259: New item, Soul Fragment!

There were four Wardens in the Prison City.

The one currently with Xiang Zizhen was Warden Yu, who was in charge of the fourth floor of the Prison City.

Before this, they all knew that among the Star Luo Army who had come to serve as Prison Guards this time, there was a talent with an extremely heavy killing intent, yet highly valued by the Star Luo Lord.

Since they didn't know which floor he would choose to serve on after his arrival, the four Wardens had each prepared a cell for him on the floor they were in charge of.

When Xiang Zizhen and Warden Yu arrived at the cell where Xiao Shi was located, Xiang Zizhen directly opened the cell door.

“Hmm?”

As soon as the cell door opened, Xiang Zizhen and Warden Yu both changed their expressions simultaneously.

They smelled a strong scent of blood.

“Something happened!”

Xiang Zizhen's expression turned serious.

He quickly stepped into the cell.

When he saw the scene before him, he and Warden Yu both gasped, their eyes narrowing.

Upon entering the cell, they immediately saw... that many of the cages in the cell were wide open.

The prisoners in the cages were all released and lay on the ground, their blood flowing and staining the floor red.

Some of these prisoners had their bodies cut in half.

Others were headless.

All had met a tragic end.

Out of ten prisoners, only three remained alive.

Of these three surviving prisoners, two were still in their cages, while one had already emerged from his cage and engaged in combat.

His entire left arm was injured during the fight, and blood flowed down his arm, dripping to the ground.

Opposite him was a figure half-crouching.

This figure had its back to Xiang Zizhen and Warden Yu, preventing them from seeing its face.

They could only see that the person was holding a blood-colored Evil Blade, which was plunged into the ground, and was half-crouching while leaning on the sabre.

This scene was completely unexpected by Xiang Zizhen and Warden Yu, leaving them utterly dumbfounded.

Xiao Shi's arm, which was leaning on the sabre, was still trembling.

Although he successfully injured his opponent, he was also repelled by the opponent's Soul Consciousness attack.

The arm holding the sabre was fractured.

“With the strength of this clone of mine, facing a Soul Consciousness expert is indeed still a bit strenuous...”

Through the initial exchange, Xiao Shi had already made an accurate judgment.

Compared to the main body, the clone still had too few methods.

It could only fight using the Soul Power that Xiao Shi's main body resided within the clone, and the Fiend Qi impact of the Evil Blade.

Other methods of the main body, such as the three forms under the Kuihu Vajra Bloodline, or the Natal Martial Blood, were not possessed by the clone.

At the same time, Xiao Shi could not possibly entrust critical and important items like the Emperors Armor to the clone.

This resulted in a significant difference in combat power between the clone and the main body.

However, Xiao Shi's objective had already been achieved.

He knew that with the clone's strength, it would definitely be unable to kill the opponent.

The reason for engaging the opponent was mainly to verify how much of a chance he had against a Soul Consciousness expert now.

“Judging from the effect that Crimson Tigers Roar had on the opponent...”

“If my main body were to fight him, I would definitely have a chance to chain-kill him in one go!”

Xiao Shi analyzed in his mind.

Crimson Tigers Roar, in addition to being an attack method, could also cause soul-based dizziness.

However, this dizziness would only affect a Soul Consciousness expert once.

In other words, if Xiao Shi continued to fight the opponent, even if the Crimson Tigers Roar within his Soul Power affected the opponent's soul again, the opponent would no longer experience the previous dizziness.

But if the main body were to fight him, during the less-than-one-second dizziness affecting the opponent's soul, Xiao Shi would be able to seize the initiative and chain-kill him in one go!

At this moment, with the opening of the cell door, Xiao Shi also immediately noticed the two people who appeared behind him.

Both their attire and the aura emanating from them made Xiao Shi realize that these two were clearly the Wardens of this Prison City.

He focused his gaze on one of them.

This person looked to be under thirty, with a moderate build rather than a burly one.

His appearance was not delicate but rather had thick eyebrows and large eyes.

He wore black Warden attire.

His cultivation was not deliberately released, and there was not much aura emanating from him, making him appear unremarkable.

But under Xiao Shi's perception, this person was like a terrifying abyss, bottomless, exuding profundity and mystery.

“Xiang Zizhen!”

This was Xiao Shi's first meeting with Xiang Zizhen.

Upon seeing Xiang Zizhen for the first time, Xiao Shi felt a sense of familiarity.

This familiarity did not stem from both of them originating from the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, but rather because Xiao Shi saw some identical traits in Xiang Zizhen as he had in himself.

Concealment!

This person was very, very deeply hidden... Regarding this, his expression remained unchanged.

He stood up and respectfully saluted the two Wardens.

Xiang Zizhen and Warden Yu also scrutinized Xiao Shi.

Although they knew early on that this person had a strong killing intent, they didn't expect him to be so ruthless!

Even these highly valuable Martial Soul Realm prisoners couldn't make him restrain his killing intent.

He even wanted to kill Soul Consciousness Stage prisoners!

Warden Yu immediately seriously assessed Xiao Shi.

A powerful aura fluctuation emanated from him, and he was ready to suppress Xiao Shi at any moment.

Among the people he had seen, only those from Demonic Path forces usually possessed such strong killing intent.

Under the Orthodox Faction, he had never seen anyone with such strong killing intent!

He suspected that the other party had already fallen into the Demonic Path.

However, under his gaze, he did not feel any Demonic Path aura from Xiao Shi; his eyes were clear, his mind was normal, no different from an ordinary person.

Warden Yu and Xiang Zizhen exchanged a glance.

A hint of solemnity appeared in both their eyes.

The problem with this Wang Xiao... was far more serious than they had imagined!

Even if prisoners of greater value were placed before him, he would kill them without hesitation.

This gave the two Wardens a headache.

Especially Xiang Zizhen... Since the other party was to serve under him, he had to be responsible for dealing with the other party's problem.

Although he could use his authority as Warden to prohibit the other party from killing in the Prison City, this method only treated the symptoms, not the root cause; the other party still could not control his killing intent.

Once unrestrained, he would still continue to kill.

Unable to come up with a solution for a while, Xiang Zizhen could only temporarily let Xiao Shi continue to manage this cell.

At least for now, the three Soul Consciousness experts in the cell could not be killed by him.

Warden Yu, who had originally planned to earnestly advise Xiao Shi, sighed helplessly after witnessing this scene.

He knew that nothing he said would be effective against the other party's killing intent.

Soon, the Soul Consciousness prisoners previously released by Xiao Shi were once again locked in their cages.

For a time, the cell managed by Xiao Shi had only three prisoners left.

This situation was extremely rare in the entire Prison City.

After Xiang Zizhen and Warden Yu left, Xiao Shi did not linger in the cell.

He directly left the Prison City and went into the city.

Although these Prison Guards had their own residences within the Prison City, they could also choose to live in the city.

Xiao Shi walked on the streets of Prison City.

In the instant he brushed past one person, he discreetly placed the storage bag in his hand into the other person's hand... Wangchen Inn, as a third-tier force in Star Luo Province, had branches in various cities, large and small, throughout Star Luo Province.

Xiao Shi's main body was currently staying in the Wangchen Inn.

He knew that the reason Wangchen Inn could become a third-tier force in Star Luo Province, besides having powerful Martial Soul Realm experts backing it, was also due to the inn's own unique qualities.

Every residence in the inn ensured absolute privacy; even the most powerful Soul Consciousness could not penetrate the inn to snoop.

After Xiao Shi moved in, he could clearly feel that the courtyard he was in seemed to be isolated from the outside world.

Here, there was no need to worry about his secrets being exposed.

“Let's see what good things dropped this time!”

Xiao Shi looked at the storage bag in his hand with eager anticipation.

Inside the storage bag were the many items that had dropped after this kill.

After the handover with the clone, all these items came into the hands of Xiao Shi's main body.

After all, if crucial important items dropped, Xiao Shi had to ensure that these important items were in the main body's hands.

If the clone encountered an accident, it could be discarded at any time.

Important items naturally could not be left in the clone's hands.

Immediately, Xiao Shi took out the items from the storage bag one by one to examine them.

【Name: Soul Replenishing Pill (Rare)】

【Type: Elixir】

【Grade: Martial Soul Grade】

【Description: After consumption, it can immediately restore Soul Power.】

【Remarks: If consumed multiple times, the effect will be greatly reduced.】

...This item was only considered average among items from the Soul Awakening Stage.

Of course, if viewed in the context of the entire Star Luo Province, its value was not low.

Because in terms of elixirs, soul-type elixirs were very different from ordinary elixirs.

The refining of soul-type elixirs was extremely difficult.

There have always been few people capable of refining soul-type elixirs.

Therefore, any elixir related to the soul often had a high value.

Xiao Shi continued to look at the second item.

【Name: Soul Imprisoning Formation】

【Type: Formation】

【Grade: Martial Soul Grade】

【Description: A powerful soul formation arranged by a formation master proficient in soul-type formations. Insert the formation flags into the ground to activate the formation.】

【Remarks: Within the formation's range, everyone's Soul Power will be sealed, preventing the use of Soul Power, including the formation's deployer.】

...Xiao Shi's eyes flickered.

This formation is quite interesting!

The power of the Martial Soul Realm primarily lay in one's Soul Power.

Once Soul Power was sealed, then to some extent, it was like reverting to the Blood Martial Realm... And Xiao Shi, as the strongest Blood Martial Realm expert, believed that no one would be his opponent in the Blood Martial Realm.

“No!”

“I will not revert to the Blood Martial Realm because of this.”

“Even if my Soul Power is sealed, my physical body is still Martial Soul Realm!”

“The impact on myself is actually not significant!”

However, this formation would best be used by his main body.

The clone would not have much advantage in using this formation.

At the same time, Xiao Shi felt that this formation could be further strengthened.

For example, from Soul Power sealing to Soul Consciousness sealing!

If it was just simple Soul Power sealing, when facing a Soul Consciousness Stage expert, he would still be very passive.

If it could seal Soul Consciousness... then Xiao Shi felt that killing a Soul Consciousness expert would definitely not be difficult.

“Next, my main body can conduct formation research here to see if there is a chance to strengthen this formation...”

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

After he plundered the formation talent and aptitude of Ke Zhuozheng, a genius of the Guizhen Clan, his current attainments in formations were also extremely impressive.

If he immersed himself in formation research, it was not impossible to strengthen it.

Anyway, he was currently primarily acting with his clone.

His main body was idle anyway.

He might as well conduct formation research here.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi looked at the third item.

【Name: Soul Shard of a Mysterious Expert】

【Type: Soul Shard】

【Grade: Martial Soul Grade】

【Description: A Soul Shard originating from a mysterious expert. Through one's own Soul Power, the entire Soul Shard can be read, thereby having a chance to obtain the opponent's memories, cultivation techniques, inheritances, and other good fortunes.】

【Remarks: Reading the Soul Shard, while offering good fortune, also contains dangers. Depending on the completeness of the Soul Shard, different degrees of information can be read. The more complete the Soul Shard, the more information can be read.】

...Xiao Shi looked at the item in his hand.

This was a completely new type of item.

It had never appeared before.

It was also unique to the Martial Soul Realm, not possessed by other realms.

By reading the Soul Shard, if one could obtain some important cultivation techniques or major secrets from the opponent's lifetime, that would naturally be a great fortune.

But it was also possible to read some negative things.

For example, if the opponent was from Demonic Path forces, once their killing intent or Demonic Qi was read, one's own soul could very likely be contaminated, thereby falling into the Demonic Path!

Because during reading, no matter what kind of information was read, it would be directly transmitted to one's own soul.

Once read, whether good or bad, it could only be accepted.

In addition, even if important cultivation technique inheritances were read, if an interruption occurred during the reading process, there would still be huge potential dangers.

If some cultivation techniques were interrupted midway, at best, the soul would be severely damaged; at worst, it would lead directly to death!

This kind of Soul Shard reading always involved both opportunity and danger.

Especially the Soul Shard of someone with an unknown origin.

That was even harder to say.

If one knew who the opponent was, for example, a former Sect Master of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, then at least one would have an idea before reading.

The fear was that the Soul Shard of such an unknown person might contain danger.

Furthermore, before deciding whether to read the Soul Shard, there was an important key point: detecting the completeness of the Soul Shard.

Typically, a Soul Shard with higher completeness was relatively safer.

If the completeness of the Soul Shard was not high, when reading cultivation techniques, for example, it was very likely to be interrupted halfway through.

Xiao Shi immediately began to carefully detect the completeness of the Soul Shard in his hand using his own Soul Power.

Buzz!

When his Soul Power enveloped the entire Soul Shard, he could immediately clearly see the completeness of the entire Soul Shard through his Soul Power.