Soul Land 2: Body Sect

Chapter 290: The Shock from the Hack

The Evil Emperor's entrance was explosive.

Du Qianjue had never seen such a grand and imposing entrance.

Whether it was the gigantic space rift that seemed to tear apart the sky, or the oppressive form of the Evil Emperor, the visual impact was overwhelming.

That massive eye, which covered the sky and blocked out the sun, had a pupil larger than Du Qianjue himself. Its dark red monocular gaze could scare an ordinary person into fainting.

And those eighty-one terrifying tentacles, each nearly a kilometer long, gave off an unspeakable, eerie feeling.

"Snow Emperor?" A deep and authoritative voice echoed through the air, accompanied by a powerful mental wave and a unique reverberating effect.

"What brings you to the Evil Emperor's Demonic Forest?"

The dark red pupil locked onto both Du Qianjue and Xue Linglong, though it was clear the Evil Emperor completely ignored the human presence.

"Evil Emperor, long time no see." Xue Linglong didn't answer the Evil Eye Tyrant's question directly, but greeted him like an old friend with a nod.

"Yes, it's been a long time. The last time we met must have been ten thousand years ago, right?" The Evil Emperor nodded, deep in thought. "Back then, when I fought Di Tian while trying to capture that worm in the Star Dou Forest, I caught a glimpse of you from afar."

"Unfortunately, when it comes to strength, Di Tian still had the upper hand over me. Otherwise, if I had managed to capture that big worm, I would probably be the strongest on the continent by now."

The Evil Emperor's tone carried a trace of regret.

In the mental sea, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was fuming.

"Bastard! Di Tian is a bastard, and the Evil Eye Tyrant is no better!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was enraged, and started cursing nonstop in the mental sea, "Do they all think I'm just food, a power bank? Fine, fine, you want to play like this, huh?"

Since the Evil Emperor couldn't hear the curses, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm just vented even more, spouting all sorts of insults.

The other soul beasts in the mental sea looked at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm with sympathy.

They knew a bit about his miserable experience. Shengxin had even personally… well, personally absorbed some of his vast energy source.

In terms of age, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had lived for a million years, a level even Di Tian, the Evil Emperor, or Xue Linglong couldn't match. He was the only soul beast in nearly a million years to reach this milestone, despite the inherent limitations on soul beasts.

But in terms of power, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was at the bottom.

Maybe Niu Niu would lose to him, but every other beast could beat him without breaking a sweat.

You could say…

Miserable, truly miserable.

"Things change with time. What is meant to be will happen, and what's not meant to be shouldn't be regretted," Xue Linglong said with a smile. "Just like me. I was almost killed by the seventy-thousand-year tribulation, living in constant fear, but when fortune smiled upon me, I naturally made my breakthrough."

The Evil Eye Tyrant's pupil shrank slightly. After seriously examining Xue Linglong's aura, he was surprised. "I didn't expect you to have broken through to 800,000 years… and even ahead of me. Incredible."

They were both of similar power, but Xue Linglong's cultivation was currently higher. And since they were both soul beasts, they weren't going to fight.

"The fortune you speak of… is it this human next to you?" The Evil Eye Tyrant shifted his gaze to Du Qianjue.

"Yes, he is my fortune. He's also my mate. Without him, I would have perished long ago," Xue Linglong said softly, looking tenderly at Du Qianjue.

Du Qianjue returned the smile.

"Mate…?" The Evil Eye Tyrant's voice carried a tinge of numbness.

Her words shocked him even more than her 800,000-year breakthrough, especially the fact that her mate was a human.

"You chose a human as your mate? Have you forgotten that we soul beasts and humans are natural enemies, destined to clash?" The Evil Eye Tyrant's voice was low, with a hint of displeasure.

Though he didn't consider Xue Linglong and Di Tian as his kind, when facing humans, he believed they should still cooperate.

Conflicts between soul beasts were internal matters, but when humans were involved, soul beasts should stand united.

"But haven't you, Evil Emperor, also collaborated with humans? Like the Holy Spirit Cult of the Sun and Moon Empire," Du Qianjue said with a knowing smile. "When the benefits are great enough, there are no eternal enemies. Profit is the most important thing, isn't it?"

"How do you know about my cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult?" The Evil Eye Tyrant was momentarily taken aback, his voice filled with doubt. "You don't have the annoying aura of an evil spirit master. Only a few in the Holy Spirit Cult can communicate with me, and they wouldn't tell you these things."

"How do you know?"

"That's not important. What matters is, when the stakes are high enough, enemies can stop being enemies, right?" Du Qianjue continued, still smiling.

The Evil Eye Tyrant let out a derisive laugh, his gaze filled with disdain.

Because Du Qianjue hadn't unleashed his full power, and with the dual concealment of his chaos attribute and divine trial, the Evil Eye Tyrant couldn't sense the overwhelming strength within him.

At most, the Evil Eye Tyrant found his aura to be somewhat elusive.

Du Qianjue's age also misled him.

Having dealt with humans through his alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult, the Evil Eye Tyrant could tell at a glance that Du Qianjue was no older than twenty.

How strong could a human of that age be?

"It's not that I look down on you, but while you've somehow managed to make Snow Emperor your mate, that alone isn't enough to make you worthy of collaborating with me!" The Evil Eye Tyrant's voice turned cold.

"Snow Emperor's strength might qualify her to work with me, but you, a young and weak human, are not worthy!"

Du Qianjue's smile faded.

This little creature was quite arrogant.

If he didn't give the Evil Eye Tyrant a taste of the overwhelming power he held, it seemed the tyrant wouldn't behave.

At that moment, Du Qianjue's left hand bore the mark of "Dao," and his right hand the mark of "Li."

Starting with the golden soul ring of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, eight terrifyingly powerful soul rings appeared one after another, spiraling around him. A golden figure appeared behind him, exuding boundless majesty and nobility.

His eyes turned gray and white.

Gone were the usual colorful elemental effects that always surrounded him. Ever since Du Qianjue had unified the elements within him, returning them to their chaotic origin, both of his martial spirits had taken on the chaos attribute, and all of his soul skills became multi-elemental.

Now, there were no more flashy effects around him, just a steady flow of gray-white chaotic energy and a sense of perfect, seamless harmony.

Though the effects were simpler and more understated, his oppressive aura was a thousand times stronger.

Under the full pressure of Du Qianjue's power, even the space around him began to creak under the strain, as if it could tear apart at any moment.

Even the Evil Eye Tyrant felt its enormous body sink under the pressure, its eighty-one tentacles stiffening.

"This aura…?" The Evil Eye Tyrant's pupil constricted sharply, his voice filled with shock.

It could swear that not even Di Tian had ever made him feel such immense pressure!

A god!

That word echoed in the Evil Eye Tyrant's mind.

Is this… a god?!