Zhuang Jingxing followed up with a Seventh Soul Skill, striking at the Blazing Profound Tortoise's limbs.
The Blazing Profound Tortoise desperately tried to flee, but it could only move a tiny distance through the magma, forced to watch helplessly as the attack reached it.
With a thunderous boom, the Blazing Profound Tortoise's limbs were severed. Four streams of blood burst forth, instantly evaporating upon touching the magma. A cloud of bloody mist hung above the volcanic cone.
Already severely wounded, the Blazing Profound Tortoise now clung to life by a thread.
The Chief Core Clan Elder hurried forward and dealt it the killing blow.
Above the Blazing Profound Tortoise's head, a deep-black soul ring slowly condensed. Upon closer inspection, one could see faint strands of red coiling around it.
The Chief Core Clan Elder hurriedly guided the soul ring onto himself and began absorbing it.
The soul ring contained immense energy, and the Blazing Profound Tortoise took the opportunity to launch a soul attack. The Chief Core Clan Elder's body immediately shuddered.
Fortunately, he had taken a Spirit Sense Pill, greatly enhancing his Spiritual Power. After only a quarter of an hour, his body steadied, and he began counterattacking the Blazing Profound Tortoise.
Only after seeing the Chief Core Clan Elder's aura stabilize did Murong Yunxue and Zhuang Jingxing finally relax. Soul attacks were fiercest at the beginning; once that period had passed, things would become much easier.
About three hours later, the Chief Core Clan Elder suddenly entered Martial Soul Possession. After letting out a leopard's roar, his Soul Power surged to the middle-to-late stage of Rank 91.
The violent Soul Power around him gradually calmed, and his aura eventually receded. If anyone below the rank of Titled Douluo saw him without him using Soul Power, then aside from