Evil Soul Master Deacon

To be fair, the skill from this Head Soul Bone really did consume a hefty amount of Soul Power.

One blast of flame consumed about twenty percent of his Soul Power. It was far less economical than self-detonation, and it could easily miss, making it better suited to hitting stationary targets.

Hui Ye checked his Soul Power and found he had about seventy percent left. Hand on his heart, he sighed:

"Yes, I really don't have much Soul Power left. Farewell, you two."

"Trying to leave? Hmph, Shadow Binding!"

The black-clad figure unleashed his Soul Skill, sending a shadow shooting out from beneath his feet to bind Hui Ye up like a rice dumpling.

Fear appeared on Hui Ye's face, and he pleaded loudly, "Spare me! I was wrong! I'll never dare do it again!"

The two exchanged a smile, stepped forward, and kicked Hui Ye.

Hui Ye rolled across the ground, then looked up and flashed the two of them a mouthful of pearly white teeth.

"Hee-hee!"

Bang!

Caught off guard, the two were blown away and slammed into trees, each coughing up a mouthful of blood.

"Cough, cough! Didn't you have him under control? How could he still self-detonate?"

"My Soul Skill can only control his body, not his Soul Power."

"Then why the fuck didn't you say so earlier?!"

"Cut the crap. He really doesn't have much Soul Power left."

First Soul Skill, Immortal Body, activated.

After reviving, Hui Ye dropped to one knee, panting, his face deathly pale.

"You want to kill me? Then this young master will take you down with me!"

This time, the two men didn't dare let their guard down. They rose, brought their Soul Power shields to full strength, and attacked Hui Ye from the left and right, closing in on him from both sides.

Bang!

"Ah!"

"Didn't you say he was out of Soul Power?"

Hui Ye reformed his body and lay sprawled on the ground, gasping for breath. He looked as though he was breathing out more than he was breathing in.

The two exchanged a glance, and one of the Evil Soul Masters used a ranged Soul Skill to cut off one of Hui Ye's arms.

Hui Ye screamed again and again, pleading, "I was wrong! I really was wrong this time!"

The attacker refused to believe it and struck again, continuing until he had reduced Hui Ye to a human swine.

Hui Ye rolled back and forth in "pain." As his blood drained away, his life gradually faded.

"Hahahahaha! He's finally dead."

The attacker stepped forward, severed Hui Ye's head, and dug out the Head Soul Bone.

The black-clad figure finally relaxed as well and walked over. Together, the two stared greedily at the Soul Bone.

Who would take it?

That was a difficult question.

The two fell silent. Soul Power surged through their bodies once more as they grew wary of each other.

"That's mine!"

A voice suddenly rang out beside their ears.

Startled, they looked toward the sound. The human swine had actually grown a new head.

The two Evil Soul Masters' hearts trembled, and they cried in horror, "Y-you were already completely dead, weren't you?"

"The Soul Bone is mine!"

Bang!

The two were blown away.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Hui Ye chased after them, reviving and exploding, then exploding and reviving, repeating the cycle three times.

The two men's bodies were charred, and they were barely clinging to life. Only their eyeballs could still move.

On the principle of wasting nothing, Hui Ye called into the depths of his soul, "Old man, do you want the life force of two Soul Masters?"

Inside the gray-gold sphere, Electrolux stared blankly in one direction. For some reason, dark bruises ringed his eyes, making him look severely sleep-deprived.

"Old man~ say something already~"

Hui Ye urged him, "If you don't decide soon, they're going to die."

A strange smile squeezed its way onto Electrolux's stiff face.

"Thank you, I don't need it. Their souls are too filthy, their flesh and blood too impure."

"Oh."

Hui Ye rewarded each of the two Evil Soul Masters with a kick to the head, sending them on their way.

He put the Head Soul Bone back into his head and helped himself to the men's belongings, obtaining a total of 50,000 Gold Soul Coins and some ordinary healing medicine.

Holding the healing medicine, Hui Ye thought of the twin-flavor hot pot in the Sunset Forest.

It had once been Dugu Bo's territory, before Tang San claimed it for himself and plundered all the Immortal Herbs.

Ten thousand years had now passed, and the Immortal Herbs there had all developed sentience.

Hui Ye planned to visit the Sunset Forest when he had time and dig up some Immortal Herbs for a taste.

"They dared say they weren't short of money with just 50,000 Gold Soul Coins? Looks like these guys have never really been rich."

After putting away the spoils, Hui Ye raced toward the crater.

Half a day after he left, the Evil Soul Master whose shoulder had been burned through by the black flames arrived at the scene with the man he called a deacon.

The Evil Soul Master deacon surveyed the surroundings. Six or seven deep craters of varying sizes dotted the otherwise level ground.

Four charred corpses lay scattered not far from the craters.

The Evil Soul Master said respectfully, "Deacon, that ten-year-old boy only has the strength of a one-ring Soul Master.

"His Soul Skill is really strange. He can self-detonate and revive.

"He also absorbed the Soul Bone dropped by the Black Flame Fire Crow in an instant. It was uncanny.

"We were no match for him at all."

The deacon gazed at the craters in silence for a long time, devising a brilliant tactical plan in his mind.

If he could recruit the boy and give him some training to raise his level, his ability to self-detonate and revive would make him a tremendous asset.

Then, whenever a faction displeased him, he could send the boy over to self-detonate. The mere thought made his blood boil.

The deacon licked his lips and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Lao Si, find him, whatever it takes. I'll recruit him personally."

The subordinate called Lao Si replied, "Leave it to me, Deacon. Tracking people down is my specialty."

With that, he released his Martial Soul, which looked like a black vicious hound, and activated his Martial Soul Possession Soul Skill. He bent down and sniffed lightly at the scent of blood and flesh Hui Ye had left on the ground, then raised his head and set off in pursuit in a certain direction.

After three hours of tracking, the group arrived below the crater.

Lao Si said, "Deacon, the smell of sulfur near the crater is too strong. It's interfering with my tracking Soul Skill, and I've lost the target."

The deacon waved a hand and issued an order. "Split up and search. If you find him, don't act rashly. Notify me at once."

"Yes!" The group accepted their orders and dispersed.

Half an hour later, they returned one after another.

An Evil Soul Master stepped forward to report, "Deacon, I found something."

"Did you find him?"

The Evil Soul Master shook his head. "I found a lot of deep craters that looked like the ones in the dense forest. There were also quite a few corpses of fire-attribute Soul Beasts around them.

"He must have done it, but I didn't see him."

Lao Si said, "Take me over to have a look."

After Lao Si checked the scene, he confirmed that Hui Ye had already left the area around the crater.

The deacon said, "Can you still find him?"

Lao Si hesitated, then nodded. "I'll try. It'll probably take a little longer."

Hui Ye had long since gone far away.

Near the crater, he had hunted enough fire-attribute Soul Beasts to bring his fire-attribute progress up to the maximum of 5,000 years.

Only his metal- and earth-attribute progress remained unfinished.

It wasn't that Hui Ye hadn't encountered suitable metal- and earth-attribute Soul Beasts along the way.

But the metal-attribute Soul Beast was 5,000 years old, and Hui Ye gave up after taking a couple of looks at it.

Its age was too high, and he couldn't beat it. There was no need to take the risk.

He planned to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, look around outside, and find a metal ore vein.

It wasn't that the Star Dou Great Forest lacked metal-attribute Soul Beasts. The main problem was that many Soul Beasts had metal-attribute attacks but were not metal-attribute themselves. The Soul Rings they produced were of mixed quality and did not meet the requirements for his Second Soul Ring.

Ore veins, on the other hand, had not only metal-attribute Soul Beasts but plenty of earth-attribute ones as well. He could take care of both at once and save himself the trouble of running back and forth through the Star Dou Great Forest.