Soul Land: Raiden Shogun Is My Martial Soul

Chapter 236: Blood-Red "Sun"

Time passed, and the remaining fallen ones showed no intention of fleeing. Instead, they seemed as if affected by a "berserk" buff, recklessly charging toward the Heaven Dou team without regard for their lives.

"Are fallen ones really this easy to deal with?"

Some academy leaders silently wondered. Although they had suffered some losses, they found themselves at an advantage against these mindless attackers.

Most fallen ones possessed evil martial souls and soul skills, but in their current state, they weren't using their soul skills at all. They were attacking purely on instinct, like injured wild beasts.

"Something's wrong; their state isn't normal!"

Among the crowd, a few sharp minds quickly realized the oddity. However, wasn't this a good thing?

Raiden Shogun didn't use any soul skills. She relied solely on her pure martial prowess, cutting down any fallen one who dared approach her. Each strike was a decisive kill, leaving no chance for a second swing.

"Wow! Who says women can't match men? This woman is absolutely terrifying! She hasn't even revealed her soul rings, yet every strike is fatal."

Someone couldn't help but gasp in awe, murmuring in disbelief.

"She's unbelievably strong. That's a Titled Douluo-level opponent! And she's slaying them in one strike. Their martial souls can't even offer the slightest resistance!"

Fallen ones at the same level were generally much stronger than soul masters of equivalent rank, except in cases of specific counters, like the Six-Winged Angel martial soul that specialized in restraining them.

But Raiden Shogun was different. From the looks of it, she wasn't even using her martial soul!

The blade in her hand, as she'd previously mentioned, was borrowed—proof that it wasn't her martial soul weapon.

Qian Renxue, observing the Raiden Shogun effortlessly slaying enemies, felt a twitch in her eye. Was this woman really so terrifyingly strong?

It seemed her dream of becoming the leader was a long and arduous journey.

Qian Renxue understood her own strength well. As a Soul Sage, her combat prowess rivaled that of ordinary Titled Douluo. Yet, against these fallen ones, she could never be as relaxed as Raiden Shogun, even though her martial soul perfectly countered them.

"If it weren't for these burdens, this battlefield wouldn't be so drawn out," Qian Renxue thought to herself. She finally understood. Either Raiden Shogun or Kong alone could have easily annihilated these fallen ones.

But because of the presence of the tournament participants, Kong and Raiden Shogun couldn't fully unleash their powers.

Didn't Kong deliberately lead a large number of fallen ones away from the group? It was to avoid hurting these burdens!

"No, impossible!"

"H-how can he be this strong?!"

Tang San's eyes were bloodshot as he stared fixedly at the figure in the distance. His expression was filled with rage, confusion, doubt, and despair.

Was Kong truly someone he could defeat?

He had never witnessed such a level of attack before—not even during the battles between Tang Hao, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Azure Bull Python.

"Even if my second martial soul absorbed soul rings above fifty thousand years, it wouldn't reach this level, would it?"

A crack finally appeared in Tang San's once unshakable confidence.

For days, he had trained tirelessly, breaking through to rank 50 just before the journey began. Not only that, but he had attached a ten-thousand-year soul ring to each of his martial souls, raising his soul power to the peak of rank 53.

He had planned to show Kong and his team what he was capable of during the finals.

Yet, before the battle even began, it seemed to be over.

"Then what was the point of all my years of effort?"

"What was the point of attaching soul rings to my second martial soul?"

"I, Tang San, refuse to accept this!"

Tang San's eyes filled with blood, and his hair whipped wildly in the wind. If not for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniform he wore, he might have been mistaken for a fallen one.

Suddenly, an ancient, primal aura descended, suppressing the entire battlefield. Everyone present shuddered in fear, their backs drenched in cold sweat and their faces pale with terror.

The naginata in Kong's hand transformed into a purple thunderbolt and returned to his body. His right hand rose slightly—and with that, everything changed.

A claw with dark golden patterns appeared, resembling a massive hand that could block out the sky. White lines flowed across its surface, eventually forming an unknown mark.

Gradually, the mark shifted from white to black and red, finally solidifying as the shape of a sword.

The dark golden claw also transformed, turning black and red before ultimately becoming a blood-red, enormous claw.

"Asura Demon Claw???"

"Asura Domain???"

"What the hell is going on?"

Kong froze, utterly bewildered and confused.

Was this some kind of cheat the Asura God had handed him? The Killing God Domain could evolve, with several possible evolutionary paths.

The Killing Domain was just one of them.

After evolving, the Killing God Domain becomes the Killing Domain, and ultimately, the Asura Domain!

Getting a domain was already astonishing, but to have it at max level right from the start?

Wasn't it supposed to require comprehension?

Wasn't it supposed to need evolution?

Couldn't they at least let him experience the process?

This Asura God seemed more like an overzealous bootlicker…

But that wasn't all—the Dark Gold Terror Claw had evolved into a divine weapon!

Yes, from this moment on, it was no longer a mere soul bone but a weapon at the level of a divine artifact! After its evolution, the Dark Gold Terror Claw didn't enlarge Kong's hand but instead transformed into a gauntlet-like weapon, seemingly forged from metal. Its design, however, was deeply unsettling.

The gauntlet's knuckles featured a few chillingly sharp spikes. Moreover, every joint was covered in barbed hooks.

The fingertips, gleaming with an icy light, looked downright terrifying.

"A divine artifact with the potential to evolve into a super divine artifact… Hiss~"

Even Kong couldn't help but gasp in awe. Among all his soul bones, none had undergone such a transformation. The first one to evolve into a divine artifact turned out to be the Dark Gold Terror Claw!

Truly unpredictable.

It was now a million-year soul bone and a divine artifact!

And it came with four divine skills!

"Asura must be trying to win me over!"

After a brief moment of examining the Asura Demon Claw, Kong's expression turned even stranger. Could it be… was he the real evil spirit master here?

Why was it called the Asura Demon Claw and not the Asura God Claw? That name alone spoke volumes.

Glancing at the stunned crowd, then at the remaining fallen ones, Kong lightly clenched his right hand. A sphere of blood-red light emerged from his palm, slowly rising into the sky and transforming into a blood-red "sun."

The members of the Heaven Dou faction were unaffected by this "sun," but the fallen ones reacted as if they had seen their ultimate faith. With unparalleled reverence, they knelt toward the blood-red sun, their bodies dissolving like snow under the sun's rays.

Throughout this process, there was no pain on their faces—only a hint of relief.

As the fallen ones perished, their energy turned into pure, blood-red energy, surging rapidly toward the blood-red sun.

In no time, the energy from all the fallen ones, including those who had already died, was absorbed by the blood-red sun, becoming its nourishment.

(End of Chapter)

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