The Wondrous Use of Cursed Energy
"Ahhh! Help!"
"I'm going to die..."
Yue Guan faced a ninety-nine-thousand-year Heavenly Astral Earth Dragon. The Heavenly Astral Earth Dragon unleashed tremendous power, destroyed his ninth Soul Skill, and used its powerful body to withstand every attack head-on.
It smashed Yue Guan out of the sky and into the ground with one punch, then held him down by the head and dragged him across the ground.
He was in a miserable state, his armor shattered, his whole body covered in blood, and blood still spilling from his mouth.
He was on the verge of death.
"Old Chrysanthemum! Damn it!"
Gui Mei wasn't having an easy time either. He faced a ninety-five-thousand-year Purple Blood Sword Spider and was nervously, carefully dodging its attacks. Though he wasn't as badly off as Yue Guan, he wasn't much better.
He had expended too much earlier. He couldn't keep this up, and he would surely be the one to lose in the end.
Seeing Yue Guan's condition, he rushed straight over.
He wanted to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Yue Guan.
"Blood Web Covers the Sky!"
At that moment, the Purple Blood Sword Spider spat an enormous blood-purple spiderweb and a blood-purple poison spear from its mouth.
The blood-purple spiderweb spread across the sky, blocking Gui Mei's path.
The blood-purple poison spear had already reached his back.
"Not good!"
Gui Mei's pupils contracted, and his expression changed drastically.
He had been distracted by Yue Guan's plight.
After all, the two of them were very close.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Hell Demons!"
Gui Mei activated his Soul Skill. An enormous black hand instantly emerged from the ground and forcibly seized the incoming blood-purple poison spear, which was only half an arm's length away from him!
The dangerously close call left Gui Mei badly shaken, cold sweat pouring down his body.
Taking advantage of that instant, he quickly slipped into the darkness beneath the ground.
He headed toward Yue Guan.
High above the clouds, not far from the Purple Blood Sword Spider,
Spirit Hall was neither all that far from Suutuo City nor truly close.
When Qian Nuo brought Qian Renxue there, they saw countless bodies on the ground, corpses piled across the land, blood flowing in rivers, and countless Soul Rings floating in midair, some still dissipating.
Then they saw the crowd fighting the Soul Beasts.
On Spirit Hall's side, everyone except Bibi Dong, who was doing a little better, was being beaten down.
Yue Guan was in the most miserable state of all.
"So many bodies and so many Soul Rings. Why do humans and Soul Beasts have to kill each other?"
"These Soul Rings have gone to waste."
Qian Renxue floated overhead, held aloft by Qian Nuo's power.
That was very simple for Qian Nuo.
Looking at the scene before her, the little girl showed an expression of distress.
It was her first time seeing so many bodies and such a cruel scene.
Her face turned pale, and she felt a surge of fear.
"It's just natural selection, survival of the fittest."
"There's nothing to be afraid of. Only by becoming strong can you avoid being killed in the future."
"What a pity. We came too late, and the opening wave of the beast tide is already over. You've missed your chance to train."
Qian Nuo knew that many people would die in the beast tide, which was why he had brought her here specifically. Seeing human corpses was a step she had to take.
"Brother, those are all elders of our Spirit Hall. Could you go save them?" Qian Renxue tugged at Qian Nuo's arm and pleaded.
"Hehe, those ten Soul Beasts are perfect for me. They're all at the ninety-thousand-year level. I only need to capture them and feed them for a while, and they can advance into Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Then they'll all be Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings."
Qian Nuo stared intently at the ten fiercely imposing Soul Beasts, paying no attention to the people being beaten. After all, in his eyes, no one was worth mentioning except himself and Qian Renxue.
Suddenly, an outrageous and bold decision occurred to him. He turned to Qian Renxue. "Silly Xue, do you want to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as your Third Soul Ring?"
"A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!?" Qian Renxue's eyes widened in disbelief. "Can Xiao Xue do that?"
"Perhaps you really can. After all, with me here, you won't die." Qian Nuo chuckled, planning to test it when they returned.
The next second, he slowly raised his hand, and a powerful Power of Evil emerged.
"Hmm!!?"
"What an evil presence!"
The Soul Beasts and Titled Douluo like Bibi Dong who were fighting were startled.
Bibi Dong in particular had the evil attribute as well, and the Rakshasa God within her was the foremost authority in that regard. She felt it even more intensely: this Power of Evil was actually above hers!!!!!
"This evil presence feels somewhat familiar."
Bibi Dong was utterly shocked. She wasn't really in too miserable a state at present; after all, she could secretly draw on a trace of the Rakshasa God's power. She quickly dodged the three beasts' joint attack, shot into the sky, and turned to look at the source of the evil presence.
She was completely stunned, her eyes widening. "It's him!! That bastard!!"
At the same time, her delicate body trembled as memories of the two times Qian Nuo had tortured her to death flooded back. Fear filled her eyes, and her heart was in utter turmoil. His Power of Evil can actually suppress the power of Rakshasa. How is that possible!? This bastard has already grown to such an extent! Damn it, will I even be able to kill him after I become a god?
"It's the young master and Miss Xue'er!"
Gui Mei, who had slipped into the ground, had just rescued Yue Guan from the Heavenly Astral Earth Dragon's grasp by a hair's breadth when the suddenly released presence startled him. He looked up and was instantly stunned.
"The Soul Rings are flying up!" The other Titled Douluo watched as the unclaimed Soul Rings around them gathered and flew into a mass of black mist overhead.
Qian Nuo had already had a feeling about this before, and now that he had tested it, he had indeed been right.
His Cursed Energy could actually preserve Soul Rings!
After all, Soul Rings were only a form of energy, and his Cursed Energy had the ability to store all energy and matter!
"There are so many Soul Rings here. I could open a shop just to sell Soul Rings. It would definitely be popular."
Qian Nuo looked at the ball of black mist in his hand and sensed the densely packed Soul Rings inside.
There were yellow hundred-year rings, purple thousand-year rings, and black ten-thousand-year rings.
There were so many!
There just weren't any white or red ones, but that wasn't much of a problem.
"How is that possible? The Soul Rings were actually collected?"
"Who is that?"
"A human child?"
The ten Soul Beasts were also frightened by the dark power emanating from Qian Nuo. They stopped attacking and stared at the scene in shock.
"That bastard has an ability like that too?" Bibi Dong was shocked as well.
So were the other Titled Douluo.
What a powerful technique!
"Die, human brat!"
At that moment, the ninety-five-thousand-year Purple Blood Sword Spider standing beneath Qian Nuo grew furious and spat a sharp blood-purple poison spear at him.
"Young Master Qian Nuo, look out!!!!"
Gui Mei's expression changed, and he shouted.
Yue Guan, in his arms, was barely breathing and had already lost the ability to fight. They couldn't possibly activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill now, or Yue Guan would be drained dry and die!
Qian Nuo paid the Purple Blood Sword Spider's attack no mind.
The evil power around him formed a black hand that smashed the poison spear to pieces.
Then the enormous black hand came slapping straight down toward the Purple Blood Sword Spider.
The Purple Blood Sword Spider's expression changed. Its instincts as a Soul Beast told it that this slap was dangerous.
But by the time it tried to dodge, it was too late.
The enormous black palm had already come down on it.
Boom!!!!!!