Extreme Emperor Soul

  Su Qingchen sat cross-legged, his eyes closed as he rotated the Heavenly Decree, a faint-colored gas circulating through his meridians. After practicing for one night without any ferocious beasts attacking him, Su Qingchen opened his eyes at dawn, simply ate some food, and continued on his journey.

  Several hours later, Su Qingchen had an additional first-order spiritual core in his bag, and his clothes were badly damaged. He had killed three scarlet snakes and a yin-yang wolf. The spiritual core was obtained from the yin-yang wolf. After killing the yin-yang wolf, Su Qingchen's soul power was exhausted, and he finally relied on his Thunder Fist to kill it.

  Although the soul force was consumed quickly, Su Qingchen found that the consumption and recovery of the soul force were in a continuous cycle, and the speed of cultivation was several times faster than usual on the mountain top. After discovering this, Su Qingchen began to look for a first-class fierce beast and took the initiative to attack.

  After months of crazy trials, Su Qingchen discovered that his greatest wealth was the memories of his past life, the clever use of soul techniques, relying on fighting skills to kill fierce beasts, and more than 30 first-grade spirit cores in his bag.

  However, after a few encounters with second-order fierce beasts, Su Qingchen was defeated and escaped. Fortunately, he didn't meet any agile fierce beasts, or his life would have been forfeited. In the midst of his frantic battle, he faintly felt that his soul power had broken through.

  After recovering his soul power, Su Qingchen continued to walk, but just a few steps later, he suddenly stared blankly ahead. Not far in front of him was a three-stage fierce beast, and it was an agile Lianfeng Leopard. The eyes of the Lianfeng Leopard emitted a faint blue light, staring at Su Qingchen with an unblinking gaze.

  Su Qingchen felt his scalp numb, and indeed, what he worried about happened. In an instant, he summoned the Soul Spirit Sword, and the soul power entered the palm of his right hand. As the Wind Leopard leaped up, Su Qingchen leaned back and fell to the ground. The soul power circulated on his right leg, and when the Wind Leopard reached the upper part of his right leg, it struck the Wind Leopard's waist. Su Qingchen hadn't had time to feel proud yet, but he saw that the Wind Leopard was unharmed and once again charged towards him.

  Su Qingchen helplessly raised his right hand, and the Soul Spirit Sword emitted a blue light. Just as the hunting leopard was about to approach, Su Qingchen's right foot kicked off the ground, and his body leaped up. The Soul Spirit Sword pointed directly at the Crack Wind Leopard's eyes. The Crack Wind Leopard agilely flipped its body, and with one swipe of its front leg, it kicked Su Qingchen out several meters away, slamming him into a tree.

  Su Qingchen fell to the ground and patted his chest, cursing: "Damn it, that Wind Leopard is actually so formidable!"

  In an instant, the Wind Leopard struck again. Su Qingchen flipped over with his left hand supporting the ground, dodging the Wind Leopard's attack. He then retracted his soul spirit, activated the Xuan Ming technique, and condensed his soul power in his right hand, punching it towards the Wind Leopard as it charged towards him.

  Lei Fist's first move, Cun Shang, struck Li Feng's face, and Su Qingchen's body only paused in mid-air for a moment before the rebounding force sent him flying out. His right hand felt a bit numb, and he silently cursed his bad luck.

  After the Wind Leopard landed, it did not continue to attack, presumably because Su Qingchen's punch had left it a bit dazed. Su Qingchen took advantage of the opportunity to summon his soul spirit and swung his sword at the Wind Leopard's head.

  A gust of wind swept through, and a leopard-like creature sprang up, its front paws swiping at Su Qingchen's right hand. Su Qingchen used the momentum to perform an aerial flip, striking the leopard with both feet in the waist area, sending it tumbling to the ground.

  Su Qingchen turned and rushed towards Lie Feng Bao. In the moment when Lie Feng Bao steadied his body, Po Kong Jian slashed across Lie Feng Bao's waist, but surprisingly, Xuan Ling Xiao Jian did not cut open Lie Feng Bao's skin, yet it enraged Lie Feng Bao.

  The Wind Leopard let out a loud roar, then retreated and launched itself like an arrow at Su Qingchen. Su Qingchen was unable to dodge in time and was heavily struck on the chest, flying several meters away. The Wind Leopard attacked again, its front paws emitting a pale blue gas. Su Qingchen had no choice but to activate his Xuanming attack, rotating his right hand. A suit of Xuanming armor appeared on his right arm, and he raised his hand to block the attack. The moment they made contact, his body flew backward again, knocking down a large tree before coming to a stop.

  Su Qingchen looked at his mangled right hand, blood flowing freely, the pain unbearable, and his back felt like it was on fire. He cursed inwardly, "This dead man's Lian Feng Bao is obviously bullying people!" His strongest attack couldn't even break through its defense, let alone withstand a single blow from the mysterious armor. Once hit, he would be torn apart. Encountering this guy was completely masochistic, no, it was suicidal. Su Qingchen felt that the Lian Feng Bao in front of him was much stronger than what the books had described.

  Su Qingchen endured the pain and stood up again. As Lie Feng Bao charged towards him, he turned around and used his right leg to propel himself into the air, flipping his body to dodge Lie Feng Bao's attack. His Soul Spirit Short Sword swept across, striking Lie Feng Bao's tail, causing it to stumble in mid-air before falling down. Su Qingchen felt relieved seeing that his strike was successful, but unexpectedly, Lie Feng Bao let out a deafening roar after landing, spitting out a fiery red bead from its mouth, and the air temperature rapidly soared.

  Feeling something was off, Su Qingchen turned around to prepare for escape, but the fire-red bead suddenly radiated light in all directions. A dark red flame struck Su Qingchen's back, and his clothes and hair instantly disappeared, with his entire body being surrounded by a sea of flames.

  Su Qingchen felt his whole body burning, his skin charred black, and three words flashed in his mind: Roasted Pig. His body was devoid of spiritual energy, and he couldn't even circulate the Xuanming Attack, so he could only rely on his physical strength to withstand the Lingdan Fire of the hunting leopard.

  The leopard continued to control the spiritual dan, sending the fire of the spiritual dan to Su Qingchen. At this time, Su Qingchen was completely surrounded by dark red flames, and the surrounding trees and flowers were instantly burned to ashes.

  At this time, the purple Tianyu scattered in front of Su Qingchen's chest emitted a faint purple light, and a thread of purple gas merged into Su Qingchen's body. After a moment, Su Qingchen felt his physical pain decrease and his soul power gradually recover. Just as Su Qingchen closed his eyes to enjoy it, a roar came from the depths of the forest, and instantly, the surrounding area was filled with rustling sounds. The flames disappeared, and Lie Feng Bao also vanished without a trace.

  Su Qingchen let out a sigh of relief, glad that he had narrowly escaped disaster. However, as soon as he lowered his head, he was shocked to find himself covered in a layer of black soot, like a piece of charcoal. He let out a long sigh and sat down cross-legged, trying to recover his spiritual energy. But then, his soul spirit automatically floated out of his right hand, and the remaining spiritual energy in his body began to flow into it. Su Qingchen couldn't help but think: "This is not how you're supposed to advance!"

  The Devouring Heaven's Decree turned, and the soul power in the air began to surge towards Su Qingchen. However, this speed was far from enough for the soul spirit to absorb, so Su Qingchen suddenly remembered that he still had a spiritual core. His left hand quickly grasped the spiritual core and started absorbing the soul power within it, barely keeping up with the absorption of the soul spirit.

  As time slowly dissipated, the spiritual core shattered piece by piece. With the spiritual core on the verge of depletion, Su Qingchen's soul continued to rapidly absorb the soul force within his body. His heart began to feel anxious, and he could only accelerate the operation of the Reverse Heaven Technique. His bodily meridians also started to work at an overburdened pace. After a moment, the gas surrounding his soul changed from a faint cyan-red color to a deeper hue, and the speed of absorbing soul force also rapidly increased.

  After the last spiritual core shattered, Su Qingchen's body instantly lost its soul power supply, and his soul also failed to advance and merged into his right hand.

  Just as Su Qingchen was about to pass out, a purple gas emanated from the Purple Tian Yu in front of his chest and merged into his mind, keeping him awake. A moment later, after recovering some physical strength, Su Qingchen let out a loud roar towards the sky "Gou Ri's Sky Devouring Technique, Gou Ri's founder..." After scolding, Su Qingchen sighed helplessly, his facial expression somewhat between crying and laughing.

  He sat cross-legged, and the Devouring Heaven Technique was activated again. The soul force in the air surged into his body. An hour later, his soul force was full, and he smiled wryly. Although he had turned back into a first-level spirit master, he clearly felt that his current absorption of soul force was faster than before - more than twice as fast as when he was at level nine. It was some consolation, anyway.

  As the soul force circulated, the dirt on the surface of his body fell off, revealing a clean and white skin. Su Qingchen found the last set of clothes from his waistband and put them on. Fortunately, his drunkard father had given him a waistband that could store items, otherwise he would have been walking around naked.

  Su Qingchen habitually touched his head, rubbing it back and forth several times before finally resignedly accepting the fact that he had become bald. If thoughts could kill, Lian Fengbao would have been torn to shreds by now.

  In the following days, Su Qingchen didn't encounter any powerful ferocious beasts again, only beheading a few Red Practice Snakes and obtaining several first-grade Spirit Cores. After several months of traveling, Su Qingchen finally walked out of the Sunset Forest. As he left the forest, Su Qingchen turned his head back to take one last look, raised his middle finger at the Sunset Forest, and cursed in his heart: "Damn you, Split Wind Leopard! You ruined my handsome appearance, caused me to fail in breaking through, just wait for me, next time we meet I'll definitely roast you alive!"

  Walking out of the setting sun forest, Su Qingchen sold two first-order soul cores for 50 gold coins at a soul core store in Hunting Soul Town. Although the town was not large, it was close to the Setting Sun Forest and had a large population coming and going every day, with very developed commerce. After resting for a night and buying some food, he continued on his journey. On the way, he met a merchant caravan heading to Imperial Capital. The merchants invited him to join their caravan after learning that Su Qingchen was a soul master, offering to transport him to Imperial Capital for free.

  All the way, Su Qingchen learned a lot of information about the Blue Feather Empire from the merchants. The imperial capital was called Yulu City, in memory of the founding emperor of the Blue Feather Empire, Emperor Yulu. It is said that Emperor Yulu reached the realm of Phantom Saint at his peak. But it's just a legend, and legends can't be verified as true or false.

  Stan School is the best soul master school on the continent of Zijin, with a principal who is a Soul Emperor realm soul master and one of the top ten masters of the Blue Feather Empire. His soul spirit is a battle knife that has killed several Ling Wang realm masters on the battlefield, and his strength is extremely powerful. After the war, he created a set of teaching concepts and joined Stan Academy to cultivate countless talents for the empire.

  Su Qingchen also learned about a new profession: mercenary group, merchants who do fur business every year will travel between Yu Luo City and Lie Hun Town, transporting the beast skins hunted by soul masters to the imperial capital for sale. Due to the long distance, they often encounter bandits along the way, so merchant groups hire mercenaries before departure.

  The merchant team hired one of the three major mercenary groups in the Imperial City, the Whirlwind Mercenary Group, which consisted of a Lingzong, three Grand Spirit Masters, and five Spirit Masters. Along the way, they encountered bandits several times, but upon learning that the merchant team was escorted by the Whirlwind Mercenary Group, they all voluntarily gave way. During this time, Su Qingchen also received guidance from the captain several times and further understood the use of soul spirits.

  A few days later, when the merchant group was about to arrive at the Imperial Capital of Featherfall City, they stopped to rest for a moment in a small forest. This time, the Wind Mercenary Group, which had been escorting the merchant group for several months, had also received a reward of 10,000 gold coins. At this time, everyone was discussing how to have a good time after entering the Imperial Capital.

  Suddenly, chaotic footsteps came from the small woods, and a few seconds later, the merchant group was surrounded by people. The leader took a step forward, looked around at the merchant group, stroked his big beard and shouted: "I am the Big Beard Bandit Gang! Those who know what's good for them will leave their goods and money behind. Anyone who wants to leave, regardless of whether they're male or female, will have to show me their bare buttocks as they walk away!"

  The big-bearded man finished speaking, and the robbers behind him burst out laughing.