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"Huo huo! Facing me, a Soul Elder, you choose to attack instead of fleeing?"
A cold sneer appeared on the black-robed elder's withered, shriveled face.
"The only reason I haven't finished you off yet was to confirm your Martial Souls."
The black-robed elder raised his Martial Soul, the Blood Agate, high into the air.
Then, before the astonished eyes of Xiao Lin and the others, the elder directly implanted the Blood Agate into the Bullet Bee's body. In an instant, that horrifying Bullet Bee erupted with a staggering aura.
Based on Xiao Lin's judgment, the Bullet Bee's soul power cultivation might have reached over two thousand years. Not only that, the Bullet Bee's size was still increasing.
A blood-red light glowed from within its body, permeating its shell and condensing into a crimson radiance on its surface. It looked somewhat like an exoskeleton, or perhaps a suit of blood-red armor.
Xiao Lin's heart sank.
The elder's Martial Soul was clearly a phantom-type Tool Martial Soul, similar to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Since the elder's ability seemed to be mental control, how could it cause such a world-shaking transformation in the Bullet Bee?
By merging into the Bullet Bee's body, it had actually caused the creature's base attributes to explode. A wave of invisible soul power pressure erupted, sweeping up all the fallen leaves in the Soul Hunting Forest.
The gale only slowed when it reached Xiao Lin's side.
Xiao Lin stood his ground.
He knew Tang San would definitely find an opportunity to strike at the black-robed elder directly, so Xiao Lin's primary enemy remained the Bullet Bee. However, considering the Bullet Bee's cultivation and prowess, Xiao Lin was deeply worried.
If he wasn't fast enough, the Bullet Bee might start a slaughter. Come to think of it, among those corpses they found, the captain of that hunting squad, A'Wei, had also been a Soul Elder. Even he had been killed without a chance to resist.
Xiao Lin truly didn't think Captain Wang Neng and the others could deal direct damage to this Bullet Bee. Perhaps the Bullet Bee would wear them down to death—or simply instant-kill them.
Secretly condensing the soul power of his Vajra Imperishable Divine Skill on the surface of his body, Xiao Lin prepared to go all out, waiting for the moment Tang San launched his sneak attack on the elder.
At this time, Captain Wang Neng and Shi Dan stepped up to Xiao Lin's side.
Seeing the scene before them, they couldn't help but gasp.
Three vs Three?
Wang Neng's face darkened.
If he had to fight that Bullet Bee clad in blood-red light armor, wouldn't he be instant-killed?
Shi Dan thought the same.
Even Su Yuntao, a Power-Attack system beast Martial Soul Soul Grandmaster, was currently out of the picture.
"Xiao Lin, do you have the confidence to kill that old man with one strike of your staff?"
Wang Neng couldn't think of any better way; they could only rely on Xiao Lin to resolve the source of the problem quickly.
"I do, it's just..."
Xiao Lin could certainly do it, but he was worried that if Wang Neng and the others faced the Bullet Bee, they would be killed instantly. Even Brother Xu Yi, who had decent defense, had nearly suffocated to death just from a grazed wound.
According to Xiao Lin's plan, he should be the one to deal with the Bullet Bee. As long as he had enough soul power, Xiao Lin didn't believe the Bullet Bee could break through his Vajra Imperishable soul power shield.
"Jie jie jie! Strike me? Do you even have the ability?"
The black-robed old man overheard their conversation and let out a continuous cold laugh.
He wasn't an idiot; he had already forced the Bullet Bee into its strongest form from the very start. The contents of that ancient record taught him to fuse a Soul Master's vitality, blood, and spirit (the power of fear) to evolve a Martial Soul.
Now that this power was being used to temporarily strengthen the Bullet Bee, who could stop him?
"Once I kill you, I'll go elsewhere to continue my experiments."
"Jie jie jie!"
"Jie your mother! Eat my staff!"
Xiao Lin used the elder's mother as the center of his insults and eighteen generations of ancestors as the radius, successfully drawing all of the old man's attention.
He maxed out his "aggro" and "taunt" levels.
"Fine, fine, fine! You little brat... Bullet Bee, kill him!"
The black-robed elder was fuming.
In his eyes, the people before him were all easily slaughtered, so the order didn't matter. He wanted Xiao Lin to be the first to taste the terror of suffocation.
As Xiao Lin charged toward the elder with the Horned Dragon Staff, the Bullet Bee instantly turned into a red flash. In just one second, it appeared behind Xiao Lin, intending to give him a "heart-to-heart" friendly greeting.
Meanwhile, Wang Neng and Shi Dan watched with trembling hearts.
They also combined their strength and rushed out.
Clang!
The Bullet Bee was incredibly fast.
At its speed, thrusting dozens of times in a single second was no problem.
But this time, it failed.
At the moment of its first thrust, the razor-sharp stinger was blocked by an incredibly hard barrier just before it could pierce Xiao Lin's skin. In fact, the force of the impact actually gave Xiao Lin a boost, propelling him closer to the black-robed elder.
"Bullet Bee, what are you doing? Kill him!"
The black-robed elder couldn't see the situation clearly in the darkness; he could only see a faint, silver-white metallic barrier on Xiao Lin's body.
A defensive Soul Tool?
Then sting him a few more times!
Thinking this, the elder began manipulating Tang San and Su Yuntao to intercept Wang Neng and the others. Once the other two were defeated by Wang Neng's group and regained consciousness, they would surely feel even greater terror.
Jie jie jie!
While commanding, the elder didn't forget to flee.
He wouldn't let Xiao Lin catch up; that metal staff looked like something no one could withstand.
As a "squishy" old man, he wouldn't engage in personal combat.
Clang! Clang! Clang!Clang! Clang! Clang!
Xiao Lin was being frantically attacked by the Bullet Bee from behind.
For a moment, the rhythmic, crisp sound of metal clashing rang in the elder's ears.
"Hmm? Is this brat a Power-Attack system Soul Master or a Defense-system Soul Master?"
The elder was bewildered, feeling that something was strange.
What kind of family background did this kid have to possess such a high-quality defensive Soul Tool? As he thought this, he also grew interested in the Soul Tool on Xiao Lin's body. He lacked for nothing now except a Soul Tool that could protect himself.
However, Xiao Lin definitely wasn't going to give him that chance. With the "assistance" of his "traitor" the Bullet Bee, Xiao Lin's speed was like a car being pushed from behind.
He was now only one step away from the elder.
"Dammit, this brat is still chasing me?"
Seeing this, the elder cursed.
He ordered the Bullet Bee to sting Xiao Lin from the front while his own body constantly circled around the surrounding trees.
"Run, run, run! All you know how to do is run!"
Xiao Lin was getting heated.
Seeing the elder within his attack range, he directly activated his soul skill.
"First Soul Skill: Heaven and Earth Toss!"
Innate Tool Soul Avatar Physique, activate!
Xiao Lin chanted inwardly, doubling the attack enhancement of the Horned Dragon Staff once more. With the power of his eight-hundred-year soul ring added, Xiao Lin felt his strength surge violently, and the Horned Dragon Staff in his hand seemed to gain a soul of its own.
In that instant, Xiao Lin felt his soul power about to be drained dry.
The Bullet Bee's attacks were too frequent, causing Xiao Lin's soul power to be consumed too quickly without him noticing. With no time to think, Xiao Lin decided to leave everything to his instincts.
In this moment, the Horned Dragon Staff reverted to its true form.
An adult version of the staff, 2.5 meters long, took shape in Xiao Lin's hands. Xiao Lin threw it with all his might, hurling the Horned Dragon Staff straight at the black-robed elder.
"If you have the guts, catch it. If not, let your Bullet Bee catch it for you!"
The corners of Xiao Lin's mouth curled upward.
He didn't believe the elder could handle this overt trap.
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