Chapter 10: “what Have You Done?!”
“I indeed still like you assault type battle soul masters, with vitality surging and vitality vigorous.” The Evil Soul Master Leader squinted his eyes intoxicatedly while casually blocking Lang Yan’s attacks.
“Little wolf cub, don’t be anxious, it’s your turn soon.” The Evil Soul Master Leader’s second soul ring lit up with light.
“Second Soul Skill, Ghost Swamp!”
As his voice fell, the surrounding air became sluggish and viscous, squeezing Lang Shan and Lang Yan.
The two men’s eyes turned red, their breathing became disordered, and Lang Yan wanted to launch an attack but found his body couldn’t move at all.
The Evil Soul Master Leader unhurriedly walked in front of Lang Shan, his sharp claw aimed at Lang Shan’s head.
At the moment just before swinging down, the Evil Soul Master Leader sensed Third Brother’s approach and said in an extremely displeased tone, “Third Brother, I remember reminding you not to disturb me while I’m feeding!”
Third Brother, controlled by Huo Yuhao, naturally did not respond to him. When the distance between them was about fifty meters, Third Brother unleashed his strongest fourth soul skill.
“Blood Colored Claw!” Blood red light enveloped Third Brother’s body, then he charged toward the Evil Soul Master Leader’s back at extreme speed, leaving a red afterimage in the narrow valley.
The Evil Soul Master Leader clearly had not anticipated that his own Third Brother would choose to sneak attack him. By the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
The blood red sharp claw instantly pierced through the Evil Soul Master Leader’s chest, giving him a chill through the heart.
Only at the very end did the Evil Soul Master Leader turn his head in disbelief to look at his own Third Brother.
He had just opened his mouth to say something when it was flooded by the gushing blood, able only to make muffled gurgling sounds.
Already severely injured by the Golden Crow Saintess Wu Ming, he struggled briefly a few times before dying with an unwilling expression.
Everyone around was dumbfounded, whether the mercenary group or the evil soul masters, all staring wide-eyed at this scene.
The mercenary group could not imagine that the opponents would have infighting, while the evil soul masters could not imagine that their own Third Brother would betray them in this situation.
Only when Third Brother casually threw the Evil Soul Master Leader’s corpse to the ground did everyone suddenly snap awake.
The remaining two evil soul masters immediately distanced themselves from the surrounding mercenaries, then glared at Third Brother and shouted sternly, “Third Brother!!! What have you done?”
“Without First Brother, how are we supposed to fight the Shrek Inspection Team?!”
Third Brother, having no self-consciousness, of course could not smile faintly and then recite poetry to the crowd.
He activated his fourth soul ring again to unleash the soul skill Blood Colored Claw, charging straight at the other two evil soul masters.
The two evil soul masters’ faces filled with horror. As companions who had spent day and night together with Third Brother, they naturally knew the power of Third Brother’s fourth soul skill.
This move had the strongest single-target breakthrough ability among the four of them; even a Soul King could not withstand it.
The reason the four of them had been able to escape from the Shrek Inspection Team was by relying on Third Brother and First Brother teaming up to severely injure a Soul King from the Shrek Inspection Team.
Taking advantage of that Golden Crow woman being distracted, the few of them had been able to successfully withdraw.
One of the evil soul masters did not hesitate and immediately unleashed his fourth soul skill: “Killing Aura Armor Guard!”
A gray energy tortoise shell appeared in front of Third Brother as he charged, clashing head-on with the Blood Colored Claw.
The energy tortoise shell began emitting harsh mournful cries, then faintly cracks appeared on it.
That evil soul master immediately shouted sternly, “Fourth Brother, what are you doing? Hurry up and act, Third Brother has gone freaking mad.”
Fourth Brother, hearing Second Brother’s words, finally snapped out of it and activated his fourth soul skill: “Demonic Vine Strangle!”
Countless ink-green vines carrying sharp thorns gleaming with cold light at their tips assaulted that blood-colored figure.
Third Brother, with weak defense, was directly pierced through the abdomen by the vines, the blood red light on his body gradually fading, then tossed aside by the vines.
Large amounts of blood sprayed from the abdominal wound, instantly forming a pool of blood around him. Third Brother’s vitality visibly drained away; it was clear he would not survive.
Just as Second Brother and Fourth Brother breathed a sigh of relief, Third Brother stood up once more.
He completely ignored his injuries and the vitality continuously draining away.
Forcibly squeezing his body, he unleashed the fourth soul skill once again.
The two evil soul masters opposite him were nearly numb. Second Brother looked at Third Brother, who was about to launch another attack in this state, and really wanted to ask, “Bro, when we were being chased by the Shrek Inspection Team before, why didn’t I see you this ferocious?”
“Now you’re attacking your bros, using that fourth soul skill like you don’t care about your life!”
Second Brother and Fourth Brother immediately retreated explosively. Seeing this, Third Brother charged straight at the weakest Fourth Brother without hesitation.
Fourth Brother saw Third Brother behind him, his soul nearly fleeing in terror, and hurriedly said, “Third Bro, I haven’t done anything to wrong you!”
“Back then, it was Big Bro and Second Bro who forced you to slaughter your hometown, it had nothing to do with me, don’t chase me!”
“And back then, weren’t you enjoying it too?!”
Fourth Brother naturally did not know that Third Brother was now controlled by Huo Yuhao and thought he had betrayed them due to past hatred.
When Huo Yuhao had erased Third Brother’s consciousness back then, he had implanted in him a supreme will: “Kill all your companions.”
So before Third Brother completely died, even if he had only one finger left that could move, he would pursue and kill the two.
Fourth Brother’s martial soul was clearly plant type, naturally inferior in speed to the agility attack type martial soul Heart-Eating Rat. In the blink of an eye, Third Brother had already reached Fourth Brother’s back.
Fourth Brother felt the chill from behind, knowing he could not escape. His second soul ring lit up brightly, his arm turning into black wooden thorns as he turned to clash head-on with Third Brother.
Just as the black wooden thorns clashed with the Blood Colored Claw, countless sharp thorns burst from Fourth Brother’s body, stabbing toward Third Brother.
Fourth Brother thought that facing his attack, Third Brother would choose to dodge, but found that he did not dodge at all, allowing the thorns to pierce into his body.
At the same time, the Blood Colored Claw slowly began breaking through the black wooden thorns, on the verge of tearing Fourth Brother apart.
Seeing this, Fourth Brother’s gaze turned ruthless: “Third Bro, if you don’t want me to live, then let’s die together!”
“Wood Explosion Technique!!!”
Fourth Brother’s third soul ring lit up, then the black wooden thorns on his arm emitted eerie red light, beginning to expand and emit a terrifying aura.
After a brief charge, a violent explosion swept over the two, dark green light enveloping everything within a fifty-meter radius.
Huo Yuhao clearly sensed the violent energy inside from afar through his spiritual power, unable to help clicking his tongue.
“Good grief, he actually has a soul skill of the same type as Corpse Explosion Technique and Ice Explosion Technique. Good thing I didn’t choose to clash head-on; with this power, one hit would require using Land of Roots.”
“One truly cannot underestimate the heroes of the world.”
Huo Yuhao clearly sensed that the nail driven into Third Brother’s sea of spiritual power had completely disappeared, indicating that Third Brother was already dead.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao advanced toward the direction Second Brother had fled, planning to kill Second Brother. After all, there was still some road ahead, and he did not want to leave any hidden dangers.
Second Brother should possess a tortoise type martial soul; just based on that, he could not run fast, not to mention he was already heavily injured and had consumed a large amount of soul power from the Blood Colored Claw.
Finally, under a large tree, Huo Yuhao discovered him.
He was grasping a rabbit type soul beast, absorbing its vitality to recover his injuries.
He was still muttering curses: “What the hell is going on? Why did Third Brother suddenly go mad?”
“This is the worst luck; without First Brother, I can only go join the Holy Spirit Cult myself.”
Huo Yuhao lightly tapped the ground with his toe and quietly approached him. When the distance was about fifty meters, Second Brother sensed something wrong and abruptly turned his head toward Huo Yuhao’s direction, on alert.
“Who?!”
Second Brother dropped the rabbit type soul beast in his hand, not even wiping the blood from his mouth, eyes flashing with ferocity as he probed toward Huo Yuhao’s direction.
When he was about five steps from a bush, he stopped, his face ferocious as he lit up his second soul ring. Dazzling yellow light was extremely conspicuous in the dim dense forest.
“Killing Fire!”
Ghostly blue flames instantly swept the entire area, incinerating all possible hiding spots in front of him.
Second Brother panted heavily, his lungs issuing tearing sounds like a broken bellows. Clearly, even unleashing his second soul skill was strenuous for him now.
However, the agonized screams he had expected from the enemy being burned by the flames did not appear. Only the crackling of branches in the flames sounded.
Second Brother, not at ease, waited until the flames completely disappeared and confirmed no one was there before willing to turn his head.
He had just breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly felt bone-piercing pain from his heart.
Second Brother’s eyes filled with blood, in disbelief as he slowly lowered his head, seeing his heart pierced by an exquisite short blade.
The pain made his spirit hazy, the scene before his eyes suddenly changing. The rabbit type soul beast that had been tossed aside was still in his hand.
He was still sitting under that large tree, with no traces of flame burning before him; he had never moved.
Only at this moment did he suddenly understand, comprehending all the truth. Second Brother wanted to turn his head to see who had killed him, but the exhaustion of his vitality made it impossible. In the final few seconds, he could only tremulously spit out a few words.
“So…… that’s…… how it is, spirit…… type.”
Soon, Second Brother lost all strength, his head drooping low, eyes becoming turbid, the blood surging from his heart drawing a bewitching flower around him.
Huo Yuhao drew the White Tiger Dagger from behind him, casually shaking it to fling off the blood beads attached to it.
He said nothing, not even glancing at the corpse. After confirming death, he turned and left.
