Three Hearts, Nine Brains, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Deep-Sea Giant Demon

Shui Bing'er piloted the Dragon Abyss Boat as it slowly approached the area.

The seawater grew increasingly dark.

The temperature dropped noticeably. Even through the Soul Tool's protection, the two of them could feel the chill.

Most strangely, the surroundings suddenly became unnaturally quiet.

There were no schools of fish, no sea beasts—there was not even the sound of flowing water, as though some force had swallowed it all.

Xu Feng sensed that something was wrong.

"Bing'er, there's a Soul Beast nearby with exceptionally powerful spiritual strength. It seems to have sensed us already. Get us to the surface, quickly!"

The moment he finished speaking, the entire Dragon Abyss Boat began shaking violently!

The seawater outside the boat churned without warning. Several thick, dark-purple tentacles suddenly shot out from the abyss, coiling toward the Dragon Abyss Boat like giant pythons.

Even more terrifying, a cold and sinister spiritual force suddenly spread through the seawater, attempting to invade their minds.

"Bing'er, this is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It's too strong. Let me handle it!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Shui Bing'er immediately relinquished control of her body to Xu Feng.

In the next instant, her aura underwent a complete transformation.

Ice-blue flames ignited in her eyes, and the pressure of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast radiated from her body.

This was the majesty of the Phoenix soul!

Xu Feng released his spiritual power and confronted the Soul Beast's spiritual power head-on.

He knew that the sea was this Soul Beast's main battlefield, and that it could easily destroy the Dragon Abyss Boat.

So he had to lure it to the surface.

After blocking the Soul Beast's mental attack, Xu Feng controlled the Dragon Abyss Boat and charged straight out of the sea.

Those massive tentacles followed it out of the water, throwing up waves dozens of meters high and violently shaking the entire sea.

"Arrogant humans, how dare you trespass into my territory!"

A deep, heavy voice came from the sea.

Immediately afterward, the surface churned violently.

A colossal creature slowly rose from the depths!

Eight dark-purple tentacles as thick as water barrels broke through the surface. Each was covered in vicious suckers, with bone-white spikes growing along their edges, glinting coldly in the dim light.

Its main body remained hidden beneath the roiling seawater, revealing only a pair of ghostly blue eyes the size of lanterns, locked onto the two of them in the air.

This colossal creature was the ruler of this abyss—the Deep Sea Demon Octopus Emperor!

Xu Feng recognized it.

This Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast possessed three hearts and nine brains, and its spiritual power was extraordinarily formidable.

Leng Jun had already released his martial soul.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—eight soul rings circled his body as he prepared for battle.

Yet at this moment, his face had turned slightly pale.

The Demon Octopus Emperor's spiritual pressure surged over him like a tide, making even his soul tremble.

Xu Feng lightly beat his wings and declared loudly, "Octopus, we've come for your soul ring today. If you know what's good for you, offer yourself as a sacrifice, and you may be spared the pain of having your bones stripped and your soul extracted. If we become gods someday, we can bring your remnant soul into the God Realm and spare you the calamity of the hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation lightning."

"Ha ha ha ha—"

The Deep Sea Demon Octopus Emperor burst into laughter.

"You insignificant human brat, and you dare speak of the God Realm? The one beside you is merely an eight-ringed Soul Douluo, and you think you can take my soul ring? What a ridiculous delusion!"

Before its words had faded, its nine brains trembled at once!

"It has been a long time since I last devoured human Soul Masters. I had nearly forgotten the taste of human flesh and blood. You two humans who know neither heaven nor earth actually dared to deliver yourselves to my doorstep. Perfect. You can fill the gaps between my teeth!"

The Deep Sea Demon Octopus Emperor directly unleashed a spiritual attack—Phantom Sea Tide Song!

Invisible sound waves carrying vast spiritual power spread out in an instant.

The seawater shimmered with strange, multicolored ripples, while an ethereal song rose through the air.

The song pierced straight into the depths of the soul, stirring the most vulnerable and painful memories buried in one's heart.

Leng Jun's entire body shuddered violently!

The sea and sky before his eyes suddenly twisted. In a daze, he saw a little girl in a white dress running ahead, turning back to smile sweetly at him.

"Daddy—"

"Wan'er... Wan'er!"

Leng Jun's eyes grew unfocused, and the cold aura around him began to crumble.

Trembling, he reached forward, tears streaming down his aged face.

"Wan'er... is that really you...?"

"Grandfather!"

Shui Bing'er cried out anxiously within the sea of consciousness.

"Phoenix Brother, my grandfather was caught in that soul beast's illusion. The 'Wan'er' he mentioned is my mother."

"Don't worry. I can handle this octopus."

The Ice Phoenix pattern on Xu Feng's forehead suddenly erupted with dazzling blue light!

An invisible mental barrier spread out from him, enveloping Leng Jun.

The mind-bewitching soundwaves melted away the moment they touched the barrier, like snow meeting fire.

Leng Jun jolted awake, cold sweat soaking his back.

Clarity returned to his eyes, but deep pain still lingered within them.

The illusion from before had been Leng Qingwan, Shui Bing'er's mother, who had been dead for many years.

It was a scar he would never heal from in his lifetime.

Leng Jun looked at his granddaughter beside him. He knew she was not the real Shui Bing'er, but had been possessed by that hundred-thousand-year Ice Phoenix.

"Senior Phoenix..."

Xu Feng nodded lightly.

"This soul beast won't be easy to deal with. Focus your mental power."

"Mm, I understand."

Leng Jun's gaze instantly turned fierce.

"A child barely in their teens can actually withstand my mental attack?! How is that possible?!"

"Nothing is impossible. Your mental power is indeed strong, but we're taking your soul ring!"

Leng Jun and Shui Bing'er were both control- and assault-type soul masters.

This hundred-thousand-year sea soul beast, possessing both mental and water attributes, was perfectly suited to become their soul ring.

As it watched the composed girl in the air, all three hearts of the Deep Sea Demon Octopus Emperor contracted at once.

It found this unbelievable.

Even nine-ring Titled Douluo found its prized mental attacks difficult to resist.

Yet they had been effortlessly neutralized by a girl barely in her teens.

This was simply inconceivable!

That girl seemed to command some mysterious power. No wonder she had dared come here and provoke it.

"Hmph! I underestimated you, but do you think this is over?! Die!"

The Deep Sea Demon Octopus Emperor no longer underestimated her and let out an enraged roar.

The surrounding seawater suddenly turned pitch-black, swallowing all light.

A thick, clinging darkness shrouded everything.

This was the Abyss Demon Octopus Emperor's domain skill—Ink Sea Abyss!

Within the domain, the enemy's five senses would become sluggish, and the flow of Soul Power would turn stagnant.

"You want to suppress us with your domain?"

Xu Feng sneered.

"Then let me show you my domain!"

As soon as the words fell, the aura around him changed abruptly.

The icy-blue wing on his left ignited with frost flames of absolute cold, while the crimson feathers on his right surged with blazing heavenly fire!

The Ice-Fire Phoenix's twin domains unfolded simultaneously!

The utterly opposite powers of extreme cold and scorching heat fused together perfectly.

The sea surface on the left instantly froze into ten-thousand-year black ice.

The seawater on the right boiled and vaporized, filling the sky with white mist.

The boundary between ice and fire was distinct beneath Xu Feng's feet, yet the two echoed each other, forming a yin-yang domain a hundred meters in diameter.

The Deep Sea Demon Octopus Emperor's Ink Sea Abyss was forcibly torn in half!