Three Rings Against One Ring, the Advantage Is Mine

Shrek's students said that Evil Soul Masters had become much more active lately.

Judging by the situation, they were setting up some kind of filthy formation, or burying some sort of flammable material they had mentioned?

"Shh—keep quiet for a moment."

Unsure of their strength, Chen An silently withdrew his gaze, pressed Na'er's little head into his chest, and covered her mouth.

"...All right... here... when the time is right... heh heh..."

The hoarse voice chuckled twice, its echo nauseating.

"...Let's go... don't leave any traces..." the cold voice urged.

Then came the rustle of clothes brushing together, followed by deliberately softened footsteps gradually fading away.

Only after the sounds had completely vanished beyond the wall did Chen An dare slowly remove his hand.

"Chen An... those people..." Na'er cautiously poked her head out.

"Wait here."

Chen An pushed Na'er's head back down and parted the weeds as he stepped forward.

What exactly had those lunatics buried? Some kind of signal device? Or a filthy cursed medium?

He silently crept to the edge of the shallow pit the Evil Soul Masters had just dug. Pale moonlight shone upon the foul-smelling powder scattered around it, and a chill seeped toward him.

Suppressing his discomfort, Chen An did not touch anything.

He was no professional. Carelessly destroying it might trigger unforeseeable consequences. The best course was to remember the location and notify Shrek's people or the patrolling Soul Masters afterward.

Just as he made up his mind and prepared to return to Na'er, an inexplicable chill shot up his spine—it was the feeling of being locked onto by a venomous snake!

Not good!

Chen An whirled around. Two ghostlike black figures had somehow returned and now stood silently in the shadows several meters away, their pale masks carrying the aura of death beneath the moonlight.

They were those two Evil Soul Masters! They had not left at all; they had been waiting on the outskirts!

"Heh heh... little rat, you've been spying for so long. You think you can still leave?" The hoarse voice rang out, filled with mockery and killing intent.

"Deal with him. Leave no traces." The cold voice was concise and utterly decisive.

Before the words faded, a frigid surge of energy tore through the air!

A sickly green claw shadow streaked toward Chen An's throat, carrying the stench of decay! It was far faster than he had expected!

Chen An bent sharply backward at an extremely twisted angle. The green claw shadow grazed past the tip of his nose and struck the weeds behind him, immediately producing a sizzling corrosion sound as black smoke rose.

His first Soul Ring lit up!

Chen An did not dare hesitate. At this life-or-death moment, he immediately activated his soul power, and a yellow Century Soul Ring rose beneath his feet.

His thoughts raced as the faint red scales on his skin instantly came alive, like countless tiny suits of living armor covering his vital points.

"Huh? A one-ring Soul Master?"

The hoarse Evil Soul Master was somewhat surprised, but he quickly sneered.

"You have a Soul Ring at such a young age? What a pity. Three rings against one ring—the advantage is mine! Today, you are destined to become nourishment for us!"

The two stopped wasting words and attacked at once.

The cold Evil Soul Master rubbed his hands together, firing several pitch-black bone spikes like a volley of arrows that sealed off every angle of Chen An's escape.

Meanwhile, the hoarse Evil Soul Master pressed his hands downward. The shadows on the ground writhed as several gray, mucus-covered tentacles burst from the earth and wound toward Chen An's legs, intending to restrict his movements.

Two three-ring Soul Exalts!

An ordinary six-year-old child would have been frightened out of his wits already, or instantly killed.

But Chen An was not merely a human child.

His combat experience came from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast life, and his instincts toward danger far surpassed those of ordinary people.

More importantly, his martial soul's traits gave him exceptional mobility!

Faced with the combined assault of bone spikes and tentacles, Chen An neither took the attacks head-on nor retreated in a straight line.

He tapped the ground with his toes. With scales surrounding him, he moved like a boneless fish, sliding, twisting, and turning along an eerie curve that defied all physical intuition!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Every bone spike missed, embedding deeply into the spot where he had just stood.

As for those slimy tentacles, they could not even touch the corner of his clothes.

Whenever they seemed about to wrap around him, the moment they touched the scales around him, they were deflected by some strange force.

With an inconceivable sideways slide and backward bend, Chen An evaded attack after attack.

He could even borrow the momentum of the swinging tentacles, using their force against them to make his movements even more elusive.

"This brat's movement technique... why is he as slippery as a loach? Is that his soul skill?!"

The hoarse Evil Soul Master cursed irritably. His attacks kept missing, leaving him with the frustrating sensation of having strength but nowhere to use it.

"He moves far too nimbly for some little brat only a few years old. He's more like a fish that slips through your fingers!"

The cold Evil Soul Master spoke grimly as well, with a trace of disbelief in his voice.

They had seen plenty of geniuses, but a child this young, with soul power only at the Soul Master level, who could rely on such bizarre movement to calmly evade the combined attacks of two three-ring Soul Exalts—this was simply unheard of!

Chen An said nothing and focused entirely on maneuvering around them.

There was a gap in both soul power and numbers. He could not fight them head-on, so he had to use speed and agility to buy time and search for the slightest opening.

By attaching scales to the soles of his feet and using his first soul skill, [Ripple], he could inject soul power vibrations through the scales into the ground beneath him, generating thrust to accelerate.

Applying Ripple to their physical attacks could deflect them.

That was why they could not hit him.

Chen An named it—Ripple Dash.

They could withstand Ripple, but not Dash.

Dodging alone was not enough. He had to try attacking as well.

Chen An activated his scales and launched several scale fragments carrying Ripple vibrations.

But their speed and range were too limited, and the two easily dodged the little trick.

"You still dare to counterattack?"

The two men's attacks grew increasingly disordered.

It was like facing an ant that should have been crushed beneath one foot, only for that ant to move faster than their stride and even try to bite them back.

Twenty seconds passed.

Chen An leaped onto a treetop without a scratch. He looked up and saw beams of light belonging to security Mecha already shining in the distance.

The patrol had sensed the soul power fluctuations and was rushing here at full speed.

The Evil Soul Masters had intended to silence him, but they had not expected this child to hold on for so long.

"Damn it! We've delayed too long! Get out of here!"

The two black figures stopped fighting and began fleeing out of the amusement park, likely searching for a temporary spatial teleportation point arranged by someone from their organization.

Na'er hid nearby, watching anxiously. Her small hands clutched the hem of her clothes tightly, and a silver glint flickered within her purple eyes, as though she were gathering some kind of power.

Chen An looked at her and gently shook his head, stopping her.

"I'm fine. They can't hurt me. You can't make a move. Stay here."

Evil Soul Masters were an uncontrollable factor. This group slaughtered living beings, and none of them were innocent. Since he had encountered them, it was best to kill them and eliminate future trouble.

Under the moonlight, the two fled beneath a nearby dry bridge, where they hurriedly activated the teleportation array markings.

Just as the formation's light was about to ignite, Chen An gripped a snapped-off, sharp branch and swooped down from above like a hawk!

"Wait! How does this brat dare?!"

The two had no intention of tangling with him while escaping, and that was also Chen An's best opportunity to attack.

The cold Soul Master was still activating the formation, while the hoarse Soul Master instinctively reached out to swat away the thrown branch.

However, the instant the branch touched his palm, Ripple traveled up through his arm bones! The soul power vibrations disrupted the flow of his soul power.

The hoarse Evil Soul Master's soul power instantly fell into disorder. Before he could react, several sharp fish scales hidden on the branch sprang out and slit his throat.

Filthy blood splashed across the bridge wall. His eyes widened, and even in death, he could not believe it.

"How... could this be?"

The cold Evil Soul Master was terrified. He kicked away his companion's corpse and frantically poured in soul power.

The formation blazed with light! He glared venomously at Chen An, intending to remember his face.

Yet in the next instant, several sword flashes arrived later but struck first, precisely piercing through his back.

Chen An stopped and stared at the Evil Soul Master as he coughed blood, collapsed into a pool of blood, and was teleported away.

The enforcers had yet to arrive, but another person had appeared before him.

"Who are you?"

Chen An adopted a vigilant stance and asked the shadow that had ambushed and killed the Evil Soul Master.