Translator: Silavin
The vast forest sea stretched endlessly before the eye, appearing extraordinarily tranquil beneath the night sky.
*Boom!*
This serenity was violently shattered in an instant. Countless birds and beasts were startled into flight, scattering in all directions.
In mid-air, layers of dark clouds suddenly surged forth. Within these clouds, streaks of lightning flickered and danced, utterly captivating the Soul.
Simultaneously, a burst of blinding silver light manifested like the Sun in the darkness, piercing through with dazzling brilliance.
*Boom!*
As the silver light scattered in all directions, the lightning in mid-air violently shot downward. A terrifying wave of Yuan Energy suddenly spread outward, directly razing the dense forest at its centre to the ground, leaving not a blade of grass alive.
At the centre of this flattened ground, Liu Yun stood imposingly. In the void behind him, a silver beast manifestation materialised.
This beast manifestation presented itself in a dazzling silver hue, with lightning flowing continuously across its surface. From time to time, arcs of lightning exploded outward, causing the Yuan Energy to turbulently surge.
This silver colossal beast bore twin wings upon its back. Within those beast pupils, lightning flickered unpredictably, as though with but a single glare it could unleash tremendously powerful lightning.
[Silver-Winged Thunder Devourer!]
Upon seeing this Martial Soul, Qin Yichen’s expression hardened.
The Silver-Winged Thunder Beast Martial Soul was an extremely rare Martial Soul. One could say that this type of Martial Soul ranked second only to legendary Martial Souls like Feng Qianxue’s!
From this, one could see the formidable nature of the Silver-Winged Thunder Devourer!
Witnessing this scene, Qin Yichen finally understood why Liu Yun, clearly a frivolous Young Master, could become the Young Pavilion Master of Rainbow Light Pavilion.
This kind of supreme Martial Soul was truly too rare. It was difficult to encounter even once in a thousand years.
After seeing this Martial Soul, the expression of Liu Mu, who faced Liu Yun, became extremely unpleasant. The jealousy in his eyes flickered madly.
This Liu Yun possessed a dissolute nature and had not spent much time on the path of cultivation at all. Yet despite this, he had still become the Young Pavilion Master of Rainbow Light Pavilion. His cultivation had been forcibly elevated to Mid Stage Martial Emperor Realm by the Pavilion Master at great expense!
All of this was because of Liu Yun’s Martial Soul, the Silver-Winged Thunder Devourer!
“You don’t deserve to possess it! Today, you shall descend to hell along with this Martial Soul!” Liu Mu laughed somewhat maniacally. With a glance, that powerful expert also stepped forward.
Even as someone at the Mid Stage Martial Emperor Realm, he dared not look down upon this Silver-Winged Thunder Devourer. His face was filled entirely with grave seriousness.
At this moment, Liu Yun’s expression was extremely gloomy, no longer displaying that previous dissolute and unrestrained appearance.
Had Qin Yichen not noticed Liu Yun’s unusual movements earlier and brought Long Qingyao to a distant location, they too would likely have been caught in the aftermath.
*Swoosh!*
That Mid Stage Martial Emperor moved. His form was like a phantom, leaving behind dazzling afterimages along his path, making it impossible to discern his true trajectory.
“Hmm?” Seeing this scene, Qin Yichen, who had originally intended to take advantage of the chaos to leave, instead stopped. His gaze fell upon those afterimages.
He had once seen a figure who possessed such methods. However, that person was countless times stronger than the one before him.
The person he had encountered, each afterimage was like the original body, possessing tremendous killing power. Yet the one before him merely possessed the form without the substance.
This was not the key point. The key point was that when Qin Yichen had encountered that person, that expert who possessed the same methods had also been pursuing and assassinating a genius from a major Force.
[Someone from the Black Soul Group!]
Qin Yichen’s expression became extremely grave.
The Black Soul Group.
The continent’s largest assassin organisation, extraordinarily mysterious. No one knew who had established this organisation, nor did anyone know where its headquarters was located.
The assassins of this organisation possessed extremely mysterious identities. Indeed, no one knew what race these experts belonged to, because they seemed capable of transforming into any race.
Black Soul Group assassins were generally impossible for outsiders to identify; unless they were trying to kill someone.
Black Soul Death Warrant!
Watching those afterimages, Qin Yichen uttered four words.
His gaze turned towards Liu Mu.
He could not quite understand why Liu Mu could contact someone from the Black Soul Group.
*Hmph!* Liu Yun snorted coldly, staring at those afterimages. Under his control, lightning arcs wound around his body, like spiritual lightning serpents guarding him.
This Martial Soul was innate to him and also his greatest foundation.
*Zii… Zii…* The afterimage had barely approached him when lightning arcs struck its body, causing its form to involuntarily freeze momentarily.
“Right here!”
A flash of silver lightning passed through Liu Yun’s pupils. With a thought, all the surrounding lightning arcs surged towards that afterimage like torrential rain.
*Bang!*
Everything happened in an instant. That afterimage was directly blasted into fragments, and upon that charred ground, there remained a striking bloodstain.
“Dare to strike my guard! I said I would make you pay the price!”
At this moment, with all the afterimages eliminated, Liu Yun’s somewhat vicious voice also rang out.
The formidable nature of the Silver-Winged Thunder Devourer Martial Soul could thus be seen!
“Is that so?” However, just as Liu Yun’s heart relaxed slightly, at this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from above him. An afterimage, moreover, appeared like a phantom directly above his head.
“What!?” In this instant, a look of astonishment appeared on Liu Yun’s face, with some panic even in his pupils.
“Still too inexperienced…” Qin Yichen shook his head slightly. Liu Yun’s real combat experience was far too limited. That earlier strike had obviously inflicted some injury upon that person, but it absolutely had not reached a fatal degree.
Knowing that person’s Movement Technique was strange and unpredictable, if he had remained more cautious and vigilant, perhaps today’s calamity could have been avoided…
“I truly underestimated you, to think you could actually injure me…”
That afterimage seemed to murmur to itself. In the next instant, a trace of mad ferocity emerged from its eyes, and a cold shout also reverberated. “I shall take your life as compensation! Now die!”
*Swoosh!* Before the words had fully fallen, the sharp sound of breaking wind pierced the air.
Facing the deadly threat from above, Liu Yun gritted his teeth. The Silver-Winged Thunder Devourer behind him raised its head and roared. That massive maw opened ferociously, and a soul-captivating lightning continuously gathered within!
*Boom!*
In the next instant, a barrel-thick lightning beam shot forth from the Silver-Winged Thunder Devourer’s mouth. Wherever it passed, space itself rippled.
This was a terrifying attack that even experts above the Mid Stage Martial Emperor Realm would find it difficult to withstand!
*Boom!*
As expected, the afterimage above was merely met face-to-face before being engulfed by this violent lightning. Then, as though it evaporated, it vanished without a trace!