novelraw Chapter 6: The Frog in the Well, the Methods of a Mortal Cultivator!
Chapter 6: The Frog in the Well, the Methods of a Mortal Cultivator!
In Tai Nan Market, a peripheral area where only Qi Refining stage cultivators gather, not to mention Core Formation stage cultivators, even Foundation Establishment stage cultivators are in a league of their own.
Upon seeing this scene, the viewers of Douluo Continent held their breath.
Although they didn't understand what the Core Formation stage was, seeing the reactions of others in the market, they guessed that this middle-aged man was definitely not simple.
"Has Zhao Hei really bitten off more than he can chew?"
Ning Fengzhi frowned and said softly.
In the video, Zhao Hei looked at the other person's ambiguous smile and felt a strange sense of irritation rising in his heart.
"Playing tricks!"
Zhao Hei shouted, and the four spirit rings—two yellow and two purple—rose up from beneath his feet once more.
"Third Soul Skill, Shadow Strike!"
Without hesitation, he unleashed his fastest attacking soul skill, intending to snap the necks of those three rogue cultivators with a single blow, just as he had done with them before.
The black afterimage left a long trail on the streets of the market, moving at an astonishing speed.
"So fast!"
Inside the Spirit Hall, Chrysanthemum Douluo's eyes lit up.
"Zhao Hei's speed is quite good among agility-based attackers of the same level. Even a Soul King would suffer a great loss if they weren't careful!"
However, just as Zhao Hei's sharp leopard claws were less than half a foot away from the middle-aged man's throat.
The middle-aged man didn't even chant any incantations, yet a thick layer of crimson light suddenly erupted from his body!
Protective aura!
"Bang!"
A dull thud resounded, and Zhao Hei felt as if he had crashed into an iron mountain made of ten-thousand-year-old black iron at full speed!
His indestructible leopard claws didn't even cause a ripple on that seemingly thin crimson light shield.
The immense force of the recoil instantly swept over his entire body, and Zhao Hei screamed as the bones in his entire right arm shattered inch by inch!
He was sent flying backwards like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily through the stone house wall behind him and being buried in the ruins.
Just a layer of automatically protective spiritual light injured a level 42 Soul Master!
At this moment, the expressions on everyone's faces in Douluo Continent froze.
Smoke and dust filled the ruins of the market town.
Zhao Hei lay in the pile of rubble, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.
His once proud right arm now hangs limply at his side, its bones broken into several pieces.
pain.
The excruciating pain contorted Zhao Hei's facial features.
He struggled to stand up, only to find that his soul power seemed to have been completely shattered by some invisible force and could not be gathered at all.
"Who...who exactly are you?"
Zhao Hei was panting heavily, and a hint of fear finally surfaced in his eyes.
He couldn't understand how his all-out attack had failed when the other party hadn't even raised a hand.
And they lost so badly!
Off-screen.
The audience of Douluo Continent was completely silent.
Emperor Dai Tianfeng of Xingluo, who had just been holding a grand banquet in the palace to reward the Zhao Hei family, now froze in mid-air with his hand holding a wine cup.
The smile on his face froze instantly.
"How is this possible..." Dai Tianfeng muttered to himself.
A level 42 Soul Master had his arm shattered without even touching the opponent's clothes.
The Star Luo Empire's reputation was utterly humiliated at this moment.
Inside the Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong frowned slightly and leaned forward slightly.
"This protective light shield is somewhat similar to the soul power shield of us soul masters."
"But their defensive capabilities are worlds apart."
Ghost Douluo, who was standing to the side, swallowed hard and added in a low voice, "Your Holiness, the most terrifying thing is that the man in blue didn't even take the initiative to put up a defense."
"That light shield seems to activate automatically when danger is encountered."
Automatic protection!
Moreover, it can even recoil and injure people!
In the Douluo Continent, only a few top-grade defensive soul bones can barely achieve this.
But in this world, it seems to be just that man's basic skill.
In the scene, the man in blue robes who was at the Core Formation stage did not press his advantage, but instead walked slowly to the ruins with his hands behind his back.
He looked down at Zhao Hei with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"There's no spiritual energy fluctuation, so it's following the body-refining path?"
The man in blue shook his head slightly.
"No, your physical body has not been tempered by spiritual medicine. Instead, it has been attached to some kind of inferior demonic beast essence."
"It's a truly bizarre and crude cultivation method."
Hearing the other party belittle his martial spirit in such a way, Zhao Hei gritted his teeth.
The arrogant personality he developed in the Star Luo Empire made him unwilling to bow down so easily.
"I am a citizen of the Star Luo Empire!"
Despite the excruciating pain, Zhao Hei revealed his powerful backer.
"If you dare touch me, and the experts from the Star Luo Empire come, you'll be in deep trouble!"
Upon hearing this, the man in blue was taken aback at first, and then he couldn't help but chuckle.
"empire?"
"The court of a mortal kingdom dares to threaten cultivators?"
The man in blue sighed, seemingly bored with this ignorant intimidation.
He couldn't even be bothered to utter another word of nonsense.
He slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers forming a claw, and gently sucked at Zhao Hei from a distance.
"Whoosh!"
A massive, invisible suction force erupted instantly.
Zhao Hei's burly body was sucked into the air like a chick, completely powerless to resist.
No matter how much he struggled or how much he tried to activate the remaining soul power within his body, he could not break free from that invisible restraint.
Then, the man in blue gently pressed down with his palm.
In mid-air, a giant hand made entirely of crimson spiritual energy appeared out of thin air and grabbed Zhao Hei tightly in its palm!
"what!"
The powerful spiritual force tightened continuously, causing Zhao Hei to scream in agony.
He felt as if every bone in his body was being squeezed and deformed little by little.
It was only at this moment that he truly realized what a terrifying existence he was facing.
What close combat, what martial spirit possession?
Faced with absolute overwhelming power, there wasn't even a chance to unleash its full potential!
"Spare me... Senior, have mercy!"
Zhao Hei finally broke down, abandoning all dignity, and loudly begged for mercy.
However, the man in blue remained unmoved.
"Since you dare to attack me, you should be prepared to die."
The man's eyes were indifferent.
With a flick of his left hand, a small black banner, about the size of a palm, appeared out of thin air in his palm.
The small banner was painted with twisted and painful human faces, and as soon as it appeared, the temperature of the surrounding air dropped sharply.
A chilling, eerie coldness pierced through the sky, causing everyone on the Douluo Continent to shiver involuntarily.
"What kind of weapon is this?"
At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai's face was pale.
Tang San frowned, staring intently at the small black banner.
In his previous life in the Sichuan and Chongqing region, he had heard of some evil martial arts, but he had never seen anything so bizarre.
In the scene, the man in blue gently shakes the small black banner in his hand.
A dense cloud of black energy surged out from the small banner, instantly enveloping Zhao Hei in mid-air.
"Extracting the soul and refining the spirit."
The man uttered four cold words.
The next second, a series of wails, as if they came from the eighteenth level of hell, came out from the black mist!
Through the sky, everyone in Douluo Continent could clearly see that Zhao Hei's body had not suffered any physical damage.
However, a semi-transparent phantom that looked exactly like Zhao Hei was being forcibly pulled out of his body bit by bit by that black mist!
"That's... a soul?!"