The evil Ninth Soul Ring!
Under the corruption of that evil power, the black-robed Soul Master's Soul Rings were all tinged with blood, and beyond those eight Soul Rings, a blood-red Soul Ring slowly emerged.
"Hahahaha!"
"Is this the power of a Titled Douluo?"
"I've finally become a Titled Douluo too! I'm a Titled Douluo!"
The black-robed Soul Master laughed maniacally as he felt the abundant Soul Power within his body.
Titled Douluo was a realm he could never have reached in his lifetime, lacking both talent and background, yet now he had actually become one!
Yue Guan and Gui Mei also stared at the black-robed Soul Master in shock. This situation completely defied their understanding.
A Soul Ring had actually appeared out of thin air!
What on earth was going on?
How exactly had that Soul Ring appeared?
The black-robed Soul Master, steeped in an evil presence from head to toe, stopped laughing maniacally and turned his scarlet eyes toward Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
"Both of you will die here today!"
"Seventh Soul Skill! Martial Soul Avatar!"
The black-robed Soul Master's Martial Soul appeared behind him. It was a Golden-Threaded Spotted Leopard, an ordinary beast Martial Soul without any special bloodline.
"Roar!"
The Golden-Threaded Spotted Leopard let out a furious roar.
"Heh!"
"Then let's see how you're going to make us die here!"
Yue Guan sneered, then his expression turned cold as he spoke in a shrill voice.
"Seventh Soul Skill! Martial Soul Avatar!"
"Old Gui, let's attack together!"
Beside him, Gui Mei also activated his Soul Skill!
The two charged at the black-robed Soul Master together!
"Come meet your death!"
"Sixth Soul Skill! Ten Thousand Leopards!"
"Roar!"
The Martial Soul behind the black-robed Soul Master roared furiously, manifesting one Martial Soul phantom after another from its body. In mere moments, the space behind him was filled with Martial Soul phantoms, all of which lunged toward Yue Guan and Gui Mei ahead.
"Eighth Soul Skill! Ten Thousand Zhang of Flowing Light!"
The petals and leaves of the enormous golden chrysanthemum slowly unfurled, and a golden beam shot from the center of the flower, instantly flooding the space with light!
The charging leopard phantoms dissipated one after another beneath that beam.
"Eighth Soul Skill! Ghosts and Specters!"
Numerous Ghost Shadow energy spheres appeared around Gui Mei. The leopard phantoms charging at him turned to ash the moment they touched them.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei had used their Eighth Soul Skills to end the battle quickly!
The black-robed Soul Master's Soul Skill could not withstand a single blow from the two. In the blink of an eye, they had already reached him.
Faced with attacks right before him, the black-robed Soul Master showed no panic whatsoever. A bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face.
"Ninth Soul Skill! Scarlet Eye!"
Behind the black-robed Soul Master, a red-and-black presence rapidly condensed. Then a fissure seemed to open in space, and a scarlet eyeball appeared.
The scarlet eyeball swiveled, then fixed its gaze on Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who had already reached him.
Under the scarlet eyeball's gaze, the two instantly felt their Soul Power fall into disarray. Before they could recover from their shock, scarlet rays shot from the eyeball, severely injuring them and sending them flying backward.
The black-robed Soul Master laughed maniacally.
"Hahahaha!"
"See that? This is my lord's power!"
"My lord is the true god!"
"Those gods in the Divine Realm sit high above us, using heaven and earth as their chessboard and all living beings as their pieces. Which of them truly cares about ants like us?"
"Only my lord! Believe in my lord, and He will grant you power!"
Just then, a woman's sharp cry rang out.
"Space-Rending Abyss Slash!"
A massive, eerie green cross-shaped slash cleaved through the darkness, reaching the black-robed Soul Master in an instant.
The scarlet eyeball fired another ray, which instantly collided with the eerie green cross-shaped slash.
Boom!
The enormous collision of energy made the entire cave shudder violently!
"Uncle Yue Guan, Uncle Gui Mei, how are you?"
Bibi Dong leaped over and asked as she looked at Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
"Your Highness the Saintess, why are you here?"
"Your Highness the Saintess, it's dangerous here! Leave at once!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei looked at Bibi Dong in surprise. Both were extremely anxious now, as neither had anticipated this turn of events.
"Another one! Then I'll send all of you to hell together!"
The black-robed Soul Master's evil voice rang out.
"Die!"
The scarlet eyeball behind the black-robed Soul Master was about to fire another beam when a crisp crack suddenly rang out!
The black-robed Soul Master froze. Among the Soul Rings surrounding him, a crack had appeared in the ninth.
The black-robed Soul Master's pupils instantly contracted.
Crack!
Under the black-robed Soul Master's horrified gaze, the cracks spread continuously until the entire ring shattered with a bang.
At that moment, the scarlet eyeball behind the black-robed Soul Master also began to deform and twist, flickering and fading as though some enormous hand were tearing at it!
"Argh!"
The black-robed Soul Master also let out a scream of agony.
This sudden scene left Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong utterly dumbfounded.
The scarlet eyeball actually showed pain, just like a person.
Bang! Bang!
Now even the black-robed Soul Master's own Soul Rings began to shatter and explode!
The fragments of the exploding Soul Rings turned into streams of pure energy, which the scarlet eyeball continuously absorbed. When all the Soul Rings had shattered, the black-robed Soul Master also began to change.
His vitality was continuously draining into the scarlet eyeball behind him.
"Argh!! No, don't!"
The black-robed Soul Master let out a heart-rending scream of agony.
His entire body rapidly withered, then turned to ash and dispersed under the relentless suction of the scarlet eyeball behind him.
Replenished with energy after devouring the black-robed Soul Master, the scarlet eyeball stabilized slightly, but still twisted and flickered a little from time to time.
The scarlet eyeball writhed and emitted an intense red light, instantly bathing the entire cave in scarlet!
"Argh!"
Screams rang out. The civilians from earlier wore agonized expressions as strands of life energy drifted toward the scarlet eyeball.
Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong sensed their own life energy being extracted and hurriedly used their Soul Power to resist.
Without needing any reminder, all three unleashed their strongest attacks.
"Ninth Soul Skill! Chrysanthemums wither, wounds cover the ground, flowers fall and hearts break!"
"Ninth Soul Skill! Hell Specters!"
"Sixth Soul Skill! Space-Rending Abyss Slash!"
The three Soul Skills struck toward the scarlet eyeball, which also abruptly fired a thick beam.
Boom!
The two powerful forces collided, and the ground at the center instantly shattered beneath the immense wave of energy.
A sphere of light formed from waves of energy appeared and expanded.
The sphere swept through its surroundings, shattering the ground everywhere it passed.
The entire cave began to shake and sway, and a massive rock crashed down with a bang.
"This place is about to collapse!"
"Retreat first!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei took Bibi Dong with them, and the three hurriedly sped toward the cave entrance.
Just then, after firing its beam, the scarlet eyeball behind them dimmed, and tearing, flickering, and fading appeared once more.
The scarlet eyeball swiveled, locking its gaze on a figure ahead.
Then another scarlet ray shot out!
"Ah!"
Bibi Dong was struck by the scarlet ray as she sped away.
"Your Highness the Saintess!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei were instantly scared out of their wits.
Like a puppet with its strings cut, Bibi Dong pitched forward under her own momentum.
Yue Guan hurriedly caught her!
Behind them, the scarlet eyeball dissipated completely!
Boom! Boom!
The cave shook even more violently as massive rocks fell one after another.
Unable to spare any attention for anything else, Yue Guan scooped Bibi Dong into his arms, and the two rushed outside at top speed.