FE—Chapter 150: Xuan Zi vs Jing Hongchen
"Xuan Zi, old thief, I think you are tired of living!"
"It was agreed that this hall master would interrogate the Death God Envoy first. If you kill him now, how can I know the crimes he committed? Do you want this hall master to interrogate you?!"
Jing Hongchen was furious. Seeing Xuan Zi suddenly attack and crush the Death God Envoy with a slap, he instantly activated a teleportation ring to rise into the sky, took out the ninth-level energy-gathering soul cannon, and aimed it at Xuan Zi, keeping his distance. He was not afraid of Xuan Zi at all!
"Hongchen's Annihilation!"
Jing Hongchen raised the huge metal barrel, and the rich rainbow light gathered with a "sizzle." The ninth-level energy-gathering soul cannon emitted powerful fluctuations, and the entire mountain seemed to be shrouded in extremely dangerous rainbow light.
Although Jing Hongchen was also very clear that, with the blessing of the ninth-level defensive and offensive soul guidance devices, it was highly likely that neither of them could do much in a real fight with Xuan Zi.
But Xuan Zi had to know that his ninth-level energy-gathering soul cannon was not a vegetarian!
His eyes were very cold. He had agreed to interrogate the Death God Envoy first, but Xuan Zi openly killed the Death God Envoy right before his eyes, which was simply not taking him, the head of Illustrious Virtue Hall, seriously.
Jing Hongchen subconsciously prepared to fire eight eighth-level fixed-type soul guidance shells in Xuan Zi's face.
As for why he didn't use the ninth-level energy-gathering soul cannon to bombard him directly, Jing Hongchen probably thought that the Mingdu Mountains belonged to the Sun Moon Territory, and it would be disadvantageous to bomb them: "Xuan Zi, old thief! If you don't give me an explanation, I will bomb the Star Luo Empire's territory as well!"
He started with eighth-level fixed-type soul guidance shells to warm up the situation, and the ninth-level energy-gathering soul guidance shells to deter.
Xuan Zi, having killed the Death God Envoy with a slap, suddenly felt a sense of revenge. Most of the gloom accumulated in his heart was swept away, and he was in a good mood.
When Jing Hongchen ordered to fire at the Star Luo Empire's side of the Mingdu Mountains simultaneously,
Xuan Zi's face suddenly changed. The disciples were now in the cave over there. If Jing Hongchen killed all the disciples because of the battle, he would become the eternal sinner of Shrek Academy.
Seeing Jing Hongchen launching eighth-level fixed-type soul guidance shells at him,
Xuan Zi activated his martial soul and stamped his feet. The loess beneath his feet surged like waves, undulating. The defensive power of the Taotie Divine Bull was activated.
As a level 98 Super Douluo, although his pursuit of the five-ringed Death God Envoy was not satisfactory, Xuan Zi knew in his heart: "It was an accident, just an accident."
He just didn't show his true strength. If he chased again, there would be no problem the second time.
Of course, facing Jing Hongchen's eight level-8 fixed soul guidance shells, with his unparalleled strength, resisting was not difficult.
"Taotie Divine Bull True Body!"
After Xuan Zi activated his martial soul, he could mobilize part of the power of the earth's veins. The eight level-8 fixed soul guidance shells exploded with a "boom," and the power collided with Xuan Zi's defense, stirring up thousands of layers of dust.
"This is a battle between Title Douluos." Guo Nu rubbed his hands, a little excited.
Because Huo Yuhao summoned a skeleton from the undead demi-plane, imitating the Death God Envoy.
The Death God Envoy was dying, so the imitation was very similar in appearance and breath. Xuan Zi also directly beat it to ashes, so Jing Hongchen naturally found it difficult to believe that this was an imitation.
"Yuhao, Xuan Zi from Shrek Academy has some difficulty chasing the five-ring soul king. Will he be destroyed by Grandpa's eight-level fixed soul guidance shells?"
Xiao Hongchen and others watched the small-scale battle between Xuan Zi and Jing Hongchen.
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment: "This Xuan Zi may have just performed poorly in front of the Death God Envoy. He still has some real talent; otherwise, he wouldn't hold such a high position in Shrek Academy."
"Yeah, I think so too." Ma Rulong agreed.
Guo Nu waved his hand and laughed: "As a Super Douluo if Xuan Zi can't even stop eight level-8 fixed soul guidance shells, it's time for our Sun Moon Empire to restart the great cause of unifying the continent."
Di Rachel remembered what happened when the three-eyed golden lion appeared in the light ball, and angrily transmitted her soul power message.
"Yuhao, it seems that when that stupid Wang Qiu'er hadn't transformed yet, she just came out and took a few steps, but was controlled by this Xuan Zi from Shrek Academy!"
Huo Yuhao smiled and comforted her: "Aren't you transformed now? Practice well, and there will be a chance to avenge Wang Qiu'er in the future."
Di Rachel clenched her fists: "Well, this auspicious beast has practiced to the seventh and eighth rings, and then put on the two-word battle armor. With the ultimate power of the golden dragon martial souk, this auspicious beast can swing that wild bull away."
Boom boom—the explosion of eight level-8 fixed soul guidance shells sounded almost simultaneously.
Around Xuan Zi's extremely hard defense, the power of the explosions overlapped one after another and the smoke and dust almost drowned Xuan Zi.
When the dust settled and the dust dissipated,
Guo Nu and others searched for Xuan Zi and found him in a huge pit.
The collision between the power of Xuan Zi's Taotie Bull and the eight level-8 fixed soul guidance shells had blown the hill where Xuan Zi was into a deep crater.
However, the shadow of the Taotie Bull in the deep pit remained solid.
Xuan Zi flew out from the deep pit, his face covered with dust. As a powerful Super Douluo, he was not seriously injured, but his appearance was messy, as if he had crawled out of a grave, in disarray.
But when he thought of killing the Death God Envoy with a slap, Xuan Zi still felt satisfied.
Killing the Death God Envoy and taking eight level-8 fixed soul guidance shells was not a loss at all.
Xuan Zi took out a chicken leg and took a big bite to replenish his energy. He shook his messy hair and looked at Jing Hongchen, becoming more polite.
"Master Hongchen, I know that Illustrious Virtue Hall and our Shrek have always disliked each other, but at least we are not evil soul masters. There are few rules that I, a great Shrek elder, cannot obey. It's not a bad idea for us to sit down and talk."
Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes slightly: "Xuan Zi, old thief, do you want to bully me in my Sun Moon Empire's territory? Then I don't know where my level-9 energy-gathering soul cannon will explode. What if…"
Xuan Zi stiffened his neck and hurriedly told the other party not to be reckless: "Evil soul masters have always done many evil things, and this Death God Envoy is even more sinful and lawless. I will wipe him out, which can be regarded as justice for the heavens, right?"
Just as Jing Hongchen was about to speak, Guo Nu flew over and whispered a few words in his ear, transmitting his soul power. He explained the truth about Huo Yuhao's use of a skeleton to imitate the Death God Envoy.
The Death God Envoy had been detained by him and could be interrogated at any time.
Jing Hongchen felt much better after hearing this, secretly praising Yuhao's good imitation. As long as the Death God Envoy was not dead, he could interrogate him carefully. Maybe the explosive information he obtained would be a time bomb that could be thrown at Shrek at any moment.
Seeing Jing Hongchen's changing expression, Xuan Zi continued: "Master Hongchen, you are also helping me eliminate this evil soul master. According to our previous agreement, I am willing to thank you with three thousand-year soul bones."
Jing Hongchen pretended to be thoughtful. Since the Death God Envoy was not dead, there was no need to continue to entangle with Xuan Zi.
"Well, let a five-ring evil soul master die. He is of no benefit to us, so his death is not a pity."
Jing Hongchen stretched out his right hand and said slowly: "Five thousand-year soul bones, you can leave if you are willing to give them. If not, we can only discuss it again."
Xuan Zi pondered for a few seconds, then accepted the idea of giving two more thousand-year soul bones to appease Jing Hongchen.
Immediately, he took out three thousand-year soul bones from his storage soul guidance device. Having cultivated to the ninety-eighth level Super Douluo, he still had this asset.
The quality of these three soul bones was average, not worthy of his Taotie Divine Bull martial soul, so Xuan Zi disdained to fuse them.
Xuan Zi raised his hand, and three thousand-year soul bones wrapped in a yellowish-brown light flew toward Jing Hongchen: "Master Hongchen, I'll give you three first. I don't have many soul bones. I'll get two from the academy and give them to you next time. How about that?"
After receiving the three thousand-year soul bones, Jing Hongchen waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, okay, go away. The casualties of the Supervisory Team are understandable after all; the risk is high."
"This Soul Master Competition is about to begin. Don't let any of the participating students die."
Xuan Zi choked suddenly when he heard this, his face extremely stiff. He snorted coldly: "Master Hongchen, don't worry about this."
Jing Hongchen laughed and threw the three thousand-year soul bones to Guo Nu. The students in the regular and reserve teams didn't need such poor-quality soul bones.
Then Xuan Zi flew away.
Fortunately, the Death God Envoy was also reduced to ashes. With the strict confidentiality of Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi's negative record couldn't be revealed.
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"Elder Xuan, did you kill the evil soul master?"
In the cave of the Death Hand Bandit Group, Wang Yan saw a ray of earthy yellow light flying toward him. Knowing that Xuan Zi had returned, he hurried forward to ask.
Xuan Zi slowly descended from the air, looking at the miserable scene of the disciples in the cave. He couldn't help but let a few drops of turbid tears flow from the corners of his eyes again.
He covered his face and cried.
He closed his eyes in pain, filled with intense regret and guilt.
Although he killed the Death God Envoy, the three dead disciples would never come back. They were all excellent students of Shrek Academy. It took many years to train any one of them, yet they lost their lives in mere seconds due to the corpse explosion.
The shame on Xuan Zi's face grew more intense as he said sadly: "After the evil soul master escaped to Sun Moon Empire's territory, I caught up and killed him."
"Xu Sanshi was injured by the insidious and cunning evil soul master. I don't know what kind of soul missile he used. It seems to be a timed explosion."
Wang Yan was silent for a moment. Although he didn't understand how the Death God Envoy still had a chance to escape to Sun Moon Empire's territory despite Xuan Zi's pursuit,
Xuan Zi was able to catch up and kill the Death God Envoy in the end, which was also revenge for the children.
Xuan Zi painfully took a sip of wine, smiled bitterly, and asked: "Wang Yan, how are the disciples? The third round of corpse explosion just now..."
When Wang Yan heard about the third round of corpse explosions, he immediately felt like cursing.
As a level 98 Super Douluo, Xuan Zi had chased the Death God Envoy to the Sun Moon Empire's territory. No one could have expected the Death God Envoy's attack methods to be so strange.
In most cases, the disciples of the Shrek Supervisory Group went out to perform tasks and kill evil soul masters, but they had no experience with corpse explosions.
Before this, there was no experience of corpses being detonated by evil soul masters.
However, Xuan Zi's spiritual power was so strong that, after experiencing two rounds of corpse explosions, he failed to control the third in time—causing more casualties.
Thinking of this, Wang Yan's face darkened. If it weren't for the fact that Xuan Zi was an elder of the Sea God Pavilion, he wanted to curse at him.
Wang Yan sighed deeply, glancing at Elder Xuan with some complaints: "Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, and Gong Yangmo died in the battle. When Chen Zifeng's body exploded, Gong Yangmo protected Ma Xiaotao."
Wang Yan's expression was numb, with a trace of fear in his eyes.
"Thanks to Ling Luochen, when Chen Zifeng's body was about to explode, she released the ice cage in time, covering Chen Zifeng's body and suppressing the explosion's power—otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous."
At that moment, Xuan Zi activated his martial soul and shook down the huge rocks in the cave. To deal with these rocks, Ma Xiaotao was very close to Chen Zifeng's body. If her arms or legs had been blown off…
Their entire team would have been doomed in this Soul Master Competition.
Xuan Zi's eyes were wet, and he dared not face his disciples. But as the team leader, he had to stand and take responsibility.
At this moment, Ma Xiaotao was bandaging Ling Luochen's wound.
Ling Luochen, with the Ice Cage, had fractured bones that splashed blood on her legs. From her calves to her knees, she has cut with bloodstains, exposing white bones inside.
Fortunately, her bones weren't broken by the explosion, mainly because the flesh and blood of her legs had been invaded by a large amount of corpse poison.
Ma Xiaotao looked at Xuan Zi, unsure what to say. She silently ground the detoxification pill into powder with her soul power, applying it to Ling Luochen's wound and wrapping it with gauze.
Ling Luochen curled up on the ground, brow furrowed, a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. The severe pain made her body tremble uncontrollably.
Wang Yan felt a dull pain in his heart: "The disciples of the regular team have all been severely injured to varying degrees. In the early and middle stages of this Soul Master Competition, they could hardly participate."
The reserve team was less seriously injured, but the shock wave from the third round of corpse explosions worsened the injuries of Beibei, Dai Huabin, and Caitou. They would need a few days of rest before competing again.
Xuan Zi sighed heavily, looking up at the sky, his mouth trembling slightly: "Children, I'm sorry. It's my fault again."
Wang Yan's expression grew more miserable: "Elder Xuan, Dai Yuheng's left arm was blown off. The mission to destroy the bandit group is complete, but the price paid was too high."
"Let's return to White Tiger Duke's army and have the medical team treat the children first."
At this moment, White Tiger Duke was still waiting for the reunion dinner...
(End of chapter)