Slaughter

A few minutes later, the four of them finally reached the village.

But the sight before them made the three besides Ling Yu bend over and vomit violently.

Severed heads, mutilated limbs, shattered infant bodies, split old corpses, and many dried husks drained completely of blood.

Corpses covered the ground, and devastation filled the eye. Ling Yu's eyes instantly reddened as he looked at the scene. What kind of utterly deranged Soul Master could commit such atrocities?

He ignored the three people vomiting on the ground. Though his stomach was also churning violently, the sight before him had ignited towering fury within his heart. How could he have time to care about that slight discomfort in his body? He wanted to—

Kill every last one of them!

Leave none alive!

Standing on the blood-soaked ground, Ling Yu instantly widened his Sharingan. Looking at the scene around him, his eyes nearly split with rage, the single tomoe in his eyes spinning without pause.

"Heh heh, what rich life force. If I kill you, my lord will definitely be very pleased!"

Ling Yu turned toward a middle-aged man in black who had emerged from the mouth of an alley. The man was gnawing on an infant's head.

"Kid, you're a Soul Master too, aren't you? Don't worry. Soon, you'll be just like him!"

As he spoke, he pointed at the half-eaten head in his hand and let out several strange laughs.

"Die... die..."

The single tomoe in Ling Yu's eyes spun faster and faster. The instant he saw the man's appearance, two streams of blood flowed from his pupils, and the tomoe in his eyes had become Two-Tomoe!

Ling Yu paid no attention to his surging Spiritual Power or his evolved eyes. He stared fixedly at the Evil Soul Master before him, continuously muttering one word.

"Die!"

"Kid, what are you talking about?"

Seeing the crazed look on his face and sensing the increasingly dense, eerie aura emanating from him, the middle-aged man stopped chewing.

"Die! Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu!"

Ling Yu widened his eyes. With his red pupils and the two bloody streaks on his face, he looked terrifying at that moment!

His hands formed seals rapidly before his chest. His chest swelled high, and he spewed a massive burst of flames toward the middle-aged man.

After leaving his mouth, the flames swelled in the wind and gradually transformed into a fire dragon that flew toward the man.

The middle-aged man's face was full of shock. Clearly, he had never expected his opponent to possess such strength.

His expression changed drastically as three soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple—appeared around his body.

"Third Soul Skill, Blood Shadow!"

As light flashed over his soul ring, red radiance instantly emerged from his body, and Ling Yu finally saw his martial soul.

Blood Bat!

A martial soul that grew stronger by absorbing blood. It was not particularly powerful.

The man watched the enormous fire dragon rush toward him. Red light quickly enveloped his body, and in his stunned gaze, the fire dragon struck him head-on.

Boom!

With a deafening explosion, flames erupted from where the man stood, accompanied by a tremendous blast. A huge wave of fire swirled around his position.

"Cough, cough!"

When the flames dispersed, a body with half of it charred black crawled out of the fire. It was obvious that even after using his third soul skill, he had failed to evade the attack!

"Kid, you're dead! I underestimated you! What are you waiting for? Get him! This kid is troublesome—kill him!"

The instant the man crawled out of the flames, four figures swiftly appeared before him from the rooftops at his furious roar.

"What trash! You couldn't even handle a child and ended up like this!"

Another middle-aged man dressed in black sneered disdainfully at the man lying on the ground.

He turned to look at the youth in the distance, whose aura was strange and unsettling. When he saw those red eyes, a chill rose from the depths of his heart.

"This kid isn't simple. Be careful!" the man warned the other three.

At that moment, golden light burst from Ling Yu's eyes. The four men's expressions changed drastically as they looked at it. They were just about to move, but their bodies seemed to have turned to stone, leaving them completely unable to move!

Boom!

With a thunderous sound, Ling Yu's figure instantly vanished from where he stood.

Under the terrified gazes of the five men, Ling Yu instantly appeared before the man who had spoken first.

A furious roar saturated with killing intent rang in the man's ear.

"Heaven-Piercing Cannon!"

Ling Yu twisted his waist, his clenched fist carrying a fierce gust of wind as it smashed brutally toward the man's head.

Crack!

The sound of a watermelon bursting rang out. By the time the others looked over, the youth had vanished from his spot again, leaving only a headless corpse with fountain-like blood continuously spraying from its neck.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

As three more identical sounds rang out, the remaining three men swayed atop their headless bodies before gradually collapsing to the ground.

Ling Yu looked at the man lying on the ground like a dead dog, his face full of disbelief and terror. He stomped hard against the ground again, and when he reappeared, he was already before the man.

He crouched down and stared expressionlessly at him with his wide-open Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

"Don't... don't kill me!"

He lifted the man with one hand.

Boom!

Just as the man began to beg for mercy, Ling Yu's fist had already struck his abdomen. The immense force bent the man's lower body completely backward, forming a U shape.

"Cough, cough!"

Ling Yu looked at the man before him, who still had a breath left and was continuously coughing blood. His gaze did not ripple in the slightest. He raised one arm again, then violently swung it at the man's chest.

Boom!

Under that punch, the man's chest exploded completely. His organs flew through the air, and a hole as thick as an arm opened straight through his chest!

Ling Yu calmly pulled his arm from the man's chest, ignoring the blood covering it, and struck toward the man's head once more.

Crack!

Bones and flesh scattered through the air. Ling Yu tossed aside the mangled headless corpse in his hand and turned to glance at the three young men and women behind him, who were staring at him in a daze.

His utterly emotionless gaze made the three tremble all over. By the time they regained their senses, Ling Yu had already disappeared, heading toward the last place where the Evil Soul Masters had gathered!

Elsewhere in the village, there were six men.

But when footsteps that seemed to pound directly against their hearts rang out, all six turned around and looked at the youth silently standing behind them.

"Heh heh, another kid here to die. Earlier, some Spirit Hall deacon came too. We tore him apart alive and used him as nourishment for our strength. And now another one's come—this time, it's just a little brat!"

The men all let out shrill laughs. Ling Yu stared coldly at them, and the chill in his gaze caused them to unconsciously stop laughing.

"Only the fiercest, most blazing lightning can destroy your filthy bodies and reduce you completely to ashes!"

Hearing Ling Yu's inexplicable words, the men all put down the severed limbs in their hands and revealed their soul rings.

Yellow and purple light flickered continuously around them. Two Soul Ancestors; the rest were Soul Elders!

Ling Yu's blood-red eyes locked tightly onto the six men. Then, the red in his pupils suddenly faded, and in the next instant, endless lightning surged from his body.

Crackle!

The sound of thunder continuously rang from his body, and the ground beneath him was scorched black by the electricity.

The six men watched the strange youth's transformation, their expressions all changing dramatically.

But before they could activate their soul skills, a streak of blue light flashed through their vision.

Then two massive explosions erupted beside them.

The remaining four turned around and looked behind them. The two people who had just been standing there were nowhere to be seen. Only fragments of charred flesh, carrying a burnt smell, drifted through the air!

"Use everything you've got! Don't hold back, or we'll all die!" one Soul Ancestor shouted at the others. The rest showed expressions of terror and uncertainty.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Dark Roar!"

"Fourth Soul Skill, Blood Shadow Surging Heaven!"

"Third Soul Skill, Ghost Kill!"

"..."

Ling Yu watched as they continuously unleashed soul skills at him. His body moved, a flash of lightning streaked across the air, and he evaded every one of their attacks!

"Thunder Dragon!"

Ling Yu's lips moved slightly. An enormous thunder dragon rapidly extended from his body. As the thunder dragon emerged, its massive body stretched at least ten meters long, staring down at the figures below.

The four people below were completely stunned by the sight. The enormous thunder dragon circled above their heads, and everyone could not help but stop moving. This scene, like divine punishment descending from heaven, completely shattered their will to fight!

"Die!"

At Ling Yu's command, the thunder dragon instantly dove downward.

Boom!

A huge blue pillar of light rose within the village. The tremendous shock left Hu Liena and the other two, watching from afar, completely frozen. They stared in utter disbelief at the constantly trembling ground around them and at Ling Yu, who seemed like a Thunder God descending into the world.

Strong!

Too strong!

They were not even on the same level. The gap was far too great!

And Ling Yu's aura at that moment was terrifying and horrifying!

The pillar of light gradually faded, leaving behind only a giant crater several meters deep and the youth in the sky, his entire body wrapped in lightning!