Tasks and Ambush

Hua Qingluo and Long Wu had successfully used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He was genuinely happy for them!

"I'll give you the day off today!"

A smile appeared on Si Tingxuan's face. He then left the Hua Family, intending to wander around casually. In such a good mood, everything he saw seemed pleasant.

"Ding! Under your guidance, Hua Qingluo and Long Wu have lived together, eaten together, and slept together. Their tacit understanding has risen sharply! They have successfully developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Reward for hidden achievement: one Limit Soul Ring!"

"Hidden recurring mission activated: Increase your disciples' strength. Each time they gain a Soul Ring, you may draw a random reward once."

Two system notifications rang out.

The smile on Si Tingxuan's face grew even wider.

A Limit Soul Ring was the maximum limit a Soul Ring could reach.

The First Soul Ring had a limit of 423 years, the Second Soul Ring 764 years, the Third Soul Ring 1,760 years, the Fourth Soul Ring 5,000 years, the Fifth Soul Ring 12,000 years, the Sixth Soul Ring 20,000 years, the Seventh Soul Ring 50,000 years, the Eighth Soul Ring under 100,000 years, and the Ninth Soul Ring around 100,000 years.

Therefore, the Limit Soul Ring he had received was a 50,000-year one.

Claim it!

Si Tingxuan did not hesitate in the slightest.

In an instant, Si Tingxuan felt an additional Soul Ring appear within his body.

It was his Seventh Soul Ring.

From this moment on!

He was a Soul Sage!

Host: Si Tingxuan

Age: 28

Martial Soul: Ice Flame Dual Swords

Talent: Innate Full Soul Power

Soul Power: Level 71

Soul Rings: Yellow Yellow Purple Purple Black Black Black

Soul Bone: 100,000-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Left Arm Bone Flash, Invincible Golden Body

Martial Arts: Icy Palm, Fire God Palm, Dragon Elephant Prajna Art, Mystic Ripple Microstep

Affiliated Academy: Odd Weapons Academy

Space Package: 60,000-Year External Soul Bone—Bewitching Eye

Disciples: Hua Qingluo, Two-Ring Great Soul Master; Long Wu, One-Ring Soul Master; Yun Piaopiao, Two-Ring Great Soul Master

After looking over his status panel, he could not help rubbing his chin.

Interesting. He had obtained a hidden achievement and directly received a Limit Seventh Soul Ring. That was definitely an unexpected delight.

It had even activated a hidden recurring mission. Impressive!

Every time a disciple gained a Soul Ring, he could draw a random reward.

Even more impressive!

It seemed he needed to hurry to the Heaven Dou Empire and collect those immortal herbs in Sunset Forest.

Then he frowned again!

Aside from the few Immortal Items that had appeared in the animation, he did not recognize any of the others.

Still, those few would be enough.

As for the rest, he would see whether the system could draw some books about them in the future.

If there really were none, then he could only seek out Tang San.

He could find a way to make him hand over the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Maybe he could just capture Grandmaster and force him to do it. Tang San regarded Grandmaster as a father figure, so he should hand it over!

If that still did not work... then he would kidnap Xiao Wu too.

Wait.

Why did it feel like he was becoming a major villain the more he thought about it?

Capturing people, kidnapping them, threatening them!

But it was not impossible. Grandmaster was a scumbag anyway!

Tang San was also a woman-abusing maniac! He had tortured Tang Wutong so badly she had wished she were dead.

Might as well kill him!

Xiao Wu... spicy rabbit head?

Ah, ptooey... ptooey.

Take her ring?

Raise her?

Take her in as a disciple?

Those three choices all seemed pretty good! What a difficult decision!

Forget it, it was too early to think about that!

"Eh?"

Just as Si Tingxuan was feeling delighted over the reward and mission, his thoughts wandering wildly.

Several faint killing intents flickered around him.

They immediately put the distracted Si Tingxuan on guard.

Clearly, they were targeting him!

But seven or eight days ago, he had already displayed his strength.

In this town, where the strongest people were only Soul Emperors.

Who would dare organize an ambush against someone capable of forcefully killing a Soul Sage?

After all, anyone sent to ambush him would have to be at least Soul Sages!

They were not from this town, because no one here had that kind of strength!

The Zhao Family?

The Zhao Family only had three or four Soul Sages in total. Were they mobilizing everyone just for him?

There was no mortal enmity between them either!

Even for a Soul Bone, it was not worth doing this!

After all, if they failed to kill him, the entire Zhao Family would face his retaliation!

Then who was it?

The Heaven Dou Empire?

The Star Luo Empire?

Another kingdom?

Or Spirit Hall?

After all, only such forces could possibly make such a major move against him. Perhaps they did not want to see him grow any stronger.

Killing intent burst forth from Si Tingxuan's eyes!

The corners of his lips curled up slightly, revealing a cold, savage smile.

No matter which faction they came from, wiping out this group would make them feel the pain, wouldn't it?

Si Tingxuan continued forward without revealing anything!

He could sense three people.

If they were Soul Douluos, one would have been enough.

After all, publicly, he was still only a six-ring Soul Emperor. Even if this Soul Emperor could kill Soul Sages.

Before a Soul Douluo, he was still nothing.

Therefore, the enemies who had come could only be Soul Sages.

Soul Sages?

He was no longer the Si Tingxuan of a few days ago.

No matter how many Soul Sages came, he could leave calmly. If there were only the three he had sensed, counter-killing them would not be difficult.

Invincible at the Same Rank was not an empty title.

The three people in the shadows watched as Si Tingxuan arrived at the town gate.

"He's leaving town?"

They exchanged glances in the darkness.

Each saw the surprise in the others' eyes!

Then they all began to smile!

Originally, the three of them had planned to launch a surprise attack once Si Tingxuan reached a less crowded place.

Now that Si Tingxuan was leaving town.

It suited them perfectly!

If they could silently kill Si Tingxuan outside the town and then destroy the body and erase all traces, that would be even better.

Then Si Tingxuan would vanish from the world as if he had evaporated.

No one would suspect them, much less the people behind them.

It was simply perfect!

But none of them noticed the chill in Si Tingxuan's eyes.

After Si Tingxuan left the town, he walked farther and farther into the wilderness until he entered a small forest.

The three finally could not resist making their move.

From three different directions, they unleashed their Martial Souls and lit up their Soul Rings.

Whoosh!

A massive number of vines instantly surged up beneath Si Tingxuan's feet, wrapping around both his legs and binding him in place.

"Hah!"

With a loud shout, a man whose Martial Soul was a Two-Headed Wolf charged out from the right.

Seven Soul Rings—Yellow Yellow Purple Purple Black Black Black—spun beneath his feet. Among them, his Fourth Soul Ring was constantly shining.

In his hands were gigantic wolf claws formed from Soul Power.

That was clearly his Fourth Soul Ring skill!

It was not over yet!

At the same time, countless sharp arrows whistled toward Si Tingxuan from behind!

First, the control-type Soul Master acted, restricting him in an instant.

Then came the close-range assault from the attack-type Soul Master, followed by long-range attacks from behind to finish him off!

It was a perfect ambush!