Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 447 Traces
In the short time it took for the gods of the divine realm to exchange words, more than a month had passed on the Douluo Continent.

No one expected that what was supposed to be a tense and fierce competition would last for a full month before it ended.

Although the number of Title Douluos who came here could not compare with the contestants of the Elite Tournament.

However, the matches between experts are not as simple as those between children. A single match can last for half a day or even a whole day, and some people are still not satisfied even after a month.

The experts from various sects didn't discuss the formation of the Soul Alliance much, but after the Summit Tournament ended, they all agreed to it.

Perhaps, from day one, they already had the answer in their hearts.

Apart from the people who remained in Mingdu to handle matters related to the Soul Alliance, the people from various sects left one after another after the summit competition ended.

"Your Majesty, all 120 leaders of various sects have been assigned. Some sects have fewer members, so they have only left their names here and have not sent anyone to stay in Mingdu."

Ju Zi nodded slightly as she listened to the report from the person beside her. "You've all worked hard these past few days. I asked you to send a copy to the Tongming Sect as well. Did you send anyone over?"

"Your Majesty, we have delivered the list, but the Imperial Preceptor is not in the church."

"Not in the church?" Upon hearing this, Ju Zi stood up, paused for a moment, and then simply sighed.

At this moment, Lin Xiao was indeed not in Mingdu; his figure was already on the vast sea.

Looking out, there was nothing but the endless sea; not even a small island could be seen.

"Master, are you really going to help me find my mother?" Liya asked Lin Xiao beside her, somewhat uncertainly.

Having spent some time in the Tongming Sect, she also started calling the sect leader along with the other disciples.

Lin Xiao nodded slightly. "I've already told you before, I'm not just helping you, but after this, I need your clan to help me find something."

"Yes." Liya nodded emphatically. "I know that after so much time, no one can really say for sure what Mom's condition is now, even if..."

Liya paused slightly, "Even if I can't find my mother, I will still help the cult leader find that thing."

Lin Xiao shook his head slightly. He only knew that what he was looking for was in the sea, and the addition of Liya wouldn't help him much.

He wanted to help Liya this once. Even if he couldn't find the sea princess in the end, Liya's identity as a mermaid princess would make it easy to reunite the fleeing mermaid clan.

With the merfolk around, and possibly even other sea spirit beasts in the ocean helping him, that's the result he wanted.

Moreover, if the "great terror" mentioned by those Holy Spirit Cult disciples was related to the fate of the mermaid race, then perhaps after finding the Sea Princess, they might also encounter news related to the fragments of Ilex's consciousness.

"let's go."

Gathering his thoughts, Lin Xiao leaped into the sea. For him, breathing in the sea was normal, and traveling through water wouldn't be slower; it also allowed him to conceal himself, saving him a lot of trouble.

Liya arrived shortly after, transforming back into her original mermaid form, and glanced at Lin Xiao again. Even now, she still couldn't understand how Lin Xiao could breathe underwater like them, the sea spirit beasts.

Lin Xiao wasn't deliberately hiding it, but he obtained this ability by using the soul bone of the mermaid race, so it was best to mention it as little as possible in front of Liya.

"Let's go check out the place where you encountered that soul beast." Lin Xiao looked ahead, but there were no landmarks in the sea. Even though he had been to the Mermaid Palace once, he couldn't determine the exact location of the mermaid clan for the time being.

"Hmm." Liya nodded, seemingly reminded of the Sea Princess by mentioning this matter. Unwilling to say more, she simply swayed her fishtail and swam forward. Beside Liya, the aura of the mermaid race emanating from her overshadowed Lin Xiao himself. Along the way, even other sea spirit beasts slowly approached, only to quickly retreat after sensing Lin Xiao's presence.

Unfortunately, neither Liya nor Lin Xiao paid much attention to these interesting sea spirit beasts.

Liya was preoccupied with the Sea Princess, and Lin Xiao didn't relax for a moment either, his mental energy constantly scanning the surroundings.

Although he knew that finding Electrolux's fragments of consciousness in this way was nothing short of a pipe dream, he figured it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.

After the two had been swimming for a long time, each lost in their own thoughts, Liya suddenly stopped.

Lin Xiao stopped with her, her brows furrowing slightly.

Even before he got close, his spiritual power had already detected this place, and a strong aura of bloodlust showed no signs of dissipating even after a long time.

Upon arriving here, the seawater everywhere was tinged with a faint red. Clearly, even the seawater could not completely wash away the traces left behind.

"I remember now, the soul beast that attacked us had this same strong aura of bloodlust." Liya opened her mouth, looking at the scene before her. "I originally thought it had eaten too many sea soul beasts to have that kind of aura..."

"Now it seems that the soul beast probably passed through here." Lin Xiao added the second half of Liya's sentence that she hadn't finished saying.

After saying that, he suddenly swam out of the sea, determined his direction, and looked around in the distance.

Returning to the seabed, the traces there had long been smoothed over by the seawater, leaving only a few shallow, messy marks.

Lin Xiao's mind stirred, and he softly chanted a spell. He reached out and grabbed, but his palm was empty.

"Teacher?" Lin Xiao thought to herself.

“Yes, your spell was correct. There is indeed no remnant soul left here.” Electrox knew what Lin Xiao was going to ask.

Lin Xiao frowned even more deeply upon hearing this.

If the aura here was left by an ordinary creature or a sea spirit beast with relatively low cultivation, then this aura would not have lasted for so long.

And how could a sea spirit beast that could leave behind such an aura not have any remnant soul left behind?

Either the soul beast that left its mark here did not die, or there is a sea soul beast that also possesses soul-related abilities.

Liya also swam slowly over from the side. Lin Xiao searched but found nothing and shook his head slightly.

Is something wrong?

"No, I just wanted to see if there were any clues from the traces left here, but I didn't find anything."

"But the soul beast that attacked you back then also passed through here, so it shouldn't be too far from where you are, right?"

"Yes." Liya nodded. "It's not far ahead. We should arrive in less than half a day."

Lin Xiao turned around again to memorize the place behind her before continuing to swim with Liya.

(End of this chapter)