The cold wind howled like the wailing of ghosts and wolves.
The pungent smell of blood filled Hundred Emperors City, with blood waves surging and bones floating. At this time, Hundred Emperors City resembled hell.
Except for Li Gucheng, everyone else fled in terror. Those of lower ranks, upon seeing the river of blood and floating severed limbs, felt their stomachs churn and bent down to vomit.
Li Gucheng was utterly shocked. Why is this happening? How could this be? Is it because of the poisonous mist?
But Ye Yu is just a Soul Emperor. Even if he possesses combat power comparable to a Soul Saint, he couldn't have arrived here so quickly.
"Go! Kill him! A reward of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins! And you can obtain the External Soul Bone on him!"
The weaker ones fled in panic, while those at the Soul Sect, Soul King, and Soul Emperor levels, with eyes filled with greed, rushed forward.
They believed that if Ye Yu could reach here, his Soul Power must have been greatly depleted. Not to mention, his Martial Soul and Soul Rings were already invisible, indicating he couldn't release his Martial Soul.
"The long-range attack forces of Hundred Emperors City are here! You are doomed!"
Ye Yu scoffed, "Another bunch of trash."
A hundred faces turned grim. As Soul Emperors and Soul Kings, they were a strong force on the continent, yet they were disregarded and called trash.
"Don't think that just because you arrived here, you can ignore us. We are the elite of Hundred Emperors City! Different from those you killed."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The long-range attack types collectively unleashed their Soul Techniques. Flames, Water Waves, Wind Blades, and Artifact Martial Soul Crossbows shot densely.
Suddenly, they thought Ye Yu was doomed, destined to be riddled with holes in the next second.
However, with a wave of Ye Yu's Dragon Arm, all attacks halted and shattered around him in an instant.
Ye Yu made a flicker, and with a roar, his Dragon Claw blasted out, sweeping forward with terrifying force like a tsunami. Piercing screams echoed as the front line of the long-range troop was blasted away, spraying blood.
All the Soul Kings, Soul Sects, and Soul Emperors were torn asunder, leaving no whole body.
Witnessing this scene, others widened their eyes, realizing why Hundred Emperors City was littered with corpses and rivers of blood, and how terrifying the power was.
"Truly strong, possessing such terrifying combat power without releasing a Martial Soul. This is the terror of the External Soul Bone, no wonder it is a treasure comparable to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, more terrifying than I anticipated. If I could absorb it, my power would definitely rival a Soul Douluo!"
A Strong Attack Soul Saint approached, his power second only to the top ten experts and Li Gucheng, a seventy-ninth level Soul Saint.
This sixty-plus-year-old man's body was tall and muscular, like a small hill, brimming with explosive power.
He released his Martial Soul, using the True Martial Soul, his form transforming into a giant mammoth filled with a sense of violent surging power. As his elephant foot stomped the ground, the entire Hundred Emperors City trembled.
"It's the Vice City Lord!"
Twenty remaining members of Hundred Emperors City breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Gucheng said, "Let me join the fight."
"City Lord, no need. If he could release his Martial Soul, I wouldn't have the confidence to defeat him, but since he can't support himself, he can't possibly defeat me. Leave it to me."
The Vice City Lord was Li Gucheng's cousin, named Li Gu'er.
"Bursting Stomp!!"
Li Gu'er's Sixth Soul Skill shone brightly, combined with his True Martial Soul, he launched his strongest strike. His elephant foot, thick as a pillar, stomped down, causing the ground to collapse and crack before landing.
However, Ye Yu stood unmoved, his body straight, with a small patch of ground beneath him intact.
Ye Yu's Dragon Arm slammed down, Li Gu'er sneered, "Die..."
Yet, suddenly, his massive elephant eyes widened as he saw Ye Yu release his Martial Soul, with six Soul Rings appearing around him.
In an instant, everyone, including Li Gucheng, was stunned.
Black, black, black, red, red, red...
This Soul Ring configuration, how is this possible?!
The six Soul Rings shone as Ye Yu completely Voidified, the power of his Dragon Arm multiplied violently!
Bang!
With a loud explosion, Ye Yu's body didn't waver in the slightest. A sharp wail resounded as the gigantic mammoth was sent flying backward, crashing into the rear hall, which collapsed with a roar.
Li Gu'er didn't stop, continuing to fly backward; meanwhile, his body reverted to its original state, with terrifying power devastating his insides, splintering his bones and tendons, his body swelling up rapidly like a balloon.
With a puff sound, blood spurted wildly, and Li Gu'er's body directly exploded.
Li Gucheng was dumbfounded, killing a seventy-ninth level Soul Saint in an instant... his power level was approximately equivalent to an eighty-fifth level Soul Douluo!
Li Gucheng was incredibly shocked. Knowing Ye Yu possessed cross-level combat power, he never expected it to be this terrifying. A sixty-third level Soul Emperor crossing over two major ranks, comparable to an eighty-fifth level Soul Douluo, was too terrifying!
Unprecedented and likely never to be surpassed!
Even with five pieces of External Soul Bone, and an unimaginable Soul Ring configuration, it shouldn't be this terrifying, right?
"You're indeed terrifying beyond my imagination, but as long as I'm here, you must die! I'm an eighty-seventh level Control Type Soul Douluo!"
Control Types are the most troublesome.
Li Gucheng's body hummed with eight Soul Rings, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black.
Simultaneously, from deep beneath the ground behind him, a giant black hand emerged as if reaching out from hell, with ghostly howls and cold winds blowing at the moment of its appearance.
This is his Martial Soul, Ghost Hand.
Ye Yu sneered, "A Dark Type Control Type, then, is of no threat to me."
"Hmm?" Li Gucheng was taken aback, what does he mean?
However, in the next second, his face changed drastically. He tried to control the Ghost Hand to grab Ye Yu, but found the Ghost Hand trembling, seemingly afraid to touch the black aura surrounding Ye Yu.
"What...what's going on?" Li Gucheng's expression changed dramatically as he was filled with horror.
Ye Yu calmly said, "Your Martial Soul is just restrained by me, but even if you're not Dark Type, you cannot kill me. After all, three Soul Douluo and seven Soul Saints couldn't kill me, they were all killed by me instead."
Upon hearing this, Li Gucheng's pupils shrunk to pinpoints, his heart surging with turbulent waves, and he subconsciously stepped back two steps.
"How could this be? The top ten experts? Dead?!"
He previously wondered why the top ten experts hadn't returned, why Ye Yu was able to safely reach Hundred Emperors City. If he hadn't encountered the top ten experts, then why did he attack Hundred Emperors City. Yet, if he did encounter them, it was unimaginable that he could come here alive.
He couldn't make sense of it, so he didn't think much. When Ye Yu said those words, he was terrified to the extreme.
The top ten experts encountered Ye Yu and failed to return because they were killed by Ye Yu?
This was even more incredulous! More incredulous than a Soul Master's first Soul Ring being a Hundred-Thousand-Year one; absurd.
But, how to explain the doubt? Ye Yu knowing about the three Soul Douluo and seven Soul Saints indicated encountering them, but why could he come here alive, and why had the top ten experts not returned.
Though his heart didn't believe it, unease was already spreading in his mind.
...
At this time, outside Hundred Emperors City.
Dozens of soldiers fled, when a cold, commanding voice sounded.
"Are you becoming deserters? That's a capital offense in Hundred Emperors City."
Upon hearing this, the soldiers' faces drastically changed, looking at the incomer with immediate reverence.
"It's Lord Wang of the Nine-Hearted Begonia Sect."
"You... how come you're here?"
...
The incomer was a burly old man, his face naturally exuding arrogance and authority.
This was one of the seven Protectors of the Nine-Heartred Begonia Sect. Like the Seven Treasure Glaze Sect, where Ning Fengzhi required Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo's protection, although the Nine-Hearted Begonia Sect wasn't one of the Upper Three Sects and didn't have Titled Douluo as bodyguards, it had seven Soul Douluo. This old man was the Seventh Protector, Wang Ba, an eighty-sixth level Soul Douluo.
"L-Lord, Ye Yu is in the city." The soldiers were terrified.
"The spy was indeed right, it really is Ye Yu, then this Martial Soul Hall reward is for us, the Nine-Hearted Begonia Sect."
Wang Ba stepped forward, preparing to enter the back gate of the city.
The Nine-Hearted Begonia Sect wasn't far from Hundred Emperors City, and they were allies.
Recalling the earlier scenes, the soldier trembled as he reminded, "Lord Wang, that Ye Yu is terrifying. Who knows how many soldiers of Hundred Emperors City have perished, he is already over level sixty, you must not be careless."
Wang Ba was briefly astonished, then disdainful and dismissive, "Look at you, scared out of your wits."
Wang Ba casually approached the city gate, hands behind his back, and arrogantly declared, "What's there to be afraid of, isn't he just a Soul Emperor?"