My Life Is Just That Stubborn!

"My Life Is Just That Stubborn! Soul Severing Strike! This is a Soul Skill?!!"

Xiao Yan had never expected Soul Skills could be like this—both like a Combat Technique and a Soul Skill! The Hun Clan's development and advancement of Soul Skills had actually reached this level! They had even combined them with Combat Techniques!!

Through the collision of weapons, the soul attack could penetrate along with the vibrations, delivering a fatal Soul Severing Strike that was impossible to guard against! Boom! Xiao Yan failed to block this slash completely, and the terrifying force crushed him into the wall of the pit.

"Heh, looks like you do know a little after all. I thought the outside world no longer knew what Soul Skills were." Hun Yucun pressed down hard on the saber hilt, pinning Xiao Yan firmly beneath the Heavy Xuan Ruler, giving him no chance to escape.

As long as he struck again, he would definitely be able to shatter Xiao Yan's soul into nothing! What their Hun Clan excelled at most was using the soul, and this was also the reason they ranked among the best of the Ancient Eight Clans.

"Goodbye, bumpkin. Next time someone gives you a suggestion, remember to accept it. Maybe they're doing it out of kindness." With a hum, Hun Yucun's endless great saber emitted a light of the soul, preparing to deliver the final blow to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan sneered, not the slightest hint of despair in his eyes. "Don't look down too much on Combat Techniques from outside either. Who doesn't know a Mystic High-Rank Combat Technique or two, you frog in a well!"

"Eight Extremities Collapse! Hitting the ox through the mountain!!"

Xiao Yan had secretly been gathering strength precisely for this moment, his five fingers opening from a fist into a palm.

A low shout fell within his heart. Xiao Yan's entire aura abruptly turned as sharp as an unsheathed sword. At the center of his palm, incomparably ferocious force actually created streaks of extremely sharp Dou Qi gale.

Sensing the force from Xiao Yan that had suddenly become extremely terrifying, the wild laughter on Hun Yucun's face instantly changed. He had not expected Xiao Yan to be able to unleash such a powerful attack at this level. This country bumpkin from the outside world actually knew a Mystic High-Rank Combat Technique too!

And this Combat Technique had clearly already been cultivated to major accomplishment! He was only an Eight-Star Dou Zhe! Even the disciples of their Hun Clan needed several years, or even ten years, to cultivate a Mystic High-Rank Combat Technique to major accomplishment. Did you start practicing when you were still babbling?!

Hun Yucun hurriedly canceled his Combat Technique, condensing all his Dou Qi in front of him into a thickened defensive gauze armor.

With a loud bang! Xiao Yan's palm slammed solidly onto the Heavy Xuan Ruler.

A force that penetrated through the body smashed heavily into Hun Yucun. His body instantly felt as though it had been struck hard, and a ring of invisible force surged violently outward from the point of contact.

Whoosh!! Hun Yucun was directly sent flying into the air by the palm strike, while the remaining hidden force frantically bombarded his gauze armor.

"I didn't expect you to actually understand such a profound Combat Technique. I truly underestimated you!" Hun Yucun's face was gloomy as he stared at Xiao Yan walking out of the pit.

This attack had even cracked his Dou Qi Gauze Armor. Hun Yucun's eyes were filled with rage. He could not imagine to what extent he would be mocked after returning to the clan if he were defeated by a bumpkin from the outside world! His right hand suddenly tightened around the great saber, and his left hand wiped away a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth as he roared, "Bumpkin! Today, you're dead for certain!!"

With a savage expression, Hun Yucun let out a furious howl and charged forward, the great saber in his hand emitting waves of Cold Qi. Since one Soul Severing Strike from the Soul Tremor Blade had failed to cut you down, then he would strike again!

Combined with the effects of the Dou Qi Gauze Armor, that black-gold great saber brewed a terrifying force and Soul Power that made even Xiao Yan's expression change drastically.

Hun Yucun swung the saber up and chopped fiercely at Xiao Yan. Judging by this momentum, forget being struck—if Xiao Yan even blocked it with the Heavy Xuan Ruler, the even more terrifying Soul Severing Strike would absolutely cleave his soul in half and kill him on the spot!

The violent pressure and whistling wind made it somewhat difficult for Xiao Yan to breathe. Xiao Yan understood that no matter what, he could not be struck by this Soul Tremor Blade again. That Soul Severing Strike was far too terrifying!

Xiao Yan clenched his teeth tightly. At the critical moment between Life and Death, his powerful battle instincts were activated, and at the last possible instant, he actually used the Heavy Xuan Ruler together with the hidden force of Eight Extremities Collapse to cleverly strike the weak point of the Soul Tremor Blade, knocking this slash away.

"What?! Was that luck?" Hun Yucun sensed that the clever hidden force had actually struck right at the weak point of his Combat Technique, preventing his Soul Severing Strike from passing through the Heavy Xuan Ruler before it was shattered.

Even Xiao Yan himself had not noticed that in that moment of Life and Death just now, his Soul Power had actually improved slightly, allowing him to sense the weak point of the Combat Technique.

Unintentionally, he had used in battle the techniques from Alchemy of controlling fire with Soul Power, using Soul Power to locate the medicinal effects within herbs, and removing harmful substances.

He saw the condensation point of the Soul Power. He saw the "point" where the black-gold great saber concentrated its Soul Power! "It's nothing more than a bit of luck!"

Xiao Yan sneered and said, "Then come test whether it's luck or not."

Hun Yucun refused to believe it and once again used the Soul Tremor Blade as he charged toward Xiao Yan.

But the result was still the same. Xiao Yan used Eight Extremities Collapse to strike the Heavy Xuan Ruler, and the hidden force of Eight Extremities Collapse just happened to shatter the condensed Soul Power on the black-gold great saber!

This fusion move of Combat Technique and Soul Skill was indeed impossible to guard against the first time one saw it, but after several exchanges, Xiao Yan could be considered to have seen through the weakness of this move.

The Soul Tremor Blade was very similar to the Mystic Low-Rank saber Combat Technique Hun Yucun had used at the beginning. It was more like a Soul Severing Strike had been added on top of that slash, using the ferocity of the saber technique to increase the power of the Soul Severing Strike.

The might of the Soul Severing Strike had increased, but to put it plainly, the saber technique itself was still only at the standard of Mystic Low-Rank and was not especially profound. If Xiao Yan's Cultivation Level had not truly lagged behind by so much, he might not even have needed to rely on Eight Extremities Collapse to increase his strength. With his Soul Power perception and movement technique alone, he could have dodged this simple attack.

No matter how strong the attack power was, no matter how strange the Soul Severing Strike was, if it could not hit anyone, it had no meaning at all.

Unlike Xiao Yan's inward sneer, Hun Yucun was already cursing inwardly. The weakness of the Soul Tremor Blade was indeed obvious, but anyone who was struck once would usually have already lost their soul. At the very least, their mind and spirit would be disordered. Who would have thought Xiao Yan, this freak, would take a slash while caught off guard and still act like nothing had happened! "Damn it!" Boom! Hun Yucun chopped into the ground with one slash, and this time Xiao Yan did not even block, easily dodging aside.

"My Hun Clan cannot lose to an outside bumpkin like you! Absolutely impossible!" Suddenly, the blood inside Hun Yucun's body boiled wildly, and in the next second, his Dou Qi continuously grew stronger.

Seven-Star Dou Shi! Eight-Star Dou Shi! Nine-Star Dou Shi! Peak Nine-Star Dou Shi!! The soul gauze armor on Hun Yucun's body actually faintly showed signs of transforming into armor! One had to know, Dou Qi Transformation Armor was something only a Da Dou Shi could use!

"A secret technique!? A secret technique related to bloodline!" Xiao Yan's gaze turned grave. He had also seen some secret techniques in his Storage Ring that could temporarily increase strength, but these secret techniques all had their own conditions for increasing strength, so Xiao Yan had not been able to learn them.

"To be able to witness the Dou God Bloodline, you can die with a smile! Die!"

Xiao Yan was inwardly shocked. He could not dodge this slash! He did not know what this Dou God Bloodline secret technique was, but he could be certain that what Hun Yucun had increased was not only his Cultivation Level, but also his Soul Power!

The hidden force of Eight Extremities Collapse absolutely could not shake apart the condensed Soul Power! After struggling for a moment, a surge of violent anger finally welled up in Xiao Yan's heart. A vicious glint flashed across his face. He took out a Qi Recovery Pill from his Storage Ring and threw it into his mouth, both hands gripping the Heavy Xuan Ruler tightly! "Then let's see whether you fail to withstand my heat wave first, or my soul fails to block your slash!"

"Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler!"