Nirvana Black Tortoise

Madness!

Beneath the Sky Screen, countless people watched this scene and felt the world had gone mad.

Using a 100,000-Year Soul Ring as his first Soul Ring... How was he completely unlike the Soul Masters they knew?

But then again, he was a Soul Master with Twin Martial Souls, and his cultivation had already reached the Titled Douluo rank. Absorbing a 100,000-Year Soul Ring as a Titled Douluo did seem... reasonable.

Hiss, was this how powerful a Twin Martial Soul Soul Master was? Truly terrifying!

Before the Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong's breathing grew heavy.

She had considered using a 100,000-Year Soul Ring as her first Soul Ring when she had just broken through to Titled Douluo, but she had failed. The reason was that, despite sending out many Soul Masters, she had been unable to find a solitary 100,000-Year Soul Beast.

Of course, aside from the Titan Giant Ape, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and those two Soft Bone Rabbits.

But back then... for various reasons, she hadn't been confident she could deal with those Soul Beasts, who were always gathered together. And she had been desperate to increase her strength so she could secure her position as Pope. Helpless, she could only choose Soul Beasts over 50,000 years old to provide the first few Soul Rings for her Second Martial Soul.

It wasn't until seven years ago, when she had finally secured her position as Pope, that she went to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo. While other Soul Masters held off the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, they successfully killed one of the Soft Bone Rabbits, adding a 100,000-Year Soul Ring to her Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul.

And that had already been the seventh Soul Ring of her Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul.

That's right. Her First Martial Soul, the Death Spider Emperor, had this Soul Ring Configuration: yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, red.

Her Second Martial Soul, the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor, had this Soul Ring Configuration: black, black, black, black, black, black, red.

She had yet to add Soul Rings to its last two slots, because she wanted to give it 100,000-Year Soul Rings!

She didn't know whether that plan would succeed, but even if it did, her Second Martial Soul would have only three 100,000-Year Soul Rings. Yet the scene in the sky showed that Xue Hen had given his Second Martial Soul a 100,000-Year Soul Ring as its very first one. This... this put him far beyond her.

And his First Martial Soul, that Imperial Power Sword, had a Soul Ring Configuration of two yellow, two purple, three black, and two red. He still had one more 100,000-Year Soul Ring than she did.

His profile... completely outclassed her in every way!

At the thought, Bibi Dong gripped her scepter even tighter.

She couldn't bear to see anyone stronger than her, because that would be a variable.

She wanted to control everything. Any factor beyond her control had no right to exist in this world!

"I have to, I have to find a way to kill him, even though he's already a Titled Douluo!" Bibi Dong's gaze turned cold as she resolved inwardly.

Then she focused her attention on the Sky Screen again.

["Hum~" Absorbing the Life Giant Whale Soul Ring hadn't been difficult for Xue Hen. If anything, it had been easy, as if everything had fallen naturally into place. When the time came, he absorbed the Soul Ring.

He rose to his feet atop the Life Giant Whale's corpse, lifting his chin slightly to reveal his fair neck and prominent Adam's apple. He spread his arms, and the Emerald Swan Martial Soul possessed his body, craning its neck and spreading its wings. A clear cry rang out, and a blood-red Soul Ring appeared beneath his feet.

Emerald Swan Martial Soul, first Soul Ring: 100,000 years!]

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Xue Ye was so excited that his whole body trembled.

A 100,000-Year first Soul Ring.

"A prodigy, truly a prodigy of my Xue Family!" he said, tears in his eyes.

He couldn't imagine which Soul Master in the Soul Master World would dare look down on the Heaven Dou Imperial Family with Xue Hen around.

Just look at his nephew. He wielded the Imperial Power Sword Martial Soul, a mutation of the Royal Power Sword, as well as the Emerald Swan Martial Soul possessed by an ancestor of the Xue Family. His Soul Ring Configuration was terrifying, too. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the strongest Soul Master in the world!

"Wait, the strongest? I wonder what level this boy's Soul Power is now." Xue Ye suddenly thought of another question.

In terms of Martial Soul quality and Soul Ring Configuration, Xue Hen was at the very top. But he still didn't know about the most important thing: his Soul Power Level.

Thinking this, Xue Ye took a deep breath and gazed at the Sky Screen above with even greater anticipation, hoping it would reveal Xue Hen's Soul Power Level.

[Atop the Life Giant Whale's corpse, Xue Hen raised his right hand. A cluster of emerald light shimmered in his palm.

He opened his mouth and said evenly, "First Soul Skill: Emerald Recovery, a fast single-target healing skill with a continuous healing effect for five minutes. During that time, the target's maximum vitality increases by 500%. The other Soul Skill is Life Diversion, a passive skill. When I use a healing Soul Skill on someone else, I also gain a life shield equal to 30% of the amount healed. Not bad."

After speaking, Xue Hen lowered his arm, dispelled the light in his hand, and withdrew the Emerald Swan Martial Soul. He gazed out toward the distant sea and stood silently.

After a long while, he waved his hand, stowing the Life Giant Whale's corpse at his feet in the Storage Soul Tool necklace hanging around his neck. Then he set off toward a certain direction.

Yes, he was still walking on air, but this time was different. With each step he took, he instantly shifted hundreds of meters through the air. Step after step, he continued shifting like this. After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, he had arrived in another stretch of sea.

"Come out. I've found you," Xue Hen said to the sea below.

"Roar!" As soon as he spoke, a deafening roar rang out.

"Bang!" The next moment, a column of water shot into the sky, and a massive figure burst out of the sea.

It was a Nirvana Black Tortoise, its back bearing a shell of molten rock!

The Nirvana Black Tortoise was a mutated descendant born when the ancestor of the Black Tortoises devoured a Fire Phoenix. Besides the formidable defensive power all Black Tortoises possessed, they could also dive into underwater volcanoes when near death and be reborn in the magma.

Judging by the size of this Nirvana Black Tortoise, its cultivation had definitely surpassed 100,000 years. It appeared to be between 130,000 and 150,000 years old.

Sure enough, the Nirvana Black Tortoise spoke the next second.

"Human, I can sense your strength, but I have the ability to be reborn in fire. You can't kill me."

It could speak human language. This was indeed another Soul Beast over 100,000 years old!

"That's true. If we were on a volcano, there'd be nothing I could do to you. But we're at sea, and I won't give you the chance to dive into an underwater volcano," Xue Hen said calmly. A flash of golden light appeared in his hand, and the Imperial Power Sword Martial Soul appeared once more.

Two yellow, two purple, three black, and two red Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet.

The Nirvana Black Tortoise's pupils contracted, and it immediately dove toward the sea floor.

"You're too slow."

"Whoosh!" Xue Hen hurled the Imperial Power Sword from his hand. Its blade blazed with dazzling golden light as it streaked like a meteor across the sea, plunging into the water in pursuit.

Sixth Soul Skill, Sword Settles Mountains and Rivers!

"Rumble!" Before long, the Imperial Power Sword caught up to the Nirvana Black Tortoise. As it tucked its head and limbs into its shell, the sword unleashed a vast sea tremor and torrents of sword energy, inflicting massive damage in an instant.

High above the sea, Xue Hen watched the enormous commotion in the waters below without changing expression. He brought his hands together forcefully and declared, "Seventh Soul Skill, Human Emperor True Body!"

"Hum~" A golden beam shot up from beneath the sea. At the same time, golden armor appeared around Xue Hen, and a Human Emperor phantom more than three hundred meters tall rapidly emerged from within him. The phantom reached out and grasped the beam, which transformed into a long sword in its hand.

"Judgment!" The Human Emperor phantom held the long sword, aimed it at a spot beneath the sea, and narrowed its eyes coldly, Ye Zhou said.

"Boom!" As soon as he spoke, the phantom swung its sword, unleashing an unmatched golden sword aura that crashed violently toward the depths below.