Unlock Kamen Riders in Douluo's Way Ch 47

"Xiaoya!"

Su Xuan arrived at the spot where they'd separated, finding no sign of Yin Xiaoya. But she did notice something new: a fresh trail that hadn't been there before. Yin Xiaoya must have made it after they left.

"Are you there?"

Following the motorcycle tracks, Su Xuan hurried in the direction Yin Xiaoya was headed. As one of the Shrek Seven Monsters, her speed was remarkable, even if she wasn't an agility-type soul master. After only two minutes, though, she abruptly stopped, sliding nearly ten meters on the dry earth before coming to a halt.

"So that's it. Guess you're done pretending, huh?"

Su Xuan slowly turned around to face a middle-aged man in white, standing with his hands clasped behind his back. Behind him were two young men, about her age, radiating a distinctly unpleasant aura. It was easy to tell at a glance that they were trouble. But their appearance didn't surprise Su Xuan.

The middle-aged man squinted, a regretful expression on his face. "Little girl, you did this on purpose. Courageous, but too conceited. After seeing so many corpses, you should've guessed that at least one of us is a Spirit Emperor. Even so, you still tried to lure us out on your own? You're too young, too impulsive."

He was right. Su Xuan's whole reason for separating from the others was to draw these three out. After discovering the corpses, Su Xuan had detected a faint, yet distinct, killing intent directed at them. An intent she knew was from the very evil soul masters that were the cause of the bodies being there.

Because within their Shrek group, including herself, were four Spirit Ancestors and two Spirit Kings. Therefore, even if a Spirit Emperor lurked among the evil soul masters, they wouldn't attack such a formidable lineup. But when Su Xuan sensed that intent, she knew these evil soul masters wouldn't let them go.

She couldn't say anything. If she revealed that they were onto them, the evil soul masters would attack at any cost. And she still had the four younger students to protect, and persevering while protecting them against an opponent at the Soul Emperor level would be difficult.

So Su Xuan deliberately made an excuse to separate from the group. Knowing that evil soul masters wouldn't pass up a lone target, they'd inevitably follow. And, as she'd hoped, they had.

Su Xuan sneered. "You say I'm too conceited? Implying that if I'd stayed with the group, you wouldn't dare make a move?"

The middle-aged man's grin widened, becoming almost feral. "How is that possible? Four Spirit Ancestors and two Spirit Kings—those are quite a few big fish. They can increase my apprentices' and my cultivation by several times in an instant. How could we let you go? We'll deal with you quickly, then chase after them and savor them one by one, including those little ones. Hehehehehe…"

Definitely a mental problem, Su Xuan thought. Spending too much time as an evil soul master must warp the mind.

Su Xuan snorted. It seemed she had only guessed the beginning, not the end. She'd hoped to imply the presence of another companion, forcing the evil soul masters to spend more time on her, giving the team ample time to escape.

But the man had shown his hand too early, clearly seeing through her delaying tactic. Still, she had taken such a risk to lure these people out—not to simply give up. As one of the Shrek Seven Monsters, she certainly had the means to protect herself.

Four spirit rings materialized around her body, and the bow of her martial soul, Arrow Seed, appeared in her hand. The two youths behind the man also summoned their spirits: a wolf and a leopard. Like Su Xuan, they were four-ring Spirit Ancestors. It was easy to tell they had gained that cultivation level at such a young age by devouring many people.

"Little sister, my brother and I are agility-attack soul masters. We're perfectly suited to restrain your long-range weapon soul," the wolf soul master said.

"Brother, I can't wait any longer! Let's go!" the leopard soul master exclaimed.

"Hey! Don't rush off!" the middle-aged man responded, chuckling.

The two attacked Su Xuan almost simultaneously, moving with incredible speed.

As they said, bow and arrow martial souls were at a severe disadvantage against fast, agile attackers. If the arrow speed was slower than the opponent, they could close the distance. And there were two targets, approaching from different angles, making it impossible for the archer to target them at the same time.

But Su Xuan was one of the Shrek Seven Monsters. Weaknesses that plagued ordinary archers didn't apply to her. Master Yu Xiaogang had trained her specifically to overcome such flaws. And the soul skills granted by her four spirit rings compensated for her weaknesses.

Facing the two approaching from different directions, Su Xuan channeled her soul power, her body becoming an afterimage as she matched their speed. More importantly, she could still use her spare energy to fire soul power arrows at them.

As long as the Arrow Seed was charged with soul power, drawing the bowstring would produce an endless rain of arrows. She was essentially fighting as a highly accurate and incredibly maneuverable machine gun.

"How can a weapon soul master have such speed? She wasn't this fast when we were following her. Did she deliberately make us underestimate her?" The wolf soul master hastily dodged an arrow.

The leopard soul master added, "Such speed, and soul power arrows with a decent attack... this woman is not simple. She looks younger than us... not good! Fall back!"

Just as he shouted, Su Xuan released two phoenix-headed arrow feathers—her fourth soul skill, Absolute Penetration. And, upon closer inspection, the arrows were shining with white light: tracking arrows fused with her first soul skill. No matter how they dodged, the arrows would follow their targets until they hit.

While the two were distracted by the phoenix-headed arrows, Su Xuan's speed increased again. As an archer, she didn't pull back; she aggressively closed the distance to the middle-aged man, firing feint arrows. The middle-aged man smirked, calmly dodging them.

Su Xuan stopped just ten steps away from him, sliding forward in a half-horse stance, using the momentum of her earlier run. At the same time, her second and third soul rings lit up. Her bow was fully drawn, and a purple arrow, glowing with red light, appeared on the string.

This action took less than a second, shortening the distance between them to within four steps. Then, she released the string.

The purple arrow roared as it flew, instantly transforming into hundreds of identical arrows, flying towards the middle-aged man like a shotgun blast. The sheer number of arrows at such close range ensured that the opponent had nowhere to hide and would be crippled in one blow.

These arrows were infused with two soul skills. The second soul skill, True Arrow Clone, created hundreds of copies with the same power as the original at the moment of release.

The third soul skill, Ultimate Near Arrow, created a red arrow feather with the ability to increase its attack power the shorter the distance to the target. Conversely, the farther the distance, the weaker the attack. It was a high-risk, high-reward skill. The maximum power multiplier was at a distance of one step, increasing the arrow's power a hundredfold.

That was why Su Xuan had moved closer: to maximize the effect of Ultimate Near Arrow.

Though it wasn't the one-step limit, four steps still granted a fiftyfold increase in power. Such a terrifying arrow, or rather, arrows, should be irresistible, even for a Spirit Emperor.

But just as Su Xuan thought she would succeed, she saw the man smiling instead of panicking, and she immediately realized she'd been tricked.

The arrows, with their terrifying power, pierced right through him without any resistance. The man in front of her wasn't the real deal. It was a phantom. He'd deliberately let her get close, lulling her into a false sense of security.

"It's a phantom!"

Sensing danger, Su Xuan tried to retreat, but the phantom approached, passing through her like a ghost. She lost control of her body, the Arrow Seed falling from her grasp. She collapsed, unable to even close her eyes.

She hadn't lost consciousness, though. She could only watch helplessly as the real middle-aged man walked towards her, his two apprentices following with mocking expressions. The middle-aged man held a phoenix-headed arrow.

"When I saw this arrow, I remembered who you are. Su Xuan, one of the famous Shrek Seven Monsters. I remember this arrow can pierce in one hit, right? Heh. Extremely powerful, but with a fatal weakness: if it hits the target, just grab the arrow shaft and then…"

He crushed the two phoenix-headed arrows in front of her. Absolute Penetration was just a fixed skill; it didn't mean its attack power was invincible. As long as it didn't hit, or its arrow shaft was destroyed by a stronger force, it was useless.

The situation had turned dire, but Su Xuan didn't give up. Giving up now meant certain doom, and she still had a card to play.

Though she had lost control of her body, she hadn't lost control of her soul power or martial soul. At this critical moment, she abandoned the secret she had always guarded, gathering all her remaining soul power and directing it toward her second, hidden, martial soul.

Instantly, a terrifying aura erupted from her body, shocking the middle-aged man, who quickly pulled his apprentices back.

At the same time, a gigantic figure, shimmering with golden light, emerged from Su Xuan's body. The terrifying aura emanated from it.

The three stumbled back dozens of meters. They had to crane their necks to look at the figure, which stood a full ten zhang tall—over 30 meters. When they finally saw it clearly, cold sweat dripped down their foreheads.

"She… She is one of the Shrek students with twin martial souls, but she has never disclosed what her second martial soul is. I didn't expect it... there would actually be such a terrifying martial soul."

The two apprentices were paralyzed with fear, unable to believe that what stood before them was actually a martial soul. Even Yin Xiaoya, who had read the original Douluo Dalu novel, wouldn't recognize it as such.

Su Xuan's seldom-seen second martial soul was a weapon soul, but it had a human appearance. It was a statue: a ten-zhang golden Buddha, radiating immeasurable majesty.