The blade took shape, its cold light flashing.
Soul power surged from Lin Xiao's meridians, and with a swift raise and slash of his hand, the Evil Emperor's tentacle that had emerged from the spatial crack was severed cleanly by Lin Xiao. It fell into the sea, splashing up enormous waves.
Beneath the sea surface, the severed tentacle still seemed to retain some of the Evil Emperor's will. It twisted incessantly, stirring up bursts of waves.
At the same time, an angry roar came from ahead.
As Lin Xiao drew closer and closer to the small island, the sky grew darker, chilly winds whistled in his ears, and the surrounding aura gradually became identical to that of the Evil Demon Forest back then.
Lin Xiao understood in his heart that this was the influence such a powerful soul beast exerted on heaven and earth.
He had already witnessed it during the battle at the peak when he fought against Poison Undying.
Looking at it now, the fact that he had managed to force Di Tian to retreat at Shrek Academy back then had really borrowed quite a bit of Shrek Academy's prestige. Otherwise, with Di Tian's strength, a real fight would have been far more terrifying than the scene before him.
"Who is it, disturbing this seat's secluded cultivation?"
A deep voice rang out, rumbling like muffled thunder and echoing continuously in the air. What followed was a vast surge of spiritual power fluctuations.
The Evil Emperor was originally a spiritual-attribute soul beast. With its cultivation, even Lin Xiao, whose spiritual power was powerful, could feel waves rippling through his sea of consciousness with just a single sentence.
Secluded cultivation?
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao glanced around. The bloody stench in the surrounding seawater had yet to dissipate. What kind of secluded cultivation was this for the Evil Emperor?
However, even as these thoughts flashed through his mind, Lin Xiao had no intention of responding. He stepped forward again, and a pitch-black small island had already appeared in his field of vision.
The small island seemed shrouded in lingering mist, as if it existed in another world, completely concealing the island's original colors and leaving only an uncomfortable stretch of black.
Mist churned on the island. Moments later, a dark red beam of light finally shot out, heading straight toward Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao dodged with a flash of his body and glanced behind him. The beam of light streaked across the dim sky but did not seem to carry much power.
"So… it is an old acquaintance…"
The Evil Emperor spoke almost word by word, his voice low and heavy, making Lin Xiao's eardrums buzz. In its words, it had recognized Lin Xiao.
"I wonder how you found this place. What now? Does your Holy Spirit Cult want to invite this seat back again?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao looked at the Evil Emperor once more. He had not expected that a single meeting back then would have allowed the Evil Emperor to remember his aura.
No, perhaps it was because he had obtained a soul ring from a soul beast that carried the Evil Emperor's bloodline, which had made it remember him for so long.
The Evil Emperor did not hear any reply from Lin Xiao. For a moment, the imposing aura between heaven and earth grew even heavier, pressing down on Lin Xiao's shoulders as if it had substance.
"This matter can still be discussed. You severed one of this seat's tentacles, so you can sever one of your own arms. At that time, this seat can naturally consider cooperating with your Holy Spirit Cult once more."
"Heh."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao, for some unknown reason, let out a laugh.
He did not know whether the Evil Emperor was so foolish because it was a soul beast, or whether it was because of the Holy Spirit Cult's attitude toward it back then, which had caused it to not take the person before it seriously at all.
But this tone made Lin Xiao laugh involuntarily.
"Brother Lin!"
Before Lin Xiao could respond, Chen Haisheng's voice came from afar.
"Whoosh—"
The sea surface churned endlessly. Streams of water that seemed to carry no power rose into the air, then instantly transformed into countless long spears.
The attack arrived before the person. The moment Chen Haisheng's voice fell, those long spears formed from condensed seawater had already thrust toward the Evil Emperor.
Only after that did Chen Haisheng's figure appear beside Lin Xiao. Upon seeing the Evil Emperor's true form, he paused slightly.
Clearly, this was the first time he had seen the Evil Emperor's true body. Before this, he had always assumed he would be facing a sea soul beast.
"Little brat from the Holy Spirit Cult, what is the meaning of this?"
Several more tentacles tore through space, scattering Chen Haisheng's attack. The Evil Emperor's voice was no longer as steady as before.
Chen Haisheng's attack looked simple, but with his Limit Douluo cultivation, it was clearly not so easy to receive.
"Holy Spirit Cult?"
However, the Evil Emperor's words still caused Chen Haisheng to glance at Lin Xiao with some doubt.
"Brother Chen, to tell the truth, this is not my first meeting with this soul beast," Lin Xiao said without hiding much upon seeing this. "I will explain the specific reasons later. For now, with a great enemy before us, it is best to be careful."
Although Chen Haisheng had doubts in his heart, upon hearing Lin Xiao say this, he still nodded and shifted his gaze toward the small island before them.
Looking at the overwhelming, imposing aura between heaven and earth, he could not help but frown. "Although this soul beast is somewhat different from what I expected, it is clearly not easy to deal with."
Lin Xiao frowned slightly and nodded.
The Evil Emperor's cultivation was already far stronger than that of a human soul master. Moreover, since it had come out to sea, Lin Xiao did not know what had happened to it, but compared to back then, it had undergone considerable changes, and its aura had become even more terrifying.
The Evil Emperor's roar rang out, like rolling thunder from the underworld. The space around the small island suddenly shattered, and thick tentacles emerged one after another. The Evil Emperor's body gradually appeared before Lin Xiao and Chen Haisheng.
Its constantly writhing body seemed even larger than the small island beneath it. The moment it appeared, waves surged in all directions, and quite a bit of seawater flowed into the turbulent spatial cracks it had created, disappearing to unknown places.
Chen Haisheng's abilities were clearly closely related to the sea. His expression kept changing as he stomped down with one foot. Surging waves lifted him into the air, and behind him, a massive wave soared into the sky, rising continuously with his figure.
For a moment, it was as if a waterfall was pouring down from the heavens into the sea.
"No matter where you come from, since you are destroying the ocean here, I naturally cannot let you remain!"
As the words fell, the darkness in the sky seemed to be dispelled considerably. The seawater swirling around Chen Haisheng also glowed with a faint luster. Upon closer inspection, faint golden patterns seemed to flicker within the seawater.
Lin Xiao had yet to make a move against the Evil Emperor, but he was first drawn by Chen Haisheng's display.
Indeed, even if he kept saying that he had not fully mastered his own power, a Limit Douluo's cultivation was no fake.
The seawater seemed to constantly amplify his strength. Although his soul ring configuration was somewhat lacking, this level of power was already no less than the Limit Douluos he had seen before.
It could only be said that he truly lived up to having received the Sea God's favor.
After Chen Haisheng finished speaking, he waved his hand. The waves behind him surged forward, roaring as they completely submerged the small island where the Evil Emperor was located. In just a few breaths, the entire small island had sunk completely into the sea.
For humans, having a place to stand should allow them to exert their power better, but for Chen Haisheng, this vast and boundless sea seemed to be the true source of all his strength.
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