What kind of ill-fated bond had made Zhang Lexuan catch him handling corpses twice? Worse, he had even threatened to wipe out Luoyun Village in front of her before.
This time, even jumping into the Yellow River would not wash him clean. Never mind Zhang Lexuan-even he would not have believed himself.
"You actually came?" Huo Yuhao was genuinely surprised, but his expression remained utterly calm.
"If I hadn't, how would I have seen a demon like you slaughter an entire village? I knew it. That day, even if I had given you my body, you would still have slaughtered the village. Evil Soul Masters like you really are heartless beasts."
Zhang Lexuan's heart had turned to dead ashes. Behind her, her moon Martial Soul had already manifested. Even if hope was slim, she would avenge these innocent villagers.
"Well said. Evil Soul Masters really are heartless beasts."
Huo Yuhao voiced his agreement, though clearly he was not cursing himself, but the Evil Soul Master he had just killed.
But seeing Zhang Lexuan's movements, a savage gleam flashed through his eyes. "If I can save you, I can kill you. If you attack, you'll die. I guarantee it."
Zhang Lexuan smiled bleakly. After seeing Huo Yuhao slaughter all of Luoyun Village, she had completely given up on him. Rather than be brought back to life by an Evil Soul Master like this, she would have been better off dead.
"Today, even if I die, I stand for justice. Now you no longer have any grounds to call our Shrek Academy unrighteous."
With that, Zhang Lexuan dragged her still gravely injured body into action and unleashed her newest Soul Skill before Huo Yuhao-the hundred thousand year one.
Her teeth bit into the corner of her lip, drawing a trace of blood. Then the silver moon behind her seemed to be stained by that bloody light, turning into a blood moon.
Bloody light spilled forth, and in an instant, heaven and earth changed color. As that beam of bloody light shot out, the air seemed to evaporate completely in a single moment.
Everything before them seemed to be painted blood-red, and the target of that bloody light was none other than Huo Yuhao.
Facing Zhang Lexuan's powerful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill, Huo Yuhao made only one move.
He slowly raised his hand, caught Zhang Lexuan's beam of bloody light outright, then casually crushed it.
Immediately afterward, with a thought, Huo Yuhao released his psychic power, binding Zhang Lexuan tightly and drawing her through the air toward him. At that moment, barely an inch separated them, and each could feel the other's breath.
Gently pinching Zhang Lexuan's smooth chin, Huo Yuhao gave a cold smile.
"I let you go the first time. How do you think I'll deal with you this time?"
Zhang Lexuan turned her head aside, shaking off Huo Yuhao's small hand from her chin, and spoke expressionlessly.
"Just kill me!"
"Kill you? That would be too ea-"
Just then, Huo Yuhao's gaze swept past Zhang Lexuan, and a peculiar glint suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"So you actually followed her here? Good. That saves me a trip to Shrek Academy."
Huo Yuhao seemed to be muttering to himself. Hearing him, Zhang Lexuan could not help wondering. Here? Who was here?
But before an answer came, a vortex appeared in Huo Yuhao's left eye and sucked Zhang Lexuan into the Bright Half-Plane.
After Huo Yuhao had linked the Eye of Devouring and the Divine Dragon Pearl with a spell, they had become exceptionally convenient to use.
This woman, Zhang Lexuan, had provoked him time and again. This time, Huo Yuhao had no intention of letting her leave.
He would play the Secret Chamber Douluo this once.
And the instant Zhang Lexuan disappeared, a disheveled figure arrived right after her.
The moment Xuan Zi appeared, his terrifying Level 98 pressure surged toward Huo Yuhao, seeking to crush him. Unfortunately, it had no effect whatsoever.
At this, a trace of wariness finally flashed through Xuan Zi's eyes. He did not underestimate Huo Yuhao because of his age.
"Why did Lexuan come to see you while she was still gravely injured? Where have you hidden her? I clearly sensed her presence just now."
After surveying the surroundings, Xuan Zi continued, "This place is crawling with vengeful spirits, and traces of evil soul power still linger in the air. Are you an Evil Soul Master?"
As the deputy commander of Shrek's Inspection Corps, Xuan Zi hated evil with a passion and naturally had zero tolerance for it. His piercing eyes seemed intent on boring straight through Huo Yuhao.
"Stay out of matters between a man and a woman. She came to find me this time already prepared not to leave!" Huo Yuhao was not actually wrong. Zhang Lexuan had come seeking death-hadn't she been prepared not to leave?
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Xuan Zi was utterly shocked, but soon his fury blazed three feet high.
"That girl Lexuan would fall for an Evil Soul Master like you? Bullshit! Watch me capture you, you shameless brat, and pry your mouth open."
Huo Yuhao sneered.
"Shrek Academy's Taotie Douluo, I don't want to kill you just yet. You still have some use."
"Arrogant little brat! Come fight!"
"Fine. Let's go up into the sky. So many people died here-you wouldn't want to desecrate their corpses, would you?" With that, Huo Yuhao leaped up and came to a steady halt a thousand meters high in the distance. As though standing in midair, he watched Xuan Zi with provocation in his eyes.
A peculiar glint flashed through Xuan Zi's eyes. Would an Evil Soul Master really be so considerate? But on second thought, he immediately understood that Huo Yuhao wanted intact corpses.
Wicked Evil Soul Master.
So he complied anyway. A moment later, he too came to a steady stop opposite Huo Yuhao.
Xuan Zi was a veteran Super Douluo with a wealth of combat experience. He possessed none of those admirable qualities of holding back or fighting fair. Against an enemy, he would crush his opponent with the force of thunder and seize victory.
Thus, the instant he rose into the sky, Xuan Zi immediately activated Martial Soul Possession.
He let out a long howl. Intense yellow light shot skyward from his body, and an overwhelming aura erupted abruptly, sending dense, earthy-yellow light pressing straight toward Huo Yuhao.
Xuan Zi underwent considerable changes after his Martial Soul Possession.
Beneath the blazing yellow light, his body swelled to at least twice its original size. Two spiral-shaped bull horns grew from his head, tiger fangs emerged in his mouth, and the bull hooves on his hands grew even thicker. The godly taotie bull Martial Soul truly possessed extraordinary ferocity.
Nine Soul Rings-yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red-swiftly rose from beneath his feet, circling his two spiral horns and pulsing slowly.
Behind him, an earthy-yellow vortex spun at high speed, radiating tremendous earth-element might. Xuan Zi's aura grew considerably stronger once more.
"Looks like I'm being underestimated. You aren't using your Martial Soul Avatar right from the start?"
Huo Yuhao instantly activated his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul Possession. Behind him, a massive white tiger shining with blue-gold light threw back its head and roared. Four Blood-Red Soul Rings pulsed slowly above his head. At the same time, the Eye of the Storm Soul Core appeared behind him, abruptly creating a powerful hurricane domain at his back.
His eyes were brimming with fighting spirit as well. Although he wanted to stack his combat power and cleave Xuan Zi apart with one strike, that was impossible.
For one thing, Xuan Zi was not weak. For another, he had already tested it: the stronger he became and the greater the Ninefold Thunder Blade's amplification multiplier, the shorter its duration became. This was common sense, an ironclad rule no matter which world he was in.
But the greatest advantage of the Ninefold Thunder Blade was that he could adjust its level. Whatever enemy he faced, he could choose a suitable degree of amplification. It was extremely convenient.
He did not want to become a real man for only seven seconds. Besides, with his current strength, why would he need amplification just to fight Xuan Zi?
He also wanted to see how much combat power his Douluo level could produce, and Xuan Zi before him was the perfect sparring partner and punching bag.
"A soul core? How is that possible?"
The changes in Huo Yuhao shocked Xuan Zi across from him. Setting aside the four hundred thousand year Soul Rings, that terrifying, raging soul core truly gave Xuan Zi a fright. And the intense killing intent that subsequently emerged from Huo Yuhao even made him feel cold!
Saint tiger Martial Soul, Asura God Domain.
Killing intent so dense that it manifested as bloody light filled the sky, pressing down on Xuan Zi together with the hurricane behind Huo Yuhao!
In the sky, the thick, earthy-yellow light and the blood-red and azure light stood evenly matched, their boundaries as distinct as two separate rivers.
Xuan Zi hesitated no longer. A black Soul Ring on his body suddenly lit up, and countless enormous yellow spheres of light instantly appeared behind him, transforming into a vast meteor shower that hurtled toward Huo Yuhao.
"Mount Tai Meteor Fall!"
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