Xu Sheng, who was absorbing a soul bone in the room, had completely immersed himself in the process...
As a result, he failed to notice that the suppression of his soul power fluctuations was continuously leaking out...
At this moment, the five Purple-Garbed Soul Masters who had been lying in wait to assassinate Xu Sheng outside, filled with murderous intent when they sensed this steady stream of soul power fluctuations...
Soon after, soul rings slowly rose beneath the feet of the five...
Suddenly, they were revealed to be two Soul Sages and three Soul Emperors!
The lead Purple-Garbed Soul Master was the first to say, "Now's our chance! Break in!"
The fourth soul ring beneath his feet lit up...
Fourth Soul Skill, Ocean of Piercing!
The other four Purple-Garbed Soul Masters also released their soul skills one after another!
One of the Purple-Garbed Soul Masters gathered a pale blue light wave in his hand and, with a fierce palm strike, blasted open the door to Xu Sheng's room...
Upon seeing Xu Sheng sitting on the bed absorbing the soul bone, all five sneered coldly, unleashing their fully charged soul skills at Xu Sheng...
And Xu Sheng, who was in the midst of absorbing the soul bone, had no time to react; his heart was mercilessly pierced by these incoming soul skills...
One could vaguely see with the naked eye that a gaping hole had been torn in the area of Xu Sheng's heart...
Blood began to flow out in copious amounts, and in the next second, Xu Sheng collapsed into the pool of blood...
Seeing Xu Sheng fall, one of the Purple-Garbed Soul Masters said with joy, "We did it!"
Another Purple-Garbed Soul Master laughed heartily, "Hahaha, who would have thought that we five would have the chance to kill a Hyper Douluo today!"
A Purple-Garbed Soul Master with eyes flashing with boundless greed said urgently, "What are we waiting for, grab his soul bone quickly! There might even be a storage soul tool!"
The lead Purple-Garbed Soul Master, sensing something amiss, pointed at Xu Sheng lying on the ground and said, "Something's not right!! Look!!"
Hearing this, all the Purple-Garbed Soul Masters frowned and looked over...
Suddenly, the blood flowing from Xu Sheng in the pool started turning white, and then transparent...
Xu Sheng's body seemed to melt away, slowly transforming into an ice sculpture that bore an uncanny resemblance to himself!!
In an instant, fear flashed across the faces of the Purple-Garbed Soul Masters...
"Damn it, we've been tricked!! Run!!!"
"That wasn't him absorbing the soul bone, it was his clone!!!"
"Run! Run!!"
No sooner had they spoken than they tried to rush out of the room in haste...
However, a figure suddenly appeared at the door, blocking their escape...
There stood Xu Sheng, holding the Ice Rose Sword that radiated intense cold, looking coldly at the people before him...
"Where do you think you're running to?"
The Purple-Garbed Soul Master who had led Xu Sheng here trembled and stepped forward, explaining, "My lord, please listen, we only wanted..."
Before he could finish, there was a "puchi" sound as Xu Sheng gripped the Ice Rose Sword and casually swung it, a streak of cold light flashed by, severing half of his arm...
This half of the blood-drenched arm fell to the ground, and like a fountain, blood reeking of iron sprayed out...
With a ferocious expression, the Purple-Garbed Soul Master clutched his arm in agony, his face twisted with pain as he yelled, "My arm!! My arm ah!!" This scene caused the others to involuntarily step back, a deep chill rising in their hearts...
They hadn't even seen the cut clearly when an arm had been chopped off...
Direct fear awakened from within one's very soul…
Xu Sheng's icy gaze never left him as he walked over, step by step, his voice cold, "To think you'd even rope in accomplices to strike at me, truly heartless and ungrateful."
I had thought that giving him a hundred-thousand-year soul ring might make him abandon his scheming…
Yet, in the end, greed still overwhelmed his rationality…
Immediately, the Purple-Garbed Soul Master clutched his bleeding arm and knelt on the ground, pleading urgently, "Grand Elder, I beg you, please spare me; for all the tasks I've executed for you! Please, grant me mercy this once!"
Xu Sheng cast a cold glance at him and said indifferently, "Spare you? Maybe in your next life."
Another flash of cold light streaked by, and a round object with eyes still wide with shock rolled onto the ground…
At this moment, Xu Sheng was a changed man, like a Messenger from Hell, the sticky blood turning the Ice Rose Sword a deep crimson...
Then, he slowly turned around to face the trembling Purple-Garbed Soul Masters, his voice frosty, "And you?"
The heavy scent of death was so intense that they couldn't muster even a sliver of resistance.
Fearful, the crowd hurriedly threw the blame onto the dead Purple-Garbed Soul Master…
Feigning indignation, they said, "Grand Elder, it was all that guy's doing; he roped us in, we never intended to agree!"
Another hurriedly chimed in, "Exactly, Grand Elder, if it weren't for him, why would we have lost our minds and raised a hand against you!"
"That's right, that's right!"
"Had we known that you're such a formidable figure, Grand Elder, there's no way we would have agreed to him!"
Xu Sheng's brow arched slightly, his voice turning even colder, "So, you mean to say, if I were weak, you would have agreed?"
Just as Xu Sheng was about to execute the four of them, a phantom figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere—it was indeed the Grand Elder, Poseissi!
Seeing Poseissi's appearance, the Purple-Garbed Soul Masters immediately knew they were saved!!
The four Purple-Garbed Soul Masters knelt down one after another, begging tearfully, "Grand Worshipper, please save us!"
Another Purple-Garbed Soul Master glanced at Xu Sheng and howled sorrowfully, "Grand Worshipper, you must stand up for us! This man killed Ruozi as soon as he arrived! Look, it's a severed corpse!"
"You must punish this man; he wants to annihilate us, seeing us as weak!"
"Such a man cannot be tolerated on Sea God's Island; we beseech you, Grand Worshipper, to eradicate this indiscriminate killer!"
Upon hearing their words, Poseissi chose not to believe their account and instead looked at Xu Sheng with a puzzled gaze, "Xu Sheng, why have you laid hands on them?"
Xu Sheng's gaze drifted towards the Killer Whale King's soul bone, and he said lightly, "Grand Elder, take a look over there, and you should understand."
Hearing Xu Sheng say so, Poseissi's gaze followed suit, and upon clearly seeing the soul bone on the ground and the blocks of ice, which were barely recognizable as Xu Sheng's clone...
Her expression grew increasingly cold…
Seeing this, the Purple-Garbed Soul Masters on the ground began to frantically explain, "Grand Worshipper, please don't be swayed by his slander, it was him who stole the soul bone that we had a hard time hunting!"
"Exactly, we are residents of Sea God's Island; we would never do such despicable things!"
"Grand Worshipper, this man is slandering us! Slandering us!"
As Poseissi looked at their demeanor, her expression grew darker and her voice colder, "I haven't even said anything, why are you so eager to explain?"
Words of despair flowed from Poseissi's mouth to the four hopeless Purple-Garbed Soul Masters…
"Speak then, your last words as residents of Sea God's Island!"
For the Soul Masters of Sea God's Island to commit such acts!! This was nothing short of blaspheming the Sea God!!
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