87: Wang Batian

"Ah!!!"

Under the obliteration of the Evil-Warding Golden Thunder, the remnant soul let out a painful scream.

Without a physical body to resist, he truly felt what was called 'intense pain from the Soul' this time.

"Fuck! A bunch of trash who only know how to hide..."

The intense pain did not make the remnant soul lose his reason; instead, it made him even angrier, and he began to curse loudly.

Because he understood that he was likely doomed today, and what angered him was that even when death was imminent, he didn't even know where the enemy was.

The surrounding white mist completely blocked his Divine Sense and vision, making it impossible to see the situation outside.

And those suddenly appearing Space Barriers made it impossible for him to leave, leaving him to be beaten passively.

He had never encountered such a suffocating feeling in the hundreds of years he had cultivated while alive, yet he unexpectedly suffered this calamity today after death.

After cursing for a while, the remnant soul stopped this display of impotent rage and quickly thought about what to do next.

He wanted to live, to live a second life, to climb to the Peak of the path of cultivation; how could he be willing to die here?

After thinking for a long while, the remnant soul finally gritted his teeth and made a decision.

"You win! I am willing to establish a Soul Contract, take you as my masters, and give you all my Legacy and treasures, as long as you let me live!"

The remnant soul shouted loudly to the surroundings, and fearing that Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue wouldn't hear him, he used Soul Power to amplify his voice to drown out the thunder.

"Still have the strength to shout? Increase the voltage!"

Zhang Daobai listened to the shouting coming from the Spirit Concealing Mist and then said with a cold sneer.

Then Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue took out a Medicinal Pill to restore spiritual power and consumed it, while simultaneously increasing the power of Golden Thunder Illuminates the World.

After an unknown amount of time, and after Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue had taken several Medicinal Pills to restore spiritual power in succession, there was finally no more movement in the Spirit Concealing Mist.

For safety's sake, Zhang Daobai did not stop immediately, but continued the output for another half an hour before telling Lin Luoxue to stop together.

After withdrawing their spiritual power, Zhang Daobai had White Moon continue to use poisonous mist to corrode that golden skull.

While he and Lin Luoxue sat down where they were and began to recover their state.

Fortunately, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue had only over-exhausted their spiritual power, and they fully recovered after a short while.

"Is he dead?"

After recovering her state, Lin Luoxue turned to look at the position of the remnant soul and asked.

"Not sure, let me confirm first."

Zhang Daobai said as he opened the Eye of Appraisal and looked toward the golden skull.

With White Moon's permission, Zhang Daobai could see directly through the Spirit Concealing Mist.

At the original position of the golden skull, there was now a charred crater, and the golden skull had been buried at the bottom.

Seeing this, Zhang Daobai immediately ordered White Moon to send a few Mist Concealing Worms to the bottom of the crater to dig out the golden skull.

That was a skull left by a Soul Transformation Stage Body Cultivator; he didn't believe it would be blasted away by the Evil-Warding Golden Thunder.

Soon, two Mist Concealing Worms flew into the crater and began digging at the bottom.

Since the thunder pillar's impact point was very concentrated, the bottom of the crater was not large, and the two Mist Concealing Worms quickly dug the golden skull out of the scorched earth.

Seeing this, Zhang Daobai immediately used the Eye of Appraisal to determine whether the remnant soul was alive or dead.

[Item: Skull]

[Details: A skull left by a Mid-stage Soul Transformation Body Cultivator, containing a drop of essence blood, with hardness comparable to a top-grade Magic Treasure, and a weakened remnant soul hidden within.]

"Not dead yet!?"

Zhang Daobai looked at the content in the appraisal information and his eyes widened in shock.

He hadn't expected that after being blasted by the Evil-Warding Golden Thunder for so long, the remnant soul was actually not dead yet, and was even hiding in the skull, planning to play dead to ambush them.

"Not dead yet?"

Hearing this, Lin Luoxue immediately took out her Spirit Sword again, preparing to continue blasting with the Evil-Warding Golden Thunder.

Zhang Daobai also took out his Spirit Sword and began using Golden Thunder Illuminates the World to blast the golden skull.

"Rumble!"

A moment later, two Golden Thunder pillars fell from the sky again, blasting onto the golden skull.

"Damn it! How could they have found out?"

Inside the golden skull, the remnant soul endured the intense pain brought by the Golden Thunder and cursed inwardly.

However, he could only curse secretly now, because besides this method of survival, he couldn't think of any other way.

He had originally planned to wait until Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue approached, and then take the chance to attempt a Possession.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue discovered he was still alive and decisively continued to blast him with thunder.

After another hour of blasting, Zhang Daobai took a look at the golden skull with the Eye of Appraisal during a gap in restoring spiritual power.

He found that the remnant soul's state had shifted from weakened to extremely weak.

"He's about to die, blast him for a while longer," Zhang Daobai said to Lin Luoxue upon seeing this.

Lin Luoxue nodded at his words, inwardly marveling that the remnant soul was actually so powerful.

To still be alive after being blasted for so long by the most yang and rigid thunder, he truly lived up to being a remnant soul left by a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator.

After continuing to blast for another half an hour, Zhang Daobai confirmed the state of the remnant soul again.

He found that he had gone from extremely weak to on the verge of dissipating; although it looked like he was going to die, Zhang Daobai still had to admire how truly electricity-resistant he was.

If he were sent to Yang Yongxin's school, he would surely live until graduation.

Just as Zhang Daobai was preparing to finish him off in one go and completely obliterate the remnant soul,

The remnant soul hidden in the golden skull suddenly rushed out; he abandoned his vessel and flew straight from the crater toward the sky.

Since he was only a soul body, Youying's Space Barrier did not intercept him.

Soon, the remnant soul passed through the Spirit Concealing Mist and flew into mid-air.

"Watch out!"

Seeing this, Zhang Daobai quickly called out a warning and prepared to have Youying take them into the Void Realm.

After all, although that remnant soul was on the verge of dissipating, he was still the remnant soul of a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator; who knew if he would have some secret technique for a final deathbed struggle.

Hearing this, Lin Luoxue's sword tip immediately shifted, controlling the Evil-Warding Golden Thunder to blast toward the remnant soul.

"Hahaha! To think that I, Wang Batian, have defeated countless powerful enemies in my life, yet today I have actually fallen at the hands of two Purple Mansion Stage juniors!"

After seeing Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue from afar, the remnant soul laughed loudly in lonely self-mockery.

"Boy..."

Just as the remnant soul was about to say something more, he saw Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue instantly swallowed by two spatial fissures, disappearing from the spot.

Turning his head to look at the empty plains around him, besides some Yao Beasts, he no longer saw any sign of Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue.

Seeing this scene, the remnant soul suddenly felt incredibly suffocated.