed together to form a terrifying wave of noise.

People surged toward the rabbit like a tide, completely disregarding those around them. Shoving and trampling occurred instantly, and screams rose one after another.

"Get lost! Don't block the way!"

"It's mine! I saw it first!"

"Bullshit! Whoever catches it gets it!"

The scene spiraled completely out of control, descending into unimaginable chaos.

For the sake of what was likely the last century-level soul beast on the continent capable of providing a soul ring, the greed of human nature was laid bare in its rawest form.

The members of Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy, previously at each other's throats, abandoned their dispute and joined the scramble.

As for the instigator, Lin Yue, he had long since retreated silently to a safer distance, leaning leisurely against a stone pillar with a playful, cold smile on his face, as if he were enjoying an absurd play he had directed himself.

While he enjoyed the spectacle, he also began projecting the scene into the Containment World.

He projected it directly onto the sky of the Containment World, where every soul beast could see it by simply looking up.

Watching the crowd tear off their masks and trample one another for a sliver of hope, and watching the small yellow dot fleeing in despair beneath countless greedy hands, he felt only the thrill of total control.

"Do you see? In the current Douluo Continent, a mere century-level soul beast is enough to drive them into a frenzy."

"Rest assured, that Lightning Rabbit won't die; I will return it later."

Lin Yue whispered, his words intended for all the soul beasts to hear.

Gu Yuena, Di Tian, and the others in the Containment World all witnessed the scene unfolding in the Tiandou Imperial Capital.

Although Lin Yue had shown them glimpses before, that had only been the sight of soul masters in a state of anxiety.

What they saw now was a multitude of soul masters scrambling over a tiny century-level soul beast.

"Hahaha, good, very good!"

"These human soul masters are truly desperate!"

Seeing this, Di Tian could not help but burst into laughter.

It was not just Di Tian; every soul beast with a modicum of intelligence curled its lips in a grin at the sight.

"Roar, roar, roar--!"

"Awoo--!"

"Ugh--!"

Even those soul beasts incapable of human speech let out excited roars.

"Well done!"

"Master's trick is so wicked, but I love it!"

Xiao Bai cheered as well.

Even Ah Yin, who had originally been close to humanity, revealed a happy smile upon witnessing this scene.

And Lin Yue, who had initially only been looking for some amusement, suddenly discovered at this moment that the power of faith fed back to him by the soul beast clan had surged more than before.