Chapter 78 Yi Lao takes action

Deep in the Mingdou Mountains, there is a little-known cave. Here, only a thin ray of sunlight shines through the cracks in the cave, casting mottled shadows on the ground.

Inside the cave, the air was mixed with the smell of blood and earth, giving people an extremely eerie feeling. The walls of the cave were covered with moss and ferns, and occasionally a few small insects could be seen flying around in the cracks in the rocks.

On the stone wall, there were several pendants made of human skin and bones, which emitted a faint glow under the light of the fire.

With the help of the spiritual detection of the spirit eyes, it was very easy for Xiao Yan to track the whereabouts of the evil soul master. Soon, he caught up with the evil soul master who had just killed the villagers.

From a distance, Xiao Yan saw a dense group of people in front of him. These evil soul masters were all extremely strong, with bloodshot eyes. They stuffed hearts and flesh into their mouths as they walked... Soon, they entered a cave one after another.

Frowning as he looked at the evil soul masters who had entered the cave, Xiao Yan quickly took out a bottle of medicinal powder from his soul guide and sprinkled it all on himself. This kind of medicinal powder was what Yao Lao taught him to prepare, and it could conceal his aura.

Xiao Yan quietly passed through the dense forest and climbed up a towering ancient tree. With the help of the branches, he came to the front of the cave. He stared at the dark cave. After a little hesitation, he took out some soft cloth strips from the soul guide and tied them around his feet to eliminate the sound of his footsteps.

After completing all of this preparation, Xiao Yan took a deep breath, suddenly jumped down from the ancient tree, flipped in the air, stepped lightly on the ground with his feet, then slightly bent his body, and then shot into the cave.

When Xiao Yan just entered the cave, an evil soul master not far ahead suddenly turned around. His eyes emitted a strong bloody light, but he didn't find anything. He could only continue to walk deeper into the cave with some doubts.

After entering the cave, Xiao Yan immediately released his spiritual detection to the maximum extent, and a wider range of three-dimensional images appeared in his mind.

The entrance to this cave was not big, but it was very spacious inside. Xiao Yan had just walked forward about fifty meters when a strong smell of blood hit him in the face. He saw more than a dozen human skins and even a few baby corpses hanging on the walls of the cave on both sides. The further he went inside, the more corpses he saw, and the causes of death were all very strange.

"Who is it?" A figure flashed in front of him, and several evil soul masters suddenly jumped out from the darkness in front and surrounded Xiao Yan.

"Humph." With a sneer on his lips, Xiao Yan slowly grasped the handle of the Xuanzhong Ruler and shouted, "Here comes someone to take your life!"

Upon hearing this, the faces of these evil soul masters suddenly turned cold. Without saying anything nonsense, the brilliant light of their soul rings lit up on their bodies. They each released their martial souls, and then pounced towards Xiao Yan fiercely, attacking him extremely cruelly.

"Boom, bang, bang!"

Only a few muffled sounds were heard, and a black figure suddenly flashed by. The faces of these evil soul masters turned pale in an instant, as if they had been hit hard. Their bodies were smashed and flew away, and their blood dyed the stone wall red.

The next second, more than a dozen evil soul masters jumped out from the darkness.

They shouted in unison, and the eerie blood-colored soul power surged out from their bodies, finally enveloping all the weapon souls in their hands. They stomped their feet hard on the ground and rushed towards Xiao Yan.

Looking at the evil soul master rushing towards him from the depths of the cave, Xiao Yan closed his eyes slightly, feeling the cold breath getting closer and closer. After a moment, his eyes suddenly opened, and the Xuan Zhong ruler in his hand was like a circle of black wind wheel, spreading out with him as the center point. Sparks flew wherever the black wind wheel passed.

Suddenly, the weapon spirits in the hands of these evil soul masters were shaken out of their hands by the tremendous force contained in the Xuanzhong Ruler. Only a few stronger evil soul masters could barely hold on to their weapons, but that was only because their knuckles were broken and they looked a little panicked.

Then, Xiao Yan's spinning feet suddenly stopped, and the black wind wheel disappeared.

Looking up at the evil soul master who was only a few meters away from him but still had a fierce face and strong strength, Xiao Yan sneered and stomped his foot on the ground. With a burst of energy, his body almost turned into a lightning shadow, shuttling through the attacks of more than a dozen evil soul masters.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As Xiao Yan moved back and forth, muffled sounds continued to be heard, and every time a muffled sound was heard, an evil soul master would spit out blood and fall to the ground and die.

At this moment, a sharp long howl sounded from the depths of the cave: "Who are you? How dare you go against the messenger of death? I will turn you into my corpse slave."

As the voice fell, the dead evil soul masters began to tremble all over. A red light flashed on their chests, and their bodies were growing and turning red at an alarming speed.

“Oh no! These evil soul masters actually have soul guide element bombs hidden in their bodies.” Through mental detection, Xiao Yan was horrified to discover that these evil soul masters actually had a special soul guide device hidden in their bodies, called soul guide element bombs. He had also had brief contact with this kind of thing when he was in the soul guide department of Shrek Academy.

"boom--"

A violent roar sounded in the cave, and the horrific explosion caused the entire cave to tremble violently.

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At the same time, in Mingdou Mountains, the headquarters of the Western Army Group of the Xingluo Empire.

The sound of explosions in the mountains came like a tsunami, shaking the entire headquarters of the Western Army of the Star Luo Empire. Between the towering peaks not far away, smoke was filled and flames shot into the sky, and the entire mountain range was filled with smoke.

Inside the central army tent, Xuan Lao and Dai Hao stood up at the same time and looked at each other, with a hint of doubt between their brows. Then, everyone filed out of the tent one after another, looking at the direction where the explosion came from with serious expressions.

"Where is that place?" Dai Hao asked in confusion, his face gloomy as he stared at the direction where the explosion came from.

Hearing this, Durex stepped forward and said respectfully, "Marshal, that is the lair of the Death Hand Bandits. These guys are all evil soul masters who do all kinds of evil."

"Evil soul master?" Hearing this, Xuan Lao's face changed slightly and he asked, "These guys are so close to the army, why don't you send people to destroy them?"

Dai Yuheng continued, "Master Xuan, it's like this. Father has sent people to wipe out the bandits many times, but suffered heavy losses and returned empty-handed. If too many people go, the other side will flee upon hearing the news, and if too few people go, it will be useless. The Death Hand Bandits are quite powerful and extremely cunning, and they may even have spies in the army. The place where the bandits are stationed is on the border between the two countries, which is too sensitive. In order to avoid unnecessary war, the Central Army can only endure it." "Humph." With a sneer, Dai Hao looked at Master Xuan again and said, "Someone actually started a fight with these evil soul masters? This place is very close to the Sun Moon Empire, could it be their people? Master Xuan, let's go over and take a look?"

With a slight nod, Xuan Lao and Dai Hao catapulted into the air at the same time. The flying soul guide unfolded behind the latter. The two men turned into light and shadow and quickly flew towards the direction where the explosion came from. There was a sudden explosion at the border, and they had to be careful.

Upon seeing this, the personal guards of the Duke of White Tiger also quickly took off and followed closely behind Dai Hao. There were a total of 500 White Tiger personal guards, all of whom were soul masters above the Soul Master level. Each of them was equipped with various soul guides and always followed the Duke of White Tiger. Wherever the Duke of White Tiger was, there they would be.

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“Hehehe, how does the explosion of my corpse taste? No matter how strong you are, you will definitely die in front of my chain soul guide elemental bombs. Even if you are not killed by the explosion, you will be poisoned to death by the miasma produced by the corpse.”

Now the whole cave was filled with a strong smell of blood and a strong feeling of wetness. The bodies of the evil soul masters who were killed by Xiao Yan earlier had all exploded violently, and the walls of the cave were covered with bright red blood.

Suddenly, a figure covered in a black robe slowly walked out of the darkness. He looked very thin and his features could not be seen. Five soul rings, three yellow and two purple, were shining on his body.

“Boy, just be my corpse slave.” Looking towards where Xiao Yan was, his vision was completely obscured by dust. He saw the man who claimed to be the messenger of death slowly walking over. He grinned and said in a sinister smile.

Just as the words fell, a ghostly white figure appeared and disappeared in the dust, and then a faint voice came out: "I heard that you want me to be your corpse slave?"

"He's not dead yet?" Upon seeing this, the Death Messenger's face suddenly changed, and without hesitation, he turned around and ran. While running, he slapped the wall with his hands, continuing to detonate the soul guide element bombs he had buried in advance.

Amidst the dust, a figure walked out slowly, and a conspicuous white flame appeared first, and an abnormally cold air enveloped the entire cave.

The figure that appeared was almost entirely wrapped in dark white flames. Looking closely, even the figure's exact face could not be seen clearly, but from the blurry figure, one could vaguely identify it as Xiao Yan. It was precisely because of the protection of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire that Xiao Yan was able to remain safe and sound in the explosion.

"Teacher, don't let that guy get away, let's chase him." Looking at the illusory figure floating in front of him, Xiao Yan shouted anxiously.

"Hmm." Nodding slightly, Yao Lao waved his hand lightly, and a dark white flame suddenly swept out, instantly freezing all the soul-guided elemental bombs that were placed in the cave and were about to explode into solid ice, making them unable to explode.

At the same time, on the other side, the messenger of death came out of the tunnel and came to a huge platform where twelve figures were standing quietly.

Seeing the messenger of death coming out of the tunnel, the twelve people who were not even breathing fell to one knee on the ground and saluted the messenger of death respectfully.

"What's going on? Why didn't the bomb I placed in advance explode?" Noticing that there was no explosion behind him, the Death Messenger's face changed slightly, and a cold voice came out of his mouth: "The guy who suddenly appeared just now is probably at the Titled Douluo level. Humph, so what if he is a Titled Douluo? Give me another ten years, and even a Titled Douluo will bow down before me."

"Wake up, my corpse slaves, you come and cover the retreat for this messenger."

At this moment, a clear voice came from behind him: "Ten years? I'm afraid you won't be able to wait until that day."

Immediately afterwards, a dull sound was heard, and the stone door behind the messenger of death suddenly split open, and a young man in a black robe carrying a black ruler on his back walked in.

The Death Messenger's pupils shrank slightly, and he stared at Xiao Yan intently, saying: "You really don't take the road to heaven, but you come to hell. You are just a second-ring great spirit master. Without the protection of that Titled Douluo, how dare you come to me?"

"Really?" Just as Xiao Yan was about to use Yao Lao's power, an old voice sounded in his mind: "Oh. The breath of death? I am very familiar with it, old man. You have taken action many times. Let me do it this time."

"Elux?" Upon hearing this, the black ring on Xiao Yan's finger flashed with white light, and a huge spiritual wave came out, which seemed to be connected to his sea of ​​​​spiritual energy.

The next second, Xiao Yan's sea of ​​​​consciousness turned gray, and then his body lost control. His light golden eyes turned gray, a gray that was full of vicissitudes, as if he could see through everything in the world. What was even more strange was that there was a gray soul ring slowly rising under his feet.

As the gray soul ring climbed upwards, it actually left behind a series of afterimages, making it impossible to tell whether it was one or multiple.

"You, you are also an evil soul master?" Looking at the black-robed young man in front of him whose eyes had turned completely gray, the messenger of death felt suffocated and subconsciously took a few steps back. The black robe on his head was blown away by the wind, revealing a face like a skull and a pair of eyes emitting a faint green light.

"Evil soul master? What is that? I have never heard of it." An old voice with a bit of surprise slowly came out of Xiao Yan's mouth.

The Death Messenger snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "Every evil soul master is a great being. I am the spokesperson of the Death God, the messenger of the Death God. You are obviously young, but you dare to act like a ghost in front of this messenger. If you are really an evil soul master, you may have a chance to cooperate with me if you reveal your identity to me. However, you must first tell me why your soul ring is gray."

"Messenger of Death? How ridiculous. Although I can't remember most of the things in the past, I still vaguely remember that if I wanted to, I would have been the God of Death." The low voice came out of Xiao Yan's mouth again.

"You, a lich who has just touched the edge of the necromancy and sacrificed your own flesh and blood, are worthy of being called the messenger of the god of death? The power of the god of death is purification, not summoning souls. You don't even have the possibility of becoming a lich, yet you still boast in front of me. It's ridiculous."

Hearing this, the Death Messenger was stunned, with a flash of panic in his eyes, and shouted: "What kind of necromancy? What kind of corpse witch? Lich? I am a great evil soul master. How dare you blaspheme the Death God? Go to hell."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed forward. The third soul ring on his body suddenly lit up, and the purple soul ring with a bit of black airflow instantly spread out. The twelve people around him who were emitting cold auras suddenly moved and pounced on Xiao Yan like lightning.

At this moment, two streams of light fell from the sky and landed heavily on the ground outside the cave, splashing dust. It was seen that Taotie Douluo Xuan Lao, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao and his personal guards had arrived at the entrance of the cave.

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