Silver Dragon Rage, Yin Yang Reversal (4K)

Chapter 12: Silver Dragon Rage, Yin Yang Reversal (4K)

Four years later, Spirit Pagoda, Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.

Amidst layers of lush greenery, a young girl in pure white robes stood, her silver long hair cascading past her slender waist, her silver-white pupils ethereal and clear, flowing with a brilliance like morning stars. Her features were exquisitely refined to the extreme, and her otherworldly face dimmed the very heavens and earth around her.

"Roar—"

Across from the girl, a soul beast roared in fury. A crystalline toad, about two meters tall, its body snow-white like jade, save for a pair of blood-red beast eyes that seemed ready to drip crimson, looked exceptionally terrifying.

Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad, three-thousand-year cultivation!

An ice, fire, and poison attribute soul beast, its territory once lay at the border between the Extreme North and the human world, earning it the title King of the Cracks!

A flash of silver light passed, and the iconic Silver Dragon Spear appeared in her hand, the girl's identity all but revealed—it was Na'er, four years later. One tip of the Silver Dragon Spear pointed diagonally at the ground, heroic and spirited, like a majestic Valkyrie.

"Silver Dragon Rage!"

Na'er cried out, her voice crisp like pearls falling on a jade plate. Two purple soul rings abruptly rose beside her, and the second soul ring blazed with light!

Her silver eyes burned with dazzling radiance, the Silver Dragon Spear erupting with brilliant silver light. A layer of silver dragon scales emerged from her right hand gripping the spear shaft, spreading across her delicate body, covering all exposed skin except her face in the blink of an eye!

Silver Dragon Spear's second soul skill, Silver Dragon Rage!

An enhancement-type soul skill. The Silver Dragon King Bloodline within the Silver Dragon Spear nourished Na'er, drastically boosting her attack, speed, mental strength, and soul skill power!

The amplification of Silver Dragon Rage was extremely formidable, the flame-like colors continuously rising. Na'er seemed to transform into an erupting volcano, intense flames clinging to the silver dragon scales, her body fading within, coalescing into a massive silver dragon silhouette. Dragon roars echoed, clear and passionate!

"Roar..."

The momentum Na'er unleashed far exceeded her soul power. The Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad instinctively retreated half a step. Standing opposite that silver dragon, it found it hard to breathe, its heart feeling crushed by an immensely heavy boulder—it was fear from the deepest recesses of its bloodline!

A three-thousand-year soul beast already possessed considerable intelligence. This human before it was extremely dangerous. The Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad understood it had to go all out. The lumps on its back burst open, shooting blue-white light like liquid toward Na'er!

Innate soul skill, Corrosive Ice!

Though its name carried the word "ice," the most terrifying aspect of the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad was the mixed poison born from absorbing the world's ultimate cold aura combined with its fire-attribute eyes—Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad Venom!

Just a single drop could corrode a Plate Armor Rhinoceros of the same level into a pool of poison!

The Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad showed Na'er absolute respect, nearly draining the poison within its body. Corrosive Ice filled the sky, raining down a dense downpour of venom!

However, Na'er immediately showed the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad that its ancestor was still its ancestor!

The silver-white dragon raised its head and roared to the sky. Na'er neither dodged nor avoided, charging straight into the ice rain. The flames flickered with fine black specks, tiny spatial rifts continuously devouring the Corrosive Ice!

Na'er was the Silver Dragon King Half Body. Even without inheriting the power of multiple elements, her innate elemental affinity still existed. Fusing with the soul spirit Thorn Dragon served as a medium, allowing her to communicate with the spatial attribute within her body. From then on, space became her weapon!

Nine-tenths of the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad's strength lay in its poison. Its physical fitness and close combat were not top-tier. Na'er instantly closed in, sweeping the Silver Dragon Spear!

First soul skill, Silver Dragon Slash!

Hanging midair, the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad spewed blood. It didn't stop until it smashed through seven or eight ancient trees. Its forelimbs were shattered, its chest and abdomen covered in large cracks, hot blood trickling down, its aura weak and dispirited.

"Zhao Xuanzhen!"

Having severely wounded the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad with one strike, Na'er called out loudly.

The person Na'er spoke of had a tall, straight figure, black hair tied up, a fair and handsome face. He wore dark blue inner robes, loose outer robes, with sleeves adorned by a Taiji diagram, corresponding to the flow of Yin Yang airflow.

Na'er fought the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad, while at the same time, Zhao Xuanzhen faced an equally imposing soul beast.

A toad-type soul beast, its appearance not at all ferocious or disgusting, but infinitely exquisite and luxurious. Magnificent gold was its main body color, its eyes bright and spirited, three legs supporting its entire frame.

Four-thousand-year soul beast, Three-Legged Golden Toad!

The Three-Legged Golden Toad was a divine beast blood descendant, innately controlling the metal attribute, also known as the Metal Controller.

Since the Sun Moon Empire, predecessor of the Sun Moon Federation, the Three-Legged Golden Toad held a lofty position in the Sun Moon Federation. A family with the Three-Legged Golden Toad as its inherited martial soul had held important posts in Sun Moon for generations!

The Three-Legged Golden Toad's golden beast eyes blazed with killing intent. The two soul beasts had originally been sleeping—one in the Sun Moon Federation's metal mines, the other at the edge of the Extreme North—before being forcibly made into soul spirits by the Spirit Pagoda and placed into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, which simulated the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.

They had come together by chance and become lifelong partners. The Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad's poison and the metal control were both top-tier abilities. The two toads gradually became overlords of the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, with ordinary soul beasts not daring to approach.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er invaded their territory. The Three-Legged Golden Toad was furious, determined to bury the two humans in endless metal bombardment!

"Creak, creak..."

Accompanied by the clang of metal, rings of golden light rose. The skin on the Three-Legged Golden Toad's back split open, and cannon barrels took shape bathed in light!

The Three-Legged Golden Toad was like a soul tool cannon platform. Legend had it that the origin of soul tools was this very soul beast. Tens of thousands of years ago, Ancient Soul Tool Masters imitated the Three-Legged Golden Toad to create soul tools!

Countless metal light points gathered around, surging toward the cannon barrels like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea. Each point of light, upon approaching the Three-Legged Golden Toad, was nourished and strengthened. Thick golden halos spread out, the metal aura rich and boiling!

Innate soul skill, Metal Blast!

Zhao Xuanzhen's gaze was very calm, calm to the point of having no warmth at all, as if nothing in the world could register in his eyes. It seemed to be absolute arrogance, yet it was so natural. His entire being contained a kind of artistic conception where all things resided within his heart.

True Self, possess!

A strand of black hair turned white. Two thousand-year soul rings rose abruptly. Unlike Na'er's bright purple, Zhao Xuanzhen's soul rings faintly revealed a deep, abyss-like black!

Metal Blast struck. The cannon fire roared violently, as if piercing the eardrums, carrying immense kinetic energy to form a fire curtain covering the sky and blocking the sun. A hint of human-like smugness surfaced in the Three-Legged Golden Toad's eyes. The innate ability of a divine beast bloodline was far beyond what mortals could touch. Its beast eyes widened slightly; it wanted to witness the cannon fire grind the human into dust!

"Croak!?"

The Three-Legged Golden Toad suddenly froze, staring in disbelief at Zhao Xuanzhen surrounded by Metal Blast.

A scene that overturned the Three-Legged Golden Toad's four-thousand-year cognition occurred. Not a single cannonball hit Zhao Xuanzhen. Upon approaching, they were pulled by a force, revolving around his body. The deep purple soul ring at the end of the sequence shone dazzlingly!

Second Soul Skill, Yin Yang Reversal!

The Yin and Yang Dual Qi drew an inviolable Black and White Domain. Every metal cannonball that approached was enveloped by the Yin and Yang Dual Qi, converging into a vortex of black, white, and gold centered on Zhao Xuanzhen.

The Three-Legged Golden Toad stubbornly increased its output, black smoke rising from the cannon barrel behind it due to Metal Attribute overload, yet the result remained unchanged—the vortex not only failed to dissipate but swelled even larger!

If the Three-Legged Golden Toad could speak, it would surely laugh three times first, then curse the heavens: What a broken matching system!

That human's soul skill was the bane of all long-range attacks!

Then, something even more terrifying struck the Three-Legged Golden Toad to its core: the vortex that had absorbed all its attacks was now hurtling back at it. The most absurd part was that the energy contained within was even greater than what the Three-Legged Golden Toad had unleashed in total!

The gold belonged to the Three-Legged Golden Toad's cannon fire, the black and white to Zhao Xuanzhen's Yin and Yang. When two soul skills stacked, the power was bound to be more terrifying than the original Metal Blast!

Own people knew their own affairs. The Three-Legged Golden Toad knew all too well the devastation of two rounds of Metal Blast cannon fire. As Yin Yang Reversal descended, the Three-Legged Golden Toad instinctively felt there was no escape, as if its body would be annihilated by the Yin and Yang Dual Qi in the next instant!

Yin Yang Reversal's counterattack came with a locking effect!

The principle behind Yin Yang Reversal wasn't hard to grasp—borrowing force to strike back, turning the tables. The Yin and Yang Dual Qi absorbed the enemy's long-range attack, converted it into its own momentum, and retaliated with guaranteed accuracy.

This was the most powerful Yin Yang Reversal had ever been since Zhao Xuanzhen acquired the Second Soul Skill, with ninety-eight percent of the credit going to the Three-Legged Golden Toad's continent-renowned long-range bombardment!

Borrowing force, striking back—the core was the borrowed power.

If it had been a Wind Baboon, Yin Yang Reversal would have backfired. Those two balls of wind that lung-fog thing spat out weren't worth a single hair of the Three-Legged Golden Toad!

Against a guaranteed-hit skill, unless one had invincible phasing, the only option was to minimize damage. The Three-Legged Golden Toad immediately melted its body into liquid metal!

Yin Yang Reversal exploded, the sharp aura of metal wreaking havoc. The liquid the Three-Legged Golden Toad had become was sliced into fragments, then recondensed into a battered, scarred Three-Legged Golden Toad!

The Three-Legged Golden Toad's heart pounded like a drum. Thank the Divine Beast bloodline for giving it a life-saving trump card, or it would have died in humiliation under its own Innate Soul Skill!

Two against two. The Three-Legged Golden Toad and the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad were both severely wounded almost simultaneously. The soul beasts knew humans wouldn't show mercy, and the ferocity of a cornered beast surged within them!

The Three-Legged Golden Toad charged toward the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad. The two toads merged like two pools of liquid into one, forming a massive Crimson Golden Toad. It combined the Three-Legged Golden Toad's metal with the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad's deadly poison, its pair of Black Beast Eyes like pitch-black abyssal graves!

"A soul beast version of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill? First time seeing it!" Na'er flashed to Zhao Xuanzhen's side.

"There are precedents. Ten thousand years ago, two soul masters had this skill. What humans can do, soul beasts naturally can too," Zhao Xuanzhen said.

Soul beasts didn't just have fusion skills—there were even three-in-one fusion skills, and the fusion of the Three-Legged Golden Toad and the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad had historical examples!

"Leave the long-range to you!"

The Silver Dragon Spear turned into a streak of light and returned to Na'er's body. The silver scales on her skin receded like a tide, and Na'er safely hid behind Zhao Xuanzhen. The gap between two thousand-year soul beasts and Zhao Xuanzhen wasn't something a single Martial Soul Fusion Skill could bridge.

"Alright."

Zhao Xuanzhen smiled faintly, unconcerned by Na'er's slacking off.

The Second Soul Ring lit up, the deep purple ring expanding outward as the Yin Yang Reversal vortex enveloped everything again!

The Crimson Golden Toad opened its giant mouth, a ball of blazing white light brewing deep in its throat, filled with the cold hardness of metal and the sinister venom of ice and fire. A nearly twisted, hysterical madness erupted!

Human, let's see if you can bounce this back!

"Extremes Meet!"

Zhao Xuanzhen pushed both palms forward. The Yin and Yang Dual Qi vortex rippled, visible waves wrapping the light layer by layer. The power of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill spun at breakneck speed within the vortex!

He withdrew his palms and pulled back. The Martial Soul Fusion Skill, known ten thousand years ago as Red Dust's Attachment, blazed with even greater brilliance, hurtling toward the Crimson Golden Toad with a magnificent tail of light!

"Boom!!!"

A terrifying explosion rang out, blooming like a lotus in radiant splendor. In the Crimson Golden Toad's despairing gaze, Yin Yang Reversal reflected back, annihilating all life within its range.

Energy feedback: seven hundred years!

The Last Piece was complete. Black overwhelmed purple!

Ascension: Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

Two pitch-black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings floated up and down, Zhao Xuanzhen's aura surging with them.

Relying on the absolute physique of his True Self, Zhao Xuanzhen could now bear two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. His Mental strength had broken through to the Spirit Sea Realm a year and a half ago, enough to sustain a ten-thousand-year soul spirit!

Na'er's body and spirit also far surpassed those of soul masters at the same rank, but the Silver Dragon Spear and the physical boost from her True Self weren't on the same level. Her soul ring limit had been reached, and she couldn't yet bear two ten-thousand-year soul rings. Today, she was merely accompanying Zhao Xuanzhen to complete his ascension.

He pressed the Signal Device, and the two exited the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.

Awakening from the metal cabinet, the sound of high heels clicking on the floor echoed clearly through the quiet Underground Space. A graceful, slender figure approached them and spoke warmly:

"Xuanzhen, any abnormalities in your body?"

Zhao Xuanzhen stood and looked at the figure, replying with a smile: "Everything's fine, Teacher."

Leng Yaozhu breathed a sigh of relief. She treasured her only Direct Disciple dearly and had hoped he would wait a while longer before ascending, but Zhao Xuanzhen wouldn't be swayed.

"Aunt Leng, don't worry, I'm watching him!" Na'er said with a grin.

Leng Yaozhu helplessly tapped Na'er's little head and said, "It's been three months since we last tested your physical data. Let me see your recent changes. Xuanzhen first."

A helmet descended onto Zhao Xuanzhen's head, and a blue crystal ball appeared in his hand.

On the white Soul Guidance Screen, Mental strength values kept jumping, while the crystal ball, capped at level thirty, instantly shone brilliantly, just a hair's breadth from the limit.

"Peak of level twenty-nine." Leng Yaozhu nodded.

"There were signs of a breakthrough in soul power last night. I'll reach Soul Elder in at most two or three days," Zhao Xuanzhen said.

Four years, from level 13 to level 29. If calculated at level 30, subtracting the one level of soul power provided by the second soul ring, that averages out to exactly four levels per year.

Compared to Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie, who also had Innate Full Soul Power, Zhao Xuanzhen's cultivation speed was like taking the express lane.

"Beep beep beep!"

Mental strength reading stalled.

666, smooth sailing all the way.

Spirit Sea Realm, 500∽5000. Mind like an ocean, vast and boundless. Mental strength truly reaches the high tier, capable of fusing five yellow soul spirits, or three purple soul spirits, or one black soul spirit.

Born in the Spirit Connection Realm, with Illusion Brain Douluo Han Tianyi teaching everything he knew, plus being drilled by the real illusion realm three times a week, Zhao Xuanzhen's mental strength far surpassed others his age.

A moment later, Na'er's data came out: level 27 Soul Grand Master, mental strength 520, Spirit Sea Realm!

"520, the perfect number!"

Na'er stared at the mental strength reading and giggled happily, while Zhao Xuanzhen helplessly covered his face.

Damn, the symptoms of love brain were starting to show!