Lin Ciyan narrowed his eyes, and he "saw" inside the bodies of the fallen bandits.
Dark red energy is rapidly accumulating!
Each corpse was like a soul-guided bomb about to explode!
"Everyone, stand back!" Lin Ciyan shouted sharply.
Almost simultaneously, a sharp, long howl echoed from the depths of the cave, "Who dares to oppose the Messenger of Death! You will all die, you will all become my Corpse Slave!"
Upon hearing the sound, the bandits scattered in terror.
It's too late.
"Boom...!!!"
The first corpse swelled to its limit and exploded with a bang!
Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and a cloud of highly poisonous blood mist instantly filled the air! Then came the second, the third...
Chain reaction of Corpse Explosion!
"Watch out!" Huo Yuhao shouted hoarsely, but the explosion was too fast!
Ma Xiaotao's fire wings curled back in an attempt to defend, Dai Yueheng erected his White Tiger Protection Barrier, and Gongyang Mo's amplifying light transformed into a shield...
However, the power of the Corpse Explosion far exceeded expectations. It was the accumulated resentment and corpse poison of the Evil Soul Master. Once it was detonated, even the Soul Emperor would find it difficult to escape unscathed!
Lin Ciyan moved.
He took a step forward, his right hand pressing down lightly.
" Holy Radiance Qilin."
Amidst whispers, auspicious five-colored clouds rose from beneath their feet, and the majestic and auspicious phantom of Qilin roared towards the sky.
Four black and two red Soul Ring rose up, Sixth Soul Ring, with its deep red color swirling with a seven-colored halo, illuminated the entire cave.
Lin Ciyan raised his left hand at the same time, his five fingers spread open.
" The Light of the Five Elements "
Buzz...
A five-colored light frame emerged from behind him, with the phantoms of the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Tian Meng intertwined and swirling at the center of the frame.
That was not a physical Martial Soul, but a framework constructed from pure spiritual power and the Five Elements elements, which was now emitting a profound resonance.
The soul techniques taught by Electrolux were rapidly processing in his mind.
Lin Ciyan's eyes lit up. "Using vengeful spirits as a catalyst and corpse poison as a medium, it is essentially a negative eruption of soul energy."
He clasped his hands together.
The Auspicious Domain of the Holy Radiance Qilin and the harmonizing power of the Light of the Five Elements erupted simultaneously!
Golden holy light intertwined with five-colored brilliance, instantly covering all the swelling corpses.
The violent vengeful spirits collided with the light net, melting away like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun.
Even more miraculously, the framework of the Light of the Five Elements began to rotate, with the Five Elements Rotation and generating each other, forming a peculiar "devouring-transformation" cycle.
The energy from the explosion was absorbed by the light network as soon as it was released.
After undergoing the Five Elements Rotation, it transforms into pure, ineffective energy, which is then neutralized by the Auspicious Domain of the Holy Radiance Qilin.
"Puff, puff puff..."
The anticipated massive explosion did not occur.
The corpses deflated like punctured balloons, only oozing a small amount of black blood.
The pervasive blood mist was purified by the light net, turning into wisps of green smoke and dissipating.
The entire hall fell silent.
Everyone was stunned.
Ma Xiaotao's Fire Wings froze in mid-air, Dai Yueheng's White Tiger Protection Barrier was still active, and Gongyang Mo's shield light gradually dimmed...
On the reserve team's side, Huo Yuhao's mouth gaped open, and Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly wings even forgot to flap.
"Resolved." Lin Ciyan put away his Martial Soul, dusted off imaginary dust from his hands, and said, "Just a little trick by Evil Soul Master."
The system notification tone sounds at the appropriate time:
[Ding! Averted a fatal crisis with a ' Relaxation Domain attitude', 'Slacking Value +6000! Current 'Slacking Value: 247,630 points.]
"This... how is this possible..." The sharp voice trembled from the depths of the cave.
Lin Ciyan ignored him and turned her gaze to the shadows on one side of the cave.
Have you hidden enough?
He flashed forward and activated his Metal Element Dash.
Speed increased dramatically!
From the shadows, a figure in black robes appeared hastily, attempting to retreat.
It was a gaunt old man with sunken eyes, holding a white bone staff in his hand—the " Messenger of Death "!
But he couldn't outrun Lin Ciyan.
" Extreme Ice Thrust."
Lin Ciyan didn't even activate his Martial Soul; he merely raised his hand in a gesture.
The Ultimate Ice aura of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion burst forth from his fingertips.
A beam of ice-blue light pierced through the air, instantly piercing the old man's right shoulder!
"Ah...!" the old man screamed, and the bone staff slipped from his grasp.
Lin Ciyan had already arrived in front of him.
"Is this all the Evil Soul Master are capable of?" He shook his head, clenched his right fist, and the phantom of the Mystic Yellow Exquisite Armor flashed across his fist.
A simple, unadorned punch.
"Bang!!!"
The old man's chest caved in, and he was sent flying backward like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the stone wall behind him and embedding himself half a foot deep, with rubble falling down in a shower.
His eyes widened, blood gushed from his mouth, and he tried to say something, but could only utter a series of gasping sounds.
"Done." Lin Ciyan turned around and looked at the crowd who were still in shock.
"Clean up the battlefield, finish off any survivors, and check for any..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
Outside the cave, a terrifying pressure surged forth like a flash flood!
boom...!!!
The cave ceiling exploded, and a disheveled figure crashed to the ground like a meteorite, stirring up a cloud of dust.
The greasy smell of chicken legs mingled with the aroma of alcohol permeated the air.
Xuan Zi's hands were covered in grease, clearly indicating he had just been eating a chicken leg.
He stared wide-eyed at the entire scene. "What's going on?! I just sensed the Corpse Explosion fluctuations of the Evil Soul Master... Hmm?"
He was stunned.
The anticipated horrific scene did not occur.
Although the Shrek team members were somewhat disheveled, they all stood up unharmed.
The bandits' corpses lay scattered on the ground, but... there were no signs of an explosion.
Deep within the cave, the leader of the Evil Soul Master was embedded in the wall, clearly on the verge of death.
"You..." Xuan Zi opened his mouth.
Lin Ciyan patted off non-existent dust from his clothes, walked to Zhang Lexuan's side, and naturally took her hand.
Then he looked up at Xuan Zi, a half-smile playing on his lips.
" Xuan Zi, please explain, where has your 'Supreme Elder' gone?"
The cave was deathly silent.
Old Xuan Zi's face twitched, his hands still covered in grease.
" Ci Yan, what do you mean by that?" Xuan Zi said in a deep voice, his aura as a Level 98 Limit Douluo faintly emanating from him.
But Lin Ciyan was completely unaffected.
He held Zhang Lexuan's hand and even swayed it leisurely.
"The literal meaning." Lin Ciyan tilted his head. "When we entered the cave just now, I also 'looked' around..."
" Xuan Zi, you were probably lying on that crooked tree a kilometer away back then, right? You ate three chicken legs and drank half a pot of wine."
Xuan Zi's pupils suddenly contracted.
"You..."
"Am I wrong?" Lin Ciyan laughed. "Then let's go take a look. There should still be chicken bones and wine stains under the tree."
Ma Xiaotao and the others' expressions changed.
They then realized what was happening.
How terrifying was that Corpse Explosion just now?
Xuan Zi, as the team leader, wasn't even there; he didn't come in immediately?!
Zhang Lexuan sighed softly, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes beneath the silver mask.
" Xuan Zi," she said softly.
"You promised Dean Yan that you would accompany him throughout this mission."
The Xuan Zi was speechless.
He opened his mouth, the oil stains on his beard gleaming under the Soul Power Lamp, making him look particularly comical.