For a time, almost all the world energy in this small world of the Soul Realm gathered in the hands of the Dou Sheng.
The four Dou Sheng then concentrated the energy into the hands of the highest-cultivated, Gu Xing— “Ancient Emperor Seal!” What Gu Xing used was none other than the most representative Dou Technique of the Gu Clan, the “Emperor Seal Decalogue.” A massive golden stone carving slowly appeared in the void.
In a breath’s time, with a seemingly slow but unavoidable momentum, the stone carving heavily smashed onto the restriction left by Soul Emperor.
“Boom!” The massive sound caused the entire Soul Realm to tremble.
In front of the restriction, dust filled the air.
“The restriction is on the verge of shattering.
The next strike of the Ancient Emperor Seal will definitely succeed!” As the four Dou Sheng spoke, they sat down to adjust their breathing and began to gather the world energy again.
At this moment, they did not notice that not far behind them, a thin-figured middle-aged man in a black robe with red edges had appeared.
The person was Soul Emperor, who had just left the Soul Realm a few days ago.
Unlike when he left, Soul Emperor now wore a white mask with an eerie smile.
Coupled with his thin figure and the faint black mist emanating around him, he looked exceptionally weird.
“Who is it?!” Only when Soul Emperor floated ghost-like to within ten zhang (approx.
33 meters) of the four Gu Clan Dou Sheng did Gu Yao, the most highly cultivated, suddenly discover him.
The four Dou Sheng wasted no more words and immediately used their cultivation with full force.
“Nirvana Heaven Finger!
Strike!” Among the four, Gu Yao was the fastest.
In an instant, he rushed to Soul Emperor’s side and pointed a finger with incredible speed toward the newcomer.
Before Gu Yao’s movement could be fully seen, the three Gu Clan elders—Gu Zhen, Gu Xing, and Gu Hua—each unleashed their own unique skills like overwhelming waves.
For a time, two palms, one finger, and one punch all solidly hit Soul Emperor.
Before the four had even finished their moves, they felt something was wrong.
Because the four Saints of the Gu Clan had used their highest lifelong cultivation in this round of attacks, although the four attacks hit the enemy with matchless world energy, all the Dou Qi instantly seemed to disappear like mud sinking into the sea.
The four attacks were as if they had all hit cotton; not only was there no effect, it was virtually identical to swinging at empty air!
The four Gu Clan Dou Sheng were all top figures of the current age who had climbed out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
They possessed extremely rich combat experience.
Having missed their strike, they immediately tapped their feet in the void.
Four grey-blue figures retreated suddenly, and the four then stood back-to-back facing different directions, instantly unfolding a defensive battle array.
Only then did the figure that seemed to have been hit just now begin to slowly disappear before their eyes.
Two steps away, another person in a black cloak and a white mask slowly stepped out from the void.
“Who exactly are you, sir?” Gu Zhen directly felt that the cultivation of the black-robed person before him was simply unfathomable.
It was true that as Dou Sheng, they could manage such void walking, but it was absolutely impossible to be so calm and collected when facing attacks from all directions.
The most terrifying thing was that when this person used Dou Qi to shift shapes and swap shadows, the four of them actually didn’t notice any fluctuations in the surrounding world energy.
One must know that no one who could reach the level of Dou Sheng in the ancient clans was a weakling.
From Soul Emperor’s simple movement of dodging an attack, they could interpret the unfathomable depth of this person’s strength.
While feeling deeply uneasy, they immediately stopped their hands, attempting to gain time for themselves.
Even if they couldn’t retreat entirely, they at least had to send this information back to the clan.
Otherwise, with the methods of the person before them, it would be a catastrophic disaster for the currently heavily wounded Gu Clan!
Soul Emperor did not speak.
The black-robed figure just flickered, stepping in front of Gu Yao with an afterimage.
Using exactly the same technique Gu Yao had used to pinch and interrogate Soul Xing, he locked Gu Yao firmly in space.
A slightly hoarse voice asked: “You, did you just touch a member of the Soul Clan?” Gu Yao was drenched in cold sweat.
The other three Dou Sheng immediately wanted to strike to rescue him, but just as their attacks hit the black-clothed man, the same weird scene of hitting the air occurred again.
The slight difference was that this time Soul Emperor reappeared together with the space that locked Gu Yao.
The three immediately dared not take any further drastic actions, fearing that a sudden strike would cause Soul Emperor to kill Gu Yao directly.
“Senior, please wait!” In desperation, Gu Zhen shouted out: “That Soul Clan person just now was the sinner of the Soul Clan from the war of two Emperors twenty years ago!
Soul Emperor sacrificed his clansmen during the great war, persecuted alchemists, and committed all sorts of evil!
Junior wanted to thoroughly settle accounts with the entire Soul Clan after the war, but unfortunately, a strong restriction was set up here.
Coming to check today, it just so happened that this person was outside the restriction and spoke offensively, so Gu Yao only gave a small punishment!” He was truly an old fox who had been active in the Dou Qi Continent for thousands of years.
In just a few sentences, he turned black into white, placed himself on the moral high ground, and explained Gu Yao’s motive for killing, leaving no leaks.
It sounded like there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Little did he know that after Soul Emperor sensed someone breaking the restriction he left, he immediately returned to the Soul Realm.
As soon as he entered and saw the four from the Gu Clan, he had already faintly guessed what happened here just now.
He also felt a trace of Soul Xing’s soul scent on Gu Yao, which was why he locked the space to grab Gu Yao to ask clearly.
“A small punishment?
Answer this seat: where is that Soul Clan person from just now?” “He…
he has already died, his path ended.” After the simple answer, the four carefully guarded against the black-robed man before them, fearing he might strike secretly.
Soul Emperor stood for a long time.
The white, evil-smiling mask on his face blocked all expressions.
This black figure appeared even more cold and weird at this moment.
“This seat…
is actually feeling a bit angry.” After saying this, winds and clouds surged within the entire Soul Realm!
The sky, which was originally blue with white clouds, suddenly turned completely red, accompanied by a piercing gale.
Amidst such celestial anomalies, Soul Emperor slowly paced two steps in the void.
The black-robed, red-edged figure began to look distorted and deformed.
Then Soul Emperor suddenly turned his head, the white evil-smiling mask looking at the four from the Gu Clan.
The four Dou Sheng suddenly felt the surrounding space begin to fill with a terrifying heat, so much so that even their souls felt like they were being faintly burned.
Except for the space distortion, the four Saints felt nothing else.
At this very moment, the space of the Soul Realm actually began to become unstable under this intense heat.
“Nothingness Devouring Flame?!
You are…
Soul Emperor?!” The four should have realized long ago.
Having such cultivation and being able to travel freely within the Soul Realm, added to the weakening of the previous Emperor-realm seal—everything pointed toward one person.
But such a thing was too terrifying; no one would actively think of it until Soul Emperor appeared before the four Saints of the Gu Clan with transparent flames spreading all over his body.
“Gu Xing, I will help you escape!” The gap in cultivation was simply too large.
Except for Gu Yao, who was locked in space, the remaining three Gu Clan Dou Sheng looked at each other.
They all understood that the best plan they could come up with currently was for the three of them to do their best to hold off Soul Emperor to the death in exchange for one person to escape back to the Gu Clan via a blood escape.
Otherwise, fighting head-on would truly be like throwing an egg against a stone.
As they spoke, Gu Zhen and Gu Hua already began to burn their Dou Qi, preparing for a fight to the death.
“Since you’ve come, then don’t leave!” Accompanying this emotionless sentence from Soul Emperor, the space around the four Saints of the Gu Clan suddenly twisted and deformed, looking as if it would swallow the four completely.