Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 113 Snowy Night and Bloodstained Colors ③, Ling Luochen's Love
The once tranquil city was thrown into turmoil by the invasion of evil spirit masters.

Flames lit up half the sky, and screams, howls, and the sounds of battle were deafening. In an instant, the entire Ice City seemed to boil over.

Because Ling Luochen and Shu Yan attracted most of the evil soul masters' power, the city's army and many soul masters reacted and began to join forces against the enemy. Their overall quality was not high, and they were indeed no match for the evil soul masters who had dozens of lives on their hands. However, they had the advantage of numbers. Under the siege of justice, they made the evil soul masters who had invaded the city pay a considerable price.

Meanwhile, after another Soul King-level evil Soul Master died in the icy mist after being controlled by the Ice Prison, Long Hao, who was originally full of confidence, was now covered in cold sweat, and his originally bloodthirsty eyes were filled with panic and fear.

Watching Ling Luochen continuously unleash her soul skills as if she were a perpetual motion machine, Long Hao was genuinely starting to question his own existence.

He was quite certain that Ling Luochen was only at the Soul King level. According to common sense, a Soul King-level Soul Master should not have been able to maintain this level of Soul Power for so long, but Ling Luochen was different.

This eerie icy mist not only severely restricted his spiritual skills, but also continuously eroded his protective spiritual power. After a period of stalemate, he not only failed to do anything to Ling Luochen, but also lost many of his brothers to Ling Luochen, who appeared and disappeared unpredictably in the icy mist.

Even more terrifying, even after he flapped his wings and reached mid-air, the bone-chilling cold still followed him closely.

In the blizzard, ice-attribute energy was abundant, making this place a natural home ground for ice-attribute soul masters like Ling Luochen.

Long Hao swallowed hard, his mind racing. Suddenly, as if he had realized something, he roared uncontrollably:

"You're just a mere Soul King, how could you be so powerful..."

"I understand now. Your martial soul isn't elemental ice at all; it's true ultimate ice! How could I have been so stupid? Why didn't I realize that at first..."

Ling Luochen's icy voice, seemingly devoid of any warmth, pierced through the icy mist from all directions, carrying unparalleled penetrating power, and directly entered Long Hao's ears:

"You should have thought this day would come when you chose to become an evil spirit master and harm the common people."

A ring of dark blue ice slowly appeared in mid-air, causing the already extremely low temperature to drop even further. Then, an enhanced version of the ice prison descended from the sky, imprisoning Long Hao within it despite his powerless resistance.

Countless sharp ice spikes sprouted from all directions of the ice prison, eventually riddling Long Hao with holes.

In Long Hao's pupils, where the light was gradually fading, the wails of countless low-level evil soul masters rose and fell. Flames and cold purified the sins and blood on their bodies, while the swirling snow was the last scene this world left for them...

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While Ling Luochen was cooperating with the city's defense forces and the soul masters in the city to besiege and hunt down the remaining evil soul masters, Shu Yan and Tao Jun's battlefield had also shifted to the mountains and forests near Ice City.

As the enormous blood dragon flew over the mountain ridge, countless drops of blood flowed down, staining the pristine snow a strange red.

Tao Jun coughed violently twice, and fragments of his internal organs were expelled with them. His meridians, bones, and internal organs were all enduring immense pain, but even in such agony, he dared not relax for a moment…

Because... if he relaxed even for a moment, Shu Yan would crush him with lightning speed...

Or rather, in this seemingly unfair battle, he was like a lab rat in the opponent's cage, subjected to all sorts of experiments and humiliations, yet he was completely powerless to do anything about it. Even his eighth soul skill, which he had used with all his might, was absorbed by the spatial rift that the opponent had created, without even disturbing the opponent's clothes.

His fighting spirit and reason were being eroded by the fear of death. He forced himself to remain calm, frantically searching his mind for a possible escape route, but in the end, his remaining sanity told him that today... was the final end of his absurd life...

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Perhaps due to mental and physical exhaustion, or perhaps due to the complete loss of hope for life, Tao Jun slowed down, and his Martial Soul True Body dissipated. He suddenly fell from mid-air and crashed into the thick snow.

The next moment, Shu Yan appeared in front of him.

After the battle, Shu Yan's aura was only slightly fluctuating. Tao Jun was momentarily dazed at the sight, and then burst into laughter.

"You're a monster! Compared to us evil spirit masters, you're the real monster!"

"Perhaps my initial panic was justified. I shouldn't have provoked you, this monster, and I even confidently believed that by using all my trump cards, I could defeat you in a short time..."

"I died because of my own greed and ignorance. Do it, kill me. I have lived for nearly a hundred years, and countless lives have died at my hands. I have seen death many times, but I have never truly tasted it. But today, my wish can finally be fulfilled..."

Shu Yan looked down at Tao Jun, his heart unmoved by Tao Jun's words.

A spatial blade slashed down, instantly separating Tao Jun's head from his body. His blood froze rapidly in the cold environment, but a faint red light still flickered within Tao Jun's body.

A hint of surprise flashed in Shu Yan's eyes. Then he slightly raised his hand, and a piece of torso bone, which was completely blood red and seemed to have blood flowing on it, rose up. He could still vaguely feel the powerful aura emanating from the body itself on the soul bone.

"What a treasure! If I'm not mistaken, this torso bone should come from the Blood-Eyed Demon Ape, a berserk soul beast that is as simple-minded as the King Kong Baboon but extremely bloodthirsty and belligerent. Judging from its aura and its completeness, this soul bone is probably over sixty-three years old, making it a truly top-grade soul bone."

"Besides that, this guy also has two soul bones, namely the left leg bone and the left arm bone, but they are not very old, only about ten thousand years old."

Hearing Tianmeng so "disdainful" of the ten-thousand-year-old soul bone, Shu Yan was at a loss for words.

Even if the two ten-thousand-year soul bones on Tao Jun's body are of average quality, they are still ten-thousand-year soul bones in the final analysis, which are treasures that are extremely difficult to find on the entire continent.

For the Shrek Seven Devils like Ling Luochen, if they don't have a good relationship with their families and don't make any significant contributions to Shrek Academy or develop the idea of ​​completely integrating into Shrek Academy, they can only rely on luck to obtain soul bones.

Of course, if you have enough funds, soul bones will appear every time Shrek Academy holds a treasure appreciation event for its inner students. Although the probability of finding a soul bone that is over 10,000 years old is not high, it is still possible.

Besides, soul bones can be found in any major auction house in Shrek City and the three great empires, but just like the situation at the joint auction last time, a slightly better quality ten-thousand-year soul bone would cost at least several million gold soul coins.

Clearly, Ling Luochen, without family support, could not afford this price.

After taking the three soul bones and Tao Jun's head, Shu Yan left directly, leaving the wind and snow to bury Tao Jun's body...

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From afar, the flames in Ice City had not yet dissipated, and in addition to the howling of the cold wind, intermittent shouts of battle could be heard from all directions within the city.

Evil Soul Masters are like maggots clinging to bones; it's too difficult to completely eliminate them. Shu Yan spread his spiritual power and, after dealing with two stragglers who were trying to escape out of the city, he successfully found Ling Luo Chen, who was surrounded by a group of people.

Upon seeing Shu Yan, Ling Luochen's eyes lit up, and she jogged towards him through the crowd.

As soon as she got closer, she immediately asked:
"Nothing went wrong, right?" Shu Yan smiled, a flash of silver light appeared in his hand, and Tao Jun's blood-stained head rolled a few times on the ground before stopping in front of the group of people.

"Everything is going smoothly. This old guy has quite a few tricks up his sleeve, and his cunning is pretty good compared to ordinary people. If he were to cultivate for a few more years, the continent might actually produce another Blood Dragon Evil Douluo."

Looking at the head on the ground, Ling Luochen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his gaze towards Shu Yan was filled with admiration.

"I never imagined that your strength had reached the point where you could kill the Evil Soul Douluo. It's hard to believe that you're six or seven years younger than me..."

Shu Yan shrugged, then looked at the group of people behind Ling Luochen.

His gaze wasn't exactly cold; it could even be described as calm. But beneath that calm lay a sharp edge and authority. With just one glance, many people instinctively lowered their heads, no longer daring to meet his eyes.

A middle-aged man dressed in fine clothes wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead, then slowly stepped forward and spoke respectfully:

"Two esteemed inspectors, thank you both for your assistance tonight. Otherwise, I fear that another shocking tragedy would have occurred across the continent after tonight..."

Although he was the city lord of Ice City, Ice City was just a small city, ranking at the very bottom of the Heavenly Soul Empire. The so-called city lord takes pride in his city, and he, as the city lord of a small city, really had no status. Shu Yan and the other two were already Shrek Academy inspectors at such a young age, so they must also be inner court students. With such status, he, as the city lord of a small city, could not afford to offend them.

Moreover, the other party had just saved the lives of an entire city, making him their savior. He didn't believe that the few soul master guards from the city lord's mansion could help him escape successfully...

Shu Yan nodded slightly, without saying much.

Judging from the city lord's behavior, Shu Yan could almost immediately conclude that he was not a good person. However, this kind of situation was extremely common in the original continent's three kingdoms. Shu Yan was used to seeing those in power only caring about themselves. To be frank, it was not within his jurisdiction, and he was too lazy to care.

Ling Luochen glanced at Shu Yan, and seeing that he didn't seem to intend to say anything, she hesitated for a moment before speaking in her signature cool voice:

"Lord Song, go and attend to the city's affairs. Afterwards, report to the Empire what happened tonight truthfully. We still have some matters to attend to. The owner of this head is an evil Soul Master, a Soul Douluo. He's the leader of this group, and I imagine he has quite a few messy things to deal with..."

Shu Yan glanced at Lord Song and then spoke:

"This is a map of the Flying Snow Mountain Range that we found on him. It shows the hideouts of the evil soul masters. There aren't many evil soul masters left. Your Heavenly Soul Empire can handle the rest yourselves. We won't get involved."

"Yes, yes, yes, please proceed, Your Excellency the Inspector..."

The middle-aged man quickly cupped his hands in greeting and then spoke.

Shu Yan and Ling Luochen exchanged a glance, then walked away together, disappearing from the group's sight shortly afterward.

A moment after the two left, the city lord surnamed Song breathed a sigh of relief. He then waved his hand, and a young man immediately understood and stepped forward.

"Brother, go and tally up the losses in the city. While you're at it, lead the city lord's guards and Elder Ling on a tour of the city. First, to see if any escaped, and second, to make a show of it, to appease the frightened citizens and make our presence felt..."

"Furthermore, immediately dispatch agility-type Soul Masters from within the manor to make contact. This matter cannot be delayed. It's fine as long as the Shrek Academy inspectors aren't involved, but once they are, we can't handle it like ordinary matters..."

Lord Song's voice wasn't loud, but the young man he called his younger brother listened very attentively.

"Don't worry, brother, I'll do it right away."

After leaving a message, he led most of his group away, leaving only Lord Song and a few others behind, seemingly talking about something...

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In a hotel in the city, Ling Luochen sat on the sofa in his room. The heater kept the temperature warm. Outside, it was noisy. The sudden attack by the evil spirit master had plunged most of the residents into panic. It was already late at night, but the lights were still on everywhere, and the city defense troops passed by on the streets from time to time, making quite a commotion.

After the great battle, Ling Luochen showed no signs of fatigue. The immense energy remaining from the Snow Lotus Essence circulated within her body, and her already fair skin now faintly glowed. Her flowing white hair added an indescribable charm compared to her black hair.

Shu Yan stood by the window, looking out at the outside world. After a moment, he drew the heavy curtains, blocking out the sounds and light from outside and making the room a little darker. He could still faintly smell Ling Luochen's unique fragrance in the air.

A man and a woman alone in a room, especially given the special relationship between him and Ling Luochen, inexplicably, an air of ambiguity filled the space. This kind of atmosphere always tends to lead people to reveal their truest thoughts and feelings...

For a moment, their eyes met, Ling Luochen blushed, and then took the initiative to hug Shu Yan's waist.

As the beauty entered his arms, a cool and fragrant sensation wafted over him. Before Shu Yan could even speak, Ling Luochen silenced him with her actions.

Shu Yan stared in astonishment at Ling Luochen, whose eyes were tightly closed. To be honest, Ling Luochen's kissing skills were terrible, or rather, she wasn't kissing at all, but simply nibbling at him in an extremely clumsy way...

Feeling Ling Luochen's increasingly "rough" movements, Shu Yan frowned, then reached out and grabbed the back of Ling Luochen's head, taking the initiative and pinning Ling Luochen against the wall.

A slightly sweet and fishy taste lingered in their mouths, and Ling Luochen's bewildered hands were grabbed and bound above her head by Shu Yan.

A moment later, Ling Luochen whimpered softly a few times. Shu Yan immediately understood, and his lips parted, leaving a glistening silver thread hanging between them.

Ling Luochen's breathing quickened, and her already flushed face became even redder, as if it were about to bleed...

"Have you made your decision?"

Shu Yan leaned close to Ling Luochen's ear and whispered, but at the same time, his hands holding Ling Luochen's hands showed no sign of loosening...

"Mmm... I like you, Shu Yan..."

The girl's eyes were misty with tears, and her voice, no longer cold and clear, had become soft and drawn-out, like a heartfelt murmur uncontrollably uttered when deeply in love, containing the most sincere and passionate emotions.

Ling Luochen did not receive a verbal reply from Shu Yan, but she did receive a different kind of response.

This response was even more intense than the first, so intense that Ling Luochen quickly lost nearly 90% of her rationality during the deep kiss. However, her instincts remained, and she still tried her best to respond to Shu Yan with clumsy movements, venting her love.

In a daze, her body suddenly sank into the soft bed. Ling Luochen barely opened her eyes and looked at the young man pressing down on her. She subconsciously hugged his neck tightly, letting herself be swept away by endless waves of pleasure...

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(End of this chapter)