Sun God! Radiant Light Annihilates Evil!

Burst-fire mode.

Naturally, that was a name Xiao Xuan had coined himself.

Over the past year of grueling cultivation, aside from strengthening himself, he had also put considerable effort into mastering the use of his soul skills.

This move was a branch soul skill derived after systematically analyzing Hu Liena's "Deception Orb"

and combining it with the characteristics of Thunder Summon.

To a certain extent, it could be called self-created.

The principle was quite simple: refining the process of condensing Soul Power, again and again.

In the end, it formed a rhythm similar to breathing.

Inhaling referred to the step of gathering Soul Power.

It took as little as two seconds, or as fast as half a second, to form a Thunder Summon.

Exhaling was firing it.

Since less energy was invested, the light spheres themselves were relatively smaller and lighter.

Naturally, they flew much faster than the normal version.

As long as he aimed in advance, even without the aid of other skills, the hit rate was much higher than the charged version.

Simply put, it switched from a world-destroying energy cannon to a blue-flamed Gatling gun.

In an instant, five or six Thunder Summons shot out.

They accurately targeted the eight exposed eyes of the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Even though this soul beast possessed no small degree of combat intelligence, it only had time to draw back its spider legs for protection.

Though not all of them hit, two eyes were successfully pierced.

Besides, Xiao Xuan's purpose in attacking had never been to inflict damage.

With its thick spider legs retracted in defense, Hu Liena in midair naturally became safe.

Her slender, shapely legs landed steadily on the ground as she returned to Xiao Xuan's side.

"I'm out of tricks. It's your turn."

"The ones that are a few hundred years old are mine. The big guy is yours."

Their perfect coordination came to an end as Hu Liena panted lightly.

She looked at Xiao Xuan and flashed him a gentle smile.

After lightly pinching his arm, she turned and pounced toward the surrounding soul beasts.

From what she knew of him, if he dared to start this fight, then he surely had the confidence to win.

The Man Faced Demon Spider had already used its spiderweb three times, twice of which were spent.

Its body had also suffered some injuries and was no longer at peak condition.

With Xiao Xuan's abilities, he would definitely find a way to kill it.

That trust had quietly arisen without her realizing it.

That was precisely the true core purpose behind Bibi Dong deliberately confining the two of them.

To deepen their feelings and understanding of one another, cultivating tacit coordination and trust.

Only then could she truly draw Xiao Xuan in without affecting Hu Liena's status.

In Bibi Dong's heart, she naturally still hoped that her direct disciple, Hu Liena, whom she treated as her own daughter, would ultimately become Pope.

And Xiao Xuan could become the man behind her.

But Bibi Dong did not want him to replace Hu Liena. After all, people were selfish.

Of course, Her Holiness the Pope could never have guessed what that lecher was really thinking.

Xiao Xuan had never held the slightest interest in that position.

From the very beginning, his goal had been Hu Liena—and the mature beauty Pope herself?

"Giant Soldier's first soul skill! Divine Power Enhancement!"

"Save where I can. No need to use Sun God's Protection for now."

Since Hu Liena had already started, Xiao Xuan did not waste any time either.

After applying his buffs, he immediately tried to lure the demon spider down from the air.

He had no choice; he did not possess any flight-type skills.

Simply sniping from afar gave him too small a chance of taking it down.

But for harassment, it was more than enough.

How did one draw the attention of a bloodthirsty, savage soul beast?

Better yet, make it lose its mind and charge over?

The simplest and most direct method was obviously to disgust it!

He continued using Thunder Summon in rapid-fire mode.

After all, this move consumed very little Soul Power.

There was no concern about wasting it. One shot after another, he endlessly fired at the Man Faced Demon Spider.

The damage was not especially high, but it still did a little.

More importantly, it was unbelievably irritating!

The "bullets" carrying holy attributes struck the evil-attributed Man Faced Demon Spider.

The pain was secondary. What hurt most was the burning sensation brought by the clash of attributes.

From time to time, the creature violently swung its spider legs.

Whenever an opening appeared, Xiao Xuan aimed at its remaining six eyes.

Thanks to his experience playing shooting games as a shut-in before transmigrating—

In no time at all, he successfully shot through two more eyeballs.

That alone would have driven anyone into a rage.

Much less a Man Faced Demon Spider that lived for slaughter and was bloodthirsty by nature.

It let out an enraged roar, its eight spider legs moving rapidly.

At an extraordinary speed, it flew toward Xiao Xuan.

In the blink of an eye, it had arrived before him.

Its two front legs rose, ready to viciously stab down at him.

It seemed this thing was quite cautious. After suffering two hidden losses—

It did not rashly use its final web-spitting attack.

"Still holding back? Then you're done!"

"This is what I've been waiting for. I'll blind your damn eyes!"

"Sun God's Second Soul Skill! Sunlight Flash!"

Ignoring the two spider legs hanging above his head—

Xiao Xuan sneered, crossing his hands before his chest.

He quickly shut his eyes and shouted as he unleashed his new skill.

It was the second soul ring bestowed by the Sun God's.

Using himself as its core, it condensed and erupted with holy attributes.

It formed an intense holy light, a soul skill capable of blinding an enemy.

Of course, this skill was not merely a "flashbang."

It could inflict extremely high burst damage upon dark-attributed and evil-attributed soul masters and soul beasts.

Though situational, it was immensely useful under the right circumstances.

For example, against the Man Faced Demon Spider before him.

Or against Evil Spirit Masters he might have to deal with in the future.

This move would be highly effective against them, even capable of "annihilation."

Naturally, that was only when it perfectly countered the target.

If the opponent were someone with holy attributes like Qian Renxue or Qian Renliu—

Not only would it fail to deal damage, it might even give them a buff instead.

Thoughts aside, the current situation was a perfect match.

Xiao Xuan had shut his eyes in advance, avoiding being harmed by his own skill.

At the same time, a dazzling, holy radiance like the sun—

Erupted from his body and spread twenty meters outward.

In an instant, everything around them turned white.

The Man Faced Demon Spider let out a miserable scream, temporarily unable even to lower its legs.

Having many eyes was not necessarily an impressive ability.

When they were blinded, that just meant suffering in plural.

However, the skill's range was limited.

So, in order to get what he wanted, Xiao Xuan provoked the Man Faced Demon Spider in every way he could.

Only when it came right up to his face did he unleash this trump card.

"It actually didn't die. As expected, the gap in Soul Power is still too great."

"If I were level fifty, I should've been able to annihilate it outright."

"Whatever. I just need to finish it off. Basic stuff."

As soon as he used the move, Xiao Xuan immediately opened his eyes.

He stared ahead vigilantly, confirming the results of his skill.

Before him lay the Man Faced Demon Spider's massive body.

It sprawled on the ground like a heap of rotten mud, not a single patch of intact flesh left on its body.

As though it had been horribly burned, huge sections of skin had vanished, leaving bloody, mangled flesh in a pitifully gruesome state.

Its face in particular was utterly ruined, with its skull faintly visible beneath the wounds.

As for its remaining eyeballs, they had shriveled and gone dim. It was clearly blind.

Yet even in this state, the Man Faced Demon Spider had not died.

It breathed weakly, its body twitching and convulsing.

It seemed to want to raise its spider legs and use the spikes beneath them to kill Xiao Xuan in one final strike, but its injuries were too severe for it to move.

The intense resentment and unwillingness radiating from it needed no close inspection.

Even from far away, he could feel them deeply.

"There's supposedly a saying that a soul beast's resentment at the moment of death increases the chance of dropping a Soul Bone."

"This resentment is practically taking physical form. That External Soul Bone is as good as mine, right?"

"Sigh, who told you to come out and offer yourself up?"

"If you'd just stayed hidden, you could've lived a few more years."