Once Again, Xuan Zi Leads the Team—The Fallen Sky Douluo Returns to the World!

Hearing those fawning cries, Qian Jue tilted his head slightly, his dark purple eyes sweeping coldly over the Evil Soul Masters kneeling on the ground.

"Holy Spirit Cult?" Qian Jue's eyes were filled with undisguised disgust.

"A bunch of bloodsucking maggots lurking in sewers, and you think you're worthy of claiming ties to me?"

Before his words had even faded, Qian Jue didn't even raise a hand. The eight Fallen Angel wings behind him merely trembled slightly.

Boom!

A mass of tangible, ultimate darkness erupted in an instant, transforming into invisible blades that swept outward.

The Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters, who had been so arrogant just moments ago, didn't even have time to scream.

Their bodies exploded in midair, turning into a sky full of bloody mist.

Then even that blood mist was completely devoured and obliterated by the darkness, leaving behind not even the slightest trace.

Instant kill!

Not far away, Tangerine and Keke stared blankly at the scene, their minds utterly empty.

The terrifying Evil Soul Masters who had been hunting them a moment ago had been erased like insects in the next.

Yet they felt no joy at having been saved. Instead, an even deeper fear welled up within them.

Because the aura emanating from the young man with eight black wings was ten thousand times more terrifying than those Evil Soul Masters!

"Y-you... who are you...?"

Keke's legs went limp, and she collapsed onto the ground, her voice trembling so badly that she couldn't even form a complete sentence.

Though Tangerine was equally terrified, she bit down hard on the tip of her tongue, using the pain to keep herself awake.

She spread her arms and stood in front of Keke, watching Qian Jue warily.

"Thank you for saving our lives, Senior... We are students of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. If you have any orders, we'll certainly do everything in our power..."

"Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy?"

Qian Jue studied the orange-red-haired girl before him with interest and asked,

"Tell me, what year is it now? How long until the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament?"

Qian Jue looked down at the girl before him, his voice indifferent.

He had to confirm the current point in the timeline as soon as possible, as well as the changes in the continent's situation during his three years of seclusion.

More importantly, since Lilith had warned him that Tang San of the God Realm had already noticed his existence,

Qian Jue absolutely didn't believe that, given Tang San's methods, the man would remain idle. He must have already made moves against him in secret.

"Reporting to Senior, this is the Ming Dou Mountains of the Sun Moon Empire.

Counting the days, there isn't much time left until the opening of the new Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament."

Suppressing the shock in her heart, Tangerine answered with utmost respect.

"Is that so..." Qian Jue narrowed his eyes slightly, deep in thought.

It seemed that his emergence from seclusion had come at precisely the right time.

"Senior, this tournament will be held in Star Luo City, the capital of the Star Luo Empire."

Tangerine's thoughts raced as she keenly caught onto Qian Jue's intentions. She hurriedly volunteered, "If you intend to go there, Tangerine is willing to lead the way for you!"

"Lead the way? No need. I know the Star Luo Empire like the back of my hand."

Qian Jue waved a hand, his gaze slowly shifting toward the deep forest behind him.

He had a faint feeling that an interesting show was waiting for him there.

Before his words had faded, Qian Jue vanished from where he stood, leaving Tangerine and Keke staring at each other.

"Whew... That was close. We finally got our lives back."

Keke broke out in a cold sweat and tugged at her companion with lingering fear.

"Tangerine, let's get out of here quickly."

However, she discovered that Tangerine was staring fixedly in the direction Qian Jue had disappeared, looking thoughtful.

As her best friend, Keke saw through her thoughts at once and advised,

"Oh, stop thinking about it. A powerhouse of that level belongs to a completely different world from us."

"Keke, don't you think that Senior's martial soul looked familiar?"

Tangerine's eyes flickered.

"That earth-shaking battle that shocked the continent three years ago... that fiend named Qian Jue had a martial soul identical to Senior's!

It was just that the Senior from earlier had one extra pair of wings behind him."

"But wasn't that person already dead?"

Keke's eyes widened. "The Sun Moon Imperial Family sent so many people to search for him back then and even offered a massive reward, yet didn't they end up finding nothing?"

"How could an unrivaled powerhouse who dared to slaughter his way through Shrek alone possibly die so easily?"

Tangerine's gaze gradually hardened as she grabbed Keke by the arm.

"Let's go! We need to send this information back to Mingdu immediately. If we can claim the Imperial Family's reward, then this disaster will have turned into a blessing!"

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Ming Dou Mountains.

Outside a dark, damp cave, Ma Xiaotao led the Shrek Academy Inner Court elites and reserve team. Having just wiped out several hundred outer members of the Death's Hand bandit group, they were preparing to venture deeper into the cave.

At that moment, everyone wore relaxed, carefree expressions.

According to the intelligence provided by the academy, the leader of these bandits was merely a Soul King.

With the lavish lineup of their team, crushing a Soul King would be as easy as crushing an ant.

As the captain, Ma Xiaotao walked at the front and casually reminded them,

"Stay close, everyone. Report immediately if you find any clues. Once we finish this job, we still have to hurry to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament."

Everyone nodded slightly, though it was obvious from their expressions that they didn't take the matter seriously.

Only Huo Yuhao, walking in the middle of the group, frowned slightly. With the keen instincts granted by Spiritual Detection, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong, yet he couldn't identify the problem.

As the group continued deeper into the cave, bandit corpses lay scattered across both sides of the passage.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection finally caught the deadly danger. His expression changed drastically as he shouted, "Watch out—!"

However, before he could finish, a sharp, grating laugh suddenly sounded from deep within the cave.

"Since you're here, then all of you can stay behind and become my nourishment!!!"

The moment those words fell, the hundreds of corpses on the ground began to swell strangely like inflated balls, radiating nauseating blood-colored light.

"Fall back!!" Ma Xiaotao shrieked, her eyes nearly splitting apart.

But it was already too late.

Boom! Boom! Boom—!!!

Deafening consecutive explosions erupted within the narrow cave.

The force from hundreds of corpses detonating at once was enough to destroy the heavens and earth. A horrific shockwave of flesh and blood, mixed with deadly poison, instantly swallowed the Shrek group.

Facing corpse explosions of this scale in such an enclosed space, even a Titled Douluo wouldn't dare claim they could escape unscathed!

The terrifying shockwave, mixed with poisonous chunks of flesh and blood, raged wildly through the narrow cave.

Ma Xiaotao's eyes nearly burst apart as her Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul erupted instantly, scorching flames attempting to form a shield before everyone.

But they were too close, and the force of hundreds of corpses exploding together far exceeded all expectations.