A Difficult Start

"Soul Beast... these Soul Beasts are unkillable!"

Exclamations of surprise came from various positions within the team from the lower-level Soul Master.

Seeing these Soul Beast constantly resurrected, the initial joy vanished.

"Run!"

"Run! These aren't ordinary Soul Beast; they've all been blessed by the Divine Tree!"

"They're monsters! They're monsters!"

The taxi drivers, who were still engaged in battle, immediately considered fleeing upon learning that these Soul Beasts were unkillable.

At this moment, a small squad of a hundred people, seeing that the situation was not good, quietly tried to break away from the group.

At that moment, a beam of light shot towards them and then exploded instantly, killing or wounding the entire hundred-man squad.

At that moment, a deep voice resounded throughout the entire venue.

"Anyone who dares to desert will suffer the same fate as them. Either you fight the Soul Beast to the death, or you desert and get blown up by me."

His voice was cold and sharp, reaching the ears of hundreds of thousands of people.

Looking around, the speakers were none other than those dozens of Titled Douluo.

Those who wanted to escape felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing this, and their hearts were filled with sorrow and desolation.

If Soul Beast can't kill you, you'll eventually be worn down to death. And if you desert, you'll be blown up by your own people.

This... is simply using them as cannon fodder...

Those top-tier combatants above the Soul Sage level also frowned upon seeing this scene.

They had already anticipated that the Soul Beast would prioritize sending out some low-level Soul Beast to weaken the enemy.

That's why these armies bring so many low-level Soul Master —so that they can fight these low-level Soul Beast first.

These high-level combatants conserved their energy before engaging in battle with the high-level Soul Beast in the core area.

But the current situation is far beyond their expectations. They simply cannot believe that the Soul Beast have now been granted immortality by the Divine Tree.

While hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old Soul Beast are weak in their eyes, if they can continuously resurrect, then things become quite troublesome.

Should we... make a move now?

At this moment, a huge figure rushed into the group, and with one punch, instantly turned dozens of thousand-year-old Soul Beast into blood mist, and then fired a light wave at the blood mist.

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the blood mist and remaining limbs were instantly vaporized and vanished.

Those Soul Beast, surprisingly, failed to revive again. (To explain the setting here, hundred-year or thousand-year Soul Beast can continuously revive as long as they still have flesh and blood; they cannot survive once they turn into blood mist. Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast can also continuously revive as long as their flesh and blood remain, and there is a chance they will differentiate; they die when their flesh and blood evaporate. Only Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast can achieve immortality below the God Level; at least at the God Level, one can achieve absolute immortality.)

The person who made the move was a Seven-Ring Soul Sage from the Body Sect.

Upon seeing this, he immediately shouted.

"As long as we completely shatter the flesh and blood of these Soul Beasts, we can stop their resurrection!"

"..."

The air fell silent for a moment.

It was already quite difficult for these low-level Soul Master to kill a Soul Beast together, let alone turn it into a bloody mist.

Fortunately, a solution was eventually found. Those who were at the level of Soul King or above in the Power Attack System immediately followed suit, using their extremely destructive Soul Skill to attack these Soul Beasts.

The effect was outstanding; nearly a thousand more Soul Beast evaporated in an instant.

After several hours of fighting, they finally managed to eliminate these Soul Beasts.

The sky was beginning to brighten.

The most severe casualties during the night's battle were among the ordinary soldiers and low-level Soul Master.

Normally, if they encountered Soul Beast of this level, they could easily defeat it by working together and putting in some effort.

The reason for the heavy casualties was that they didn't know that Soul Beast could be resurrected; they suffered from a lack of information.

Most of the taxi drivers who died, apart from those who were surrounded and killed by the Soul Beast at the beginning, were ambushed and killed by the resurrected Soul Beast.

Morning.

The count of deaths from last night has begun. The death toll, including ordinary people and low-level Soul Master soldiers, is nearly 30,000... nearly 5,000 are seriously injured, and nearly 2,000 are slightly injured.

The casualties were all low-level combatants, and had no impact on the overall combat strength.

Their original purpose was to act as cannon fodder to deplete the stamina of the Soul Beast.

Those seriously wounded taxi drivers were obviously no longer of any use in the subsequent battle, so the lightly wounded taxi drivers took them away from there.

Because of last night's night raid, even though it's now completely daylight, there has been no order to set off from the ranks.

Inside a large camp, representatives from various factions gathered for a meeting.

"Tell me, about those Soul Beasts that possess Immortal Body, should we... continue our attack?"

One of the Titled Douluo from the Star Luo Empire spoke first, his tone tinged with fear.

What he feared was not the Soul Beast from last night, but their immortality.

These Soul Beast, who are hundreds or thousands of years old and serve as vanguards, are already so troublesome once they gain immortality. If we were to venture deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, what if those ten-thousand-year-old... or even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast also possessed this ability of Immortal Body?

Are these Soul Master really capable of defeating this immortal and incredibly powerful monster?

Upon hearing the words of this Titled Douluo, these top figures in the Soul Master World all fell silent in unison.

They coveted the Divine Tree's healing and resurrection abilities, but only if they lived. Even if they succeeded in obtaining the Divine Tree, if they died, wouldn't they be doing all the work for someone else?

"Let's continue..."

Xuanzi, the leader of this united force, spoke Youyou.

At this moment, a Titled Douluo from the Body Sect slammed his palm on the table, making a loud bang, his face full of disdain, "What? Xuanzi, do you really think you can turn those 100,000-year-old Soul Beast into blood mist?"

"Snort!"

Upon hearing this, Xuanzi snorted coldly, and the pressure of Super Douluo locked onto the Titled Douluo of the Body Sect.

The person with the Body Sect Master was instantly crushed to the ground.

"Even your sect leader treats me with utmost respect. What right do you have to address me by my given name?"

"If it weren't for the fact that we're currently expelling the Soul Beast and lack top-tier combat power to compete for the Divine Tree, I could kill you right here and now."

With that, Xuanzi dissipated his oppressive aura, allowing the titled Titled Douluo to finally catch his breath.

A moment later, Xuanzi's voice rang out again, "This attack must continue. As everyone has seen, the Divine Tree has only appeared for a little over a week, and these Soul Beasts have already grown to this extent."

"If we allow them to continue occupying the Divine Tree, the consequences will be unimaginable in the future."

At this moment, Yan Shaozhe slowly stood up, his expression serious. "Xuan Zi is right. At least we know that turning them into blood mist will kill them. But if we give them more time to grow stronger, will this method still work on them in the future?"

"Ten years... a hundred years from now, if these Soul Beast become even stronger, and each possesses Immortal Body, will there still be a place for us humans to live on this continent?"

At this moment, an elder from the Sea God Pavilion of the Shrek Academy raised a question.

Have you noticed something strange?

The dozens of titled figures were taken aback upon hearing this, then heard him continue.

"Isn't the Divine Tree supposed to bring people back to life? The appearance of this Divine Tree has brought the villagers living near the Star Dou Great Forest back to life, and even granted Immortal Body those Soul Beasts from last night."

"We should be within the area shrouded by the Divine Tree now, so theoretically we should be able to be resurrected or have Immortal Body. But why didn't those taxi drivers who were killed last night come back to life?"

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this.

Yes, the villagers near the Star Dou Great Forest can all be brought back to life even without ever entering the core area. So why haven't I gained that ability when I'm in the same area as them?

For a moment, everyone fell into deep thought.

Could it be that the Divine Tree's blessing is only bestowed upon the Soul Beast Clan, and the villagers near the Star Dou Great Forest were able to be resurrected because they have lived in this area for many years, thus being pre-selected as Soul Beast and thus gaining these abilities?