Soul King Holds the Line! Di Yao Avoids a Head-On Clash, Uses the Situation to Wipe Out the Black Market Den!

Outside the Abandoned Manor, the Law Enforcement Team swiftly spread out.

Deacon Zhou held down the main gate with the aura of a Soul Emperor.

Two Soul Kings circled toward the side entrance.

The remaining Soul Ancestors and Soul Elders split into four groups, sealing off every escape route.

Di Yao stood atop a small rise, in no hurry to charge in.

Hu Liena stood beside him.

"There's at least one Soul King inside."

"A Beast Spirit."

Di Yao nodded.

"The Iron-Back Wolf King."

Hu Liena glanced at him.

"You sensed it?"

Di Yao said, "Demon Emperor Di Jun is highly sensitive to the aura of Beast Spirits."

"There'll be some suppressive effect against a wolf king-type Spirit."

"But a Soul King's level is high. We can't expect him to kneel."

Hu Liena asked, "Then how are you planning to fight?"

Di Yao looked toward Deacon Zhou.

"Why use our lives to prove we're brave when we can use the situation to kill?"

Hu Liena froze.

Then she understood.

Di Yao had never intended to duel the Soul King.

He would use the Law Enforcement Team to hold the line while he created the crucial delay.

That was so like Di Yao.

Arrogant, but not stupid.

Greedy, but not reckless.

The manor gates were blasted open.

Deacon Zhou struck out with his palm, and the pressure of a Soul Emperor crashed directly into the manor.

"Spirit Hall Law Enforcement!"

"Drop your weapons and kneel to be bound!"

Dozens of crossbow bolts and soul skills answered him from within.

Deacon Zhou snorted coldly.

Soul Emperor Soul Power surged, shattering every crossbow bolt.

Battle erupted in an instant.

Most of the Black Market Soul Hunting Group were desperate rogue soul masters.

Wolves, hounds, leopards, hawks, snakes—every sort of Beast Spirit was mixed among them.

They carried the stench of blood, along with the resentment of soul beasts.

Clearly, they had done no shortage of dirty work over the years.

The instant Di Yao stepped into the manor, his Second Soul Ring lit up.

"Ten Thousand Demon Edict."

Dark gold pressure spread outward.

The bodies of the low-level Beast Spirit soul masters all stiffened at once.

Some had only just summoned their Spirits when their legs weakened.

Others were halfway through charging when their Soul Power abruptly faltered.

The Law Enforcement Team seized the opportunity and pressed forward rapidly.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Several black market soul masters were knocked to the ground.

Hu Liena released her Demon Fox Spirit, using her spiritual power to disrupt the enemy's judgment.

This time, she did not rush to use Charm.

Instead, she first created fear.

Making them feel that every path of retreat was blocked.

Making them feel that their companions would betray them.

Making them feel that if they did not talk, they would die.

Di Yao glanced at her.

"Not bad."

Hu Liena snorted.

"I don't need your praise."

Di Yao did not respond.

His gaze fell on the depths of the manor.

There, a fiercer wolf king aura erupted.

"Boom!"

A wall exploded.

A burly middle-aged man charged out.

Behind him, the phantom of an Iron-Back Wolf King threw back its head and howled.

Five Soul Rings rose around him.

A Soul King!

He stared at Di Yao, his eyes filled with savage light.

"Brat, was it you who ruined my business?"

Di Yao said, "Where's the Account Ledger?"

The Iron-Back Wolf King Soul King paused.

Then he grinned viciously.

"You're still thinking about the Account Ledger?"

"Worry about surviving first!"

He lunged at Di Yao.

He was faster than an ordinary Wolf Spirit master, and the armored wolf spine behind him gleamed with dark light.

Hu Liena's expression changed.

"He's coming for you!"

Di Yao did not retreat.

But neither did he meet the attack head-on.

His First Soul Ring lit up.

The Great Sun Golden Flame erupted ahead—not to harm, but to cut off sight.

Dark Gold Flame obscured the Iron-Back Wolf King Soul King's vision.

At the same time, Di Yao pushed off the ground and shifted sideways half a step.

When the Soul King burst through the flames, he ran straight into the pincer attack range of two Soul Ancestor enforcers.

"Bang!"

The two Soul Ancestors struck at once, only to be forcibly blasted away by the Iron-Back Wolf King.

The Soul King sneered.

"That's all?"

Di Yao's voice sounded from his rear flank.

"Keep going."

Deacon Zhou had already arrived.

A Soul Emperor against a Soul King—the suppression formed instantly.

The Iron-Back Wolf King Soul King's expression changed.

Only then did he realize that Di Yao had never planned to fight him personally.

This brat had been using himself as bait.

"What kind of ability is hiding behind others!"

the Soul King roared.

Di Yao calmly replied, "You're a Soul King."

"I'm a Soul Grandmaster."

"I'm using my brain to fight you. What's wrong with that?"

Hu Liena nearly burst out laughing.

The Soul King was so furious that his eyes turned red.

He forcibly unleashed his fifth soul skill. The Iron-Back Wolf King phantom transformed into a black shadow, trying to bypass Deacon Zhou and pounce directly on Di Yao.

This was exactly the moment Di Yao had been waiting for.

His Second Soul Ring lit up.

"Ten Thousand Demon Edict."

The Soul King's level was too high.

The suppression was weak.

But the Iron-Back Wolf King Spirit still instinctively stiffened.

His speed slowed for an instant.

Deacon Zhou seized the opportunity and struck his back with a palm.

"Boom!"

The Soul King was sent crashing through a stone pillar, spitting out blood.

Di Yao immediately gave the order.

"Don't kill him."

"Break his hands. Leave his mouth."

Deacon Zhou nodded and pressed forward again.

The black market Soul King completely panicked.

He had originally thought Di Yao was young, impulsive, and easy to provoke.

But this brat did not rise to provocation at all.

No duels.

No hot-bloodedness.

No need to prove he was brave.

Every step he took was for the result.

Elsewhere, the Law Enforcement Team had already broken into the storeroom.

Inside were piles of Spirit Hall resources.

Awakening Apparatuses.

Potions.

Soul Beast Catalogs.

As well as several crates of stolen Mimicry Cultivation Materials.

Xiao Wu followed from a distance. When she saw several cages holding wounded soul beasts, her face turned pale.

She could not help stepping forward, wanting to release them.

Di Yao said coldly, "Don't touch anything."

Xiao Wu's hand froze.

"They're in pain."

Di Yao said, "I know."

"But there's Poison Powder on the cages."

"If you touch them now, you won't save them. You'll only expose yourself."

Xiao Wu's eyes reddened.

"Then what do we do?"

Di Yao looked at Hu Liena.

"Have someone dismantle the Poison Locks."

Hu Liena immediately instructed the Law Enforcement Team members.

Xiao Wu was stunned.

She had not expected Di Yao to have someone save the soul beasts.

Di Yao glanced at her.

"Don't misunderstand."

"These soul beasts are evidence."

Xiao Wu lowered her head.

Yet that strange feeling in her heart only deepened.

His words were cold.

But he had not gone on a killing spree.

Nor had he treated everything like a slaughterhouse.

At the very least, he was far better than the Black Market Soul Hunting Group.

Hu Liena watched from the side, the corners of her eyes twitching.

There was really something wrong with this rabbit.

The colder Di Yao became, the more thoroughly subdued she felt.

The battle gradually came to an end.

The Black Market Soul Hunting Group was either dead or wounded, and all those remaining had been pinned to the ground.

Deacon Zhou had also crippled one of the Iron-Back Wolf King Soul King's hands, sealed his Soul Power, and thrown him before Di Yao.

Di Yao crouched down.

"Account Ledger."

The Soul King spat out blood.

"Burned it."

Di Yao said, "You're lying."

The Soul King sneered.

"How do you know?"

Di Yao said, "A person like you wouldn't bear to burn the accounts."

"The ledger is your life, and it's also your bargaining chip."

"If you really burned it, the people behind you would be the first to kill you."

The Soul King's expression changed slightly.

Di Yao looked at Hu Liena.

"Interrogate him."

Hu Liena stepped forward and released her Demon Fox Spirit.

This time, the Black Market Soul King was far tougher to crack than those people from the daytime.

But he was already injured, and Di Yao's words had struck directly at the fear in his heart.

Hu Liena pressed the advantage.

"Your master won't save you."

"With the ledger, you still have something to bargain with."

"If you don't reveal the ledger, you won't even have that."

Sweat beaded on the Soul King's forehead.

Di Yao's tone remained flat.

"I'll only ask once."

"Where is the Account Ledger?"

The Soul King gritted his teeth for a moment before finally breaking.

"The Underground Wine Cellar."

"Under the third stone slab."

Deacon Zhou immediately sent people to search.

Before long, several thick Account Ledgers were brought out.

Di Yao opened the first page.

Fasnuo Branch Hall.

Notting Academy.

Yu Xiaogang.

Black Market transit point.

And several unfamiliar code names.

Hu Liena's eyes lit up.

"We got it!"

But Di Yao did not relax.

He raised his head and looked toward the shadows of the estate.

"There's someone else."

Hu Liena was startled.

The next instant, a poisoned concealed weapon shot soundlessly toward the center of her back.

Tang San had made his move.