The Fallen One Dropped a Soul Bone

"Martial Soul Avatar. Looks like a fierce battle is inevitable today."

Seeing this, Shui Wuchen stared at the Pale Youth who had transformed into a skeleton before him, tightening his grip on the ice-blue longsword.

The skeleton's body gradually grew larger, eventually reaching over ten meters in height. Standing before him, it was like a small mountain.

The Black-Red Flame within the skull slowly flickered, and an inhuman voice echoed through the surroundings. "Kid, no one can save you today."

Immediately afterward, the Giant Skeleton opened its jaws and spewed blazing Black-Red Flame from its mouth, shooting straight toward Shui Wuchen.

Faced with the Giant Skeleton's fiery attack, Shui Wuchen did not choose to take it head-on. With a flash of the Ice Wings behind his back, he appeared more than ten meters away.

"Hmph! Trying to run?"

Seeing this, the Giant Skeleton sneered and controlled the flames in its mouth, continuing to spew them in Shui Wuchen's direction.

The flames covered a wide area, but with Shui Wuchen's Ice Wings and High-Speed Movement, they were never able to hit him.

Gradually, the Giant Skeleton realized that its movements had become sluggish. Looking down in confusion, it was instantly horrified.

Its skeletal body had somehow already been covered in thick layers of ice.

"Damn it, this cursed domain!"

At this sight, the Giant Skeleton immediately understood the source of its reduced speed. It was within the other party's domain. Unless the domain was removed, it would remain trapped in an unfavorable situation.

The Giant Skeleton then turned its gaze toward the Articuno flying high in the air. It could sense that this domain originated from that bird.

The next moment, two Red Rays shot from the Giant Skeleton's eyes once more, aimed directly at the Articuno.

"Wooo~~~"

The Articuno cried out, and several colorful barriers appeared before her.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Red Rays easily pierced through three Light Walls before being stopped by the fourth.

After blocking the attack, the Articuno flapped her wings, sending countless Ice Cones shooting toward the Giant Skeleton along with the Blizzard.

Boom~ Boom~ Boom~...

In an instant, the Ice Cones slammed into the Giant Skeleton's body. The tremendous impact forced its skeletal frame to stagger backward.

"An opening!"

Seeing this, Shui Wuchen's fourth soul ring immediately lit up. With a wave of his hand, a dazzling ray of light like an Aurora shot forth from before him.

Very quickly, the brilliant Aurora struck the Giant Skeleton, instantly Ice Sealing its entire body.

After doing all this, Qing Mu leaped fiercely into the air. The Ice Wings behind his back flapped as he flew upward.

At that moment, the Articuno appeared beside him. The two exchanged a glance and both nodded.

Then, man and bird both spread their wings, and Qing Mu's sixth soul ring lit up as well.

Double Blizzard!

The next moment, endless freezing winds mixed with ice and snow rapidly spread outward, centered on Shui Wuchen and the Articuno.

By the time the Giant Skeleton finally broke free from the Ice Seal, the enormous, violent Blizzard had already arrived as expected!

Faced with such a powerful attack, the flames spewed by the Giant Skeleton were instantly blown apart, while both the beams it fired and the skeleton itself were frozen in the blink of an eye.

Left with no choice, the Giant Skeleton could only turn the Black Mist into a barrier, barely resisting the Blizzard's impact.

But it soon discovered in shock that its Soul Power was actually running out!

"Have you noticed?"

Seeing this, Shui Wuchen's eyes flashed.

The Articuno's Innate Domain was not limited to Snow Scene alone.

Besides Snow Scene, the Articuno possessed another domain.

Within this domain, the opponent's Soul Power, spiritual power, and physical strength would be consumed at a much faster rate. The lower their level was compared to his, the more pronounced the depletion became.

Although this Fallen One was a level seventy-nine Soul Sage, his Soul Power reserves were only three or four times greater than those of a Soul Emperor. Furthermore, Shui Wuchen's Soul Power reserves far surpassed those of an ordinary Soul Emperor. As a result, the other party was clearly outmatched in this battle of attrition.

After a while longer, the Pale Youth could no longer maintain the Giant Skeleton form. His Soul Power was now on the verge of being exhausted.

"No, I refuse to accept this! I'm actually going to die at the hands of a sixteen-year-old brat!"

The Pale Youth roared unwillingly, but his body reverted to human form as his Soul Power ran dry.

The instant he returned to human form, he was frozen into an Ice Sculpture by the Blizzard. In the following wind and snow, he was ground into dust, leaving behind only a bone emitting a faint glow and a necklace-like Soul Tool that fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Shui Wuchen and the Articuno stopped attacking and descended from the sky.

Shui Wuchen walked over to where the Pale Youth had died. After collecting the bone and necklace, he rode the Articuno away.

At the same time, the surrounding white Snow Scene vanished instantly. Aside from the faint lingering chill in the air, it was as though those snowflakes had never existed.

After flying high into the sky, Shui Wuchen recovered a little Soul Power before inspecting the spoils he had just obtained.

"This is actually a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone!"

Taking out the faintly glowing bone and examining it, Shui Wuchen spoke in surprise.

Soul bones were one of the things Soul Masters in this world coveted most. They could be understood as rare equipment.

With the enhancement of a soul bone, it was equivalent to gaining an extra Soul Skill, giving one an edge over opponents of the same level.

A ten-thousand-year soul bone was already considered top-tier among soul bones, surpassed only by a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. At first, Shui Wuchen had thought the Pale Youth had dropped a thousand-year soul bone.

Storing the soul bone in his Storage Soul Tool, Shui Wuchen said with some regret, "What a pity. It isn't a torso bone or a skull bone."

The ten-thousand-year soul bone dropped by the Pale Youth was merely a Left Leg Bone, relatively low in value among ten-thousand-year soul bones.

But no matter how low its value was, it was still a ten-thousand-year soul bone. Soul bones of this grade were things one could only stumble upon by chance, and even Titled Douluo might not obtain one if their luck was poor.

Shui Wuchen then turned his attention to the Soul Tool Necklace and extended his spiritual power into it.

A moment later, Shui Wuchen withdrew his spiritual power with a frown. Most of what lay inside were skull-crafted items, useless to him aside from being disgusting.

Still, it was not entirely without gains.

The next moment, a Jade Small Box appeared before Shui Wuchen.

When he opened it, a blast of cold air rushed at him, instantly freezing the surrounding air into ice.

Inside the box was an extremely tiny crystal fragment. The chill powerful enough to freeze the air was emanating from that fragment.

Immediately afterward, a thick book appeared in Shui Wuchen's hands. After comparing it for a while, he nodded slightly. "That's right. This is a fragment of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow. Although more than half of its effects have already dissipated, this chill cannot be denied."