Destruction

"By the way, do you know about the battle outside the sect not long ago?"

The sect disciple leading the way said to them with a grave expression.

The gathered soul masters all looked confused. The ripples from that battle had been terrifying. How could they possibly not have noticed?

One slightly chubby male soul master rubbed his chin and voiced his guess.

"Senior Brother, could it have been someone coming for revenge? Or did someone among us offend a Title Douluo and draw them here?"

Once he said that, everyone immediately felt it made a lot of sense, and murmurs rose one after another.

The sect disciple pressed his hands down, then said with bitter grief, "Sigh... Those were people from Spirit Hall! They just can't stand cultivation resources being tilted toward the public, so they came to suppress our clan, all so they could redistribute those resources back to their core disciples.

"So they can keep trampling over us forever! So we never get a chance to turn things around!!

"Tell me, could we tolerate that? Of course we fought them! We will never bow to evil forces!!

"Because of this, our senior Sword Douluo was badly injured and is on his last breath. Even now, he's still lying in bed waiting for treatment!"

The sect disciple spoke with vivid emotion, that sorrowful energy making it seem as if his parents had just died.

Who knew where Ning Fengzhi had found such a talent? The words he spoke were almost catching up to Harmony's brainwashing.

So every soul master who heard about this was furious.

"I never thought Spirit Hall was like this! And I used to think they were good!"

"Exactly! I, Zhang San, swear on my martial soul that I will never coexist with Spirit Hall!"

"But... they did awaken our martial souls for us, at least..."

"You traitor! Fence-sitter!! They were screening our martial souls and talents! If someone was useful, they absorbed them. If they weren't, they tossed them aside!"

"That's true... Support the clan! Boycott Spirit Hall!"

And so, with the sect disciple and the plants among the soul masters fanning the flames, Spirit Hall was firmly etched into the hearts of these civilian soul masters.

At the same time, with deliberate spreading, what had happened here was quickly circulated outward, stirring up the anger of commoners and civilian soul masters alike.

As for the other forces that already disliked Spirit Hall, they also pushed the spread of the matter along, working on the principle that there was no harm in taking a few swings whether they hit anything or not.

One day later.

Ning Fengzhi listened to his subordinate's report and nodded in satisfaction. Although Spirit Hall's attack last time had not caused many casualties, they still had to pay some kind of price. Otherwise, wouldn't others think the clan was weak and easy to bully, something anyone could come and step on?

Off to the side, Ye Yun, who was accompanying Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong in playing games, suddenly shuddered all over.

Ding. The will of the common people has resonated in unity with the host for the first time. [Harmony] +6666

Host: Ye Yun.

Soul power level: Rank 32

[Harmony] [Erudition] [Destruction] Energy: 1126/2500

Ability obtained: Refining

The host may inject Destruction energy into the target's body, transforming them into a Voidranger to be driven by the host.

Ability obtained: Azure Dragon Cleansing the World

An Azure Dragon infused with the power of Destruction in place of immortality, capable of dealing immense damage to the target. The lower the target's vitality, the higher the attack damage. It also contains savage dragon might.

Ability obtained: Flare

When attacked, the host may charge [Flare], allowing the host's attacks to gain the charged bonus of [Flare].

Feeling the power of Destruction filling his body, Ye Yun could not help feeling delighted. Finally, something that boosted strength had arrived.

And this Refining skill seemed to be something Phantylia had mentioned in the game. Back then, she had wanted to refine Jing Yuan into a Voidranger and control him.

Wouldn't that mean it would corrode and erase the other party's flesh, blood, and soul together?

Tsk... I still need to find someone to test it on... No, wait. I can just go find a soul beast, can't I?

Something like the Human-Faced Demon Spider, the kind of soul beast that people had no affinity for and beasts did not love, would be best.

Ye Yun jumped three ranks in a row, making Ning Fengzhi, who was reading the intelligence, widen his eyes.

In disbelief, he sensed him again, and he was still Rank 32.

Hiss... Was the Aeon of Harmony really this unreasonable?

"Ahem, Xiao Yun? You've broken through Rank 30. Do you need us to take you to obtain a soul ring?"

"What? Brother Yun broke through Rank 30?"

Ning Rongrong froze while playing the game, looking at Ye Yun as if he were a monster.

They were both slackers playing games, so why could he be this outstanding?

Xiao Wu smacked her lips twice. She was somewhat shocked by this, but not too much. After all, Brother had taken her to have an audience with the Aeon of Harmony.

With that kind of divine might, it would have been stranger if it hadn't made me grow so quickly.

Ye Yun shook his head, then nodded again, leaving Ning Fengzhi a little confused.

"Uncle Ning, I don't need to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings. The Aeon of [Harmony] directly grants me god-bestowed soul rings."

Ye Yun released his simulated soul rings: yellow, yellow, purple.

Seeing a cluster of purple soul rings suddenly appear, Ning Fengzhi's face twisted at once. It made no sense. It was far too unreasonable!

The power of a god really wasn't something mortals like us could fathom. But since he didn't need to hunt soul beasts, why had Xiao Yun nodded?

He voiced the doubt in his heart, and Ye Yun explained.

"Because I obtained a divine skill that can transform life into creatures with greater strength and a higher level of existence. So I want to go to the Star Dou Forest and find some evil soul beasts, like Human-Faced Demon Spiders, to test it on."

As he spoke, Ye Yun even winked at Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu felt a rush of emotion. Was he only looking for those evil soul beasts because of me? Sure enough, he does have me in his heart!

Ning Fengzhi's eyes, however, lit up. A divine skill that could make someone even stronger?!

If that were applied to Uncle Jian and Uncle Gu, wouldn't they be able to go toe-to-toe with that person from Spirit Hall?!

Then what would they have to fear? They could just wipe Spirit Hall out in one wave!

Ye Yun also sensed what Ning Fengzhi was thinking and immediately poured cold water on him.

"Uncle Ning, I advise you to give up that idea. The soul of a transformed life will be corroded, turning it into a puppet that only knows how to carry out orders."

In the end, a puppet that had lost itself was nothing but a dead thing, no matter how strong it was.

"All right. I was getting ahead of myself."

Ning Fengzhi suppressed the stray thoughts in his heart, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Ye Yun in confusion.

"By the way, why isn't Miss Xiao Xue with you?"

He truly couldn't understand it. During the last great battle, Xiao Xue had been so resolute in protecting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, looking ready to die for the cause. She was definitely not someone who feared death or would leave without permission. How could she have suddenly disappeared?

Ye Yun casually shrugged and explained in an even tone, "Sister Xue'er went back to her clan to handle some private matters. She'll be back before long."

He knew in his heart that on this trip back, the little angel would most likely have to explain the entire course of her undercover mission to her clan.

But right now, those trivial matters were unimportant.

To him, the most important thing was the experiment of Refining Voidrangers.

With that thought, Ye Yun directly raised his hand and took several syringes loaded with Synesthesia Beacons from his storage ring, holding them quietly in his hand.

After the modification, once the Synesthesia Beacon was implanted, he would already be able to communicate with soul beasts that had developed intelligence. That would make finding Human-Faced Demon Spiders much more convenient.