Li Bai: Heh, heh, heh~

Lin Chen did not deliberately lead Huo Yuhao. He followed him.

After all, Huo Yuhao was the one bringing this opportunity their way. Lin Chen was just along for the ride.

That was why he had approached Huo Yuhao and protected him. Otherwise, why would he go to all that trouble?

Lin Chen knew the script. Huo Yuhao was Douluo Continent's Plane's Child, and Tang San had arranged and controlled much of his life. The pure and spotless Great God King Tang was probably watching from the Divine Realm right now.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was Huo Yuhao's opportunity. Anyone else who touched him would die. Frankly, Lin Chen did not want him anyway. He had a system of his own, and it was formidable.

All he had to do was lie low, grow stronger, and avoid stirring up trouble... As if that would happen.

Knowing such a huge opportunity was coming and staying away would be no fun at all. He would not touch Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but Electrolux? He intended to claim him.

Electrolux was a variable outside Tang San's script. Tang San had even found a way to kill him later, afraid he would be unable to control him.

Lin Chen would beat him to it.

He had a great use for the Undead Demiplane. The dead under his command kept multiplying, and he needed a base. The Undead Demiplane was the perfect place.

Besides, his Rebirth Soul-Luring Lamp Martial Soul was ideally suited to Electrolux. He might even be able to resurrect him.

If that legendary undead scourge, the Holy Necromancer, could descend upon Douluo Continent in his full glory, that would be interesting indeed.

Just then, the earth shook like a mountain in an earthquake. A fissure split the ground, and a wave of cold air rushed out.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had arrived.

An enormous, fat silkworm appeared before Lin Chen and Huo Yuhao.

"Big Brother has finally found a Soul Master with a Mental Attribute Martial Soul! Too bad Big Brother has no tears, or they'd be streaming down my face by now."

With that, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed himself to Huo Yuhao, ignoring Lin Chen entirely.

To put it plainly, Lin Chen's mental strength and Martial Soul were both far stronger than Huo Yuhao's.

Although his Second Martial Soul was the Soul-Luring Lamp, it possessed supreme Soul Power. It was a Martial Soul with the ultimate Mental Attribute.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had chosen to sacrifice himself to Huo Yuhao instead of Lin Chen. The script could not have been clearer.

What an elaborate scheme the Great God King Tang had laid. Douluo Continent truly was his backyard; he could do whatever he pleased with it.

In that instant, Lin Chen did only one thing: he released his Second Martial Soul, the Rebirth Soul-Luring Lamp.

His First Martial Soul was the Dart Blade, and his Second was the Rebirth Soul-Luring Lamp.

One blade laid courage bare; one lamp guided souls across.

It was because of that lamp that the Evil Soul Masters had recruited him into the Holy Spirit Cult.

The Rebirth Soul-Luring Lamp could draw in souls and possessed the ultimate Death Attribute, Rebirth Attribute, and Mental Attribute. Lin Chen did not believe Electrolux could resist it.

Sure enough, the moment the Domain of Absolute Stillness descended, that man appeared.

"With the sun and moon in my hands, I pluck the stars from the sky. None in this world can compare to me."

After speaking, Electrolux turned into a gray orb of light and entered Lin Chen's Rebirth Soul-Luring Lamp, settling within the space around its wick.

Done. Perfect.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice was no ordinary one. The moment it was complete, he sealed away his aura. It was over in mere moments.

Huo Yuhao, however, had fallen completely unconscious.

Lin Chen drew the Rebirth Soul-Luring Lamp back into his body. When he felt the gaze fixed on him disappear entirely, he let out a breath of relief.

Tang San might have noticed him, but he certainly had not taken him seriously.

One day in the Divine Realm was one year in Douluo. Tang San only intervened directly in Douluo's affairs for a handful of major events. He probably would not have time to concern himself with Douluo Continent again soon.

By the next time they met, the river would have changed its course.

When that day came, Lin Chen would cut down that lofty Buddha Tang, that supposedly pure and spotless man, with his blade.

For a God King, Tang San had none of a god's bearing. He kept his eyes fixed on this tiny patch of the lower realm like a landlord guarding his fields. A pauper who suddenly grew rich was still a pauper at heart.

Lin Chen stood guard beside Huo Yuhao, Dart Blade in hand.

He did not contact Electrolux yet. He merely supplied him with pure Soul Power.

Over the years, he had absorbed plenty of souls in the Holy Spirit Cult.

Once caught in the currents of the world, a man could not always steer his own course. He had not killed Bo Ren, yet Bo Ren had died because of him.

Until he could change the Holy Spirit Cult completely, he had to live by its rules. All he could do was ensure that the only people he killed were members of the Holy Spirit Cult.

That was right. No innocent blood stained his hands. Every person he had killed was an Evil Soul Master.

In the Holy Spirit Cult, the strong preyed on the weak. He was strong, so what was wrong with killing a few weaker members?

He was simply following the rules.

The souls of powerful Evil Soul Masters were naturally beyond comparison with those of ordinary people. Only a fool would go around killing civilians. If he was going to kill, he would target the ruthless ones.

Only the ruthless could gain a foothold in the Holy Spirit Cult. How did anyone think he had become its Holy Son?

A short while later, two figures came sprinting from the distance: Bei Bei and Tang Ya.

"Yuhao! Lin Chen! Are you all right?"

Their voices reached him before they did.

They sounded genuinely anxious.

But Lin Chen knew they were worried about Huo Yuhao, not him.

Lin Chen did not look like someone to trifle with. Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, looked like a poor, helpless boy with no one to rely on. Bring someone like that into the Tang Sect, and he would work himself to the bone for them.

When the two arrived, they saw fissures covering the ground, Huo Yuhao lying unconscious, and Lin Chen standing silently beside him with a black blade in hand.

"What happened?

What's wrong with Yuhao?"

Tang Ya looked at Huo Yuhao in alarm and turned to Lin Chen.

"Nothing much. A powerful Soul Beast passed through, probably a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Its passage shook countless Soul Beasts to death and knocked Yuhao unconscious too.

It must have already eaten its fill. Otherwise, we'd all be dead."

"Then we're incredibly lucky. Let's leave quickly. A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast showed up here, and this is the outermost region!"

"That's the Star Dou Great Forest for you. Who can guarantee the Soul Beasts deeper inside won't wander out? Even the outermost region isn't completely safe."

"You're right. Let's get out of here."

"Sure. Give me a hand."

As he spoke, Lin Chen helped Huo Yuhao onto Bei Bei's shoulder.

The four headed toward the forest's outer edge.

Meanwhile, a bloody battle was raging in the Mixed Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

No—it was a one-sided slaughter.

An enormous Blood Moon Sky Wolf stood amid the carnage, his claws drenched in blood. Deep furrows crisscrossed the ground, several corpses lay scattered about, and four more people had suffered grievous wounds. They did not look long for this world.

A figure in silver stood between them and the wolf. A crescent moon behind her released silver Soul Power, forming a barrier before the four survivors.

She was Zhang Lexuan, Shrek's senior disciple from the Sea God Pavilion.

Three claw wounds already crossed her chest, and her aura was desperately weak. Still, she held on.

"If you want to kill them, you'll have to kill me first."

"How interesting. A Soul Douluo who doesn't even have her Eighth Soul Ring has held out this long."

The Blood Moon Wolf King spoke in human language. He was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

"Woman, you should consider it an honor to have fought this king for so long.

I enjoy hunting human prodigies most of all. Your Martial Soul is powerful, and its attribute suits me perfectly. Once I eat you, I'm certain I'll grow stronger.

But I've had my fun. First I'll kill the ants you're protecting. Then I'll savor you."

With that, the Blood Moon Wolf King lunged at the others.

Zhang Lexuan's expression changed drastically. She put everything she had into blocking his claw, but the blow shattered her Silver Moon Martial Soul.

Despair filled Zhang Lexuan's face.

"Xuan Zi, where are you?

Why do you always disappear when it matters most?

Xuan Zi, why can't anyone ever rely on you?"

Zhang Lexuan had lost all hope. None of them could survive.

But then a strange, wicked laugh came from every direction.

"Heh, heh, heh..."

A moment later, another voice rang out.

"Lao Bai, make that creepy laugh again and I'll run you through with my spear."

"Heh, heh, heh..."