Chapter 551: The Turmoil and New Journey after the Championship

Chu Tian and his team returned to the camp with the glory of the Soul Master Competition champions, and the entire camp was immersed in a joyful atmosphere. Everyone gathered around them, congratulated them, and handed them wine and delicacies.

"Haha, you really make us proud!" An old man in the camp said with a smile, his eyes full of satisfaction.

Chu Tian puffed out his chest proudly: "Of course, we worked so hard to win the championship."

Zhang Meng was eating meat on the side, mumbling: "The rewards for this champion are really generous, those spirit rings and soul tools are amazing."

Ye Li smiled and said, "But we can't let our guard down. That mysterious man showed up again after the finals, and he will definitely not let it go."

Qin Feng nodded: "Yes, we have to be careful. But now, let's celebrate first."

So, everyone held a grand celebration party in the camp. Everyone sang and danced, sharing the joy of victory. Xiaohua and Xiaobai ran around in the crowd, their faces filled with happy smiles.

However, behind the celebration, trouble was quietly approaching.

The next morning, Chu Tian and others discovered some strange phenomena around the camp. Some small animals suddenly became extremely violent and began to attack the campers. Moreover, the soul power fluctuations around the camp also became very unstable.

"What's going on?" Chu Tian asked with a frown.

Qin Feng began to look around and found some strange footprints on the ground. These footprints looked like they were left by some large soul beast, but they were somewhat unusual.

"These footprints are very strange. I have never seen such footprints." Qin Feng said.

At this moment, a guard from the camp ran over in a panic: "Oh no, there is a group of strange soul beasts approaching outside, they look very ferocious!"

Everyone immediately became alert and summoned their soul beasts to prepare for battle.

Soon, a group of soul beasts emitting black smoke appeared outside the camp. These soul beasts had red eyes and drooling mouths, looking very scary.

"What kind of soul beast is this? Why does it look so evil?" Ye Li said with some fear.

Zhang Meng clenched his fists: "No matter what it is, if you dare to attack our camp, you will have to pay the price!"

Chu Tian took the lead in launching the attack. He flew into the air and fired several soul blades at the soul beasts. However, when the soul blades hit the soul beasts, they just shook a little and did not suffer much damage.

"These soul beasts have strong defense!" Chu Tian shouted.

Qin Feng rushed towards the group of soul beasts with the Dragon Shadow Sword in hand. He tried to find the weakness of the soul beasts and stabbed a soul beast in the eye with his sword. After being attacked, the soul beast roared and pounced towards Qin Feng. Qin Feng dodged quickly, and he found that the attack speed of these soul beasts was very fast.

Ye Li let the frost fox release cold air, trying to freeze the soul beasts. However, the black smoke seemed to be able to resist the cold air, and the cold air could only slow down the soul beasts' movements slightly.

Zhang Meng commanded the giant rock bear to resist the attacks of the soul beasts in front. The giant rock bear waved its paw and slapped a soul beast away. But soon, more soul beasts pounced on it.

Just when everyone was in a bitter battle, Chu Tian suddenly discovered that these soul beasts seemed to be controlled by something. He carefully observed from the air and found that there was a black figure behind the soul beasts controlling them.

"Look, there! That black figure may be the key to controlling these soul beasts." Chu Tian shouted.

After Qin Feng heard it, he immediately rushed towards the black figure. When the black figure saw Qin Feng rushing towards him, he did not run away, but revealed a pair of red eyes, and then fired a black soul wave at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng used the Dragon Shadow Sword to resist, but the power of the black soul power wave was so strong that he was shocked and took a few steps back.

"This guy is not easy to deal with!" Qin Feng said with a frown.

At this moment, Xiaohua suddenly thought of a way. She said to Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, can you use your light to confuse the black figure?"

Xiaobai nodded, and then rushed towards the black figure. It released a strange light, which shot towards the black figure. After being hit by the light, the black figure began to shake a little, and the control over the soul beast became unstable.

Seeing the opportunity coming, everyone launched more fierce attacks. Chu Tian gathered a large amount of soul power in the air, and then released a huge soul power storm towards the soul beast group and the black figure.

The soul beasts fell down one after another under the attack of the soul power storm. The black figure was also hit by the soul power storm, let out a scream, and then disappeared.

After the battle, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"These soul beasts and the black figure must have been sent by someone. Could it be that mysterious person?" Ye Li said.

Qin Feng pondered for a moment and said, "It's very likely. It seems that we have to take the initiative to find out the mastermind, otherwise we will never have peace."

Therefore, Chu Tian and others decided to leave the camp and look for the trace of the mastermind behind the incident. They followed the direction where the black figure disappeared.

During the pursuit, they came to a mysterious valley, which was filled with thick fog and could not see clearly what was going on inside.

"This valley looks very strange, everyone be careful." Qin Feng warned.

They walked into the valley carefully. Suddenly, they heard a melodious flute sound. The flute sounded beautiful, but it made people feel a little creepy.

As the flute sounded, some strange phantoms appeared in the valley. These phantoms looked like ancient soul masters, floating in the air and making various fighting postures.

"What are these phantoms?" Zhang Meng asked nervously.

Chu Tian tried to fly towards the phantoms to see what was going on. But when he got close to the phantoms, the phantoms suddenly attacked. Chu Tian dodged quickly and found that although these phantoms looked illusory, their attacks were real.

Ye Li let the frost fox release cold air to try to dispel the phantom, but the cold air had no effect on the phantom.

Qin Feng thought for a while and said, "These phantoms may be the remnants of some kind of soul power. We have to find the source of these phantoms before we can destroy them."

So, everyone began to look for the source in the valley. They found an ancient formation deep in the valley. In the center of the formation was a crystal ball emitting light, and the crystal ball was engraved with strange runes.

"This crystal ball may be the source of the illusion." Qin Feng said.

However, when they approached the crystal ball, the surrounding runes suddenly flickered and waves of soul attacks shot towards them.

Everyone dodged and started to think of ways to crack the rune attack. Chu Tian observed the arrangement of the runes in the air and found that the rune attacks had a certain rhythm and order.

"I discovered that the rune attacks are in the order of the nine-square grid. As long as we dodge in this order, we can get close to the crystal ball." Chu Tian shouted.

Everyone followed Chu Tian's method, successfully avoided the rune attack, and then approached the crystal ball.

Qin Feng stretched out his hand to pick up the crystal ball, but the crystal ball suddenly released a powerful force that shook him away.

"This crystal ball has a strong protective power. How can we destroy it?" Qin Feng said with a frown.

Just as everyone was thinking hard, Xiaohua suddenly said, "I think we can use our soul power to attack the crystal ball together, maybe we can destroy it."

Everyone thought Xiaohua's idea made sense, so they released their soul power and gathered towards the crystal ball.

When everyone's soul power gathered together, the crystal ball began to vibrate violently. Then, with a loud bang, the crystal ball finally shattered.

As the crystal ball shattered, the phantom disappeared without a trace.

"Well done, Xiaohua!" Chu Tian praised.

Xiaohua smiled a little embarrassedly.

After leaving the valley, they continued to track the traces of the mastermind, and finally found some clues in a remote castle.

The castle looked eerie and there was a dark atmosphere around it.

"There must be something wrong with this castle. Let's go in and take a look." Qin Feng said.

They walked into the castle, which was filled with dark corridors and rooms. In a hall, they found some research materials on dark soul power and some strange experimental equipment.

"These materials look very evil, as if they are studying how to control the souls of soul beasts and soul masters." Ye Li said as he looked at the materials.

At this moment, a sinister laugh sounded in the castle: "You are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a man in a black robe walking out. This man was the mysterious man, with a sneer on his face.

"Who are you? Why are you targeting us?" Chu Tian asked.

The mysterious man said slowly: "I am a member of the Dark Soul Masters. Your performance in the Soul Master Competition has attracted our attention. We Dark Soul Masters want to rule the entire Wuhun world. You powerful soul masters will become our obstacles, so I must get rid of you."

Qin Feng frowned: "Your idea is too evil, we will not let you succeed."

The mysterious man sneered: "Just you? Don't even think about leaving here alive today!"

As he spoke, the mysterious man summoned a huge dark dragon. The dark dragon opened its huge mouth and spewed a black flame towards Chu Tian and others.

Everyone quickly dodged and then entered combat mode.

Chu Tian flew into the air and attacked the Dark Dragon. His soul blade hit the Dark Dragon's body, but the Dark Dragon's skin was very hard, leaving only a shallow mark.

Zhang Meng ordered the giant rock bear to rush towards the dark dragon, and the giant rock bear used its huge strength to fight the dark dragon. However, the power of the dark dragon was very strong, and the giant rock bear gradually lost the upper hand.

Ye Li let the Frost Fox release cold air to try to freeze the Dark Dragon, but the dark power in the Dark Dragon seemed to be able to resist the cold air.

Qin Feng held the Dragon Shadow Sword and calmly observed the weakness of the Dark Dragon. He found that the Dark Dragon's eyes were its weakness, but it was very difficult to attack its eyes.

Just when everyone was in a tough fight, Xiaohua suddenly thought of a solution. She said to Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, can you use your speed to get behind the dark dragon and attack its eyes?"

Xiaobai nodded, and then rushed to the back of the Dark Dragon at a very fast speed. The Dark Dragon did not notice Xiaobai, and its attention was focused on Chu Tian and others.

Xiao Bai successfully got behind the Dark Dragon and released a beam of light towards its eyes. After the Dark Dragon's eyes were hit by the light, it let out a painful roar.

Seeing the opportunity coming, everyone launched more fierce attacks. Chu Tian concentrated all his soul power in the air and launched a huge soul power storm towards the dark dragon.

Zhang Meng asked the Giant Rock Bear to use all its strength to activate the "Giant Rock Crack" skill. The ground shook violently, and a crack spread towards the Dark Dragon.

Ye Li let the Frost Fox release the strongest cold air, which attacked the Dark Dragon.

Qin Feng seized the opportunity, holding the Dragon Shadow Sword, and stabbed towards the dark dragon's eyes.

With the joint attack of everyone, the Dark Dragon was finally defeated.

The mysterious man's face turned very ugly when he saw the Dark Dragon was defeated. He wanted to escape, but Chu Tian and others would not give him this opportunity.

They quickly surrounded the mysterious man and launched an attack. Although the mysterious man resisted, he was no match for Chu Tian and others.

In the end, the mysterious man was defeated by Chu Tian and others and fell to the ground.

"Do you think this can stop us dark soul masters? Our plan is still going on." After the mysterious man finished speaking, he took his last breath.

Chu Tian and others knew that although they had defeated this mysterious man, the threat of the dark soul master still existed. They decided to continue their journey to find the headquarters of the dark soul master, completely destroy their evil plans, and protect the peace of the martial soul world.

So, they left the castle with a new mission and headed towards an unknown direction.