Chapter 236: Eight-Ring Evil Soul Master

Yang Xiang saw Tang Wulin not answering Yang Xiang, and boredly pursed their lips.

"Unwilling to answer? Fine, once I catch you, I have plenty of ways to make you speak."

As Yang Xiang spoke, Yang Xiang's hand moved quickly, countless silver lights identical to before shooting toward Tang Wulin.

However, unlike before, this time the silver light was thread-like; Tang Wulin did not choose to block it head-on, but while dodging some of the silver light by shifting his body, he used the Blue Silver Emperor to resist.

The result of the resistance left Tang Wulin shocked.

The Blue Silver Emperor, upon contacting the thread-like silver light, was instantly shattered into pieces with no power to resist, and continued to assault him.

Moreover, the more frightening part was that, as Yang Xiang's movements grew larger, the silk threads surrounding Tang Wulin began to rapidly increase, gradually growing from dozens to hundreds.

The sky-filling silver threads danced, making Tang Wulin's evasion increasingly difficult.

This cannot continue; Tang Wulin quickly made a judgment.

His forte is close-quarters combat, but now the various silk threads block the path to Yang Xiang completely, so if Tang Wulin tries to approach, he will surely suffer many attacks.

The abilities of Evil Soul Master martial souls usually reveal a sinister aura; the previous incident with the Death God Envoy showed what price one pays for underestimating these fellows, and before Tang Wulin could grasp the exact capabilities of these silk threads, he dared not directly resist them.

Then there was only one way.

Tang Wulin suddenly emitted a strong green light from his whole body; the green-gold light illuminated the entire forest, causing Yang Xiang to instinctively narrow their eyes.

"Hmm, what do you brat want to do..."

Before Yang Xiang could finish speaking, the words got stuck in Yang Xiang's throat.

Because Yang Xiang saw the green-gold soul ring beside Tang Wulin.

Soul ring colors are normally only white, yellow, purple, black, red; Yang Xiang had previously seen Tang Wulin's gold-colored soul ring and thought it was merely a special yellow soul ring, but this green-gold soul ring could not be explained at all.

And what surprised Yang Xiang even more was still to come.

A tremendous roaring sound rang out, and all the surrounding trees twisted themselves and surged toward Yang Xiang.

"Tsk!"

Seeing this, Yang Xiang had no choice but to pull the silk threads in front for defense, cutting the attacking trees into fragments.

But this was only the beginning.

Only see, the entire city's forest emitted a tremendous roaring sound; the huge noise and violent shaking made Yang Xiang momentarily think an earthquake had occurred.

But obviously that wasn't the case; this was the effect of Tang Wulin's Natural Son martial soul ability.

Having grown to this level, Tang Wulin can now connect his spiritual power with all the plants outside the city, and simultaneously exert control over more than half of them.

Although Tang Wulin rarely uses the Natural Son martial soul to avoid drawing attention, in reality, among his three martial souls, the strongest is precisely this least-used Natural Son.

At this moment there were no enemies nearby, yet Tang Wulin faced a life-or-death crisis; he naturally would not hold back in the slightest, and his first strike would be a killing blow.

Upon seeing countless trees rushing toward Yang Xiang, Yang Xiang's expression changed instantly.

Besides that first encounter, Tang Wulin had never again acted against a Soul Saint–level Evil Soul Master, leading the Holy Spirit Sect to misjudge his strength, assuming this brat was at most Soul Saint level, and sending a Soul Douluo over was more than enough.

But now the commotion caused by the Natural Son—how could a mere Soul Saint possibly produce such a thing?

In the face of this enormous crisis, Yang Xiang unhesitatingly activated Yang Xiang's Martial Soul True Body, and only then did Tang Wulin understand what Yang Xiang's martial soul was.

A huge black spider phantom emerged from behind Yang Xiang; the spider's whole body exuded astonishing evil aura, its eyes flashing with vicious red light, and countless silk threads shot out from it.

Evil Soul Magic Spider—this is exactly Yang Xiang's martial soul.

This martial soul is a top-tier Evil Martial Soul mixed with spiritual and evil attributes; even among all Evil Martial Souls it belongs to the exceptionally strong category.

What Tang Wulin did not know was that Yang Xiang is actually just over thirty years old this year, and he is confident that within ten years he will rise to Honored Douluo and become an elder of the Holy Spirit Sect.

These silk threads collided with the trees summoned by the Natural Son, instantly cutting the trees into fragments; at the same time, Yang Xiang noticed Tang Wulin's attempt to flee, couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, and rushed toward Tang Wulin at great speed.

Feeling the tremors in the ground behind him, Tang Wulin couldn't help but sigh helplessly; a Soul Douluo–level expert was still too difficult for him to handle, and relying solely on the Natural Son was still insufficient.

He immediately turned around, a ring of blue-gold light lit up, enveloping Yang Xiang within it.

Yang Xiang instantly felt Yang Xiang's soul power beginning to be drawn out by Tang Wulin; although not fast, it inevitably made one feel annoyed.

Yang Xiang let out an angry snort, the giant spider leg stepped down, instantly shattering the incoming Blue Silver Emperor, and at the same time leapt high, greatly narrowing the distance between Yang Xiang and Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin employed the Golden Dragon Body, readied his stance, and met Yang Xiang's attack.

"Boom!"

The huge golden dragon head flashed past, but was instantly shattered by the black spider; Tang Wulin only felt his soul as if it had suffered a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood and recoiling backward.

And this was only the beginning; Yang Xiang showed no mercy, continuously launching attacks at Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin could only desperately dodge; fortunately, the trees summoned by the Natural Son were present, so he would not be instantly defeated.

But this was still merely a matter of time; as time passed, Tang Wulin could feel his movements beginning to slow, and his focus becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.

Having recognized Yang Xiang's martial soul, Tang Wulin naturally knew this was a trait of the Evil Soul Magic Spider.

As an Evil Martial Soul with a spiritual attribute, all attacks of the Evil Soul Magic Spider carry a soul-devouring effect; although it cannot yet truly devour Tang Wulin's soul, if Tang Wulin lets up even slightly, his flesh and spirit will be completely consumed.

This was certainly not what Tang Wulin wanted; he could only grit his teeth and endure, seeking an opportunity to counterattack.

The two fought on for another ten-plus minutes, Tang Wulin gradually ran out of stamina, and his movements grew ever slower.

Yang Xiang revealed a triumphant smile, the giant spider leg lifted again, and together with the sharp silk threads it lunged at Tang Wulin.

However, at this moment the scales on Tang Wulin's body suddenly lit up, and he managed to block the strike.

Next, a resounding dragon roar sounded; under the effect of the Golden Dragon Roar, even Yang Xiang's actions involuntarily paused for a moment, and then Yang Xiang had no choice but to endure Tang Wulin's blow.

"Pop!"

Yang Xiang involuntarily spat out a mouthful of blood; caught off guard, Tang Wulin's unexpected strike indeed inflicted heavy damage on Yang Xiang.

Seeing Tang Wulin turn and still try to flee, Yang Xiang revealed a vicious expression, and Yang Xiang's eighth soul ring lit up.

The effect of this soul skill is to inject spiritual power laced with terrifying evil aura into the enemy's body, plunging the opponent into utter madness; everyone hit by this technique so far has become completely insane.

Yang Xiang wanted Tang Wulin to pay for his recent actions, so that for the rest of his life Tang Wulin would become completely insane, to be used by Yang Xiang as a slave.

A black-and-red light simply sliced across the sky and struck Tang Wulin.

(End of chapter)