Xue Beng's Schemes, Second Soul Skill: Soul-Shaking Evil Sound

Chu Hao sprinted all the way to a small, extremely lavishly decorated pavilion called "Blossom-Filled Tower."

According to Wu Fan, this was the private entertainment hall Xue Beng had spent a fortune building in his own estate, and all kinds of enchanting beauties lived inside.

It was a place Xue Beng often stayed, indulging himself there every day and living a life of utter extravagance.

Because Xue Beng did not like being disturbed while he was enjoying himself, he had not posted anyone to guard the place, and no one dared approach it without permission.

Holding the Hades Sword, Chu Hao slashed out a beam of sword qi and shattered the pavilion's red sandalwood doors on the spot.

Just as he was about to charge in and kill his way through, the scene that followed left him a little dumbfounded.

Inside the small pavilion, there were no so-called beauties at all, only guards in silver armor.

The moment these silver-armored guards saw Chu Hao, they all summoned their martial souls and poured out of the pavilion, surrounding him—thirty men in total.

Among them were twenty Great Soul Masters and ten Soul Elders.

They could truly be called an elite squad of soul masters.

He had never expected that the rumored "Blossom-Filled Tower" was actually a "lure the enemy" trap spread by Xue Beng.

It seemed the so-called "beauties" were these guards.

What a Xue Beng.

What a method.

What a scheme.

Xue Beng was worthy of being the prince on the Douluo Continent most capable of enduring in silence.

His mind was unfathomably deep, beyond imagination.

He really could not be underestimated.

He was someone to be reckoned with.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Suddenly, a loud round of clapping rang out. Xue Beng walked out under the protection of his guards, his face filled with a contemptuous smile.

In truth, as early as the moment Chu Hao had escaped from the underground prison, Xue Beng had already received the news.

If Wu Fan could capture him again, that would have been easy enough.

If not, then he would wait here.

He believed that with a soul master squad of twenty Great Soul Masters and ten Soul Elders, it would be more than enough to deal with Chu Hao, who had somehow suddenly gained formidable strength.

"Well done, Chu Hao. You do have some tricks."

"I didn't expect you to have hidden so deeply over the past half year."

"If it weren't for Chu Ling, you probably wouldn't have so easily revealed your heaven-defying aptitude of twin martial souls, would you?"

Xue Beng wore a smile as if he had seen through everything and sneered coldly, though there was still some surprise in his eyes.

Half a year ago.

He had personally crippled Chu Hao's martial soul.

Now, Chu Hao had suddenly gained a martial soul again, and his first soul ring was even a thousand-year soul ring.

Perhaps only the legendary twin martial souls could explain it.

He was curious why he had not discovered Chu Hao's second martial soul at the time.

He had truly been too careless.

Clearly, Xue Beng was overthinking it.

If things had really been as he imagined, Chu Hao would never have suffered endless torment in the underground prison.

He would have killed this deeply calculating scoundrel Xue Beng long ago.

"Xue Beng, where is my little sister?"

Chu Hao could not be bothered to waste words with him and went straight to the point.

Only after finding Chu Ling could he consider killing him.

"Your sister is inside. If you've got the ability, go in."

"Oh, right. Your sister may be young, but her body's pretty good."

Xue Beng stretched himself out in a relaxed pose, wearing an expression of enjoyment.

"Xue Beng!"

"You're courting death!"

When Chu Hao heard that, rage surged to the heavens, and monstrous killing intent erupted from his body.

Gripping the Hades Sword, he charged forward madly to kill.

"What intense killing intent."

"Chu Hao, do you think this prince will be afraid just because of that?"

Xue Beng looked at the madness and murderous intent in his eyes and felt a lingering chill. With a light wave of his hand, twenty silver-armored guards at the Great Soul Master level attacked at the same time in retaliation.

Against an enemy like Chu Hao, who was filled with unknown danger, only killing him could eliminate future trouble.

In any case, over the past half year, he had already had his fun.

But Xue Beng still underestimated Chu Hao's strength.

The armor worn by the silver-armored guards was like flimsy paper before the Hades Sword, breaking at the slightest touch.

Their martial souls, too, became utterly fragile under the influence of the Hades Sword's powerful aura of slaughter.

One man, one sword—slaughtering until he fell into demonhood.

Where the sword pointed, none under heaven could stand against it.

One fresh life after another became offerings to the Hades Sword, becoming nourishment that continuously raised Chu Hao's combat strength.

Before long, the twenty silver-armored guards at the Great Soul Master level had all died at Chu Hao's hands.

Xue Beng's expression changed drastically at the sight, and he hurriedly ordered ten silver-armored guards at the Soul Elder level to take action.

Because these ten guards were Xue Beng's key trainees, they covered every type, including the five major Soul Master systems: power attack, agility attack, control, defense, and support.

They were also good at observing. After understanding Chu Hao's advantage, they did not clash with him head-on, instead fully bringing out the advantage of cooperation and launching sneak attacks.

Their tacit teamwork was like that of a single person, pushing their combat strength to the limit.

They could attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

Even when facing a Soul Ancestor, or even a powerful Soul King, they had the strength to fight.

It could be said that Chu Hao suffered bitterly because of them.

Even with Devouring Slaughter aiding him, along with the powerful Hades Sword martial soul and a thousand-year soul skill, it was still very difficult for him to kill even one of them and break their formation.

As time passed, the murderous aura Chu Hao had gathered was rapidly depleted, causing his combat strength to gradually decline.

This made Chu Hao begin to grow anxious.

If things continued like this, he had only one path left: death.

[Ding! In view of the host's dangerous situation, would you like to consume all gathered murderous aura in exchange for one god-bestowed soul ring?]

Just as Chu Hao was at a loss, the system's prompt sounded in his mind.

That made him somewhat excited, and he exchanged for the god-bestowed soul ring without the slightest hesitation.

[Ding! God-bestowed soul ring successfully exchanged. Host, please check and receive it.]

Before long, the system's prompt sounded again, and a god-bestowed soul ring appeared before his eyes.

At this moment, the murderous aura on Chu Hao's body vanished completely, and his combat strength plunged.

The silver-armored guards, working in coordination, immediately seized the opportunity, making a probing counterattack and succeeding in a sneak attack, leaving a deep wound on his body.

"Hahaha, Chu Hao, let's see what ability you still have now."

"Go! Tear him into pieces for this prince!"

Seeing Chu Hao wounded and his strength greatly reduced, Xue Beng threw back his head and laughed wildly.

His tone was filled with endless mockery and smugness.

When Chu Hao heard it, he cast him a cold glance and silently said in his heart, System, attach the god-bestowed soul ring to my martial soul.

And at that very moment, the ten silver-armored guards also brought out their ultimate moves one after another, preparing to deliver the final blow to Chu Hao and kill him.

[Ding! God-bestowed soul ring successfully attached. Congratulations, host, for obtaining a thousand-year soul ring. Soul skill: Soul-Shaking Evil Sound (can cause enemies to feel brief fear. The greater the gap in cultivation and spiritual power, the deeper the fear.)]

As soon as the system prompt fell, a dazzling burst of purple light flashed out, startling the charging silver-armored guards into retreat.

Immediately afterward, a shining purple soul ring appeared on its own, revolving around the Hades Sword and reflecting against the first purple soul ring, making it seem especially sinister.

At this moment, Chu Hao's soul power rose straight to level thirty.

"This..."

"What exactly is going on?"