Chapter 30: Facing a Robbery

The other Honorary Elders glanced at each other, then looked toward Qian Daoliu, who was sitting in the primary seat.

The seven of them had been together for who knows how many years; they had no doubts about any decision Qian Daoliu made.

When Zhou Huan heard Qian Daoliu agree to let him go out for training, a brilliant smile rose on his face.

However, just as Zhou Huan's smile appeared, Qian Daoliu spoke again: "Xiao Huan, you may go out for training, but your daily cultivation cannot be neglected; we have requirements for you as well."

"You must cultivate to the five-ring Soul King realm within three years, and we will find evil Spirit Masters for you; you must kill those evil Spirit Masters."

"Do you understand?"

Zhou Huan nodded without hesitation and said, "This disciple will certainly complete the tasks set by the masters."

"Please rest assured, masters."

The Honorary Elders said nothing more, and Qian Daoliu directly sent someone to take Zhou Huan away; Qian Daoliu did not intend to keep Zhou Huan in the Offering Hall any longer, as letting Zhou Huan go out early was a good thing.

Zhou Huan did not refuse Qian Daoliu's arrangement and followed the person sent by Qian Daoliu to the foot of the mountain where the Offering Hall was located.

At the foot of the mountain, a carriage was waiting there.

After Zhou Huan walked out of the Offering Hall, a soldier wearing armor came before Zhou Huan, bowed respectfully to Zhou Huan, and said, "Young Master, the Grand Pontiff said that you cannot rest in Wuhun City today."

"He wants you to leave early and complete your mission."

Zhou Huan shook his head with a wry smile, but he didn't say anything; he walked directly onto the carriage and drove it toward the gate of Wuhun City.

When Zhou Huan drove the carriage out of Wuhun City, sitting at the front of the carriage, he felt the breeze blowing against his face and felt only comfort and freedom in his heart.

Zhou Huan drove the carriage, heading in the direction he had chosen earlier—Heaven Dou City—driving toward the northwest (written randomly, don't take it seriously).

The carriage was extremely fast, galloping wantonly on the road built by the Spirit Hall; Zhou Huan felt this sense of freedom and would occasionally shout out loud.

Just as Zhou Huan was driving the carriage at full speed, two figures suddenly appeared by the side of the road.

At the same time, on the originally flat road, strands of red thorns grew rapidly, blocking the path in front of the carriage Zhou Huan was driving.

When Zhou Huan saw the thorns growing, he hurriedly pulled the reins, wanting to brake the moving carriage.

However, the speed of the carriage was truly a bit too fast, and Zhou Huan could not stop the carriage by pulling the reins.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Huan released his Element Spirit Tree martial soul, and at the same time, his First and Second Soul Rings flashed with light; two soul skills were released, and Xin Metal Power was rapidly derived.

Subsequently, an iron plate about three fingers thick was rapidly condensed by Zhou Huan manipulating the Xin Metal Power, pressing those rapidly growing red thorns to the ground; the horse's hooves stepped onto the iron plate, easily crossing over this patch of rapidly growing red thorns.

After the carriage crossed the thorns, it ran another five or six meters before it barely came to a stop.

Zhou Huan held his Element Spirit Tree martial soul in his left hand, and without releasing his soul rings, he jumped off the carriage and turned back to look at those red thorns.

As his gaze swept over that patch of red thorns, Zhou Huan's peripheral vision caught two blurry figures standing in the forest on both sides of the road.

Zhou Huan looked carefully; those two blurry figures were two Spirit Masters with soul rings rising beneath their feet.

Just as Zhou Huan saw these two figures, the two of them rushed up directly, arrived on the road, and blocked the front of the carriage Zhou Huan was sitting in.

"Kid, hand over all your valuables, and we might spare your life."

"Otherwise, we'll let you know what it means to be ruthless!"

Zhou Huan heard what one of the Spirit Masters said.

Zhou Huan looked closely at the two; both were men, one very tall and sturdy, the other very thin and small.

Both were three-ring Soul Elders; the tall and sturdy Spirit Master held a thick metal staff about three fingers wide and two meters long in his hand, and three yellow soul rings were coiled around the staff.

The thin and small Spirit Master was a Beast Spirit user; on the skin exposed on his limbs, diamond-shaped yellowish-brown scales covered his body.

Beneath the feet of the thin and small Spirit Master, three soul rings—two yellow and one purple—floated up and down, emitting faint rays of light.

Zhou Huan only had to sense their auras to know that both had broken through recently, and their strength was no match for his.

Zhou Huan laughed and said, "With just your strength, you dare to block the road and rob? I'll give you one chance, get lost!"

Zhou Huan truly couldn't hold back anymore; three soul rings appeared beneath his feet—purple, purple, purple—three rays of light that shook the soul pierced directly into the eyes of the two, causing their originally indifferent hearts to instantly tighten.

The two exchanged a look; the tall Spirit Master: 'Should we run?'

The thin Spirit Master: 'Of course we should run, we can't beat a guy like this at all.'

The tall Spirit Master: 'Fine, let's fight him; there are two of us, we can't beat him?'

The thin Spirit Master: 'Right, there are two of us, let's run separately, he definitely won't be able to catch us.'

Neither of them understood the other's meaning, and what they said was completely at cross-purposes; just as Zhou Huan watched these two Spirit Masters' eye-dialogue and was about to lose his patience.

These two Spirit Masters performed completely opposite actions.

The tall Spirit Master swung his staff directly, and his First and Second Soul Rings lit up completely; the staff in his hand immediately grew larger, reaching the thickness of a wrist and three meters in length.

At the same time, dense little protrusions appeared on both ends of the staff; the function of these protrusions was similar to that of a spiked club, intended to increase attack power.

The tall Spirit Master held the transformed staff and charged toward Zhou Huan.

Beneath the feet of the thin Spirit Master, the First Soul Ring flashed, and an earthy yellow light flashed over his body; subsequently, one could see the muscles on this Spirit Master's body begin to swell.

Eventually, it made the thin Spirit Master into a sturdy man with a height of two point two or three meters, with bulging muscles comparable to a grizzly bear.

After his body was strengthened, this Spirit Master did not hesitate and turned to flee.

Both saw the other's actions, and then, both of their movements stalled for a moment; subsequently, the Spirit Master holding the staff did not stop his momentum and continued to charge at Zhou Huan.

And that Beast Spirit user turned quickly and charged toward Zhou Huan.

The first two soul rings of the Element Spirit Tree martial soul flashed in an instant, and the Water Element and Metal Element were immediately brought under Zhou Huan's control.

Strands of water gathered in the air, then transformed into ropes of water, binding toward the tall Spirit Master.

The tall Spirit Master also saw the water ropes coming toward him; he was not afraid in the slightest and swung the giant spiked club in his hand, smashing heavily toward those water ropes.

Zhou Huan watched the spiked club swung down by the tall Spirit Master and smiled slightly; those water ropes gathered together rapidly, turning into a ball of water.

The tall Spirit Master's strike swung into empty air; unable to resist the powerful force, the tall Spirit Master staggered a few times before returning to normal.

Subsequently, he stopped his movements and stared blankly at that ball of water.

That ball of water was also controlled by Zhou Huan, beginning to compress inward, squeezing the Water Element and changing the density of the water flow.

The Beast Spirit user, following behind the tall Spirit Master, saw the change in the water ball, and his figure could not help but slow down.

In the end, this water sphere turned into a black-blue water sphere that had shrunk by a circle; this was a method of using the Water Element that Zhou Huan had developed.

By compressing the Water Element, the density of the Water Element was greatly increased, which made the various subsequent attack methods of the Water Element become much more tenacious.

Zhou Huan called this compressed Water Element "Heavy Water," which not only possessed a mass far exceeding that of the same volume of Water Element, but also possessed the function of resisting other elements.