Chapter 17: Opening the Spirit Sea!

Regarding Ling Luochen's surprise, Xu Nian'an showed no reaction, nor did he offer any explanation.

"Shrek, well, I have considered it."

In reality, after Xu Nian'an hunted his second soul ring on this trip, he had originally intended to go to Shrek.

But since this student from Shrek had asked, he couldn't appear too eager, could he?

"Hehe, then when little brother enters Shrek Academy, you can come to the Inner Court to find me. My name is Ye Yi Han."

To Ye Yi Han's obviously polite words, Xu Nian'an did not respond; he simply nodded in silence.

Ling Luochen frowned. Looking at Xu Nian'an, who remained expressionless and hadn't even looked at the two of them properly, she suddenly felt a sense of displeasure.

Was he... ignoring her?

Damn it, what right did he have?

Thinking back to how he had stared at her blankly in the hotel earlier, and now was acting like a gentleman, she immediately felt a wave of disgust.

"Pretentious!"

Hearing Ling Luochen's mutterings from the side, Xu Nian'an frowned. What was going on?

He hadn't even planned to approach her yet, and she already held hostility toward him?

Frowning in thought for a moment, he recalled that Ling Luochen didn't have much of a role in the original story, so even if he unlocked her as a goddess, capturing her probably wouldn't yield any good rewards...

Most importantly, why should he have to take her attitude?

This was Xu Nian'an's first thought. Once this thought appeared, it began to spread wildly, becoming uncontrollable.

Therefore, Xu Nian'an also turned his head away with a cold face.

Watching her junior sister sulking at the sect disciple opposite them, Ye Yi Han was full of question marks.

"No, what is going on...?"

Seeing the atmosphere gradually becoming awkward, Ye Yi Han opened her mouth, just about to explain something, when a roar suddenly came from the northern horizon.

Boom!

Awoo~

Following an angry, deafening tiger roar, the world returned to silence.

But the seven Green-Robed Soul Saints protecting Xu Nian'an could no longer sit still and stepped out one after another.

"A soul master is approaching at high speed! Protect the Young Sect Master!"

As the surrounding Green-Robed Soul Saints entered combat readiness, seven sets of standard yellow-yellow-purple-purple-black-black-black soul rings rose.

The uniform Basalt Turtle martial souls shone brightly.

Looking at the configuration of these seven people, Ling Luochen suddenly turned her head to look at Xu Nian'an again.

Her heart couldn't help but feel slightly shocked. She had originally thought that for this group protecting Xu Nian'an, having cultivation at the Soul King level would already be quite impressive.

But Ling Luochen truly hadn't expected that those left here to protect Xu Nian'an were all uniformly Soul Saints.

Thinking of the two who had left earlier, claiming to be Xu Nian'an's Fourth and Fifth Uncles, how high must their cultivation be?

Damn it, worthy of being a sect disciple! 【33】 "Hehehe, little thing, you can't run away. Just surrender obediently!"

"Hehehe, little thing, you can't escape, just surrender obediently!"

Just at this moment, a gloomy, strange voice that made one's hair stand on end rang out.

The next second, a soul master wearing tattered black robes, with a skeletal face and emitting black gas from his entire body, flew over rapidly.

When his eyes swept over the situation inside the Ice Crystal Forest, his body couldn't help but stiffen.

Eight soul rings—white, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—instantly appeared and flashed continuously, and a skull scepter appeared in his hand.

"Damn it, to actually dare to ambush your Second Master!"

Following his angry shout, one purple and one black soul ring rose.

"Eighth Soul Skill: Ten Thousand Ghosts Devouring Soul!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Basalt True Body!"

Responding to this evil soul master were seven pitch-black soul rings, followed by seven Basalt Turtle True Bodies.

Woo woo woo~~

Black mist instantly covered the entire Ice Crystal Forest, and before long, whimpering sounds began to emerge slowly from the black mist.

Skull after skull began to condense slowly in the black mist. Regarding these mental disturbances and mental pollution,

Ye Yi Han and the Green-Robed Soul Saints, who had already reached the Soul Saint realm and opened their spirit seas, didn't care at all.

Because this couldn't cause them any harm, and they could disperse it with a wave of their hands.

But for Xu Nian'an and Ling Luochen, who hadn't yet opened their spirit seas, this was simply a devastating blow.

Even though they were surrounded by the seven Soul Saints, who blocked most of the damage for Xu Nian'an, due to a moment of negligence, one skull still slammed rapidly into Xu Nian'an.

"Ah!!! My head! It hurts!"

Instantly, Xu Nian'an felt a violent pain in his head, as if someone had forcibly split his skull open and put something inside.

"Young Sect Master! Young Sect Master!"

Immediately, bursts of urgent calls rang out.

Thump~

Unfortunately, calling couldn't solve any problems. Under the intense pain, Xu Nian'an collapsed onto the snow, beginning to curl his body continuously.

Slowly, blood began to overflow from his seven orifices.

In his mind—

In the spirit sea world, the spirit sea world that had originally shown a sea of stars was now covered by black mist.

A skull was wreaking havoc within the spirit sea world, and soon it found Xu Nian'an's spirit source.

A giant turtle with a dragon head and turtle back, carrying a strange snake-like creature, and a bird burning with flames.

The skull didn't even think, directly choosing the turtle, wanting to pollute Xu Nian'an's spirit source and martial soul.

"Little evil soul, who gave you permission to run wild on my turf!"

Behind the two martial souls, that mass of black smoke suddenly opened its eyes.

A man wearing black robes with a handsome face walked out of the black mist.

He had long silver-white hair, wore a silver crown on his head, and had wings on his back, with black feathers scattered everywhere.

Black scriptures and magic power formed a black halo centered on him, and his gray eyes contained no emotion, his gaze disdainful.

Lowering his head, his eyes staring straight at the skull, Electrolux opened his mouth and slowly spat out two words.

"Ant!"

Bang!

As the word "ant" fell, the skull exploded rapidly, and the darkness within the spirit sea world was quickly swallowed.

Reality...

Above the Ice Crystal Forest, the black-robed Soul Douluo suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the area shrouded in black mist below, his eyes flashing with deep fear.

The purple soul ring on his body flashed crazily, and he quickly fled toward the distance.

"I didn't expect that in this world, I could still perceive a long-lost feeling. This makes me recall some unpleasant memories, and my name!"

Inside the spirit sea world, Xu Nian'an slowly opened his eyes.

"Then can you tell me your name now?"

Electrolux slowly turned his head.

"Necromancer Saint, Undead Calamity, Eternal Sleep Calamity..."

After hearing Xu Nian'an's words, various titles flashed through Electrolux's mind, finally turning into four plain words.

"Electrolux!"

"Alright, having lived in your head for so long, helping you find your soul and recall memories—even if the memories aren't beautiful, I've ultimately benefited from you."

"I have recovered some abilities now. Since that's the case, I'll pay a little rent and help you open the spirit sea you haven't opened yet!"

Electrolux slowly raised his right index finger. Instantly, powerful soul and spiritual power condensed, law runes gathered beside him, and two soul rings slowly fell onto the Basalt martial soul, purple... purple...

(End of chapter)