"Bastard!"
Regret, shame, anger, and many other emotions rushed into Elder Xuan's heart in an instant. He wanted to avenge his students!
So Elder Xuan released his martial soul true body without hesitation. The roar of the divine beast martial soul, the Gluttonous Taotie Bull, unleashed indescribable power within this cramped space, fueled by his terrifying Level 98 soul power.
Elder Xuan now only wanted to fire off all his soul skills! He wanted to leave nothing left of this so-called Death God Envoy!
The cave, already teetering from the corpse explosion, shook even more violently under this supreme power. Even the intact trio of Ma Xiaotao and the others were sent flying by the overbearing shockwave, slamming heavily into the ground.
Ma Xiaotao had the protection of the Invincible Golden Body soul skill left by Huo Yuhao earlier, so she wasn't wounded, but the Invincible Golden Body couldn't block the shockwave caused by the sound!
While falling through the air, Ma Xiaotao was unfortunately slashed by jagged rocks on the ground, opening a large gash at her waist. The wound oozed a purple, foul-smelling stench; because of the Corpse Explosion Technique, the entire cave was covered in poisonous blood soaked in corpse poison!
Gongyang Mo was just a fragile auxiliary. He had been protected from the blast by a soul tool shield, but he couldn't withstand the backstab from Elder Xuan.
He injured a hand while being blown away by the shockwave.
Lying on the ground, Xixi, who could only move one hand, was letting out an agonizing wail. Forget mobilizing soul power—even controlling her body was a luxury now.
Then she watched helplessly as the aftershocks of the soul power released by Elder Xuan sent her tumbling away...
Her already fragile wounds tore completely open, and her remaining right hand was utterly broken.
That wasn't all—stones of various sizes fell from the ceiling, burying Xixi entirely.
"Wu... ugh..."
The sound vanished.
Just the aftershocks alone had injured two Soul Kings and one Soul Emperor, and killed a Soul King. The strength of a Level 98 Super Douluo was displayed to its fullest extent at this moment...
After this havoc wrought by Elder Xuan and the Death God Envoy, the members of the bandit group in the cave were mostly dead. Congratulations to the Shrek Inspection Corps for successfully completing the mission.
Not bad—the duo of the Death God Envoy and the Chicken Leg Douluo was quite a pair; they handled both the killing and the burial.
Seeing her best friend Xixi buried, Ling Luochen, who had been blown away, felt her vision go dark and she passed out completely.
For some reason, the last thing in her mind before losing consciousness was what Huo Yuhao had said earlier...
The preparatory team members were a little more unlucky.
Lan Xuanyu was the shrewdest of the bunch. Realizing things were going south, he used earth element control to pull himself into the dirt beneath him, hiding underground to avoid the explosion.
Although the vibrations from the blast inevitably made him cough up some blood, it was better than losing a limb.
Once the explosion ended, he hurriedly crawled out of the ground, gasping for fresh air.
The pungent smell of blood and rotting corpses made Lan Xuanyu freeze in place. Before he could react, an unmatched shockwave hit him from behind, sweeping him into the air before slamming him back down.
The others were just as unlucky. After all, maintaining a soul tool shield consumes soul power, so naturally, after blocking the initial explosion, Ning Tian and the others retracted their shields.
What was there left to defend against? All they wanted to do now was tear that bastard apart!
Unfortunately, a villain's best-laid plans are no match for a fool's sudden inspiration. Now, the members of the Outer Court Preparatory Team, who were previously whole, were all wounded...
This was a backstab from the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult.
Wang Yan, being closer to Elder Xuan, was naturally affected, but he wasn't seriously injured overall. He protected his body with soul power in time and struggled to get up, only to witness the tragic moment the rocks buried Xixi...
"The children... the children..."
Wang Yan sprawled miserably on the ground, clutching his head.
The feeling of shame almost drowned him. He stopped caring about everything else and cursed at the rampaging, roaring Gluttonous Taotie Bull.
"You old beast! Stop fucking screaming! Kill him already!"
Like a goose being strangled, the roar of the Gluttonous Taotie Bull stopped abruptly. A humiliated Elder Xuan withdrew from his martial soul true body state.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao, who had pushed himself up the mountain using his Deep Blue Glazed Dragon martial soul and a Class 6 soul thruster, finally arrived at the cave.
Before he could catch his breath, his Spiritual Detection revealed a scene that subverted his understanding.
Elder Xuan angrily raised his arm toward the depths of the cave, clenched his fingers, and jerked back violently.
In an instant, a figure shrouded in black robes emerged from the shattered earth and stone, flying uncontrollably toward Elder Xuan.
Three yellow and two purple—five soul rings glowed brightly in the cave. This evil soul master calling himself the Death God Envoy was actually a powerful Soul King!
But it was this Soul King, with a sub-optimal soul ring configuration, who had nearly wiped out two generations of the Shrek Seven Monsters with Elder Xuan's "assistance"...
Such an achievement would surely go down in history, but both Huo Yuhao and the still-conscious Wang Yan felt that the Death God Envoy was surely finished now.
However...
The fifth purple soul ring on the Death God Envoy suddenly flashed. He turned into a wisp of smoke, slipping right out of Elder Xuan's control.
Furthermore, he didn't flee immediately. Instead, he lunged like lightning toward the fallen Lan Xuanyu, diving into a tunnel that had opened at some unknown time and vanishing.
"What Titled Douluo! In ten years, I'll have you kneeling at my feet! Hahahaha..."
"?!"
Huo Yuhao was completely stunned.
Didn't you have him pinned? How could he still release a soul skill? You're a Super Douluo, and he's just a Soul King!
"Xuanyu!"
Elder Xuan roared in impotent rage, clearly pushed to a true fury. He slammed a fist into the ground, instantly shattering the upturned stone slabs.
Wang Yan's mouth twitched; he closed his eyes, not daring to look.
An attack like that would kill the hostage along with the enemy!
But Huo Yuhao immediately realized something was wrong!
Elder Xuan couldn't see it, but Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection saw it clearly: a golden barrier had appeared around the Death God Envoy, protecting him perfectly. He even used the force from Elder Xuan's strike to propel himself and Lan Xuanyu deeper into the tunnel.
Huo Yuhao also closed his eyes in pain.
...An Invincible Barrier.
"You fell for it, old man! This was my escape route all along! You lose the battle of wits against the Great Death God Envoy! Hahahaha..."
The arrogant voice echoed through the cave. Elder Xuan's old face turned beet red; he didn't even dare look Wang Yan in the eye.
"Wang Yan! Tend to the wounded, I'm going to get Xuanyu back!"
And then... the old man started digging through the tunnel with his bare hands...
Elder Xuan moved fast; he vanished from the spot in the blink of an eye. But had Elder Xuan considered how long it would take to find Lan Xuanyu digging like that?
Huo Yuhao was speechless.
As for whether classmate Lan Xuanyu could come back alive, it was all up to his own luck now...
After this trip, Huo Yuhao understood: that old guy Elder Xuan couldn't be counted on. Shrek, the "Number One Academy on the Continent"... might just see its legacy broken with this generation.
He might as well handle the aftermath; after all, he didn't have the habit of watching people die without helping.