Why Is a Soul Hall Member Training His Body?

"It seems a powerful figure captured them." Huo Yuhao's mental energy continued to spread outwards.

"Who's got nothing better to do than arrest low-level cultivators and ordinary people?" Ling Ying crossed her arms. "I bet it's those lunatics from the Soul Clan who're behind this."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow. "Does the Soul Clan often do this kind of thing?"

"Of course!" Once the Soul Clan was mentioned, Ling Ying couldn't stop talking. "I've heard they like to capture alchemists everywhere, and they often start wars in various countries... In short, on this Battle Qi Continent, if anything bad happens and no one knows who did it, it's definitely the work of those crazy Soul Clan members!"

It sounds like Evil Soul Master. Huo Yuhao nodded, not dwelling on the topic, but focusing on spreading his spiritual power outward, trying to find the whereabouts of the townspeople.

Ling Ying was still chattering in his ears when Huo Yuhao suddenly realized that his spiritual power, which was spreading westward, was being blocked.

Huo Yuhao's spirits lifted, and after a couple of light probes, he discovered a Soul Barrier Soul Barrier. Instead of attempting to break through it directly, Huo Yuhao subtly changed his mental state after discerning the soul fluctuations emanating from the Soul Barrier, resonating with it.

With a whoosh, the gaze pierced through the Soul Barrier and revealed that on the once empty wilderness, a large number of cultivators and ordinary people were chained up. These people were all pale-faced, with lifeless eyes, and most of them were slumped on the ground.

On the outskirts of the crowd, a middle-aged man dressed in a black robe, surrounded by wisps of smoke, was sitting cross-legged on the ground, resting with his eyes closed.

Upon seeing this person, Huo Yuhao immediately shared the detection footage with Ling Ying: "Senior Ling Ying, is this the Soul Clan member you mentioned?"

"Hmm? It really is the Soul Clan?" Ling Ying's eyes widened slightly. "To be precise, they are members of the Soul Hall."

The moment the image was shared, the Soul Hall expert who had been keeping his eyes closed suddenly opened them, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and he abruptly stood up! His imposing aura erupted like a volcano, and his sharp gaze pierced towards the town.

"Who dares to spy on me?" A voice imbued with the Soul Power emanated from his mouth, causing the Spirit Probe image to blur for a moment.

"We've been discovered!" Huo Yuhao's pupils suddenly contracted. Through the blurry image, he could already see the Soul Hall member spread his Dou Qi Wings, his figure transforming into a black rainbow light, attacking towards them.

Huo Yuhao acted decisively, gathering his scattered spiritual energy and concentrating it intensely before crashing into his opponent.

[Soul Shock]!

In an instant, a distant yet familiar feeling washed over him, and Huo Yuhao felt a wave of dizziness. The Soul Shock had failed to harm his opponent!

What made Huo Yuhao's heart sink was that while his mental power could completely break through the opponent's Soul Power defense, the opponent's soul strength far exceeded his expectations, enough to withstand his mental attacks without suffering much damage.

Almost simultaneously, the Soul Hall member also swayed slightly, letting out a low groan. He too felt a sudden wave of dizziness and discomfort on a spiritual level, as if struck by an invisible hammer.

If he hadn't cultivated the Soul Hall's secret techniques for many years, and his soul strength alone was comparable to a high-level Dou Emperor, he probably would have fainted right now!

"Damn it! It's Peak Dou Emperor! We have to run!" After sensing the opponent's aura through Spiritual Detection Sharing, Ling Ying's dark face immediately turned pale. She grabbed Huo Yuhao and was about to escape with him.

"No, this way, he'll run into the academy's team." Huo Yuhao broke free from Ling Ying's arm and took out his newly crafted fourth-grade flying Spirit Artifact. "Let's run in another direction, lure him away, shake him off, and then come back."

Before he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Probe to mark a direction far away from the convoy and flew off with Ling Ying.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao once again separated a wisp of his spiritual power to lock onto the Soul Hall Dou Emperor, deliberately letting the other party discover his location.

The Soul Hall Dou Emperor paused above the town, sensing the mental fluctuations emanating from his left, and pondered for a moment.

"This person might be deliberately leading me in this direction." The Soul Hall Dou Emperor glanced in the direction of Huo Yuhao and the others, then observed the direction directly ahead where the teachers and students of the Jia Nan Academy were located, and his soul perception spread out in that direction.

"It seems to have some human presence?" The Soul Hall Dou Emperor hesitated for a moment, then sensed Huo Yuhao and Ling Ying's locations again.

"They're fast; they'll be hard to catch."

With a thought racing through his mind, he made a decision in an instant, and the Soul Hall Dou Emperor chased after the teachers and students of the Jia Nan Academy.

"Not good!" Huo Yuhao's expression changed drastically. "Senior Ling Ying, I'll go hold him off. Please inform the academy to leave!"

Clearly sensing the determination in Huo Yuhao's voice, Ling Ying felt a surge of pride. "Don't look down on me. I promised to protect you. Besides, we're both Dou Emperor; I might not be afraid of him."

The Soul Hall Dou Emperor had only been at the starting stage for a short time and had not yet been able to clearly sense the exact location of the Jia Nan Academy members. Just as his mind relaxed slightly, a condensed black light appeared without warning from the void less than ten meters behind him!

Ten meters is a distance that takes less than the blink of an eye for Dou Emperor. By the time the Soul Hall Dou Emperor reacted, it was too late to dodge, and he could only hastily raise his Dou Qi to defend his back.

The dark light transformed into sharp spikes and stabbed fiercely towards his back.

Bite!

A crisp sound like metal clashing rang out as the Soul Hall Dou Emperor's body slammed heavily into the ground, creating a crater hundreds of meters in diameter.

However, the moment the Soul Hall Dou Emperor flew out of the pit, both Huo Yuhao and Ling Ying's expressions changed for a split second.

"What a brilliant assassination attempt on Dou Emperor!" The Soul Hall Dou Emperor stared intently at Ling Ying, then tossed aside his tattered black robe, revealing the iron-gray skin beneath.

"Unfortunately, I have cultivated body-refining Dou Technique."

In Huo Yuhao's mental vision, he could clearly see that Ling Ying's sneak attack on his back had only broken the skin and had not penetrated the opponent's muscles.

"Damn it, this guy actually counters both of us at the same time. Aren't all members of the Soul Hall supposed to specialize in cultivating the soul?" Ling Ying smiled bitterly, took out two jet-black spikes, tensed up, and prepared for a fierce battle.

"Take this move, Soul-Shattering Blood Slaughter!"

The Soul Hall Dou Emperor grinned maliciously, his palm like a blade, and he slashed down fiercely! A scarlet blade light, tens of feet long, tore through the air, carrying a shrill sound and dense killing intent, and slashed down towards Ling Ying!

The crimson light arrived in an instant. Ling Ying's pupils contracted slightly. He had no time to dodge and had to hastily make a move. Two jet-black spears shot out from the black spikes in his hands to block the oncoming crimson light.

However, the spear that Ling Ying had conjured was as fragile as paper in the face of the blood-red light! The moment it made contact, the pitch-black spear shattered into nothingness! The blood-red light continued its relentless advance, like a deathly judgment, instantly engulfing Ling Ying's figure completely.

The moment the crimson light struck Ling Ying, he didn't even have time to scream before his body was instantly turned into blood and dripped to the ground.

"Heh, a mere One-Star Dou Emperor dares to cause me trouble." The Soul Hall Dou Emperor sneered, put on a new robe, and prepared to clean up his spoils.

Just as he relaxed, he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye—a figure standing in the void without spreading its Dou Qi Wings.

"Who?"