Looking at the ten humans and eight from the Soul Devouring Clan, Mu Shou's face was filled with disbelief.
He had experienced many things in the Battlefield of Despair for more than a thousand years. He had seen many great battles, but today, it was his first time seeing humans and the Soul Devouring Clan working together.
Shouldn't they be mortal enemies? Shouldn't they fight to the death after meeting?
Compared to Mu Shou's shock and Viper's confusion, the others' reactions were much more normal.
Humans were actually very complicated. In many situations, they only recognized benefits and didn't care about gains and losses.
Thus, there was a saying in the Zhan Wu Continent: There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal benefits.
Zi Chen glanced around and understood why the two sides were getting along peacefully.
However, there were still some details that Zi Chen wasn't clear about.
His gaze swept across the crowd and landed on the three women. Tesben's eyes flashed and he said, "According to your human standards, they are all beauties. Your strength isn't much, but your taste is not bad."
Wang Musan's expression changed slightly. He was somewhat displeased.
He was at the peak of the Eighth Layer and even had a chance of overtaking Xu Hou's position on the Ranking of Generals. How could his battle strength be weak?
Wang Musan wasn't afraid of humans or other races of the same level. If it were anyone else who said this, Wang Musan would immediately fly into a rage. He might even slap the other party to death.
However, if it were the Soul Devouring Clan, who were born with the power of space and soul devouring, he wouldn't be able to defeat them.
His gaze landed on the three women again. The three women each had their own merits. His gaze lingered on Jin Qingcheng for a moment. Wang Musan said, "I was just entrusted by someone."
"Hmph, entrusted by someone, so you have two to yourself." Tesben laughed mockingly.
Wang Musan said unnaturally, "We're going to die anyway. Isn't it good to let everyone relieve some pressure before we die?"
The two of them were talking as if there was no one else around. Clearly, it wasn't good. However, the crowd didn't show the anger they should have. Even Mu Shou didn't understand this.
Hearing these disrespectful words, everyone's expression was very calm. Only the three women's expressions were not very natural. People like Man Shi, who had a fiery temper, did not have much of a reaction at this moment. Even Wu Xie, who was interested in Shangguan Hong, did not stand up and say anything.
Zi Chen's reaction was the strangest. It was as if the other party wasn't talking about his woman but a stranger. Even if she wasn't his woman, she should be a friend that he had gone through life and death with. Why didn't he react?
Zi Chen didn't act rashly. He just calmly looked at Tesben and slowly said, "You just said that I have a curse on me."
Steben stared at Zi Chen indifferently and said, "Human, your luck is not bad. You actually managed to kill a member of the Soul Eater Clan with a pure bloodline. The curse is a blessing from nature. Only our Soul Eater Clan can sense it."
Zi Chen asked again, "You can all sense it."
Steben said indifferently, "Being in the same area, all the members of the Soul Eater Clan can sense it. It's meaningless for you to know now because you will all die here soon. Oh, one of you will leave this place alive."
Steben glanced at Jin Qingcheng.
Zi Chen actually nodded seriously and said, "Thank you for your reminder. In order to repay you, I won't be merciful. Oh, thank you again for sending us eight complete souls."
The group looked at Zi Chen in bewilderment. It was as if they were looking at an idiot.
The conversation ended. Having learned what he wanted to know, Zi Chen didn't waste any more words and directly attacked.
As soon as Zi Chen moved, the others behind him moved as well.
The battle began. All kinds of energy surged and all kinds of lights flashed. Then, the battle ended without any suspense.
The eight members of the Soul Eater Clan died. Not a single one of them was able to escape.
Not a single one of the ten human Tier Eight cultivators led by Wang Mucan managed to escape alive, even though they all had life-saving jade tablets.
After the battle ended, Tombkeeper finally understood why Zi Chen hadn't reacted at all. It turned out that in his eyes, these people were already dead.
There was no need to show too much when dealing with the dead.
The eight members of the Soul Eater Clan successfully condensed eight souls and injected them into their weapons.
Including Viper Tombkeeper, there were a total of 13 of them. Almost every one of them had a Soul Eater Weapon that could grow.
What followed was the battle. The continuous battle …
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In Schenker's store, Ye Ming walked in as usual. Looking at Old Man Schenker, who was still calculating, Ye Ming shouted, "Hey, Schenker, Zi Chen and the others aren't back yet."
"No," Schenker said without turning his head.
"Looks like they're really staying there," Ye Ming said with slight melancholy.
"You've already broken through to Tier Eight. Why don't you go and train? What are you doing here every day?" Schenker glanced at Ye Ming and asked.
Ye Ming sighed and said, "It's really boring to go alone. Let's wait until everyone comes back. Oh right, if Zi Chen comes back, let me know immediately."
Ye Ming tossed a small sound transmission ball to Schenker and said, "Just send me a sound transmission. I'll be in the city. Oh right, give me a few bottles of good wine. I can use this time to relax."
Schenker walked under the counter, took out a few bottles of wine, and put them on the counter. Ye Ming took them and said with a smile, "As usual, put it on Zi Chen's tab. We'll settle it together when we come back."
Schenker nodded and continued calculating. At the same time, he put it on Zi Chen's tab.
As for Ye Ming's recent abnormality, Schenker did not know whether he did not notice it or did not care.
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Poof.
The quaint light swept across, and a dragon's body was penetrated. The next moment, the Soul Eater was activated, and the dragon's soul was devoured.
The dragon's huge body collapsed. Dong Qing stepped forward and displayed the devouring effect of the God's Seal.
Soon, the dragon's body shriveled up.
On the other side, Shangguan Hong swept the green sword in his hand, and another huge dragon fell.
Shangguan Hong stepped forward and activated the Devouring God's Seal.
The same scene repeated itself in the surroundings. Everyone displayed extremely powerful attacks.
Among the group, the one who improved the fastest was Fortune Teller.
Speaking of which, his weapon was completely handed over to his summoned creature, Zi Chen. As the summoned creature killed the dragon and devoured its soul, he followed and refined the power within. As a result, his speed was much faster than the others.
After staying for another two months and killing two members of the Soul Eater Clan, Zi Chen decided to go back.
The Soul Eater effect that everyone added still needed to be improved. However, Tomb Keeper did not want to wait any longer and was ready to go back.
Everyone took out their tokens and crushed them together.
As the brilliance flashed, everyone disappeared. Viper and Tomb Keeper, who did not have any tokens, also opened a passage and left.
However, as soon as they disappeared, more than ten passages appeared around them. Then, more than ten members of the Soul Eater Clan walked out.
Clearly, they had sensed the aura of the space passage and chased after them.
Everyone returned to Schenker's store. Tomb Keeper and Viper also returned after tracking the coordinates.
When the group walked into the store one after another, Old Man Schenker looked very surprised.
Old Man Schenker put away the abacus and said to everyone, "Well, you've all broken through. Looks like you've all had a good harvest."
"Old man, thank you so much this time," said Zi Chen. The others were also very grateful to Old Man Schenker.
The old man said, "You don't have to be so polite. Since you're back, you can settle the bill for me."
Zi Chen had a look of astonishment on his face. "Bill? What bill? Didn't we settle it last time?"
The old man said with some dissatisfaction, "Ye Ming has been owing us for the past few months. I've told him several times to go out and train, but he refused and insisted on waiting for you guys to come back. By the way, I've already informed him. I think he'll be here soon."
"Ye Ming."
When everyone heard this name, their expressions became unnatural. As for Zi Chen, his face turned gloomy.
When the Wang Family came and asked to keep Jin Qingcheng, Zi Chen was already suspicious. Now that he heard that Ye Ming was here, Zi Chen was almost 100% sure that Ye Ming had colluded with the Wang Family.
Man Shi said fiercely, "If I see this piece of trash, I'll definitely kill him."
"You probably won't have that chance." An indifferent voice suddenly rang out.
The voice belonged to Ye Ming. He suddenly appeared in the store, but no one noticed.
When everyone turned around, Ye Ming was already beside Mu Shou. He grabbed Mu Shou's hair with one hand and held a short dagger with the other. The tip of the dagger was pressed against Mu Shou's neck.
"What are you doing?" Viper saw this and shouted coldly. A powerful aura surged around him.
"Damn it, let go of Mu Shou."
"Ye Ming, do you want to die?"
When the others saw Ye Ming's action, they shouted coldly as well.
"Let go. Do you think that's possible?"
Ye Ming smiled ferociously and stabbed the short dagger in his hand forward slightly. Mu Shou's skin was cut, and a trace of blood appeared.
Everyone was furious, but Ye Ming was holding Mu Shou back, so they dared not move forward rashly.
Old Man Schenker was stunned at first, then he watched the show with interest.
Speaking of which, he had a deep impression of Ye Ming because this guy had been showing killing intent toward Zi Chen all the time. Zi Chen could clearly sense it, but he still kept Ye Ming alive. This puzzled him.
Sometimes, he would even think that it was because of some kind of love triangle.
Now, Ye Ming had finally exploded. He no longer held back or wronged himself.
However, Schenker did not understand why Ye Ming chose to explode at this moment.
The crowd was furious, but Ye Ming was only smiling. His smile was ferocious and crazy. He had lost his mind.
Zi Chen waved his hand, indicating for everyone to be quiet.
"I knew you wouldn't let him die. Zi Chen, I know you very well. You're … too soft-hearted. You won't be able to accomplish anything great in this lifetime." Ye Ming smiled at Zi Chen. His smile was even more ferocious.
At this moment, he only had eyes for Zi Chen. He did not even pay attention to Jin Qingcheng anymore.
Zi Chen's expression was still calm. After hearing Ye Ming's words, he even smiled faintly and said, "Alright, tell me what you want from me today."
"If I want your life, will you give it to me?" Ye Ming said coldly.
Zi Chen asked in return, "What do you think?"