Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 206 Akron River

The light emanating from Cerberus's inner core couldn't obscure Qian Renxue for long, after all, even its master had been defeated by Qian Renxue, let alone an inner core that had been weakened.

In just two or three hours, Qian Renxue had refined eight or nine tenths of the inner core. The pale red light it emitted was continuously transformed into black light by Qian Renxue's soul power, gradually condensing together and finally turning into a huge black halo that slowly contracted towards her body. At this moment, her original six soul rings also shone with brilliant light.

A violent energy fluctuation came, and the phantom of the six-winged angel behind Qian Renxue suddenly became real. The angel's face was exactly the same as Qian Renxue's, but its temperament was more noble, and it also had a bit more majesty.

Xiao Yu, whose strength was even greater than Qian Renxue's, saw through Qian Renxue's cultivation level at a glance and said calmly, "Level 72, not bad!"

Having just finished refining her inner core, Qian Renxue snorted lightly upon hearing this: "Don't be so smug. I'll catch up to you one day, and then, hmph, I'll definitely beat you to a pulp, you womanizing radish!"

"Let's go, once Lingling and that other person finish their training, we'll head to the next level!"

Before Xiao Yu could say anything more, Qian Renxue, who had just broken through to level 70, was eager to know just how much her strength had improved, and excitedly waved to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu stayed at the Gate of Hell to wait for Qian Renxue to break through to level 70. Now that his goal has been achieved, Xiao Yu has no reason to stay here.

Although training here is twice as effective, if you only train without engaging in actual combat, your strength will be greatly reduced. Moreover, as long as you defeat the various bosses of the Underworld, you will have plenty of time to train here in the future.

After Huo Wu and Ye Lingling finished their training, the four of them embarked on their journey to the First Prison.

Passing through the Gates of Hell, the once abundant spiritual energy thinned out, and even the sky darkened, as if endless dangers lurked within the deep darkness.

"Watch out!"

Xiao Yu was extremely alert. He caught the slightest fluctuation in the air. His Netherworld Martial Soul instantly possessed him. He spurred his foot and shot out. The Netherworld Sword, flashing with a chilling white light, slashed through the sky and let out a sharp whistle. The sword light flashed, and the skeleton soldiers hidden in the darkness were instantly crushed into powder.

Whoosh whoosh! ! !

Before Xiao Yu could even catch his breath, three more figures shot out from the shadows and headed straight for the three women.

"court death!"

With a sharp cry, Qian Renxue unleashed a pale golden light that instantly enveloped the three skeleton soldiers. This was Qian Renxue's second soul skill, Divine Light, which used the divine attributes of a six-winged angel to dispel darkness and purify evil.

Ordinary Soul Masters would be weakened to varying degrees by this attack due to the attributes of their Martial Soul, while extremely Yin and evil Evil Soul Masters and undead creatures from the Underworld would be directly burned to ashes by this holy light.

"This is way too easy!"

Qian Renxue, who had easily dealt with the three skeleton soldiers, pouted, seemingly unsatisfied.

"Don't worry, this is just an appetizer!"

Xiao Yu had already landed beside Qian Renxue, staring directly into the darkness ahead, and said, "There are at least several hundred of these skeleton soldiers hidden in here!"

Tatata! ! !

As if to verify Xiao Yu's words, a series of neat footsteps suddenly came from the darkness. These hundreds of skeleton soldiers actually formed a tight formation of ten men each, like an army, and surged towards Xiao Yu and the others in a dark mass.

Behind these hundreds of skeleton soldiers were eight knights clad in bronze armor, their longswords gleaming with a chilling light. Most terrifying of all were the fact that none of the eight knights had heads; their necks and heads were completely bare, sending shivers down one's spine.

"Roar!"

The voices of the eight headless knights seemed to come from nowhere. Upon hearing the sound, the skeleton soldiers attacked in unison, their arms transforming into sharp bone blades as they surged towards Xiao Yu and his companions with murderous intent.

Xiao Yu and the other three quickly changed formation. Xiao Yu, Qian Renxue, and Huo Wu each occupied one corner, forming an equilateral triangle to protect the support-type Soul Master Ye Lingling within it.

"The Realm of the Underworld!"

"Angel's Realm!"

"The Realm of Life!"

As they changed formation, Xiao Yu, Qian Renxue, and Ye Lingling simultaneously released their respective domains. With the support of these three domains, the aura of all four of them soared.

"Maintain formation, charge forward, and take down those headless knights, otherwise these skeletons won't disperse!"

Xiao Yu shouted, and the four of them, maintaining their formation, charged headlong into the sea of ​​skeletons.

Xiao Yu made the first move, his second soul ring lit up, and more than a dozen fireballs gathered around him. With a wave of his hand, they fell into the skeleton horde like shooting stars.

Boom boom boom!!!

The fireball fell and exploded among the skeletons. These skeletons were not the same skeleton Xiao Yu had encountered in Huangquan Hirasaka. These skeletons were much smaller than that skeleton, only about the size of an adult male, and their cultivation was far inferior, at most at the Soul Venerable level.

Although Xiao Yu was only using his second soul skill, his soul power had already exceeded level 75.

The explosive energy of the fireball instantly blasted swathes of skeletons into dust, throwing the skeleton army's formation into chaos.

"Charge!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the four rushed into the horde of skeletons, plunging into the sea of ​​skeletons like a sharp knife. With Ye Lingling's life domain as a foundation, Xiao Yu, Qian Renxue, and Huo Wu were not afraid of exhausting their soul power. They unleashed a series of soul skills filled with terrifying power, and wherever their soul power attacks swept, large numbers of skeleton soldiers turned into fragments.

In no time at all, the group had reached the headless knight.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Fire Dance Storm!"

As a control-type Soul Master, Huo Wu had been preparing this move for a long time. The Huo Ying Martial Soul behind her spun rapidly, forming a vortex of flames with extremely high temperature. The eight headless knights were controlled by her at the same time.

"Fire Dancer, well done!"

Xiao Yu shouted excitedly, and his sixth spirit ring, which was as black as ink, instantly burst out with dazzling light. Because of the evolution of Xiao Yu's martial soul, the death ray released by his sixth spirit skill was even more terrifying.

Click, click!

The headless knight's armor shattered instantly, and then his body was swallowed up by the rays, turning into nothingness.

With the deaths of the eight headless horsemen, the skeleton soldiers stopped abruptly and retreated in all directions, quickly disappearing from sight. At the same time, the previously murky air gradually dissipated, and everyone's vision cleared.

Only then did the group realize that a wide river blocked their way not far away, with rolling waves and seemingly wailing spirits at the bottom of the river.

This is the famous River Styx, or Akron.

(End of this chapter)