Hearing Tang San's question, Qian Renxue slightly furrowed her delicate brows and said, "The Soul Master who was nailed to death here was the leader of the Holy Spirit Sect. There are no other records besides him, so there shouldn't be any other Spirit Bones left. Moreover, this Spirit Bone is far from being a good thing—it's the only one that's been purified."
"Take my advice as your senior—stay away from these heretical ways."
Upon hearing Qian Renxue's words, Tang San replied, "I'm just concerned. What if there are other remnants left behind? That would be troublesome. You know, because of the Sacred Dragon Sect, a large number of Soul Masters have flooded into this place. If there really are some that haven't been completely cleansed and other Soul Masters obtain them, they might be controlled mentally. That could lead to major trouble."
Clearly, Tang San had thoroughly grasped Qian Renxue's thoughts. As the possessor of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, she was inherently committed to justice and would never allow the existence of something like an Evil Soul Bone.
Sure enough, after a moment of contemplation, Qian Renxue said, "Follow me. I know of a place—the core of the Holy Spirit Sect's evil."
Even Tang San himself likely didn't anticipate that the place Qian Renxue was leading him to deep within the Holy Spirit Sect was the same location the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was guiding him toward.
Meanwhile, Ning Feng Hong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School led his team of seven to a cliff. Ahead of them was a bridge—an architectural feature that was hard to comprehend within the confines of a grand hall.
The bridge stretched toward a vast, bluish-gray stone hall. Below it was a deep underground fissure, at least ten to twenty meters wide, its bottom invisible to the naked eye.
The bridge was lined with metallic puppets—all Soul Guidance Devices—standing in rows on either side. Ning Feng Hong and his team noticed fresh bloodstains and over a dozen corpses scattered across the bridge.
"These uniforms... they belong to the Sacred Dragon Sect. They must have forced their way across this bridge," Ning Feng Hong analyzed.
The two-meter-tall Yuan Jie sneered and said, "Hah, if those weaklings from the Sacred Dragon Sect could make it across, it shouldn't pose much of a challenge for us."
The others agreed with Yuan Jie's assessment. The entrance restricted the maximum Soul Power to that of a Soul Emperor, and the Sacred Dragon Sect's strongest member was their Titled Douluo leader—the rest were all useless. Although all seven members of their team were five-ring Soul Kings, they were a genuine Blue-Grade Soul Duel team.
The eight ranks of Soul Duel teams were Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Purple-Gold, Blue-Gem, Red-Gem, and Diamond. For a team of seven Soul Kings to reach Blue-Gem status meant they were among the strongest Soul King squads in the Soul Duel Arena.
"Let's go. Seven Treasures Glazed Tile—Strength, Speed, Defense, Attack!" Ning Feng Hong summoned his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and instantly, the first four Soul Rings on the pagoda lit up in sequence, casting reinforcing Soul Light onto his six teammates.
Feeling the amplifying power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Yuan Jie laughed heartily, "Hahaha! With our leader here, I feel invincible! Even if we faced six Soul Emperors, they wouldn't stand a chance against us!"
Another teammate, Leng Cheng, interjected, "Enough talk. The Sacred Dragon Sect members have already crossed. If they take the treasure, it'll be troublesome."
"No trouble at all. If they take it, we'll just take it back."
As the group stepped onto the bridge, the metal figures on both sides indeed began to move. Although these humanoid Soul Guidance Devices weren't as agile as the God-level metal figure Tang San had encountered, they still contained considerable Soul Power.
"Soul Avatar!"
"Item Martial Soul!"
In an instant, all six members of the team activated their Martial Souls—two assault-type Soul Masters, one defense-type, one long-range, one agile-attack type, and one control-type. Together with Ning Feng Hong, they formed a complete seven-member squad.
Ning Feng Hong's team indeed had reason to be proud. The Sacred Dragon Sect had suffered casualties among their disciples despite having three Soul Emperors to pass through this area, yet Ning Feng Hong's team managed to cross the bridge with only minor injuries.
After successfully reaching the other side of the bridge, they found the large door already pushed open. Behind it was a vertical spiral shaft descending downward. The team took out their Illumination Soul Guidance Devices and began descending the spiral passage.
"What is this sticky liquid on the ground?" Yuan Jie, walking at the front, couldn't help but complain.
"Never mind that. Let's find those Sacred Dragon Sect members first."
For Soul Kings like them, the sticky liquid was merely disgusting and posed no real obstacle.
"Captain, look ahead," said Lai Ningxiang, the agile-attack type Soul Master, raising her Illumination Soul Guidance Device. In the darkness, a massive broken egg came into view.
Yuan Jie approached the meter-tall beast egg and touched it. "Captain, this seems to be some kind of Spirit Beast egg. The sticky liquid on the ground appears to have leaked from it."
"Captain, there's one here too!"
"Captain, over here as well—and there are many of them!"
The seven-member team raised their Illumination Soul Guidance Devices high, channeling more Soul Power into them. Instantly, the entire space lit up like daylight, revealing a vast underground area filled with rows upon rows of densely packed beast eggs standing upright.
At that moment, Ning Feng Hong and the others realized they had seemingly entered a Spirit Beast Nest.
"Captain, are you sure your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda isn't malfunctioning? This doesn't look like a treasure trove at all—we've walked right into a Spirit Beast Nest," Yuan Jie said with a bitter laugh.
"Yuan Jie, you don't understand. Sometimes, Spirit Beast Nests are treasures themselves. There might be unexpected gains inside," Leng Cheng retorted.
Ning Feng Hong nodded. "Leng Cheng makes a valid point. My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda does sense something extremely valuable here, and the Sacred Dragon Sect members came this way too."
With a sudden pop, one of the beast eggs burst open, spraying sticky fluid as a meter-long white ant lunged at the nearest target—Ning Feng Hong.
"Tch, a mere ten-year Spirit Beast dares to attack our captain?" Yuan Jie, already in Soul Avatar state, grabbed the giant ant's head with one hand and its body with the other, then tore them apart with a fierce pull. A white ten-year Soul Ring floated into the air.
Newborn Spirit Beasts naturally couldn't be very strong.
"Captain, should we destroy these eggs?" Yuan Jie casually tossed aside the ant's head. As a Soul King, these newborn Spirit Beasts weren't even capable of scratching him.
Ning Fenghong shook his head and said, "We can deal with these Spirit Beasts anytime. Finding the Sacred Dragon Sect members comes first."
"Captain, we've located the Sacred Dragon Sect members."
Ning Fenghong asked, "Hmm? That quickly? Where are they?"
Lai Ningxiang, who was in charge of scouting, pointed in a direction with a grave expression. "Over there... but they're all dead."
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