Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

”Zang, be careful! This guy’s strength has increased severalfold!”

Struck and sent flying, Luo Hai’s forehead was a mess of mangled flesh. Blood flowed unceasingly, staining his eyes and lending them a strange red glow.

The pure white light surged again. The Light Crafting Giant, whose arms had been shattered by Tang Haofei’s punch, had them restored within the surging white light. The current Tang Haofei was strong! He might have been the most powerful individual among the five still alive.

However, Luo Hai and Zang were no pushovers either.

Watching Tang Haofei, who was slowly adjusting to his exponentially increased physical strength, Zang took a deep breath. He slowly drew the long sword from his waist and, in a somewhat strange and awkward posture, held it horizontally before his eyes.

”Void Style, Initial Unraveling...”

A fierce aura slowly emanated from Zang’s body. Sensing this, Tang Haofei slowly narrowed his eyes.

A trump card, huh...

This scene did not surprise Tang Haofei. As the third most powerful member of Luo Hai’s squad, Zang naturally possessed some life-or-death maneuvers. In their previous exchanges, Zang had maintained the upper hand, and Luo Hai had kept the entire battlefield under control. Keeping some strategies in reserve to deal with the upcoming battle with Wu Long was the natural course of action.

But now, under Tang Haofei’s immense pressure, there was no room for holding back any trump cards!

A strange force field slowly enveloped Zang’s body. Under the effect of this Mysterious Power, the long sword-style Soul-Armored in Zang’s hand visibly faded until it disappeared. However, Zang maintained his stance, arm slightly lowered as if gripping an invisible weapon.

”Radiance...”

A low murmur escaped Zang’s lips. The next second, Tang Haofei felt a sharp pain lance through his body.

Looking down, he saw a gash nearly a meter long materialize on his chest. The wound was ghastly, with muscles exposed and a large amount of blood gushing out. However, under the power of the True God Dominant Body and the Power of Heaven and Earth, the bleeding stopped instantly, and repulsive granulation tissue slowly formed.

I can’t see it...

A troublesome foe.

With that thought, Tang Haofei pushed off with his legs and sprinted towards Zang.

「」

Seeing that Zang had used his ultimate Esoteric Level skill, Void Style—which required the sacrifice of a Soul-Armored he had wielded for a year—

Luo Hai’s own reckless taunts echoed in his mind: ”This is the beauty of battle, because you never know what will happen in the next second...”

Sighing deeply, Luo Hai decisively pushed the problem of how to deal with Wu Long to the back of his mind. Watching Tang Haofei approach like a great beast, Luo Hai slowly began to mobilize the power in his body.

A blinding white light rapidly brewed on Luo Hai’s body. One after another, spots of light erupted from him—a bizarre scene, as if his body had contracted some grotesque, incurable disease manifesting externally. Even the Light Crafting Giant that had always protected him slowly dissolved into motes of light, merging into Luo Hai’s body.

Self-destruct...

In terms of raw power, the current Luo Hai couldn’t compare to Tang Haofei or Zang. Tang Haofei had even shrugged off his two previous consecutive attacks with his head.

Other than self-destruction, Luo Hai couldn’t think of any other way to contribute to this battle!

Glancing at the three remaining resurrection tools in his space ring, Luo Hai’s body began to swell.

”Cover me!”

His voice, now distorted, roared out. Terrifyingly potent yet extremely unstable Energy Fluctuations scattered everywhere. Luo Hai, now a giant of about ten meters, took large strides and rushed towards Tang Haofei.

”Invisible Blade...”

Another murmur came from Zang’s mouth. Following that, a ripple like a gentle breeze radiated from Zang’s hand and swiftly enveloped Tang Haofei’s approaching body.

HISS! HISS! HISS! An intimidating sound, like a serpent hissing, continuously echoed. The invisible, undetectable breeze swept across Tang Haofei’s body. In an instant, dense bloody gashes erupted directly from him!

”Prison Cage...”

Zang swung his sword once again. As he mumbled what sounded like a chant, Tang Haofei, who had been striding forward, ignoring his wounds, suddenly seemed to step into a bog. His movements instantly became sluggish. Then, numerous gashes of varying depths appeared on his face and chest where they made contact with the unknown barrier.

In the blink of an eye, the front of Tang Haofei’s body had been stripped of all skin by the invisible sword qi.

And at this moment, Luo Hai, who had turned into a living bomb, was also closing in on Tang Haofei...

「」

”Explode!”

The distorted voice roared. Along with Luo Hai’s furious shout, a dazzling white light spread out in all directions with Luo Hai as its center.

This explosion was even more ferocious than the previous two. Even Wen Yu, watching from a distance, and the entangled Faceless and Ah Gui, were blown far away.

The terrifying heat and Energy Wave instantly leveled the entire mountaintop, leaving only a bottomless crater in its place!

However, Tang Haofei still hadn’t died...

Tang Haofei, now only half a body, lay on the ground gasping for breath. The blood constantly gushing from his mouth and nose testified to the power of the recent explosion.

Not far away, droplets of blood and flesh slowly began to converge into a mass. The steadily intensifying life force within it told everyone present its purpose—another of Luo Hai’s resurrection methods!

The first resurrection had exposed Wen Yu’s trump card and sealed his skills...

Of the remaining three resurrections, one had killed the child, one the old man, and one had severely injured Tang Haofei...

Luo Hai’s nouveau-riche-like approach of rashly using his trump cards had, paradoxically, yielded the best combat results. After all, trump cards and precious treasures were ultimately meant to serve in battle. And in battle, only the outcome mattered!

The enemy dies, I live!

”Void Style, Secondary Unraveling...”

Far away, Zang, enveloped by countless invisible blades of energy, remained unaffected by the explosion’s aftershock. An unknown power surged from his body once more, instantly re-coalescing in his right hand.

”Void Slash...”

SHLICK!

Blood splattered.

Tang Haofei’s head was severed once more...

「」

”Decisive! Big brother, I owe you one!”

Wen Yu calmly kept count off to the side, not a hint of worry on his face.

He had seen everything clearly. Tang Haofei, resurrected from death, hadn’t used True Words or the Power of Heaven and Earth. His strategy was simply to die one more time, then use absolute power to crush Luo Hai and Zang. On one hand, such an extremely wasteful approach could eliminate any unexpected variables. On the other hand, Tang Haofei might also have intended to deploy Wen Yu’s Soul Battlefield as soon as possible!

As long as the Soul Battlefield was in play, the situation could never spiral out of Wen Yu’s and Tang Haofei’s control.

Unfortunately, Luo Hai and Zang had no idea...

The lump of flesh slowly solidified into Luo Hai’s form. Looking at the decapitated Tang Haofei on the ground, Luo Hai heavily exhaled a turbid breath.

He’s dead.

His trembling right hand fumbled for a large quantity of elixir pills from his space ring, and he stuffed them all into his mouth. Then, he lifted his head and looked at Wen Yu in the distance.

A sinister smile touched Luo Hai’s lips as his trembling lips moved, mouthing a message to Wen Yu.

”It should be your turn now, right...?”

”Heh-heh...”

Wen Yu looked extremely awkward and casually pointed towards where Tang Haofei lay.

Luo Hai’s heart instantly sank.

The next second, a voice filled with terror resounded from afar.

”Void Style... Final Unraveling...”

”Life Reversal Slash!”

”FREEZE!!!”

「」

A low voice echoed right beside Luo Hai’s ear.

Before Luo Hai could perceive his surroundings, an immense and majestic power erupted beside him, instantly spreading into the distance.

Far away, the destructive attack unleashed by Zang, a tangible blade of light, seemed to be forcefully constricted by some unknown power. It hung suspended in mid-air, constantly radiating a mournful glow.

Like a crescent moon, desolate yet beautiful...

Luo Hai felt his body freeze, his powerful Perception Abilities completely trapped within the prison of his own flesh!

The next second, a rough, large hand slowly gripped his hair. The force transmitted through his hair lifted Luo Hai entirely off the ground.

Then, Luo Hai saw that grinning face...

He can still live? How is that possible?

His body trembled with fear, utterly immobilized under the power of True Words. At this moment, Luo Hai felt no despair—despair was useless now...

Only profound doubt remained in Luo Hai’s mind...

Why...

CRACK.

The sound of bones breaking echoed. Luo Hai, who had just reformed his body, had his neck snapped by Tang Haofei.

Then, Tang Haofei slowly raised his head, looking at the massive blade of light suspended above, then glanced at Zang in the distance, immobilized by True Words.

Slowly licking his lips, Tang Haofei sighed internally.

The challenge target has been nullified... What a huge loss...

The Power of Earth surged. Tang Haofei’s body seemed to teleport, instantly appearing beside Zang.

SPLAT!

A single punch, and Zang’s head exploded.

Having resurrected twice, Tang Haofei’s physical attributes and species innate talent had doubled once more, building upon the increases from his first resurrection.

This was Sequence Number 1 of the Earth Human Race, jointly forged by the Dominator and the Will of Earth...

A truly invincible existence!

「」

The power of the True Words Techinique slowly receded. Only then did the dazzling blade of light finally descend from the sky, striking the spot where Tang Haofei had resurrected.

A violent explosion reverberated, but it was all too late.

Zang’s headless corpse toppled to the ground. Luo Hai’s corpse, neck twisted, also lay there, his eyes wide with disbelief.

”He can still be resurrected.”

Hearing Wen Yu’s warning, Tang Haofei nodded lightly and took a step, instantly appearing beside Luo Hai’s corpse.

Countless white points of light surged on the corpse as, simultaneously, a vast amount of life energy radiated outwards—Luo Hai was about to resurrect...

But all that awaited Luo Hai was, inevitably, another death!

Calmly removing the space ring from Luo Hai’s hand, Tang Haofei weighed it. The quality of the ring and its contents pleased him.

He glanced at Luo Hai’s body, which was already showing signs of reforming. Expressionless, Tang Haofei raised his right leg and brought it down on Luo Hai’s head.

CRUSH!