Lin Xiao's heart was filled with doubt, but now that several of them had arrived here, there was no turning back for him. The sky seemed to suddenly darken a few degrees as a beam of light tore through space and arrived in an instant, landing right in the middle of the group.
The moment this light shone, a vast and majestic spiritual power came pressing down. For a time, it actually caused the power within Lin Xiao's body to surge and churn together.
"Careful!"
Chen Haisheng shouted. Nine soul rings, two yellow, two purple, five black, and one red, rose instantly around him. Beneath the sea surface, turbulent waves surged wildly. The seawater, under his power, rose into the air, forming a wall that blocked in front of everyone.
At this moment, Lin Xiao's expression changed completely.
It was not because he was shocked by Chen Haisheng's displayed power, but because in that very instant, he realized exactly what kind of soul beast the few of them were about to face.
Lin Xiao had the plane of the dead within his body, and all his soul power originated from it. Even when facing Di Tian back then, he had not been affected too much by the other party's soul power. How could he possibly be stirred endlessly just by the aura of a sea soul beast?
There was only one reason: the soul beast before them had a deep connection with Lin Xiao. In fact, one of the soul rings on his body had come from this very soul beast.
No wonder this soul beast had appeared for several years but only started taking action recently. No wonder Chen Haisheng said its perception was exceptionally sharp.
Because it was not the "Lord" mentioned by the Great Elder that Lin Xiao had previously guessed. Instead, it was the Evil Emperor, who had been frightened away by the aura of a god, who fled from the Evil Demon Forest and even escaped all the way overseas.
As for the aura on its body that was quite similar to the one left in the merfolk territory, it was not because of a blood sacrifice at all, but because it had once received offerings from the Holy Spirit Cult, which left behind such an aura.
Lin Xiao also understood where that earlier sense of familiarity had come from.
Several thoughts flashed through Lin Xiao's mind in an instant. He quickly realized that from the very beginning, he had misunderstood because of Chen Haisheng's words.
After all, Chen Haisheng had only said "similar," but he had never said that the soul beast here was the one that had attacked the merfolk territory.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao somehow felt slightly relieved. At the very least, he had not found any trace of the Illusory God's divine sense fragment. It was simply because he had targeted the wrong one, not that his initial guess had been wrong from the start.
"Brother Lin, are you alright?"
The seawater that Chen Haisheng had lifted looked utterly powerless, yet it completely blocked the Evil Emperor's attack. He even had some strength to spare as he turned his head to glance at Lin Xiao.
"I'm fine." Lin Xiao shook his head. "Is the soul beast Brother Chen mentioned the one in front of us right now?"
"Exactly." Chen Haisheng nodded repeatedly. "Brother Lin, be careful. This soul beast is not only powerful, but it is also quite skilled in spatial power. Its attacks are unpredictable and elusive."
"When I first encountered it, I suffered a great loss at its hands. I nearly lost my life without even seeing its appearance. It took a lot of effort later before I barely managed to escape with my life."
Lin Xiao's gaze swept over Chen Haisheng.
The Evil Emperor ranked second among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts. Although it had been defeated in the battle against Di Tian back then, it had still managed to preserve its life. Its strength naturally needed no further words.
For Chen Haisheng to escape from the Evil Emperor without even understanding its abilities, his strength was clearly not as mediocre as he had claimed.
Setting aside his thoughts, Lin Xiao raised his hand and cupped his fist. "Thank you for the warning, Brother Chen."
"However, if we are held up here, there will be no point in talking about defeating it. We still need to keep moving forward."
"Brother Lin is right. It's just that spatial attacks are impossible to guard against. Even I might fall for its tricks if I'm not careful. Even if we want to go faster, we can't speed up too much."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao raised his head. His gaze seemed to pierce through the water curtain in front of them. "It's fine. Brother Chen, just follow behind me."
With that said, he stepped forward, and his figure shot out at high speed.
The Holy Spirit Cult no longer existed, and only the Evil Emperor had escaped from the Evil Demon Pine Forest.
Although it was not the soul beast Lin Xiao was looking for, since they had encountered it, there was naturally no reason to let it go.
As the saying went, he himself had come from the Holy Spirit Cult and naturally knew what kind of harm evil soul masters could bring. Similarly, he was also well aware of what the Evil Emperor would do if left unchecked like this.
Another beam of light shot toward Lin Xiao. Its position of appearance was similar to the previous one, but after shooting out, it passed through space, suddenly disappeared in front of Lin Xiao, and reappeared behind him.
"Brother Lin—"
Chen Haisheng exclaimed in alarm upon seeing this. However, before he could finish warning Lin Xiao to be careful, he saw that Lin Xiao had already turned his head back early.
As if he had known exactly where the attack was coming from, Lin Xiao raised his hand and slapped toward the beam of light.
What seemed like a light and floating palm strike caused fine black cracks to split open between his fingers the moment it was unleashed. The space in this area was actually shattering in Lin Xiao's palm.
This shattering spread outward, completely breaking apart the route of the attack. The beam of light instantly lost its way in space and disappeared without a trace.
The second half of Chen Haisheng's sentence got stuck in his throat. It took him quite some effort to react.
No wonder Lin Xiao had said that. Even the spatial power that he, a Limit Douluo, was not entirely proficient in, seemed to be something Lin Xiao could use with ease.
Lin Xiao's figure did not stop. After the palm strike landed, his silhouette plunged once more into the water mist, drawing even closer to the small island where the Evil Emperor was located.
Chen Haisheng stared at Lin Xiao's back for a moment. Seeing that he was about to disappear, he hurriedly stepped through the air and followed.
The Evil Emperor's aura grew increasingly clear. Lin Xiao did not delay in the slightest and once again used the same method to easily neutralize several attacks.
The Evil Emperor on the island finally sensed that something was wrong. In the next instant, the space beside Lin Xiao split open with a crack, and a thick tentacle reached out from within, about to lash onto Lin Xiao's body.
Lin Xiao was equally familiar with spatial power. The moment the spatial fluctuation appeared, he had already reacted. His left arm rose, and a short blade had already condensed into form.
The entire blade was no longer the previous silvery-gray metallic luster. Instead, it was formed from countless densely packed colored light dots. At first glance, it looked like a galaxy condensed from the night sky. Upon closer inspection, it resembled countless stars gathered at his fingertips.
This was Lin Xiao's left arm bone, also his first soul bone.
In the past, his materials had still been needed to make soul tools, so that he couldn't feed this soul bone too much metal, only some scraps for it to absorb. Therefore, when releasing soul skills, they always carried a silvery-gray metallic color.
But the current Lin Xiao no longer lacked metal to feed the soul bone. If he wanted, he could even use all the rare metals of the Sun Moon Empire for himself.
After accumulating over time, this soul bone had absorbed various metals and had long since changed its appearance.
Those colorful specks of stars were precisely the various metals it had absorbed.
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