Chapter 63: Spirit Hall's Trump Card—The Annihilation Squad

"Nana, will it be dangerous this time?"

In mid-air, Zhou Chen held Hu Liena close, his gaze flickering with concern.

As a transmigrator who had watched Douluo 2, Zhou Chen was well aware of the terrifying methods of the Evil Soul Masters.

Their soul skills often involved vampirism, corpse manipulation, and soul attacks, along with secret arts to temporarily boost their strength by burning blood and soul essence. In one-on-one combat, even ordinary soul masters ten levels higher would struggle to gain the upper hand.

Thus, Zhou Chen planned to flee with Hu Liena at the first sign of trouble. He was hovering in mid-air on his sword precisely for strategic retreat.

"You're just too cautious."

Seeing Zhou Chen's worried expression, Hu Liena smiled and said, "We have nothing to fear this time. The Spirit Hall has dispatched an Annihilation Squad. What danger could there be?"

Pausing, Hu Liena decided to explain further: "The Annihilation Squads were personally trained by my teacher, His Holiness the Pope. There are five squads, each composed of five Soul Douluos and twenty Soul Saints."

"They've been working together for decades, mastering combined assault techniques. We've calculated that one Annihilation Squad can withstand the attack of three ordinary Title Douluos!"

Hearing Hu Liena's proud words, Zhou Chen recalled the original storyline.

Indeed, the Annihilation Squads did appear.

Their first battle ended with them being annihilated by Tang San's great-grandfather, Tang Chen, a 99-level Peerless Douluo, who was possessed by the Asura King and had lost his sanity. 

However, to hold their own against Tang Chen for nearly half an hour, even if Tang Chen was holding back, proved that the Annihilation Squads were no joke.

After all, even two or three ordinary Title Douluos would be quickly dispatched by Tang Chen.

With such formidable Annihilation Squads, and Spirit Hall having five of them, it was equivalent to having the power of fifteen Title Douluos!

This truly showcased the deep foundation of the Spirit Hall...

Down on the ground.

The Spirit Hall's forces had completely surrounded the Evil Soul Masters' lair, seemingly unnoticed by their adversaries.

On the surface, it appeared to be a courtyard of several hundred square meters, but in reality, it was the entrance to an underground altar.

The true stronghold of the Evil Soul Masters lay below.

Nearby, over a dozen Evil Soul Masters patrolled, generally around level 40, the Soul Ancestor level.

In a place like Nuoding City, a Soul Ancestor would be enough to reign supreme, but within this Evil Soul Master organization, they were merely watchdogs.

These Evil Soul Masters chatted and laughed, unaware that death was upon them.

"Attack, leave no Blood Soul Master alive."

At the command of Loldeira, the leader among the five Soul Douluos, twenty Soul Saints, along with hundreds of soul masters from the main hall of Silvis City, charged toward the courtyard from all directions.

In an instant, over a dozen patrolling Evil Soul Masters were silently dispatched by the Soul Saints, their necks snapped without a sound.

With the perimeter guards eliminated, several agile Soul Saints infiltrated the courtyard.

In no time, the courtyard gates opened from within, a thick stench of blood wafting out.

Clearly, the Evil Soul Masters inside had been slaughtered as well.

Not only that, but those Soul Saints, adept like thieves and assassins, had opened the passage to the Evil Soul Masters' lair, the underground altar.

Subsequently, hundreds of Spirit Hall soul masters began pouring into the courtyard and altar.

From above, Zhou Chen observed the Spirit Hall's smooth operation, eliminating dozens of Evil Soul Masters without injury, which slightly eased his vigilance.

Perhaps he should go down and take a look.

However, just as Zhou Chen prepared to descend with Hu Liena, deafening explosions erupted from below!

The explosions came one after another, growing louder and more frequent, shaking the ground as if an earthquake.

The blasts continued for a full half-minute before subsiding, followed by a chorus of screams. Dozens of bloodied Spirit Hall soul masters, some missing limbs, fled from the altar.

The remaining hundreds of soul masters, witnessing this, hesitated and stopped in their tracks.

In the sky, Zhou Chen also halted, the explosions reminding him of TNT.

Judging by the scale of the blasts, it was akin to several tons of TNT going off simultaneously.

He tried using his Heavenly Vision to peer into the Evil Soul Masters' underground altar, but he saw nothing, as if a black cloth obscured his view.

"This doesn't look good..."

Zhou Chen frowned and said.

Beside him, Hu Liena nervously bit her lip, realizing Zhou Chen's foresight had been accurate.

"Don't run!"

On the ground, Loldeira, the leading Soul Douluo, roared, grabbing a fleeing soul master and demanding, "What happened below? What about the three leading Soul Saints?"

"They're all dead, all dead!"

The soul master, terrified out of his wits, sobbed, "After reaching the altar, we killed hundreds of Blood Soul Masters, but their corpses exploded, killing the three leading Soul Saints instantly."

"And... and the explosions released a corpse toxin. Most of us were corroded to nothing, leaving only a few of us to escape."

Hearing this, aside from Loldeira who remained calm, the other four Soul Douluos turned pale, feeling both fear and relief.

As veteran experts of the Spirit Hall, they had encountered Evil Soul Masters before.

Thus, they knew precisely what the soul masters who descended into the altar faced.

Corpse Explosion Technique! Chain Corpse Explosion Technique!

This terrifying evil art had never been seen before its sudden debut six years ago!!

Since then, it had appeared three times.

This technique requires implanting a corpse explosion seed in a living person. Once the host dies, they explode after a time delay!

The power of this corpse explosion is immense, with the skeleton, muscles, and blood of the deceased becoming explosive weapons.

Moreover, the liquid produced post-explosion is highly toxic and corrosive, lethal to ordinary soul masters on contact.

The most terrifying aspect is that the stronger the deceased was in life, the more powerful the explosion. Consider those Blood Soul Masters, all at least level 40 Soul Ancestors.

With hundreds of Soul Ancestor, Soul King, and even Soul Emperor corpses suddenly exploding in a confined underground space, the destructive power is unimaginable!

It's no wonder three Soul Saints perished; even if all five Soul Douluos had descended, one or two might have died to stop it.

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