Chapter 15: Soul-Injured Emperor, Fleeing for Life
Boom—!
The eagle spreads its wings, resembling the mythical golden crow being nurtured in the sun.
The scorching energy emitted by the sun seems to be attracted and continuously gathers toward Su Ye's martial soul, causing the sky to turn a reddish hue.
A strange heartbeat sounds, like the low chant of a hellish demon. The round fireball continues to grow, its diameter exceeding ten meters in the blink of an eye.
The green leaves turn yellow, and the lake water ripples as if competing for sound.
The dry trees catch fire, blazing with flames.
Everything before him resembles a sign of the apocalypse.
"It's impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Why is this thousand-year soul skill so powerful?!"
Zhu Zhuyun was completely stunned. Under this terrifying fireball, she felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness.
"Kid, stop now!" Zhu Changlin's face changed, and he angrily shouted, trying to get Su Ye to stop.
But Su Ye had been waiting for this moment, waiting for Zhu Changlin to see the effect of his thousand-year soul skill. At this moment, there was no way he would stop.
"The future princess, I really want to see if you will save her or not!"
"You even dare to ambush me here, do you really think I'm made of clay?"
With a defiant sneer, Su Ye's situation was not optimistic. The blue dragon on his forehead was jumping, his face was flushed red with blood, clearly straining to hold on.
At this moment, he was barely holding onto this soul skill with the help of the Three Flowers Fruit, knowing that this was his best chance to escape.
He didn't believe that Zhu Changlin would not first save Zhu Zhuyun, and instead choose to pursue him.
Chirp—
A sharp bird's cry pierced the sky.
Boom! A ten-meter-long flaming giant bird spread its fiery wings from the fireball.
All the flames merged into the giant bird's body, carrying a devastating inferno that fell towards Zhu Zhuyun.
"Damn brat, just you wait!"
Zhu Changlin, humiliated by being tricked by a junior, was furious. He could only quickly use his speed soul skill to rush to Zhu Zhuyun's side.
His third soul ring activated, and Zhu Changlin brought his hands together above his head, his ten fingers rapidly merging into a sharp blade.
"Third Soul Skill, Hell Slash!"
Whoosh!
The black blade of light formed a straight line and slashed toward the flaming giant bird.
The flaming giant bird, which had absorbed fire, solar energy, and surrounding heat, was indeed terrifying, its power exceeding the range of a thousand-year soul skill…
But Su Ye was only a level 20 soul master, and the power of his soul skill couldn't be maximized.
With a sharp hiss, the black light blade successfully cleaved the flaming giant bird in half.
Just as Zhu Zhuyun relaxed and thought the trouble had been resolved, Zhu Changlin's eyelids twitched, and he shouted in alarm.
This was because the firebird that had been split did not immediately dissipate. Instead, the firepower from the split section found an outlet and was fully released.
Boom!
The explosive flames erupted like a fire serpent, instantly engulfing the two of them, causing a massive explosion.
Zhu Zhuyun was blown away and fainted. Zhu Changlin, unprepared, was also in bad shape, his clothes torn, his body scorched black, and in a pitiful state.
"Kid, you… cough—"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Changlin's eyes turned red, and blood coughed out from the corner of his mouth.
Unfortunately, the one who caused it all, Su Ye, did not get to enjoy the result of his work. He had already flown a mile away.
Exhausted of soul power, he could no longer maintain his martial soul form and was forced to descend from the sky.
"The speed of soul power increase can't keep up with the fusion speed of the rings. This might cost me my life."
"Forget it, better to run for now. If I get chased down, it's all over."
Clutching his aching chest, Su Ye quickly flew toward the cave.
As for his first soul skill, 'Red Sky Flowing Fire,' which could unleash such great power, it was mainly because the fusion added many extra effects.
For example, the red flame wolf's red flame bath, the light flame spirit fox's ability to absorb light and heat, and the fire flamingo's fire shadow raid, among others.
These excellent soul skill effects combined to form the 'Red Sky Flowing Fire,' a comprehensive soul skill.
Knowing that the effects would merge, Su Ye specifically hunted soul beasts that could enhance his soul skill's power, resulting in this relatively stable soul skill—Red Sky Flowing Fire.
However, Su Ye had now realized a major problem.
Although he could increase his soul power level by fusing soul rings, each soul ring that could be absorbed could only increase his level by one, and it was highly likely to be less than one level of soul power.
However, increasing other soul ring effects meant the amount of soul power needed to perform soul skills also increased.
In simple terms, if he kept fusing different types of soul rings, he would eventually be unable to use his soul skills at all.
Outside the cave, Zhu Zhuqing, dressed in black, with a graceful figure, furrowed brows, and a cold expression, was visibly uneasy. She only relaxed when she saw Su Ye.
"You… you're injured?" Noticing the bloodstains on Su Ye's chest, Zhu Zhuqing's heart tightened immediately.
"It's a small injury. Let's hurry and leave," Su Ye replied lightly.
"You've completely offended your sister now. I bet she wants to kill me more than you now. At least you're relieved."
Su Ye half-jokingly said as he urged Zhu Zhuqing to leave. His bow and arrow had already been put back into his storage soul guide.
As for the sword and various scattered medicinal materials, he could only pretend to be generous and abandon them, to lower Zhu Changlin's guard.
It turned out to be successful!
"As long as you're fine, let's hurry and go." Hearing that Su Ye had encountered Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing was also shocked.
She knew that Zhu Zhuyun had a clan uncle protecting her, and that person seemed to be a Soul Emperor.
For Su Ye to escape from the two of them, it was already a matter of narrowly escaping death. Even she couldn't dare to imagine how perilous the situation must have been.
Whoosh!
The two of them dared not stay for long and immediately began rushing toward the border of the Tiandou Empire.
However, they hadn't gone far when Su Ye slowly felt that something was wrong with his body, and his steps gradually came to a halt.
With a muffled "bang" sounding from within his body, Su Ye felt as if he had been struck heavily. Suddenly, he vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
"Su Ye—!" Zhu Zhuqing, who had turned around and saw this scene, was shocked and immediately rushed over to pick him up.
"You..."
Looking at the excruciating pain on Su Ye's face, which seemed like his muscles were being ripped apart, Zhu Zhuqing's gaze shot down to Su Ye's chest, horrified, and exclaimed, "You're injured by Zhu Zhuyun's soul skill, the Hellish Claw of the Underworld?"
Having the same martial soul as the Hellish Spirit Cat, she naturally knew about the Hellish Claw of the Underworld, which would force soul power into the opponent's body, causing it to violently destroy the meridians.
If the soul master had sufficient soul power, this Hellish Soul Power would gradually be counteracted, and normally, it wouldn't cause serious problems.
The current situation, however, could only mean that Su Ye's soul power had been completely drained.
At first, Zhu Zhuqing didn't think of the Hellish Claw of the Underworld because of just a single injury, but now she had finally realized.
Su Ye didn't explain anything. Instead, he took the last remaining Three Flower Fruit from his storage soul guide and swallowed it.
As his soul power began to replenish, the situation inside his body was brought under control.
But the damage to his meridians couldn't be healed right away. His arm uncontrollably trembled, and it became difficult for him to even stand up straight.
"Let's go!"
Enduring the intense pain in his body, Su Ye gritted his teeth and gave Zhu Zhuqing the order. Now wasn't the time to consider his injuries; they had to leave immediately.
Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing had no choice but to carry Su Ye in a princess carry and continue their journey.
After a while.
The girl's silver teeth ground together as she nearly dropped the person in her arms.
"Move your head away!"
"Tsk, you're really a troublemaker~"
(End of this chapter)