From the moment Li Zha boarded the Soul Guidance Train, he kept turning his head to look around, even running through several carriages under the pretext of going to the restroom.
"Senior brother, what exactly have you been looking for all this time?"
Na'er followed behind Li Zha and took his hand, puzzled.
"Nothing. Let's go back."
Li Zha led Na'er back to their seats, feeling bewildered.
Wasn't the Soul Island Train supposed to keep spawning assassins or Evil Soul Masters? Why wasn't there a single one when it was my turn?!
Damn it, did Tang Wulin have to show up first?
Well, nothing I could do about that. I'd have to wait until I met him.
Li Zha felt rather disappointed.
With a thought,
a red ribbon extended from the inner side of the Storage Soul Guidance Bracelet on his wrist, twisting into different shapes according to his will.
This red ribbon was none other than the Heaven-and-Earth Silk.
The moment he obtained the Heaven-and-Earth Silk,
Li Zha had also figured out what this red ribbon could do.
It could restrain enemies at the cost of his own soul power.
In other words,
until Li Zha exhausted his soul power, the Heaven-and-Earth Silk could keep its target restrained indefinitely.
Moreover,
Li Zha controlled the Heaven-and-Earth Silk entirely through his mind, remotely, and its responses were perfectly synchronized with his thoughts.
Its current range was roughly a hundred meters around him.
That was already an astonishing distance.
Aside from its inability to have Soul Rings attached and gain Soul Skills, it was practically Li Zha's third Martial Soul.
The Heaven-and-Earth Silk could also grow stronger as Li Zha's soul power level increased.
"Wow! Senior brother, these meatballs are delicious!"
Delighted, Na'er handed Li Zha a skewer of fried meatballs.
The train soon passed through more than ten stations.
At almost every stop, Na'er took advantage of the brief pause to get off and buy the different delicacies sold at each station.
As for the train's dining car, Na'er had naturally tried it long ago and declared that even a dog wouldn't eat its food.
A foodie's happiness was simple. One skewer of fiery-hot, tangy fried meatballs had Na'er absolutely overjoyed.
Even her little lips had turned bright red.
Li Zha picked up a meatball and took a bite. The taste was merely passable.
Leng Yaozhu sat opposite them, watching the two with a warm smile.
She was very generous with Li Zha and Na'er, handing out pocket money in tens of thousands at a time.
Otherwise, Na'er would never have been able to buy so much.
"Water! Quick, give me water!"
After finishing the meatballs, Na'er was nearly crying from the heat and hurried to find some water. In her haste, however, she accidentally knocked over her water bottle just after opening its lid, sending its contents splashing out.
A burly man happened to walk past and got drenched.
"Ah? Sorry, mister! Here, let me give you some tissues to wipe it off..."
Deeply embarrassed, Na'er hurriedly offered him some tissues.
"Damn little brat! Fuck!"
The burly man muttered a curse in a low voice and hurried away.
Na'er felt a little wronged.
"What was that for? I didn't do it on purpose... Why was that man so mean?"
Li Zha's gaze,
however, remained fixed on the departing man.
He stared at the man's water-soaked belly.
Beneath his soaked clothes, the outline of a device made of tightly packed tubes encircling his waist had become visible.
"Wait, I remember that thing. Isn't it..."
Although Li Zha only studied forging, Uncle Niu's strict instruction had familiarized him with several commonly used Soul Tools.
Li Zha immediately activated his Soul Guidance Communicator and searched.
He looked up Soul Guidance Cluster Bombs, and sure enough, they looked very, very similar to what he had just seen.
It made sense, really.
What normal person would strap something like that around his stomach?!
"So this guy's a terrorist? Or an Evil Soul Master?!"
Holy shit.
Was I going to earn the title of Soul Guidance Train Killer too?
Li Zha had yet to realize that, after the Plane Spirit chose him, the Child of the Plane's negative buffs had come along as well.
Li Zha sprang to his feet. He was just about to tell Leng Yaozhu when he discovered that she had also stood up and was smiling at him.
"Nicely done, Zha'er. I was going to take care of him myself, but since you spotted him, you and Na'er can go."
Leng Yaozhu sat back down.
With her strength as a Limit Douluo, she naturally knew that the man who had just walked past was an Evil Soul Master.
A three-ring Evil Soul Master with unremarkable strength.
Leng Yaozhu felt this was a good opportunity to temper her two students.
Li Zha nodded,
then took Na'er's hand and hurried after the burly man.
"Hey! Senior brother, I haven't finished my water yet!"
Na'er had no idea what was happening.
"We've found an Evil Soul Master, Na'er. You remember what I told you, right?"
"An Evil Soul Master?! Where?"
Na'er's eyes widened, and she instantly grew excited.
Over the past three years,
under Li Zha's influence, her hatred of Evil Soul Masters had grown utterly bone-deep.
"The one you splashed just now."
"No wonder that man was so nasty! He dared to snap at me? I'd say he's already signed his own death warrant!"
Na'er and Li Zha swiftly caught up.
The burly man carrying the Soul Guidance Cluster Bomb pulled his hat brim low and advanced toward the train's cab.
He shoved his way through the people in the aisle, the corners of his mouth lifting.
The slaughter and chaos he was about to unleash filled him with delight.
But soon,
the burly man suddenly discovered that something had grabbed him, leaving him unable to move.
He turned and saw Li Zha and Na'er each holding on to his clothes.
"You? The nasty little brat who splashed me? What are you grabbing me f-"
Before he could finish,
Li Zha and Na'er each slammed a fist into his face.
The man's body immediately flew up into the ceiling, smashed through the roof, and shot outside.
"Aaaaaah!"
The surrounding passengers screamed, scattering in all directions throughout the carriage.
In midair, the burly man, being a Soul Master, quickly adjusted his posture and landed on the roof.
Li Zha and Na'er followed, jumping through the hole onto the roof.
On top of the Soul Guidance Train carriage, Li Zha and Na'er faced off against the man.
"Fuck! Where did you little brats come from?!"
The burly man narrowed his eyes. Those two little kids had astonishing strength; his face was already swollen.
But a moment later,
he sneered. "With that kind of strength at your age, you must be geniuses from some powerful family. Killing you two will be worth more than everyone in that carriage! Hahahaha!"
Li Zha wasted no words. In a flash, he appeared before the burly man and threw a punch.
"First Soul Skill: Bone Shield!"
The burly man grinned viciously. His body underwent a bizarre transformation, and a shield of white bone appeared.
Yet in the next instant,
he discovered, to his shock, that the moment the Bone Shield met Li Zha's fist, cracks spread across it. The fist then broke through the shield and slammed into his face.
Bam!
The burly man smashed through the roof again and fell into the carriage.
Li Zha stood on the roof, looking down at him from above.
"What the fuck kind of monster is this?!"
The burly man struggled to his feet. After taking two punches from Li Zha, his eyes were bloodshot, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.
The boy had shattered his Bone Shield Soul Skill with physical strength alone. He instantly realized that this child was not someone he could possibly fight!
"He's attacking me! A Soul Master is attacking me!"
The burly man's eyes darted around, and he immediately began shouting.
The surrounding passengers gathered around. In the Dragon King era, Soul Masters were actually quite rare.
The strength Li Zha had displayed clearly wasn't that of a normal child, and the crowd leaned toward believing the burly man.
"Help! This brat of a Soul Master is beating me up!"
The burly man sat on the floor and wailed.
An older woman in the crowd immediately intervened.
"Children, you may be Soul Masters, but hitting people is still wrong. Where are the train police?! Get them over here to deal with these two brats!"
"Exactly! They've beaten him bloody."
Na'er jumped down at that moment and looked around. "He's full of shit! He's an Evil Soul Master!"
The burly man wailed helplessly.
"Little girl, what evidence do you have that I'm an Evil Soul Master?!"
"I..." Na'er was at a loss for words.
She really hadn't asked her senior brother why this man was an Evil Soul Master.
"You're calling me an Evil Soul Master without any evidence! Is there no law anymore..."
The burly man shouted hysterically.
But before he could finish,
Li Zha came down and sent him flying with a kick.
The burly man smashed through a table and spat out blood.
The crowd hurriedly backed away.
"Evidence?"
"Since when did the Spirit Pagoda need fucking evidence to catch an Evil Soul Master?!"
The crowd retreated in fear.
In the distance,
Leng Yaozhu, who had been watching it all, nearly stumbled.
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