Chapter 657: Within the Sub‑Hall, Soul Bodies in Astonishing Numbers

Hearing that harsh shout, the other Soul Hall guards hidden beneath the black mist also quickly leapt up and gathered together.

It seemed they intended to form a formation to oppose the intruder.

"Hehe, haven't given up yet?"

Seeing the reaction of the guards below, Lin Feng immediately sneered.

Then he swung his palm forcefully.

"Clang—"

Amid the sound of metal chains grinding, invisible fire chains equal in number to those below shot out.

They pierced straight toward those Soul Hall guards!

As for the guards below, upon seeing the three‑section Soul Lock they knew all too well, their eyes inevitably grew bewildered.

Then one of them turned to the black‑clothed man in the sky and demanded, "Who exactly are you, and why are you in my Soul Hall?"

"Splat!"

Before the former could finish speaking, the rapidly flying fire chain pierced him with a chilling sting.

And the other dark silhouettes beside him suffered the same fate one after another.

"Gather!"

After confirming that the guards hidden in the black mist below had all been struck by his fire chains, Lin Feng immediately formed a seal with both hands and barked.

"Clang—"

The next moment, the grinding of metal chains rang through the great hall once more.

The invisible fire chains instantly returned to the former's side.

Along with them came the Soul Hall guards who had become utterly powerless to resist.

For them, Lin Feng deftly took out a jade bottle and sealed them all inside.

He then stuffed the jade bottle containing the guards straight into the Nascent Ring.

He sent them off to accompany the Soul Hall elder he had dealt with the instant the spatial shield was removed.

However, thinking of that Soul Hall elder, Lin Feng felt quite regretful.

Originally he had considered using the alien fire seed inside the former to force him into becoming his spy within the Soul Hall.

But recalling that the Soul Hall harbored many strong ones, the former, under the shadow of death, might confess to the Soul Hall.

And by spreading false information, lure him into a Soul Hall trap.

In the end, eliminating this source of threat to secure a chance to survive.

Therefore, Lin Feng ultimately did not dare to recruit the former as his spy.

Only after dealing with those guards did the former finally have time to scrutinize the great hall's appearance.

He found the area here was only a few dozen mu wide.

Compared with the massive hall outside, the difference was a huge margin.

Obviously, this is just one of the many rooms in this branch hall.

However, inside this great hall were hundreds to thousands of wooden racks.

On them were piled a mishmash of various items.

Among the many items were the pills, alchemy cauldrons Lin Feng recognized, as well as numerous scrolls and other objects.

At the same time, perhaps to support the great hall.

Every so often inside the hall stood a black stone pillar a hundred zhang tall, reaching toward the heavens.

"This room can't be the warehouse of this branch hall, can it?"

After scanning the hall, Lin Feng immediately guessed.

Then he licked his lips and said, "Since I'm already here, these things can't be wasted."

Having said that, he swiftly flew forward and continuously manipulated the Nascent Ring on his hand, absorbing a large amount of items.

Perhaps the Soul Hall stored the seized alchemists' family assets here as well.

The items related to alchemy were especially numerous here.

Along the way, the things Lin Feng collected the most were prescriptions, pills, and alchemy cauldrons.

Of course, he also gathered a great many cultivation techniques and combat skills.

However, what surprised Lin Feng was.

Here, he even discovered Soul Sacks and other equipment that many guards carried when venturing out to collect souls.

It seemed that the Soul Hall's own supplies were also stored here.

Seeing those items, Lin Feng unhesitatingly absorbed them all into the Nascent Ring and took them away.

After gathering everything, the former then promptly left the hall to search elsewhere.

Of course, during this process he also encountered many Soul Hall guards stationed inside the hall.

These guards, though not weak, were almost all at least six‑star Dou Qi cultivators.

But before Dou Zun Realm Lin Feng, they were all utterly helpless.

Besides providing him with dozens more Dou Zong Realm souls, they offered no delay at all.

As Lin Feng continued his search, after about half an hour he finally arrived before the last room of this branch hall.

"There must be souls in here, right?"

Thinking that so far he hadn't encountered any soul bodies other than Soul Hall guards, he couldn't help but complain slightly.

Then his gaze fell on the pitch‑black iron door before him.

Though the door was tightly shut, Lin Feng could faintly sense.

A strange aura was subtly emanating from within.

Soon after, his battle qi stirred quietly within him; he flicked his sleeve, and a burst of dark purple‑red flame shot out, then slammed heavily against the iron door.

「Clang! 」

Under that heavy blow, the iron door that looked extremely hard shattered open outright.

At the same time, the scene beyond the iron door appeared in Lin Feng's field of vision.

「Hiss! 」

Even Lin Feng, who had seen quite a bit, couldn't help but gasp at the shocking sight.

Immediately afterward, he found himself completely dazed.

Beyond this door lay a hall whose area was roughly three times that of the previous rooms.

Inside this hall, black stone pillars reaching a hundred zhang in height stood tall as before.

However, the stone pillars in this hall were somewhat different from those elsewhere.

Covering these pillars were strange runes not found on the pillars elsewhere.

Moreover, black chains extended from the pillars, crossing and tracing patterns in the air above this plaza.

Clinging to these chains were clusters of faint light.

Looking closely, one would see that within each light cluster was a soul body with a pained expression and an illusory form.

At the same time, a platform about ten zhang high stood in the center of the hall.

Around the platform stood four massive stone pillars.

Thick black chains, as thick as a thigh, wound down like pythons.

Within those four chains were bound two clusters of the strongest light.

From the fluctuations emanating from them, Lin Feng felt that the soul realms of those two soul bodies were probably not lower than his current level.

After a while, the former finally recovered from his stupor.

Then, with clenched fists and a slightly trembling voice full of excitement, he shouted, 「I've struck it rich this time! 」 (End of chapter)