"Dream Love Bucket"

"Unable to connect, unable to connect..."

Those repeated four words echoed in Gu You's mind, and he suddenly had a bad feeling.

"The exit!"

When he turned back, he found only a metal wall. There was no way out.

"The exit disappeared? How is that possible?"

"Where the hell is this place?"

Gu You realized the severity of the situation. This was even more absurd than being trapped by a ghostly barrier.

He released his spiritual power, enhancing his perception beyond his body. Gu You's spiritual power spread through the surroundings like a stream of pooled water, allowing him to stay alert within a ten-meter radius.

"Looks like if I want to get out, I'll have to force my way through this place." Gu You clenched his fists. Based on what he knew so far, his first plan was to find the Evil Soul Marks that needed to be investigated for the mission.

If he could find all the Evil Soul Marks, perhaps this place would unravel on its own...

Gu You slowly walked forward while observing his surroundings.

"They're here! Someone's here! Excellent corpse puppets, excellent corpse puppets!"

In the darkness, faint light flickered. Countless dried-up corpses slowly rose to their feet, their bones crackling with "crack! crack!" and making the darkness seem indescribably eerie.

Pairs of terrifying red lights opened.

"Go! My corpse puppets! Complete your master's task, and you will ascend—your souls immortal, your bodies eternal!"

"Haha! Haha!"

"What is this?" Gu You stared wide-eyed at the object behind the glass wall.

A golden toilet!

That was right, a golden toilet. To be fair, this was Gu You's first time seeing a toilet in the world of Douluo Continent.

Its gleaming color and flawless design made it the toilet of his dreams.

Generally speaking, as long as a person possessed Soul Power, they could handle their own bodily waste.

Soul Power was the most magical thing in this world. It could be said that nearly all the technology on the Douluo Plane was inseparable from the stuff.

Not to mention its ability to alter the issue of toxin excretion.

Only those truly born without Soul Power, whose bodies were too weak to relieve themselves on their own, would use toilets.

"Antique Old Toys Shop..."

As Gu You muttered the words on the storefront, his eyes lit up. So the things inside were all antiques?

Then they had to be worth money, right?

He wasn't short on money, but the more money, the better. He decided to go in and see what was going on.

As he pushed open the shop door, a gust of chilly wind swept over him.

Gu You shivered. "It's a little cold. Anyone who didn't know better would think I was underground raiding tombs."

After saying that, he had already walked up to the golden toilet and tried to lift it.

"This weight—it really is pure gold." Gu You gritted his teeth and placed it inside the Fire Phoenix Bracelet.

"Then he looked toward the other items."

"This one, this one's not bad either."

"Damn, there's even a golden toilet brush. So these two are a set? I have to take it. Its collectible value would at least double..."

Thud!

What was that sound?

Thud, thud, thud...

The thudding echoed beside his ears, and Gu You immediately became alert. The sound was coming from a small partitioned room.

The room was still sealed by a wooden door, with only the continuous sounds coming from within.

"Is someone there?" Gu You asked quietly.

No one answered.

Gu You frowned and set down the toilet brush he had just picked up.

His spiritual power surged outward wildly as he tried to sense what was behind the door, only to find it blocked by an unknown force.

An evil aura...

Gu You's gaze sharpened, and a fiery blade condensed in his hand. He was all too familiar with this aura. It was not much different from that of the Evil Soul Elder before. It was undoubtedly the aura of an Evil Soul Master.

Walking up to the wooden door, Gu You took a deep breath and violently kicked it open!

"Ah!"

A corpse puppet lunged viciously at Gu You, but because he had kicked the door open, the powerful impact sent the corpse puppet flying backward.

Before it could react, a blaze engulfed it and burned it to ashes.

Gu You looked at the corpse puppet that had been reduced to cinders, then at everything inside the room.

The shock on his face was impossible to conceal.

As his gaze widened, he saw that the entire small compartment was packed with purple eyes.

A pair of eerie purple eyes on the ceiling radiated a strange, malevolent aura.

They stared down below.

They were also staring at Gu You.

"Could this be the so-called Evil Soul Mark? My luck is a little too good, isn't it? If I hadn't come in to take a look, I probably wouldn't have discovered it." Gu You surveyed the room, considering how to break the mark.

If he forcibly destroyed this place, there shouldn't be any consequences, right?

Gu You muttered to himself.

He flicked the fiery blade in his hand. Pure fire elemental energy began to gather into points of light, surging toward its tip.

Break!

Buzz—!

A beam of flame shot straight toward the ceiling, colliding with the massive purple eye.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Black qi coiled around the purple eye, continuously spreading outward before contracting again.

In the end, it produced a sound like a beating heart.

But such resistance was ultimately useless.

It could still hold on for a while, but once its energy was exhausted, the Evil Soul Mark would vanish!

Boom!

Just as Gu You was enjoying himself, the entire ground suddenly began to shake.

Whoosh!

The instant Gu You heard the sound, he swiftly withdrew his fiery blade and raised it to block.

A terrifying green radiance flashed past. Looking closely, it was actually an enormous skull.

"First Soul Skill! Heavenly Corpse Control!"

A gloomy voice rang out.

Gu You was forced back by the blow, but fortunately, his body's defenses were strong enough that he did not suffer much damage.

Getting back to his feet, Gu You saw that the room had been blasted open with a massive hole. The eerie purple eye from before still remained in the compartment, imprinted upon it.

It continued to make thump, thump sounds.

A thin, diminutive figure appeared within the huge opening.

He was an old man difficult to describe. The wrinkles on his face made him look like a zombie, his pupils were entirely black, and his facial features were sharp.

By Gu You's standards of beauty, he looked like a humanoid rat.

Five soul rings flickered beneath his feet.

Five purple!

An Evil Soul Master at the Soul King level—compared to ordinary Soul Masters, he was a Soul Emperor-level powerhouse!

Gu You stared at him coldly.

"Hehe, children really do have big tempers. But don't worry, I'll teach you properly. As the Corpse Puppet God, I'll refine you into a perfect puppet!" the old Evil Soul Master laughed.

"You're only a Soul Ancestor. Even my teacher wouldn't dare call himself a god. What makes you worthy?"

Gu You showed him no courtesy. Evil Soul Masters like this simply had not been beaten down by reality. The true Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult understood reality far better than such independent Evil Soul Masters.

"Hmph! Once I refine you, I'll enjoy listening to your struggles!"

The old Evil Soul Master spread his hands, and the ground began collapsing in many places.