Chapter 375 - 367: Equally Invincible in the Soul Realm, 20 Consecutive Wins, All by Instant Kill

This wasn’t the first time Jiang Qiu had faced such an arrogant opponent. It seemed every member who came to the Celestial Star Arena had a bit of pride, and the more they won, the more conceited they became.

Those who won a lot were usually those who had killed a lot. They had a complete disregard for life and couldn’t care less about the lives of their defeated foes.

Just like this member of the Wandering Soul Race before him, Ah Gui, who was in his Soul Body state and wore an air of superiority.

"You’re asking how I instantly kill my opponents?" Jiang Qiu smiled faintly. "You’ll find out once the challenge begins."

"Hm?" Ah Gui was taken aback. It had been a long time since anyone had spoken to him like that. The last person who did was long dead—so long that the grass on their grave would be ten feet high. At that thought, his gaze turned cold and sharp. "Is that any way to talk to me?"

"What, is there someone else here?"

Jiang Qiu shook his head helplessly. "Don’t be in such a hurry. The challenge hasn’t started yet."

Before the challenge began, the space-time within the arena was bound by special Laws that prevented contestants from unleashing their full power. Correspondingly, many attack techniques could not be activated.

This made it impossible to kill an opponent.

However, this restriction meant little to Jiang Qiu. He was already an expert at the Half-Step Fusion Realm. Coming to an arena meant for those below the Peeping Dao Realm was a complete dimensional takedown.

He just didn’t want to expose his true strength and end up facing overly powerful enemies prematurely.

But Ah Gui didn’t know any of this. In his eyes, Jiang Qiu was the height of arrogance. He let out a few cold sneers and said no more, beginning to brew his killing move. He was determined to make Jiang Qiu die a miserable death, not just drop dead in an instant.

As time passed, the challenge finally began. Under the eager watch of the crowd, Ah Gui’s smoke-like body twitched. Those familiar with him could tell at a glance—he was unleashing his killing move right from the start.

"Holy shit, Ah Gui is really going all out! He’s using his killing move right away. If Jiang Qiu isn’t some super-genius in soul techniques, he’s gonna be instantly killed."

"He’s that strong?"

"You bet! Ah Gui used this exact move to instantly kill his opponents before. Once his consciousness bores into an enemy’s mind, it takes less than three breaths for them to go white-eyed, collapse twitching, and drop dead..."

"Holy shit, that’s impossible to defend against! Why isn’t Jiang Qiu attacking him? Interrupt his casting!"

"How could he interrupt it? This is a soul-level attack. External attacks are completely useless. Besides, Ah Gui’s unique racial Talent gives him physical immunity. His Soul Body can’t be harmed by physical attacks."

"Ah... no wonder we didn’t see Jiang Qiu’s classic flash of black light. Turns out he can’t instantly kill Ah Gui either."

"He’s been completely countered this time. Even if Jiang Qiu really is a super-genius, now that Ah Gui has him in his sights, there’s no way he’s walking out of this alive."

"Getting a nine-win streak is already badass enough. And his popularity has skyrocketed these past two days. He’s one of the most famous contestants in the Spirit Body Realm, and even some people in the Bright Soul Realm have started to notice him. That’s really impressive."

And just like that, many passersby and fans in the bullet comments began to lament Jiang Qiu’s short-lived brilliance. In their eyes, Jiang Qiu was truly no ordinary genius. With his unique instant-kill technique, he might have achieved an incredible winning streak in the future.

But in the end, it was all over for him. Defenses on the soul level were extremely difficult to cultivate. One needed unparalleled soul Talent or a special racial background to specialize in this field.

The Wandering Soul Race’s attainments in the soul were not to be underestimated. Their race had once produced a supreme expert who was close to the Harmonization Realm, and their descendants possessed outstanding aptitude.

Coupled with such a large gap in level, a comeback was impossible.

Of course, while some lamented, others were thrilled. "Excellent! Our bounty was worth it. This Ah Gui is really something else, instantly killing Jiang Qiu just like that."

"As expected, as expected. Serves that brat right for being so arrogant. How dare he kill our clan’s prodigy? Now he’s met a violent end himself."

"A happy ending for everyone. We can send the final payment now."

"+1"

One by one, they celebrated in the bullet comments as if popping champagne. They felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, but what they had no idea about was...

"HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!"

Inside Jiang Qiu’s Dragon Spirit Secret Realm Space, a tiny wandering soul trembled uncontrollably. It felt like a single fish roe in a tempestuous sea, where the slightest ripple could crush it to dust.

Its entire soul felt like it was about to explode. An unprecedented pressure enveloped it from all directions, as if heaven and earth were squeezing and grinding it down. The Laws were wildly rejecting it!

This wasn’t a mindscape at all—it was clearly the legendary Soul Realm!

Initially, it had planned to use its killing move to imprison Jiang Qiu’s soul and torture it mercilessly. Once it had its fun, it would finish him off.

But when its soul bored its way in, it had somehow ended up in this strange place. It was empty in all directions, with only an endless sea below and an endless sky above.

The only thing in sight that radiated a life force was an egg-like object. It floated in the center of this world as a continuous stream of Nether Dark Spirit Charm flowed into it, being absorbed.