Chapter 68 Long Xiaoyao!

“This……”

Normally, it would take at least half an hour to absorb a ten thousand year soul ring. And for someone like Luo Chen, with the cultivation base of a three-ring soul master, if he wanted to bypass his level and absorb this ten thousand year soul ring, it would take even longer.

However, at this moment, the black ten thousand year soul ring that had just risen in front of him turned into Luo Chen’s own soul ring in the blink of an eye. Moreover, not only the soul ring of the Taipan Poison Armor Scorpion, but even its incomplete remains disappeared at this moment.

The several-meter-long remains of the poisonous scorpion that were originally in front of Luo Chen and Xuan Zi had now disappeared. Even Xuan Zi, who had been by Luo Chen’s side to protect him, couldn’t help but frown at this moment.

Everything before his eyes was so bizarre that it could not be described in words. Even in his hundreds of years of career as a soul master, he had never encountered such a bizarre thing.

Although Xuan Zi had no idea how the soul ring of this ten thousand year old Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion was absorbed by Luo Chen, and where its own remains had gone, Luo Chen, who had successfully broken through to the three-ring Soul Master level, already had an idea.

“The power of death… so this is what it means.”

Sensing the sudden appearance of something in his mind, Luo Chen, who was originally confused, gradually understood.

The remains of the Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion in front of him, which he had killed with his martial spirit, did not disappear directly after death. Instead, they were directly “absorbed” by his own Death Scythe martial spirit under the effect of his own cross-shaped light pattern.

Became a part of the martial soul!

The ten thousand year soul ring that gathered after his death was directly transformed into Luo Chen’s third soul ring by the life-absorbing ability after Luo Chen’s martial soul awakened.

The soul vibration of a ten thousand year old soul beast couldn’t even create a ripple under such unreasonable and forced soul absorption skills!
However, what really surprised Luo Chen was the ability of his own Death Puppet. After Luo Chen’s own Death Scythe martial soul was successfully awakened, he mastered a part of the power of death. His Death Puppet skills, which originally required the help of his dead body to perform, have now become even more powerful!

No longer relying on its own body, it has transformed into the “undead” residing in Luo Chen’s Scythe of Death martial spirit!
Any living being that dies under Luo Chen’s blade, including its soul and body, will be integrated into the Scythe of Death and become nourishment to strengthen its martial soul. It can also be driven by Luo Chen’s power of death!
In other words, at this moment in Luo Chen’s Scythe of Death, the ten thousand year old Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion has already become a member of the Death puppet controlled by Luo Chen. At any time, it can be summoned out of the Scythe of Death according to Luo Chen’s wishes.

Moreover, although this summoned Death Puppet has no intelligence, it still possesses the most basic fighting instincts. It does not require Luo Chen to control it with mental power. It can act according to Luo Chen’s orders!
Long before, Luo Chen had killed a group of hyenas that had cultivated for a hundred years, and used their bodies as a medium to control them. However, this had a big disadvantage, which was that these death puppets could not withstand “consumption”.

Once the body is damaged, it will be unable to move, and it can be said that it has directly lost its combat effectiveness. However, the ability of Luo Chen’s advanced version of the Death Puppet is completely different!

As long as Luo Chen’s own vitality has not been completely exhausted, he can rely on his own vitality to summon the Death Puppets in the Death Scythe again and again. After all, these puppets themselves are not entities, but “undead” constructed by vitality!
Although they no longer have their previous bodies, the combat effectiveness of these “undeads” does not decrease in the slightest. Whether it is physical attack or mental attack, they can be released with the same power as when they were alive. This is what really shocks Luo Chen!
“I am really going to transform into a necromancer… I just got rid of the label of an evil soul master, but I didn’t expect to become a necromancer again. Could it be that I really can’t be a normal soul master?”

Although Luo Chen was extremely satisfied with the change in his abilities, he still felt a little depressed. After all, his dream was to become a flying sword immortal, but now he was heading towards the other extreme…

“Luo boy, is everything okay?!”

After looking at this incredible scene in front of him, Xuan Zi was stunned for a moment, then he hurriedly asked Luo Chen.

After all, that is a ten thousand year soul ring. However, Luo Chen, who has the cultivation level of a three-ring soul lord, although his mental strength and physical fitness have reached the level of a five-ring soul king, he cannot guarantee that he can absorb it safely.

However, what Xuan Zi didn’t know was that after killing this ten thousand year old Taipan poisonous armored scorpion, Luo Chen’s strength has increased again in an extremely terrifying way. Not only because of the Death Puppet that can be released at any time, but also because of the soul skills that this ten thousand year soul ring has brought to himself!

The third soul skill, Death’s Wail, has the effect of enabling one’s physical attack to affect the opponent’s soul at the same time, and also has the ability to cause a small amplitude soul shock…

Just as Luo Chen expected, the soul skill provided by the third soul ring is finally a powerful offensive skill that can be used. It can attack on the physical level and affect the opponent’s soul. This alone is enough to be called a divine skill!
After all, as long as Luo Chen can cause physical damage to the opponent, then this damage will also affect the opponent’s soul, causing damage to the opponent’s soul. It is equivalent to that every attack after breaking the defense is real damage!

Physical injuries, whether to soul masters or soul beasts, can be recovered through healing abilities, but soul injuries are not so easy to recover from. Even if they are truly recovered, they will leave incurable sequelae!

Moreover, this soul skill can make every attack of Luo Chen accompanied by a small soul vibration effect. If the soul is not strong enough, then after Luo Chen causes the first attack that causes substantial damage to it, its own soul will collapse instantly!
To sum up, this soul skill may be even more abnormal in terms of strength than Luo Chen’s first two soul skills!
However, in Luo Chen’s opinion, that was just the way it was. After all, the soul skills that came later would definitely be more abnormal than the last. Luo Chen could guess this even with his butt. After all, how could the soul skills that came later be weaker than the soul skills that came earlier?
“I’m fine, Master Xuan. I feel great now. With one strike of the sword, I can at least kill the two previous versions of myself!”

Hearing Xuanzi’s words, Luo Chen also chuckled and said to him that he was not bragging. After all, just summoning a Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion with ten thousand years of cultivation was almost equivalent to three quarters of his previous strength.

Don’t underestimate this ten thousand year old Taipan Poison Armored Scorpion that has turned into a puppet of the god of death. Even if you are a five-ring soul king of the strong attack system, you will probably be suppressed if your own martial soul is not top-notch!
Not to mention Luo Chen, who has now truly broken through to the Soul Master level and whose soul power level has reached the peak of level thirty-six. In terms of soul power alone, he is much stronger than himself before he absorbed the soul ring!

Luo Chen now has real confidence that he can enter the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy to study, and he no longer has to worry about being suppressed by those seniors in the inner courtyard who are incredibly talented.

If Luo Chen’s current normal combat power is that of a five-ring soul king, then with the blessing and enhancement of various heaven-defying soul skills, even a six-ring soul emperor with extraordinary combat power would be defeated by him!

Of course, this was more because the opponent “underestimated the enemy”. A six-ringed Soul Emperor-level soul master would never burst out with all his strength and release his strongest soul skills at the first time when facing a three-ringed Soul Lord. And such a small “mistake” gave Luo Chen the opportunity to use his strong control soul skills and take him away in one set!

“Oh, I really came at the right time this time. Otherwise, I might not know that there is a little monster like you in this outer courtyard. You just broke through the three-ring soul master and was able to kill the ten thousand year soul beast and absorb the ten thousand year soul ring…”

“If you are going to take part in the freshman assessment, you must try to hold back as much as possible. Otherwise, I’m afraid that if you are not careful, you will crush the morale of those students.”

After using his mental power to investigate Luo Chen’s situation and discovering that there was indeed nothing wrong with him and that he had even become stronger, Xuan Zi shook his head with an expression that was both exciting and helpless, and spoke.

“Don’t worry, Master Xuan. I am very confident of my own strength. I won’t kill someone by mistake. But Master Xuan, if you ask me, the championship of the freshman assessment should be awarded to me directly. Is there any need for the assessment?”

In response to Xuan Zi’s reminder, Luo Chen nodded. He certainly understood how big the gap was between him and ordinary students.

To be honest, even if there were thousands of first-year freshmen fighting against Luo Chen together, Luo Chen would not feel any pressure. After all, with his current Soul King-level combat power, it is too easy to defeat such a group of freshmen who are no more than three-ring Soul Masters!

There is no need to even release soul skills. Luo Chen can wipe out a large number of them with just a sweep of his mental power. Therefore, in Luo Chen’s opinion, there is no need to even compete in the freshman assessment. Even if a competition is required, the result will not change at all!
After hearing what Luo Chen said, Xuan Zi couldn’t help but smile and said:

“Hey, kid, the purpose of the college’s freshman assessment is not to see who is the champion and who is the runner-up, but to screen out the truly talented students. If you want the championship, then take it. It’s like no one can snatch your championship away!”

However, while the two were talking, a figure suddenly appeared silently beside them, like a ghost, without revealing any breath, just watching them silently.

Although the opponent did not reveal any aura, his incomparable presence, as strong as a meteorite, made Luo Chen’s body tremble uncontrollably at this moment.

The moment they saw this figure, not to mention Luo Chen, even Xuan Zi, who had the cultivation level of a Super Douluo at level ninety-eight, suddenly opened his eyes wide, with a look of surprise and suspicion in his eyes.

“It’s you. How come you’re here?!”

“Haha, Xuanzi, it’s been a long time since we last met. I didn’t expect that even you are about to reach the limit. Time flies.”

Seeing Xuan Zi’s surprised expression, the figure in front of him, dressed in a gray robe, took off the hood on his head, revealing his baby-like rosy face, and said with a smile.

However, facing such insinuating words, Xuan Zi did not appreciate it at all. The nine soul rings hovering on his body emitted an extremely dazzling light at this moment, and the aura it emitted was several times stronger than before, and he protected Luo Chen behind him.

“Long Xiaoyao… I didn’t expect that you, the Dark Holy Dragon, would still be alive after the battle with Elder Mu that year. And judging from the disgusting smell on you, if I’m not mistaken, you have already fallen into the status of an evil soul master, right?”

Looking at the old man in front of him, whose appearance had not changed much from before and whose silver hair was still neatly combed, Xuanzi directly told him his name.

Hearing this, Luo Chen, who had not yet figured out the situation, suddenly became serious.

“Long Xiaoyao, the Dark Holy Dragon… Could he be the top warrior who also reached the ninety-ninth level of Ultimate Douluo and lived in the same period as Moon?”

Luo Chen was naturally familiar with the name Long Xiaoyao. After all, there were only a few strong men who could truly stand at the top in the entire continent. And today, he saw it with his own eyes!
For a moment, Luo Chen was a little at a loss. He didn’t understand why Long Xiaoyao, who had already defected to the Holy Spirit Church, appeared here, in the Star Dou Great Forest not far from Shrek City?

However, the next moment, Luo Chen knew the answer.

“Evil soul master? Xuanzi, you should understand that at this level, I am no longer obsessed with the distinction between good and evil. Good or evil, it doesn’t matter, in the end, I just want to take different paths.”

“Besides, even if I am an evil soul master, what can you do to me? Although my cultivation level of level ninety-eight is only one level away from the limit, the gap between them is much greater than you can imagine!”

As he spoke, Long Xiaoyao slowly shook his head, and then his gaze suddenly turned to look at Luo Chen, who was protected by Xuan Zi behind him and had an extraordinary temperament. A hint of envy flashed across his calm eyes.

“I didn’t expect that such a strong aura of death could come from such a child. He is truly a perfect match made in heaven!”

Hearing Long Xiaoyao’s words, Luo Chen frowned. He understood the meaning of the other party’s words. It was obvious that he wanted to capture him and make him the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Church!

(End of this chapter)