Soul Power Soldiers! (Thanks to Zhao Lehong for the tip and support~ Sending hearts~)

At Niu Chu's command, white and yellow soul rings appeared beneath the feet of more than a dozen underlings!

They were all one-ring Soul Masters!

Beneath Niu Chu's feet, three soul rings appeared in the optimal configuration: yellow, yellow, purple!

His "Yellow Ox" beast martial soul immediately possessed him, stretching his already burly body to nearly two and a half meters tall!

Two long, sharp brown horns sprouted from his head.

He swiftly transformed into a hulking minotaur wielding a blood-red cleaver!

Beneath Han Feng, the second-in-command who had already transformed into a werewolf, two yellow soul rings appeared.

With everyone ready, they silently charged toward the village under Niu Chu's lead!

Zhuge Ming, sound asleep, suddenly sensed an unusual movement from his martial soul and instantly woke up.

He abruptly sat up in bed, and Zhao Yun's voice immediately sounded in his mind:

"Lord! One Soul Elder, one Grand Soul Master, and fourteen Soul Masters are rapidly approaching the village. Shall I eliminate them?"

Hearing that Soul Masters, including a Soul Elder, were invading the village, Zhuge Ming was startled at first, but quickly calmed down.

With two Super Douluos guarding the village, a mere Soul Elder was nothing to worry about.

Still, he was quite curious where these people had come from.

In many places, someone who had cultivated to the level of Soul Elder would be highly respected.

Why would they suddenly attack such an isolated little village?

Could they have been drawn here by the astonishing display Zhao Yun had made during the day?

But that display had lasted only a short while. It shouldn't have alerted anyone...

With that question in mind, Zhuge Ming said to Zhao Yun:

"Zilong, remain here and protect my mother and sister.

"General Guan, notify Gasen and have him lead his men to guard the village.

"I'll have the soul power soldiers engage them first and see just how strong these soul power soldiers really are."

"Yes!"

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun answered at the same time.

The next moment, Guan Yu appeared beside Zhuge Ming's bed and directly took him out of the room.

When they appeared again, Zhuge Ming was already standing atop Zhuge Yan's house.

As the village's level-nine Soul Scholar, Zhuge Yan had the best-built and tallest house in the village.

It was just right for observing the area around the village.

As for Guan Yu, he had already gone to notify Captain Gasen as instructed.

Zhuge Ming looked toward the southern side of the village and, sure enough, spotted more than a dozen figures glowing with soul power rapidly approaching.

He did not mobilize the hundred soul power soldiers stationed inside and outside the village.

After all, he still had five hundred soul power soldiers at his disposal!

He raised his right index finger and pointed toward an open area south of the village.

Fifty fully armed soul power soldiers, each possessing the strength of a level-six Soul Scholar, appeared out of thin air!

Under Zhuge Ming's mental command, the soul power soldiers raised their spears and charged straight at the enemy!

He could revive a certain number of soul power soldiers every day.

Having these soul power soldiers test the enemy's strength first would not be much of a loss.

Meanwhile.

Niu Chu and his bandits were immediately startled when they saw dozens of soldiers charging toward them!

They had not even reached the village yet. How had these soldiers already charged out at them?

That assembly speed was far too fast, wasn't it?

But Niu Chu quickly calmed down.

No matter how quickly these soldiers had assembled, they were merely ordinary people without soul power!

Before Soul Masters like them, they were lambs awaiting slaughter!

Niu Chu immediately roared:

"Brothers, kill them—!!"

Very soon, Niu Chu was the first to collide with the soldiers.

Only when he drew close did he realize that these soldiers were clad head to toe in armor, nearly armed to the teeth!

Yet they moved with remarkable speed, showing no sign of their joints being hindered. They were so agile they hardly seemed human!

But in his eyes, these soldiers were nothing more than scarecrows dressed in armor!

He swiftly twisted his wrist, and his blood-red cleaver swept out with a shriek through the air!

The blade tore through the air with a piercing howl, chopping straight toward the three soldiers before him!

Just as he expected, the blade wrapped in his soul power easily cleaved through the armor of all three soldiers.

Yet he did not feel the imagined sensation of his blade cutting into flesh.

Niu Chu found it extremely strange.

But he had no time to think. With a slight exertion of strength, he sliced the three soldiers in half at the waist!

Yet the three soldiers did not let out a single scream.

Even as they fell, they could still thrust their spears at him!

Of course, those spears could not pierce through the protective soul power of a Soul Elder.

But the combat prowess displayed by these soldiers still filled Niu Chu with a strong sense of unease!

When they had entered the borderlands of the Pelagi Kingdom, they had encountered quite a few soldiers as well.

They had even run into an army of over a hundred men then, yet still dealt with them all as easily as chopping melons and vegetables!

But these soldiers before him clearly felt much harder to handle!

At that moment, Niu Chu suddenly heard a scream.

He hurriedly turned around and saw one of his underlings, a level-eleven Soul Scholar, being pierced through the body by several enemy soldiers' spears!

He had not even managed to unleash his first soul skill before being stabbed to death!

Niu Chu's expression changed abruptly!

How could these soldiers without soul power kill a Soul Master?!

Han Feng had already noticed that something was wrong and hurriedly shouted at Niu Chu:

"Boss! There's something wrong with these soldiers!

"They aren't ordinary soldiers! Every one of them possesses at least level-six soul power!"

"What?!"

Only then did Niu Chu suddenly understand.

No wonder he had felt these soldiers were far harder to kill than the ones they had encountered before.

They were soldiers with soul power!

The difference between having soul power and not having it was like the difference between heaven and earth!

Those with soul power could continuously strengthen their bodies and increase their combat strength through cultivation.

As for ordinary people without soul power, they were no different from ants in the eyes of Soul Masters like them!

But once they possessed soul power, even if it was only at the Soul Scholar level, they would transform from "ants" into "fire ants" capable of biting people to death!

However, battle-hardened Niu Chu quickly calmed down and shouted to everyone:

"Be careful! They're only Soul Scholars. They're not enough to threaten us!"

As he spoke, Niu Chu cut down several more soldiers and drew extremely close to the village.

Like a ferocious beast charging into a flock of sheep, he forcibly carved a bloody path through the soul power soldiers toward the village!

The others followed closely behind Niu Chu, advancing toward the village with him.

During the process, a Soul Master would occasionally be killed by several soul power soldiers working together.

Of course, even more soul power soldiers fell as a result.

The fifty soul power soldiers were soon reduced to only a dozen or so.

Watching the enemies draw ever closer, Zhuge Ming sighed helplessly.

It seemed that even though his soul power soldiers had reached the level of level-six Soul Scholars, they still could not withstand a Soul Elder's slaughter.

They could not even force the opponent to reveal his soul skills.

There was no point in sending more men.

If these people entered the village, they would inevitably cause unnecessary damage.

So now, there was only one way...

Zhuge Ming curled his lips into a smile and said to Guan Yu, who stood guard beside him:

"General Guan, go deal with them!

"Remember, the strongest one... take him alive."