Dark Condensing Soul Devourer, Jing Hongchen's All-Out Effort

Jing Hongchen's mind raced as he desperately searched for a way out, but the pressure from the two savage beasts crushed his hopes again and again.

Turning to look at his grandson and granddaughter, he saw that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had both gone deathly pale.

Yan Jingchuan remained relatively calm, but his grave expression revealed that he was far less composed than he appeared.

The idea of everyone leaving the Extreme North together was clearly unrealistic. Someone had to hold back the Titan Snow Demon King and stall the Ice Emperor for them to have even a sliver of hope, and that person could only be Jing Hongchen!

As a grandfather, he had to protect his grandchildren. As the dean of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, he had to protect his students.

Jing Hongchen stared at the Titan Snow Demon King striding toward him. The Ice Emperor would arrive soon, and he did not have much time.

He swiftly removed the unnecessary soul tools from his body and distributed them among the three.

"Grandfather!!"

Meng Hongchen looked at Jing Hongchen helplessly.

"Listen, there is no time. I will hold back the Titan Snow Demon King and stop the Ice Emperor. Take this chance and leave the Extreme North immediately."

Jing Hongchen spoke extremely quickly, giving Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen no chance to respond before immediately turning to Yan Jingchuan.

"Yan Jingchuan, I'm counting on you. You must take them away!"

Everything the three wanted to say was choked back by the resolve in Jing Hongchen's eyes.

Yan Jingchuan had never expected Jing Hongchen to choose such a desperate gamble. In Yan Jingchuan's eyes, Jing Hongchen had always been a shrewd man who excelled at scheming and weighing gains against losses. Yet now, he was solemnly entrusting Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to him.

"Go!!"

The Titan Snow Demon King's massive palm smashed down toward them, and Jing Hongchen used soul power to send the three flying into the distance.

The three knew this was not the time for sentimentality. They immediately activated their flying soul tools. Without Jing Hongchen's protection, they were directly exposed to the howling snowstorm of the Extreme North.

The piercing cold made every breath feel as though countless blades were stabbing into their lungs.

Jing Hongchen activated his martial soul, and nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—appeared around him.

"Seventh soul skill, Martial Soul True Body!"

The Titan Snow Demon King's attack triggered the only defensive soul tool Jing Hongchen had left.

A Class 9 soul tool, Hongchen's Blessing!

The pale red barrier forcibly withstood the Titan Snow Demon King's attack as a purple longsword appeared in Jing Hongchen's hand.

Purple lightning coiled around the blade, carrying an intense aura of destruction.

A Class 9 offensive soul tool, the Purple Radiant Heavenly Dragon Sword!

Beneath the jade-colored sky, Jing Hongchen stood in purple robes beneath the protection of a pale red barrier, gripping the Purple Radiant Heavenly Dragon Sword as he faced the Titan Snow Demon King from afar.

The Titan Snow Demon King roared, and with a wave of Jing Hongchen's hand, over a thousand high-grade soul tool cannons appeared before him. A single volley erupted, and explosions engulfed the Titan Snow Demon King.

Seeing this scene as he looked back, Yan Jingchuan felt no relief at all. Even with all his firepower unleashed, Jing Hongchen could only contend with the Titan Snow Demon King. In their home territory, the Three Great Rulers of the Extreme North received immense boosts to their strength.

Jing Hongchen himself was only Rank 94. Even if his soul tools allowed him to contend with a Rank 98 Super Douluo, he still could not gain much of an advantage.

Even compared to Xuan Zi, a Rank 98 "bottom-tier" powerhouse, Jing Hongchen would be at a disadvantage. Against the Ice Emperor, strengthened by its home territory and capable of rivaling a Rank 99 Ultimate Douluo, Jing Hongchen would absolutely be no match in a single exchange.

"Titan Snow Demons!"

Xiao Hongchen cried out in alarm. Yan Jingchuan focused his eyes and saw members of the Titan Snow Demon King's clan.

Though the Titan Snow Demon King had been held back by Jing Hongchen, the other Titan Snow Demons remained. Together, they formed a line of defense like an enormous wall, intent on knocking Yan Jingchuan and the other two from the sky.

"Keep flying straight and don't stop! Leave them to me!"

Yan Jingchuan charged ahead, as countless huge hands grabbed toward them.

"Second soul ring, Dark Condensing Soul Devourer!"

His thousand-year second soul skill activated, and deep darkness abruptly spread outward.

Centered on Yan Jingchuan, everything within a hundred meters was plunged into darkness.

Dark Condensing Soul Devourer had inherited the Giant-Jawed Icefang Dragon's ice-condensing trait.

It unleashed a massive burst of dark impact all at once. When the darkness clung to soul beasts or soul masters, it greatly reduced their speed and eroded their soul power.

Facing these Titan Snow Demons, each at least a thousand years old and most of them ten thousand years old, Yan Jingchuan exhausted all his soul power in a single move. He did not hope to inflict any substantial damage upon them; he only wanted to impair their mobility as much as possible.

Titan Snow Demons were already clumsy due to their enormous size. Under the full force of Yan Jingchuan's attack, the three truly managed to slip away.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen carried Yan Jingchuan, whose soul power had run dry and who could no longer sustain flight, as they fled at full speed.

As Yan Jingchuan used a Milk Bottle to replenish his soul power, he looked back toward Jing Hongchen's battlefield.

Sword Qi wreathed in purple lightning carved massive wounds into the Titan Snow Demon King's body.

The two sides remained locked in battle, and Jing Hongchen, fighting with everything he had, faintly suppressed the Titan Snow Demon King.

Hongchen's Blessing possessed astonishing defensive power. The Titan Snow Demon King's attacks could not shatter it in one blow, while its enormous body was continuously bombarded by all manner of soul tool cannons.

What troubled the Titan Snow Demon King most was still that sword. The destructive damage carried by the Purple Radiant Heavenly Dragon Sword was terrifying.

After dodging another attack from the Titan Snow Demon King, Jing Hongchen sensed that Yan Jingchuan and the other two had left the range of his spiritual perception. At last, the weight in his heart lifted.

"Human! How dare you trespass into the Extreme North and harm this Emperor's people!"

A cold yet haughty female voice exploded through the air. A scorpion only somewhat larger than a human appeared behind Jing Hongchen.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was far more magnificent than an ordinary Ice Jade Scorpion, its entire body seeming to be inlaid with countless gemstones.

"Ice Emperor!"

Jing Hongchen immediately sensed trouble, and the soul tool cannons around him swiftly turned toward it.

"A-Tai! What happened to you? How were you injured so badly..."

Noticing the Titan Snow Demon King's battered condition, the Ice Emperor flew into a rage.

"Damnable human! Not only did you trespass into the Extreme North and harm this Emperor's people, you even dared to hunt A-Tai. Die for this Emperor!"

Ultimate ice erupted. Jing Hongchen, whose soul power had been heavily depleted, saw his pupils contract as he hurriedly drove Hongchen's Blessing to its limits.

"Eternal Frozen Domain! Ice Emperor's Wrath!"

A cerulean domain unfolded, and Jing Hongchen was instantly turned into an ice statue.

"Ice Empress's Pincers!"

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's enormous pincers flared with light and struck Hongchen's Blessing.

An icy storm swept forth, and dense cracks appeared across the pale red barrier protecting Jing Hongchen.

Bolstered by the environment of the Extreme North and amplified by the Eternal Frozen Domain, the Ice Emperor's strike was comparable to an attack from an Ultimate Douluo.

Hongchen's Blessing could barely resist it and was on the verge of shattering, but Jing Hongchen did not choose to wait for death.

If he might die, why not drag a few others down with him? The Three Great Rulers of the Extreme North were more than worthy targets!

The Purple Radiant Heavenly Dragon Sword slashed out, but the Ice Emperor's other pincer steadily caught the attack.

The ultimate ice of Ice Empress's Pincers clashed against the destruction attribute of the Purple Radiant Heavenly Dragon Sword. The Ice Emperor increased her soul power output and shattered Hongchen's Blessing in one blow.

Jing Hongchen also erupted with all his strength as destructive lightning surged wildly along the Purple Radiant Heavenly Dragon Sword.

Boom!!

Jing Hongchen's chest caved in as he spat out a mouthful of blood. The chill invaded his body, freezing him on the spot.

The Ice Emperor was also entangled by purple lightning and did not feel much better.

"This human's cultivation is clearly not high, yet he is remarkably tough. And that sword carries such hateful lightning!"