Chapter 145 Electrolux crushes the Grim Reaper's messenger; he's not a fool like Black Prince!
The golden light above the sky had now completely locked onto the dark cave located in the northern border of the Star Luo Empire.
The audience in the underworld held their breath, eager to witness how the nightmare that had nearly wiped out the Shrek Academy's regular team crumbled in the face of a true powerhouse.
[The video continues to play on the screen.]
Electrolux's figure slowly descended at the cave entrance.
The cave was pitch black inside, with a viscous, corrosive purple liquid constantly seeping from the stone walls. The air was filled with an overwhelming stench of decay and the wails of vengeful spirits.
Electrolux didn't activate any protective shields; the pale gray aura of order emanating from him caused any evil energy attempting to corrupt him to dissolve automatically upon contact within three feet.
He stepped into the cave, his crisp footsteps sounding particularly jarring in the silent, deadly place.
"Those who trespass into the forbidden zone of death shall die!"
With several piercing screams, dozens of low-level evil spirit masters and walking corpses, who had been lurking in the shadows, rushed out of the rock crevices.
Wielding bone weapons, their martial spirits unleashed gusts of eerie wind as they launched a suicidal attack on Ilex from all directions.
Electrolux didn't even stop; he merely raised his right hand slightly, his index finger tracing a semicircle in the air.
"Soul stripped away."
An invisible ripple spread outwards.
The evil spirit masters charging at the forefront stopped abruptly the moment their bodies came into contact with the ripples.
Their souls were forcibly extracted from their bodies in an instant, turning into specks of blue light and dissipating.
The corpses, now devoid of their souls, collapsed to the ground, not even managing to touch the hem of Electrox's clothes.
"Who dares to interfere with my ritual!"
And then, suddenly, from the depths of the cave, came the hoarse, frantic voice of the Grim Reaper.
Immediately afterwards, the gaunt figure, clad in a tattered black robe and wielding a bone staff, leaped down from the stone platform.
He was oblivious to the terror of his opponent, and instead burst into arrogant laughter.
"Hahaha! You've come at the perfect time! I am the messenger of death, and these 'resources' scattered all over the ground are prepared to bury you self-proclaimed righteous fools!"
The Grim Reaper slammed his staff heavily on the ground, his fifth spirit ring erupting with a blinding dark purple light: "Explode! Let this world experience the art of death!"
[At his command, the mountain of corpses inside the cave began to expand violently, and the corpse poison and energy contained within were undergoing a terrifying collapse.]
[In the underworld, it was this very move that severely injured Ma Xiaotao and the others.]
However, Electrox looked at the corpses about to explode, a hint of disdain in his eyes.
"The Grim Reaper? To call yourself the Grim Reaper before me, your understanding of death is stuck at the most primitive, explosive stage." Electrox's voice echoed through the cave. "These clumsy methods are things I've been using for ages."
Electrolux flicked his finger at the void.
In an instant, streaks of greyish-white flames of order landed precisely on each swollen corpse.
These flames didn't scorch the physical object; instead, they directly ignited the restless soul energy nodes within the corpse.
["Hiss—hiss—"
The corpse, which was about to explode, rapidly shriveled up under the flames, its internal energy being directly burned away and purified.
The earth-shattering explosion the Grim Reaper had imagined did not occur; only faint, hissing sounds, like leaking air, filled the cave.
The Grim Reaper stood frozen in place.
He remained in the position of raising his staff, staring blankly at the corpses that had turned to ashes.
His painstakingly accumulated trump cards were utterly reduced to ashes with a flick of his opponent's finger.
The Grim Reaper raised his head, meeting Ilex's unwavering gray eyes.
An absolute suppression from the depths of his soul instantly snapped him out of his madness.
"Um... I won't bother you anymore! I'm leaving... I'm leaving now!"
Large beads of sweat appeared on the Grim Reaper's forehead. He sheathed his staff, stiffly backing away, attempting to use some kind of escape technique to flee the scene.
But Electrox merely made a grabbing motion in the air.
"Where are you going?"
The space around the Grim Reaper seemed to freeze at that moment.
He felt an irresistible suction force holding him firmly in place, and then his neck was gripped by a cold, strong hand.
Electrolux grabbed the Grim Reaper by the neck with one hand and lifted him into the air like a chick.
"Since you enjoy toying with death so much, then I'll let you experience it for yourself."
Electrox exerted force with his hand. A stream of power from the Grim Reaper flowed down his neck and into his body, instantly shattering all his meridians.
The Grim Reaper didn't even have time to utter a word of pleading before his eyes widened and he was crushed to death on the spot.
In the underworld, the Soul Masters, upon witnessing this scene, once again completely lost their composure.
"This is too tragic... The Grim Reaper has become a clown in the white world." A Soul Master from the black world rubbed his stomach and laughed out loud. "His Corpse Explosion didn't even make a sound in front of Ilex before he was burned to a crisp."
"Look at the Grim Reaper's expression at the end, he was really numb. He probably had never seen such an opponent in his life. With a flick of his finger, his family bucket was gone."
"The key is Electrox's tone—'These methods are old news to me.' That's more damaging than crushing him!"
Another older Soul Master sighed deeply, his tone full of complex emotions: "This is the right thing to do! The team leader should detect and eliminate evil spirits in advance, and then deliver a devastating blow upon discovering them."
"What kind of behavior is it to hide in the shadows like Xuanzi, eating roast chicken and only coming out to cry after everyone else has been blown to bits?"
"Look at Electrolux, he single-handedly wiped out this scourge without even breaking a sweat. That's the difference in strength, but even more so, it's the difference in responsibility."
Inside the Black Shrek rest area, Xuanzi's face was extremely grim.
The veins on his forehead bulged, and his fingers, gripping the gourd, trembled uncontrollably from excessive force.
He listened to the sharp whispers around him, the repeated accusations that he had "ruined things by playing PUBG," and his heart was filled with shame and indignation.
"Damn it... how long are we going to keep talking about this?" Xuanzi growled through gritted teeth.
He discovered that the more relaxed and professional Bai Elex appeared, the more it highlighted how foolish and absurd his initial behavior had been.
This public execution across the world made him feel increasingly ashamed, and he didn't know what to do.
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