To be safe, the Gray Bear Soul Master activated his first soul skill.
A round, earth-yellow shield appeared around his body.
"First Soul Skill, Thick Earth Shield!"
Ye Lin's blade arrived, stabbing directly into the earth-yellow shield.
It sliced through it as easily as a knife through tofu.
Like glass shattered from a single point, dense cracks spread across the Thick Earth Shield like a spiderweb.
Then it exploded apart with a bang.
The Gray Bear Soul Master's heart jolted.
It actually broke through!
I still have my third soul skill!
Two of my three Spirit Rings are defense-oriented. There's no way my third soul skill can be broken through!
As the blade advanced, the black fur growing over the Gray Bear Soul Master's body was severed strand by strand.
His tough hide, which had previously only been left with white marks, was now like a sheet of thin paper, pierced with a single thrust.
The blade stopped steadily after piercing half an inch into the Gray Bear Soul Master's abdomen. Thin streams of blood ran down the blade and dripped onto the ground.
He swallowed stiffly and lowered his head to look at the blade embedded in him, unable to believe that he had actually lost.
Clearly, she had controlled it perfectly. Though she had broken through his defense, she had not truly injured him. The cut was nothing to him and would be easy to recover from.
But if it had gone any deeper, he would have lost all combat ability—and suffered serious injuries at the same time.
"I lost."
Hearing the Gray Bear Soul Master's voice, Ye Lin nodded and withdrew the Immortal Sword. Not a trace of blood clung to its tip.
Her expression remained calm, without the slightest excitement at her victory, as if she