359: Temporary retreat

“Where do you think you’re going?!”

Qin Shilei teleported, blocking the opponent’s path.

This was also a Soul-Devouring Demon, over two meters tall, with a single horn on its head, its body flickering between solid and ethereal.

Its strength had reached Golden Realm Seven-star, and the description omitted the words “a wisp of,” directly stating it was a Soul-Devouring Demon’s clone.

As soon as the Soul-Devouring Demon saw Qin Shilei blocking its way, it immediately turned and fled in another direction.

However, before it could fly twenty meters, it was once again stopped by the phantom.

“Why are you in such a hurry to run? Let’s chat.”

Qin Shilei slowly walked towards the Soul-Devouring Demon, while a bolt of lightning continuously circled and danced around him.

“You first put away the lightning around you, and I’ll chat with you however you want,” the Soul-Devouring Demon’s hoarse voice sounded again.

“Alright.” Qin Shilei unhesitatingly dispelled the lightning. “First, tell me, how many of your kind are there on our Blue Star?”

“Countless,” the Soul-Devouring Demon chuckled. “Human, join our Abyss. I can have our Emperor bestow upon you the title of Lord, to command billions of territories.”

Eye of Illusion Breaking Purple!

“Ah!”

Just as Qin Shilei was about to use the Eye of Illusion Breaking Purple to control the opponent, the Soul-Devouring Demon let out a sharp howl.

This howl pierced directly into the soul, like a heavy hammer striking deep within Qin Shilei’s soul.

Excruciating pain, an unbearable pain, made him unable to control himself, only able to watch helplessly as the Soul-Devouring Demon lunged towards him.

“Hehehe!” The Soul-Devouring Demon laughed heartily as it lunged, “You wouldn’t think your Lord Burke is really afraid of you, would you! Puny human, you are only fit to be Lord Burke’s food.”

As soon as the Soul-Devouring Demon’s palm touched Qin Shilei’s body, a silver light suddenly flashed, and an arm-thick bolt of lightning instantly struck the Soul-Devouring Demon.

“Ah!”

The Soul-Devouring Demon screamed again, enduring the lightning as it continued to lunge at Qin Shilei.

As the phantom unleashed the lightning, Qin Shilei finally recovered from the intense pain.

A fierce bolt of lightning suddenly erupted from his body, striking the Soul-Devouring Demon with a crack.

Struck once again by the extremely rigid and pure lightning, the Soul-Devouring Demon had no choice but to stop its advance, turning to flee into the distance.

Devouring Thunder!

Violent heavenly lightning descended from the sky.

The phantom controlled the Devouring Thunder, continuously chasing and striking the Soul-Devouring Demon.

A layer of hazy gas appeared above the Soul-Devouring Demon’s head, attempting to block the violent heavenly lightning.

However, the extremely rigid and pure heavenly lightning was naturally the bane of such intangible demons, rapidly eroding the layer of gas, quickly blasting a hole through it and directly striking the Soul-Devouring Demon’s body.

“Ah!”

The Soul-Devouring Demon shrieked as it frantically fled into the distance.

Thunder Dragon!

Qin Shilei quickly made hand seals, unleashing two Thunder Dragons that instantly caught up to the Soul-Devouring Demon and swiftly coiled around it.

“Roar!”

Another howl, even sharper than before, erupted from the Soul-Devouring Demon’s mouth.

Qin Shilei once again felt a sharp and chaotic pain in his mind, immediately falling into a dazed state.

The Thunder Dragons, no longer controlled by him, gradually dissipated into the air.

At the same time, a purple fireball floated out from the Soul-Devouring Demon’s body, and as soon as it appeared, it rapidly flew towards Qin Shilei.

The phantom was almost unaffected by the Soul-Devouring Demon’s soul attack. Seeing the opponent launch this fireball, he immediately controlled the Devouring Thunder to strike the fireball, attempting to extinguish it.

However, the violent heavenly lightning, striking that small fireball, had very limited effect.

Although it made the fireball slightly smaller, it did not prevent the fireball from continuing to fly towards Qin Shilei.

The phantom flashed to Qin Shilei’s front and slashed at the small fireball with a sword.

However, the fireball directly stuck to the longsword formed of energy, rapidly growing larger by absorbing the energy from the longsword, and the flames quickly burned along the longsword towards the phantom’s right hand.

The phantom decisively threw the longsword far away.

The fireball, as if alive, detached from the flying longsword and once again flew towards Qin Shilei.

At this moment, the Devouring Thunder had stopped, and the Soul-Devouring Demon had also broken free from the nearly dissipated Thunder Dragons, following the fireball as it lunged towards Qin Shilei again.

The phantom turned and picked up Qin Shilei, teleporting five hundred meters away, then teleporting again to the Soul-Devouring Demon’s front.

Devouring Thunder!

Violent heavenly lightning reappeared, making the Soul-Devouring Demon shriek loudly.

At this point, the Soul-Devouring Demon, having been repeatedly struck by the restraining heavenly lightning, its form had become much more ethereal, and its aura had weakened considerably.

It immediately had the thought of temporarily retreating.

However, as soon as its figure moved, two Thunder Dragons flew in from afar again.

It was Qin Shilei, who had recovered once more, controlling the Thunder Dragons to strike from a distance.

Seeing that it was about to be entangled by the Thunder Dragons again, the Soul-Devouring Demon instantly transformed into several illusory figures that shot out in all directions.

Qin Shilei controlled the Thunder Dragons to barely extinguish five illusory figures, then allowed the remaining three illusory figures to escape without a trace.

After seeing the opponent flee, Qin Shilei also flew from the ground into mid-air.

He thought to himself, “I didn’t expect this Golden Realm Soul-Devouring Demon to be so troublesome.

Although his lightning restrains the opponent, the opponent’s soul attack is incredibly powerful.

And that purple flame is also extremely bizarre; if it sticks to one’s body, it probably won’t feel good.

Only by finding a way to defend against the opponent’s soul attack can I continue to investigate Lingquan City.”

Having made up his mind, Qin Shilei summoned his Golden Winged Thunder Roc and quickly flew back to Litian City.

As Qin Shilei rushed back to Litian City, the three escaped illusory figures merged back together.

“Damn human, I will extract your soul and slowly devour it, bit by bit.”

It cursed as it flew towards its lair, preparing to gather its other clones to jointly encircle and kill Qin Shilei.

Suddenly, several figures appeared in its line of sight.

“Hehehe!”

The Soul-Devouring Demon’s eyes glowed as it looked at the figures flying in the sky, saying greedily, “More fragrant souls, perfect for devouring and healing.”

The people who arrived were Ye Litian and his companions.

After leaving Litian City, they had also killed several wisps of Soul-Devouring Demon clones.

Upon seeing this Soul-Devouring Demon, they were not very vigilant, each unleashing their abilities to strike.

Little did they know that this Soul-Devouring Demon, named Burke, was exceptionally agile, dodging the fireballs and ice arrows one by one, and in a blink of an eye, it was within ten meters of them.

“Everyone, be careful!”

Ye Litian shouted a warning, while a large cloud of black mist erupted from his palm, enveloping the Soul-Devouring Demon.

“Ah!”

The Soul-Devouring Demon let out a howl that stunned everyone in mid-air, even the flying beasts beneath their feet were not spared.

Ye Litian, who was specifically targeted, also felt his eyes swim and was unable to move from this soul attack.

The Soul-Devouring Demon took the opportunity to pounce, directly entering Ye Litian’s body.

“What the hell is that?”

“Ah!”

“Damn it, the great Lord Burke will never die like this.”

Ye Litian occasionally let out screams.

After a while, Ye Litian, who was lying on the ground, sat up, and a seductive purple light flashed in his eyes.

“That was close, I almost ended up with my soul scattered.”