Although their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was far from as flawless as a true Martial Soul Fusion, their attributes were similar and their auras harmonized. The domain-type Soul Skill they unleashed together was enough to greatly boost their strength for a time. Even against a level-98 Super Douluo, they could still put up a fight.
"Roar!"
"Hiss!"
The Soul-Devouring Bone Tiger and Yellow Springs Snake King roared at the sky in unison. Gu Qianye and Ming He's figures abruptly transformed into two streaks of light, one black and one purple, weaving around each other in midair as their Soul Power resonated wildly.
The next moment, a decayed, icy, nauseating aura surged from the two of them. Centered on them, the ice within several hundred meters rapidly turned gray-black. Countless twisted, resentful faces surfaced on its surface, while the air filled with the stench of blood and rot.
The Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain had taken shape!
"Brat, dying beneath our brothers' Martial Soul Fusion Skill means you haven't lived in vain." Gu Qianye's voice came from the center of the domain, cold and smug.
Within the domain, countless bones burst through the ice, turning into bone spears and spikes that shot furiously toward Jiang Che. Yellow Springs poison mist billowed everywhere, corroding his Ice Dragon Avatar.
Jiang Che stood within the domain, his Ice Dragon Avatar glowing faintly as it resisted the domain's corrosion. Yet his silver-blue eyes remained as calm as still water.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"
Hearing those words had piqued his interest. A hint of amusement entered his voice.
"Since you've been preparing for so long, I'll give you a surprise, too."
Before Gu Qianye and Ming He could even react to Jiang Che's words, they suddenly sensed an aura that made them uneasy.
When they looked at Jiang Che again, they noticed something had changed. Two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings had appeared behind him at some point.
His right hand had returned to normal as well, and it now gripped a holy sword whose entire body shimmered with flowing gold.
"Twin Martial Souls!" The two cried out in shock at the same time. Twin Martial Souls were astonishing enough, but his second Martial Soul was the Ultimate Light attribute, which most perfectly countered them.
Twin Martial Souls were rare on the Douluo Continent, but as Titled Douluo, they had seen plenty. Even the Holy Spirit Cult had several people with Twin Martial Souls. But they had never heard of anyone who possessed both the Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Light attributes, two utterly overbearing powers!
"Impossible!" Ming He shrieked, his voice trembling. The Yellow Springs Snake King Avatar he had transformed into reflexively recoiled half a foot, and even the poison mist filling the domain briefly stalled.
Gu Qianye's expression changed drastically, too. The crimson soul flame in the Soul-Devouring Bone Tiger's eye sockets leaped several times. The aura radiating from the holy sword in Jiang Che's hand alone made his bones creak sharply. It was the instinctive suppression and rejection of an Evil Soul Master by the power of light.
"What are you afraid of?" Gu Qianye growled through gritted teeth, steadying his soul flame. "So what if he has the Ultimate Light? He's just a Titled Douluo in the nineties, same as us. The Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain is more than enough to suppress his light attribute. Pour everything into it! Don't give him a chance to catch his breath!"
Ming He was jolted out of his fear by the shout. He suppressed his dread, and the Yellow Springs Snake King Avatar tensed sharply. A sinister glow spread across its dark purple scales as he urged the Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain to its full strength.
In an instant, the stench inside the domain surged several times over. The resentful faces on the ice twisted wildly, letting out piercing shrieks. Countless bones shot toward Jiang Che from every direction, each spike coated in gray-white soul flames. Bolstered by the Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain, their frigid, corrosive power even ate into the air with a sizzling sound.
Jiang Che gripped the Holy Sword of Light. The silver-blue Ice Dragon Avatar and the sword's pure golden radiance intertwined, forming a two-toned halo around his body.
Ice Empress's yellow-diamond eyes stayed fixed on the battlefield. She had known about Jiang Che's second Martial Soul even before becoming his Soul Spirit, so she was not particularly surprised now.
Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, was far from calm. The two Titled Douluo's Martial Soul Fusion Skill had already left his face pale with fright. Now he saw that Jiang Che had not only resisted its suppression, but had revealed a weapon-type Martial Soul he had never seen before—one with a light attribute utterly different from the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul. He was completely stunned.
"B-Brother Sky Dream..." Huo Yuhao stammered, calling out in his Sea of Consciousness. "Senior... he has Twin Martial Souls?"
This time, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not tease him. After a brief silence, he replied in a slightly grave tone, "Mm. And not only does he have Twin Martial Souls, his second Martial Soul is the Ultimate Light, which naturally counters all sinister things. Little Yuhao, your senior is even more unfathomable than I imagined!"
Huo Yuhao's mouth opened and closed. He wanted to say something, but realized he had no idea what to say.
He had thought that obtaining Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was already the greatest stroke of luck imaginable. But now, seeing Jiang Che, he finally understood what it meant to be truly gifted.
In Ice Valley, the Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain's assault grew ever more ferocious, with bones raining down and poison mist surging like a tide.
Watching the attacks rush toward him from every direction, Jiang Che turned his wrist. The golden runes on the Holy Sword of Light suddenly blazed.
"First Soul Skill, Aurora World-Purifying Wheel!"
His voice was not loud, yet it carried an unquestionable majesty, like a true deity delivering judgment.
The instant his words fell, the six-pointed star-shaped crossguard of the Holy Sword of Light erupted with dazzling golden radiance. It was no ordinary sunlight, but pure, perfect holy light, imbued with the source power to cleanse all creation and banish every evil.
A gigantic golden wheel exploded outward from Jiang Che, as if the blazing sun had fallen onto the frozen wasteland.
The purifying light of holy judgment swept across the domain. Wherever it passed, the gray-black ice of the Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain sizzled as if seared by red-hot iron. The thick black mist stood no chance against the holy light, instantly evaporating into nothing. The bones that had burst through the ice crumbled to dust the moment the light touched them. The soul flames coating them were utterly purified before they could even scream.
The domain shuddered violently, and countless cracks appeared across its gray-black canopy.
"Damn it! Hold it together!" Gu Qianye roared. The Soul-Devouring Bone Tiger Avatar's bones clattered as he frantically poured Soul Power into the Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain, trying to resist the holy light's erosion.
Ming He also gave it everything he had. A sinister glow bloomed across the Yellow Springs Snake King Avatar's dark purple scales, and the poison mist thickened abruptly as it fought the light of holy judgment to a standstill.
But the Ultimate Light countered them far more thoroughly than they had imagined.
The moment the sinister glow and poison mist touched the holy light, they melted away like thin ice over a blazing fire. Huge sections of the Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain's gray-black canopy began to peel away, revealing the azure sky over the Far North behind it. The stench of decay was gradually dispelled by the holy light, replaced by the clean, crisp scent of a world freshly washed by rain.
"Boom!"
With a deafening crash, the Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain collapsed completely. Gu Qianye and Ming He flew backward from the fragments of the domain and slammed into the ice, carving two deep trenches dozens of meters long.
The Soul Power around them fell into utter disarray. They could no longer maintain their Martial Soul Avatars. Cracks spread across the Soul-Devouring Bone Tiger's black bones, while most of the Yellow Springs Snake King's dark purple scales had fallen away, exposing the horrific flesh beneath.
Gu Qianye knelt on one knee on the ice. The Soul-Devouring Bone Tiger Avatar had already vanished, revealing his original, aged face. But his complexion was no longer the iron-gray it had been before; he was as pale as paper, and a trickle of black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. It was a sign that his vital energy had been gravely damaged and his foundation injured.
Ming He fared even worse. He lay sprawled in the icy crater, not a single part of him uninjured. One arm twisted at a grotesque angle, clearly broken. He struggled to raise his head, his gaze fixed on Jiang Che in terror and disbelief.
Even when they unleashed the Underworld Bone Yellow Springs Domain together, they could hold their own for a while against even a level-98 Super Douluo. Yet against Jiang Che, it had not lasted the time it took an incense stick to burn.
"Big brother..." Ming He struggled to speak, his voice so hoarse it was almost inaudible. "Let's... go..."
How could Gu Qianye not want to leave? The remaining soul flame in his eye sockets flickered faintly as he struggled to push himself up from the ice.
But as soon as he had risen halfway, one foot landed on loose ice. He slipped, staggered, and fell back down.
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