Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 27 is unclear; perhaps he's someone with a tragic fate.

The twenty-odd ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts that had been waiting nearby were not about to allow Ji Wuming to escape from their jaws. Several of the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts closest to Ji Wuming quickly charged forward.

At this moment, the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts would no longer treat Ji Wuming the same way they treated the Thunder Dragon Fish. Now, they only wanted to kill the human in front of them who had made the Thunder Dragon Fish sacrifice himself and eat him.

Countless blood blades, water blades, and powerful sonic attacks all hurtled towards Ji Wuming.

"Third Soul Skill, Blood Lightning Transforms into Three Thousand!"

In an instant, the once clear sky was suddenly covered with blood-red clouds, and countless crimson lightning bolts transformed into spears of blood-red lightning.

Because Ji Wuming needed to conserve his soul power, although he could only produce five or six hundred Blood Thunder Spears, they were still less than three thousand. Countless Blood Thunder Spears, like violent arrows, struck down at the several ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts below.

The rain of blood-red lightning spears covered an area of ​​over 100 meters. Several ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts at the forefront unleashed their strongest skills, knocking down one blood-red lightning spear after another. The blood-red lightning spears that fell into the water transformed into small blood-red lightning radiation zones of 25 meters.

Any ancient or millennia-old soul beast that comes into contact with the blood lightning radiation zone will either fall into a coma or be directly killed by the violent lightning power that shatters its body.

However, due to it being the third soul skill of a ten-thousand-year-old beast, coupled with the assistance of its first soul skill, the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, whose defense was relatively weak, was directly pierced by the Blood Thunder Spear. The violent lightning energy bombarded its entire body.

Many wounded ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts had no choice but to slow down their pursuit. As blood seeped from their wounds, the dozen or so ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts behind them, as well as the thousand-year-old soul beasts 300 meters away, attacked them en masse, devouring the bleeding soul beasts.

"A great opportunity!"

Seeing the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts fighting each other behind him, Ji Wuming quickly fled forward.

But in less than a minute, the internal struggle among the soul beasts behind them had ended. Ten ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts were still closely following behind Ji Wuming, constantly releasing water blades and leaping out of the water, trying to swallow him whole.

At that very moment, more millennia-old and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts were approaching Ji Wuming from 400 meters away.

"Here we go again! Are you trying to kill me?"

Ji Wuming felt even more desperate. He immediately used his second soul skill, employing a second and third stage attack to quickly ride the waves.

At this moment, having already used a ten-thousand-year soul skill, Ji Wuming's soul power was already quite low. After using a second soul skill in quick succession, he now had less than one-tenth of his soul power left, barely enough to maintain his Wave-Treading Steps.

Suddenly, a ferocious shark leaped out from beneath Ji Wuming, its jaws wide open, attempting to tear him apart and swallow him whole.

Ji Wuming reacted swiftly, using the water's momentum and his remaining soul power to leap high into the air, quickly dodging the Fierce Biting Shark's attacks and firmly grasping its dorsal fin. His soul guidance ring slashed his right hand, and his own blood mingled with the Blood Thunder Spear.

With difficulty, he raised the Blood Thunder Spear in his right hand and, under the pressure of the rushing seawater from the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, pierced the skin of the Fierce Biting Shark.

"roar--"

The ferocious shark, which was speeding away and trying to shake off Ji Wuming, let out a series of mournful cries, and its struggle and the swinging of its tail became even more intense.

"Hahaha, it seems my life isn't meant to end here, Ji Wuming—"

Ji Wuming was overjoyed. He forcibly endured the damage caused by the water pressure, and with even more force in his right hand, he thrust the Blood Thunder Spear even deeper.

Countless amounts of beast blood were rapidly flowing into the Blood Thunder Spear and being converted into soul power to compensate Ji Wuming. Although the conversion effect of soul power was only slightly enhanced, fortunately, he was absorbing a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

As Ji Wuming's soul power recovered to half, the struggling of the Fierce Bite Shark beneath his feet slowed, leaving only a skin with a few bits of flesh and blood.

He drew his Blood Thunder Spear, kicked off the mountain, and the Fierce Biting Shark plummeted into the deep sea like a fragment of a raging storm. Then, just as the other soul beasts were about to close in, Ji Wuming leaped out of the water.

"Third Soul Skill, Blood Lightning Transforms into Three Thousand!"

Ji Wuming once again unleashed his third soul skill, which consumed an immense amount of his soul power, and used this skill to break through towards the small number of soul beasts.

Countless sea spirit beasts immediately pounced on Ji Wuming.

"Damn it, it's one thing for a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast to chase me, but a mere thousand-year-old soul beast comes to kill me too."

Ji Wuming watched as the thousand-year-old soul beast repeatedly leaped out of the water to launch attacks. Seizing the opportunity, he immediately activated his second soul skill, forcibly killing it. He then quickly absorbed its essence and blood to replenish his consumed soul power.

As time went by, Ji Wuming lost track of how long he had been running and how many seas he had traversed. He only knew that the number of millennia-old soul beasts behind him was steadily increasing, becoming too powerful to control.

"Hopefully, a 10-year-old soul beast will come to help me scare away these overbearing sea soul beasts. That way, I'll only need to deal with one 10-year-old soul beast."

His idea was good, but reality was cruel. If a 100,000-year-old soul beast really came, the next two or three hundred 10,000-year-old soul beasts would definitely stop, and he would never be able to survive under a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Due to the prolonged and uninterrupted use of his soul skills, and the loss of blood from his body, Ji Wuming was now deathly pale, utterly exhausted, and his body was severely overdrawn.

"Am I really going to die here?"

His mind gradually became hazy, and with a "bang," he fell into the seawater.

The ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, who had followed for a long time without gaining any advantage, saw that the despicable human was finally defeated. They went berserk and swarmed towards Ji Wuming underwater.

However, at that moment, a silver sword sliced ​​the nearest ten-thousand-year-old soul beast in half at the waist. Two tall, simply dressed men in animal skins jumped into the water and rescued him.

"Village Chief, this outsider's attire is almost identical to that of Master Chen. Could he be a spy from the Spirit Hall?"

The man had just led Ji Wuming onto the bamboo raft when he asked in confusion.

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"I don't know, maybe she's just someone with a hard life!"

The village chief replied to Xiao Li, then looked ahead and around at the numerous ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

"Carve a house!"

The silver sword cleaved directly into the seawater ahead, splitting the hundreds-of-meters-deep ocean in two with its sword energy, revealing the charred rocks on the seabed.

The several ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts on the straight path ahead were cleaved in two, their blood mist filling the air and seawater. In less than two seconds, the path in the sea closed again.

"Those soul beasts that have been split in half are excellent food. Xiao Li, you guys hurry up and bring all that meat back. The village children will be so happy to see so much meat!"

"Yes, village chief!"

Xiao Li immediately led four strong young men to retrieve the meat. Upon seeing this, the numerous ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts glared fiercely at the village chief and scattered in all directions.

Two more updates today, will be posted later.

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