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Even Chrysanthemum Douluo and Yan revealed expressions of shock, their brows furrowing slightly. Was Ling Xiao actually about to lose?
On the square, the six elephant trunks driven by Huyan Ba and the others' Martial Souls tightly entangled Ling Xiao's limbs, locking him down and hoisting him into the air.
They continuously exerted tearing force, as if intending to tear him apart like a victim of dismemberment by horses. Do not be fooled by the fact that they were merely at the Soul Elder cultivation realm.
If this kind of offensive were used against some weaker Soul Ancestors, it could practically rip their limbs completely off, resulting in an utterly miserable death—take a piece of trash like Bu Le, for example.
Of course, if they wanted to deal with Bu Le, they wouldn't need to employ such methods, let alone orchestrate such a meticulous trap. Even the weaker Huyan Gai and Huyan Shi could easily defeat him by joining forces, and either of them could ensure their own safety and remain undefeated in a one-on-one fight.
This was the advantage of a powerful Martial Soul, and furthermore, the deep foundation of a formidable Soul Master Clan and Sects. Of course, not all rogue Soul Masters were weaker than the disciples of grand clans at the same cultivation level.
This world never lacked individuals of exceptional talent and brilliant genius among the commoners. The most critical factor was that Bu Le was simply too much of a piece of trash, wasting his rank forty-something cultivation.
What kind of Martial Soul was that anyway? Could that even be called a Martial Soul?
In terms of bizarre nature, it could be said to be not a single bit inferior to Yu Xiaogang's. To be able to cultivate to the Soul Ancestor realm with that kind of Martial Soul could at least be considered having a resilient mind.
However, for Ling Xiao, although the strength erupting from the six elephant trunks was immense, this level of force was still not enough to injure him. His own cultivation, after all, was at the Soul Ancestor realm.
His body had undergone the tempering of a fourth soul ring, and he concurrently practiced two body-refining techniques—the Ox Demon and Tiger Demon Fist Techniques.
Though they had not reached grand completion, when combined with his physical foundation, his raw strength was not a single bit inferior to those Beast Martial Soul Masters renowned for their power.
Despite hanging in midair, by channeling strength throughout his entire body, he condensed power into his limbs, flexing his arms and pulling in his legs.
For a moment, he actually resisted the tearing force of the six elephant trunks, forcing them to use every ounce of their strength just to avoid being dragged down and toppled by Ling Xiao's counter-force.
Yet, it was only a stalemate.
Although Ling Xiao resisted the tearing yank of the six Huyan brothers with his individual strength, he also lacked the leverage to pull them over. Nevertheless, despite being in a dire predicament at this moment, Ling Xiao did not lose his composure.
His expression was not panicked in the slightest.
After the initial surprise faded, his body remained suspended horizontally in the air.
Looking upside down at the surrounding Huyan brothers, a faint smile actually appeared on his face as he said calmly, "I didn't expect the members of the Huyan clan to use strategy in battle as well. I truly miscalculated."
Right now, under the mutual exertion of force from both sides, the six elephant trunks were stretched perfectly straight like steel cables, pinning Ling Xiao in midair.
They lacked the strength to take it a step further and could only control Ling Xiao like this, while Ling Xiao also seemed unable to break free for the time being.
His entire body was taut, condensing strength, while he continuously circulated his soul power to batter the durable ice sealing the Profound Sky Axe on his right hand.
As long as this ice seal was blasted open, with the sharpness of the Profound Sky Axe, he was confident he could hack through one of the elephant trunks. The moment even one of the six elephant trunks was severed, they would no longer be able to lock him down like this.
However, the Huyan brothers had not expended so much effort just to achieve this much.
The core of this absolute death trap they had designed against Ling Xiao did not rely on Huyan Ba alone. The six of them were responsible for trapping him, while the final, victory-sealing blow would be completed by Huyan Li.
Seeing that Ling Xiao had finally fallen into their snare, a look of joy surfaced on Huyan Li's solemn face. But to prevent Ling Xiao from blasting through the frost to free his Martial Soul and breaking the trap, he did not dare delay for even a split second amidst his joy.
With a fierce roar, his foot stamped heavily onto the ground, and he charged forward with a wild, violent momentum akin to a raging bull.
"Ling Xiao, you've lost!"
"Third Soul Skill: Suppressive Slaughter!"
Before his voice could fade, accompanied by Huyan Li's violent roar, a yellow soul ring released from within his body.
A unique fluctuation of soul power rippled across his massive Martial Soul form. Crucially, the light of this soul power was not the standard brown of the Diamond Mammoth lineage, nor was it the blinding radiance of diamond power.
Instead, it was a silver-white hue, radiating an aura of spatial power.
This was truly astonishing. Huyan Li's third soul ring had actually been obtained by hunting a spatial-attribute soul beast. No wonder he had never executed his third soul skill before, keeping it hidden until now.
The attributes of power in this world varied in a thousand different ways, but the spatial attribute was absolutely one of the top-ranking forces.
Few powers could compare to it.
Side by side with the power of time, there was a saying in the world of cultivation: Time is revered, and space is king.
When combined, the power of space-time possessed the foundational core to compete for the single greatest primordial force, which showed just how powerful it was. As a top-tier quality of power, the threshold to utilize spatial strength was exceptionally high.
For non-spatial attribute Soul Masters or soul beasts, they could only begin to preliminarily control spatial power after reaching the seven-ring Soul Saint realm, or when their cultivation reached around fifty thousand years.
Furthermore, this kind of control was merely indirect; it was essentially using one's own power to influence the external space, rather than direct mastery.
Only those with spatial-attribute Martial Souls or spatial soul beasts could truly and directly control spatial power after cultivating to a certain level. During the weaker, early stages, they could only barely utilize the superficial surface of spatial power.
Precisely because spatial power was so immense, whether in the Soul Master world or the soul beast world, spatial-attribute Martial Souls and soul beasts were extremely rare and precious existences.
Their numbers were even scarcer than dual-attribute soul beasts or Martial Souls; most people might go their entire lives without ever seeing one, treating them as mere legends.
Even though Spirit Hall controlled nearly half of the continent's Soul Masters, there currently wasn't a single Soul Master with a pure spatial-attribute Martial Soul within Spirit Hall.
Even if the criteria were lowered slightly, those like Huyan Li who hunted a spatial-attribute soul beast to obtain a soul ring were exceedingly rare.
This alone demonstrated just how precious it was.
Ling Xiao had never expected that Huyan Li's third soul ring was acquired from hunting a spatial-attribute soul beast. It was truly a divine blessing, yet at the same time, an absolute waste of God's gift.
It filled one with envy and pity all at once.
Because of how rare and powerful the spatial attribute was, the soul ring soul skill obtained from it would inevitably be extremely unique. Its effects would likely differ greatly from skills granted by ordinary soul beasts, making it highly irreplaceable.
It was almost impossible to substitute it with a self-created soul skill derived from one's own Martial Soul. When deployed against an enemy, its effect was often extraordinary, catching them completely off guard.
Admittedly, as a Soul Master's cultivation level rose, the soul skill granted by this early soul ring would gradually be outpaced.
However, for a soul ring possessing spatial-attribute power, setting aside the skill's direct effect, the spatial energy contained within the ring itself was its most precious treasure.
Even if the attached soul skill could no longer keep up with the advancement of one's strength as cultivation progressed, the spatial power embedded within the soul ring could help a Soul Master experience the subtle wonders of spatial force ahead of time—and through direct utilization at that.
This kind of comprehension was far more valuable than the soul skill's effect itself, and it would be immensely beneficial for comprehending spatial power once their cultivation reached the Soul Saint level.
After all, for a Soul Master, a Soul Saint who had not comprehended spatial power could not be considered a true Soul Saint.
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