Chapter 114: Shi Nian's Fear, Instant Kill, Exploding Spirit Bone
"No wonder, no wonder you're so confident and arrogant. So it turns out that at such a young age, you've already cultivated to the level of a Soul King, and with such terrifying spirit ring configuration."
"Interesting! So interesting! In my entire life, I've never seen a monstrous genius like you."
Shi Nian quickly recovered from his shock. Not only was there no panic on his face, but he looked even more excited and thrilled.
His face even became twisted and crazed from the excitement!
That's right! He really loved brutally killing genius soul masters in their youth! He especially enjoyed the feeling of snuffing out a genius in the cradle—it thrilled him beyond words!
Although Ye Wen's various attributes were terrifying, he was still just a Soul King. The gap between a Soul King and a Soul Sage was immense, so Shi Nian never considered Ye Wen to be a true opponent.
"Hahahaha!! Not bad! What an excellent little genius! You've successfully caught my attention. Killing you will be truly thrilling!"
In the next second, the surrounding street scene instantly changed. In a blink, it transformed into a forest-like setting.
Shi Nian's figure also appeared in front of Ye Wen.
"But! Kid, you really are monstrous. I bet you're much stronger than most Soul Kings, huh? But you're way too overconfident! This old man is a Soul Sage!"
Shi Nian wore a proud look, then burst into another eerie, maniacal laugh:
"Hahahaha! No Soul King has ever survived in my Dream Remnant Realm."
"Is that so? Then it looks like I'll be the first," Ye Wen said, directly releasing his Deep Sea Devil Hammer, swinging it at Shi Nian—but it missed. The man disappeared like an illusion.
"What a pity, this still isn't reality," Shi Nian said smugly, the corner of his lips curling.
Ye Wen already knew this place was an illusion. The reason he swung the hammer was to make Shi Nian believe he hadn't seen through it—that he didn't have that ability.
Only then would the enemy let his guard down, giving Ye Wen the chance for a sudden, lethal strike.
"Hehehehahahahahaha!"
"My greatest pleasure in life is watching opponents go insane in my Martial Soul's Dream Remnant Realm—until they die! Very soon, I'll witness a top-tier monstrous genius soul master fall like this. I... I'm beyond thrilled, hahahaha!"
"Hehahahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
Shi Nian was beyond excited. His crazed laughter echoed all around them.
"Idiot,"
Ye Wen muttered to himself, then pretended to writhe in pain from the illusion's torment. In truth, his spirit was barely affected. In fact, he could directly see through Shi Nian—this damn old man was standing right in front of him.
Seeing Ye Wen's pained expression, Shi Nian's face lit up with joy again. He thought everything was under his control, and laughed loudly:
"Hehe, heheh! Genius? What use is a genius? You'll still die in agony inside my Dream Remnant Martial Soul."
"It's just a pity I haven't reached Titled Douluo level. If I had, I'd be able to see everything he's experiencing inside the Martial Soul. That would be perfect—hahahaha!! Hahahaha!"
Shi Nian had completely let down his guard, drowning in his own excitement, indulging in his own crazed laughter.
But at that moment, the corner of Ye Wen's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a nearly imperceptible smirk:
"What kind of nonsense are you fantasizing about?"
"Deep Sea Devil Hammer!"
Ye Wen suddenly snapped out of his "torment" and launched a fierce attack.
"What!!" Shi Nian was shocked. The sudden change frightened him terribly. By the time he reacted, Ye Wen had already hurled the Devil Hammer toward him.
Bang!! Boom boom!!
"Ahhh!!"
"How could this be?! My Dream Remnant had no effect on him!!!"
"Third Soul Skill—Deep Sea Dragon-Fist!!"
"Sorry, I forgot to tell you. My spiritual power is already nearly at the level of a Titled Douluo!"
"No!!! No!!" Shi Nian was utterly horrified, plunged into despair.
In the next second, Ye Wen's terrifying fist struck.
Smack~!!
Ye Wen's punch pierced directly through Shi Nian's heart, blasting a huge hole—instantly killing him on the spot.
"Heh, I'll be taking your spirit bone now," Ye Wen glanced at the lifeless Shi Nian lying on the ground, then forcibly removed the ten-thousand-year-level spiritual wisdom spirit bone from his body.
Afterward, he turned and left.
"Not bad, I got myself a ten-thousand-year spirit bone. The effect of this one's pretty good. I'll decide later who among them should absorb it." Ye Wen left in a good mood.
Illusionary Wisdom Skull Bone
Effect: Increases allied spiritual power by 20%, and establishes a spiritual network to allow telepathic communication. Against enemies, it causes hallucinations, disrupts their sense of direction, and continually weakens their spiritual power through illusion.
Overall, a decent spirit bone. It would be quite suitable for any of them to absorb.
After leaving the illusion, Ye Wen quickly regrouped with everyone. After eating, they returned to the hotel together.
Then Ye Wen took out the ten-thousand-year spirit bone and let them discuss who should absorb it.
For transformed soul beasts like them, it was impossible to absorb a full set of one-hundred-thousand-year spirit bones.
While the Deep Sea Devil Whale King's treasure indeed contained many spirit bones, the storage soul tool that held them had been damaged, making them temporarily inaccessible.
They needed to find someone skilled in soul tool craftsmanship to repair it. And even then, there weren't enough one-hundred-thousand-year or even ten-thousand-year spirit bones.
In fact, there weren't even enough hundred-thousand-year spirit bones for Ye Wen to have a complete set for himself.
So for them, getting to absorb even one ten-thousand-year spirit bone was already a great opportunity—and this one was a thirty-thousand-year bone.
After some discussion, they decided that Xue Di would be the one to absorb the ten-thousand-year head spirit bone. They all agreed it suited her the most.
A few days later.
The Soul Master Tournament was finally about to begin. But before it officially started, they had to attend the opening ceremony. The twenty-nine academy teams from the Heaven Dou division were all heading toward the venue for the ceremony.
The students from Monster Academy were also on the way, all wearing matching uniforms, their color set to crystalline blue.
Everyone was pretty interested in the Soul Master Tournament—it was a good chance to have some fun.
Ye Wen was looking forward to it too, because during this tournament phase…
He'd get to meet most of the familiar faces from the Douluo world—like Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of Heaven Dou Empire, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
Also, the five Elemental Academies, Bibi Dong from Spirit Hall, Hu Liena, the Golden Generation—these people would all appear one after another during the tournament.
At this moment, all the teams had pretty much arrived at the opening venue, waiting in the staging area—including Shrek Academy. Soon, every team would take the stage and make their official appearance.
(END CHAPTER)
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