"Soul Saint!" Yuwen Tuo felt that this Soul Saint was much stronger than those from the previous smaller branches.
This blood bat martial soul was unusual.
Its body was filled with an incomparably dense, foul blood-odor that instantly permeated the entire valley. It was evident that he had devoured the blood of at least hundreds of different soul masters and soul beasts.
"Sixth Soul Skill: Blood Pillar!"
The bat condensed countless different bloods at its mouth, transforming them into a dark and filthy toxic blood that spewed forth.
As it swept across the ground, it immediately corroded a ditch over ten meters deep into the earth.
This poison was far stronger than Meng Hongchen's Ice Toad poison.
"Fourth Soul Skill: Soul Sacrifice!"
The Xuanyuan Sword's new fourth soul skill could annihilate any opponent's attack. It was a true absolute defense, even stronger than the Invincible Golden Body and Jinpeng's Indestructible Golden Body.
Those two Golden Bodies, after all, had the weakness of not being able to block god-level attacks.
Soul Sacrifice, however, was a true annihilation of all attacks. God-level attacks were still nullified. The only limitation was that, like the Golden Body, it could only be used three times a day.
A golden light swept across. With a whoosh, the blood pillar instantly annihilated, disappearing without a trace.
"What?" The Blood Bat Soul Saint was startled. His full-power strike, his strongest ultimate move, was simply gone.
"Third Soul Skill: Emperor Sword!" Yuwen Tuo wouldn't give him a chance to react. He leaped forward, charging towards the colossal blood bat.
The Xuanyuan Sword grew larger and larger, already exceeding the blood bat's size.
Upon the sword's body, a golden glow, even more intense than before, emanated.
His true martial soul, in its golden-grade second awakening form. This time, he truly fully activated its golden-grade power. Although this state had considerable side effects, for Yuwen Tuo, who possessed the Life Gold, as long as he didn't use it continuously in a short period, it would at most leave him weak for a few days and wouldn't affect his lifespan.
The golden awakening's amplification already surpassed that of a Martial Soul True Body. The Xuanyuan Sword's power surged threefold, and the Emperor Sword's attack power was incomparably domineering.
The blood bat was directly torn in half by the Emperor Sword, its body splitting into two.
Instant kill!
Yuwen Tuo wasn't satisfied with just killing one Soul Saint. The Emperor Sword pivoted, continuing to swing downwards. Sword aura filled the sky, and dozens of evil soul masters instantly turned to ash.
Landing back on the ground, Yuwen Tuo took a deep breath. Although he seemed to have effortlessly annihilated all enemies here, in reality, he had used his current strongest offensive move, Emperor Sword, his strongest defensive move, Soul Sacrifice, and his strongest state, Golden Awakening. The consumption was not small.
After all, he was only a Soul King. Fighting so many alone required unleashing his full power.
"Clap, clap, clap!"
A round of applause came. Above the altar, three figures had appeared at some unknown time.
The leader had a twisted, terrifying face, as if all nightmares had condensed at that moment. He looked like a terrifying specter crawled out of hell, awe-inspiring.
This was the first time Yuwen Tuo had seen someone so ugly.
"Beautiful, truly beautiful fighting. A young man, actually able to instantly kill my Level 77 Great Holy Spirit and completely slaughter my branch." The ugly monster was not only ugly, but his voice was also incomparably hoarse and unpleasant.
"Nightmare Douluo, is that what you look like? The Holy Spirit Church truly isn't picky," Yuwen Tuo scoffed.
He could tell that the person in front of him was a Titled Douluo. Combined with the illusionary barrier set up outside the valley earlier, he knew that the one responsible for guarding this place should be Nightmare Douluo, one of the Holy Spirit Church's Eight Great Elders.
He was the most proficient in illusionary techniques among the Eight Great Elders.
His martial soul was called Nightmare Demon, a rare martial soul whose combat power was average, but whose illusionary techniques were exceptionally strong. Therefore, Nightmare Douluo's preferred attack method was illusionary techniques.
Once a person fell into a nightmare state under his illusionary attack, their life and death would not only be controlled by him, but they could even be driven to fight by the nightmare, becoming his puppet.
The horrified resentment of the victims after death was Nightmare Douluo's best way to improve his cultivation. It was said that when he was young, he slaughtered an entire village with his martial soul to cultivate, leading to him being hunted by numerous righteous soul masters.
However, most of them were counter-killed by his formidable illusionary techniques. For a long time after that, he vanished without a trace. In reality, he had long been recruited by the Holy Spirit Church.
In the original work, he later attacked Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Heavenly Soul Empire, with Jing Hongchen.
"Oh, you know this old man? Have you come here specifically to find this old man, wanting to join my Holy Spirit Church?" Nightmare Douluo said sinisterly.
Yuwen Tuo gave a mocking smile. "Join you? Are you blind? I've slaughtered all your subordinates here, and my martial soul is a Sacred Path martial soul, which will only be the bane of your evil martial souls. Are you evil soul masters worthy?"
"Hmph, what if it's a Sacred Path martial soul? My sect is called the Holy Spirit Church. Even the power of the Sacred Path must bow before my Holy Emperor. Kid, this old man will give you a chance. Join my Holy Spirit Church, and I will give you a way to live. As for these wastes you killed, if you killed them, then you killed them. This old man won't argue with you!" Nightmare Douluo said.
He truly valued Yuwen Tuo's talent and strength. If he could bring him back to the main church, one could imagine how happy the Grand Elder and Deputy Grand Elder would be.
"Nightmare Douluo, I'll also give you a chance. Tell me who the Holy Spirit Church sent to Shiwa Village back then, and I'll give you a quick death!" Yuwen Tuo said.
"Shiwa Village? You... you are Yuwen Tuo!" Nightmare Douluo exclaimed in shock.
Just hearing the three words "Shiwa Village" was enough to guess Yuwen Tuo's identity, indicating that he still knew something about the incident back then.
"Excellent, it seems I've found the right person!" Yuwen Tuo chuckled.
"Kill him! Kill him immediately!" Nightmare Douluo immediately ordered. Since he had guessed Yuwen Tuo's identity, how could he not know that trying to recruit him into the Holy Spirit Church was absolutely impossible?
So now the only option was to kill him, to nip the problem in the bud.
Beside Nightmare Douluo, two subordinates responded. They should be his direct subordinates, the vice-branch masters of this branch.
Both were Soul Douluo-level experts. Their soul rings were also the standard optimal configuration of two yellow, two purple, and four black.
One's martial soul was a Werewolf, and the other's was a Hypnosis Demon.
They specialized in physical and mental attacks, respectively.
The Hypnosis Demon was the first to act. Its mental attack was strange and invisible, making it the best method for a surprise attack.
"Bring it on. Come forth, Evil Eye Tyrant!" Yuwen Tuo, seeing this, unhesitatingly summoned the Evil Eye Tyrant.
His current state would not be enough to contend with a Soul Douluo-level evil soul master, so he naturally summoned the Evil Eye without hesitation.
The colossal Evil Eye Tyrant suddenly appeared, instantly startling Nightmare Douluo.
How could he not recognize the 100,000-year Evil Eye Tyrant? After all, the Holy Spirit Church's headquarters were in the Demonic Forest.
They also often dealt with the Evil Eye clan.
In fact, he greatly coveted the Evil Eye clan's soul rings and soul bones, but out of fear of the Evil Emperor, he didn't dare to make a move.
But now, why would this 100,000-year Evil Eye Tyrant before him help Yuwen Tuo?
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