"Mom, Save Me." Please Follow and Vote!

"Mom, Save Me." Please Follow and Vote!

The Technology Guild's convoy traveled unhurriedly through the night, and Chen Hong's expression grew increasingly grim.

Chen Hong could sense the uncontrolled, chaotic Mental Ripples emanating from the living beings around him. This ability was the chief culprit behind his extreme mental instability, but it also allowed him to detect the approaching malice around him.

"What's wrong?" Ning Lu, who had emerged from her cultivation state, looked at Chen Hong with a flicker of confusion and concern in her eyes.

Chen Hong touched the [Sage]'s Ring on his forehead, its cool gleam shining beneath the faint light, and a trace of gravity flashed through his eyes.

"Malice is approaching fast."

Bang!

Before Chen Hong could finish speaking, the convoy ahead was suddenly intercepted. At the same time, a violent crash rang out, as though something had been overturned by tremendous force!

"Stay alert! Enemy attack!"

"Protect the employer!"

The Silver Wolf and Sword Dragon, the two Soul Master Mercenary Groups within the Technology Guild convoy, reacted immediately. They emerged from the Soul-Powered Trucks disguised among the convoy, forming groups of three to five and splitting into four or five squads to protect the Soul-Powered Truck in the center of the Technology Guild convoy.

The Silver Wolf Leader immediately activated Martial Soul Possession. His body rapidly expanded, silver-white beast ears and fur sprouted from his body, Sharp Claws grew from his hands, and his pupils turned into cold silver wolf eyes. Six soul rings—Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Purple, Black—appeared behind her. Her martial soul was the Silver Wolf, and his Soul Power was at Level 61, a Battle Soul Emperor!

As for the Sword Dragon Leader, his martial soul was a Sub-Dragon. After activating Martial Soul Possession, parts of his body began to undergo draconification, and a thin layer of Soul Power scale armor covered him from head to toe. Six standard soul rings—Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black—appeared behind him. He held a Black Pattern Soul Guidance Longsword and stood solemnly beside the Soul-Powered Truck carrying the Technology Guild's employer, guarding it with his teammates.

The danger in the night was closing in. The Silver Wolf Leader and Sword Dragon Leader exchanged a glance, then led their teammates toward the disturbance at the front of the convoy with grave expressions.

Bang!

Very soon, the Silver Wolf Leader's men clashed with a group of black-robed figures. In the darkness, all manner of dazzling martial souls and soul rings lit up. By the light cast by those martial souls, the other Spirit Masters from the Technology Guild, who had retreated to Ning Lu's carriage, could vaguely make out the appearances of those strange black-robed figures.

After the Silver Wolf Leader severely injured several black-robed figures with his bare hands, he caught sight of their faces under the moonlight. Their features were eerily similar. His hair stood on end, and he shouted toward the rear, "Fall back!"

"They're Evil Soul Masters! Venerable Thousand Tongues! Don't drag this out!"

As the Silver Wolf Leader shouted, he led his team closer to the Sword Dragon Mercenary Group. When the Spirit Masters in the rear heard the name "Venerable Thousand Tongues," their expressions changed, and their faces turned solemn.

"Wasn't that guy sent to the City of Slaughter by Spirit Hall?! How did he get out?!"

The Sword Dragon Leader stared in disbelief at the black-robed figures silently closing in from the night, all bearing nearly identical faces. A chill crept up his spine.

"Obviously, either Spirit Hall caught the wrong person, or this guy found a way to escape on his own."

The Silver Wolf Leader slowly retreated to the other side of Ning Lu's carriage with a grave expression. Maintaining a defensive formation, he continuously drove back the black-robed attackers whose faces were filled with fanaticism.

Then, the very next instant, after confirming the location of his prey, the Evil Soul Master Qian Yu launched a surprise attack from the darkness with his Blood Puppets!

In an instant, more than a dozen Blood Puppets, nearly twenty in all, each with an average Soul Power Level above Level Forty, launched an attack on the convoy! Although the Blood Puppets whose minds had been destroyed by the Evil Soul Master Qian Yu were not skilled fighters and even appeared exceedingly clumsy, their suicidal style of combat still caused small-scale casualties among the Technology Guild's two Soul Master Mercenary Groups. However, with the support of the Support Soul Masters in the rear and the aid of the two Soul Emperor leaders, the battle was steadily turning for the better.

What worried both the Silver Wolf Leader and the Sword Dragon Leader, however, was that the true body of Qian Yu, the Evil Soul Emperor, was still hiding in the shadows and had yet to reveal himself!

They had only learned of the deeds of Qian Yu, the Evil Soul Emperor, through the Mercenary Guild. He was a Spirit Soul Master with an extremely bizarre fighting style and an erratic temperament. During one battle, he had accidentally killed his own teammate, after which his personality changed drastically. He had even used an evil Spirit Secret Technique to "revive" his teammate! In the end, Spirit Hall had classified him as an Evil Soul Master and issued a wanted notice for him.

The last time they had seen news related to Qian Yu, the Evil Soul Emperor, had been on the Evil Soul Master disposal list distributed by Spirit Hall. Qian Yu's name had been prominently listed on it.

Yet whether it was an oversight by Spirit Hall or because Qian Yu himself possessed some bizarre abilities as a Spirit Soul Master, this man had somehow returned to the world and resumed endangering it!

"This is the Precious Sword Mountain Range, territory controlled by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of the Upper Three Sects. Hold steady. As long as we don't expose any weakness, Qian Yu, the Evil Soul Master, will only be courting his own death!"

The battle between both sides continued. Inside one of the Soul-Powered Trucks, Chen Hong suddenly clutched his head, his brows tightly furrowed.

At that moment, a scarlet voice seemed to transform into hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people, all whispering gently yet fanatically and madly into his ears!

"Come... join the immortality of souls."

"Hehehe... what a fresh young soul."

"Why... why is life so fragile?!"

"Spirit Hall deserves to die! Hahaha!!!"

"Blood... slaughter... the mad cries of fools. I can hear them. I can hear those fools screaming madly... cheering outside the field where flesh and blood splatter."

"They devour the blood and flesh of the losers... they tear apart the souls of the losers... that pain, that sublime power beyond this world... how beautiful it is!"

"I found you!"

A cold, excited voice suddenly rang beside Chen Hong's ear. A black shadow abruptly smashed through the truck in front of the Soul-Powered Truck guarded by the Soul Master Mercenary Groups!

"Damn it! Protect the employer!" The expressions of the Silver Wolf Leader and Sword Dragon Leader changed drastically. The employer's true location had been discovered!

Inside the carriage, Chen Hong felt his entire body turn cold in an instant, icy dread flooding his heart. Before he could react, a giant hand wrapped in black-red Soul Power punched through the steel plate outside. Then, before Ning Lu's furious, grief-stricken eyes, it seized Chen Hong and dragged him out!

"Chen Hong!!!"

Ning Lu's five soul rings lit up instantly in raging fury, but she could only watch helplessly as Chen Hong, a trace of panic on his face, was snatched away before her eyes.

The instant he was caught by that giant hand of black-red Soul Power, all of Chen Hong's Soul Power and Mental Power were sealed!

He could only twist his head to look at Ning Lu growing farther and farther away, his lips parting slightly.

"Mom... save..."