The meeting of the strongest Soul King in history and the strongest Soul King of the modern age

Xuan Zi is Level 98 Super Douluo, and the Soul Power body protection can withstand frontal attacks from strong men of the same level.

This cockroach was obviously not as good as him, but it relied on a weird knife and insidious tactics to really hurt him.

This made Xuan Zi roar angrily, and used his arrogant Soul Power to directly crush all the larvae injected into the body, and then blocked the spread of rot in the wound.

Fortunately, Kurourushi's cultivation was far behind him, so the rot and Insect Eggs were quickly eliminated under the crushing force of Super Douluo level's Soul Power.

But Xuan Zi's face turned gloomier than before the injury.

"Fortunately, its cultivation level is still very weak. I can take advantage of the difference in cultivation level to suppress it. If it were at the same level as me - I am afraid that this sword could directly kill me!"

Xuan Zi's cloudy old eyes flashed with real fear for the first time.

When did such a weird cockroach Soul Beast appear on the Douluo Continent?

What on earth is that knife?

Why can you ignore his Soul Power protective body and directly hurt his body?

These questions were running through his mind.

Then Xuan Zi suddenly thought of a more terrifying problem.

"Since even I was injured, wouldn't Bei Bei----"

Although Xuan Zi had just used Soul Power to block the spread of rot at Bei Bei's wound, due to Festering Life Sword's curse and Insect Eggs's incubation, he did not directly use Super Douluo level's cultivation to crush the things that were injected into Bei Bei's body like he did with himself.

Bei Bei's body simply could not withstand his level of Soul Power crushing, so he could only seal the wound in a relatively mild way, but this method could not eradicate the curse and Insect Eggs that had been injected into the body.

Over time, these remaining curses will slowly erode the vitality of Bei Bei.

We must quickly bring Bei Bei back to the academy to receive systemic treatment, the sooner the better!

Precisely because he had to take care of Bei Bei's injuries and protect the remaining students from Kurourushi's sneak attacks, Xuan Zi could only watch as Kurourushi's figure completely disappeared into the dense forest in the distance.

When the cockroach left, he didn't even forget to gather the scattered cockroach groups again and retreated in an orderly manner, like a well-trained army.

"Ah!!!"

After Xuan Zi confirmed that Kurourushi's aura had completely disappeared, he poured out all his anger on the remaining cockroaches.

The Gravity Control plus Soul Power shock wave crushed the last swarm of cockroaches and all the trees and rocks within a hundred feet into powder.

Deep ravines were carved into the ground, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of burnt stench and decay.

After cleaning up, Xuan Zi released Martial Soul Avatar and returned to his usual appearance of a rickety old man.

But at this moment he looks ten years older than usual.

The wound on his back was still oozing blood, his robe was soaked to a large extent, his eyes were bloodshot, and his beard was trembling slightly due to the continuous Wrath.

When he walked back to the students, all of them had no color left in their faces.

Just now's sea of cockroaches covering the sky, the humanoid cockroach wearing a black robe, standing on two feet and wielding a kitchen knife, and the still bleeding knife wound on Xuan Zi's back, this series of images ruthlessly shattered everyone's psychological defenses.

Even Level 98 and Super Douluo were injured by that cockroach. Aren't they Soul Elder and Soul Ancestor as if they were made of paper in front of it?

"Xuan Zi----Even you were injured?"

Wang Yan looked at the blood dripping down Xuan Zi's back and couldn't help but take a breath.

Who is Xuan Zi?

He is Taotie Douluo, Level 98 Super Douluo of the Shrek Academy, one of the top strong men in the continent.

The number of people who can hit him head-on in the entire continent does not exceed the number of palms.

But that cockroach just now, a strange creature that none of them had ever seen before and couldn't even name, actually did it.

"It's a super Soul Beast that we have never seen before, or a Soul Beast species that has not been registered in any books. At least I don't even know it." Xuan Zi looked gloomy, turned to Wang Yan and said in a deep voice, "When you go back, collect more information and see if you can find out what species this cockroach is and why it is so strong."

"Especially its knife. That kitchen knife can ignore my Soul Power body protection and directly hurt my body. I have never seen this kind of weapon in my two hundred years of life."

"It does not appear to belong to any known Soul Tool."

"Xuan Zi, then is it Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, or----" Wang Yan's voice was a little dry.

Xuan Zi said in a deep voice, "What scares me most about it is that I don't feel how powerful it is Soul Power at all.

"I can't even catch its Soul Power fluctuations. The power looks like Soul Power, but it is mixed with some kind of energy that I have never come into contact with. It doesn't look like Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast or Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, which makes it impossible for me to judge."

Xuan Zi took a deep breath, and a trace of extremely rare confusion flashed through those turbid old eyes.

"It makes me feel more human."

"Because it can use weapons and its tactics are extremely cunning, but its body is a genuine insect. I am absolutely not wrong about this."

"If I have to classify it, I can only say that it is a brand new Soul Beast species that has never been discovered by humans."

"More dangerous, more cunning, and more difficult to guard against than any Soul Beast we know of."

He paused, his eyes fell on the unconscious Bei Bei, and his tone suddenly became extremely solemn. "Let's not talk about it for now, how is Bei Bei?"

"Xuan Zi, he needs emergency treatment!"

Wang Yan's voice is urgent.

"With our current methods, there is no way to stop the spread of rot in his wound."

"That layer of rotten curse has been slowly eroding his vitality. If you hadn't used the powerful Soul Power to forcefully seal the wound, I'm afraid Bei Bei would have died immediately as the rot spread throughout his body."

"But your Soul Power blockade can only temporarily stabilize his injuries. It cannot eradicate the Insect Eggs and curse residues that have penetrated into his body."

Xuan Zi nodded seriously and did not say any more nonsense.

He bent down and carefully wrapped Bei Bei with Soul Power. His movements were so gentle that he looked completely different from his Just now Wrath.

This is the offspring of Mu En, the only seedling that Xuan Zi must save even if it means risking its life.

Then he raised his head and looked at Wang Yan: "I will take you back to the military camp first. With Duke Dai Hao's army protecting you, at least nothing will happen again in a short time."

"Then I immediately took Bei Bei back to the academy for treatment. The curse in his body cannot be delayed any longer. Even if it continues to save a life, the arm will be destroyed."

On the other side, Lu Ren, who was still following the large army in the team, was filled with huge surprises at this moment.

"This guy seems to have been greatly strengthened by the power of my Soul Power and Cursed Energy, plus Necromancy----"

"You cockroach really makes me happy!"

The live broadcast of the Kurourushi battle against Xuan Zi that Lu Ren had just watched remotely through Cursed Spirit Manipulation gave him a completely new assessment of the combat effectiveness of this Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

Although Kurourushi is not a particularly smart senior Cursed Spirit, his speech is choppy and his enunciation is unclear. He is still a repeater.

Machines have absolutely no human ability to express themselves fluently.

But its level of experience and cunning in fighting is like an old hunter who has lived hundreds of Thousand-Year.

Using the sea of cockroaches to cover their advance, hiding Festering Life Sword in the insect swarm to sneak attack on Bei Bei, turning around and stabbing Xuan Zi while protecting the students, and not forgetting to divide the troops to contain them when retreating. This set of tactics worked smoothly and led Xuan Zi by the nose from beginning to end.

And its final performance far exceeded Lu Ren's expectations.

He just ran away in front of Xuan Zi, rescued Death Messenger safely from Xuan Zi, then destroyed Bei Bei who was the most restrained, attacked Xuan Zi with a sneak attack, and after eating all the corpses, the most important tactical objectives were all achieved by Kurourushi.

From the beginning of the battle to the safe evacuation of Kurourushi, Lu Ren did not give it any help except for saving it once with Cursed Spirit Manipulation at the beginning.

That knife could hurt Xuan Zi, and it was completely Kurourushi's own opportunity to catch it.

Taking advantage of Xuan Zi's dilemma of pursuing and protecting the students, he accurately found the moment when the knife was drawn.

Needless to say, Festering Life Sword's supermodel level still exceeded his expectations. He could break through Xuan Zi's Soul Power body shield regardless of the difference in cultivation. This Festering Life Sword was truly incredible.

This actually makes Kurourushi act like a tool rest for Festering Life Sword.

"It's a pity that this knife is also one of its Cursed Technique, I can't use it----" Lu Ren felt a little regretful.

"But, I didn't expect Bei Bei's lightning properties to be so restrained against Cursed Spirit."

Lu Ren laughed in his heart and shook his head.

This is also reasonable. Thunder and lightning naturally restrain evil spirits. The essence of Cursed Spirit is the condensation of negative energy. Being restrained by thunder and lightning is the underlying Law.

If Bei Bei hadn't stood up at the most critical moment and used lightning to block the first wave of cockroach sea, I'm afraid Kurourushi could have swallowed up everyone except Wang Dong'er before Xuan Zi rushed back with Huo Yuhao.

Bei Bei's lightning strike bought Xuan Zi extremely critical time.

This discovery made Lu Ren quickly mentally record the second weakness of Cursed Spirit.

In addition to being afraid of Reverse Cursed Technique, he is also restrained by the lightning attribute.

According to this logic, even lightning can restrain Cursed Spirit, so Radiance Attribute and Holy Attribute probably can't escape either.

The essence of Cursed Spirit is negative energy, while light and holiness are the ultimate positive energy. The relationship between the two is probably more natural than thunder and lightning.

"Next time you encounter Radiance Attribute and someone with lightning attributes, don't send Kurourushi."

Lu Ren silently archived this record in his heart.

He still has Cursed Spirit Manipulation in his hand, and will create more types of Cursed Spirit in the future. There is no need to use his first Special Grade Cursed Spirit to beat an opponent whose attributes are restrained.

Kurourushi should be positioned as an assassin, responsible for harvesting high-value targets, rather than acting as cannon fodder on the frontal battlefield.

But Lu Ren also confirmed the strength level of Kurourushi through this battle.

Absolute Titled Douluo level, even higher!

As for its output capability, Lu Ren ranks it as the output of Super Douluo level, mainly because Festering Life Sword is so powerful, even if it has no field, it is still the supermodel Stat Monster.

Thinking about it, Lu Ren issued a new instruction to Kurourushi through Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

Let it be on standby with Death Messenger at the rear of the team, and follow the large army forward at any time.

Kurourushi sent back a confirmation signal through the spiritual connection, and then the thoughts belonging to Kurourushi were sent back to Sea of Consciousness of Lu Ren, which shocked him.

"No, you can't pursue me anymore. If you die like this, wouldn't it be in vain that I squeezed you out?"

Kurourushi's idea frightened Lu Ren.

This guy actually wants to chase and kill Xuan Zi!

If Lu Ren hadn't given it the order, Kurourushi might have refused to leave.

Although Xuan Zi is considered the weakest in the same level, he is not a vegetarian. Kurourushi has such a big advantage. First, Lu Ren can use Cursed Spirit Manipulation to rescue it at any time. Second, for Xuan Zi, it was Kurourushi who first killed it.

Now that Xuan Zi is aware of the existence of Kurourushi, he will definitely give priority to taking precautions next time they fight. If Xuan Zi meets Gravity Control, Kurourushi will not just return without success, but may even find it difficult to escape.

Although this cockroach is disgusting, it is Special Grade Cursed Spirit under his command, and its combat power is extremely powerful. Its preciousness is self-evident, so it would be a shame to leave it here.

"Huh, don't leave the team casually along the way. Wait until you get to Star Luo City to settle down, and then test Cursed Spirit Manipulation's ability."

When I think of Death Messenger's Corpse Explosion Technique, Lu Ren, my heart can't help but get hot.

A few days later.

Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City.

During this time, this super big city seemed extremely crowded.

The number of tourists increased several times in just half a month, and all hotels were almost full, forcing the government to urgently requisition a number of residential houses and open several previously idle official mansions as temporary residences for tourists from afar.

The number of soldiers maintaining order in the city has also increased significantly, and a group of armored patrols can be seen walking back and forth on the streets every hundred steps.

There is only one reason for such a sensation. A grand event that occurs every five years, the continent-wide high-end Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, is about to be held in the capital of this ancient empire.

There are four major empires in the mainland, and competitions have always been held in the imperial capitals of each country in turn.

The last time Star Luo City hosted this event was twenty years ago. The old people who were lucky enough to witness that grand occasion are now gray-haired, while the new generation of young people can only listen to their elders recount the glory of that year over and over again.

Now that Star Luo City is finally expected to host the event again, the people of the Star Luo Empire are excited about it. Residents from surrounding towns have come one after another, crowding this already prosperous capital city to the limit.

The location of the competition is located on Star Luo Plaza right in front of Star Luo City Imperial City.

This Square is large enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of spectators watching the game at the same time, making it the perfect choice for the Star Luo Imperial Family to hold major celebrations.

Several towering Arenas have been erected in the center of Square, and multi-layered Defensive Soul Tools have been arranged around Arena to ensure that no matter how fierce the fight is on stage, it will not affect the audience below the stage.

Not far to the east of Star Luo Plaza, stands a seven-story Lou Gao hotel.

This large hotel named "Star Emperor" is a property directly under the Imperial Family. It usually only receives envoys and dignitaries from various countries, but this time it was specially set aside to host high-level Soul Master Academy and Soul Engineer academy participating teams from various countries.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, as the second place winner in the last competition, was naturally placed on the highest floor, enjoying the top treatment, a spacious suite, an independent meditation room, and rare ingredients available around the clock----

The treatment is better than the dormitory at the Shrek Academy.

At this time, we are in the room of Lu Ren.

Kurourushi rose silently from the shadows on the ground, and the cockroach's forelimbs under the black robe dragged a pale middle-aged man.

Death Messenger was dragged all the way, his clothes were covered with mud and broken leaves, and his legs were still stepping on the ground in vain, but under the restraint of Kurourushi, it was like a trapped animal locked in an iron hoop, and Soul Power could not even move.

The strongest Soul King in history and the strongest Soul King in modern times meet here.

Lu Ren, as the strongest Soul King in modern times, was able to fight Xuan Zi for seven minutes with Level 50's cultivation level and escape, that's a thing of the past.

Now he has stepped into the realm of Soul Emperor, Spiritual Power has broken through the Spirit Domain Realm, and is pregnant with five Cursed Technique. Looking back at the self who tried his best to escape from Xuan Zi, he feels as if he is in another world.

And Death Messenger, this Evil Soul Master with only Soul King cultivation, was able to blow up five Shrek Seven Devils in front of Xuan Zi, and was able to kidnap Huo Yuhao and escape with the pursuit of Level 98 Super Douluo.

This record is enough to make him the well-deserved strongest Soul King in history.

Even Lu Ren has to admit that Death Messenger has surpassed his original self in terms of his ability to leapfrog and cause trouble.

But right now, the strongest Soul King in history is looking at Lu Ren with a horrified look on his face, and yells with anger and guilt, "Who are you? Why did you tie me here?"

Lu Ren did not answer his question, but walked forward with a smile and gently placed his palm on Death Messenger's head.

The warm touch of that hand fell on Death Messenger's cold forehead, making the hairs on Death Messenger's body stand up.

He could feel that the seemingly harmless young man in front of him contained a sense of oppression in his body that made it difficult for him to even breathe.

Then Lu Ren launched Cursed Spirit Manipulation, trying to directly twist the Martial Soul of Evil Soul Master in front of him into Cursed Spirit Orb.

However, the next second, Cursed Technique failed to start.

The reason for the failure was simple: the person he wanted to conquer had his master.

There is an indivisible soul binding between Martial Soul of Evil Soul Master and Soul Master himself, similar to a master-servant contract relationship, and Cursed Spirit Manipulation cannot directly subdue Cursed Spirit who has a master. In other words, if Evil Soul Master's Martial Soul still has a master, it will also fail to subdue it.

"----Almost forgot about this."

Lu Ren slapped his forehead, feeling a little annoyed.

Starting from the fact that Reverse Cursed Technique Release can directly kill Evil Soul Master Martial Soul, he deduced that Cursed Spirit Manipulation should also be able to subdue Evil Soul Master's Martial Soul as a being similar to Cursed Spirit, rub it into Cursed Spirit Orb, and swallow it in his belly.

But they forgot the relationship between Martial Soul and Soul Master. The two are not independent individuals, but are in a soul-bound state with Martial Soul as the servant and Soul Master as the main. It is impossible to forcibly subjugate Soul Master and Martial Soul while there is still a connection.

"It failed. How about we think of another way?"

Lu Ren narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

Soon he came up with a solution.

Since there is a binding between Soul Master and Martial Soul, as long as Spiritual Power is used to forcibly cut off this connection, Martial Soul will become an ownerless thing.

It's just that if the connection between Martial Soul and Soul Master is forcibly cut off, what consequences it will have on the cut off party is what Death Messenger himself needs to worry about.

"If you can succeed, consider yourself lucky."

"If you can't succeed, then I have to ask you to die."

Lu Ren's smile was still gentle, but his tone was very cold.

Under Lu Ren's unabashed murderous intent, Death Messenger was completely frightened.

He desperately tried to urge Soul Power to break free from Kurourushi's grip, but the cockroach's forelimbs locked his neck tightly like iron pincers, making it difficult to even breathe, let alone release Soul Skill to resist.

"No! I see you are also Evil Soul Master. Your power is the same as mine. Maybe we are all being hunted by Shrek."

"Sir, you have a lot of money. Just give me a break. I'm willing to be your little brother, like a cow or a horse!"

Death Messenger burst into tears. If his neck had not been pinched, he might have knelt down and kowtowed.

Lu Ren ignored him.

He directly raised his other hand, grabbed Death Messenger's chin, and forced his mouth open.