Chapter 50: Conspiracy and Rage
"What is that?" Xue Linglong asked curiously, seeing Du Qianjue holding an object.
She could tell it was a human-made soul tool, and quite a powerful one at that, judging by the evident soul power fluctuations. Moreover, there was a faint aura of sealing.
"A ninth-level soul tool, the Deity Sealing Platform," Du Qianjue explained softly. "This device can seal living beings that are unable to resist, and once sealed, they are essentially lambs to the slaughter."
"Deity Sealing Platform..." Xue Linglong's tone turned serious.
It must be said, human technology often left soul beasts astonished. While soul beasts possessed sealing and binding techniques, these required continuous soul power output and could not seal beings much stronger than themselves. According to Du Qianjue, this ninth-level soul tool could seal a target for an extended period.
"Humans are truly terrifying," Xue Linglong sighed.
"There are even more terrifying things. Want to hear about them?" Du Qianjue asked, blinking.
Xue Linglong nodded lightly.
"If I hadn't come, if I hadn't taken you to find the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, what would you be doing now?" Du Qianjue asked with a strange tone.
Xue Linglong's aura became unstable, and a violent anger surged within her, causing Du Qianjue to feel immense pressure.
"If I hadn't met you, and without the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow to help me survive the Heavenly Tribulation..." Xue Linglong muttered, her killing intent growing.
"I would have tried to seal my essence and transform into human form with the help of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, and I would have been defenseless at that time."
Du Qianjue snapped his fingers, confirming the hypothesis.
"In your defenseless state, a human ninth-level soul engineer 'coincidentally' infiltrated the core of the Extreme North, 'coincidentally' encountered you, and 'coincidentally' had soul tools that could hide from your senses, even 'coincidentally' possessing a device capable of sealing you while transforming..."
"Don't you think all this is too coincidental?" Du Qianjue's eyes gleamed, his tone chilling.
Even with the plot changed, the appearance of this ninth-level soul engineer indicated something. This was a long-planned scheme!
"I'm afraid the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus you accidentally found was also planted by someone," Du Qianjue sneered.
Xue Linglong's face turned grim, her aura extremely unstable, on the verge of exploding.
"I will make those who plotted against me wish they were dead!" Xue Linglong's heart burned with rage.
Du Qianjue's words made her realize many illogical details. In the Extreme North, nothing should escape her notice. If such a Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus existed, she would have discovered it long ago. If she had it when she first attempted to reach seventy thousand years and condense her second yin-yang complementary soul core, she would have consumed it then.
If she had this Snow Lotus, she wouldn't have failed her breakthrough, damaging her essence, cracking her soul core, and almost dying. The fact that she only found it after failing was too coincidental. Believing there wasn't a mastermind behind this was absurd.
Seeing Xue Linglong's cold expression and surging killing intent, Du Qianjue also struggled to control his murderous thoughts.
Ridiculous! How dare these natives plot against the Demon Queen of the Outer World?
Du Qianjue's main martial soul possessed him, and six blood-red soul rings rose from his feet, the first one glowing intensely.
"Mental Hypnosis!"
His vast spiritual power instantly invaded the comatose ninth-level soul engineer's mind, easily breaking his mental defenses.
Even at his peak, this soul engineer couldn't match Du Qianjue's spiritual power. Du Qianjue swiftly accessed his weakened spiritual core, reading his memories.
Du Qianjue learned the soul engineer's name: Ye Yukun, cousin of the Sky Star Douluo Ye Yurong. Though not as famous as Ye Yurong with his renowned ninth-level soul tool, Sun Moon God Needle, Ye Yukun was still outstanding, having reached the level of a ninth-level soul engineer.
"Who's there?!" Ye Yukun, in a bustling coastal city in the Sun Moon Empire, saw the core formation he was carving suddenly explode.
Sensing a powerful, unfamiliar aura, Ye Yukun immediately crushed the core formation, readying himself for battle.
"Hehehe... Ye Yurong's cousin, Sky Shadow Douluo Ye Yukun, I've long heard of you..."
A raspy voice echoed, eerie and sinister.
"Stop hiding and show yourself!" Ye Yukun's face darkened.
The voice's owner didn't continue hiding. Ash-gray gas slowly gathered before Ye Yukun, forming a tall figure in a black robe with a hood, face obscured.
Damn, I can't beat him!
That was Ye Yukun's first thought upon seeing the figure.
As a level ninety-two Titled Douluo, much of his strength came from soul tools, not his martial soul. Otherwise, he wouldn't have pursued soul engineering.
The pressure from this hooded figure was immense, at least a Super Douluo!
Ye Yukun's heart sank, bracing for death.
"No need to be wary, I mean no harm," the hooded figure rasped, smiling.
"Showing your face would prove it. State your business!" Ye Yukun narrowed his eyes.
Though he couldn't match the figure's strength, he wouldn't show weakness.
The hooded figure's hidden mouth twitched, nearly turning Ye Yukun into soul food for his martial soul.
"I'm here to make a deal," the figure said, suppressing his urge to kill.
"Hmph, I have no business with your kind!" Ye Yukun sneered, sensing the bloodthirsty aura of a Dark Soul Master.
Dark Soul Masters were common in the Sun Moon Empire. Both the current emperor and the next, Xu Tiannan, were entangled with the Dark Soul Master sect, the Holy Spirit Cult.
Though not righteous, Ye Yukun had no fondness for these murderous fiends.
"Really? What if it's about a ten-thousand-year soul beast about to transform? Would that interest you?"
The hooded figure smiled faintly.
Ye Yukun sat up abruptly, eyes wide.
A ten-thousand-year soul beast about to transform!
(End of Chapter)
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