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Relying on the ice-attribute energy contained within this millennium soul ring, the might of Huyan Ba's attack was truly formidable.
Its offensive traits were vastly different from those of the other children of the Huyan Clan. However, his cultivation level was ultimately lacking. Even with the aid of his soul ring's power, it was difficult for him to contend against Ling Xiao in a head-on clash.
With the sheer sharpness of the Profound Sky Axe, the rushing torrent of ice and snow Huyan Ba exhaled could not hold out for long once it clashed with that massive axe light.
It was cleanly cleaved down the middle.
The crescent-shaped blade light surged forward with irresistible force, breaking through all bamboo in its path. As the razor-sharp, massive axe light split the freezing current, its sharp majesty erupted, forcing the icy deluge to scatter to both sides.
The remaining residual might was completely incapable of affecting Ling Xiao; protected by his body-protecting soul power, the biting chill had become negligible to him. The massive river of ice and snow was split open by Ling Xiao's single axe strike, appearing as if it had branched out.
The massive axe light charged straight toward Huyan Ba along the center line. Even though Huyan Ba stood his ground and exhaled even more ice and snow power, it seemed utterly useless to stop this strike of the Profound Sky Slash.
Yet, there was not a trace of panic in his eyes.
The shattering of his third soul skill seemed to be of no consequence to him at all.
Ling Xiao was slightly perplexed by this.
But in the very next instant, he saw Huyan Ba snap his large mouth shut, ceasing his exhalation of the freezing torrent.
Seeing that his previously unleashed Ice and Snow Breath was about to be completely destroyed by the axe light, and that he was on the verge of being struck, Huyan Ba remained completely unhurried, as if he were preparing for something.
The next moment, a flash of dull yellow light streaked past.
A massive figure materialized almost instantaneously in front of Huyan Ba, thrusting both fists forward together. The fists slammed violently against the axe light, blocking Ling Xiao's attack on Huyan Ba's behalf.
It was precisely Huyan Shan.
Along with the appearance of his massive physique, what caught Ling Xiao's attention was that Huyan Shan's body—
The surface of his possessed Martial Soul form—was currently covered in a thick layer of rock that took the shape of a suit of armor. After possessing his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul, his body was already exceptionally tall and large.
At this moment, draped in this stone plate armor, his physique became even more gargantuan. In terms of height alone, he easily exceeded two and a half meters, resembling a small giant composed entirely of rock.
This was precisely Huyan Shan's third soul skill: Rock Armor.
This soul skill was actually quite similar to Yan's second soul skill, Rock Body. Both utilized earth-attribute power to manifest rock and condense it upon the body, thereby enhancing their own defensive capabilities.
The difference, however, lay in the fact that Yan's Flame Lord Martial Soul naturally possessed the earth attribute as a sub-attribute. Furthermore, the Flame Lord Martial Soul was intrinsically an Element-type Martial Soul.
In the soul beast world, Element-type soul beasts essentially had bodies formed from materialized elements. For instance, the Rock Golem, a low-tier soul beast among them, possessed a humanoid form that looked as though it were constructed from solid rock.
When Yan activated his Martial Soul Possession using his human body, the Martial Soul underwent a preliminary materialization, but it still could not achieve pure elemental materialization; it still manifested the characteristics of energy.
Only upon reaching the Soul Saint realm and unleashing the Martial Soul Avatar could a Soul Master become completely identical to the elemental soul beasts of the soul beast world.
After Yan unleashed his second soul skill, Rock Body, its essence was technically the same as Huyan Shan's—condensing rock upon the surface of the Martial Soul form like a layer of armor.
However, for Yan, who possessed an Element-type Martial Soul, this layer of rock could perfectly substitute for the materialized elemental body of an elemental soul beast.
By integrating this Rock Body with the origin fire of the Flame Lord Martial Soul, the rock body would fuse with the power of fire, transforming into a lava physique. This made him virtually no different from the elemental soul beasts in the soul beast world.
Even if an ancient soul beast like a Flame Lord with a cultivation level close to his were to appear in the soul beast world, there would probably be very little difference between them.
At this moment, having unleashed his third soul skill, Rock Armor, Huyan Shan's defensive power had increased immensely. He had gone so far as to concentrate the majority of his third soul skill's power onto his forearms.
Clad beneath the thick, heavy rock armor, his fists and arms appeared exceptionally thick and sturdy, resembling two massive stone pillars. Although his flexibility had plummeted drastically, he had no choice but to resort to this in order to resist Ling Xiao's attack.
After the axe light manifested by the Profound Sky Slash tore through Huyan Ba's Ice and Snow Breath, not much of its power remained. With a loud bang, the blade light chopped into Huyan Shan's dual fists.
Although it left a rather deep axe mark behind, it failed to force Huyan Shan back.
However, how could Ling Xiao possibly stop after executing just a single axe strike?
From the moment Ling Xiao forced back the consecutive attacks of Huyan Li and the others, to his rapid turn to unleash his axe and break the Ice and Snow Breath, up until the moment his Profound Sky Slash was finally blocked by Huyan Shan—
Though it seemed like a long time had passed, it was actually all a matter of a split second.
Ling Xiao used his Profound Sky Slash to pave the way, breaking the freezing torrent while his body simultaneously shot forward.
Like an arrow releasing from a bowstring, he charged up.
Seeing Huyan Shan block his attack, Ling Xiao did not hesitate for a second. Holding the Profound Sky Axe with a tight grip, he brought it down heavily.
A malicious axe light flashed through the air instantly, and the giant axe—radiating a terrifying, razor-sharp edge and carrying immense physical weight—fell toward Huyan Shan.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A continuous series of explosions suddenly echoed through the air, sounding one after another like muffled thunder. Ling Xiao's axe strikes grew heavier with each swing as they chopped down upon Huyan Shan's body, forcing him to retreat several steps in a row.
As Ling Xiao circulated his soul power, he brought down yet another axe strike.
A massive blade light fell along with the body of the axe, its sharp majesty growing three fractions more intense. Seeing that the power of this particular axe strike clearly surpassed the previous ones, Huyan Shan poured nearly every ounce of his strength into resisting it.
After doing everything he could to catch this axe strike, his body could not help but shudder violently. The bluestone beneath his feet shattered completely, sending fissures spreading outward.
The rock armor on his arms was already riddled with scars from defending against the Profound Sky Axe so many times, and it was now practically cracked open all over, exposing his possessed Martial Soul form underneath, which was likewise covered in numerous wounds.
Through this bout of exchange against the seven of them, it was clearly visible that Huyan Shan's defensive power after unleashing his third soul skill was rather astonishing.
Although his cultivation level was slightly inferior to Huyan Li's, his defensive power actually faintly surpassed him.
Among the seven of them, apart from Huyan Li—who possessed the strongest comprehensive strength and could barely clash with Ling Xiao head-on—only Huyan Shan could rely on his exceptional defensive capabilities to resist Ling Xiao directly.
Seeing that in just a few breaths of time, the Rock Armor granted by Huyan Shan's third soul skill was already mostly chopped to pieces by him, and that Huyan Shan was finding it increasingly difficult to resist his attacks, Ling Xiao prepared to ride this momentum to thoroughly defeat both Huyan Shan and Huyan Ba, thereby weakening the seven-man coordinated encirclement.
Suddenly, before he could even swing his axe to attack, and before the counterattack from Huyan Li and the others—which he had been constantly guarding against—could even arrive, a wave of freezing air instantly flooded the area.
It was precisely Huyan Ba in front of him making another move. However, his attack this time was vastly different from before. He had activated his third soul ring once again, but this time, the exhaled ice and snow power did not transform into a freezing torrent to surge toward Ling Xiao.
Under his precise control, the ice-attribute energy within the third soul ring used the method of the Ice and Snow Breath but with a slight modification. It actually transformed into a vast expanse of ice-blue, freezing mist that surged toward Ling Xiao, rapidly spreading out like an ocean wave.
Within the arena, the space spanning several meters around Ling Xiao was instantly enveloped by a cloud of ice-blue, freezing mist. In an instant, the chill in the arena reached a peak, frost condensed on the ground, and it became impossible to clearly discern the exact situation inside.
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