Eternal Darkness Form

After Extreme Power reached Level 30, its Soul Power consumption suddenly increased. This caused the Martial Soul to autonomously begin helping its host compress her Soul Power, preventing excessive depletion.

The price was that Zhu Zhuqing would need several times more time than others if she wanted to make progress.

Because she possessed two Extreme Martial Souls, after the Nether Shadow Spirit Cat compressed her Soul Power once, the Holy Light White Tiger compressed it again.

A vast amount of Soul Power drifting between heaven and earth was drawn into Zhu Zhuqing's body, where it was processed a second time to replenish the depletion caused by purifying her Soul Power.

Ten minutes later, all her Soul Power had recovered to its peak. When Zhu Zhuqing stopped cultivating, she was dumbfounded.

She had originally thought purifying her Soul Power once would be enough. After all, even Huo Gua only had one Extreme Martial Soul.

But she had two Extreme Martial Souls...

Two rounds of purification...

While this made her Soul Power exceptionally pure and durable,

even when she used this twice-purified Soul Power to unleash the soul skills of her Extreme Martial Souls, the consumption would not be great. It was even lower, percentage-wise, than the Soul Power ordinary Soul Masters used to unleash ordinary soul skills.

But this made her level much harder to raise!

She gathered a ball of Soul Power at her fingertip.

This ball of Soul Power was incredibly pure, more than ten times that of Soul Masters at the same rank.

In other words, one unit of her Soul Power could be used as ten units of an ordinary Soul Master's Soul Power.

But the difficulty of her cultivation had also increased more than tenfold.

She had roughly tested it just now. With her Self Martial Soul Fusion Technique, her rate of absorbing external Soul Power was about five times faster than before.

Others could only cultivate for six hours a day, while she could manage more—around eighteen hours before reaching her body's limit.

But using Martial Soul Fusion consumed a tremendous amount of mental energy.

Over the course of a day, she could only maintain it for around ten hours.

By this calculation, her Soul Power cultivation would not actually fall behind. She could still maintain a Cultivation Speed comparable to ordinary people with Innate Level Nine Soul Power or Innate Full Soul Power.

But why was cultivating becoming more and more exhausting?

"No. After working so hard to change, all I gained was barely enough to ensure my Soul Power Level did not fall below what it used to be.

I refuse to accept that!"

Red light burst from Zhu Zhuqing's eyes.

It demanded more mental energy and brought more trouble, yet in the end, her improvement barely changed and might even be suppressed by a few points. Zhu Zhuqing was unwilling to accept this reality.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes gradually became resolute. She would no longer confine herself to this tiny mountain valley.

She had to go out. Staying here would bring her almost no further improvement.

She had many ideas in mind.

But first, she needed to hunt her third Soul Ring.

Her Soul Power was now extremely pure. Even Soul Kings could not compare to her.

Her physical constitution was also formidable. After a year of tempering by Soul Power, it was nearly comparable to a Three Thousand Years Soul Beast.

And after being tempered by Extreme Soul Power just now, Zhu Zhuqing's physical body was now comparable to a five-thousand-year Soul Beast.

Under such circumstances, as long as Zhu Zhuqing's will was firm enough, she could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Ordinary Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts were comparable to high-level Soul Kings in the Soul Master world.

With Zhu Zhuqing's current strength, after using the Self Martial Soul Fusion Technique, she was confident she could face a Soul Emperor without being defeated.

As for Spiritual Power?

Did they really think the Spiritual Power of someone capable of refining Soul Power into threads would be low?

Although she had not tested it, she did not believe her Spiritual Power was weaker than that of any Soul King.

After making plans to hunt a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, Zhu Zhuqing packed up all her belongings in the mountain valley and resolutely left it.

Traveling straight ahead, Zhu Zhuqing hid in the shadows all the way until she reached the mixed region of the Star Dou Great Forest, where she finally stopped.

This region was a mixture of Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts.

The Soul Beasts Zhu Zhuqing wanted were generally Dark Attribute Soul Beasts of the Agility System.

Under normal circumstances, the mixed region was more suitable for their survival.

Hiding in the darkness, Zhu Zhuqing continuously searched one area after another where Dark Attribute Soul Beasts might be lurking.

Suddenly, as Zhu Zhuqing passed beneath a dark patch of shade, a pair of scarlet eyes opened in the darkness.

Whoosh!

The instant those eyes opened, Zhu Zhuqing sensed a Dark aura abruptly appear within her perception.

Shaking its massive head, a gigantic Ghost Tiger with a body length of six meters swayed out from beneath the shade.

The trees in the Star Dou Great Forest were incredibly dense. In some places, even the light was completely blocked out, naturally forming a world forever shrouded in darkness.

The Ghost Tiger stretched lazily beneath the shade. Zhu Zhuqing could tell that it had probably only just awakened.

"Six-point-four meters long, around fifteen thousand years old!"

The instant she saw the Ghost Tiger, Zhu Zhuqing roughly estimated its age.

Quickly calculating the gap between them, Zhu Zhuqing swiftly reached an answer.

Extreme Power restrained power of the same attribute. She possessed Extreme Darkness, and while the Ghost Tiger's Dark Attribute was high-grade, it was still beneath an Ultimate Attribute.

Under the suppression of an Ultimate Attribute, this Ghost Tiger likely could not display even sixty percent of its strength.

She could fight it!

Looking at the adorable giant Ghost Tiger, Zhu Zhuqing licked her lips.

She raised her hands slightly, and blades appeared in both her left and right hands.

Martial Soul Possession, Second Soul Skill: Netherworld Slash!

Concealed by Extreme Darkness, Zhu Zhuqing did not leak even the slightest trace of her aura.

She slowly approached the Ghost Tiger through the dark environment.

Perhaps Zhu Zhuqing's gaze was too obvious. The Ghost Tiger clearly sensed a faint yet tangible killing intent.

Its lazy appearance vanished completely in an instant.

The Ghost Tiger immediately lowered its body, continuously emitting rumbling warning growls from its throat. Its scarlet eyes swept from side to side, seeking the presence watching it from the darkness.

Its restless tail swished back and forth. It was clear that it was now on high alert.

An opportunity!

Having stealthily approached within five meters of the Ghost Tiger without it discovering her, Zhu Zhuqing inwardly breathed a huge sigh of relief.

At the same time, she seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Soul Power surged within her body as the power of Extreme Light began flowing toward Extreme Darkness.

Ultimate Attributes restrained one another, yet they also served as catalysts for one another.

Stimulated by a small amount of foreign Soul Power, Zhu Zhuqing discovered that even without using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, she could unleash Combat Power far beyond her usual level.

In the darkness, the power of darkness around Zhu Zhuqing began to boil. Under the influence of that surging Soul Power, her eyes were stained pitch-black, and dark patterns emerged across her body, covering every inch of her skin.

Nether Shadow Spirit Cat, Eternal Darkness Form!

Boom!

Seemingly without end, the power of Extreme Darkness suddenly rose within five meters of the Ghost Tiger's side.

The power of Extreme Darkness pressed directly down on the Ghost Tiger, suppressing it until its mind went blank for an instant.

But that instant was enough!

Squelch!

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh rang out!