Shen An walked out of the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena with Tom and Jerry. The streets were bustling with people coming and going.
Strangely enough, although it was noon and the sun was shining brightly, Shen An felt a faint, sinister chill coming from all directions.
Shen An calmly picked up Tom and Jerry, who were walking on the correct path, into his arms, then slowly walked along the road before him.
In an instant, the surroundings suddenly became very quiet. The noisy sounds on the street all disappeared at this moment.
The scenery before his eyes became as if covered by a thin veil; everything became blurry.
An ethereal figure gradually became clear. It was a white-robed old man with an indescribable venom in his eyes. It was precisely Shi Nian from Canghui Academy.
"A Soul Ancestor is a Soul Ancestor, after all. What use are your strong attacks? You're still trapped by my Remnant Dream Illusion."
Shi Nian said with disdain. At the same time, the seventh soul ring on his body emitted a dazzling light, his face filled with a cruel and perverted, strange smile.
Shen An, more than ten meters away from him, clutched his head and stumbled, looking extremely pained.
He hadn't tortured and killed such a talented youth in a long time. Now, looking at Shen An's miserable state, Shi Nian only felt an abnormal satisfaction in his heart.
The cat and mouse were also within the range of his soul skill's envelopment.
It was just that, to his surprise, although the two were rolling on the ground, he felt that their expressions were less of painful contortions and more like they were making funny faces.
Shi Nian's brow furrowed, a faint sense of unease in his heart, but he suppressed it.
Shi Nian did not notice at all that Shen An, while stumbling, was approaching his true body.
He was a Soul Sage. What waves could a Soul Ancestor and two soul beasts of no more than a hundred years make in front of him?
But this cat and mouse, they look extremely intelligent, probably on par with normal humans, Shi Nian thought to himself.
Looking at the pained Shen An, the smile on his face grew even wider.
'What a pity. If I could reach Titled Douluo, not only could I see the pain he suffers, but I could also manipulate his mind, making him like a puppet.'
However, humans are born with strong spiritual power. After becoming a soul master, they become even more difficult to control. But perhaps I can try to control a soul beast of a low year count.
An even more perverted smile appeared on Shi Nian's face. His sixth soul ring shone with brilliance at the same time, and two rays of strange light enveloped Tom and Jerry.
"You are not a cat, you are not a mouse, you are dogs! Bark for me!"
Shi Nian said this in a bewitching tone.
But suddenly, he heard a scoff. Tom and Jerry, who had been rolling on the ground making funny faces, stopped their movements and looked at him with unfriendly expressions.
You dare to make us bark like dogs? Who do you think you are, Spike?
We were just pretending to be in an illusion, and you got addicted to playing.
Shi Nian looked at Tom and Jerry's performance, then thought of the scoff just now. The unease in his heart climbed to the extreme. Not good!
The next moment, Shen An, who had just been in extreme pain in the illusion, now had a normal expression, with even a trace of mockery on the corner of his mouth.
Two lifetimes of being human, the Azure Sword Eyes, the spiritual energy from the system's soul ring—how could a mere Soul Sage-level illusion trap him?
Immediately, an azure sword light, emitting a boundless sword qi and sharp intent, slashed towards him.
That ultimately sharp sword intent simply made his soul tremble.
How did he find my true body? It's too late to dodge!
Shi Nian quickly made a judgment. The moment his body tilted slightly, he activated his fifth soul skill, his eyes turning hazy.
Eye of the Remnant Dream! It could immobilize people with spiritual power lower than his own.
If it were a Soul Ancestor, Shi Nian could control them for at least three seconds. Even a Soul Sage of the same level would be controlled by this move of his.
This was also why many people stronger than Shi Nian were unwilling to provoke him.
But the sword in Shen An's hand did not stop. Two small azure swords flew out of his azure eyes, instantly breaking through Shi Nian's soul skill and piercing into his eyes.
"Ahhh!"
In an instant, Shi Nian's right arm was severed, and his spiritual power was thrown into a complete mess by the two small azure swords. His originally old eyes became even more cloudy.
But Shi Nian was a Soul Sage expert, after all. Ignoring the pain of his severed arm, he used his soul power to seal the wound and instantly turned to pull away from Shen An.
But the next moment, Shi Nian actually saw a cat's paw. The cat's paw was holding up a mouse. Jerry was dangling a pocket watch, muttering something.
Shi Nian's head unconsciously began to sway along with the pocket watch. His face instantly went from shock to bewilderment, and finally to a daze.
A smug expression appeared on Jerry's face. This will let you taste your own medicine.
"Snap!"
Jerry gave a crisp snap of his fingers.
"Woof woof woof!" Shi Nian suddenly barked, just like a real dog.
Shen An was stunned. "You two can hypnotize? And you hypnotized a Soul Sage."
Tom and Jerry instantly nodded. Hypnosis is so simple, isn't it something you can do if you just have hands?
Shen An suddenly felt a bit foolish for asking Tom and Jerry such a question. Strictly speaking, it would be strange if there was something the two of them couldn't do.
It was just that, why could Tom and Jerry hypnotize even a Soul Sage, but when they had encountered those small fries before, why did I have to go up and slash at them with a sword, working so hard?
Shen An once again fell into deep thought.
"Why did you come to kill me? Was someone behind it?" Shen An asked Shi Nian.
"Woof woof woof woof woof woof!"
Shen An...
Seeing this, Tom hurriedly snapped his fingers. Master has a need, the cat will serve.
Shi Nian stopped barking. "No one was behind it. It was my own initiative."
"Your combat power is too strong. I suspect even a Soul Emperor is not your opponent," when he said this, the look of confusion in Shi Nian's eyes grew even stronger.
He had thought that even a Soul Emperor was not Shen An's opponent, but he never expected that he himself would fall at Shen An's hands.
"You are a great enemy of my Canghui Academy. Moreover, with Shrek Academy being so disgraced today, it will definitely attract everyone's attention. This is undoubtedly the best time to kill you."
"Not just you, but all who stand in the way of my Canghui Academy, I will deal with them one by one."
Shen An looked at Shi Nian with surprise. This person's way of thinking was truly novel. It doesn't matter if my students aren't the strongest; it's fine as long as I kill everyone else until only my academy's students are left.
It was a good thing that Shi Nian had targeted him first. If other contestants had encountered a Soul Sage like Shi Nian who was impossible to guard against, a large number of them would have probably died.
Hearing Shi Nian's answer, Shen An didn't care much and, with a raise of his hand, released a wisp of sword light.
At first, it was the size of a grain of rice, but when it floated onto Shi Nian's body, the sword qi flourished, like an azure sun that devoured Shi Nian's body completely.
Facing a completely defenseless Soul Sage, killing him was too simple. There wasn't even a trace of a bloody smell.
Bang.
An object fell to the ground with a sound.
Shen An looked over with surprise, and a seven-colored light flashed in his eyes.
It was a head soul bone that emitted a rainbow-colored light.
Shen An thought of Shi Nian's martial soul characteristics and the aura of this soul bone, and instantly judged that this was a jewel-type soul bone, extremely suitable for an auxiliary-type soul master.
Ning Rongrong's equipment has arrived.