All Living Things Return to Void

Countless leaves detached and danced away under the force of the gale, and all living things in the vicinity began to flee instinctively.

Coupled with the battle between the two ten-thousand-year soul beasts just moments ago, not even the chirping of insects could be heard within this short radius.

The Amethyst Imperial Epiphyllum trembled as well, using its already weakened body to endure the bloodline pressure weighing down upon its soul.

On the other side, if the Xiangliu were in its prime state, Mu Qian would have had no choice but to retreat.

However, after the previous battle, that Xiangliu must have been exhausted and at the end of its rope, right?

The three heads of the Xiangliu were blank; it felt its cultivation and soul power draining away rapidly. The injuries it had forcibly suppressed earlier erupted instantly, and a sense of intense weakness made its body feel incredibly heavy.

In particular, that bloodline pressure spanning across ancient ages left it unable to breathe, as if its very soul were about to be devoured.

The corners of Mu Qian's mouth curled upward; the state of the Xiangliu gave him instant peace of mind.

His first soul skill had only one effect.

The so-called All Living Things meant equality for all.

Strictly speaking, this was considered a control-type skill, but its terrifying aspect was that any object or life form enveloped by that sacred light would be stripped of all attributes.

The stripping of soul power and elements would reduce all enemies hit by this soul skill to the level of common beings.

The key was that it could be applied according to the user's will, thereby avoiding any accidental harm.

Furthermore, it was absolute!

Unless the enemy possessed attribute strength higher than Mu Qian's own.

But that was clearly impossible.

Of course, this was only the ideal scenario; limited by his current cultivation, Mu Qian could not push this soul skill to its absolute limit.

Asking him to completely strip the soul power of a Titled Douluo was simply unrealistic.

However, because of the phrase "absolute," Mu Qian's first soul skill could still be called heaven-defying.

Even a Titled Douluo would be affected, though the degree of stripping would differ.

He had tested the enemies he could currently handle completely, and they could not exceed him by more than one major realm.

Although he could not achieve a complete stripping of this Xiangliu nearby, when combined with the natural suppression the Yinglong origin aura exerted over all beasts, it was already enough.

If soul masters in the outside world knew the effect of Mu Qian's soul skill, it was estimated that no one would be able to sit still.

The teams hunting him down would likely stretch from the Far North all the way to the southern coastline.

There was no helping it; a single first soul skill gave him the strength to be invincible among his peers, and even fighting above his rank was as easy as drinking water.

If he were allowed to grow and eventually reach the level of a Titled Douluo, he would be a sword hanging over everyone's heads.

However, the time Mu Qian could maintain control was limited; the stronger the opponent, the shorter the duration of control.

Moreover, the demand for soul power was terrifying; with his total soul power, which far exceeded that of his peers, he could use it at most three times.

Opportunities were fleeting, and he would not wait for the Xiangliu to recover before making his move.

"Second soul skill: Return to Void."

Following Mu Qian's low shout, a pair of massive cyan-gold dragon wings suddenly unfurled.

The size of the dragon wings was exaggerated, with each wing exceeding ten meters in length, covered in a brilliant cyan-gold light membrane and dotted with many profound and mysterious runes.

At this moment, those mysterious runes emitted a dazzling light, and as Mu Qian gripped his right hand in the air, the ice elements in the surrounding space began to surge instantly.

His second soul skill had an equally heaven-defying effect.

Elemental Control.

By relying on his perception of the surrounding elements, Mu Qian could control, split, and reorganize them.

It sounded simple, but the actual effect it could exert could only be described as terrifying.

Especially when used in conjunction with the first soul skill...

Countless ice shards grew from within the body of the Xiangliu, and the extreme cold instantly devoured the Xiangliu's remaining consciousness.

Like a seedling growing resolutely while bearing the weight of a ten-thousand-jin boulder, it pierced through the skin of the Xiangliu from the inside out, and pierced through its life as well.

Mu Qian swung his right hand violently, and the countless ice shards exploded instantly, simultaneously declaring the end of the Xiangliu's life.

After finishing this, Mu Qian exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly retracted the dragon wings behind him.

The battle ended just like that; all things considered, luck likely played a significant role.

The reason his second soul skill was called heaven-defying was not because of the effect it could display at the moment, but because of the terrifying growth potential of this skill.

As he absorbed more and more soul rings, the attributes he could control would grow accordingly.

Currently, he could only control two attributes: ice and fire.

Although these two natural attributes certainly existed in the Star Forest, their total quantity was somewhat lacking.

Mu Qian once thought that ice and water were the same attribute, but the Snow Maiden told him that ice and water possessed completely different characteristics; while they had commonalities, they were two distinct attributes.

If they were on his home turf in the Far North, Mu Qian could easily defeat even a Xiangliu in its prime with this skill.

If his cultivation were to improve in the future, it could even trigger a disaster that would sweep through the entire biological chain.

With a mere wave of his hand, he could control the elements within an enemy's body, causing them to naturally decompose.

But on the day he finally possessed every attribute, Mu Qian would be the master of this world.

It was a pity that his current comprehension of his second soul skill was still shallow, and he had only mastered two attributes; those heights were still very far away from him.

That was merely a beautiful vision for the future; if he truly wanted to reach that step, besides working hard to improve his cultivation, he also had to search for soul beasts with suitable attributes.

Just like Magneto from my past life, my second soul skill is also destined for grand-scale battles in the future.

Although he had long since witnessed the power of his soul skill, Mu Qian could not help but sigh with emotion.

While these two soul skills of mine are strong, they aren't exactly suitable to be exposed in front of others.

It seems that in most situations from now on, I will still have to rely on my physical fitness to face enemies.

Mu Qian felt a mix of amusement and frustration; this feeling of having power but being unable to use it freely was truly unpleasant.

However, he was not without a sense of proportion, knowing that once the effects of his soul skills were exposed, he would likely become a public enemy to the soul master world of the continent.

Fortunately, Mu Qian's physical fitness was equally formidable, and if he only utilized one attribute of his second soul skill, it would not be too eye-catching.

The battle ended, and Mu Qian habitually began to clean up the battlefield.

Soul bones were not so easily dropped; after taking a general look and finding nothing unusual, he turned his gaze toward the ink-colored soul ring that had already begun to condense.

A mental attribute; after fusing with it, this would be the third attribute he had mastered.

The other ten-thousand-year avian soul beast also possessed a mental attribute, but it was a pity that it hadn't been killed by him, and since the attribute was redundant, he could only regretfully give it up.

Aside from ice, fire, and the mental attribute he was about to acquire, every time Mu Qian thought about the types of elements he still lacked, he could not help but feel a headache coming on.

"The road ahead is long and arduous~"