Two yellow, two purple, and five black spirit rings slowly rose from the old man in front of Wang Nan.
Without a doubt, this Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult was a Titled Douluo.
"Whether you are a mental-type Soul Master or not, being able to avoid my mental detection indicates that your mental cultivation is not too bad. The resentment generated after your death will definitely boost my spirit power again. Humph, I might as well let you die with understanding. I am the Eighth Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, and my title is Sleepmare."
Unlike Nightmare Douluo, Wang Nan never liked to talk too much to his opponents. If he were facing other Titled Douluo, Wang Nan admitted he would have no chance of winning, but against a Titled Douluo with a mental attribute, he might be able to contend.
Wang Nan flipped his wrist, and a green signal flare shot into the night sky.
Nightmare Douluo raised his hand to look, intending to intercept it, but Wang Nan did not give him the chance. The next moment, a golden Coiling Dragon Staff magnified in front of his eyes.
Beside Nightmare Douluo, his third spirit ring glowed faintly. Wang Nan noticed a phantom figure appear beneath his Coiling Dragon Staff. The figure had no fixed shape, like a viscous liquid, blocking his attack.
Seeing the emerald green signal flare explode in the night sky, Nightmare Douluo merely shook his head slightly.
"Originally, I wanted to slowly torture you, as the resentment produced that way is the most delicious. But now, I can only speed things up."
With that, a black spirit ring lit up, and a mental force carrying a strong aura of fear spread out in all directions.
However, very quickly, Nightmare Douluo's confident smile vanished. Under his attack, Wang Nan seemed completely unaffected.
Nightmare Douluo's Spirit was the extremely special Nightmare Demon. As a control-type Soul Master, he had almost no Spirit Abilities that could actively attack. Most of the time, he created illusions to control other Soul Masters, and once a Soul Master died within his illusion, he could devour their mental force, thereby increasing his cultivation.
Although his abilities posed no threat against top-tier Soul Master powerhouses, for Soul Masters and commoners whose mental force was inferior to his, once trapped in his illusion, they could only be slaughtered.
Moreover, his abilities were area-of-effect. He once controlled an entire village of people to kill each other, using it to enhance his spirit power. This also caused public outrage, making him an Evil Soul Master hunted by everyone.
However, he encountered Wang Nan.
When Wang Nan went to the Dragon Valley, due to his unique nature, even in the Domain of a mental-type Spirit Beast with over a hundred thousand years of cultivation, he could instantly regain consciousness.
What's more, after that, Wang Nan's mental force had undergone another improvement. When it came to mental cultivation alone, it was truly hard to say who would win between the two of them.
Wang Nan felt Nightmare Douluo's attack, but the Evil Breaking Dragon merely vibrated slightly, dispelling its effects, and his heart immediately settled.
His first and second spirit rings lit up simultaneously, and the Coiling Dragon Staff radiated golden light. Wang Nan charged forward, the tip of his rod aimed at Nightmare Douluo.
Nightmare Douluo's Spirit Ability was ineffective, startling him. Seeing the Coiling Dragon Staff about to land on him, he hastily circulated his spirit power, preparing to defend.
Just then, Wang Nan's first spirit ring suddenly flashed. In that instant, the Coiling Dragon Staff's descent speed abruptly increased, and the tip of the rod, which had just been some distance from Nightmare Douluo, had already landed on him.
With one strike, Nightmare Douluo felt his internal energy become chaotic, almost unable to maintain his airborne posture.
His expression changed repeatedly. However, the failure of his Spirit Ability was not the worst-case scenario for him, because the gap between a Titled Douluo and an ordinary Soul Master was truly vast.
To become a Titled Douluo meant that a Soul Core existed within his body. Similarly, this also indicated that his physical strength was robust enough to withstand a Soul Core. Therefore, even without resisting, his physical strength alone was sufficient to block most Soul Masters' attacks.
But Wang Nan's strike, even for him as a Titled Douluo, made him feel its powerful force. At the same time, there was another inexplicable force that caused the spirit power within his body to slowly dissipate.
Something's wrong, this person is not right!
Nightmare Douluo's heart was already in a panic. His Heart-Nature was inherently flawed; otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen to being an Evil Soul Master. Thus, after only two brief exchanges, though he hadn't suffered much damage, he already felt a hint of fear in his heart.
At this moment, Wang Nan didn't know what Nightmare Douluo was thinking. After all, the opponent in front of him was a Titled Douluo, and arguably the strongest opponent he had ever faced, so he had gone all out from the very beginning.
His sixth spirit ring emitted a black light, and Wang Nan's third strike was already heading towards Nightmare Douluo.
Just then, Nightmare Douluo's expression suddenly turned fierce. His eighth spirit ring glowed with black light, and a mournful, sharp sound suddenly rang out.
This sound drilled directly into Wang Nan's eardrums. At first, it was just piercing, but very quickly, Wang Nan actually heard a beautiful melody within it, seemingly constantly attracting him, making him want to investigate its source.
However, even with such an attack, Wang Nan only regained clarity in an instant.
Looking back at Nightmare Douluo, his body was gradually becoming illusory. The next moment, several shadows emerged from him, spreading in all directions. In just a brief moment, Wang Nan was surrounded by these shadows.
Wang Nan looked around, but for a moment, he couldn't discern which one was the true body. Immediately after, all the figures around him simultaneously took out a spirit tool.
This spirit tool looked like a mirror, and as Nightmare Douluo injected his spirit power, the mirror surface grew larger and larger.
Nightmare Douluo showed a somewhat regretful expression. "You kid are strange; I can only use such means. It's a pity I can't absorb your resentment now."
The Soul Guidance System of Shrek Academy was, after all, established for too short a time, unable to produce too many advanced spirit tools. Even the Vice Dean of the Soul Guidance System, Qian Duoduo, despite being a Titled Douluo, could only produce up to eighth-level spirit tools, earning him the rating of an eight-and-a-half-level Soul Master.
Therefore, as Wang Nan's cultivation grew higher, the spirit tools suitable for him to use became fewer, with most being for auxiliary purposes.
But Nightmare Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult was different. Although he himself was not a Soul Master, the Holy Spirit Cult in the Sun Moon Empire did not lack Soul Masters. As a control-type Soul Master who lacked offensive means, how could he not have spirit tools on him?
Wang Nan, realizing this, had already figured out the origin of the spirit tool in Nightmare Douluo's hand. Seeing the "mirrors" in the hands of the surrounding figures already beginning to gather silver-white light, Wang Nan's fourth and seventh spirit rings lit up simultaneously.