Chapter 97: The Terrifying Remnant Soul

High above in the dim sky.

Lu Li looked at that illusory phantom, his emotions stirred.

Only such a fierce, overbearing, and indomitable person could have led the survivors to carve out a bloody path during that dark age a hundred years ago, when the fierce beasts besieged them and the Human Race was in turmoil.

However...

"I am not a fierce beast!"

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Lu Li's mouth.

This remnant soul had not a shred of consciousness; it acted solely on a wisp of lingering battle intent, seeking only slaughter, making no distinction between friend and foe.

The battle intent burned!

It could multiply his power manifold, fighting until the very last wisp of battle intent was extinguished!

But because of this!

His pressure had also suddenly doubled!

"That Ling Wushuang is truly damnable!"

Lu Li cursed.

Within his body, the origin he had only just recovered was pushed to the limit.

Just as he was preparing to act, suddenly, the cyan flame burning atop the remnant soul's head erupted with a scorching radiance. The entire world shook violently, and upon the thousands of bluestone tombstones, strands of lingering battle intent continuously emerged.

Those battle intents transformed into countless cyan rays, tearing through the long sky like a violent storm, instantly converging.

Finally, they all submerged into that cyan flame!

"No way!"

Lu Li revealed a look of intense shock.

The battle intent ignited by Hong Sheng!

It had actually activated all the lingering battle intents of the human heroes in this Secret Land!

They were continuously devouring and merging!

One must know that buried beneath every tombstone here was a top-tier Human Race prodigy, whose cultivation had reached at least the Martial Monarch realm; even if they were merely lingering battle intents, they were terrifying.

Once fully merged, who could possibly be a match for this remnant soul?

At this moment, the dozen or so figures that had gathered from afar appeared one after another.

Their cultivation levels had all reached above the Martial Monarch realm.

They were also well-informed!

Upon seeing the Hong Sheng remnant soul, they all revealed looks of shock.

"How is this possible? The Hong Sheng remnant soul has awakened!"

"Not only that, it has ignited its battle intent!"

"Who, who on earth did this, insulting the spirit of a Saint?"

Their gazes all fell upon Lu Li.

As a Sheng Cheng Martial Monarch!

Aside from a very small number of people, the others all came from various great families. After Lu Li's battle above the Yingbin Ge, he had become famous throughout Sheng Cheng and was known to all the Martial Dao families.

Naturally, they were no exception!

"Lu Li, what exactly is going on here?" one person asked.

"It wasn't me!" Lu Li shook his head.

"If not you, then who?"

Another person stepped forward to press him.

This person was from the Sheng Cheng Xu Family, named Xu Changhong, and was on good terms with the Sheng Cheng Wu Family.

"If you have time to interrogate me, you'd better think about how to save your own life."

Those who could enter this place!

Numbered no more than twenty!

With the information provided by Miao Bo, Lu Li had long since memorized their identities.

He naturally knew of this Xu Changhong.

A Martial Monarch who had only completed one evolution in the second stage posed no threat to him at all.

"You..."

"Say no more, or I shall be impolite!"

Before he could finish, Lu Li interrupted him.

Xu Changhong was instantly enraged.

As a Martial Monarch of the Xu Family!

Never had anyone dared to be so disrespectful to him!

He wanted to strike, but upon recalling Lu Li's glorious battle record above the Yingbin Ge, he revealed a look of hesitation.

A moment later, his gaze turned to several familiar people nearby, and he said, "Everyone, this is the Glory Land of the Human Race. Hong Sheng has been disturbed here. If we do not capture this brat, it will be the greatest insult to us all."

"Are you sure it was him?"

Several people revealed looks of doubt.

At this moment, upon the bluestone tombstones not far away, the countless lingering wills that had been shooting over finally finished merging. Waves of vast power shook outward, triggering immense terror that permeated the entire Secret Land!

Above the remnant soul's head!

The cyan flame had almost condensed into substance!

The battle intent within it was overwhelming, as if it wanted to sweep across all directions and shatter this realm.

"Ho, how can it be so strong?"

"Too terrifying. This doesn't look like the power of a remnant soul; it's more like Hong Sheng has been reborn!"

"What on earth happened here?"

Those dozen or so people were instantly struck with terror.

They had just arrived.

Perhaps they had seen the remnant soul that ignited its battle intent, but they had not witnessed the merging of thousands of battle intents. Upon sensing that incomparably powerful and terrifying force, they instinctively looked toward Lu Li.

But at this moment, where was Lu Li?

His figure!

Had long since fled a hundred miles away!

"Damn it!"

The crowd cursed, only then remembering Lu Li's earlier warning.

They all flashed away, wanting to escape.

But that remnant soul's battle intent was peerless; how could it let them escape?

"Roar!"

The remnant soul let out a furious roar.

A terrifying palm suddenly struck out. That palm rapidly expanded in the air, blotting out the sky and sun, carrying incomparably terrifying power, like the hand of the Heavens, unleashing world-destroying force as it swept across.

Boom—!

The sky collapsed and the earth cracked.

That palm landed mercilessly upon the dozen or so people.

"Pfft..."

The dozen or so people all spat out blood and flew backward.

Not daring to linger for even a moment, they each activated their life-saving measures and fled in all directions.

The remnant soul didn't even look; it simply opened its mouth and inhaled!

Above this space, a massive black hole formed. Within that black hole, a terrifying giant force swept out. Aside from a few with powerful means, all the others were captured by that giant force.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The giant force of the black hole continued to increase.

The dozen or so people struggled continuously, yet they still drew closer and closer to the remnant soul, unable to escape.

"Roar!"

The remnant soul let out a great roar.

Another giant palm that blotted out the sky and sun descended.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

After a series of screams, everything returned to silence.

At this moment.

Lu Li was lingering before a massive bluestone tombstone.

The plight of those dozen or so people!

Lu Li had no time to concern himself with!

He knew very well that the thousands of battle intents condensed by the Hong Sheng remnant soul were extremely terrifying. Once completed, even he would find it difficult to withstand even half a blow. If those people did not escape in time, they would suffer heavy casualties.

Lu Li's palm moved.

A wisp of origin submerged into the bluestone tombstone.

The tombstone shook!

A ray of spiritual light flashed out, directly enveloping him!

In an instant, a vast torrent surged into Lu Li's mind. Before he could fully receive this inheritance, Lu Li flashed to another bluestone tombstone.

Now, what he had to do was escape at the fastest possible speed.

And being in this Secret Land, the fastest way to escape was to complete three inheritances and use that spatial spiritual light to teleport out.

He had already completed two!

Just waiting for this third inheritance to be completed, he could successfully escape.

Thinking this!

Another wisp of origin condensed within Lu Li's body, and as it flashed, it was about to submerge into the bluestone tombstone.

But just at this moment, a heaven-shaking roar came from afar.

"Roar!"

The terrifying sound wave shook all directions.

Lu Li spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately sealed all his pores and five senses to resist.

That condensed origin!

Also dissipated just like that.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 98 =====