The Soul Beast Jogo Unleashes His Domain

On the road back to Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue had returned to her true appearance. Soft golden hair fell over her shoulders, her nose was straight, and her skin was fair. She looked like an angel descended to the mortal world.

With a rare break from her duties as Crown Prince, Qian Renxue wanted more time to cultivate, so she had the two Elders, Porcupinefish and Snake Lance, arrange a carriage.

Poor Porcupinefish and Snake Lance. Two Titled Douluo, reduced to serving as carriage drivers.

Neither held a grudge, though. Qian Daoliu had entrusted them with Qian Renxue's personal protection, and their loyalty was beyond doubt.

When Qian Renxue finished cultivating, she was about to check on the two Elders when her expression suddenly changed.

She sensed a tremendous surge of Soul Power. Power on that level... was stronger than the two Titled Douluo Elders combined.

At sixteen, Qian Renxue was a level 57 Soul King. If even she could sense it, the two Titled Douluo Elders certainly could.

"Ci Xue, protect the Young Master!" Snake Lance Douluo shouted. A Snake Lance crackling with lightning appeared in his hand.

Ahead of the carriage, a towering wave of lava erupted toward them like a tsunami. Its overwhelming force seemed capable of burning everything in the world.

"Third Soul Skill: Shadow-Splitting Nine Slashes!"

Nine Soul Rings—two yellow, three purple, and four black—appeared beneath Snake Lance Douluo's feet. He swung his lightning-wreathed lance, sending out nine slashes that split the tsunami of lava apart.

"Young Master, come with me!" Porcupinefish Douluo burst into the carriage. Forgetting all etiquette, he grabbed Qian Renxue and ran.

"Trying to run?" A raspy voice rang out.

The fist arrived before its owner.

It slammed into Porcupinefish Douluo's face. Qian Renxue saw that the hand was dark blue.

After knocking Porcupinefish Douluo away from the carriage, their attacker revealed his true appearance.

Strictly speaking, he could hardly be called a person. He had one eye and a small volcano atop his head, with scalding lava churning inside it. Grinning to reveal a mouthful of teeth so purple they were nearly black, he reached out with a blue-skinned hand to seize Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue had no intention of waiting to be caught. She summoned her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and a pair of pure-white wings appeared on her back. Five Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—emerged beneath her feet. Her Second Soul Ring flared with dazzling light.

Before level 70, the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul had only one pair of wings. A second pair appeared between levels 70 and 89. Only upon reaching the Titled Douluo level did it become a true Six-Winged Angel.

"Second Soul Skill: Wings of Void!"

A pair of translucent white wings appeared behind her. While her Second Soul Skill was active, physical attacks could not harm Qian Renxue, and energy attacks were greatly weakened.

Jogo paused for an instant, then grinned wider. Lava erupted from all over his body.

"Ah!" Scalding heat drew large beads of sweat from Qian Renxue's skin, which stung as though it were burning.

"Don't touch the Young Master!" Porcupinefish Douluo charged in. "Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar!"

A huge, blood-red pufferfish appeared. It opened its mouth and forcibly sucked the lava into its stomach.

"Elder Porcupinefish!" Qian Renxue cried.

Porcupinefish's greatest strength was absorbing poison. Forcing himself to absorb lava placed an enormous strain on him.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Thunderclap Shattering Kill!" Snake Lance Douluo charged in as well, his lance flashing with lightning.

Only then was Jogo driven back.

"Who are you?" Snake Lance Douluo demanded. Breathing hard, he placed himself between the attacker and Qian Renxue.

"We're from Spirit Hall. If you dare harm the Young Master, Spirit Hall won't let you go!" Porcupinefish threatened.

They held back because they could sense how unfathomably powerful the figure before them was. He was likely at least level 96.

"Heh. I'm a Soul Beast! Why would I fear your little Spirit Hall?" Jogo grinned.

He was another of Bai Ranmo's Clones: Volcanic-Head Jogo, one of the Four Disasters among the Cursed Spirits in Jujutsu Kaisen. Born from humanity's fear of the earth, he never picked on weak opponents and was willing to give his life so Cursed Spirits could replace humans.

In Bai Ranmo's design, this Clone was a 200,000 Years Ferocious Beast. He, too, would stop at nothing to see Soul Beasts replace humanity!

"What? A Soul Beast?" Ci Xue and Snake Lance were stunned.

Jogo deliberately released his Soul Beast aura. The two Titled Douluo's pupils contracted; only then did they confirm that he truly was a Soul Beast.

"Ci Xue, take the Young Master and go! I'll fight him!" Snake Lance Douluo roared.

"Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar!"

Lightning flashed, and Snake Lance Douluo transformed into a giant, black-scaled serpent with two heads. Though his Martial Soul was a Tool Martial Soul, his Martial Soul Avatar had taken the form of a Beast Martial Soul.

"A Mutated Martial Soul... Tch. Interesting, but... that's all!" Jogo sneered at the black serpent lunging toward him.

He did not attack with lava. Instead, he slowly formed a hand sign.

Porcupinefish Douluo was pulling Qian Renxue away when he suddenly felt the heat rising all around them.

"Domain Expansion!"

Jogo's calm voice rang out. A sealed barrier enveloped the area, and a scorching wave of heat rushed over them, startling all three.

"Coffin of the Iron Mountain!"

"A domain!" It was Ci Xue's first time seeing a Soul Beast use a domain, let alone one with a barrier.

His brow tightened. The lava around them was so hot that even he found it hard to bear.

The three of them seemed to be trapped inside a blazing cavern within an active volcano. Lava, volcanic bombs, and superheated steam spewed constantly from cracks in the ground and rock walls. Orange-red magma and thick smoke filled the entire space.

"Now—you have nowhere left to run!" Jogo grinned and swept one hand out. Dozens of small, fluttering insects appeared. "Inside my domain, every attack is guaranteed to hit. You can't escape!"

Qian Renxue was hiding inside Porcupinefish's belly. Only because of that had she, a mere Soul King, not been burned to charcoal by the heat of Coffin of the Iron Mountain.

Countless Ember Insects swarmed toward Snake Lance and Porcupinefish while the seething lava attacked them both.

The moment the Ember Insects reached them, they exploded violently. The two men could only shield themselves with defensive Soul Tools, but they were like a battered little boat on the open sea. They would not last long.

"Snake Lance, we can't keep this up! Strike the Domain Barrier with everything you have, or we and the Young Master will die here!" Ci Xue roared, and his Ninth Soul Ring lit up.

"Ninth Soul Skill: Blood Thorn Soul-Slaying!"

The giant pufferfish launched countless blood-red spikes at the barrier of Coffin of the Iron Mountain.

"Ninth Soul Skill: Snake Lance Transforms into a Dragon!"

The Snake Lance transformed into a colossal lightning dragon and charged at the barrier of Coffin of the Iron Mountain.