Chapter 139

The battle began.

There was no wasted talk, no probing.

The three men lunged at Xue Lingyun from three directions.

The Soul Rings around Xue Lingyun suddenly changed.

They went from four to two.

A layer of ice spread beneath his feet—the Domain of Eternal Freeze instantly unfolded.

Within thirty meters, the temperature plummeted. Fine White Frost formed across the ground, and the movements of the three assassins all slowed by half a beat.

It was not an illusion. They had truly slowed down.

The domain skill of the Ice Empress's right-arm Spirit Bone—the delaying power of Extreme Ice—was more than simple deceleration. Even the circulation of Soul Power slowed.

The expressions of the two Spirit Kings changed dramatically, but the Spirit Emperor reacted faster.

His sixth Soul Ring lit up beneath his feet, and dark purple light burst forth—Shadow Spider Emperor: Spider Web Cage.

Countless dark spider threads surged from his body. They were not shot toward Xue Lingyun; they spread across the ground instead.

The spider threads covered the ice, cutting off the chill of the Domain of Eternal Freeze. The two Spirit Kings immediately regained their speed.

"Split up and attack!" the Spirit Emperor shouted coldly.

The agility-type Spirit King turned into an afterimage and went straight for Xue Lingyun's neck. The assault-type Spirit King's fists were coated in earthen-yellow Soul Power as he smashed them into the ground, sending shattered rocks flying to block off any space for evasion.

The Spirit Emperor himself stepped back half a pace. His third and Fourth Soul Rings lit up at the same time, dark spider threads weaving into two great nets that closed in from both sides.

Surrounded on three sides, flawless and inescapable.

Xue Lingyun did not retreat. He stepped forward and charged straight at the assault-type Spirit