Chapter 149: Backstabbing One’s Own (Part 1)

While constantly spreading out his spiritual power, keeping track of the Six-Ring Soul Emperor behind him, Mu Yang led Shui Bing'er into a less crowded side street.

Just as Mu Yang was about to find a small alley to support Shui Bing'er with his food-type soul skills, making it look like they had barely defeated the incoming hostile Soul Emperor,

Suddenly—

Inside his spiritual perception range, two new presences appeared behind them—

Both exuding the aura of Seven-Ring Soul Sages!

'Seven Rings?'

Sensing the arrival of these two Soul Sages, Mu Yang frowned deeply.

This wasn't what he expected!

Qian Renxue didn't know the true strength of him and Shui Bing'er.

From a logical perspective, sending a high-level Six-Ring Soul Emperor should have already been an overwhelming threat to their mere Five-Ring soul power levels.

Could it be that Qian Renxue's true intention wasn't to stage a 'life-saving favor', as he had guessed?

But instead—

To eliminate him for real?!

Without hesitation, Mu Yang reached into his Soul Tool storage bracelet and pulled out two golden metal spheres, each the size of a ping pong ball, engraved with a Tyrannosaurus and a human figure.

With his food-type soul skill support, Shui Bing'er handling a Six-Ring Soul Emperor wouldn't be too surprising.

After all, she was a genius—and with a strong teammate's support, it was natural for geniuses to challenge opponents beyond their level.

But when the enemies included one Soul Emperor and two Soul Sages,

If they could still hold their ground, that would defy common sense—

The consequences that followed would be no different from exposing his own hidden strength.

The enemies' power was formidable, and he didn't want to reveal his trump cards.

What should he do?

Simple—call for backup!

Mu Yang wasn't without support—

He had not one, but three Title Douluos backing him!

But how to call for help?

These two metal spheres weren't ordinary objects—

They were spirit-forged refined gold, forged through a blood sacrifice.

Blood-sacrificed metal at the level of Thousand Refinements and above could almost be considered an extension of the wielder's own life.

And Mu Yang had discovered something by chance—

Since a Soul Tool's storage space existed in a different spatial plane from the outside world,

storing blood-sacrificed metal inside a Soul Tool would weaken the mysterious bloodline connection to an extreme degree.

This was a downside—

But on the flip side,

If the distance wasn't too far,

Taking the blood-sacrificed metal out would instantly restore the bloodline connection,

Allowing it to act as a silent, vision-blocking signal flare.

And the owners of these two spirit-forged gold spheres?

They were Huo Lie and Mu Xiyue.

From the very beginning, Mu Yang had informed both of them about the true purpose of these blood-sacrificed metals when forging them.

Since they were all within Heaven Dou City,

The two would arrive soon.

With two Douluos as backup,

There was no need to reveal his own power!

Besides—

Killing two Soul Sages would serve as a warning to others!

Turning a corner,

Inside the alley,

Mu Yang manifested his martial soul—Ice-Fire Immortal Ginseng.

Five spirit rings emerged in a disguised sequence:

Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black.

In the next second—

His fourth and fifth soul rings lit up.

As the soul incantation was chanted,

Green Jade Guardian Ginseng and Blue Thorn Jade Ginseng materialized.

At the same time—

A brilliant ice-blue light erupted from Shui Bing'er's body.

With a resonant phoenix cry,

Her supreme ice-type flying martial soul—Ice Phoenix—merged with her body.

After taking the two Soul Power Ginsengs handed to her by Mu Yang,

A crystalline protective light and a mysterious dark thorn aura enveloped her.

Outside the alley—

Sensing the phoenix cry and rising soul power fluctuations,

The Six-Ring Soul Emperor, who was just about to make a move, froze in place, his expression shifting unpredictably.

Considering how the targets had inexplicably left the carriage earlier,

This assassin immediately realized—

His position had been exposed!

And the targets weren't running—

They were preparing for a head-on battle!

After a moment's hesitation,

He recalled the huge reward for this mission,

And the fact that his opponents only had Five-Ring soul power levels.

Grinding his teeth,

His face twisted into a ruthless expression—

A dark glow surged around him.

Beast Martial Soul—Ghost Wolf!

With his third soul skill—Ghost Wolf Transformation,

His body mutated into a werewolf-like form.

Then—

He exploded forward at high speed,

Charging straight into the aalley

Inside the alley—

Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er, already prepared,

Immediately sensed the surge of soul power from outside.

In the next instant,

A large black figure darted into the alley at lightning speed,

Rushing straight at them!

Hmm…

Not a giant black rat,

But a Six-Ring Agility-Type Soul Emperor,

With a Ghost Wolf Martial Soul,

And six spirit rings circling his body—

Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Purple, Black.

'I overestimated you.'

Glancing at the purple fifth soul ring of this Soul Emperor,

Mu Yang couldn't help but think to himself.

A Ghost Wolf Martial Soul, barely reaching high quality,

A thousand-year fifth soul ring, far from ideal.

Unless this guy had refined high-quality soul bones,

With a high-year soul bone as his trump card,

Otherwise—

Shui Bing'er alone, relying on her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and five soul skills, could completely dominate him.

There was no need for his food-type soul power support at all.

However—

To say this Soul Emperor was the weakest among his rank wouldn't be entirely fair.

A high-quality Ghost Wolf Martial Soul wasn't considered strong,

But in the soul master world, it was still above the average standard.

And in terms of soul ring configuration,

Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Purple, Black wasn't the worst for a Six-Ring Soul Emperor.

A configuration like White, Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black would be even worse.

And this—

Was the tragedy of commoner soul masters in the soul master world.

No powerful martial soul inheritance,

No experts leading them in soul hunts,

For commoners, reaching the pinnacle of strength was far more difficult than for those born into powerful forces.

Take She Long, for example—

Even though Mu Yang looked down on his thousand-year fifth soul ring,

He wouldn't deny She Long's talent for cultivation.

With an imperfect soul ring configuration,

She Long had still trained to the level of Nine-Ring Title Douluo.

This alone proved that his cultivation talent was far beyond ordinary people.

Even if he wasn't born with innate full soul power,

He must have at least been innate rank nine.

Otherwise—

With a flawed soul ring setup, how could he have possibly become a Title Douluo?

If She Long had been born into a top-tier force,

No—

Even if he had just been born into a mid-tier soul master family,

With the best possible soul ring configuration,

His achievements would have been much higher than they were now.

At the very least—

A rank 95 Title Douluo wouldn't have been out of reach.

Ghost Wolf Soul Emperor: Life is hard.

As a mediocre Soul Emperor, I have no choice but to become an assassin to make ends meeluck

Mu Yang felt lucky.

Although his parents had passed away early,

He wasn't completely without a background.

With his aunt and uncle protecting him,

He didn't have to worry about soul hunting.

More importantly—

It greatly reduced the danger of "the tallest tree in the forest gets blown down".

Otherwise If he had been born as a commoner,Even with a small cheat.

Even with innate full soul power and twin martial souls,He would have had only one choice either join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or Spirit Hall to rely on their support.

"First Soul Skill—Ice Seal!"

The moment the Ghost Wolf Soul Emperor appeared,

Shui Bing'er's first soul ring lit up!

A flash of ice-blue light burst forth—

And in an instant,

The Ghost Wolf Soul Emperor, who was charging straight at them,

Was completely frozen in place!

"Extreme Ice Spear!"

Striking without hesitation,

Shui Bing'er followed up immediately.

Using a secret technique from the "Extreme Ice Technique",

She formed an icy-blue spear,

Then—

With a sharp burst of force,

She threw the Extreme Ice Spear,

Guided by momentum and spiritual power,

Straight toward the frozen Ghost Wolf Soul Emperor