Sword Mother: You Dare Run Wild on My Turf?

When Jiang Liang arrived, the two Soul Beasts were locked in a fierce battle.

The Titan Snow Demon stood over thirty meters tall, looking like a small mountain.

Every time its fists slammed into the ground, they caused a sizable earthquake.

The Ice Blade Mantis was clever as well, nimbly evading the Titan Snow Demon's attacks.

Once it closed in on its enemy, it frantically swung its sharp forelimbs.

In the blink of an eye, the Titan Snow Demon had gained over a hundred savage wounds, howling in pain without end.

The next second, the Titan Snow Demon turned and swung its arm, its massive fist hammering into the Ice Blade Mantis's abdomen like an iron mallet.

The Ice Blade Mantis immediately let out a shrill scream.

Then it was sent flying sideways, crashing heavily into the nearby rock wall and vomiting a large amount of blood.

The Titan Snow Demon also understood the principle of kicking someone while they were down.

Before the Ice Blade Mantis could react, it sprang off the ground, clasped its hands together with interlocked fingers, and smashed them down at the Ice Blade Mantis's head!

With a bang, snow sprayed everywhere.

The Ice Blade Mantis swayed unsteadily before collapsing to the ground.

Seeing that the Ice Blade Mantis had more breath going out than coming in, Jiang Liang was immediately delighted.

This was an opportunity.

The Ice Blade Mantis had already been severely wounded by the Titan Snow Demon.

And the Titan Snow Demon's injuries were not light either.

This was the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it!

Jiang Liang immediately gripped the hilt of his Cold Moon Sword Martial Soul. The instant the Titan Snow Demon raised its fist again, he rushed out from behind cover.

He was incredibly fast, like lightning and wind.

As he charged forward, he had already activated the Sword Qi within his body.

Whoosh—!

A stream of Sword Qi with killing intent that soared beyond the heavens shot upward, shaking the snow piled on the mountains into tumbling down.

The Titan Snow Demon only took one look when it turned around, but the sky-piercing Sword Qi terrified it out of its wits, making every hair on its body stand on end.

How could it still care about the Ice Blade Mantis on the ground? It turned and fled for its life.

Damned legs, run faster!

It had only one thought at that moment.

Escape as quickly as possible.

Escape that aura capable of wiping it out!

The Ice Blade Mantis, meanwhile, lay motionless on the ground due to its severe injuries.

Its eyes were filled with venomous hatred as it glared resentfully at Jiang Liang, who leaped into the air.

Under normal circumstances, a child like him would have been nothing more than food to it.

Who would have thought that now...

Whoosh—!

Sword Qi crashed down like a raging tide pouring over its head.

In an instant, mountains crumbled and the earth split apart.

The hard rock wall was forcibly cleaved with a bottomless sword scar, frightening the surrounding Soul Beasts into fleeing in all directions.

The Ice Blade Mantis was also reduced to ashes beneath the destructive Sword Qi, leaving behind only a faint black Soul Ring.

Jiang Liang fell from the sky and landed steadily on both feet.

Looking at the faint black Soul Ring, he finally let out a long breath.

"Fairy Sister, I did it!"

As soon as he spoke, Sword Mother appeared at his side and slowly crouched down to rub the top of his head.

"Mhm, Xiao Liang did wonderfully! You hunted the Soul Beast you wanted so quickly."

Jiang Liang chuckled smugly. "It was also thanks to that strand of Sword Qi Fairy Sister gave me. Without it, I probably wouldn't have been able to break through the Ice Blade Mantis's shell."

"But then again, I've already used one of those three strands of Sword Qi. Can Fairy Sister replenish it for me?"

He could not help it; that Sword Qi was just too useful.

Even Dugu Bo, a Title Douluo, had been so wary of it.

But having only three chances was far too little!

Seeing how greedy he looked, Sword Mother's lips curled up slightly. She curled two fingers and flicked his forehead.

The force was gentle, but it carried a hint of indulgent reproach.

"No. Sister already told you, there are only three uses of Sword Qi. A promise is a promise, so you can't go back on it."

"Besides, if you rely too much on external power, your Sword Heart will only become more and more restless. In the end, you will find it difficult to cultivate true power of the sword path."

"Alright." Jiang Liang helplessly pursed his lips.

He knew that once Sword Mother insisted on something, no amount of acting cute would change her mind, so he did not dwell on it.

He glanced at the faint black Soul Ring, then looked up at Sword Mother.

"Fairy Sister, I'm going to start absorbing the Soul Ring. Will you stand guard for me?"

"Of course. Go ahead and absorb the Soul Ring without worry." Sword Mother smiled softly and gently pushed him forward.

Jiang Liang nodded happily and scampered over to the Soul Ring, where he sat cross-legged beside it.

Then, imitating how Soul Rings were absorbed in the story, he closed his eyes and activated the Sword Qi in his Qi Sea, drawing the Soul Ring toward himself.

Sword Mother walked to his side and watched the entire process as he absorbed the Soul Ring.

So this was how Soul Masters in this world absorbed Soul Rings.

She watched as the faint black Soul Ring floated above the Cold Moon Sword Martial Soul, its light flowing as it gradually merged into the blade.

The next instant, a violent, savage surge of ice-element energy crashed into Jiang Liang's body!

Jiang Liang furrowed his brow and clenched his teeth, but fine beads of cold sweat still seeped from his forehead from the pain.

That power was like a ferocious beast breaking free of its reins, rampaging through his meridians.

Everywhere it passed, his meridians felt as if they were being torn apart.

The freezing energy spread wildly through his limbs and bones, nearly freezing his blood solid.

This was different from the pain of Ice and Fire Golden Body Refining.

Ice and Fire Golden Body Refining was a tempered pain that spread from within outward, gentle yet bone-piercing.

But the power of this Soul Ring was a tyrannical, unmatched violent impact, forcibly tearing at his meridians and Martial Soul.

Even worse, there was the assault of a remnant soul.

The Ice Blade Mantis's savagery and venomous hatred before death had now turned into a violent mental tide that slammed fiercely into his Sea of Consciousness.

It felt as if countless ice blades were wildly cutting through his mind.

His Divine Soul was torn and gnawed apart, while excruciating pain exploded from the depths of his soul. It was far more unbearable than having his physical meridians ripped apart or his blood frozen.

Jiang Liang's entire body shuddered. Blood seeped from between his clenched teeth, his vision darkened in waves, and he nearly had his consciousness scattered by the beastial remnant soul.

Sword Mother took in his condition beside him.

Feeling that the place where she lived was being attacked by a beast, Sword Mother's eyes flashed with terrifying killing intent.

It would have been one thing for that beast to attack the place where she often lived, but it was even making Xiao Liang suffer so much.

It deserved to die!

At that moment, the Ice Blade Mantis was rampaging through Jiang Liang's Sea of Consciousness, constantly attacking his soul.

Although he had consumed the Immortal Herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and increased his spiritual power,

that little spiritual power was clearly not enough to withstand the soul impact of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Just at that critical moment.

A terrifying stream of Sword Qi wrapped in boundless killing intent descended from above the Sea of Consciousness and cleaved directly into the Ice Blade Mantis's remnant soul.

"You dare run wild on my turf?" Sword Mother's indifferent voice echoed through the Sea of Consciousness.

Before the Ice Blade Mantis could struggle for even a second, the Sword Qi destroyed it until it vanished into nothingness, just like its body had.

With the soul assault gone, Jiang Liang finally let out a breath and focused wholeheartedly on taming the violent Soul Power within his body.