Myriad Soul Banner? Soul Extraction and Spirit Refining, What the Heck!

Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi was so startled that he shot straight up from his chair, the scepter in his hand clanging to the floor.

And not just him.

At this moment, every powerhouse across the Douluo Continent—including Spirit Hall's worshipers, and even certain gods watching from the Divine Realm—felt a chill run down their backs.

In the Douluo Continent's understanding, death was simply death. Once dead, everything was over.

At most, one would leave behind a soul ring or soul bone.

Yet in this mortal cultivation world, someone could actually rip the soul out of a living person?

On the screen, Zhao Hei's soul struggled madly in unbearable agony.

But it was all futile.

Before long, Zhao Hei's soul was completely torn from his body, then sucked into that small black banner.

A twisted, struggling human face immediately appeared upon the banner.

Meanwhile, Zhao Hei's soulless body fell from the air like a lump of mud, crashing to the ground without a trace of life remaining.

The man in green put away the little banner. Without even sparing the corpse on the ground a glance, he turned and walked deeper into the market.

[Level 42 Soul Ancestor Zhao Hei: deceased.]

[Cause of death: Attacked a Core Formation cultivator; soul extracted and refined, then collected into the Myriad Soul Banner.]

[Survival time: more than half a day.]

Meanwhile, on the Douluo Continent.

The entire Star Luo Empire fell into prolonged silence.

As for the low-level soul masters, they were frightened pale.

So in this world, death was not the end, but the beginning of endless torment.

What kind of brutally cruel world was this?

Just as the viewers on the Douluo Continent were still reeling from the horror of soul extraction and refinement.

The image in the heavenly screen began shifting once again.

[Livestream perspective switched.]

[Current target locked: Star Dou Forest, 60,000-year soul beast, Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.]

[Teleportation location: Mortal Cultivation World, Human Realm, edge of the Cloud Dream Mountains.]

Upon hearing that a soul beast was taking the stage, quite a few human soul masters on the Douluo Continent secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was not a human, anyway. If it died, it died.

Deep within the Star Dou Forest.

The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python were both instantly invigorated.

"Second Brother, watch carefully," the Sky Azure Bull Python said in a deep voice, speaking human language.

"The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear possesses one of the top bloodlines among our soul beast race. With 60,000 years of cultivation, even human Soul Douluos would not dare provoke it lightly."

The Titan Giant Ape also pounded its chest, producing a deep, muffled boom.

"Hmph, those humans earlier were too weak. This time, let this world see the strength of us soul beasts!"

And it was not only them.

Beneath the Lake of Life somewhere in the Star Dou Forest's core region.

Several vast and ancient consciousnesses silently watched the light screen in the sky as well.

They too wished to know where the Douluo Continent's high-level combat power would rank in that world.

The screen lit up.

This was a vast mountain range shrouded in clouds and mist, its peaks soaring into the heavens. The spiritual energy here was several times denser than even Tai'nan Market's.

A gigantic bear more than ten meters tall, covered from head to toe in dark golden fur and with claws like enormous sickles, stood within a forest clearing.

It was the chosen 60,000-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

The moment it landed, the fierce beast sensed the surrounding spiritual energy, so dense it had reached an extreme.

For a soul beast, such spiritual energy was practically a supreme tonic.

Excited, it threw back its head and let out a roar that made the surrounding leaves rustle violently.

Yet before its roar had even faded, a flurry of sharp whistling sounds suddenly came from the woods ahead.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Five or six young people in identical white Daoist robes burst from the forest, riding a variety of flying magical artifacts.

They all appeared quite young, and the energy fluctuations emanating from them were not particularly strong.

By the Douluo Continent's standards, they were at most comparable to Great Soul Masters or Soul Elders of levels twenty or thirty.

They were the most common sort of disciples in the mortal cultivation world: Qi Refinement cultivators and early Foundation Establishment cultivators.

They seemed to be carrying out some patrol mission along the mountain range's edge when the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's roar drew them over.

"What kind of demonic beast is that?"

A young disciple at the head of the group stood atop a flying sword, looking down at the massive bear below with a slight frown.

"I've never seen a demonic beast like this before, but the fluctuations of blood and vitality coming from it seem quite formidable," another female disciple said warily.

Below, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear watched the humans flying about in the sky, and a trace of savagery flashed through its eyes.

In the Star Dou Forest, humans were their food!

"Roar!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear violently kicked off the ground with both legs.

A thunderous boom rang out, and a huge crater was stamped into the earth.

Its enormous body actually leaped more than ten meters into the air, its pair of three-meter-long dark golden claws swinging viciously toward the white-robed disciples in the sky!

"Rending Claw!"

The claws of this powerful soul beast instantly enveloped the young disciples.

The soul beasts of Douluo Continent immediately grew excited at the sight.

"Good! Tear them apart!"

In their eyes, these humans with such weak energy fluctuations could never withstand the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's savage blow.

Yet, faced with the ferocious attack, the white-robed disciples in the sky did not appear overly panicked.

The leading disciple snorted coldly and swiftly formed seals with his hands.

"Guard!"

With his low shout, a semi-transparent earthen-yellow shield instantly condensed before them.

"Bang!"

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's claws slammed fiercely against the earthen-yellow shield.

"Bang!"

A deafening muffled crash resounded.

The earthen-yellow shield jointly condensed by the white-robed disciples did not even last a second.

Like a fragile piece of tofu, it was instantly covered in cracks beneath the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's three-meter-long claws before exploding with a boom!

"Pfft!"

The formation was forcibly shattered, and a powerful backlash instantly surged toward the young disciples.

The leading disciple spat out a mouthful of blood. The light of the flying sword beneath his feet dimmed, and he was sent flying backward like a kite with its string cut.

As for the other, weaker disciples, they were directly overturned by the violent gale kicked up by the claws and smashed heavily into the towering ancient trees behind them, their fates unknown.

Utterly overwhelming!

Before absolute power, the defenses of Qi Refinement and early Foundation Establishment cultivators were simply too weak to withstand a single blow.

Seeing this, deep within the Star Dou Forest, the Titan Giant Ape excitedly beat its chest again and again, letting out earth-shaking roars.

"Well done!"

"Tear all these weak humans to pieces!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python slightly raised its enormous head, a trace of pride flashing through its eyes.

"How could the top bloodline of our soul beast race possibly be matched by these so-called immortal cultivators?"

It was not only the soul beasts who were excited.

Even many human soul masters of Douluo Continent could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Within Spirit Hall.

The hand with which Chrysanthemum Douluo held his orchid-finger pose trembled slightly.

"What terrifying destructive power."

"This sixty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, in terms of pure physical strength alone, is probably already no weaker than a Titled Douluo!"

Bibi Dong also nodded slightly in approval.

No matter what, this bear's performance had at least helped Douluo Continent regain a little face.

In the scene, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear became even more ferocious after succeeding with one strike.

It opened its blood-filled maw, its thick hind legs suddenly exerting force as it prepared to pounce directly at the leading white-robed disciple and tear him to pieces.

However, at that moment.

A vicious glint flashed through the eyes of the leading disciple, who lay on the ground coughing blood.

He suddenly pulled a golden jade slip from his robes and crushed it in his hand.

"Whoosh!"

A blinding golden light shot into the sky, bursting into a dazzling cloud-pattern emblem in midair.

Having done all this, the disciple forced himself to stagger backward and shouted.

"Don't you dare run wild, beast!"

"I've already sent word to the sect's inner elders. Today, we'll skin you alive!"

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear did not understand a word he was saying.

It only knew that the human before it was its prey.

It let out an angry roar, and its massive bear paw swept up a foul wind as it was about to smash down on the disciple's head.

At that critical moment, the previously clear sky suddenly darkened.

A terrifying pressure so oppressive it made one unable to breathe descended like Mount Tai, instantly enveloping the mountains for dozens of miles around!

Under this pressure, the previously incomparably ferocious Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear suddenly stiffened.

Its enormous body seemed to sense something as well. The bear paw that had been swinging toward the disciple actually froze rigidly in midair.

It was as though an invisible mountain had been pressing down on its back, leaving it unable to move.

Immediately afterward, three streaks of rainbow light shot into the sky from distant mountain peaks.

They moved so quickly that they dazzled the eye.

In the span of a single breath, the three streaks of light crossed dozens of miles and came to a stop directly above the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

The light faded.

Three elderly men clad in purple daoist robes were revealed.

Without relying on any flying magical artifacts, they simply stood quietly in the air.

The aura each of them emanated was as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea, utterly unfathomable.

"Walking through the void?!"

Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Sword Douluo Chen Xin abruptly stepped forward, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He knew very well that the swordsman who had instantly killed Li Si earlier had relied on a flying sword to take flight.

Yet these three elderly men in the sky had nothing beneath their feet, but could still stand in midair out of thin air!

That meant they were relying entirely on their own immense power to resist the laws of heaven and earth.

On Douluo Continent, such a method could only barely be achieved for a brief period of hovering in the air by a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo!

And in this mortal cultivation world, they had dispatched three at once?

In the scene, the purple-robed elder in the middle lowered his head and glanced at the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear below.

He stroked the beard on his chin, a trace of surprise flashing through his eyes.

"Oh?"

"This demonic beast does look rather unusual. Not only does it lack a demon core, but it also contains a strange, violent power."

"Judging by the strength of its body, it has actually barely reached the threshold of the seventh rank or even higher. No wonder you outer disciples couldn't handle it."

Hearing this, one of the elders beside him also laughed.

"As it happens, my spirit beast garden is still lacking a mountain-guarding spirit beast to watch the gate."

"Although this big bear's bloodline is mixed, its brute strength is passable."

"Senior Brothers Li and Wu, how about letting this beast go to your junior brother?"