Saving the Day

This weakest human was the very root cause of the situation turning against him!

Thinking this, the Evil Eye Tyrant flicked a tentacle, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

In a single blink, he appeared behind Ye Luochen, who had already fled several kilometers away.

Then, a massive silver beam of light erupted, blasting fiercely toward Ye Luochen.

Die!

Sensing the rapidly approaching aura behind him, Ye Luochen's expression turned ghastly.

But no matter how he pushed his soul power or how many propulsion-type soul tools he attached to his body, he could never outpace the speed of the massive silver beam behind him.

He could only let the threat of death draw ever closer.

Am I going to die...

The gates of the soul tool world have only just opened for me, my efforts have only just begun to bear fruit, and I haven't even proven to those people at Shrek how ridiculous they are...

Is this the end...

As his strength ebbed away, Ye Luochen slowly closed his eyes.

But the anticipated impact never struck him.

A pair of powerful hands caught him and held him steady.

Then, a roar of fury exploded through the air.

"You dare!"

"If you harm him, this old man swears that Mingde Hall will raze the Evil Demon Forest to the ground!"

Hearing a somewhat familiar voice ring in his ears, Ye Luochen started and looked back.

He saw the team leader, a Rank 9 Soul Engineer, standing behind him. With a wave of his palm, a light barrier condensed, firmly intercepting the silver beam fired by the Evil Eye Tyrant.

At the same time, several incredibly thick Soul Guidance Cannons appeared instantly.

Terrifying black light condensed frantically at the muzzles before pouring out in a violent torrent!

With just one strike, the once-imposing Evil Eye Tyrant was instantly blasted into fragments!

A moment later, a blood-red soul ring rose into the air!

After the one-hit kill, the old man didn't pause for a second. He flew forward rapidly, took out a strange-looking metal device, and with a gentle wave of his hand, actually sucked the soul ring directly into it.

After finishing this, the old man waved his hand again, and a familiar thin-film space emerged, enveloping Ye Luochen within it.

Then, his flight-type soul tool engaged at full power, and he sped away from the Evil Demon Forest without looking back.

"Good thing I made it in time. If something had actually gone wrong, this old man would have no face left to return to Mingde Hall as the team leader."

While flying at high speed, the old man spoke with lingering fear.

After luring away the previous fifty-thousand-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant, he had immediately turned back to find Ye Luochen and the others.

But who would have thought that the three of them were no longer at their previous location.

He had searched a vast area but couldn't find a trace of them.

And just as the old man was filled with extreme anxiety, two bursts of energy belonging to Rank 9 soul tools erupted from the distance.

Sensing this, the old man's face turned ashen.

He could naturally distinguish the source of those two Rank 9 soul tools; they bore the distinct style of Jing Hongchen.

And at this time, in this place, for Jing Hongchen's Rank 9 soul tools to be activated, accompanied by the powerful, unique spiritual fluctuations of the Evil Eye clan—

He could guess the situation even with his eyes closed.

The group must have encountered an even more powerful Evil Eye Tyrant and been forced into a desperate situation, even using the protective soul tools left behind by Jing Hongchen!

Thinking of this, the old man felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. No longer caring about exposure, he flew toward the source of the fluctuations with everything he had.

He wasn't joking around.

What were the identities of these three little ones?

The grandson of the Mingde Hall Master, the granddaughter of the Mingde Hall Master, and a rising genius in whom the Mingde Hall Master placed high hopes.

If anything happened to these three while under his leadership—

Even as a Rank 9 Soul Engineer, he would likely be unable to withstand the wrath of the Mingde Hall Master!

Fortunately, he hadn't arrived too late.

"Cough... cough... where are Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen?"

While flying rapidly alongside the old man, Ye Luochen asked.

"Naturally, I didn't leave them behind."

The old man waved his palm, and on the other side of his wing, the thin film shed its camouflage, revealing the Hongchen siblings inside.

Both of them were deathly pale, but judging by the fact that they could still wave to Ye Luochen, they seemed to be in no serious danger.

"It's fortunate that none of you three suffered any mishaps, but this soul-hunting mission is effectively over."

Setting aside whether or not he had been exposed, even if he were lucky enough not to have drawn the attention of the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, he could not return to the Evil Demon Forest in the short term.

The cost of that last wave of attacks could be described as immense.

Driven by worry and rage, he had forcibly activated several Class 9 Heavy Soul Guidance Cannons all at once.

Heavy Soul Guidance Cannons were among the most lethal of all offensive soul devices, and that was even more true given that they had reached the ninth class.

The results were indeed significant; under the fire of those heavy cannons, the majestic Evil Eye Tyrant had been forced to drop a 100,000-year soul ring.

However, because there had been no warm-up and the charging had been too violent, the intense load had directly resulted in the destruction of those Class 9 soul cannons.

Without major repairs, they were essentially no different from scrap metal.

Not only that, but those few shots had drained nearly eighty percent of his soul power in an instant.

As he was now, he had not only lost his most powerful soul devices, but his soul power was also nearly exhausted.

Taking the others and fleeing back to Mingde Hall was the only wise choice.

Mingde Hall.

Looking at Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen lying on the bed with pale faces, Jing Hongchen's expression was so gloomy it seemed as if water could drip from it.

Although a careful examination showed that the two had not suffered any substantial injuries—merely exhaustion and collapse that would recover after a period of rest—this did not in the slightest diminish Jing Hongchen's current fury.

As for Ye Luochen, who stood to the side, although his condition was better than the other two, he had failed to obtain his fourth soul ring, and the soul-hunting mission had returned empty-handed.

"Good, good, good."

"Is this the team you led? Is this the fine work you've done!"

Jing Hongchen roared, slamming a palm heavily into the chest of the elder who had led the team, sending him flying to smash hard against the wall.

"From this day on, your authority and resources within Mingde Hall are reduced to zero! You are not permitted to step half a step out of the research lab until you have crafted ten Class 9 soul devices!"

Hearing this, the elder wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and nodded with a bitter smile.

To be denied all resource subsidies while being required to craft ten Class 9 soul devices was to have his entire fortune hollowed out.

However, this outcome was already beyond his expectations.

Had it not been for the fact that the others were still healthy and intact, and that he was one of the few Class 9 soul engineers, he likely would have been killed by the enraged Jing Hongchen on the spot.

"And you two as well—what were you doing interfering in Ye Luochen's soul-hunting mission? You are not permitted to leave the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy until your cultivation reaches level sixty!"

After scolding the Hongchen siblings, Jing Hongchen turned his gaze toward Ye Luochen.

"Luochen, for the risks you took this time, Mingde Hall will provide you with appropriate compensation. Furthermore, I will personally go and find your fourth soul ring."