Chapter 59 One-Hit Kill

A pale red ripple suddenly erupted from around Xu Sheng, madly expanding in all directions...

Flannder, who had released his True Avatar of the Martial Soul and was charging through the air toward Xu Sheng, was touched by this rapidly spreading ripple and was instantly frozen mid-air, completely unable to move!

The rest of the Shrek teachers were subsequently caught by this ripple as well!

In just a fraction of a second, the True Avatars of all their Martial Souls shattered instantly, transforming into blue spirit power that dissipated into the surroundings...

As for their physical bodies, they were completely locked in place, unable to feel any of their limbs. The only parts they could still move were their eyes and mouths!

Flannder struggled to twist his neck, looking down at his own legs, only to find that without any support, he was actually floating in the mid-air...

With an unsightly expression, he gritted his teeth and thought, "Just how terrifying was that ripple just now? Even I, a seventy-eighth-rank Spirit Saint, had zero resistance against it!"

Down below, Zao Wou-ki and the others were also cursing, "Damn it! We can't move at all!"

Li Yusong cast a wary glance at Xu Sheng and said, "This guy's spirit skill is actually capable of freezing space!"

Zhao Xin looked at Ma Hongjun, whom Xu Sheng was holding like a helpless chick, his eye sockets turning blood-red with fury. "Damn it! If this goes on, Ma Hongjun will..."

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Dai Mubai took a few steps back and said with a pale face, "The Dean and the others... were they subdued by Xu Sheng with just a single spirit skill?"

Oscar's expression tightened as he muttered, "This Xu Sheng has reached such a terrifying level of strength without even releasing his Martial Soul's True Avatar!"

To be able to instantly immobilize Flannder, Zao Wou-ki, and numerous other Spirit Saints...

Tang San stared fixedly at Xu Sheng, who had single-handedly subdued Flannder and the others, deeply shocked to his core.

He clenched his fists tightly, then slowly relaxed them, smiling bitterly to himself. "Brother Sheng... Is this your true strength? It seems that catching up to your footsteps is still an impossible dream after all."

Xu Sheng was already a titled Douluo; trying to catch up to him was as difficult as ascending to the heavens!

Moreover, Tang San had no idea what level his own Blue Silver Grass martial soul could eventually cultivate to, let alone even dream of reaching the lofty realm of a titled Douluo!

Although Xiao Wu was shocked by Xu Sheng's strength, she quickly recovered. Seeing the expression on Tang San's face, she knew he had suffered a heavy blow.

She reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder, comforting him, "Xiao San, don't give up! You won't lose to him!"

Tang San was slightly startled. "Xiao Wu..."

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Xu Sheng swept his icy gaze across them. "Is this the standard of the teachers at Shrek Academy? Utterly vulnerable!"

With a sudden clench of his hand, Flannder and the others, frozen in place, felt their pupils dilate in shock...

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The next instant, they felt the world spinning around them...

A blinding white light forced them to close their eyes...

When they opened them once more...

The scene from the previous second in their minds had long since vanished!

Now, surrounding them was an oppressive, skin-scorching heat, paired with a blood-tinted purgatory that plunged the sun and moon into darkness.

Before them flowed a turbulent, scalding river reeking of blood, amidst which countless Nine-Heart Blood Begonias were blooming brilliantly...

And the nourishment fueling these blooming Nine-Heart Blood Begonias was none other than the life force of Flannder and the others, whose bodies were now completely bound by the roots of the flowers!

Wisps of translucent, crimson-red particles were continuously extracted from the bodies of Flannder and the others, only to be swallowed up by the roots the very next moment...

With every shred of life force lost from their bodies, Flannder and the others suffered excruciating pain that pierced straight into their souls.

At first, the mild agony felt no worse than a mosquito bite...

Flannder and the others initially assumed this was merely an illusion-type spirit skill that would cause no actual harm...

However, as a prolonged period of time seemed to pass within this realm...

They realized something was terribly wrong!

This was indeed an illusion! But it faithfully fed all the suffering they endured straight back into their actual souls!

Flannder suppressed the despair rising in his heart and said with a face full of terror, "These bizarre blood begonias are draining our life force! And every bit of life force we lose inflicts even more intense torment upon our souls!"

Zao Wou-ki, refusing to yield, gritted his teeth and desperately tried to circulate his spirit power...

Nearby, the auxiliary-type spirit master Zhao Xin sighed. "Wou-ki, don't waste your energy. This spirit skill likely dragged our souls forcibly out here; unless your spirit power rank vastly surpasses that fellow's—"

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"Thud... Thud..." In the real world, the eyes of Flannder and the others began to roll back, and one by one, they collapsed onto the ground...

Though only a few seconds had passed in the real world, inside Xu Sheng's illusion, Flannder and the others had been subjected to relentless torture for several months!

Especially the soul-attacking agony that grew increasingly severe as time dragged on—if Xu Sheng hadn't withdrawn his spirit skill at the end, not a single one of the people collapsed on the ground would have remained in their right minds!

Xu Sheng coldly looked down at them lying on the ground, then glanced sideways at the unconscious Ma Hongjun in his hand...

He calmly spat out a single word: "Trash."

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The next moment, he tossed Ma Hongjun out like a piece of garbage...

Ma Hongjun's fat body slammed heavily onto the ground, accompanied by the crisp cracking sound of bones.

Oscar and Dai Mubai cried out in alarm, "Dean! Fatty!"

The two of them hurried over to check Flannder and the others' breathing. Seeing that they were all still hanging onto a thread of life, they finally breathed a sigh of relief...

Then they walked over to Ma Hongjun. "Phew, thank goodness, it's just a fracture!"

Seeing that Flannder and the others had suffered no physical wounds, yet their glazed eyes suggested they had endured unimaginable torment, Tang San couldn't help but wonder.

Could it be... a realization formed in his mind...

He muttered inwardly, "Purple Demon Eye!"

Deep purple light bloomed in Tang San's pupils as he looked toward Flannder and the others lying on the ground...

A moment later, Tang San confirmed, "As I thought, it's a mental-type attack!"

If he wasn't mistaken, the spirit skill Xu Sheng had just used should be his ninth spirit skill. If such a spirit skill were unleashed to its full potential, Flannder and the others would never have survived intact!

Brother Sheng had pulled his punches!!

If nothing else, the reason he spared their lives was for their sakes!

Tang San's gaze swept over Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong nearby, his eyes gradually narrowing...

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Having dealt with these matters, Xu Sheng walked toward Tang San and the others...

With a blank expression, Xu Sheng patted Tang San on the shoulder. "Xiao San, I'll be leaving shortly. I've already erased the memories of these fellows, but I'll leave Rongrong in your care."

His next destination was the City of Slaughter, but that place housed Tang Chen, a ninety-ninth-rank powerhouse. As for whether he could win against him, the odds were probably fifty-fifty.

Tang San was momentarily stunned, then said firmly, "Rest assured, Brother Sheng."

Brother Sheng's spirit skill was actually capable of erasing other people's memories!