Half an hour later.
"The tracks are getting fresher. It's right ahead!" Xie Qi's eyes gleamed with bloodthirst.
Xie Yi raised a hand to halt the group. Blood-red light flickered in his eyes as he spread his senses to their limit, locking onto the valley ahead.
"A hundred meters ahead, inside the Ice-Sealed Rift. Its remaining aura is extremely weak. It can no longer suppress its injuries. This is the best time to strike!"
The seven Evil Soul Masters instantly spread out into an encircling formation. The black evil power around them surged as rolling black mist swept outward, forcibly cutting off the surrounding wind and snow.
The group worked seamlessly together as they quietly closed in on the rift.
At the bottom of the Ice-Sealed Rift, a Ten-Thousand-Year Titan Snow Demon lay sprawled on the ground.
It was a gigantic snow monster over twenty meters tall, its entire body covered in thick ice-crystal armor. Faint blue glacial energy flowed through the gaps in its armor.
Its head resembled a ferocious savage, its eyes shining brilliantly. Every breath it exhaled produced several meters of white icy mist.
Yet at this moment, the powerful beast was in terrible condition.
Its ice-crystal armor had shattered in many places, dense cracks covering its entire body. Its wounds were tightly coated in thick, sticky black evil poison that continued to corrode them.
The Titan Snow Demon's enormous body trembled faintly. Its heavy breathing echoed through the silent rift, every breath laden with pain.
It had exhausted all its strength trying to return to its habitat, but it was already at the end of its rope and could not make it back.
"Now you can't escape even with wings. Be a good little puppet for me!"
Xie Yi leaped down into the rift, his black robe fluttering. His blood-red pupils were cold and vicious. "Serve me obediently!"
"Attack!"
The moment Xie Yi finished speaking, a green dragon formed from virulent poison flew directly at him.
The dragon's roar was low and rasping as it tore through the air, surrounded by emerald poison mist with terrifying corrosive power.
The attack came without warning, impossibly fast, completely cutting off every route Xie Yi could have used to dodge or retreat.
In an instant, Xie Yi's body stiffened sharply, every hair on his body standing on end!
His Blood-Eyed Life-Devouring Lion Martial Soul instantly issued a frantic warning, the bloody light in his eyes flickering violently.
The crisis of life and death swept across his entire body, making his scalp tingle and his marrow turn cold.
There was no time to dodge, nor was there time to activate a soul skill for defense!
At the critical moment, a ruthless glint flashed through Xie Yi's eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he thrust out his right arm and precisely grabbed the shoulder of the completely unsuspecting Xie Qi beside him.
"Boss?!"
Xie Qi's pupils contracted, his face full of disbelief. He had never expected his own leader to suddenly attack him.
Before his words could fade, a tyrannical force erupted from Xie Yi's palm.
Bang!
With a dull explosive crack, Xie Qi's body was violently flung away beyond his control, precisely placed in front of Xie Yi to face the oncoming venomous green dragon.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The other five Evil Soul Masters did not even have time to react, and only Xie Qi's terrified scream remained stuck in his throat.
The next second, the venomous green dragon slammed viciously into Xie Qi's chest!
Azure poison exploded, and toxic mist swallowed his body. His flesh rapidly rotted and blackened while his bones hissed as they were corroded by the poison.
"Aah—!"
An incomparably shrill scream suddenly rang through the Ice-Sealed Rift.
Xie Qi's life force was extinguished in an instant.
Using that fleeting obstruction, Xie Yi had already borrowed the momentum to retreat dozens of meters. His blood-red pupils were fixed on the direction from which the poison dragon had come, black mist churning violently around him as his expression darkened terribly.
Above the rift, the icy fog slowly dispersed.
Du Busi stood with his hands behind his back, his black robes utterly motionless in the cold wind. Two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red Soul Rings surrounded him!
The three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings shone as brilliantly as blood. Their terrifying pressure swept across the entire rift, freezing the wind and snow in the sky!
Below the rift, Xie Yi's pupils shrank violently, terror filling his blood-red eyes.
A nine-ringed Title Douluo! And a Title Douluo with three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings at that!
"Run! Run immediately!"
Only that thought remained in Xie Yi's mind. He did not even dare entertain the slightest thought of fighting. All the evil power around him erupted as he turned and fled.
The other five Soul Sage Evil Soul Masters had long since been scared out of their wits. The black mist around them was in chaotic disarray as they turned and ran wildly in all directions through the rift, desperately trying to survive.
"If I let a few rats like you escape, I might as well find a rope and hang myself!"
Du Busi's tone was icy as he lightly pressed down with one hand. His ninth Soul Ring instantly lit up!
Yellow Spring Green Star Fall!
Poison mist from all over the sky gathered around him!
The next moment, billions of emerald points of light shot from the poison mist like meteors. Endless poison power frantically converged in Du Busi's massive palm, instantly condensing into a dark green sphere of poisonous light that was deep and dim, flowing with an aura of destruction.
Azure Sea Poison Demon Burial!
Du Busi fiercely slammed both palms against the dark green poison sphere!
Bzzzt—!
A humming blast suddenly erupted. The entire Ice-Sealed Rift shook violently as layers of ice cracked and spread.
The enormous dark green poison sphere did not explode. Instead, it suddenly split and underwent fission in midair.
Six poison-light blades of identical size and dim luster instantly took shape!
"Go!"
Du Busi waved a hand, and the six poison-light blades shot out at once. They tore through the wind and snow with piercing shrieks, precisely locking onto the six Evil Soul Masters fleeing in every direction.
Six attacks, six certain kills, without the slightest error!
Xie Yi, who was fleeing at the front, had no time to activate any defensive soul skill. His blood-red Martial Soul barrier had barely risen before it was instantly pierced by a poison-light blade.
The other five Soul Sage Evil Soul Masters had even less ability to resist. They did not even have time for thoughts of begging for mercy before the poison light had already pierced their bodies.
The virulent poison instantly erupted completely inside them. The five black-robed figures disintegrated and carbonized beneath the devouring poison light, leaving not even a trace behind. They were utterly erased, with not even bones remaining.
Only half of Xie Yi's body remained, lying amid the ice and snow.
"You... who exactly... are you?"
Xie Yi's voice came in broken fragments. "Why... was I... unable to sense you beforehand..."
As he exhaled his final breath, Xie Yi's life aura completely vanished!
When Du Busi did not act, that was one thing. But once he acted, he went all out!
He would never make the foolish mistake of underestimating an enemy!
Du Busi slowly descended from the sky with Lu Xiao, protecting Lu Xiao as they approached the Titan Snow Demon.
The Titan Snow Demon's consciousness was scattered, with only the final thread of life force remaining.
It struggled to raise its massive head, its clouded beast eyes looking toward the two figures before it.
Du Busi released a thread of Soul Power into the Titan Snow Demon's body.
After determining that the Titan Snow Demon was approximately fifteen thousand years old, he urged, "Disciple, grant it release!"
Lu Xiao nodded. As Soul Power quietly surged, his right arm instantly took on a layer of dark golden metallic sheen.
His five right fingers spread slightly. With a pfft, five long, sharp dark golden blades instantly sprang out.
Facing the Titan Snow Demon's battered ice-crystal armor, Lu Xiao did not hesitate in the slightest and suddenly exerted force with his arm.
Slash!
The thick ice-crystal armor was like thin paper before the sharpness of the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, instantly torn apart and pierced through.
The five dark golden blades struck with flawless precision, plunging straight into the Titan Snow Demon's heart!
The Titan Snow Demon's massive body trembled faintly. There was no agonized struggle, no shrill roar. The gloom in its eyes dissipated, and it passed away peacefully with relief.
The next instant, a thick mass of black light rose from the Titan Snow Demon's corpse, and a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring slowly floated into the air.
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