Douluo Dalu: Golden Spirit Tree

Chapter 125 Corpse Explosion, Blood Realm? Snow Realm
As Lin Yi and others moved forward, a hidden stone cave gradually came into view.

After quickly killing the guard at the cave entrance, everyone entered the cave.

The strong smell of blood made the regular team members frown involuntarily. There were only two possibilities for such a strong smell of blood. One was that it was formed after a large number of people had lost blood and died recently. The other was that there had been a lot of people losing blood and dying here for a long time, and after years of accumulation, the lingering smell of blood was formed.

But no matter which one it is, this group of people have committed heinous crimes!

After walking a few steps, another member of the bandit group appeared. After killing him again, Lin Yi and others accidentally looked at the stone walls on both sides. There were dozens of human skins hanging on them, and even a baby's body was stuck on a stalagmite. The stone walls on both sides had been dyed red, and the sporadic dripping of blood gradually covered the eyes of the regular team members with a layer of red.

"These beasts!"

Someone couldn't help but shout angrily.

Lin Yi was equally furious, but past experience told him that he had to remain calm when facing evil soul masters. Otherwise, not only would he not be able to tear these beasts into pieces, he might even lose his own life.

The extreme snow appeared quietly, and the freezing temperature brought back some sanity to the six people who were blinded by anger.

"Remain calm. We'll discuss everything after we kill the evil spirit master and complete the mission."

"Ma Xiaotao, burn all of this. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust."

Ma Xiaotao nodded silently, and with a light flick of her hand, a few wisps of flame shot out. The bandits she had just killed, the human skin and the baby corpse on the stone wall gradually turned into ashes in the blazing phoenix flames...

"Alright, calm down and continue the mission!"

"Yes."

As the seven selected people went deeper, their whereabouts were slowly being discovered, and more and more enemies came rushing up. But to Lin Yi and the others, these were nothing. The absolute crushing strength made them vent their anger even more wantonly.

Because, as they went deeper, they found that the stone walls on both sides were covered with human skin. Some of the skin had been dried out and become brittle because it had been hanging for too long. The battle between Lin Yi and others had affected them and turned them into pieces, making it impossible to tell what they originally looked like.

Lin Yi was also among the killings, but compared to Ma Xiaotao and others, Lin Yi was quietly collecting the bodies of the soul masters. Since he had committed serious sins during his lifetime, he might as well contribute to the development of the soul master career after his death, which could be regarded as accumulating some good karma and eliminating some bad luck in the next life.

This group of 'Hands of Death' was quite numerous and powerful. As the battle progressed, those who still had combat power were basically Soul Masters, and there were even three Soul King-level ones. However, facing the regular team members whose combat power was at least Soul King-level, they were killed and retreated step by step.

This was the scene that Beibei and the others saw when they caught up.

Ma Xiaotao's flames spread across the entire field, and Dai Yuheng was no match for her under his tiger claws. Every blow from Chen Zifeng brought up a pool of blood, and against the backdrop of his scarlet eyes, the bloody smell of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood around him seemed to become more and more obvious.

Xixi's figure is not easy to see, and only when an enemy suddenly falls to the ground can we realize that it was Xixi who took action.

As a team control system, Ling Luochen's kills were not many. Perhaps people with ice attributes were naturally calm. She was not blinded by anger and just fulfilled her control system's task perfectly. She kept waving the ice staff in her hand, restricting the movements of the enemies and providing her side with better killing opportunities.

Let’s put it this way, Ling Luochen has very few kills, but she has the most assists.

Apart from Ling Luochen, the only two people in the team who performed their duties perfectly were Gong Yang Mo. This auxiliary Soul King, who had the highest soul power besides the two Soul Emperors, was actually the one with the highest combat skills among these regular members.

As the Rainbow Dragon flapped its wings, it cast amplifying halos onto the heads of the selected members, while its own body quietly concealed itself, doing its utmost to protect itself and avoid sharing the combatants' energy. This was undoubtedly the most correct choice made by a true elite auxiliary spirit master in battle.

As for Lin Yi, he seemed to be in a perfunctory state in the battle, just releasing attacks casually, and his main energy was focused on helping a group of regular members to cast "Golden Blessing", strengthen their defense, and enhance their light attributes.

But his main energy was still spent on picking up the bodies of dead soul masters on the ground, just like a corpse picker on the battlefield. Even some broken limbs were not let go and were collected.

I have been busy with cultivation recently and have little time to carry out missions, hunt evil soul masters, and harvest cadavers. The internal inventory has long been exhausted. The clone has been urging me again and again. It is not easy to have such a harvest this time, and some local dissection is also very necessary.

But because of Lin Yi's actions, all that was left on the field were completely broken corpses that were of no use at all. Most of them were ordinary people, with white, red, yellow, and green colors mixed together, which brought a greater impact to the reserve team members.

Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao and the others did not even wait to join the battle. They vomited all over the place just by seeing the scene on the field, and had no fighting power at all.

The evil soul master who had been fighting without being distracted suddenly let out a long roar.

"How dare you go against the messenger of death? I will turn all of you into my corpse slaves! Die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yi suddenly discovered that the bandits did not show any excitement when they saw their leader was about to show his power. Instead, they were terrified and retreated frantically. A sense of worry gradually emerged in Lin Yi's mind.

"Be careful! Activate the defensive soul guide!"

Lin Yi's shouting occurred almost simultaneously with the abnormality in the field. The dead body on the ground turned red and swelled at an alarming speed, and then continuous noises came one after another.

However, the sound was not very loud, and it was more like a muffled sound in this cave.

But with these noises, all the previous corpses exploded, and a bloody rain fell in the cave.

After a while, the blood rain stopped, the noise ceased, and an unbelievable voice rang out, "How is this possible? How could the effect of my soul skill be so weak?!" The situation in the cave changed drastically. The corpses and even the fragments on the ground had disappeared. The entire cave, including the surrounding stone walls, the cave ceiling, and the ground, were all covered with a layer of blood.

In the dark space, due to the lack of air circulation, the smell of blood was even stronger and more nauseating, and the loud shouting of the evil soul master made people even more upset.

As for Lin Yi and others, they were now covered in blood.

Lin Yi's earlier warning had indeed been timely. The regular team members activated their defensive spirit devices immediately. The reserve team members, though a bit slow, were positioned relatively far back, so when they were affected, they also successfully activated their defensive spirit devices. Thanks to Lin Yi's repeated warnings, the reserve team instinctively activated their defensive spirit devices upon hearing his calls. Consequently, Lin Yi and the others had all been reduced to bloody eggs.

Thick blood plasma and various indescribable substances formed a thick layer in front of everyone's soul shield, which was extremely disgusting at first glance.

The sound of vomiting continued to be heard from the reserve team, but the enemy had not been completely eliminated. The evil soul master who kept shouting was still trying hard to make his presence felt. Some of the remaining bandits had already intended to escape, but Lin Yi and others were afraid that these disgusting things would stick to them after the shield was closed. Not to mention that the clean Lin Yi could not accept it, even Dai Yuheng, who was determined to join the army, could not make up his mind now.

Finally, Lin Yi took on everything. With a thought, snowflakes suddenly floated in the originally blood-colored stone. At first, there were only a few scattered pieces, and then they gradually became denser. Soon, they covered the entire floor of the cave, leaving a pure white ground.

With the appearance of snowflakes, the temperature in the cave was dropping rapidly. Even though everyone had soul power to protect themselves, except Huo Yuhao, everyone else couldn't help but shiver and hugged themselves silently.

The indescribable things in the stone cave, including those on everyone's soul shields, gradually turned into ice particles under the low temperature, and broke apart one by one under Lin Yi's control.

The flying snowflakes not only replaced the blood color in the cave, but even the previous pungent smell of blood was suppressed by the low temperature. After Ma Xiaotao and others removed the protective shield, they subconsciously took a deep breath. A stream of cold air was then inhaled into their bodies and spread up and down. They felt a lot more energetic.

In Huo Yuhao's spiritual realm, the Ice Emperor could hardly conceal his excitement. "This is the aura of the Snow Emperor. This is her ultimate snow. I can't be mistaken."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was silent. He also recognized the aura of the Snow Empress. He couldn't figure out why this strange being Lin Yi had the aura of the Snow Empress on him.

Bingdi seemed to know that now was not the time to ask this, so he just muttered a few words and fell silent again.

In the outside world, as Lin Yi used the Ultimate Snow, it seemed that not only Ma Xiaotao and others came back to their senses, but also the evil soul master who had been in disbelief regained his consciousness. He glanced at the situation around him and quietly retreated.

Lin Yi made a gesture, and Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yuheng, Chen Zifeng, and Xixi immediately rushed forward. The two Soul Kings, together with the two Soul Emperors, instantly injured the remaining bandits who had no will to fight and threw them into the center of the cave, there were dozens of them.

Because of the previous explosion of the corpse, Ma Xiaotao and others are now afraid to kill at will, and can only keep the seriously injured under centralized supervision.

But this does not include the Soul King who used the corpse explosion. The Soul King was thin and wrapped in a black robe. His face could not be seen clearly, but his movements were cunning. When the corpse exploded, he had already hidden behind. If he had not lost control and shouted loudly, exposing his position, it would have been a difficult task to find his position in this cave with many exits.

Facing the attacking Ma Xiaotao and others, the Soul King's eyes were full of panic. His five soul rings, three yellow and two purple, were shining around him, and he looked to be of average strength. But as his fifth purple soul ring suddenly shone, his entire figure suddenly turned into a wisp of smoke. Moreover, he did not choose to escape, but rushed straight towards Huo Yuhao.

How could Lin Yi allow this evil soul master to be so arrogant? He immediately gathered thunder in his hands and blasted it out.

Self-created soul skill: Palm Thunder.

The power of this move can only be said to be moderate, but its biggest advantage is somewhat similar to the 'Aurora Finger', that is, the activation speed is extremely fast. Combined with the attack speed of Thunder itself, although this move is considered a medium-range soul skill, it can be almost instantly launched and arrived.

The Soul King was quite fast and had already reached Huo Yuhao the moment Lin Yi attacked. If Lin Yi attacked, Huo Yuhao would definitely be implicated.

Lin Yi did not deflect the attack as everyone thought. Instead, he increased the soul power he injected, making the palm thunder more powerful, encompassing the smoke and Huo Yuhao.

Two earth-shattering screams immediately resounded throughout the cave.

"Yuhao!"

Wang Dong couldn't help but exclaimed.

The rest of the people looked at each other, not knowing how to comment on this scene.

Seeing that his attack had delayed the cloud of smoke and turned it back into human form, Lin Yi's left hand poured soul power into it, and a blue-silver vine snaked out, throwing Huo Yuhao, whose black hair stood on end and face was charred, out of the thunder.

Wang Dong hurried forward to catch it, but was shocked by the residual electric arc and subconsciously withdrew his hand, causing Huo Yuhao to fall to the ground.

Huo Yuhao, who was thrown to the ground, couldn't help but open his mouth. There was no cry of pain, only a cloud of condensed smoke drifted out.

Seeing that the Soul King was no longer moving, Lin Yi restrained him with blue silver leaves and stopped the "Palm Thunder" in his hand.

Wang Dong wanted to go forward to Lin Yi to seek justice, but he saw Lin Yi bring the tightly wrapped evil soul master in front of him, raised the sharp blade that appeared in his hand, and cut the evil soul master's throat with a clean and decisive stroke.

Blood splattered, and when it reached Lin Yi, it was frozen by the quietly condensed snowflakes and fell to the ground, splashing ice chips all over the ground. Wang Dong swallowed his words silently and returned to Huo Yuhao to take care of him carefully.

Then Lin Yi looked at the bandits who had been captured and seriously injured earlier, and Bei Bei asked, "Ayi, what should we do with these people?"

It was obvious that Lin Yi's various actions since he started carrying out the mission gradually established his prestige in everyone's hearts. Especially under the catalysis of Lin Yi's strength, even Ma Xiaotao, the regular captain, and Wang Yan, the real team leader, did not say anything. Judging from their eyes, they were even waiting for Lin Yi to give orders.

Facing Beibei's question, Lin Yi raised his right hand and pointed it at the group of bandits. The power of light gathered and turned into sharp blades of light.

Then, he lightly clenched his right hand, and a series of sharp blades shot out, accurately slashing across the neck of each bandit. Looking closely, even the position, depth, and size of each wound were exactly the same, revealing an amazing control.

Blood splattered as the bodies of the bandits fell to the ground, splashing up some snow dust. The snowflakes that had fallen to the ground had accumulated to a certain thickness. The blood flowed out, dyeing the snowflakes red. The bodies that fell to the ground in disorder formed irregular patterns, and with the scattered snow dust, it seemed as if some kind of mysterious ritual was being held.

Looking at the stunned crowd, Lin Yi said calmly, "Let's handle it this way."

Then, he turned around and left, but no one noticed that Lin Yi's hand tucked into his sleeve moved slightly, as if there were fluctuations of soul power.

Afterwards, everyone left the cave one after another, calming down from the shock of this supervisory mission. After a short rest, they prepared to head to Xingluo Imperial Capital to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition.

(End of this chapter)