Soul Mutator

The moment Luo Ya extended his palm.

"Sizzle~~"

Violent, frigid, dark currents began to converge frantically, and a blood-red vortex that looked exceptionally ghastly rapidly took shape in the palm of Luo Ya's right hand.

As time passed, the volume of the blood-red vortex expanded at a staggering rate!

In the blink of an eye, the blood-red vortex had expanded to nearly three meters in diameter, towering even taller than Luo Ya himself!

"Is this the 'Gate of Hell'?" Albert looked at the blood-red vortex gate, his golden pupils flashing with intense light. At the same time, the spear wreathed in flames in his hand surged with rich golden holy light, making him look just like a legendary 'Angel Warrior'!

"Take this, Holy Flame Judgment!"

Having transformed into an 'Angel Warrior', Albert's strength had undoubtedly increased, and he felt confident that he could shatter his opponent's technique.

However, in the very next second, his expression changed!

"Boom!"

Visible to the naked eye, the rows of tall red maple trees and the massive, solid boulders on the small hill beneath them were all uprooted!

Their target: the blood-red vortex in the sky!

The sheer power of the scattered suction forces was enough to give Albert a massive fright!

Although he was passionate about combat and challenging strong foes, he was no fool, and naturally, he wouldn't voluntarily do something equivalent to throwing his life away.

Heaven knows what would happen if he were swallowed into that blood-red vortex.

"Go!"

With no other choice, Albert simply used his spear like a javelin, hurling it toward Luo Ya. The Golden Flame Spear streaked across the sky like a meteor.

This thrown spear could be considered Albert's strongest move to date.

The power of the blood-red vortex in Luo Ya's hand was simply too immense and terrifying, leaving Albert afraid to charge in with his own body.

If this thrown spear didn't work, he would be even less of a match for his opponent without his weapon in hand.

"Black Hole Devour, activate!"

Seeing his opponent throw his weapon, Luo Ya instantly boosted the power of his technique once more.

With the assistance of the black hole space within his body, his 'Devouring' profound mystery was essentially loaded with an additional, powerful engine, making its might far beyond the norm!

It could be said that unless one was a god-level powerhouse, even those who had comprehended the 'Devouring' profound mystery to its limit could not unleash such astonishing power.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the blood-red vortex erupted like a beast released from a cage, bursting with intense black light that surged straight forward. Wherever the black light covered, space twisted, and even the sunlight was devoured.

"Hum~"

Albert's 'javelin' was now like a moth to a flame, voluntarily leaping into this bottomless abyss!

"Boom!"

The spear, burning with golden flames, exploded the moment it fell into the blood-red vortex!

Before Albert's disbelieving eyes, the power of his strongest ultimate move failed to break the blood-red vortex.

In the sky, the blood-red vortex maintained its original form. It merely trembled slightly, spitting out a bit of golden holy flame energy onto the nameless hill below; the trees and boulders touched by the golden holy flame vanished instantly, as if melting away like snow.

One had to admit, Albert's 'Holy Flame Judgment' was not lacking in power; even the small amount of energy that leaked out possessed such terrifying destructive force.

If he were allowed to unleash it fully, he could likely level the small hill they stood upon to the ground.

But even such a terrifying attack failed to break the 'Devouring Vortex' in Luo Ya's hand, showing just how frightening the strength he was displaying truly was.

"Go!"

After neutralizing Albert's move, Luo Ya himself moved.

As he moved, the blood-red vortex in his hand never dissipated.

Suddenly, with Luo Ya's right palm as the origin, endless suction force surged in all directions.

In almost the blink of an eye, everything within a range of several hundred meters in front of him fell into Luo Ya's 'attack range'.

Albert was currently caught within it. His dark golden pupils constricted slightly as he stared at Luo Ya in shock. Before this blood-red vortex, with irresistible suction force coming from all directions, he found it difficult even to move normally.

Despair!

It felt as if the entire world was pressing down on him; Albert couldn't even summon the thought of resisting.

"Rumble~~~"

Luo Ya carried the blood-red vortex, his figure tearing through the sky as he continued to charge toward his opponent.

During this process, the area around the blood-red vortex was devouring everything at every moment!

Along Luo Ya's flight path, there was not even light to be seen!

Because even the light had been completely devoured!

At some unknown moment.

Luo Ya had appeared eerily before Albert, the blood-red vortex in his hand now less than three meters away from him!

"Sss-tsss~~"

As the distance closed, Luo Ya actually reined in the power of this move.

Even so, the terrifying suction force spreading from the blood-colored vortex still made Albert's facial muscles twitch uncontrollably, and his lion-like mane of hair was blown into complete disarray.

At this moment, Luo Ya had already locked onto Albert.

And in Albert's eyes, there was only this blood-colored vortex gate that seemed to lead to the abyss of hell.

Gate of Hell, true to its name!

"Well, do you still want to continue?" Facing the smile on Luo Ya's face, Albert could only offer a wry smile.

He could vaguely sense what kind of astonishing power would be unleashed if that blood-colored vortex were to erupt at full strength.

Being locked on at this distance, it was impossible for him to escape.

It could be said that whether he lived or died now rested entirely on a single thought from Luo Ya.

"There is always someone better, and a sky beyond the sky. I originally thought that after my strength had greatly increased this time, it would be hard to find an opponent within the Saint Realm, but I never expected to be taught a lesson so quickly."

"I lost." Albert was quite frank.

Losing is losing; there is nothing unacceptable about it.

Hearing Albert concede directly, Luo Ya only smiled slightly.

If he hadn't run into him, this Albert might truly have struggled to find many opponents.

"Albert, that final move of yours, Holy Flame Judgment, must have been the fusion of fire-type and light-type energies, right?" Luo Ya had suspected this since their first collision.

However, it wasn't until the opponent unleashed that Holy Flame Judgment at the end that he became certain.

Under normal circumstances, two distinct types of power cannot be used together.

But a small number of people, like Albert, are exceptions.

Once one can control the fusion of two distinct powers, their strength naturally increases significantly.

If not for the support of the Black Hole within his body, Luo Ya might not have been able to withstand Albert's final Holy Flame Judgment.

"How did you do it?" Discovering that the battle between the two had ended, Milia and Beiya both rushed over, and the silver-haired elf lady immediately spoke up, asking the question that had left her puzzled.

"Beiya!" The blonde girl Milia understood social nuances a bit better.

Such a matter could be considered a trump card for a powerhouse to establish their standing; how could one ask about it so casually?

"Actually, I don't even know why I'm able to do it."

"Ten years ago, I challenged a powerhouse and was defeated, which caused my soul to suffer severe damage, and I fell into a coma for several months. After I woke up, I discovered that I could fuse two types of energy together to use them." Albert said quite casually.

This answer left the elf lady Beiya and Milia somewhat stunned. Even if others knew the process, it would be impossible to imitate.

Luo Ya, however, was already certain in his heart.

This Albert must have experienced a 'soul mutation' previously and luckily survived.

"What a lucky guy."

To be honest, even Luo Ya was quite envious of the benefits gained after such a 'soul mutation'.

It was just a pity that whether this thing could happen depended entirely on luck.

Even if one were lucky enough to encounter it, it might not be a good thing, because the probability of surviving a soul mutation is simply too low.

And once one fails, there is only one outcome—the soul dissipates into nothingness!