The Suotuo City Six Freaks

Shadow's real name was Zhang Ying. Three years ago, Zhao Su had saved her when her enemies were hunting her down.

Zhao Su had not only helped her avenge herself, but had also elevated her ordinary black shadow martial soul into a shadow martial soul that could slip into anywhere.

In just one year, he had even helped raise her soul power to the level of a rank ninety-seven Super Douluo.

Over the years she had spent at Zhao Su's side, she had hinted at her feelings for him countless times.

She had even offered herself to him, only for Zhao Su to refuse her every time.

"One day, you'll realize that I'm the only person in this world who truly loves you and treats you well!"

Shadow murmured softly, then vanished once more, becoming a true shadow.

When Zhao Su returned to the Great Soul Arena, he found Tang San and the others surrounded by five people.

Some sort of conflict seemed to have broken out.

"What happened?"

"Teacher Zhao, these people say this is their turf, and they're demanding protection money!"

Dai Mubai explained to Zhao Su.

"Protection money? Beat them up! I'll take responsibility if anything happens."

Zhao Su glanced at the five arrogant men. One had a terrifying knife scar on his face and a powerful build, his entire body bulging with muscle.

He stood well over two meters tall.

The other four were also enormous, brawny men.

Seeing that Tang San and the others were only twelve or thirteen, with no teacher accompanying them, and knowing that they had just won their soul fighting matches and had a sizable sum of gold soul coins on hand, the men had targeted them.

They had decided to extort some money from them.

When the scar-faced man, who stood over two meters tall, heard Zhao Su's words, he couldn't help laughing.

"Brat, are you tired of living? Haven't you heard of the Suotuo City Six Freaks?"

"Six Freaks? Are they strong?"

"Teacher Zhao, all six of them have mutated beast martial souls. They've committed every imaginable evil around Suotuo City and the nearby Star Dou Great Forest. Even Spirit Hall has tried to wipe them out several times without success!"

"The scar-faced leader has reached rank fifty-nine in soul power. His martial soul is a mutated Wild Boar Spirit."

"Well? Are you going to pay with your money or your lives?"

Hearing Dai Mubai's introduction, the scar-faced man grew even more arrogant, looking at Zhao Su with a hint of mockery.

"He's just a wild boar. Kill him and consider it ridding the people of a scourge!"

As he spoke, Zhao Su waved a hand at Dai Mubai, signaling him to attack.

Although Dai Mubai was a genius who had reached the realm of a rank thirty-two Soul Elder at only fifteen, facing a rank fifty-nine Soul King still made him uneasy.

Still, he had seen what Zhao Su could do, and since Zhao Su had said so...

He no longer hesitated. Besides, he had his own pride and refused to be threatened.

With a furious tiger's roar, Dai Mubai began merging with his white tiger martial soul.

He opened with his strongest move, his third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

He charged at the scar-faced man.

"You have a death wish!"

The scar-faced man did not act. Instead, one of his underlings stepped forward, possessing the same white tiger martial soul.

Only his white tiger looked somewhat sinister. After merging with his martial soul, his entire body was covered in thick fur coated with nauseating pus.

Like the scar-faced man, he was also a Soul King above rank fifty.

The first of his five soul rings, a white one, lit up, and he charged fiercely at Dai Mubai.

There was still a considerable gap between someone in the thirties and someone in the fifties.

After only a few exchanges, Dai Mubai was already struggling to hold on and retreating again and again.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing moved as well. Merging with her nether civet martial soul, she sped forward to assist Dai Mubai, moving too quickly to be seen clearly.

Tang San and Xiao Wu also moved, and the four joined forces to surround and attack him.

Tang San even deployed the most powerful hidden weapon he could forge at his current level, the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three bolts shot out in rapid succession without any warning, piercing the chest of the man with the mutated white tiger martial soul.

Staring at the holes punched clean through his chest, the man collapsed with a crash, his eyes filled with disbelief and a trace of bitter unwillingness.

"Are hidden weapons really that powerful?"

Tang San had used the Godly Zhuge Crossbow to shoot dead a Soul King above rank fifty.

Although he had exploited an opening while the man was off guard, it still demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow's power.

Zhao Su couldn't help taking an interest in these hidden weapons.

If a mere Godly Zhuge Crossbow was this powerful, he wondered what devastating might the Tang Sect's strongest hidden weapons-the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles, Guanyin's Tears, and Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus-possessed.

He couldn't help considering getting rid of Tang San as soon as possible.

After all, Tang San could manufacture these deadly weapons. Who knew whether they might threaten him?

But he had no time to dwell on it now.

Seeing their brother killed in a surprise attack, the scar-faced man and his remaining brothers were all enraged.

They merged with their martial souls at the same time, intending to kill Zhao Su and everyone with him.

They would avenge their brother.

"Just a few monsters, yet you want to play at being human bandits!"

Zhao Su stopped watching from the back and took action. The moment the Emperor Seven Kill Sword appeared behind him, a tremendous pressure radiated outward.

It pinned down the five men led by the scar-faced man so firmly that they could not even move.

The four black ten thousand year soul rings, in particular, left them dumbstruck.

But Zhao Su did not give them long to be astonished.

A surge of sword intent emerged and pierced straight through their chests, without the slightest hesitation or wasted motion.

The moment the five fell, the system activated as well, draining all six men of their soul power.

However, their soul power was too weak, yielding only five thousand energy points.

Even a mosquito's leg had meat on it, so Zhao Su did not disdain the small amount.

Little by little, it would add up.

"Tang San, go see whether they have any gold soul coins or valuables on them."

Zhao Su addressed Tang San and the others, who were staring blankly at everything that had happened.

"Oh, all right!"

Tang San agreed and stepped forward to check the six men's pockets for soul coins and valuables.

"Teacher Zhao, there are fewer than ten gold soul coins and some silver soul coins. Nothing else."

Tang San held the coins out to Zhao Su as he spoke.

At that moment, Ning Rongrong and Oscar arrived as well. Ning Rongrong looked decidedly unhappy, her expression sour.

Zhao Su knew that Ning Rongrong had failed to control her spoiled young lady's temper and had been scolded by Flender.

That was why she still looked so upset.

"What happened here?"

Looking at the bodies on the ground, Oscar asked Dai Mubai and the others in confusion.

"Nothing much. Just a few bandits blocking the road to rob us. Consider this money some extra income. It's still early, so there's no rush to head back. Take it and treat yourselves."

"Really? That's great!"

Hearing this, Dai Mubai immediately perked up. Whatever he was thinking about, a trace of lechery appeared in his double-pupiled eyes.

But when he looked toward Zhu Zhuqing, he quickly concealed it.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this, the cold-faced Zhu Zhuqing snorted. Without saying anything else, she turned and strode away.

"Zhuqing, it's not what you think."

Dai Mubai immediately chased after her.

"Teacher Zhao, aren't you coming with us?"

Oscar asked Zhao Su.