Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 118 Battle Soul Saint!
Although Tang Wutong didn't know what Ye Xixuan was thinking, after a brief moment of surprise, she calmed down. With her father's divine imprint, no one in this dimension could harm her.

On the contrary, she should thank this man in black. If it weren't for the sudden ambush, she wouldn't have known that Ye Xixuan cared so much about her safety.

Princess Tang, blinded by love, started to imagine things again. She happily stepped forward and stood side by side with Ye Xixuan, the two of them confronting the men in black in the distance.

Despite his confidence, Ye Xixuan dared not be the slightest bit arrogant in the face of a powerful expert at the level of a seventh-ring Soul Saint.

Eerie black demonic runes rapidly emerged on his fair skin, and on top of that, dark spider claws, resembling a pair of deep, shadowy metal gauntlets, covered his hands. His hands gripped the hilt of the dark demonic sword firmly, producing a series of sounds similar to the clanging and rubbing of metal.

Ye Xixuan's martial soul quality and soul ring ratio are unprecedented, giving him the ability to fight opponents of higher levels even in his normal state. This was evident in his timely reaction to block the attack from the man in black.

Now, he has gained the amplification of his martial soul talent ability, the Heart Demon Pattern, and a pair of external soul bones. Furthermore, he has already crafted the Dark Demon Sword in his hand into a level 5 peak melee soul tool. At this moment, he is fully capable of confronting ordinary Soul Emperor level experts head-on.

In addition, the absolute advantage of their martial soul attributes means that the gap between Ye Xixuan and the man in black is not as large as expected.

The man in black, who was directly facing Ye Xixuan's aura, understood this more deeply, and a sinister glint flashed in his exposed eyes.

Having roamed the underworld of the Star Luo Empire for so many years, he was infamous, earning the title of "Demon Wolf Koro" through his ruthless and decisive nature. However, his character flaws were also obvious: he was extremely greedy.

He's willing to do anything as long as the profit is right.

However, this doesn't mean that Koro is a brainless person; on the contrary, he is very good at manipulating human nature. The eldest son of the White Tiger Duke wanted to use someone else to do his dirty work, and Koro also wanted to seize leverage over the White Tiger Duke's mansion.

That was a top-tier duke in the Star Luo Empire, second only to the emperor, and a former member of the Star Luo Empire's royal family.

But all of this is predicated on his successful assassination plan. If the assassination fails, he will not only face retaliation from Shrek Academy, but the White Tiger Duke's Mansion will likely do anything to silence him in order to avoid implicating the White Tiger Duke.

So from the moment Corot made his move, he knew he had no way out.

Before Tang Wutong could react, Ye Xixuan's figure suddenly shot out like a black afterimage, his strong left leg slamming into the ground with a deep sonic boom. The terrifying shockwave that swept outwards directly knocked off the butterfly hair clip on her head, and her long, wavy pink and blue hair fluttered in the wind.

Koro's figure had already disappeared into the distance; his speed was so fast that it was impossible to detect with the naked eye.

"Bang—" Ye Xixuan and Ke Luo collided head-on almost instantly, the dark demonic sword crackling with black and purple lightning blocking a pair of deep black and sharp wolf claws. The two of them paused for a moment, allowing Tang Wutong to see Ke Luo's figure clearly again.

Even with his martial spirit possessing him, Koro's body didn't show many signs of beast transformation. His entire body was shrouded in an illusory shadow, filled with a rich aura of dark attributes.

Before possessing their Martial Soul True Form, even though they both possess Beast Martial Souls, Agility-type Battle Soul Masters don't pursue the ultimate beast transformation like Power-type Battle Soul Masters. Instead, they focus more on the special attributes and abilities of their Martial Soul. For example, Zhu Lu's Netherworld Cat Martial Soul and Xi Xi's Lightning Leopard Martial Soul are both examples of this.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Xixuan and Ke Luo had already clashed several times in this space. In her vision, she could only see the lingering black-purple lightning and the deep claw shadows that seemed to tear through the void.

As it turned out, Ye Xixuan's decision to let her leave was the wisest one. This level of combat was completely beyond her reach.

Among Soul Masters of the same level, the Agility-type Battle Soul Master is the weakest, but when it comes to the pressure they exert on lower-level Soul Masters, they are undeniably formidable.

Just like Tang Wutong at this moment, she couldn't even catch a glimpse of Ke Luo's figure, so how could she possibly use her soul skill to lock onto the target?

After all, agility-based Soul Masters with a cultivation level of seven rings or higher wouldn't be as reckless as Dai Huabin, directly confronting her Great Sumeru Hammer. No matter how powerful a Soul Skill is, it's meaningless if it can't hit its target.

As Ye Xixuan and Ke Luo drew closer, Tang Wutong looked around helplessly. She could clearly feel Ke Luo's approach, and the violent energy fluctuations made her stagger.

Just then, Ye Xixuan's low shout reached her ears again.

"Lift off!"

"Oh!" After this ordeal, Tang Wutong had already regarded Ye Xixuan as her only pillar of support. Thinking that Ye Xixuan still cared about her in such a critical moment, a feeling of unreal happiness immediately overwhelmed her heart, and she behaved quite obediently.

The Goddess of Light butterfly behind her unfurled, propelling Tang Wutong swiftly into the air. Blue and purple light flashed alternately on the butterfly's wings, adorned with golden patterns, resembling a small blue-gold sun that shone with dazzling brilliance in the darkness.

Her martial spirit was so conspicuous that even from the north gate of Shrek City, several kilometers away, the blue-gold light could be clearly seen in the distance.

Xu Sanshi and Yu Mengdi, who had just left Shrek City, noticed the strange thing in the night sky.

Xu Sanshi's expression immediately turned serious, and his entire demeanor underwent a dramatic change, as if a sleeping beast within him had awakened at that moment.

"Oh no! That looks like the direction Xi Xuan and the others left in. Something must have happened. Sister Mengdi, let's go there right now!"

"Alright!" Gazing at the distant night sky, Yu Mengdi nodded solemnly. Having previously owed Ye Xixuan such a great favor, she naturally wanted to find an opportunity to repay it.

However, what bothered and puzzled her was whether someone really dared to do something near Shrek City.

At the same time, two more figures arrived from Shrek City.

"Sanshi, wait! Senior Ling and I are coming too!"

Leading the group was none other than Ling Luochen, whose aloof demeanor was tinged with an unusually tangible, chilling killing intent that emanated from her deep blue eyes.

Yu Mengdi, who was also a five-ring Soul King, knew at first glance that Ling Luochen was no ordinary woman, and was at least no less powerful than her.

Beibei, who had called out to Xu Sanshi earlier, was much slower than Ling Luochen.

Their eyes met, and without needing any further communication, they tacitly sped off in that direction.

"go!"

On the other side of the official road, Ye Xixuan and Ke Luo clashed again.

Ye Xixuan channeled his soul power into the long, ornate hilt of the dark demonic sword in his hand. The strange patterns on the blade suddenly shone brightly, while the fine electric sparks that had been flickering instantly subsided. With fluid grace, he unleashed a vertical slash, and a blackish-purple sword beam exceeding ten meters in length appeared across the sky. The sword beam was solid and sharp, seemingly tearing space itself apart, leaving a deep sword mark on the ground.

Koro dodged the sword light by sidestepping, and was actually forced back by Ye Xixuan despite being a seventh-ring Soul Saint.

Outsiders may find it hard to believe what they are seeing, but it is indeed true.

No one could understand the frustration and resentment in Corot's heart.

The feeling of having one's martial soul attribute suppressed is extremely unpleasant. He cannot unleash his full strength, and his speed and the power of his soul skills are probably less than half of what they are usually.

However, the fact that Ye Xixuan was able to briefly confront him head-on without being at a disadvantage is enough to prove that Ye Xixuan is extraordinary.

Here we must mention the boost he received from the Three-Life Wolf Ape's left leg soul bone. Any soul master who absorbs and fuses a leg soul bone will experience a significant speed increase. Moreover, the Three-Life Wolf Ape's left leg bone itself is of the highest quality among ten-thousand-year soul bones, equivalent to a soul bone dropped by a super soul beast with fifty thousand years of cultivation, and it can continue to evolve.

It was precisely because of this leg bone that Ye Xixuan was able to maintain a significant speed advantage and use the attributes of his martial soul to counter Koro.

Otherwise, if you can't keep up with the speed, you'll be killed in one move. What's the use of having an advantage in martial soul attributes then?

What appeared to be a breathtaking exchange between the two in Tang Wutong's eyes had in reality lasted only a few breaths. "We can't afford to delay any longer!" Koro was filled with shock and anger, and he was becoming increasingly impatient. Glancing at Tang Wutong high in the sky out of the corner of his eye, he knew that it was virtually impossible to kill the two of them without making a scene.

Since that's the case, there's no need for him to hold back. He'll first go all out to kill the two, and then escape as quickly as possible!

With that in mind, the third purple millennium soul ring on Koro's body immediately lit up.

"Third Soul Skill, Shadow Clone!"

Koro's figure flashed, instantly transforming into three—a clone-type soul skill most common among agility-based soul masters. Immediately afterward, the two yellow hundred-year soul rings in front shone brightly once more.

Three figures accelerated simultaneously, rushing towards Ye Xixuan, their claws flashing alternately, each containing a deep, mysterious light.

Koro's shadow clones aren't just illusions created by speed; they possess offensive capabilities for a short period. Combined with his previous two soul skills, Dark Claw and Wolf Instant Kill, his attack power is undoubtedly increased exponentially.

The countless vicious and sharp claw marks blocked all of Ye Xixuan's escape routes. Faced with Ke Luo's outburst, even he had to deal with it with caution.

He gripped the hilt of the Dark Demon Sword with both hands and forcefully thrust it into the ground. The instant the sword tip touched the ground, a cold, deathly shadow instantly spread out. His two first-ranked spirit rings flashed in succession, but he used two thousand-year spirit skills, and both spirit rings were over five thousand years old.

Countless sharp shadow spikes shot into the sky, shimmering with a metallic sheen, as if constructing a steel forest in this area.

Koro's shadow clone was directly shattered, and all the black claw marks that came crashing down were blocked by the several exceptionally thick shadow spikes around Ye Xixuan.

However, Ye Xixuan quickly realized something was wrong; Koro's true form was not inside.

Of course, it's impossible to defeat a seventh-ring Soul Saint so easily.

Ye Xixuan looked up as if sensing something, and saw a pair of enormous black wings unfurl from Ke Luo's back. Black light and shadow coalesced behind him, forming the shape of his martial soul, the Shadow Wolf. Moreover, thin wings were also growing from the sides of this martial soul phantom. Under the backdrop of that massive and dazzling light and shadow, the purple fifth spirit ring beside Ke Luo was shining with dazzling brilliance.

Fifth Soul Skill: Demon Wolf Wings.

Under normal circumstances, non-flying spirit masters do not possess the ability to fly before reaching the Spirit Saint level, because they usually do not consider adding flight-type spirit skills, as it does not significantly improve their strength. Moreover, if the spirit beasts they hunt are not compatible with their own spirit, it is difficult to obtain suitable flight-type spirit skills.

Koro is an outlier among them. He was often hunted down by his enemies, so he deliberately used his important fifth spirit ring to add a flying-type spirit skill to himself, even giving up the original possible best spirit ring combination.

While Tang Wutong was still in a daze, Ke Luo had already rushed in front of her in mid-air.

"Let's take care of one first." A cruel, twisted light flashed in Koro's eyes as his right claw reached straight for Tang Wutong's head. Prematurely eliminating such promising young talents as Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong seemed to perfectly satisfy his twisted psyche.

In Ye Xixuan's view, Ke Luo was simply courting death. Wasn't he afraid of a god-king descending from the heavens to attack Tang Wutong?

However, Ye Xixuan didn't want Tang Shenwang to find an excuse to attack and scheme against him. A flash of silver light appeared on his left leg, and he instantly appeared in front of Tang Wutong.

The Three-Life Wolf Ape's left leg soul bone skill, Instant Teleportation Activated!

Ye Xixuan traversed a distance of over fifty meters, holding a dark magic sword in his right hand and controlling a bewitching dark flower in his left.

The next moment, the small and delicate dark flower instantly swelled in the wind, forming a seven-ring dark barrier, layer upon layer.

With the amplification of his second soul skill, Wolf Instant Kill, and his fifth soul skill, Wolf Wings, the destructive power of Koro's first soul skill, Dark Demon Claw, far surpassed that of before. The terrifying claw shadow had a diameter of at least three meters, emitting a sharp and piercing shriek in the air, and it forcefully gripped the seven-ring barrier in front of Ye Xixuan.

"Boom—" A deafening roar resounded. Although Ye Xixuan released the Fallen Wings in time, his figure was still thrown backward by the terrifying impact.

Tang Wutong was right behind Ye Xixuan. After regaining her senses, she immediately put aside everything else and hugged Ye Xixuan to help him stabilize his body in the air.

The two of them slid and tilted towards the ground for over a hundred meters in the air. Tang Wutong asked with concern, her face showing emotion, "Ye Xixuan, are you alright?"

"Can you let go first? If you keep hugging me like this, something bad will happen to me." Ye Xixuan sighed wearily. Having to fight against his opponents while also protecting Tang Wutong from the God King's schemes was truly a tough job.

Princess Tang, true to her love-struck nature, was still thinking about such things even at a time like this. Her pretty face flushed slightly as she slowly released her embrace.

"Physical reactions don't lie, and he was right..."

"Instant teleportation, a soul bone?!" On the other side, Koro's eyes turned greedy as he stared intently at Ye Xixuan's left leg.

"To be able to teleport this far, it must be a soul bone of at least 50,000 years!" Without pausing for a moment, he activated his third soul skill, Demon Wolf Clone, and three figures swooped down on Ye Xixuan from different directions.

Just as Ye Xixuan was about to respond, a deep black beam of light flashed in mid-air, and three figures appeared out of thin air.

A massive golden dragon head, radiating blinding golden light, and a shield array composed of black light shields, met two of Coro's clones.

Facing Coro was a blonde woman whose entire body shimmered with intense golden light. She possessed a pair of pure white wings, and her entire being was enveloped in a soft golden glow, exuding a divine aura that inspired awe and reverence. A flash of golden light appeared in each of her hands, revealing a golden longsword.

The three people who appeared out of nowhere were naturally Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Yu Mengdi, who had arrived just in time.

The black beam of light earlier was the effect of Xu Sanshi's fourth soul skill, Xuanwu Replacement. This ten-thousand-year-old Xuanwu Replacement granted him an almost heaven-defying ability to teleport everyone together. That's how he traversed a distance of over a hundred meters and teleported everyone over.

Along with them came Ling Luochen, who had landed on the ground below.

A loud dragon roar and a deep rumble rang out as Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei simultaneously used their strongest abilities to crush Ke Luo's two clones.

Facing Yu Mengdi, who was only at the fifth ring cultivation level, Ke Luo instinctively stopped in his tracks. He was wary not only of Yu Mengdi, but also of Ling Luochen below and Ye Xixuan not far away.

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi descended from the sky, landing on either side of Ling Luochen.

Ye Xixuan then waved the Fallen Wings behind him and came to Yu Mengdi's side.

The five men, one on the ground and one in the air, once again found themselves in a standoff with Coro.

Only Tang Wutong seemed like an outsider, immersed in her world of romantic fantasies.

Holding the Dark Demon Sword, Ye Xixuan pointed the tip at Koro opposite him and spoke calmly.

Do you still think you can walk away unscathed?

"You think you can stop me?!" Koro roared angrily in his heart, but in reality, he had already begun to consider retreating. Now that so many people had been alerted, it was impossible to capture them all in a short time.

This place is so close to Shrek City, what if someone comes along...?

Little did Coro know that from the moment he infiltrated outside Shrek City, he had already alerted the one inside the Sea God Pavilion.

Everything that happened today was actually the result of Mu Lao's deliberate manipulation.

(End of this chapter)