Soul Fusion

"You truly are an excellent opponent, but unfortunately, I can no longer spar with you fairly tonight!" Ling Fengzhui's voice came through the ghost mask, carrying a strange sincerity. Yet amid the blood-soaked battlefield, that sincerity seemed especially dangerous.

"Next, I'll be using power that doesn't belong to me!"

Before his words had even faded, a soul power far deeper and more vast than his own erupted from his body! The level of this soul power clearly surpassed the previous "suspected Heavenly State," carrying the majestic, weighty presence that could only come from truly stepping across the threshold of the Heavenly State Soul!

"How is that possible?" Wei Jiangyuan cried out as well.

Xiao Yan's heart shook violently. An intense sense of familiarity struck him at once. This scene... was far too similar! He instantly recalled fighting Hai Bodong in the Jia Ma Empire and facing the Mystic Pattern Sect in the Northwest Region, when Yao Lao had entered his body and taken control to confront powerful foes.

Another powerful soul body had always been hidden beside Ling Fengzhui! This was absolutely not his own power. Another being was empowering him through a method Xiao Yan knew all too well!

"Stop him!" Xiao Yan's thought became crystal clear in that split second, as his sense of danger screamed madly in warning.

The Chaotic Flow Black Vortex surged behind Ling Fengzhui. Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yan swung the Heavy Profound Ruler, which had long been poised to strike. Wrapped in roaring purple-red Heavenly Flames, it tore through the air with a thunderous howl, carrying the might to split mountains and sever peaks as it smashed sideways toward Ling Fengzhui, who stood at the center of the strange fluctuations! He intended to sever the transmission of energy!

However, just before the