Douluo Continent: The World Shines with Stars

Chapter 35 The Mist Without Boundaries

In the fog, it was impossible to distinguish between day and night. Xu Mingxi could only judge the time by observing the concentration of starlight under the guidance of his first soul skill.

As the night drew to a close, no one else appeared after the two Soul Saints entered.

After bidding farewell, Xiao Jiahun Sheng returned directly into the thick fog. He needed to go back and find Xiao Rui, which was the most important purpose of his trip.

Xu Mingxi sat alone to the side, coldly watching the Soul Saint of the Xiao family leave. Now that she couldn't contact her grandfather and her backer was gone, she had to pretend to be unscrupulous.

He refused to believe that the mist, which even Soul Kings and Soul Saints couldn't stop, could pose any threat to his grandfather. At most, he was just being held back by something.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Chen Qingting stood in front of the ruins, looking at the broken gate before him, and then glanced sideways at Xu Mingxi, the only outsider. If she didn't agree, he might have to resort to other means.

The claims of being a savior of a younger sister or a distinguished guest of the Chen family are all false. The only thing they are wary of is Xu Mingxi's strength and the mysterious background revealed by the involvement of the Yuan family.

Xu Mingxi naturally noticed the current situation. The two Chen brothers' gazes towards him had undergone subtle changes. However, who knew whether his protector was actually there or not?

"Let's go in and take a look."

The two Chen brothers exchanged a knowing glance and nodded. Now was not the time to turn against each other. What dangers lay inside was still unknown, and whether they would gain anything in the end, and whether the gains were worth turning against each other, were all things they needed to consider.

Chen Qingting recalled the smoke wolves they had encountered before. Although they hadn't posed any threat to them, they had managed to force their way into this place.

But the sight of that immortal and tireless creature filled him with dread. Shaking his head at his brother, Chen Qingting stepped into the ruins first.

Xu Mingxi followed the two brothers, while the iguana soul saint from the Chen family walked at the back. He kept a close eye on the movements behind him, but also paid a lot of attention to Xu Mingxi.

After they went inside, the Grand Elder behind them also wanted to follow, but just as he was about to step into the ruins, the broken door suddenly closed, and thick smoke began to rise around them.

The First Elder's expression changed drastically. He couldn't see through the smoke. His fourth soul ring lit up and slammed directly into the gate.

The main gate was blasted open, and when the elder went inside, he found it to be an empty hall. Xu Mingxi and the others had already disappeared.

After Xu Mingxi and the other three stepped into the ruins, they heard the creak of a door closing. They turned around abruptly, only to find that the door they had just entered through had vanished.

With his martial spirit activated, Chen Qingting punched the spot where the door had originally been. The explosive fist collided with the wall, yet it caused no damage whatsoever.

The four people present unconsciously retreated to the center. They saw that thick fog was rising all around them, and they heard the hoarse roar of a beast within the fog.

Under Xu Mingxi's gaze, the smoke billowed and a smoke wolf rushed out. Chen Qingting was about to use the same trick again, going up to take the hit head-on and then punch it away.

Unexpectedly, the attack power of this smoke wolf was completely different from the previous one. Chen Qingting's arm was directly grabbed, and blood splattered everywhere. The pain made him stop involuntarily. Taking this opportunity, the smoke wolf retreated back into the smoke.

Chen Qingting retreated back into the group, his arm still bleeding, and dared not launch another attack recklessly.

The monsters in the smoke wouldn't let this opportunity pass. The wolf-shaped monster attacked from behind, and the tiger-shaped monster attacked from the front, both emerging from the smoke and heading straight for the group.

Chen Family Soul Saint Chen Xi blocked the tiger-shaped monster, Xu Mingxi's Star Net slowed down the wolf-shaped monster's speed, and Chen Qingting's fifth soul ring lit up, striking out with a claw and shattering it. The two smoke monsters were defeated and turned into mist, returning to the thick fog, preparing for the next attack. Xu Mingxi and the other three looked around warily, their mood sinking to the bottom almost instantly.

The monsters formed from the mist are immortal and tireless, but their soul power and physical strength are limited, and they simply cannot sustain the fight.

"Let's go, we'll go into the smoke. You clear the way, I'll protect the surroundings."

At the critical moment, Xu Mingxi stepped forward and entered the mist. Monsters could attack from all directions, but only the Star Guardian could protect the four of them.

He could sense the intensity of the surrounding starlight; it was probably nighttime now, his most powerful moment.

The others had no other choice but to believe that Xu Mingxi could truly protect them.

Chen Qingfeng carried Xu Mingxi on his back, and a dazzling star crown appeared. His fourth and fifth spirit rings lit up at the same time, with twinkling starlight that transformed into a flowing light curtain that enveloped everyone in the middle.

This was the first time the three members of the Chen family had seen Xu Mingxi's fourth soul skill. Surprised, they immediately took Xu Mingxi and rushed into the thick fog; it was their only option.

There weren't as many monsters as Xu Mingxi had imagined in the thick fog. It seemed that only one wolf-shaped creature and one tiger-shaped creature attacked them.

The attack intensity was roughly equivalent to a casual strike from a Soul Emperor. Xu Mingxi could still hold on for the time being, but each attack made his face even paler.

"Hurry, I can't hold on much longer."

At Xu Mingxi's call, the three members of the Chen family joined hands and ran wildly in one direction. Their soul power was more than half exhausted, but it seemed that they could not reach the boundary, or even the slightest trace of it.

"Stop, we can't go any further. If we keep going, we won't even have the soul power to fight back against these two monsters."

With Chen Qingfeng carrying him on his back, Xu Mingxi had time to observe his surroundings and think, and he didn't even notice the boundary of the thick fog.

His mind was a jumble of thoughts. He pinched himself hard, forcing himself to calm down, and began a brainstorming session.

On the Douluo Continent, there are only soul beasts, gods, human soul masters, and soul tools. Excluding gods, the chance of encountering one is extremely small.

It's unlikely that either a soul beast or a human soul master could stop a Title Douluo and trap the four of them here; they've basically gone beyond that scope.

Xu Mingxi's mind was filled with anxious thoughts as he recalled the information he had seen in the Star Crown Sect and the original novel he had read in his previous life.

Meanwhile, the Grand Elder outside looked at the four people lying in the empty hall, the strange soul tool floating in the center of the hall, and the soul bone inside that shone with brilliant light, and his heart was filled with indescribable worry.

This soul tool is clearly designed to target the mind. Even he was fooled when he first came in. Can Mingxi really spot the flaw?

The Grand Elder wanted to destroy the strange soul tool directly, but he was afraid of affecting Xu Mingxi's mental power, so he could only watch as the soul power in his body was draining away.

If, in the end, Xu Mingxi's soul power is about to be exhausted, he will take action directly, and at that time, he will not be able to care about anything else.

(End of this chapter)