manynovel Chapter 11 Cold Sky Snow Seal
Chapter 11 Cold Sky Snow Seal
Escape was impossible. In this perilous Star Dou Great Forest, even with his level 40 cultivation at its peak, escaping the pursuit of a Soul Saint was a pipe dream.
After all, no matter how gifted he was, his years of cultivation were far too short, and his accumulated soul power was far from comparable to that of a seventh-ring expert.
That being the case...
His vertical pupils briefly returned to normal, and through the thick smoke, he could see his target—
Less than ten meters away from him, Xu Yingluo looked completely bewildered, seemingly utterly confused about what had happened.
Attack where the enemy is going to defend themselves.
Xu Yuanxi retreated all the way to the outermost edge of the battlefield, but she was still shaken. She had once thought that her cousin, Xu Sanshi, was the most talented Soul Master in the world, an insurmountable mountain in her eyes. But there was always a glimmer of hope to catch up. However, what she saw and heard today completely overturned her understanding.
The three noble purple soul rings, the mysterious and majestic silver dragon body, and the clean and swift execution of Ye Handong, all of this brought an indescribable shock to her proud and arrogant nature.
She quickened her pace and took a few steps forward, arriving in front of Xu Yingluo. Although she had stolen the other party's soul ring, she didn't intend to completely break off relations. The Xuanming Sect had a strict hierarchy between the main family and collateral branches, and she wanted to bridge this conflict as much as possible.
Just as she was about to speak, Xu Yingluo grabbed her hand tightly, seemingly still a little bewildered, as if she couldn't understand why the people who had just been getting along so well were now pointing swords at each other. Her palms were sweaty and a little cold from the tense situation, while Xu Yingluo's were warm and dry, which made her feel relaxed.
Seeing the other person's blank expression, she couldn't bring herself to say the words she had prepared.
Oh, you fool, sometimes fools have all the luck.
She sighed silently, a rare moment of tenderness creeping into her heart. She knew that given Xu Yingluo's favor with the sect leader, once Elder Yunxiao brought back the soul bone, this opportunity would surely fall to her.
Yes, even now, she doesn't think Kong Tianxu has any chance of struggling.
The difference between killing a Soul Emperor in a surprise attack and facing a prepared Soul Saint is like heaven and earth. This young man, whom she had taken a great deal of attention from the beginning, had indeed shown strength far beyond her expectations, but it was not enough, far from enough.
If only that soul bone didn't exist, her relationship with the boy would have had a good start. She was fully confident she could win him over; with the boy's talent, perhaps she could…
"Quickly, trade places with me!"
Just as she was feeling a pang of pity and looking down on Kong Tianxu, lamenting that he was about to die before he could even grow up, Xu Yunxiao's anxious call pulled her back to reality.
Her pupils suddenly contracted as a silver dragon claw, shimmering with an icy blue luster, reached out towards her from the dissipating smoke and dust.
He's still alive! Xu Yuanxi was horrified. As Kong Tianxu's dragon claws approached, she hurriedly released her martial soul, and her fourth soul ring flashed at an extremely fast speed.
This time, unlike the last time the golden wolf attacked, Xu Yunxiao was watching intently, and she was not disturbed at all. If Xu Yingluo died or something else happened to her under these circumstances, she would not have a good ending either.
A fierce wind swept in, and the sharp dragon claws were already close at hand; it was too late!
Xu Yuanxi remained calm under pressure, and with her complete focus, time seemed to slow down. The claws, carrying the shadow of death, vanished the instant they touched the two of them, accompanied by the black light of Xuanming's replacement, and her soul power instantly disappeared.
She didn't notice that a faint silver hue was mixed in with the black light belonging to Xuanming's replacement, and a smile of triumph appeared on Kong Tianxu's lips.
Xu Yuanxi let out a deep breath, as if she had survived a close call. Her tense mind, suddenly relaxed, didn't dwell on the reason for the abnormal depletion of her soul power. She patted Xu Yingluo's hand, which was tightly gripping hers, and looked at Xu Yunxiao's figure in front of her with unprecedented peace of mind.
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Xu Yingluo?
Xu Yunxiao?
Didn't I switch places with Xu Yunxiao?
How come I'm still here!
She immediately looked up at where Xu Yunxiao had been standing, and her face turned as pale as the two people beside her.
"Be careful!"
Right behind the two Soul Kings of the Xuanming Sect, in the spot where Xu Yunxiao had been a second ago, Kong Tianxu, whose face was even paler, suddenly appeared in the brilliant silver light.
An extreme chill spread out, and his hands had completely turned into a crystal-clear white jade, which he then lightly patted towards the two of them.
The two Soul Kings of the Xuanming Sect were bewildered the moment they saw Kong Tianxu disappear. It wasn't until Xu Yuanxi reminded them that they snapped out of their daze and turned around to protect themselves with the Xuanjia Shield.
The instant the two made contact, that pure, unadulterated white spread from Kong Tianxu's hand to the surface of the pitch-black armor shield. A layer of frost completely enveloped the Xuanming Shield at an astonishing speed, and the two Soul Kings who directly suffered this blow were transformed into two ice sculptures by this gentle, snow-like erosion.
The third soul skill, Frosty Snow Seal, ignores defense and provides strong control. If the person hit cannot resist its chilling attack immediately, the terrifyingly low temperature that penetrates deep into the lungs is enough to instantly take a person's life. However, it also has a limitation: it requires physical contact to trigger.
Despite these limitations, the power of this soul skill was still extremely terrifying. With just one strike, two Soul Kings perished.
Four out of the seven members of the Xuanming Sect were gone, leaving only one Soul Saint, one Soul Sect Master, and one Soul Venerable.
His palms touched the Xuanming Shield and immediately separated. Kong Tianxu withdrew his hands, which had returned to their original state, unable to even maintain his Martial Soul Possession, and collapsed to the ground with a thud. He then gasped for breath, his soul power feeling utterly depleted.
He had never been this weak since his martial spirit awakened.
He unleashed the full power of his level-six soul tools twice and used five soul skills in succession. Although the Mad Demon Lightning Flash and Solar Storm Domain were only thousand-year soul skills, their powerful strength was based on the premise of high soul power consumption.
As skills that are thousand-year soul rings, each of them consumes the equivalent of a ten-thousand-year soul skill's soul power in Kong Tianxu's own.
Finally, and most importantly, the silver light that altered the outcome of the Xuanming substitution was none other than the strongest attribute controlled by the Silver Dragon Clan—space.
His cultivation level was insufficient, and his spatial attribute had not yet fully awakened. He needed to come into contact with Xu Yuanxi herself to change her substitution position. However, according to Kong Tianxu's own estimation, he should be able to completely master this attribute after obtaining his seventh soul ring and achieving Martial Soul True Form.
As for Xu Yuanxi, she thought it was her extraordinary performance that allowed her to complete the substitution before being caught, but in fact it was just the result of Kong Tianxu's deliberate control.