dmims Chapter 182 Instant Kill, Divine Retribution
Chapter 182 Instant Kill, Divine Retribution
Chapter 182 Instant Kill, Divine Retribution
At the Contra level, almost all of them are well-known powerhouses on the continent. Kong Tianxu knows some of them, especially those with unusual abilities or remarkable deeds. These two are the kind of people who have a little bit of everything.
Moreover—his reputation isn't very good.
"Hey, Xu Ji and Xu Bo, you two brothers are more famous than this old man's face."
The bald, long-bearded old man in red chuckled strangely, his gaze sweeping over the tall, thin Xu Ji and the short, stout Xu Bo, his long eyebrows moving without wind.
"May I ask what brings you three seniors here?" Kong Tianxu took a step to the side, subtly protecting Zhang Lexuan, who was still absorbing soul rings and whose aura was unstable, his tone extremely wary.
The short, stout Xu Bo chuckled, rubbing his hands together, completely ignoring the old man in red's words. His gaze was fixed intently on Kong Tianxu: "Young friend, judging from your age and soul power fluctuations, you must be a young genius nurtured by some powerful family, with a bright future ahead. However, the soul master world has its own rules, and everyone has a share. Since it's a 100,000-year-old soul beast, it must have a soul bone. I don't see any fluctuations of recently fused soul bones on you. How about this, you hand over your soul bones, and we won't make things difficult for you, okay? Let's all get along peacefully, isn't that better?"
Seeing the anger flash across Kong Tianxu's face, the tall and thin Xu Ji immediately sneered and shrieked, "Boy, don't push your luck. Open your eyes and see clearly, this is deep within the Star Dou Great Forest! Even if we chop you up and feed you to the soul beasts here, no one will know. We're letting you go only because you have good talent, and we want to leave a few seeds for the future of the original Three Kingdoms."
"Yes, yes," Xu Bo said more sincerely, but his gaze drifted to Zhang Lexuan behind Kong Tianxu. "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about your girlfriend who is at a crucial moment, right? You should understand that it's absolutely impossible for you to stand up to us brothers and this old gentleman on your own, with this burden on you."
Kong Tianxu's expression changed rapidly. At first, he seemed extremely angry because of the other party's flippant threat, but then he forcibly suppressed it, his brows furrowed, as if he was struggling to weigh the pros and cons. In the end, all his struggle turned into helplessness and dejection, and his shoulders slumped slightly.
"Have you thought it through?"
The old man in red seemed impatient and took a step forward. On the other hand, the two Xuanming elders, who had higher cultivation levels, crossed their arms and waited leisurely for Kong Tianxu's answer, showing no sign of urgency.
Finally, Kong Tianxu took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "—Alright then. But how can I trust that the three of you will keep your promise and leave voluntarily after we hand over the soul bones?"
Xu Ji's voice softened slightly as he said, "Let's make a vow between the three of us. If we swear by our martial spirits, how could we possibly break our vows?"
In the Douluo Continent, the higher the level of a powerful individual, the more they believe in fate and the less likely they are to make oaths lightly, especially those using their Martial Soul. Therefore, when powerful individuals engage in transactions or other matters, making an oath is the most serious and formal form of exchange.
Before the words were even finished, Xu Ji and Xu Bo spoke in unison, as fluently as if they had rehearsed it a thousand times: "I, Xu Ji (Xu Bo), hereby swear that if the person before us hands over the 100,000-year-old soul bone, we will not make things difficult for them and will leave on our own. If we break this oath, may our martial souls be shattered!"
The red-robed elder hesitated for a moment, glanced at the Xuanming Elders whose auras were subtly connected, and had no choice but to recite the oath along with them.
The oath was ordinary in content, without any fancy tricks. The only strange thing was the way Xu Ji and Xu Bo swore their oaths, so perfectly in sync, as if they were the same person, so practiced that it was unsettling.
Kong Tianxu seemed finally convinced by this solemn vow, and without further hesitation, nodded: "I hope the three seniors will keep their promise."
As he spoke, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and he took out the 100,000-year-old Blood Moon Wolf King's torso bone, which exuded immense energy and life force.
The moment the blood-red amber-like, crystal-clear soul bone, with moonlight flowing within it, appeared, the breathing of the three people opposite them became noticeably heavier, and the greed in their eyes almost materialized.
That's a 100,000-year-old soul bone! And it's the most precious and important torso bone among soul bones. Even titled Douluo and super Douluo would go crazy for it, no wonder the three of them were completely out of control.
Xu Bo forced a smile onto his chubby face, seemingly casually glancing at the storage soul ring on Kong Tianxu's finger, but his feet had already moved forward involuntarily, his gaze fixed on the soul bone: "Little kid, you really get it right away. Quick, bring it here."
Kong Tianxu stepped forward as instructed, holding the soul bone in his right hand, while his left hand, seemingly due to tension or weakness, unconsciously hung down at his side, his fingers twitching slightly.
Just as Xu Bo reached out, about to touch the alluring blood-red light—
Kong Tianxu suddenly swung his left hand upwards! The target was not Xu Bo, who was close at hand, but the red-robed old man behind him, whose cultivation had reached the bottleneck of level 80 and who was the most vigilant but also a little far away.
A dark shadow shot out from the sky—it was the heavy sword of judgment! But it didn't slash; instead, it was like a battering ram thrown with tremendous force, hurtling straight at the old man's face with a piercing whistle!
"How dare you, you junior!"
The old man in red was both surprised and furious, but he was indeed formidable. His seven spirit rings flashed, and the control spirit skill he had prepared quickly transformed into a defensive spirit skill, instantly forming a thick flame shield in front of him.
His attention was mostly on the soul bone. Although he had anticipated that the seemingly submissive boy might suddenly launch an attack, he did not expect him to use such an extremely bizarre yet fierce throwing method.
At the same time, the two Xuanming elders, who had also planned to make their move, suddenly felt a chill on the back of their heads.
At the very moment the Sword of Judgment drew everyone's attention, a flash of silver light appeared on Kong Tianxu's forehead. His calm yet piercing gaze fell upon Xu Bo, who was in the middle of activating his famous soul skill, the Profound Nether Palm. Xu Bo's hair stood on end.
Without the slightest hesitation, a flash of black light appeared, and he switched places with the old man in red.
Almost simultaneously, two indescribably sharp silver lights flashed and disappeared. Various colors of light flashed on the bodies of the red-robed old man and Xu Ji, but the expressions on their faces instantly froze into extreme fear and pain. It seemed as if silver cracks were spreading under their skin, and fine silver light threads shot out from their eyes, mouth, nose, and ears at the same time.
They tried to activate their soul power, but felt all the energy in their bodies was collapsing and fleeing wildly, as if they had been rejected and abandoned by the world.
Behind them, the spatial rift, resembling an abyss, slowly closed.
Not a drop of blood flowed from the pierced brow.
"impossible----"
Xu Ji's final roar was stuck in his throat. His body swayed, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, lifeless.
Those unclosed eyes remained wide open, still filled with endless horror and confusion.
He died without understanding how he, a dignified Soul Douluo, could have fallen to such an unpredictable and swiftly killed by a Soul Emperor youth.
Xu Bo was not having an easy time either. At the original location of the red-robed elder, an invisible and intangible wave, which seemed to be able to strip away the color and vitality of all elements in the world, quickly spread and instantly dissipated his Xuanming Power and Xuanming Shield Array.
Sensing danger, he jerked his body to the side, but the swift and powerful sword of judgment still pierced deep into his right shoulder.
But in the end, they couldn't kill him.
Kong Tianxu pushed aside the corpse of the old man in red standing stiffly in front of him, and his lips twitched slightly.
He certainly wouldn't believe the nonsense of these old fogies. He had already experienced the Xuanming Sect's style of doing things once, and the second time he would definitely strike first.
Moreover, although the other party thought they had concealed their true intentions cleverly, in reality, their soul power circulation was completely visible to Kong Tianxu. However, his tactics were not entirely successful.
The two 100,000-year-old silver dragon bone soul skills, Elemental Deprivation and Heavenly Punishment Silver Dragon Judgment, were prepared for the old man with the elemental martial soul, while the latter was prepared for the two Xuanming Turtle martial soul Soul Douluos who were significantly stronger.
The plan was well-thought-out, and the destructive power of the Divine Punishment was astonishing. Unfortunately, with his previous cultivation level, he was not strong enough to maintain the locking effect of the soul skill while releasing it continuously. Xu Bo seemed to have been prepared, which prevented him from killing all three of them in one fell swoop.
The effect of element stripping only lasted for a very short time. Xu Bo let out a strange cry, his seventh soul ring suddenly lit up, and his already obese body swelled up like an inflating balloon. His skin turned a deep black, and patches of armor-like patterns appeared.