How could the ninth soul skill of a mere ninety-first-ranked Titled Douluo be a match for the Light of Time and Space?
In less than a moment, Nightmare Douluo's World-Destroying Nightmare was shattered by the blue beam of the Light of Time and Space. His entire body was engulfed by the beam.
There were no wounds on his physical body, but this power originated from the spiritual essence of time and space. Its main function was to strip away the spiritual essence of all living beings, causing their spiritual essence to instantly decay.
In other words, Nightmare Douluo's spiritual essence had collapsed. Although his blood was still flowing and his heart was still beating, he was like a vegetative person, without thought and unable to move.
Yuwen Tuo walked forward, scratching his head. "Oops, I think I used too much force. I actually directly annihilated his soul. I originally wanted to ask you some questions, but now, never mind. I'll give you a quick end. You are the third Titled Douluo to die by my hand, but definitely not the last."
With that, Yuwen Tuo swung his hand like a blade.
Following Gluttony Douluo and Shadow Douluo, another Titled Douluo's head was cut off by him.
Snow Empress sighed, "Every time I see Little Tuo's battles, I can't help but marvel at his high level of combat prowess. At the same rank, I haven't seen anyone stronger than him. Even Ditian is probably far inferior to him. The only way to defeat Little Tuo is to rely on a cultivation level far higher than his to overwhelm him with sheer force."
Ice Empress said, "Doesn't that prove the excellent judgment of us sisters? Previously, Tianmeng found a guy with innate soul power of rank one and asked me to sacrifice myself for him. He was practically joking with me. Am I that stupid? Innate rank twenty and innate rank one, this empress still knows how to choose."
The battle ended. Yuwen Tuo retracted his Evil Eye Tyrant, knelt on one knee, breathing heavily.
Today's battle, although he wasn't injured, consumed a considerable amount of energy. Having continuously used Golden Awakening and Evil Eye Tyrant, even with the help of Life Gold for recovery, he would need a good period of rest. His recharged healing potion had just been used by Xue Chen, so now he could only find a place to meditate and recover.
"Benefactor!"
At this moment, Nana quickly ran over. She had been outside the entire time. After dealing with a few stragglers who tried to escape during the chaos, she sensed that the battle inside had ended and rushed in. She went forward to help Yuwen Tuo up, saying, "Benefactor, are you alright?"
"Don't worry, I just consumed a lot of energy. I wasn't injured. It was a complete victory." Yuwen Tuo smiled.
"Benefactor, quickly use this!" Nana took out a Level 4 healing potion. This was her usual charging soul tool. Yuwen Tuo's had run out, but hers was still full. Although it was only Level 4 and couldn't fully restore Yuwen Tuo, it could at least restore thirty to forty percent of his soul power.
Yuwen Tuo saw this and said happily, "That's great, thank you, Nana!"
With this, he would quickly recover. He wasn't planning on returning to Mingdu yet, as he still had another matter to complete.
Watching Yuwen Tuo absorb the potion and recover his cultivation, Nana didn't idle. Now that all the evil soul masters in this branch were killed by Yuwen Tuo, there were no more enemies. She took this opportunity to thoroughly search the place. As a result, on the main altar, under Nightmare Douluo's seat, she discovered something extraordinary.
"This, this is? So that's it. This is what Benefactor said: the soul beast information they were preparing to offer to the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters."
Nana quickly ran back to Yuwen Tuo. It wasn't until half an hour later that Yuwen Tuo slowly finished his recovery. The Level 4 potion indeed couldn't fully restore his soul power, but forty percent was good enough.
As his soul power recovered, Yuwen Tuo's aura also stabilized considerably. He stood up, and Nana immediately stepped forward, saying, "Benefactor, you've finally recovered. Quickly look at this. Will this hundred-thousand-year soul beast be very helpful to you now?"
Yuwen Tuo curiously took the資料 (information). Upon reading it, he discovered that the hundred-thousand-year soul beast described was actually an Evil Fire Phoenix.
Yes, not a martial soul, but a real soul beast, an Evil Fire Phoenix.
Yuwen Tuo remembered that after Ma Xiaotao joined the Holy Spirit Cult, she obtained several hundred-thousand-year soul rings. One of them, could it be this hundred-thousand-year Evil Fire Phoenix? If so, it was no wonder her strength increased so quickly after joining the Holy Spirit Cult.
There was probably no other soul beast in the world more suitable to be her soul ring than this hundred-thousand-year Evil Fire Phoenix.
"It says here that this Evil Fire Phoenix appeared on Rilun Mountain. Nana, do you know where that is?" Yuwen Tuo asked.
Nana nodded. "Yes, Rilun Mountain is a huge volcano, a gathering place for many fire-attribute soul beasts. Within our Sun Moon Empire, the largest soul beast gathering place is, of course, the Demon Forest. Following that are Rilun Mountain to the south and Silver Moon Lake to the north."
"Oh, right, Benefactor, the Fiery Prince whom His Majesty enfeoffed you as, your fiefdom, Fiery City, is not far from Rilun Mountain."
"Oh, then without further ado, let's immediately head to Fiery City." Yuwen Tuo was determined to get this hundred-thousand-year Evil Fire Phoenix.
It wasn't just suitable for Ma Xiaotao; it was also suitable to be the sixth ring for his own Fire Elephant martial soul. With this soul ring, he could truly advance to Soul Emperor.
The two immediately set off for Fiery City.
At the same time, something major was happening in Mingdu.
Patrolling guards discovered many corpses in three hidden courtyards within the city. In the heart of the capital, right under the Emperor's nose, so many deaths in one night was certainly no small matter, and the news quickly reached the Emperor.
Jing Hongchen looked at the three sites of slaughter, his heart trembling. Others might not know, but he, who had long-standing ties with the Holy Spirit Cult, how could he not understand? These three places were precisely the Holy Spirit Cult's branch altars in Mingdu.
Who was it that had so accurately found them and slaughtered them all in one night?
Suddenly, he remembered something. There seemed to be only one person who had recently received the imperial decree to eradicate evil soul masters.
Could it be Fiery Prince Yuwen Tuo?
It wasn't difficult for him to investigate Yuwen Tuo's recent whereabouts. Soon, he received news that Yuwen Tuo had gone to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy yesterday and taken Nana with him.
Jing Hongchen was also aware of Nana's background. If Nana had provided information to Yuwen Tuo, everything would make sense. Although he didn't know how Yuwen Tuo knew about Nana, it didn't seem to be the time to pursue that. He was now more worried about another matter.
He continued to send people to investigate Yuwen Tuo's current whereabouts and found that he was neither in Mingdetang nor in the Prince's Mansion at this moment. Instead, he and Nana had left the city at noon today.
Jing Hongchen knew that this was a big problem. Yuwen Tuo's next target was very likely the Holy Spirit Cult's large branch altar in the distant forest outside the city. That place was different from others; it was guarded by a Titled Douluo.
Thinking of this, Jing Hongchen immediately prepared to meet the Emperor.
At this precise moment, someone from the palace also urgently summoned him to the palace. It seemed the Emperor had come to the same conclusion as him.
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