The effect of this Soul Skill was as inconspicuous and straightforward as its name suggested: it hardened a Soul Beast's body for a period of time, automatically ending once the duration expired.
Normally, if a Soul Master killed a Soul Beast only to absorb Hardening instead of the high-grade Soul Skill it produced, they would curse in the streets for three days straight.
But at this very moment, to Huo Yuhao, this Soul Skill was more dangerous than any terrifying Soul Skill!
While in its Hardened state, the flesh pincer thrust out by this Demon Crab Emperor, which had only recently molted, was a genuine steel pincer capable of tearing through gold and jade, splitting mountains and shattering rocks!
If caught by that pincer, even a Super Douluo would be clipped cleanly in two!
Yet the reason Huo Yuhao had allowed the Demon Crab Emperor to catch his movement trail was naturally because he had paused for an instant. Why had he stopped?
"Too slow."
No extra expression showed on Huo Yuhao's face beneath his visor. Simply swinging the God Striking Whip was far too slow a way to rapidly expend the Soul Power within him, which was so full it nearly threatened to burst him apart. He decided to use a more convenient method.
He extended his left hand, and the seawater centered around Huo Yuhao rapidly froze. The freezing speed was utterly outrageous; in almost an instant, an area spanning more than a hundred meters around him had frozen solid.
Were Sea Soul Masters truly the strongest Soul Masters in the ocean? Perhaps not.
With a flap of his wings, Huo Yuhao appeared beside Du Busi and Xuan Zi.
He slowly clenched his left hand, and as Huo Yuhao moved, both Du Busi and Xuan Zi sensed a