Wu Changkong

"Boom—"

The black flames struck the Sky Crystal Barrier and, after a brief roar, were reflected straight back.

With that reflection, the parking lot suffered. The ground was scoured open by the raging fire, leaving a crack behind, and basically every car that could explode did.

Gu You stood inside the Sky Crystal Barrier completely unharmed. The barrier's defense had not even shown the slightest crack.

Good stuff. As expected of a ninth-grade defensive Soul Guidance Device!

He liked the Sky Crystal Barrier more and more. This was the kind of protective trump card a prodigy ought to use.

"That all you've got, old thing? Not good enough, huh?" Gu You pulled a hundred meters away, raised his middle finger, and started mocking Evil Soul Elder. "Trash like you thinks you deserve a divine gift? I haven't even drawn the blade on my back yet. Once I do, I'll cut you down in one strike for sure."

The blade he mentioned was naturally the Seven Deadly Sins. Gu You had been carrying it on his back the whole time, but he had not used it.

Because drawing it meant close combat, and close combat meant endless slaughter, endless mutual harm.

The Sky Crystal Barrier could take the occasional attack, but if it was struck continuously and the soul power Bai Haoze had charged it with ran out, then he would be blown apart.

Besides, even if he drew the Seven Deadly Sins, it was not guaranteed that its power would be maximized. Every consideration had its reason.

Trash like you thinks you deserve a divine gift?

The destructive power of Gu You's words was far greater than all the attacks just now combined.

"Say that again and I'll kill you!"

Evil Soul Elder flew into a complete rage. He stopped paying attention to Bai Haoze, and his entire dragon body charged at Gu You.

In the blink of an eye, dark-red dragon claws tore through the air, carrying rotten black flames as they slammed fiercely toward the Sky Crystal Barrier.

How could Bai Haoze give him that chance?

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Third soul skill, Radiant Chain."

Bai Haoze, transformed into the Radiant Unicorn, released thousands upon thousands of golden chains from all around his body. Every chain was formed from highly concentrated light elements, and calling them the bane of Evil Soul Masters would not be an exaggeration.

The chains wound around Evil Soul Elder's dragon body from every direction, binding him tightly in place.

"Break for this old man!"

He struggled and roared, and the golden chains groaned under the strain, fine cracks beginning to appear across them.

Bai Haoze kept pouring power in, constantly replenishing them with new chains.

But it could be seen that if this kept dragging on, she would not last long.

"Woo woo woo—!"

A new change arose. Continuous alarms sounded from the sky. Gu You was the first to look up, and delight immediately filled him.

Tiandou City had reacted. In the distance, accompanied by the roar of Soul Guidance thrusters, three black-painted Enforcement Mechas dived rapidly down from the night sky, each mecha equipped with a full array of Soul Guidance cannons.

"This is the Tiandou City Guard. Everyone, cease attacking immediately. I repeat, cease attacking immediately!"

This was a warning and reminder. The destructive power of two Soul Sages had already reached this level, and with both sides locked in fierce battle, stopping was impossible.

After the repeat warning came the bombardment.

Gu You had just been about to go over and say something when another long cry came from the direction of Tiandou Auction House.

A cyan figure holding a long spear emerged from the top floor of the auction house and stood in the air. Beneath his feet, eight soul rings spread out in sequence—four purple, four black.

An eight-ring Soul Douluo!

The man was dressed in cyan, his face thin. He swept his gaze over the devastated battlefield below, his brows tightly furrowed, before finally fixing on the fire dragon bound by Radiant Chain.

"An Evil Soul Master. Such audacity!"

"Your auction house isn't anything good either. Perfect timing. All of you can accompany this old man to hell!"

Evil Soul Elder had already gone completely mad. He burned the little life fire he had left, and the Radiant Chains shattered inch by inch.

After breaking free, he spat out a black pillar of flame that shot straight toward the three Enforcement Mechas.

This old bastard was pretty good at picking on the weak.

Gu You knew Evil Soul Elder had already run out of options. He had been trying to drag someone down with him this whole time, but he had not managed to catch even one, like a clown. Now the only ones he could drag down were those three Enforcement Mechas.

Of everyone present, the only things he could destroy were the Enforcement Mechas. Bai Haoze and the newly arrived Soul Douluo went without saying; in his current state, he had no ability to kill them.

As for Gu You himself, that went even more without saying. As long as the Sky Crystal Barrier was there, he was invincible below the Titled Douluo level.

But he would not be able to drag the Enforcement Mechas down with him either.

The cyan figure moved.

The long spear in his hand swept out, and the sixth soul ring beneath his feet lit up. Accompanied by the illusory image of a green dragon, the spear left his hand.

The pillar of black flames was pierced through and torn apart before the green dragon's phantom. Its momentum did not diminish, and in an instant, it stabbed through the dragon body.

"No!"

His vertical pupils widened, and Evil Soul Elder's movements froze.

His Martial Soul True Body began peeling away from him. The dragon body rapidly shrank, his battle armor shattered, and the withered, skeletal human form beneath was revealed.

He looked down at his pierced chest, then lifted his head to stare at Gu You, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

But this farce should have ended.

His body toppled backward, along with the ruins of the parking lot.

The world fell quiet for a while, with only the endless alarms still echoing.

Three Enforcement Mechas slowly landed not far away. Their hatches opened, and several uniformed security personnel jumped down, closing in around the Evil Soul Elder's position.

The auction house's green-clad Soul Douluo withdrew his spear and stood in midair, his gaze moving away from the Evil Soul Elder's corpse and settling on Gu You.

"My apologies, honored guest of the auction house. I was negligent."

He bowed slightly. "My name is Lin Qing. The auction house will handle the aftermath of this matter. The two of you may leave."

Gu You landed, and his martial soul possession state ended.

That was how this matter was resolved? It was far too suspicious.

If the green-clad Soul Douluo before them knew they were honored guests, then why had he only appeared after the Evil Soul Elder had made his move and they had fought for a while? With such a commotion, a Soul Douluo's senses would definitely have picked it up already, yet he had insisted on coming only at the very end to wrap things up.

And in the end, he even said the auction house would handle it, and they could just leave?

"Let's go."

With his true body form ended and now in a weakened period, Bai Haoze looked somewhat frail. He came up in front of Gu You and spoke.

Gu You nodded. No matter how many questions he had, leaving this place as soon as possible was better.

Walking along the roadside street, Gu You looked back and confirmed the security team had no intention of coming after them, then let out a breath of relief.

No, wait. Why was he relieved? Why did it feel like he had done something guilty? There was nothing wrong with killing an Evil Soul Master.

He shook his head and turned back, then suddenly rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he had seen wrong.

At this hour, what normal person would be strolling around in the street? But on the other side of the road, Gu You saw a tall, slender man walking in the opposite direction from them.

The man was dressed all in white, with blue hair that fell to his waist. The night wind blew past, lifting his long hair and making him especially eye-catching, giving him a somewhat otherworldly air.

Who was he?

Gu You somehow felt the blue-haired man was strangely familiar.

But he was certain he had never seen the blue-haired man before.

At least, not in this world.

Through the subtle perception of his spiritual power, Gu You sensed all kinds of negative emotions from the blue-haired man even from afar.

Longing, melancholy—all sorts of emotions seemed to be there...

As if sensing something, Wu Changkong frowned slightly and looked back.