Instant Kill

Garen sensed his soul ocean and attempted to project his spiritual energy toward a small tree not far away.

"Whoosh..."

It was like a gust of wind blowing past; the leaves of the small tree rustled, and a few were sent fluttering into the air.

Garen's face darkened...

This had absolutely no lethality; it wasn't even as strong as a first-rank spell.

It seemed that spiritual attacks were not so easy to master. No wonder only a small number of peak Saint Realm warriors and Saint Realm grand magi could use them.

He then began to try slowly, attempting to control the projected spiritual energy to condense.

Sure enough, the power increased significantly.

After trying several times, Garen exhausted his spiritual energy and began to summarize the experience he had just gained from using a spiritual attack.

It appeared that the method of spiritual attack could not be achieved overnight; he would have to practice it slowly in the future.

"Garen, come down and eat some roasted beef."

At this moment, a loud shout from Linley below startled Garen, who was still recalling the details of the spiritual attack.

It turned out that while he was practicing his spiritual energy, Linley had killed a Bloodthirsty Iron Bull that had wandered too close.

"You interrupted my state of epiphany. Otherwise, I would have been able to break through directly to the God Realm. Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?"

Garen said exaggeratedly as he flew down.

"Oh, give it a rest. Break through to the God Realm directly? From the time I've known you until now, I've never seen you have an epiphany. Do you even have that kind of opportunity? Stop bragging."

Linley knew Garen loved to joke, so he retorted immediately.

Bebe, who was on the side, also rolled his eyes at Garen, looking quite adorable.

Garen was speechless; he had been looked down upon. However, it seemed he really had never had an epiphany. He didn't know what that feeling of a massive surge in battle qi or spiritual energy was like; he had only experienced it when grinding monsters for experience, and he didn't know if the two states felt the same.

"Sigh, I don't have the fate for an epiphany. I'd better just cultivate honestly or grind monsters."

With a self-deprecating smile, Garen walked over, picked up a cow leg, and bit into it fiercely.

Half a month later, they finally arrived at the core area of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

All the seventh and eighth-rank magical beasts they encountered along the way were left for Linley to practice on.

After all, his warrior strength was only at the seventh rank without transforming, and his mage level was still a bit short of the mid-eighth rank even after absorbing ten Phoenix Blood Fruits.

The Phoenix Blood Fruit's effects diminished the more one ate, and the higher the mage level, the harder it was to advance.

"Hmm? Garen, we might have reached the territory of a Saint Realm magical beast. We've walked seven or eight kilometers without encountering a single magical beast."

Linley reminded him.

"Yeah, I know. I haven't fought in a long time; my greatsword is almost rusting. It's just the right time to find a Saint Realm magical beast to practice with."

Garen replied.

"Then I'll see your strength. I hear you bragging every day; let's see just how strong you really are."

Linley, in his Dragonblood Warrior transformation, also possessed the strength of a ninth-rank warrior, so he wasn't afraid of being caught in the crossfire while watching a Saint Realm battle from afar.

Moreover, he knew that Xiao Pa, who sat on Garen's shoulder with zero presence, was a Saint Realm magical beast, and ordinary Saint Realm magical beasts couldn't handle a two-on-one fight.

Sure enough, after the two walked a few more kilometers, they saw a Saint Realm Trident Dragon, over a hundred meters long, lying under a mountain.

Garen instructed Xiao Pa not to intervene and to protect Linley well, then transformed into a Tiger-Striped Warrior and flew over alone.

As soon as Garen transformed, he radiated powerful energy fluctuations. The Trident Dragon sensed his presence immediately and stood up straight.

"Roar, human? Leave my territory at once."

The Trident Dragon was a herbivorous magical beast with a relatively mild temperament. Seeing Garen, it didn't attack immediately, but its expression was very irritable as it urged him to leave.

The Trident Dragon had three sharp horns on its head and was covered in earth-yellow scales. An adult was a Saint Realm earth-type magical beast with super-strong power and defensive capabilities.

"Trident Dragon, although it has strong power and defense, its speed is average. It's perfect for testing my soul attack and fusion magic."

During this period, Garen's soul attack had begun to show results. He could now control his spiritual energy to form a cone shape. Although it wasn't particularly solid yet, it was quite lethal.

Before even getting close to the Trident Dragon, Garen had already begun chanting his magic incantation.

Seeing that Garen was coming with ill intent, the Trident Dragon erupted with earth-yellow energy. A thick, hazy light shield appeared, which looked incredibly defensive at a glance.

"Vacuum Fire-Splitting Slash"

This was a spell fused from the strongest ninth-rank wind-type single-target spell, the "Vacuum Killing Art," and the most explosive ninth-rank fire-type spell, the "Blazing Slash."

The spatial cutting power of the "Vacuum Killing Art" made the explosion of the "Blazing Slash" even more intense. Before it had even fully formed, the space had already begun to tremble faintly, showing signs of shattering.

The terrifying power made the Trident Dragon wary, and it increased its energy output, causing the earth-yellow shield to shine brilliantly.

"Now."

"Shoo!"

A gray cone shot out from Garen's forehead, instantly piercing into the top of the Trident Dragon's head before it could react.

"Roar..."

A painful roar was deafening; the Trident Dragon felt a sharp pain in its head and nearly lost consciousness. Relying on a desperate will to survive, it held on, but it could no longer spare the focus to maintain its protective barrier, which dissipated in an instant.

Just then, the hundreds-of-meters-long Vacuum Blazing Slash came crashing down.

"Szzzt."

Like scissors cutting through cloth, the Trident Dragon was sliced directly in two. The magic's immense power remained undiminished, carving a massive trench hundreds of meters long and over ten meters deep into the ground.

This left Garen, who had just been preparing to draw his God-Slaying Blade to finish it off, frozen in place.

Shocking, truly shocking. It wasn't just Garen; even Linley and Doehring Cowart in the distance were deeply stunned by this scene.

A single strike to instantly kill a Saint Realm magical beast known for its defense—what kind of attack power was this? Was there any justice left? Was there any law?

It could only be described in four words.

"Terrifyingly powerful!"

Ding: Killed Saint Realm magical beast Trident Dragon, gained 2927 experience points.

The system notification pulled Garen out of his state of shock.

Seeing the glowing orbs still floating over the corpse of the Trident Dragon in the distance, Garen became instantly excited.

He hadn't expected it to drop items. He wondered if it was a Primary Enhancement Stone; he was only one away from being able to upgrade his Tiger God Armor into a divine artifact.

In truth, Garen had completely underestimated the damage of his mental attacks following his Soul Mutation.

The first mental attack he had ever tested was equivalent to a Mental Storm cast by an ordinary Saint Realm mage. When used on a tree, it was like a breeze passing by, as ordinary trees had no souls. However, if used on an average Saint Realm warrior, it would cause their head to instantly become muddled.

But the final, continuously refined mental attack was now like an awl, and its power was already truly terrifying.

One had to realize that the human soul was fragile, and mental energy was like cotton cloth. The Trident Dragon was a Saint Realm magical beast with relatively strong mental energy; if this attack were used on a soul at the early or mid-Saint Realm, most would be killed in a single blow. Even a peak Saint Realm human, without having mastered proper soul defense techniques, would be instantly severely wounded.

As for the "Vacuum Blazing Slash," it went without saying. The ordinary ninth-rank magic "Vacuum Killing Art" was known as the strongest single-target magic beneath forbidden spells and could already injure Saint Realm powerhouses. Combined with the Fire-Splitting Slash, which had the strongest explosive power of the fire element, the fully fused power was ten times that of a ninth-rank spell, already comparable to the Dimensional Blade—not to mention the twenty percent boost from the Sun Stone and the Breeze Stone.

After the Trident Dragon was hit by the mental attack, its energy barrier dissipated, meaning it was essentially using its physical body alone to withstand a forbidden-level spell. It would have been strange if it hadn't been killed in one hit.

It was just that Garen, after his Soul Mutation, hadn't yet imagined that his strength had increased by so much, which was why he was shocked.

As for Linley and Doehring Cowart, it went without saying; seeing a Saint Realm magical beast killed in one hit would shock anyone, unless it was a God Realm powerhouse taking action.

Thanks to Guiqi and Yueying for the daily votes; everyone, please cast your free votes.

Additionally, regarding the Soul Mutation, I feel it is very strong, so I displayed it early on. In the original text, it seemed Olivier did not fully utilize the advantages of his Soul Mutation in the early stages.

(End of chapter)

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