Douluo: My Custom Achievement System

"Ah!" Another villager died a gruesome death, and the two remaining villagers screamed in terror.

The child, only three years old, had been frightened into wailing.

"Don't cry, Xiaobao. Mommy will get you out of here." Though terrified herself, the woman still comforted her child.

She was a villager from Azure Village and had planned to visit relatives in the neighboring village with her husband and child.

But just as they reached the entrance, a middle-aged man dressed in blood-red clothing suddenly appeared.

His face was deathly pale, without a trace of color, and it frightened her, though she did not take him for an Evil Soul Master.

She only wanted to leave quickly, without coming into contact with him.

But the middle-aged man clearly had no intention of letting the food before him go. He launched a brazen attack and drained a villager's blood.

"A Long, I'll make sure Xiaobao lives."

Her husband's death filled the woman with grief, and all the more so, she would never let his son die. He was the bloodline her husband had left in this world.

Tears glistened in her eyes, and her conviction drove her to run faster, even with a child in her arms.

The villager behind her was not so fortunate. A streak of blood-red flashed through the air and pinned the villager down.

"Crack!" Another neck was snapped.

Hearing the sound, the woman ran faster. She knew that if she did not speed up, she would be next.

"Hahaha, stop running! Women's and children's blood is my favorite to drink!"

The middle-aged man watched the woman carrying the child. He no longer moved as swiftly as before, instead toying with her from behind.

No matter how hard the woman tried, she could not shake the Evil Soul Master behind her.

She could feel her strength steadily draining away as fear and despair spread through her heart.

Just then, a voice came from ahead like a savior.

"Xiaoli!" Wang Hu, the patrol captain, let out a shout, with two patrol members following behind him.

For an instant, the woman felt as though she had seen a savior, and hope flared in her eyes, only to go out again in the next instant.

Village Chief Qiaona had said countless times that ordinary people like them could not stand against an Evil Soul Master. No matter how many of them there were, death was their only fate.

Only by hiding and waiting for help from Spirit Mountain City would they have a sliver of hope.

The middle-aged man who had been toying with her lost interest as soon as he saw Wang Hu and the others arrive.

"So many people have come. That's no fun, but at least I can have a good meal." The middle-aged man licked his bloodstained lips.

"Captain, run! He's an Evil Soul Master!" the woman shouted with all her strength.

"Child, Mommy can't stay with you anymore." Tears streamed down the woman's face. With all her strength, she used her long-numbed hands to throw her child ahead of her.

Wang Hu hurried forward a few steps, trying to catch the child.

The patrol members who had stayed back to observe rather than running over immediately turned and ran.

They were not fleeing. They needed to take an ox cart to Spirit Mountain City and notify the garrison as quickly as possible. Otherwise, none of them would survive.

By then, the middle-aged man had leaped up and pounced at the woman.

After throwing her child away, the woman had lost the will to run. She stood where she was and accepted death.

The child in the air, the woman standing motionless, the middle-aged man leaping high, the Blue Silver Grass beneath their feet-time seemed to freeze at that moment.

A streak of blue light suddenly tore through the frozen scene. The Blue Silver Grass, which should have been on the ground, shot into the air.

Before anyone could react, it bound the ankle of the middle-aged man in blood-red clothing.

The middle-aged man, who had been lunging at the woman with tremendous speed, swayed violently in midair and crashed onto the ground covered with Blue Silver Grass.

On the other side, hundreds of strands of Blue Silver Grass rose at once, weaving themselves into a basket at a dazzling speed and catching the child in midair.

Then they delivered the child into Wang Hu's arms.

The woman, Wang Hu, and the two patrol members stared at the scene in shock, unable to understand what had happened.

At that moment, the Blue Silver Grass moved again, swiftly forming a single word.

"Run!"

Seeing the word, the group instantly came to their senses. A will to survive unlike anything they had ever felt surged through them, and they ran forward.

The middle-aged man tried to get up and catch the fleeing prey.

But the Blue Silver Grass around him seemed to come alive, surging wildly toward him. It bound his hands and feet and wrapped around his body, preventing him from getting up at once.

"Damn it!" the middle-aged man roared in anger.

The Soul Power within him erupted. His black hair turned red, fine fur sprouted on his cheeks, his face bulged, and his mouth grew narrow and pointed.

His eyes turned blood-red, his sharp fangs gleamed with a chilling light, and his scrawny body became immensely muscular.

He jerked both hands, instantly shattering the ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

"Stop!" the middle-aged man roared. He sprang to his feet and turned into an afterimage as he chased the fleeing group.

In the distance, Jiang Yi's eyes snapped open, filled with anxiety.

"A two-ring Evil Soul Master. His Martial Soul looks like a Vampire Bat. No, I have to get there, or everyone in Azure Village will die."

He had deep affection for the villagers of Azure Village, who had cared for him since he was little, and could not stand by and watch them die.

Jiang Yi immediately ran to the carriage, opened the curtain, and said to Jiang Nannan, "Nannan, take the carriage back to the city right now and tell the garrison that an Evil Soul Master has appeared in Azure Village."

"Then go find Teacher and ask him to come to Azure Village."

At the mention of an Evil Soul Master, Jiang Nannan and Aunt Rou both turned pale.

"What about you, Brother Jiang Yi?" Jiang Nannan asked hurriedly.

"I have to get to Azure Village. That Evil Soul Master is already planning a massacre. If I'm too late, all the villagers will die."

"No, I'm going with you," Jiang Nannan immediately objected.

Jiang Yi said gravely, "Then what about Aunt Rou? What if she runs into some other danger on her own?"

His consciousness had just traveled quickly to Azure Village, leaving him unable to observe their surroundings at the same time. He did not know whether the Evil Soul Master had accomplices.

If he did, things would become very troublesome.

Jiang Nannan and he could each deal with one, but if there were still others, Aunt Rou would be in danger.

So he and Jiang Nannan could not both go to Azure Village. Once a fight broke out, it would be hard to protect Aunt Rou at the same time.

Having Jiang Nannan take Aunt Rou away was the safest course.

In a place full of Blue Silver Grass, his formidable staying power was enough to let him face multiple opponents and hold out until help arrived.

Hearing this, Jiang Nannan did not know what to say for a moment. Naturally, she had to ensure her mother's safety.

"Nannan, you know how strong I am. Even you might not be a match for me."

"That Evil Soul Master has two rings. He's nothing to me. Even if he has accomplices, I can hold out until Teacher comes to help. Take Aunt Rou and go."

Jiang Nannan looked at Jiang Yi worriedly, but she also understood that he was right.

"Brother Jiang Yi, please be careful. Wait for me to bring help." Jiang Nannan stood up and threw her arms around Jiang Yi, her voice thick with tears.

"Don't worry. I'm not so easily harmed," Jiang Yi said softly.

"Aunt Rou, go with Nannan," Jiang Yi said to the deeply worried Aunt Rou.

Aunt Rou was only an ordinary person, so she could only nod with tears in her eyes.

Jiang Yi climbed down from the carriage. Jiang Nannan immediately turned it around, snapped the reins, and headed for Spirit Mountain City.

Jiang Yi glanced after them, then immediately released his Soul Power and rushed toward Azure Village.

The Blue Silver Grass covering the ground beneath his feet left Jiang Yi without the slightest worry, because he was on his home ground.

Chapter 54: Endless, frenzied slaughter (please keep reading!)

While Jiang Yi used the Blue Silver Grass to hold up the middle-aged man, the woman, Wang Hu carrying the child, and the others had already run some distance.

The will to survive could bring out one's potential, but after running so far, the woman's body had reached its limit.

She soon fell behind Wang Hu, who was in the prime of his life, and the two young patrol members.

Wang Hu watched this, his eyes full of anxiety.

As the captain of the village patrol, he had a sense of responsibility, and he could not watch a woman, a child's mother, die before his eyes.

"Xiao Zhou, take the child and keep running. If you get the chance, hide in another cellar."

Wang Hu gritted his teeth and handed the child to the young patrol member.

Xiao Zhou took the child and could not help asking, "Captain, what about you?"

"Don't worry about me. Run!" Wang Hu shouted.

Xiao Zhou understood his captain's choice. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he fled forward even faster with the child in his arms.

Watching him go, Wang Hu let out a long breath and smiled. Then he resolutely turned and ran toward the woman.

The woman, struggling to run forward, was on the verge of collapse. She stumbled and was about to fall.

Wang Hu hurriedly caught her, then lifted her onto his back.

"Don't give up. We still have a chance!" Wang Hu encouraged her, then set off running again.

Leaning weakly against Wang Hu, the woman said in a feeble voice, "Captain, leave me behind. Run!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Your child is still alive. What will he do without you to care for him?" Wang Hu retorted.

"And with that Blue Silver Grass holding up the Evil Soul Master, we can definitely get away. Don't give up!" Wang Hu encouraged her again.

No sooner had he spoken than a wildly mocking voice rang out behind them.

"Hahaha, you thought a few lousy strands of Blue Silver Grass could trap me? You food without any Soul Power really are stupid!"

Wang Hu's body stiffened at the words. Then he ran forward with all his might.

The middle-aged man watched with disdain. Did mere food think it could outrun him?

His powerful right leg thrust hard against the ground, and his speed surged again. In an instant, he closed the distance between them.

The surging presence he gave off sent a chill through Wang Hu.

"I don't know what trick you used just now to hold me up with those damned weeds."

"I'm very angry now. Not just you, but the two who ran off, that child, and the ones hiding in the cellars-I'm going to eat every last one of you!"

The middle-aged man's voice was filled with rage, piercingly shrill as it poured into Wang Hu's mind like a demonic sound boring into his brain.

All at once, his body became unbearably heavy. A sharp pain shot through his ears, and blood flowed from them.

"Die!"

The middle-aged man wasted no more time. With an angry roar, he leaped at Wang Hu.

Just as the middle-aged man thought nothing would go wrong this time,

An utterly unremarkable strand of Blue Silver Grass shot up again and wrapped around his ankle.

That familiar sensation of losing his balance returned. The middle-aged man fell from the air and landed on the Blue Silver Grass once more.

"Who is it?!" the middle-aged man roared in exasperation.

He sprang to his feet with a kip-up. This time, he stopped chasing the others and warily surveyed his surroundings.

By now, no matter how slow-witted he was, he knew a Soul Master had to be attacking him from the shadows.

But no matter how he searched, he could not find the person hiding there.

"Where are you hiding? What kind of skill is hiding in the shadows?" the middle-aged man sneered coldly.

There was still no response from the surroundings, because the person controlling the Blue Silver Grass had yet to arrive.

The middle-aged man stood where he was, finding nothing.

"Could it be there's no one at all, and I just scared myself? Or has that person already run away?" the middle-aged man wondered.

Watching Wang Hu run farther and farther away, he immediately felt that he had been played.

"Forget it. Drinking blood comes first. I'll run as soon as I'm done, or the garrisons from the nearby cities will be here."