Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone Skill, Crushing Yao Mei!

Watching Li Kai act like a dog relying on its master's power, Xie Yue clenched his fists and glared at him as he walked past.

"Heh heh."

Jin Yan gave Li Kai and the other two a thumbs-up, then turned his gaze toward Xie Yue's group.

Watching them help Yan to the side.

"Are you really telling us to attack together?" Xie Yue asked Jin Yan, enunciating every word.

Jin Yan raised an eyebrow and waved dismissively. He knew that Xie Yue and Hu Liena possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. If the two fused now, their strength would likely approach that of a Soul King, but he did not care.

"Good, very good." Xie Yue laughed in fury. "Then let me show you what true strength is!"

Hu Liena stepped forward as well, her face filled with anger. "Brother, why waste words on him?"

Sun Chuantao helped Yan sit beside a tree. Seeing the two confronting Jin Yan, he thought for a moment before stepping forward as well.

As their Martial Souls were released, Soul Power gleamed around the three of them. Xie Yue and Sun Chuantao did not change much, aside from their Martial Souls appearing in their hands.

A pair of fox ears sprouted from Hu Liena's head, and a slender fox tail emerged behind her. A trace of seductive charm appeared on her beautiful face. To others, she merely seemed a little prettier, yet every gesture, every frown and smile could effortlessly stir a man's heart.

However, Jin Yan knew that Hu Liena's charm could be broken simply by shutting off one's sight and hearing.

For Jin Yan, there was no need to go to such trouble. Though the skill he had created himself was still incomplete and he could not use it perfectly yet, applying it to his eyes was effortless. Thus, he only needed to block his hearing.

Just as Jin Yan expected, Hu Liena took the lead among the three, activating her second soul skill.

"Second Soul Skill, Fox Charm!"

Hu Liena's charm skill was not cast through her eyes alone. She moved with light, graceful steps as a faint pink glow emerged from her body, her tender and seductive eyes fixing upon Jin Yan.

Hu Liena had immense confidence in her charm ability. Among people their age, even opponents stronger than her had never been able to resist it—only endure it for varying lengths of time.

Yet when she raised her eyes and met Jin Yan's golden gaze, brimming with dragon's might, her mind inexplicably went blank and her body stiffened for a moment.

She gave a muffled groan and staggered several steps back, fear appearing on her face.

"Nana, what's wrong?" Sensing that something was amiss, Xie Yue hurriedly stepped forward and supported her.

Hu Liena shook her head, temporarily suppressing the fear in her heart. Grasping her brother's sleeve, she whispered, "Martial Soul Fusion, quickly!"

Hearing his sister say so, Xie Yue shot Sun Chuantao a look, telling him to buy them time.

Sun Chuantao looked at the two beginning their Martial Soul Fusion, then at Jin Yan standing before him with a faintly amused smile. He visibly froze.

Brother, are you serious? Are you sure I can beat this monster?

"There's nothing for you to do here. Get lost."

Sun Chuantao knew he would not be of any help here, so he simply moved to stand at a distance. Then Li Kai and the other two, wearing teasing expressions, surrounded him...

Dense red mist enveloped Jin Yan. Golden light flickered in his eyes, allowing him to see everything inside with perfect clarity.

Amid the flashing red light, Hu Liena and Xie Yue had transformed into a red-haired figure whose gender could not be distinguished.

"Jin Yan, let me show you our true strength."

As he spoke, the red light around Yao Mei surged brilliantly. Two Moon Blades, countless times larger than before, spun in his hands, streaking with rainbow-like radiance as they attacked Jin Yan from either side.

"Jin Yan, give up. Under our Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Yao Mei, everyone's senses will be reduced by fifty percent, Soul Power weakened by fifty percent, and all actions slowed by fifty percent!

Under our Yao Mei, we are the rulers of this domain. Only we can see within it. In my domain, you're blind even with your eyes open. You've lost."

Yao Mei let out a wild laugh, only to abruptly stop the next instant.

"You... how could you possibly know the direction of my attack?!"

As the one leading Yao Mei, Xie Yue's voice was filled with disbelief.

The dragon claw on Jin Yan's right hand suddenly extended to a full meter long, catching both Moon Blades Xie Yue had sent at him with a single claw.

They did not recognize Jin Yan's External Soul Bone and merely thought he had enlarged his claw. What truly shocked him was that the special red mist, mixed with baleful energy and illusion, seemed to have no effect on Jin Yan at all. He could even see Jin Yan smiling at him.

Only, that smile carried rather ill intent.

Jin Yan gave a cold laugh. After that brief test, he had more or less gauged his opponent's strength. It was roughly at the level of an ordinary Soul King—not especially strong.

"This farce should end now!"

Watching Yao Mei retreat into the red mist, Jin Yan took the initiative this time. He stomped the ground, and amid the flying dust, his body shot forward explosively. Light flashed across his entire right arm as, before Yao Mei's terrified gaze, he threw a punch.

What Jin Yan used was one of the skills granted by his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone: Dragon Crocodile Sky-Piercing Strike.

Jin Yan no longer wanted to continue this battle. Within the red mist, no one outside could peer inside at all. He could unleash his Soul Bone skill without restraint and without worrying that anyone would covet it.

Golden light gathered around his outstretched right fist. Accompanied by a thunderous dragon's roar, the phantom of a ferocious beast nearly five meters long, with a dragon's head and a crocodile's body, flew from the mark of his fist. It roared, circled once through the air with incomparable momentum, then crashed heavily into Yao Mei beneath his utterly terrified gaze.

"Pfft!"

Yao Mei let out a muffled groan. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill instantly fell apart, and both of them spat out mouthfuls of blood as the red mist around them rapidly dissipated.

As the one leading the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Xie Yue bore more than sixty percent of the attack and directly fainted.

Hu Liena knelt on the ground, looking at Jin Yan with a complicated expression.

"You... won." After saying that, she could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

Jin Yan was also bracing himself against his knees, panting heavily. Releasing a Hundred Thousand Year soul skill had nearly drained him dry. His Soul Power was severely depleted, and his face was pale as he looked at Xie Yue and Hu Liena lying on the ground.

He was not worried that the two would die. Though a Hundred Thousand Year soul skill was powerful, it also required immense Soul Power to support it. His strike just now had probably not even reached half its full power, so there was no need to worry about their deaths.

"Hell yeah!" Li Kai, standing in the distance, saw Xie Yue and Hu Liena on the ground and excitedly jumped into the air.

"You idiot, what are you so happy about?" Zhang Ping asked.

"What do you know? A Soul Grandmaster defeated the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of a Soul Elder and a Quasi-Soul Elder. That's an unprecedented achievement! It proves we followed the right person!" Li Kai remained excited as he looked toward Xu Yu. "Am I right, Brother Yu?"

"Tch." Xu Yu turned his face away, too lazy to acknowledge him.

"Enough. Hurry up and help the boss," Zhang Ping said.