"Huh? What's with this village? Why is everyone asleep so early?"

Huyan Li's destination was Seven Treasure Village, the largest settlement at the foot of Seven Treasure Mountain and the hometown of titled Douluo Yin Yang.

Taking it out would be a decent achievement.

"Dare to mess with Grandpa Eagle's home? Sister Meng, let's put a few holes in him!" Ning Rongrong, hiding in the grass outside the village, ground her teeth.

Meng Yiran had also reached rank 50, and with Ning Rongrong's support, defeating Huyan Li wouldn't be hard.

"Don't worry, Big Sis, I'll twist his dumb head off!"

Meng Yiran didn't reply, but another voice rang out.

"Gu Ran, weren't you at another village?" Ning Rongrong asked, surprised, as he'd left his assigned group.

Gu Ran waved it off. "Relax. The attackers are all weaklings. I left enough people at my post. But with Huyan Li, a Soul King, here, this place is more worth attention."

"Let me burn him to ashes with Phoenix Fire!" Ma Hongjun leapt out.

"These two only want Huyan Li's soul bone," Ning Rongrong thought, exasperated.

But she didn't stop them. She and Meng Yiran already had head bones, so the Emperor Gold Elephant Head Bone was better left to Gu Ran or Ma Hongjun.

"Kill!"

At the village entrance, Huyan Li roared, leading the Elephant Armored Sect and others in a charge, ready to massacre.

But upon entering, they found the place empty—not sleeping, but evacuated.

The houses had people, but when Huyan Li gave the order, they took Oscar's invisibility sausages and vanished.

"Not good, it's a trap! The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was prepared." A young man wielding a wind sword—Feng Moheng of the Wind Sword Sect—cried out.

"Just the Elephant Armored and Wind Sword Sects dare to challenge us?" Ning Rongrong's gaze turned cold. "All units, support disciples assist, battle soul masters charge!"

Built against the mountain, most Seven Treasure Sect disciples hid near the cliffs.

With several cries, countless Flying God Claws shot out in the night, some hooking onto houses, some directly onto attackers.

Battle soul masters descended from above.

Countless third and fourth spirit skills were unleashed, killing dozens instantly.

"Fifth Spirit Skill: Snake in the Cup!" Meng Yiran targeted Huyan Li—his huge body was impossible to miss.

"Damn, an ambush! Fifth Spirit Skill: Frenzied Assault!" Confident in his defense, Huyan Li clashed head-on with Meng Yiran.

Even with Ning Rongrong's support, Meng Yiran's physical strength was no match for Huyan Li. She was knocked back, her petite body sent flying.

"Yiran!" Oscar flew up with his mushroom sausage, catching her. "Are you alright?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Meng Yiran shook her head. "Diamond Mammoth is truly a top attack-defense martial soul, far superior to my snake staff. But he's not unscathed—my Snake in the Cup isn't easy to take."

Huyan Li didn't notice that although he had sent Meng Yiran flying, there was a small cut on his shoulder as if bitten by a snake.

Snake in the Cup is a tricky skill; what looked like a stab to the chest was a feint, the real attack aimed at the weaker shoulder.

Huyan Li's level wasn't high enough for his Diamond Mammoth to cover his whole body.

Meng Yiran's snake staff was also poisonous—soon, Huyan Li would be in trouble.

"Sister Meng, go fight someone else. If it's about martial soul quality, let me teach him a lesson!" Ma Hongjun spread his wings, rushing forward.

His Fire Phoenix—could it lose to a Diamond Mammoth?

"Soul Bone Skill: Phoenix Blast Strike!"

"Fatty, so what if your martial soul's better? I'm a Soul Emperor! Soul Bone Skill: Furious Overlord Fist!" Gu Ran wasn't to be outdone. His Skeletal Warhorse martial soul was inferior to Fire Phoenix, but he was higher level.

Two soul bone skills struck Huyan Li simultaneously.

He sensed danger—one opponent was a higher-level Spirit Emperor, the other a Fire Phoenix with explosive fire.

He dared not take such attacks head-on.

"Big bro, we'll help!" Six burly men rushed in—Huyan Ba, Huyan Shan, Huyan Xi, Huyan Qi, Huyan Gai, and Huyan Shi, the original Elephant Armored Academy team.

Ning Rongrong waved, ordering, "Invisibility squad, attack! Zhuge Crossbow volley!"

Arrows shot out from beside the Huyan brothers, who hadn't even sensed anyone nearby, not even time to activate their spirits.

Oscar's invisibility sausage didn't just hide bodies, but also concealed aura—a must-have for travel, intelligence, and assassination.

Bang! Bang!

Six thuds—apart from Huyan Li, the entire Elephant Armored Academy team was wiped out.

"Brothers!" Huyan Li roared in rage. These were his childhood friends, now dead in an instant. "Damn you! Soul Bone Skill: Gold Elephant Shakes the Heavens!"

A move he couldn't use before due to Tian Lin's interference was finally unleashed.

A huge golden elephant appeared behind Huyan Li, its trunk sweeping with immense force, sending Ma Hongjun and Gu Ran flying.

But with Seven Treasure Pagoda's defense boost, they weren't hurt.