"Leave no one alive!"
After giving the order coldly, Yang Hao strode through the gate.
He had come for revenge, and everyone he faced was an enemy. Naturally, he had no intention of showing mercy or entertaining any of that melodramatic, softhearted nonsense.
Revenge had to be decisive. Either you didn't take it, or you wiped out the whole family, roots and all, leaving no future trouble.
Wan Hun and Sleep Nightmare followed behind him. They activated their Martial Soul Avatars and brought out numerous Soul Tools for support, spreading their power across the entire Strength Clan territory.
Wan Hun controlled countless vengeful spirits to bolster Sleep Nightmare's spiritual power. Sleep Nightmare used that powerful spiritual force to hypnotize their targets while scattering large amounts of hypnotic gas to help.
Anyone below Soul Douluo rank could hardly resist. They were quickly hypnotized and fell asleep.
Besides, it was already the middle of the night. The ancestral rites had kept everyone busy all day, and they were exhausted. Many were already fast asleep, making things even easier.
The two of them were exceptionally powerful now. In their earlier battles against so many Soul Beasts, Yang Hao had devoured only their origin energy, leaving their souls and spiritual power for Wan Hun and Sleep Nightmare to consume.
The sheer amount of spiritual and soul energy they had gained had given their strength a terrifying boost.
Furthermore, their Martial Soul traits left them at a disadvantage against opponents of equal rank, but against lower-ranked Soul Masters, they could kill in an instant.
Yang Hao went inside and used the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone to devour his victims. After refining them, he turned them into nourishment for his One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul.
As Great Love Immortal Venerable had said, when you lacked talent, don't feel inferior. Think more about your clansmen.
He had ceased to be alone long ago, when he inherited Tai Wushuang's Martial Soul. He had become someone with a clan of his own.
He had spent these past few years thinking of his beloved clansmen. Now, at last, he had the strength to return and visit them. He could call it a triumphant homecoming.
Of course, he didn't torture them or do anything of the sort. He simply devoured them.
He had come for two reasons: revenge, and to use his clansmen's Martial Souls to improve his One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul. His purpose was simple, and he didn't want to invite complications, so there was no reason for him to do anything unnecessary.
Whatever Wan Hun did with the souls he collected was none of his concern.
Wan Hun and Sleep Nightmare handled the cleanup. One devoured souls, the other spiritual power, and they removed all the bodies.
Sleep Nightmare even used illusions to interrogate the stronger ones, learning the locations of various hidden treasures before digging them up and taking them along.
They spent the whole night sending the Strength Clan down to the next world, all together and in one piece. Only then did the four of them leave, laden with spoils.
Before they left, they even set fire to the entire clan territory and burned it down, so the Strength Clan wouldn't have nowhere to live after they went below. That was Yang Hao's kindness.
"I used to think I'd come back and kill them once I'd grown stronger. I never imagined it would be this easy."
Watching the Strength Clan's territory disappear beneath the flames, Yang Hao couldn't help sighing.
Truly, plans couldn't keep up with one's acting skills. These days, you needed acting chops to get promoted and earn a raise.
"Was that not satisfying enough?"
Feng Ling glanced at him. Now that he had completed this part of his revenge, the hatred in Xiao Hao's heart ought to have eased a little.
"No. Compared to the feeling of revenge, I'd have suffered more if I'd let them live for a few more years."
Yang Hao shook his head slightly. He wanted to put this grudge to rest as soon as possible.
More importantly, he needed his clansmen to contribute their strength and deepen the foundations of his One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul. He was already feeling a little stuffed.
"Let's go!"
Feng Ling glanced at the territory swallowed by the flames and spoke.
The four quickly left. After taking a roundabout route, they entered the Star Dou Forest again to hunt the corresponding Soul Beast clans. They focused mainly on those that lived in groups.
Group-dwelling Soul Beasts had two advantages: there were enough of them, and they didn't migrate easily. They could simply go straight to their lair and attack.
With Feng Ling, a Super Douluo, and Wan Hun and Sleep Nightmare providing support, they could easily take down Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, let alone even hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
This time, however, the four were much more cautious. They didn't dare enter the core region, and only circled around the outer and inner regions.
There was no helping it. Many Ferocious Beasts hid in the Star Dou Forest, including Beast God Di Tian. If they disturbed him, they'd be in trouble.
Yang Hao wandered around the Star Dou Forest, and one round of wandering stretched into half a year.
Although the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone had already devoured enough to reach its limit, he still hadn't left. There were two targets he hadn't found yet.
Feng Ling and the other two naturally stayed with him. Fortunately, their efforts finally paid off.
"I finally found you."
Yang Hao smiled at the Twin Cyclops feeding in the distance.
This was one of his targets.
The Twin Cyclops was a variant of the Cyclops species, with a more powerful bloodline and naturally stronger Chaos Attribute. It also possessed both light and dark attributes, making it a crucial part of Yang Hao's plans for evolving his Martial Soul and Soul Bone.
"To possess both light and dark attributes is truly rare."
Feng Ling also studied the Twin Cyclops in the distance, quite astonished.
They had hunted plenty of Cyclops before, but this was their first time seeing one with two heads that possessed both opposing attributes, light and dark.
"Beautiful big sis, keep watch for me."
After saying this, Yang Hao sprang forward and activated his One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul. It manifested as a Vajra Dharma Body, while a massive Black-Veined Iron battleaxe emerged from his Storage Soul Tool and landed in its hands.
The Twin Cyclops, which had been feeding, heard the commotion and immediately rose, grabbed the huge bone club beside it, and swung it at him.
Bang!
The two enormous weapons crashed together with a muffled thud. The bone club was exceptionally hard; even the Black-Veined Iron battleaxe only left a dent in it.
The Vajra Dharma Body swung its battleaxe in a frenzied barrage, even using Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to build up its strength with every strike.
Yang Hao wasn't idle either. He leaped onto the Twin Cyclops' back, stabbed it with the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone, and began devouring it, while forcibly injecting the Soul Power of Ultimate Ice.
The Twin Cyclops naturally sensed something amiss behind it, but the Vajra Dharma Body's assault was too fierce. It had to focus all its attention on defending itself and couldn't spare a thought for its back. At most, it could use Soul Power to suppress the cold spreading through its body.
Unfortunately, Ultimate Ice couldn't be suppressed. Before long, it froze the muscles in the Twin Cyclops' back, making it difficult for the creature to exert its strength. The Vajra Dharma Body seized the chance to swing its battleaxe and knock it to the ground.
Giving the Twin Cyclops no chance to get up, the Vajra Dharma Body swung its battleaxe again and again, hammering down like a blacksmith at his forge. The Twin Cyclops could only raise its bone club to defend itself as the blows drove its entire body into the earth.
Before long, the Twin Cyclops let out a furious, sorrowful howl. The chill of Ultimate Ice had already reached its organs and frozen them.
This was fatal. Even the Twin Cyclops' powerful physique couldn't withstand it.
Yang Hao didn't waste time. He controlled the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone to devour it quickly, giving it no chance to form a Soul Ring. In the end, he forcibly devoured the Twin Cyclops until it was nothing but a dried corpse.
"You idiot! Couldn't you see I was behind that big guy?"
Climbing out from beneath the Twin Cyclops, Yang Hao couldn't help cursing at the Vajra Dharma Body.
This thing had been created after the fact, and its intelligence was far too limited.
It had focused entirely on attacking, never once considering that Yang Hao was behind the Twin Cyclops. When the creature was knocked down, Yang Hao had ended up trapped underneath it.
And then that thing had kept hacking away, driving the Twin Cyclops' entire body into the earth and crushing him even further. If his physique hadn't been strong enough, he might have been crushed to death.
What an idiot of a Dharma Body!
Feng Ling walked over, laughing. Wan Hun and Sleep Nightmare were also struggling to hold back their laughter.
Their Holy Son could be quite amusing sometimes.
Chapter 44: Emperor Auspicious Beast
After cursing for a while, Yang Hao looked in one direction. His powerful spiritual perception told him that someone was approaching.
Before long, several figures came rushing over from that direction. The most striking among them was a cold, elegant beauty.
"Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda!"
Yang Hao's eyes lit up at the sight of the crystalline pagoda Martial Soul in the cold beauty's hands.
"What dense evil aura! They're Evil Soul Masters. Kill them!"
The old man at the head of the group looked over Yang Hao and the others, his expression dark and harsh as he ordered them to attack.
The Nine Treasures Glazed Sect took the same stance toward Evil Soul Masters as Shrek Academy. What was more, quite a few of their people were in the Shrek Inspectorate, including his son, who had died at the hands of Evil Soul Masters.
He had always believed every Evil Soul Master must die!
"Were we being too kind?"
Yang Hao was taken aback. He hadn't even found an excuse to take that Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul and study it, yet they had taken the initiative to attack.
"Perhaps we were a little too kind."
Feng Ling replied calmly, then activated her Martial Soul. Nine Soul Rings appeared, and the final blood-red ring in particular left the people about to attack frozen in place.
"A Titled Douluo!"
The old man at the head of the group looked stricken. He was only a level eighty-nine Soul Douluo. He had no chance against a Titled Douluo.
But why was there an Evil Soul Master at the Titled Douluo level here?
"Scatter and run!"
Without the slightest hesitation, he ordered his group to flee in all directions. If even one of them escaped, that was one more survivor.
Unfortunately, he had shouted too late. Wan Hun and Sleep Nightmare had already hit the other eight with a combined spiritual attack and taken them down.
They couldn't quickly defeat Soul Douluos, but anyone below Soul Douluo rank was a kill in an instant.
The old man at the head of the group was also crippled by a single strike from Feng Ling. The difference in strength was simply too great.
"Leave the one with the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul alive."
After speaking, Yang Hao withdrew the Vajra Dharma Body into himself and used Martial Soul Possession to merge with it.
He released the Twin Cyclops' origin and bloodline power, which he had just devoured, and merged it with his One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul.
The One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul had been created through the fusion and mutation of the Strength Clan's Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul and the Cyclops Martial Soul. Of the two, however, the Cyclops Martial Soul was stronger and had greater potential.
According to the ancient records he had read, the Cyclops were descendants of the Titan Giants, who were godlike beings capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with the Dragon Clan and Behemoths.
The Titan Snow Demons of the Far North possessed the bloodline of the Titan Giants.
The Titan Giants themselves possessed the strongest Chaos Attribute and could command any elemental force. The Dragon Clan was similar; it had branches with many elemental attributes, including the Nine Great Dragon Kings.
Yang Hao wanted to purify his One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul into a Cyclops Martial Soul, then evolve it toward the Titan Giant Martial Soul.
Devouring several Cyclops Soul Beasts before had already given him a sense of how to do it. Now, with the powerful bloodline and origin energy of this Twin Cyclops added to the mix, he was sure he could purify it in one fell swoop.
The Twin Cyclops did not disappoint Yang Hao. It guided the energy accumulated by the One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul as it surged forth, beginning the process of purification and evolution.
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