Netherbone Purgatory

The First Soul Ring beneath Ye An's feet suddenly flared.

Ye An raised a hand, and a silver gleam flashed across his palm. The next instant, countless silvery-white bone spikes burst from it and rained down on the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon!

Without pausing, Ye An crouched and planted both hands on the ground.

Zhang Lexuan had used her fourth Soul Skill to block the shockwave from the dragon's star head. The moment she saw what Ye An was doing, she understood. Her Second Soul Ring lit up silently.

Cold moonlight surged from Zhang Lexuan's palm and formed a hazy, silvery-white ring in midair. It dropped swiftly, settling around the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon.

Her second Soul Skill, Frost Moon Ring, restrained an enemy's body and limited its movement!

Against a Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon with twenty-eight thousand years of cultivation, Zhang Lexuan's control had little effect at her current level. But all she needed was to hold it still for an instant!

White bone spikes fell from the sky. The dragon's two heads roared, and two utterly different lights gathered across its body.

One shone brilliant gold, like stars. The other was a cool silver, like moonlight.

The lights intertwined and formed a faint film around its entire body, shielding it.

Even with the boost from his Silver Rank Second Awakening of the Body Martial Soul, Ye An's First Soul Skill could not pierce that shield. Every spike bounced off and struck the ground.

But Ye An had never expected that Soul Skill to finish the job.

It was only the setup for the Self-Created Soul Skill he would use next!

With both hands pressed to the ground, Ye An set his Soul Power vibrating, transforming it into a particular Bone Soundwave that spread through the earth.

The Razor Bone Thorns scattered across the ground began to grow wildly, as though answering a summons!

The earth beneath their feet shuddered.

The Bone Soundwave seemed to affect more than the fallen thorns. It also reached the animal remains buried below and the calcium in the minerals underground!

To the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon, every move these two tiny humans made was a provocation.

It roared in fury, shook off Frost Moon Ring's restraint, and slithered forward at startling speed. In an instant, it was before Zhang Lexuan.

Before it could attack her, the growing bone spikes and the buried Soul Beast remains and calcium erupted, forming a purgatory of stark white bone!

Countless bones burst from the earth, growing furiously. They pierced the dragon's body and pinned it fast within the bone purgatory!

This was the second Self-Created Soul Skill Ye An had developed after drawing inspiration from Dead Bone Pulse. He called it Netherbone Purgatory. By channeling Soul Power and Bone Soundwave through the spikes created by Razor Bone Thorn, he made them grow wildly until they formed a vast, terrifying purgatory of bone.

If the ground held plenty of Soul Beast remains or calcium, the skill's power would multiply many times over.

The soil of the Star Dou Great Forest lacked neither Soul Beast remains nor calcium. In fact, it was the ideal place to unleash this Self-Created Soul Skill at full power.

Caught off guard, the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon was pierced through by sharp bones. Crimson blood seeped from its wounds, and both heads let out agonized roars.

But it did not die. Its enormous body continued to thrash amid the forest of bones, its roars growing more piercing by the moment.

Ye An breathed a sigh of relief.

This Self-Created Soul Skill was formidable too, though the terrain had helped produce such a result. Elsewhere, it might not be as powerful. But as he grew stronger, perhaps one day he could summon a bone purgatory this terrifying without relying on the ground beneath him.

"Sister Lexuan, it shouldn't have much strength left to resist. You can kill it..."

Before Ye An could say anything about absorbing its Soul Ring, his eyes narrowed.

Two utterly different lights rose from the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon once more!

It's been pierced through by all those bones... and it can still fight back?

Ye An's heart tightened.

The next instant, interwoven gold and silver light enveloped the dragon. Its weakened state seemed to improve dramatically. The wounds left by the bones appeared to be healing, and the bleeding seemed to be stopping.

Stranger still, a pair of faint, almost illusory wings appeared on its back!

One wing shone brilliant gold like stars, while the other gleamed silvery-white like moonlight.

In a single instant, the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon seemed to have undergone a transformation!

In truth, it had been born from a cross between a sub-dragon Soul Beast and a Silver Moon Giant Python. A mutation at birth had given it two heads, making it a Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon. Later, it had accidentally consumed a peculiar Immortal Herb.

Though the herb was not as extraordinary as those found at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, it had awakened the dragon-blooded Soul Beast lineage within it.

Had it not encountered Ye An and Zhang Lexuan, it might have continued to evolve as its cultivation grew. By the time it reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation, it might truly have become a dragon-type Soul Beast.

But now...

Ye An narrowed his eyes and reached a conclusion.

Although the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's form had changed and its wounds appeared to have closed, its condition had not improved much. So even with the faint wings now on its back, he and Zhang Lexuan could still try to kill it together.