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

Chapter 458 Spirit Emperor!

Even the Evil Emperor, facing Lin Xiao, felt a fear he hadn't experienced in a long time, despite his cultivation level.

It has nothing to do with power or cultivation level; it's the fear of death ingrained in its instincts as a soul beast.

Lin Xiao's face was serious, the muscles under his skin were taut, and his ordinary clothes had been completely torn apart by the violent force, revealing the original appearance of the Styx Embrace.

Above the River Styx, a crimson light surrounded his entire body, illuminating the sky that had become dim due to the influence of the Evil Emperor. For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether it was the light of the soul tool or the light of the soul ring.

Lin Xiao knew that his eighth soul skill came from the Grand Elder and was originally an attack that could target both the mind and the body.

However, given the Evil Emperor's mental strength, he was unsure how much damage this attack could inflict on his spirit. Therefore, he intended to utilize the damage his eighth soul skill could inflict on his body.

With his spiritual power and soul power completely integrated, Lin Xiao could even feel his spiritual sea resonating with the plane of the dead. His aura suddenly surged, and the next moment, Lin Xiao "slowly" pushed his hands forward.

Seemingly slow, but actually incredibly fast, Lin Xiao unleashed his eighth soul skill with the support of his combat skills and soul tool. Centered on him, the entire world fell completely silent at that moment.

Chen Haisheng had hardly ever seen a soul tool, so he didn't know what the effect of Lin Xiao's Styx Embrace was. He only knew that it contained a power that surprised him.

What caught his attention even more was the deathly stillness that permeated everyone around Lin Xiao when he used his soul skill.

Peace, violence... No, none of these. Unlike Lin Xiao's previous combat skills, the battle at the peak allowed Lin Xiao to completely integrate the three combat skills into one. Without the need for deliberate execution, every move was the purest form of death.

The space shrouded in death grew smaller and smaller, until it only enveloped the massive body of the Evil Emperor.

Blood Soul Grief was originally an area-of-effect attack skill, but when it landed on the Evil Emperor, its massive body allowed it to take the full force of the blow.

"no no--"

Whether it was because the Evil Emperor sensed the aura of death contained in Lin Xiao's attack, or because it felt a real crisis under this attack, its voice became more panicked, and it waved dozens of hands continuously, splattering the blood overflowing from its wounds everywhere.

"No, I promised you, I promised you, I want to live, no, I must live—"

The Evil Emperor's voice carried far and wide, sounding like the incoherent ramblings of someone on the verge of death; for a moment, it was impossible to discern who he was speaking to.

Seeing the Evil Emperor's reaction, Chen Haisheng's shock was clearly written all over his face. He glanced at Lin Xiao's back with a complicated expression, then suddenly walked on the waves and came to Lin Xiao's side.

"Brother Lin, it—"

Before Chen Haisheng could finish speaking, Lin Xiao shook his head. "Soul beasts are inherently powerful, and the Evil Emperor is even more profound in cultivation. It's not necessarily so easy to defeat him."

Lin Xiao didn't say the second half of his sentence. The Evil Emperor's words had left him somewhat uneasy, as if there was another person present besides them.

Upon hearing this, Chen Haisheng, though not as wary as Lin Xiao, still turned to look at the Evil Emperor.

In the midst of shared grief, everything on the sea met its "death" at this moment. Even the seawater that was affected by the turmoil disappeared without a trace, and the surrounding seawater filled in, forming a huge whirlpool.

Above the sea, the Evil Emperor remained completely still, its dozens of tentacles motionless, as if it had lost all life. However, its body did not fall and remained floating in the air.

"If you agree now, I'll have to change my conditions—"

A deep voice suddenly rang out, sounding as if it came from the Evil Emperor, but it was somewhat different from before.

"Watch out!" In that instant, Lin Xiao suddenly pushed Chen Haisheng aside. The next moment, a blinding beam of light shot out from the Evil Emperor's huge eyeball. Wherever the beam passed, space twisted and collapsed.

Lin Xiao's Styx Embrace glowed, a semi-transparent shield blocking his way. His arms were crossed in front of him, emitting two different colored lights.

On his left arm, like a flowing river of stars, countless points of light shifted and changed positions to form a shield.

At the same time, a dark light emanated from the location of Lin Xiao's soul bone through his skin.

Starting from his arms, the scales completely enveloped Lin Xiao's entire body in just a few breaths.

Soul bone skill, scale transformation.

This is the second soul skill granted to him by his right arm bone; it is a defensive soul skill.

After obtaining Long Xiaoyao's soul bone, Lin Xiao originally thought he wouldn't have much of a chance to use this soul skill, but now, feeling the attack released by the "Evil Emperor," he subconsciously unleashed it.

"boom--"

The attack, seemingly tearing through space, first pierced the shield formed by the soul tool and the left arm bone, and then landed heavily on Lin Xiao.

The dragon scales on his body suddenly lit up, and Lin Xiao felt as if a heavy hammer had hit him. Although his defense was not broken under the protection of the Soul Bone Skill Scale Transformation, the heavy force still made his soul power surge endlessly.

His body was struck and sent flying backward, staggering backward.

"Brother Lin!"

Chen Haisheng exclaimed in surprise. Before he could make a move, he saw the figure of the "Evil Emperor" in front of him float up again. However, unlike before, the dozens of tentacles did not react at all and just hung down limply.

"Oh?"

The "Evil Emperor" looked far away in the direction Lin Xiao had flown with his single eye, his tone seemingly quite surprised.

However, it didn't say anything more, but just turned its head and glanced at the broken tentacles on its body.

"It's so ugly."

The "Evil Emperor" uttered a few simple words, it was unclear whether he was referring to his injuries or the body itself.

"who are you?"

Lin Xiao steadied himself, stepped across the space, and looked at the "Evil Emperor" in front of him, his brows furrowing deeply.

With just one strike, Lin Xiao knew that this was definitely not the Evil Emperor's attack method.

While it did contain some of the power that the Evil Emperor used to disrupt time and space, there was also a particularly obvious power that Lin Xiao was not unfamiliar with.

In just a few breaths, the Evil Emperor seemed to have become a different person, or rather, he was no longer the original Evil Emperor.

The "Evil Emperor" glanced at Lin Xiao with interest. "You ask who I am? You will find out in time. You only need to know that others respect me as the Spirit Emperor."

(End of this chapter)