Chapter 105 Seeking Death?
Ye Liuyun subconsciously gripped the jade box tightly, feeling the icy touch on his fingertips, and couldn't help but curse:
"Shifting the blame eastward, you bastard!"
At this moment, Ah Hu took a step forward and stood firmly in front of Lin Qiang.
The long sword in his hand hummed violently as he roared at his companions behind him:
"Quick! Help the boss walk!"
A burly man named Soul King quickly stepped forward and grabbed Lin Qiang's shoulder.
The remaining caravan members also stepped forward, forming a human wall with their flesh and blood, their voices hoarse but resolute:
"Boss, you go first! We'll be there shortly. These bastards can't stop us!"
"Asshole!"
Lin Qiang roared, and due to his emotional outburst, the sharp pain in his chest made him bend over abruptly.
"How could you throw the goods away? That's the lifeblood of our Prosperous Era Chamber of Commerce! Losing it means losing the Chamber's century-old reputation!"
Ah Hu's eyes were red-rimmed, and he retorted in a hoarse voice:
"I am an orphan, and you raised and nurtured me!"
"To me, you, boss, are the most important thing! What's reputation worth? The goods don't matter!"
Everyone agreed and began to move Lin Qiang away.
"Exactly! After all these years, my life is more important than yours, old buddy!"
Lin Qiang looked at the black blood seeping from his wound, his consciousness becoming somewhat blurred. He knew he was poisoned, and staying would only be a burden.
With his companions pulling and dragging him along, he staggered away quickly, turning back to shout before he left:
"Ah Hu, you're only a Soul Venerable! Run! Let the Soul Kings and Soul Emperors cover our retreat!"
At this moment, all the men in black were frantically attacking Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun steeled his resolve, and with a sudden surge of soul power in his palm, the exquisite jade box shattered instantly with a "crack".
However, it was completely empty, without even a trace of food.
Ye Liuyun gave a cold snort and tossed the powder in his hand into the wind.
"That kid pulled a fast one; the item wasn't even with me!"
The black-clad Soul Saint who was leading the group suddenly stopped, reacting with lightning speed. He abruptly turned his head and stared intently at Lin Qiang, who was fleeing.
"The item is on that Soul Saint! Chase after him!"
Seeing this, Ah Hu became so anxious that he started cursing:
"You brat! Can't you even cooperate a little?!"
This was originally a plan that their team had devised in a life-or-death situation—to distract their leader with an exquisite empty box so that he could escape.
Ah Hu had unleashed all his soul power, and the three soul rings spun wildly beneath his feet.
He was indeed very weak, just an ordinary Great Soul Master who made mistakes all the time and was even somewhat foolish.
But he understood one principle: to repay kindness.
He recalled the first hearty meal Lin Qiang had given him, and the days and nights Lin Qiang had spent teaching him how to wield a knife.
"Boss, I'll still be your little brother in my next life!"
The others also roared in unison.
This is the time to fight tooth and nail.
But at that moment, a dazzling light, as brilliant as crystal, flew rapidly from Lin Qiang's direction toward Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun's expression hardened, and he subconsciously reached out to catch it again.
It feels icy cold to the touch, yet it contains explosive energy.
He examined it closely, and in his palm lay a pale blue, crystal-like bone, a bone that could drive any Soul Master mad—the left leg bone of the Ten Thousand Year Shadow Flood Dragon!
The moment the soul bone appeared, its powerful aura instantly stunned the entire scene.
Everyone stopped fighting at that moment, their greedy and astonished gazes locked onto Ye Liuyun's palm like magnets.
Ah Hu was completely stunned. He looked at Lin Qiang in the distance and cried out in disbelief:
"Boss... what are you doing? Didn't we agree on a plan?"
Lin Qiang could feel the toxin spreading. He struggled to move his hands, his voice so weak it was almost drowned out by the rain:
"Plans can't keep up with changes... If I really abandon you and run away, I'll never be worthy of the title of 'boss' you have for the rest of my life."
He turned to look at Ye Liuyun and gave a bitter smile.
"I don't know where you get the confidence to sit so calmly in this chaos. But I'll give you this soul bone if you can escape."
The men in black revealed their ferocity, turned their blades again, and pounced on Ye Liuyun like a pack of hungry wolves.
Ye Liuyun really wanted to curse. He'd done it a second time! He snorted coldly.
"I'm not buying it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he instantly channeled his soul power into his right arm and, without any hesitation, swung it with all his might!
He treated that priceless, ten-thousand-year soul bone like trash, drawing a sharp arc in the air as it hurtled towards the endless sky beyond the dilapidated temple. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the thick rain clouds and the dark depths of the forest, vanishing without a trace.
In an instant, the entire venue fell into a deathly silence.
The people from the Prosperous Era Chamber of Commerce were stunned, the assassins in black were dumbfounded, and even the three Soul Kings who had defected were frozen in place.
Almost simultaneously, everyone shouted:
"You actually threw it away?"
Enraged by Ye Liuyun's act of discarding the soul bone, the black-clad leader's temples bulged with veins, and he let out a roar like a trapped beast:
"You bastard! You're asking for death! Kill them first to silence them, then dig three feet into the ground to find the soul bone!"
With this command, the remaining twenty-odd men in black once again unleashed their killing intent, charging towards the remnants of the Prosperous Era Chamber of Commerce like a black tide.
Lin Qiang was being supported by his companions. His face, which had turned blue from poisoning, looked particularly ferocious in the rain. He roared with all his might, and his voice echoed in the thunder.
"Kill us, and the Prosperous Era Chamber of Commerce will never let you get away with it!"
Faced with Lin Qiang's verbal threats, the assassins in black not only did not stop, but instead let out a series of mocking sneers.
"Nonsense!"
Their feet moved swiftly, their sharp blades drawing arcs of death in the air as they slashed fiercely at Lin Qiang and the others.
In their eyes, these verbal threats were nothing more than the wailing of a dying man, meaningless except to make them more excited to kill.
The members of the Prosperous Era Chamber of Commerce could only barely hold on.
Another group of men in black quickly attacked Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun inwardly cursed his bad luck, but his expression remained calm.
The next time he blinked, his pupils had turned golden, golden patterns appeared on his body, powerful life force was poised to be unleashed, and his soul power surged.
With a flick of his arms, the "Immortal Azure Emperor Armor," exuding a faint ancient aura, instantly took over his body, and a burst of emerald light erupted in the darkness.
Immediately afterwards, four spirit rings slowly rose up from beneath his feet.
Yellow, yellow, purple... black!
That jet-black, terrifyingly powerful ten-thousand-year soul ring pulsed slowly in the dark ruins of the dilapidated temple.
"Seeking death???"
The black-clad man at the forefront suddenly widened his eyes, and his feet felt as if they had stepped on a hot iron, abruptly halting his charge.
"What... what kind of configuration is this?"
They stared intently at Ye Liuyun's jet-black fourth ring, then at the faint glow of the top-grade soul bones emanating from his hands, and their hands gripping the knife began to tremble violently.
Top-grade soul bone, a fourth-level soul ring of ten thousand years, terrifying aura... This configuration, which completely defies the common sense of soul masters, was like a boulder crashing heavily into their hearts.
They might not believe Lin Qiang's weak threat, but they would never dare to ignore Ye Liuyun's extraordinary talent.
In the world of Soul Masters, it's not scary to have a genius who doesn't grow up, but it's scary to have a force that can cultivate such a freak.
The leader of the black-clad Soul Saints' eyes twitched violently, a chill ran down his spine, and goosebumps rose all over his body.
"How is this possible... a fourth spirit ring of ten thousand years, two top-grade spirit bones, and what's with this aura of being targeted by a ferocious beast?"
He didn't believe that the boy had hunted the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast on his own, and that he also had two top-grade soul bones.
The only explanation is that there is a colossal entity with immense resources standing behind the other party.
If it were their faction, they would never release such a genius alone.
Even if this genius insists, they will definitely send the most powerful experts to protect him in secret.
He even felt that at this very moment, a Title Douluo was coldly looking down at them from the shadows around them.
This real sense of impending death is a thousand times more terrifying than any verbal threat.
Seeing this, a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in Ah Hu's heart, and he shouted loudly despite the pressure:
"Young master! If you can save us, my life, Ah Hu's life, is yours! I'll go through fire and water for you without batting an eye!"
The leader in black was carefully weighing his options.
Looking at Ye Liuyun's calm face, he felt increasingly uncertain.
Killing a leader from a merchant guild is easy, but if they mess with such a top genius, and if they really provoke the elders protecting him, their group of twenty-odd people would probably be crushed into dust in an instant.
The man in black next to him swallowed hard, his voice filled with terror.
"Boss... what do we do? This is a monster."
The leader in black took a deep breath, rain dripping down his mask; he finally chickened out.
"Let's go! Let's find the Soul Bone first!"
He abruptly waved his hand, no longer glancing at Ye Liuyun, and led the group of men in black into the dark forest.
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