I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 585: Reaper’s Ability

But Wang Lan’s warning was still too late. The moment Wang Lan’s roar burst out, a huge explosion detonated amidst Jiang Xinyu. The three of them were sent flying backward instantly.

Wang Lan’s figure flashed like a scattering butterfly and reappeared next to Jiang Xinyu. He held onto her waist; Jiang Xinyu’s current state was very odd. Her eyes were wide open, but her pupils were dilated. Her body was stiff as if she had lost her soul. Yet, her bodily functions were still operating normally, confirming she was still alive.

How did the opponent attack? Wang Lan hadn’t felt anything. In his haste, Wang Lan tossed a Holy Light to each of the three. The Holy Light activated normally, but there was no sign of improvement in Jiang Xinyu and the others. What on earth was it? What kind of attack was it? Wang Lan was utterly confused.

Behind him, Yulia, enveloped in Holy Light, was flashing and flickering, and explosive sounds echoed in the air. Obviously, Yulia had found a way to detect the opponent and was now engaged in fierce battle. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Yulia, what is that thing? How can we lock onto it!" Wang Lan bellowed angrily after he set Jiang Xinyu down.

BOOM—

A loud sound erupted, and Yulia’s figure was sent hurtling back, her legs carving a long trench in the ground. A trickle of blood slowly seeped from her mouth.

"He’s not human. He’s a Demon, a war-general under the Hell Monarch, the Soul Hooking Death God! We thought he had been killed by the Pope thirty years ago, but who would have thought he actually survived."

A grating sneer sounded, and amidst a light breeze, the opponent appeared again in front of the two.

"The Pope, that old fool, could kill me? Hahaha... Not just me, he couldn’t even kill my master. Are you God’s Country’s new Saintess? You’ve cultivated the Sun Bible well..."

"How do we deal with him?" Wang Lan asked again.

"Besides the Soul Arts of God’s Country, there’s no other way to restrain him. He can assume a spiritual state and attack the soul. Unless you cultivate your Primordial Spirit, as in your Eastern world, or our God’s Country’s Soul Arts, you can’t see him, much less attack him."

"Then how did you fight him?"

"I only sensed him with the power of Holy Light, but I couldn’t inflict any effective damage. The Soul Hooking Death God ranks third in strength among the Hell Monarch’s divine generals, but his eerie abilities can’t be resisted by anyone except the Pope and the Holy Knight. Wang Lan, you must flee quickly! Staying here will only be a senseless sacrifice. You have to get the message out for the Unparalleled Knight and the Pope to come and slay him."

"Hahaha... Do you think I’m a fool? By the time those two old guys arrive, I’ll have long since escaped without a trace. But before I leave, I’ll kill a few of you as interest."

As soon as the words fell, the Soul Hooking Death God’s figure vanished again. In an instant, a strong sense of crisis surged into Wang Lan’s heart.

Previously, the Soul Hooking Death God’s target wasn’t Wang Lan, so he hadn’t personally felt that kind of peril. But now, even as Wang Lan sensed imminent danger, the Soul Hooking Death God’s strike had already hit Wang Lan’s chest.

BOOM—

Almost instantly, Wang Lan saw the Soul Hooking Death God. At that moment, he had become a green phantom that struck Wang Lan’s body with his palm, passing through it.

In the palm of the phantom, though, was Wang Lan’s soul. In that moment, Wang Lan finally understood the Soul Hooking Death God’s method of attack. The Soul Hooking Death God was already a soul entity. His power was to extract the soul from a person’s body; without the soul, the body naturally became like a motionless zombie.

The moment Wang Lan’s soul left his body, the world he saw changed entirely.

It was like a color-blind person suddenly able to see colors for the first time; things that were invisible became clear.

The souls of the three from the Angel Team and Jiang Xinyu’s group were trapped in midair by strange iron chains, unable to move. Jiang Xinyu and the others were calling out to him. Previously unheard by Wang Lan, he could now hear them clearly.

"Wang Lan, be careful—"

"It’s over, Lanzi has fallen—"

An iron chain suddenly emerged from the void, shooting towards Wang Lan. At the critical moment, Wang Lan’s figure flashed to dodge the chain’s attack. He retreated explosively, pulling back to Yulia’s side.

In Wang Lan’s view, Yulia appeared as a formless humanoid glow without facial features or body.

"How... How is this possible?" The Soul Hooking Death God stared at Wang Lan as if seeing a ghost. "Your soul was extracted by my strike, and you can still move?"

At that moment, Wang Lan was also puzzled about his own state. He was dressed in a black ancient robe, his feet sporting plain cloth shoes. Most importantly, he was holding the Zanpakuto in his hand.

His own body, however, lay motionless beside Jiang Xinyu and the others as if it were a piece of wood.

Suddenly, Wang Lan had a revelation. Looking down at the Zanpakuto in his hand, he seemed to understand something.

This state... wasn’t it just like a Death God?

Since he had the Breaking Swords, there was no doubt he was a Death God. And as he recalled from the Death God anime he had seen, wasn’t the protagonist knocked into a Death God state and fought like that after his soul was slapped out of his body?

With this realization, Wang Lan smiled, his face revealing a sinister grin.

"Heaven may cause calamities, but self-inflicted ones leave no room to live," Wang Lan said, holding the Zanpakuto and stepping toward the Soul Hooking Death God.

"What on earth are you? Why is your soul like this?" The Soul Hooking Death God stared at Wang Lan with a solemn gaze, having never seen such a thing in his three thousand years on Earth.

"Me? A Death God!" As his words fell, Wang Lan instantly dashed towards the Soul Hooking Death God, the Zanpakuto turning into a slash of moonlight, cutting fiercely down.

The Soul Hooking Death God instantly threw out a chain to meet Wang Lan’s Zanpakuto. With a CLANG, the chain was severed in two by the Zanpakuto. Seeing the Soul Hooking chain cut, the Soul Hooking Death God’s face changed drastically again as he swiftly retreated.

Not only could Wang Lan still move after his soul was knocked out of his body, but he could actually hold a sword. And not just hold a sword, he could also attack him and even cut the soul-binding Soul Hooking chain? Why was this happening?

"Initiate, Sword of Light—"

The Zanpakuto in his hand instantly burst apart, turning into a Sword of Light. Although he couldn’t use Star Martial Skills in his soul state, Wang Lan’s strength was fully preserved.

Once initiated, the Sword of Light could imitate the attacks of any form of Star Martial Skill. Instantly, Wang Lan was as fast as lightning, constantly appearing by the Soul Hooking Death God’s side.

With every appearance, the Soul Hooking Death God was beaten back step by step, his Soul Hooking chain being sequentially severed by Wang Lan. This scene was too much for not just the Soul Hooking Death God to accept but also for Jiang Xinyu and the others to comprehend.

Wang Lan was clearly the same type of person as them, but now, it seemed obvious that he was not. Wasn’t a human soul just a mere shadow? Yet Wang Lan’s soul was just like a physical body. That alone was astonishing. The clothes worn by Wang Lan’s soul state could actually differ from those on his body. What was even more astounding was that this sword, which they had seen countless times, could actually be wielded by a soul?

What else in this world could utterly shatter one’s worldview?

Perhaps because Wang Lan had cut too many chains, the Soul Hooking Death God waved his hand, and the chains that bound the Angels flew to his hand. The souls of the freed members of the Angel Team instantly WHOOSHED back into their bodies, and the three, who had been lying like corpses, slowly woke up.

Upon seeing this, Wang Lan immediately understood. He flashed forward, holding off the Soul Hooking Death God with a swing of his sword, and appeared beside Jiang Xinyu and the others, his blade swinging down. With Wang Lan’s sword skill, he could completely sever the chains bound to a person without harming them in the slightest.

With a CLANG, the chains on Jiang Xinyu and the others broke. Their souls WHOOSHED back into their bodies, and they too slowly awakened.

"You’re quite interesting. But I’ve got other things to do now. I’ll play with you again some other time," said the Soul Hooking Death God as he burst back.

But just as he took a step back, he suddenly felt a moonlight flash before him, and Wang Lan appeared in front of the Soul Hooking Death God, blocking his path.

"You think you can still run?"

"You..." The Soul Hooking Death God’s face darkened in an instant. Wang Lan had moved so fast that he couldn’t even see clearly. If Wang Lan had such speed, it would indeed be difficult for him to escape.

The Soul Hooking Death God’s expression changed slightly, and he suddenly soared up into the sky.

I refuse to believe that you can fly!

Indeed, in his soul state, Wang Lan could not use Star Martial Skills and naturally couldn’t use abilities like Weight Exchange that allowed flight. But Wang Lan had seen Death Gods before. Though he didn’t claim to understand their skills thoroughly, he certainly knew the basics.

In a desperate moment, Wang Lan thought of the Moon Step and somehow executed it. At that moment, Wang Lan had no other thoughts in his clear mind, just one resolve: to chase him down and cut him.

Stepping on the moon, he soared high into the sky.

He arrived almost instantly behind and shoulder to shoulder with the Soul Hooking Death God, who was facing the sky. The Soul Hooking Death God was slightly stunned, but when he turned his head, he saw Wang Lan’s Sword of Light already shining brightly in the air.

"Cut—"

"AH—"

With that slash, it was as if a beam of moonlight had come striking down. The Soul Hooking Death God only saw a lone bright moon hanging high before a sharp edge reached atop his head. Wang Lan’s sword had already cut through the center of the Soul Hooking Death God’s forehead.

The Zanpakuto, designed specifically to slay souls. In his soul state, being split in half by the Zanpakuto meant it was as if his body had been cleaved into two.

The split soul fell from the sky, hitting the ground with a PLOP.

The bisected body was still twitching faintly. Although there was no blood or organs spilling out, the scene was still intensely horrifying. Soon, the two halves of the body melted away like a snowman in flames, a wisp of green smoke rising and then gradually disappearing.

"For slaying the Soul Hooking Death God and thwarting the Hell Monarch’s undead calamity conspiracy, reward 5,000,000 experience points, 300,000 skill points—"

A system prompt sounded in Wang Lan’s mind, bringing him a long sigh of relief. Since the system confirmed the death, then he was definitely dead.

But the problem now was... how to return to his own body?

No sooner had this thought arisen than Wang Lan felt a sudden blur before his eyes. When his vision cleared, he was looking up at the sky. Wang Lan suddenly sat up, realizing that his soul had already returned to his body.

The feeling during his Death God state was still marvellously strange. But this sort of experience was likely to be a one-time thing, right? After all, there probably wouldn’t be a second person to knock Wang Lan’s soul out of his body again.