Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

This is the gold of life...

A thought slowly arose in his mind, but Lin Xiao did not relax his vigilance at all.

As an evil soul master, he understood far better than anyone else how terrifying and bizarre the evil soul masters' methods were, especially curses, which were not only extremely covert, but even more bizarre than other methods.

Even Lin Xiao, who knew a lot about evil soul masters, did not dare to easily conclude that he could solve the curse on the carving knife.

Therefore, even though the Gold of Life is right before his eyes, he will give it up without hesitation if he does not have the thought of resolving the curse.

"Sir, it's rumored that the Soul Devouring Knife was originally used by a powerful evil soul master. His cultivation once reached the ninth level, and he brought bloodshed to the entire continent three thousand years ago."

"And this carving knife was made in his later years. It's rumored that it contains a trace of the soul of that evil soul master, which will continue to lead people to evil. According to the auction house's speculation, if the soul master who uses it has a light attribute and is mentally strong enough, it is possible that they will not be affected by the backlash."

Seeing that Lin Xiao was looking at it seriously, the auctioneer next to him also whispered to introduce more details about the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.

Lin Xiao nodded slightly after listening to her words.

Although rumors are always exaggerated and most of the content is not true, some rumors are also based on facts.

He did feel the breath of a remnant soul from the carving knife.

The evil soul master who left a remnant of his soul on the Soul-Devouring Knife only knew that the gold of life contained powerful power, but did not know how to use it, so he set up a curse as a revenge, and even did not hesitate to separate a wisp of his own soul and hide it in it.

Lin Xiao didn't know how to evolve the curse, but he just happened to have some research on the soul.

After thinking carefully for a moment, he suddenly turned around and returned to his seat in the audience.

"Sir, you..." The auctioneer looked at Lin Xiao with some anticipation.

"I'll offer 100,000 gold soul coins." Lin Xiao raised the number 13 sign in his hand, and then lay back in his seat like before.

"Okay, for the mysterious Soul Devouring Carving Knife, customer number thirteen has bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. Are there any other customers who would like to raise their bids?"

Those who hadn't left immediately looked at each other. Seeing Lin Xiao's performance just now, they boldly speculated whether Lin Xiao had found a way to remove the curse.

But they themselves don't know how to deal with the curse on it. If they rashly increase the price and let the carving knife fall into their hands, it will become a hot potato.

The auction hall suddenly fell silent. The auctioneer, as if expecting this, hammered down repeatedly, "One hundred thousand once, one hundred thousand twice, one hundred thousand three times. Deal!"

As if she was afraid that Lin Xiao would go back on his word, she brought down the hammer much faster.

"Sir, the delivery of the Gold Soul Coins is just around the corner. Please take a look at this item..." The auctioneer could no longer conceal the smile on his face, and he looked at Lin Xiao with a very humble attitude.

"Help me find a nice box to put it in."

"Yes."

The others who remained were more or less disappointed when they heard Lin Xiao's words. They had originally thought someone had finally broken the curse of the Soul Devouring Knife, but now it seemed they were unwilling to touch it and yet wanted a beautiful box. They were probably buying it back to keep it as a collection.

Everyone suddenly lost interest and left one after another.

Lin Xiao turned his head slightly to glance at the empty auction hall, then stood up and walked towards the place where the gold soul coins were to be delivered.

Although there were no gold soul coins to be obtained in the Holy Spirit Church, with his cultivation level, it would not be difficult for him to save up 100,000 gold soul coins.

Just like the metal he had extracted from the belly of the gold-devouring beast, which fetched a good price, he had also made a lot of money from the fur of the silver wolves. Adding to the transactions he had made with the Ordinary Alliance over the past two years, 100,000 gold soul coins wasn't too high a price for him.

After the payment and goods were settled, the people in the Starlight Auction House watched Lin Xiao put the box containing the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife into the storage soul guide. The expressions of the staff members instantly relaxed, as if they had finally let go of a big thing in their hearts.

"Sir, although you have only participated in one auction, the total transaction price has exceeded 100,000 Gold Soul Coins. Your level in the Starlight Auction House has been upgraded. The next time you come here, you can directly participate in the higher-level Purple Level Auction."

The auctioneer trotted over to Lin Xiao and handed him a purple card. Star-like patterns faintly formed a crown, with the words "Shen Hao" engraved in gold.

"Okay, then I'll accept it."

"Guest, move slowly!"

Everyone behind Lin Xiao bowed.

After his figure completely disappeared and appeared outside the auction hall, the staff inside finally spoke again.

"Hurry, go tell the boss that the murderous blade has finally been sold."

"Yes." Someone immediately responded, "Should we check his identity?"

"After the report is completed, listen to the boss's instructions. We should not act on our own for such a mission."

"Yes."

On the other hand, after Lin Xiao walked out of the auction house, he did not rush back to his residence. Instead, he walked around various scenic spots like a real foreign tourist.

Chapter 110 Face

It was already night when Lin Xiao returned to the hotel he had booked. At this time, although there were some scattered lighting soul guides on the streets outside, there were far fewer people on the streets than in Mingdu, and it seemed a little quiet for a while.

After taking a closer look at the room, Lin Xiao sat on the bed. With a thought, a translucent shadow emerged from his body and disappeared quietly.

With a flip of his right hand, a metal ball the size of an adult's head appeared in his hand. He threw it gently, and with a metallic "clang" sound, the metal ball changed in the air, and six mechanical legs stretched out from it and landed steadily on the ground.

Then a gun barrel with a cold glow emerged from the top and rotated once.

Lin Xiao raised his hand slightly, and the six robotic arms of the "metal ball" took it all the way to the door.

As the soul engineer's level continues to improve, the soul guides he has researched are also constantly iterating. After studying in Mingde Hall for so long, as a fifth-level soul guide, it finally has the true meaning of "self-propelled".

After doing all this, Lin Xiao took out the things he had just taken.

A carving knife about half a foot long and as thick as a finger soon appeared in Lin Xiao's palm.

From bottom to top, it is wide and then narrow. The top is a very sharp-looking tip, and below is a sharp blade about half an inch wide.

The entire carving knife looks very ancient, and the inconspicuous inscriptions are hidden under its dark surface, adding a bit of melancholy.

Lin Xiao stared at the carving knife in front of him for a long time, allowing his soul and mental strength to completely calm down.

He knew that the carving knife did not originally look like this.

The room was silent. Suddenly, Lin Xiao opened his eyes abruptly. Six black, black, black, black, black, and black soul rings slowly rose from his side. Blood-like red spider lilies surrounded him and rhythmically moved.

Lin Xiao had already condensed his mental power into a thin thread and slowly reached towards the carving knife.

In this world, curses are nothing more than the product of the interaction between mental power and soul power. The curse on this carving knife is somewhat special, and it is mixed with some soul power, but Lin Xiao is also not unfamiliar with this power.

Three thousand years have passed. If the curse on this carving knife was just cast by a Titled Douluo, Lin Xiao would naturally not have the courage to challenge it.

But as time passed, the power of this curse was no longer what it once was. It still has the name of Lord Devourer, mostly because of the soul within it. After all, martial spirits that can handle souls are rare.

Time ticked by, and beads of sweat formed on Lin Xiao's forehead. He was a Titled Douluo after all. After thousands of years, coupled with Lin Xiao's extraordinary mental strength, after an hour, the invisible barrier finally began to break.

The originally dark carving knife suddenly emitted a green light, and streams of black air flowed out from it, then slowly gathered into a hideous face.

As if it had been in contact with the Finance of Living Things for too long, blue flames were burning in the empty eye sockets of that face.

“Ku ...

A strange sound came from the ferocious face, and the black shadow with green flames swayed rapidly in front of Lin Xiao's eyes, and then rushed straight towards him.

But Lin Xiao was prepared. The moment the face appeared, he raised his right hand, and the red spider lily that was circling around him instantly fell into his palm. As the enchanting petals bloomed, a fragrance filled the entire room.

And in the pistil, shadows appeared one after another and pounced towards the black shadow in the carving knife.

Ordinary people cannot attack the soul, but for Lin Xiao, he has more direct means to deal with the soul.

Although these residual souls he collected in the stamens did not have some of the abilities of the assassin he pieced together, they still had considerable attack power against other things that were also souls.

As phantoms passed through the face, the blue flames burning in the empty eye sockets became visibly weaker.

Lin Xiao's eyes flashed, and he raised his right hand. All his soul power and mental strength converged towards the changes in his palm. In an instant, the blooming flower floated up and spun non-stop.

The phantom that emerged from the carving knife seemed to be suddenly pulled by some invisible force, and its movements became much slower.

Lin Xiao glanced at the face that was still struggling to resist, and the first soul ring around him suddenly lit up. Along with a flash of black light, invisible soul seeds flew out from his fingertips and headed straight for the face.

In just a moment, the face's resistance became much weaker.

Just as Lin Xiao injected his soul power into the red spider lily again, wanting to hide the face, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Little kid, you can control souls, so you must be an evil soul master, right?"

When Lin Xiao heard this, his face changed instantly, his body bounced up suddenly, and when he landed again he was already at the door of the room, with the self-propelled soul guide cannon blocking in front of him.

The soul of the assassin who had been hiding in the dark also slowly poked his head out, and the dagger formed by the power of his soul was flashing a cold light right above that face.

A wisp of the soul of a Titled Douluo still had consciousness after three thousand years, and Lin Xiao was already alert.

"I have lured dozens of brilliant soul masters into the path of evil soul masters, but I never expected that today I would fall into the hands of a true evil soul master."

"Don't get excited, little kid. You should be able to sense that I'm not a complete soul. I'm just a wisp of consciousness left behind. I pose no threat to you."

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes and didn't say anything, but secretly judged how much strength that face still had left.

"Alas, be cautious now. As an evil soul master, you must have suffered a lot, right?"

The blue flames in the eye sockets of that face flickered slightly.

"Don't worry, I am no threat to you."

When Lin Xiao heard this, his eyes changed slightly, and then he slowly put away his martial soul and stood up straight.

"Yes, that's it, come here——"

However, just as the face finished speaking, the dagger in the assassin's soul's hand fell silently into the green flame.

"what--"

With a shrill scream, Lin Xiao raised his right hand high, and as his mental power and soul power poured out at the same time, the face no longer had the strength to resist and was absorbed into the red spider lily like those residual souls.

Lin Xiao gently raised his hand, letting the red spider lily float in front of him. Within the pistil, a black shadow was darting left and right, unable to break free from the pistil's restraints.

"Okay, now, we can slowly talk about what you wanted to say just now."

Chapter 111 Devouring Souls

"What kind of martial spirit is this?"

"A martial spirit that sends a soul like yours to the other shore." Lin Xiao stared at the red spider lily in front of him for a moment, exhaled lightly, and then sat back on the bed.

That face had completely transformed into a pitch-black remnant soul, and it seemed that the panic it had just shown was gone, and its tone had calmed down.

"I've been dominating for hundreds of years, but I never thought I'd fall into the hands of a little kid like you. It's probably because my cultivation is too high that I've forgotten the days when I was running around like you."

Lin Xiao shook his head. "If you were truly the real me, I wouldn't be able to do anything to you. But as you said, you're just a remnant soul. Now, can you tell me who you are?"

"Hmph, you're holding my carving knife, yet you don't even know my name?" The black soul was silent for a moment, as if realizing that he was now completely in Lin Xiao's hands. "Never mind, I've long forgotten my name. I only remember that my title is Soul Devourer."