Douluo Dragon King: Martial Soul Spring and Autumn Cicada, Lord of Time

Chapter 169 The Plague Messenger, Easily Turns the Tables

"Hehehehe, humans, tremble, fear!"

The chilling voice echoed in the air, carrying a mocking and sinister tone, as piercing as a viper's hiss.

"Your Sun and Moon Federation's higher-ups are disobedient and have harmed our partners. We must retaliate! We must retaliate!"

The sound grew increasingly shrill, accompanied by hysterical roars, and the surrounding air seemed to vibrate.

"I am the messenger of plague, and today, you will all die!"

Looking at the scattered crowd around him, the evil soul master sneered, his eyes bloodshot, his face twisted, and a cruel smile appeared on his lips. He waved his scepter, which burst out with green light!

"It seems... this matter is still related to me!"

Zhao Tao frowned slightly, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

After all, he had just killed the collaborators of the evil spirit masters—the three evil ones of the Tan family, or rather, the three treacherous ones of the Tan family.

While it's highly unlikely that the Holy Spirit Cult will retaliate so quickly, it can't be said that there's no connection whatsoever.

"However, you've chosen the wrong opponent to attack me!"

Looking at the "Plague Messenger" in the distance, Zhao Tao touched his nose, sneered, and then suddenly activated his soul power!

"Time Buries the Sword!"

"A fleeting moment of beauty!"

"Future body!"

"Battle Armor, activate!"

As his soul power surged, rings of soul power lit up around Zhao Tao, radiating brilliant and beautiful colors!

Silver light flashed in his hand, and the next moment, a long sword that shone with dazzling light and had various mysterious patterns on its surface, seemingly capable of distorting time and space, appeared in Zhao Tao's palm. It was the Time Burial Sword!

At the same time, in Zhao Tao's palm, the cicada flapped its wings, and an accelerated wave of light instantly enveloped his body.

Meanwhile, another wave of deceleration silently spread toward the plague messenger in the distance.

Moreover, at this moment, streaks of silver light flashed across Zhao Tao's body, which was the power bestowed upon him by the River of Time!

As time passed, a surge of powerful soul energy began to emerge from the deepest part of Zhao Tao's body.

With the influx of this soul power, Zhao Tao's soul power level reached the Soul Emperor level, and his aura soared like a rocket, instantly reaching the Soul Emperor level!

In addition, there were also streaks of silver light flashing on Zhao Tao's body surface!

As these silver lights flashed, streaks of silver armor appeared on Zhao Tao's body—his battle armor!

As Zhao Tao fully donned his silver battle armor, his aura surged instantly, radiating a terrifying aura!

"Go to hell!"

Holding the Time Burial Sword, Zhao Tao was like a sharp arrow, instantly carrying the Plague Messenger through the Soul Guidance Train carriage and into the outside world!

"Who, who are you!?"

Sensing the aura emanating from Zhao Tao, the Plague Messenger's eyes flashed with terror. He suddenly swung his Plague Scepter, and a green poisonous mist swept wildly toward Zhao Tao!

"Call me Lei Feng, the one who will kill you!"

Facing the terrifying poisonous fog that seemed capable of eroding everything, Zhao Tao sneered, and with a horizontal stroke of his Time Burial Sword, he unleashed a dense sword light that dispersed the poisonous fog.

At the same time, Zhao Tao suddenly accelerated and arrived beside the plague messenger in an instant!

"Future Self, Unleash!"

The third soul ring on his body lit up again, and a silver light appeared on Zhao Tao's body. The future power from the River of Time erupted once more!

In an instant, Zhao Tao's aura surged again, even surpassing that of many Soul Saints!

Immediately, Zhao Tao unleashed a powerful sword strike, imbued with boundless power of time and intense soul energy, aiming to slash at the head of the plague messenger!

Faced with Zhao Tao's sword strike, the Plague Messenger hurriedly waved his Plague Scepter and activated his soul skill in an attempt to stop him.

However, under the influence of "Fleeting Beauty", his speed was slowed down a lot, while Zhao Tao's sword was as graceful as a startled swan!

puff!

With a crisp sound, the plague messenger was decapitated by a single sword strike, green pus gushing from his severed neck, and the headless corpse slowly fell to the ground!

After doing all this, Zhao Tao returned to the Soul Guidance Train.

At this moment, the other passengers on the train burst into enthusiastic applause!

Not long after, a federal governor in charge of hunting down evil spirit masters came to record Zhao Tao and the others' merits.

I won't go into the minor setbacks along the way.

Soon, everyone returned to the academy and submitted any evidence of the heads of the three evil Tan family members, Tan Ti, Tan Dao, and Tan Chuan, as well as the head of Tan Lu, the father of the three evil Tan family members.

"Good, very good, you did a great job!"

Facing the four bloody heads, Cai Yue'er's eyes were filled with satisfaction, and she awarded Zhao Tao and the others full marks.

Of course, along with the rewards come a considerable amount of federal merit points and academy contribution points.

After that, Zhao Tao and the others continued their cultivation at the academy.

After all, they completed the assessment task in less than five days.

The final exams for other colleges, on the other hand, last for a full fifteen days.

After waiting at the academy for some time, other students gradually returned, some having completed the assessment, while others had failed.

After eliminating three failing students, Wu Changkong and Shen Yi announced that the end of the semester had arrived, and the students should go home and find their own mothers.

Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan naturally returned to Tianhai City and went back to their families.

Wu Siduo came to the academy from Tiandou City to cultivate, so naturally she returned to Tiandou City with him.

Tang Wulin's adoptive parents had left Tianhai City, so he had nowhere to go and stayed at the academy with Wu Changkong.

Cultivating oneself in a turbid world.

Ye Xinglan stayed behind with Tang Wulin, because for her, Shrek Academy was the best place to practice swordsmanship.

As for Zhao Tao and Gu Yue, they also stayed in Shrek City, but went to the headquarters of the Spirit Pagoda to cultivate with the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo.

Riding in the Gu Yue family's luxurious soul-guided car, the two quickly arrived at the headquarters of the Spirit Pagoda.

Leaving aside the enchanting journey, when Gu Yue left the soul-guided car, the spot where she had been sitting was quite damp and had a faint fragrance.

Upon arriving at the headquarters of the Spirit Pagoda, the two paid their respects to their master, the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo.

Next, Tianfeng Douluo arranged a room for the two of them on his floor.

During the summer vacation that follows, they will train at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, where they will have access to the Spirit Ascension Platform and exclusive training facilities.

Tianfeng Douluo would also take time out of his schedule to guide and train the two of them.

And so, the first semester at Shrek Academy finally came to an end, and a happy and busy summer vacation began.