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

With a wave of his right hand, a translucent shadow emerged from the gap between his eyebrows.

"Actually, I am one of those evil soul masters you mentioned."

Lin Xiao endured the unpleasant smell and turned the man over. Then he waved his cloak and the man's body disappeared.

He looked up at the mountain and let out a long breath.

The reason why Lin Xiao left the Seed of the Other Shore behind when talking to the man was just a precaution. If he hadn't come here, he actually had no intention of making things difficult for him.

His real target was the gold-eating beast on the mountain.

Just as Lin Xiao said before, after each meal, the gold-devouring beast has to sleep to digest the ores and metals in its stomach. This is also the time when it is most vulnerable.

It had previously swallowed half of Fan Yu's mechanical arm, and although it had gone berserk at the time, it wouldn't be long before it fell into a deep slumber from the metal it had consumed. Lin Xiao had suddenly appeared and taken the Shrek Academy people away, fearing they might notice something was amiss.

Although he didn't use the people from Shrek Academy to cause serious damage to the gold-devouring beast, he was able to put it into a dormant state, so it wasn't a complete failure.

Holding his breath, Lin Xiao walked up the mountain. The entire vein had been devoured by the gold-devouring beast, leaving little behind. Every hollow at the foot of the mountain bore traces of its presence, but Lin Xiao quickly locked onto his target.

At that time, the soul guide cannon launched not only that beam of light, but also his Seed of the Other Shore. If it is not triggered by other soul skills, the Seed of the Other Shore can absorb the power of the parasitic target and exist for a long time.

Following the footsteps of the gold-devouring beast deeper into the cave, Lin Xiao soon heard a heavy breathing sound. After turning a few corners, the huge body of the gold-devouring beast appeared in front of him.

He glanced at its left arm, and soul power surged within him. A red spider lily slowly rose from his palm. He raised his hand and brushed the pistil, revealing a translucent figure. It was the man who had died not long ago.

The five fingers of his left hand moved together, and the first soul ring around him lit up. The man's residual soul quickly turned into translucent particles the size of fingers and was pinched in Lin Xiao's fingertips.

The first soul skill, the seed of the other shore.

Flowers blooming on the other side of life and death guide people's souls to the underworld. Lin Xiao's martial spirit has been closely connected to the soul since his awakening. Even Sleeping Nightmare Douluo didn't know that his martial spirit can not only absorb the residual souls of the dead, but also use them to his advantage.

Using flesh and blood as a guide, the first soul skill will produce dark red seeds, which will feed on the enemy's body, sprout branches and germinate until they bloom.

And with the soul as the guide, new seeds of the other side will also be produced. They are no longer rooted in flesh and blood, but rooted in the soul and feed on the spirit.

The body of this gold-eating beast can even block the attacks of the Soul Douluo. Although the Seed of the Other Shore has been planted in its body, Lin Xiao is not sure how much damage it can cause. He can only use more means and go all out.

With a wave of his left hand, several soul seeds flew forward and disappeared under the fur of the gold-devouring beast in the blink of an eye.

The cloak was lifted, and the body of the man just now reappeared, and the blood that had not yet cooled splashed into the entire cave.

Although it had fallen into a deep sleep, the gold-devouring beast could not be defenseless against the outside world. Lin Xiao's actions had caused its breathing to change slightly.

Knowing that he couldn't wait any longer, Lin Xiao took a few steps back, crossed his hands, and his second soul ring lit up with a dazzling light.

The second soul skill, budding.

The seeds of the other shore that had been planted long ago grew rapidly under Lin Xiao's control, constantly absorbing the surrounding nutrients to enrich themselves.

In an instant, countless blood-colored branches and leaves grew out from the throat of the gold-devouring beast, squeezed out of the teeth and spread beyond its lips.

"what--"

The gold-devouring beast was suddenly awakened, but its voice was completely hoarse and no longer as loud as before. It seemed that something was growing inside its body, causing its body to become swollen, but it was blocked by its fur, maintaining its original appearance.

As soon as the gold-devouring beast opened its eyes, it saw Lin Xiao in the cave. Before it could stand up straight, it pounced forward with its arms raised high, and was about to fall heavily. However, at this moment, its movements suddenly stopped and its eyes lost focus.

That was the soul seed planted in advance absorbing its spirit. Although Lin Xiao and it had a huge gap in strength, its spirit was directly attacked, and its movements were still affected.

The reason why evil soul masters are feared is not only because of their style of behavior, but also because of their strength. The martial spirits of evil soul masters are varied and strange, but they are undoubtedly extremely powerful. Among soul masters of the same level, the strength of evil soul masters far exceeds that of ordinary soul masters.

And that was exactly what was happening right before his eyes. Although Lin Xiao was only a Soul King, under the dual torture of body and mind, the 80,000-year-old gold-devouring beast still let out waves of painful roars.

The strong arms were waving wildly, and the whole cave was shaking. Lin Xiao never got close, but kept frowning as he watched the gold-eating beast struggling.

"Boom-"

"Roar--"

Shaking its head vigorously, the gold-devouring beast took a sudden step forward. The entire cave shook violently, and the airflow inside the cave became chaotic. While Lin Xiao was stabilizing his body, it raised its left arm high, with the hairs on it densely arranged together, and swung it out like a palm-leaf fan with a roar.

The propulsion soul guide behind Lin Xiao had already lit up, but it soon went out. Looking at the gold-eating beast getting closer and closer, he suddenly raised his arm.

The muzzle of the soul guide cannon on his arm became brighter and brighter, and each part was making sounds of being overwhelmed, but Lin Xiao seemed not to hear it. Only the soul power in his body continued to gather towards the soul guide cannon.

"boom--"

As a beam of light was emitted, the soul guide cannon on Lin Xiao's arm shattered instantly, and tiny parts flew up, leaving scars on his body. Blood flowed down his arm and dripped onto the ground.

This blow that exceeded its load finally left a deep wound in the mouth of the gold-devouring beast, but the giant palm like a palm fan also came to Lin Xiao's head.

Chapter 18 Soul Bone

Before the giant palm fell, the airflow under the palm had already made Lin Xiao's clothes rustle. At such a close distance, every hair could be seen clearly.

In this split second, Lin Xiao seemed to feel waves of pain coming from the top of his head. The next moment, a golden shield suddenly opened up, and the angry palm of the gold-devouring beast was blocked by this seemingly thin shield.

However, although the invincible shield blocked most of the attacks, the impact of this palm still knocked Lin Xiao's body away and fell on the wall of the cave.

"Cough... cough cough..." A smell of blood spread from Lin Xiao's mouth, and his body slid down the wall of the cave. Waves of pain came from his body, but he didn't care too much. Instead, he kept looking up at the gold-eating beast in front of him.

The soul seed planted before finally took effect. The gold-eating beast did not chase after him, but slapped its head in pain.

If it was a head-on fight, facing the 80,000-year-old soul beast, Lin Xiao would probably have little chance of implanting the seed of the other shore into its body. However, once he sowed the seed while it was dormant, the outcome would be doomed for the gold-devouring beast that had no mental power.

Slowly standing up straight, Lin Xiao raised his right hand, and the red spider lily kept spinning around him. The black fifth soul ring around him became deeper and then lit up.

The fifth soul skill, Forgotten River Lead.

The only ten thousand year soul skill that Lin Xiao has is not a powerful attack soul skill, but rather an auxiliary soul skill that amplifies other soul skills.

The water of the Forgetful River was drawn to irrigate the flowers on the other shore. The flowers on the other shore around Lin Xiao became more colorful, and the enchanting red color illuminated the entire cave.

The second soul ring around him lit up again, and with the painful roar of the gold-devouring beast, the injuries on Lin Xiao's body recovered rapidly.

The original second soul skill was to use the Seed of the Other Shore to absorb the opponent's power to strengthen itself and sprout and grow. With the blessing of the fifth soul skill, this power will also act on Lin Xiao himself. The powerful physical strength of the gold-devouring beast is continuously pouring into Lin Xiao's body.

A feeling of comfort instantly spread throughout Lin Xiao's body, but he soon broke free from this feeling.

He raised his leg and kicked forward, and the body of the man slid towards the feet of the gold-devouring beast. Lin Xiao's face turned cold, and the third soul ring around him shone.

The third soul skill, bloom.

In an instant, on the bloodstains that had previously spread throughout the entire cave, flowers of the other shore blossomed one after another. The movement of the gold-devouring beast stopped instantly, and then the branches and leaves sticking out from between its teeth turned into red petals.

The corpse under its feet and the soul seed that had been planted in its mind before also "bloomed" together under the light of the purple soul ring, the third soul ring beside Lin Xiao.

"boom--"

An extremely loud roar was heard, and the mountain that had been hollowed out for a long time finally collapsed under the huge impact. In just a few breaths, it turned into a flat land, with only large and small sand and stones scattered randomly in the wilderness.

Everything was quiet, with only the occasional rustling of leaves in the distant breeze. Suddenly, a hand emerged from the ruins, and then, accompanied by flying sand, Lin Xiao's figure rushed out from under the earth and rocks.

Seeing the situation around him, Lin Xiao let out a long sigh, looked around, and finally set his sights on the pile of earth in front of him.

The soul guide shield around him slowly retracted, and he pushed his right palm forward, with soul power gushing out. In an instant, stones flew everywhere and rolled to the side. When he saw clearly what was under the pile of dirt, a smile finally appeared on his face.

Most of the gold-eating beast's body was buried under earth and rocks, with only its head and upper body exposed.

Its powerful defense allowed it to retain a glimmer of life, but its neck, which was already fragile and injured by the soul guide cannon, was broken by the previous attack, and only some fragile flesh and blood barely connected its head and body together.

Blood gushed from its mouth and nose, and it had long lost consciousness. Its chest heaved in response to instinct, but all it produced was a piercing whistling sound from its broken neck. Lin Xiao stepped forward, preventing its suffering from lasting too long. Soon, a pitch-black spirit ring slowly rose.

Lin Xiao wasn't overly concerned about the spirit ring. He was still far from reaching his bottleneck, and with his current physical strength, he couldn't withstand the 80,000-year spirit ring that only Soul Douluos would consider. Besides the spirit ring, the Gold Devouring Beast had many other valuable items.

The fur that comes from feeding on metal ores is naturally a great material for making armor-type soul guides, and the flesh and blood is a tonic that can greatly enhance the physical strength of the soul master.

And it cannot digest all the metals it swallows. Those that cannot be absorbed accumulate in its body and have been nurtured for tens of thousands of years, and have long become materials more precious than rare metals.

At first, Lin Xiao just wanted to secretly follow the Shrek Academy group to see if he could find Xu He's trace, but he didn't expect to meet this gold-eating beast here.

Time was urgent at the time and there was no time to make detailed arrangements. He just wanted to try to do something while Shrek and his crew were both injured. However, he did not expect that the current situation would come about due to a series of unexpected events.

Although he lost the invincible shield given to him by Lin Jiayi, his gain was much more valuable than an invincible shield.

As he pondered, Lin Xiao's hand flashed with light, and a soul-guided dagger appeared in his hand. Although it had been dead for a long time, it still took a lot of effort to cut through the fur of the gold-devouring beast.

Just as Lin Xiao was sorting out his harvest and putting them one by one into the storage soul guide, the dagger in his hand suddenly hit something hard.

His hand slid quickly, slicing the Gold Devouring Beast's left arm. Lin Xiao's gaze instantly fixed on a silver-grey arm bone emitting a metallic sheen.

Soul bone?

In just a moment, Lin Xiao had already put it away and quickly looked around. Compared to this soul bone, the other gains seemed less important.

Although Sleepy Nightmare Douluo had prepared some resources for him to practice, he had never had such a thing as soul bones. After all, even Sleepy Nightmare Douluo himself had not collected six soul bones, so how could such a thing appear in Lin Xiao's hands.

After a moment's thought, Lin Xiao calmly dealt with the remaining corpse of the gold-devouring beast. He then glanced in the direction of the beast and quickly flew away. He wanted to find a place to absorb the soul bone as soon as possible.

Although a hundred thousand year soul beast must produce soul bones, how many people can deal with a hundred thousand year soul beast? An eighty thousand year soul bone is already extremely rare, let alone one from a powerful gold-devouring beast.

If he doesn't absorb it now, once he returns to Mingdu and is discovered by Sleepy Nightmare Douluo, it will be uncertain who will own this soul bone.

Chapter 19 Shangguan

"You'll get used to it later. Come with me."

A hoarse voice sounded from under the black robe, and regardless of Lin Xiao's reaction, he turned and walked out of the dungeon.

The warm feeling on his face was so clear. The child who had been huddled together with him for a while had turned into a cold corpse.

Sadness, anger…fear?

He didn't know how to describe the complex emotions in his heart, he just numbly raised his legs and lowered them...

The purple light on the walls on both sides was not bright, and the corridor outside was still dim. Lin Xiao could not see the faces of the people passing by, but could only hear the sound of their conversations.

"Old Eight, is this today's sacrifice?"

"No, this is my new disciple."

After an unknown amount of time, the surrounding environment finally changed. The black-robed man in front of him turned around, and the purple light reflected his skinny face. For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether it was an old man or a skeleton wrapped in skin.

"You know, even in the Holy Church, not everyone's martial spirit can directly contact death itself like you, and you were born a disciple of my Holy Church. Come, raise your hand."

As he spoke, a fist-sized crystal ball was placed before his eyes. As soon as his tender little hand touched it, dazzling blue light filled the entire room.

"Level nine, innate level nine."

The gaze beneath the black robe grew blazing. "I knew you would be the most outstanding disciple of the Holy Church, and the sharpest blade of our Holy Church..."

"call--"

Lin Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, and as expected, the figure of Sleepy Douluo was standing in front of the bed.