Chapter 59 Liu Yuan Makes His Move! He Counterattacks and Kills the Five-Ring Evil Soul Master!
Under the chilling command of the old ghost Tree Infant, the five-ring Soul King level evil soul master whose right arm had been crippled by Liu Yuan let out a shrill scream without any hesitation.
Although the wound on his severed arm was still emitting black smoke and the excruciating pain was pounding against his nerves, the evil spirit masters were essentially a group of madmen dominated by twisted desires and negative emotions.
The severe injury Liu Yuan had previously inflicted did not frighten him; instead, it ignited the deepest, most bloodthirsty killing intent within him.
"I'm going to kill you, you bastard!"
The evil spirit master let out a muffled roar, and the third and fourth spirit rings among the five spirit rings under his feet flashed alternately.
Thick, viscous, ghastly green evil fire emanated from his body, enveloping him in a pulsating, eerie fireball.
Using the thrust from his fiery outburst, he left a corrosive trail of flame as he clung tightly to Liu Yuan and Vina's back.
Liu Yuanzheng pulled Vina along as they sped through the dense outer perimeter of the Starry Sky Forest.
The ancient trees all around had intertwined roots, and the humus underfoot was several feet thick, which greatly limited the speed of running.
Liu Yuan sensed that the aura behind him was getting closer and closer, and that foul, malevolent smell had already entered his nostrils with the wind.
He knew that trying to escape by dragging Vina through the complex terrain like this was too inefficient, and the two of them would be caught sooner or later.
"Vina, I'm sorry!"
With a low shout, Liu Yuan abruptly stopped the moment the evil fireball unleashed by the evil soul master shattered the tree trunk beside him. He wrapped his right hand around Vina's slender legs and steadily supported her back with his left hand, lifting the princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire into his arms with an extremely stable posture.
Vina's body stiffened for a moment.
Feeling Liu Yuan's broad and powerful chest, and the intense heat emanating from his body through her clothes, her originally pale face instantly flushed red.
But in this life-or-death situation, she displayed the exceptional mental fortitude of a royal woman. Instead of being coy or resisting, she reached out and wrapped her arms around Liu Yuan's neck, resting her head on his shoulder.
"The distance is closing, and he's getting faster!" Vina calmly whispered in Liu Yuan's ear, constantly monitoring the enemy's movements.
Liu Yuan did not respond; he directly activated the Qilin Treasure Technique.
In an instant, an icy blue and sacred light covered his legs.
Liu Yuan's steps became extremely light and strange. Each time his toes touched the ground, they left a tiny ice crystal. He was like a blue phantom, leaving a long afterimage in the dense forest full of obstacles.
The Five-Ring Evil Soul Master was almost touching the hem of their clothes when Liu Yuan's speed suddenly increased, and in the blink of an eye, he had once again widened the distance by several hundred meters.
"You scum! You can't get away!"
The evil spirit master gritted his teeth, his twisted face filled with madness.
In order to catch up with Liu Yuan, he began to recklessly overdraw his life potential.
As he let out a roar like a wild beast, his second and fifth spirit rings lit up simultaneously, and the pale green evil fire instantly changed from dark green to a chilling gray-black.
That was an explosive technique he unleashed by burning his life essence.
He was like a fallen demonic star, wreaking havoc through the jungle with raging demonic flames, forcibly closing the distance between himself and Liu Yuan.
"So troublesome!"
Liu Yuan glanced back using the peripheral vision of his double pupils.
My level is still too low.
He was two rings weaker than this evil spirit master. Even with the help of the Qilin Treasure Technique, the opponent was clearly skilled in speed and had gone mad at the moment...
Liu Yuan knew that if things continued like this, he would be hunted down sooner or later, so his gaze gradually turned icy cold, and his double pupils were filled with murderous intent.
"Since you're so eager to die, I might as well just kill you!"
Liu Yuan did not lose his composure because of the other party's madness; he quickly analyzed the situation in his mind.
He tilted his head slightly and whispered to Vina in his arms, "Vina, take a look for me. Is there any sign that guy's severed arm is regrowing? Has the wound healed?"
Vina strained her spirits, a golden light flashing in her beautiful eyes, as she used the perception of her martial soul to lock onto what was behind her.
"No. His severed arm is still charred, and the evil energy there is very unstable. He is just forcibly suppressing the injury, and there is no sign of regeneration."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan felt much more at ease.
It is extremely fast, uses fire-attribute attacks, and lacks strong regeneration capabilities.
Based on this intelligence, Liu Yuan could basically conclude that this evil soul master was a typical "high attack, low defense" type.
Such a Soul Master may be terrifying in terms of explosive power, but as long as you can seize the opportunity when he loses his mind and is eager to make merit, it is not impossible to give him a fatal counterattack and completely eliminate him.
Liu Yuan's speed gradually slowed down, giving the illusion that his soul power was insufficient.
"Vina, I'm putting you down now. Listen carefully, keep running forward as fast as you can, escape with all your might, and don't look back."
"You must make him think that we are at our last gasp and have no choice but to split up and escape. You absolutely cannot let him realize that something is wrong."
Liu Yuan gently put Vina down, his voice low and firm: "I'll lie in ambush here. As long as he enters my blind spot, I can kill him."
Vina looked into Liu Yuan's double pupils and nodded without any hesitation.
She knew that any delay or indecisiveness at this moment would only undermine Liu Yuan's plan.
"Be careful, I'll be waiting for you up ahead."
After saying that, Vina forcefully activated her soul power, used her footwork technique, and deliberately made a panicked and exhausted appearance as she ran towards the depths of the dense forest.
Liu Yuan then flashed away and instantly disappeared into a patch of waist-deep withered grass.
He activated the inner form of "Immortal Body," closing all the pores on his body and even forcibly reducing the frequency of his heartbeat to a few beats per minute.
He stood in the woods, as if he had become a lifeless, withered stone.
A moment later, the evil spirit master rushed over, panting heavily.
He watched Vina's figure gradually slow down ahead, and the intersection where Liu Yuan's trace disappeared, a cruel smile appearing on his face.
"Run? They finally separated? That kid must have exhausted his soul power and is probably hiding somewhere waiting to die. Let's capture this little princess first, then we can slowly find him!"
In the eyes of the evil soul master, Liu Yuan was only level 39. After fleeing for so long with one person, it was only natural that his soul power would be depleted.
His vigilance dropped to its lowest point, and a ball of evil fire gathered in his remaining left hand, preparing to accelerate and capture Vina.
However, just as he passed less than three meters to the side of the patch of grass where Liu Yuan was hiding, a strange thing happened.
"laugh--!"
A beam of intensely red light shot out from the withered grass without warning.
This evil spirit master, as expected of a seasoned and desperate outlaw, reacted instinctively even in a state of extreme relaxation.
He roared, and the ghastly green evil flames around him frantically condensed, transforming into a ring of fire in an attempt to defend against the attack.
But the laser's penetrating power far exceeded his imagination.
Moreover, the instant he was restrained by the beam of light, Liu Yuan's figure burst out from the bushes.
Instead of continuing to exchange fire, he activated the Qilin Treasure Technique, his body creating a series of blue arcs of electricity in the air, instantly overcoming the spatial barrier and appearing to the side and rear of the evil soul master.
"Die!"
Liu Yuan clenched his fist, and the level 39 soul power within his body surged into his right arm like a flood bursting its banks.
His fist, imbued with an icy blue hue due to its extreme power, slammed heavily into the evil soul master's unsuspecting abdomen with a whistling sound.
"Snap!"
The sound of bones cracking was clearly audible.
Liu Yuan's punch directly used the vibration frequency of the Qilin Treasure Technique to pierce through the evil soul master's body.
The evil spirit master's pupils contracted sharply as he stared at the large, translucent hole in his chest and abdomen. The madness in his eyes transformed into a desperate, destructive urge.
He knew he was doomed, and in the last second before his life was extinguished, he let out a final, piercing roar.
Let's go to hell together!
His fifth spirit ring flashed wildly; it was his last trump card—Bloodfire Self-Destruction.
"boom!"
A loud explosion rang out on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The blazing evil fire mixed with fragments of flesh and blood created a terrifying shockwave that instantly leveled ancient trees within a radius of tens of meters.
Vina, who was running ahead, suddenly turned around and saw the rising gray mushroom cloud. Her heart sank to the bottom in that instant.
In the epicenter of the explosion.
Liu Yuan was blasted away by the force of the self-destruction at close range.
Even with soul power protecting him, his body still suffered a devastating blow in the face of the self-destruction of a Soul King-level expert.
However, Liu Yuan remained absolutely conscious throughout.
Just as his body was about to disintegrate, his second soul ring—the Undying Body—burst out an unprecedented golden-red light.
The scattered blood and shattered tissues seemed to be attracted by some kind of magnetic force, and miraculously re-intertwined and healed in mid-air.
In just a few breaths, Liu Yuan landed heavily on the ground. Although his face was a little pale, his body had been completely restored.
"What a madman."
Liu Yuan coughed up a mouthful of blood and dared not delay for even the slightest moment.
He sensed an extremely strong and furious aura rapidly approaching from a distance to the side; it was the seventh-ring Soul Saint Evil Soul Master who had been held back by the guards earlier.
Liu Yuan moved swiftly and found the still-shaken Vina, holding her in his arms once more.
"Go, don't look back, that Soul Saint is coming!"
The two figures disappeared once again into the darkness of the dense forest.
Shortly after they left, the seven-ring Soul Saint, clad in black robes and with a sinister face, landed beside the explosion crater.
His chest heaved violently as he looked at the gruesome remains of his fallen comrades on the ground and the shocking traces of the explosion.
"Good, very good! Two juniors actually managed to force a Soul King to self-destruct."
The Soul Saint Evil Soul Master stretched out his withered fingers and dabbed them with a little of Liu Yuan's blood that was still on the ground and hadn't completely dried.
He placed his fingertips under his nose and smelled them, then two sinister glints flashed in his eyes.
He suddenly injected his evil soul power into the drop of blood, and the drop of blood instantly turned into a thin wisp of red smoke, pointing straight in the direction in which Liu Yuan and the other person had fled.
"You killed my men and you think you can escape? You're all going to die today!"
The Soul Saint's figure transformed into a streak of black light, following the guidance of the blood, and frantically pursued the enemy.
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