Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, Qian Renxue's Shock!

The Blackwood Jiao raised its front claw.

Black wooden armor grew from its surface, layer upon layer covering its body.

Pitch-black blades of light descended.

The wooden armor shattered one layer after another.

Several cracks appeared in the Blackwood Jiao's scales.

It raised its head as black light continuously gathered.

Lin Tian had already arrived before it.

He grabbed the Blackwood Jiao's front claws with both hands, unleashing immense strength.

The Blackwood Jiao's body was forcibly lifted.

It wildly thrashed its body, its thick tail lashing toward Lin Tian's chest.

Lin Tian did not let go.

His chest took the blow, and he only staggered back half a step.

Then Lin Tian exerted force with both arms and smashed the Blackwood Jiao into the ground.

Boom!

A massive crater was blasted into the center of the clearing.

Dirt and shattered rocks shot into the air.

The Blackwood Jiao's body sank into the bottom of the crater, its scales fractured across large areas.

Before it could rise again, dozens of vines burst from the ground and tightly bound its body.

The Blackwood Jiao struggled relentlessly.

The vines were pulled taut by its strength, yet not a single one snapped completely.

The Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus scattered its Life Divine Light.

The vines absorbed the life force of the surrounding plants and continued growing thicker.

The Blackwood Jiao opened its mouth and spat out a black beam of light.

Lin Tian threw a punch.

The Nine Nether Beast's power of destruction erupted alongside his fist.

The black beam was smashed apart head-on.

His fist continued forward and struck the Blackwood Jiao heavily beneath the jaw.

Crack!

The Blackwood Jiao's lower jaw split open on the spot.

Its massive body was blasted off the ground.

Xue Qinghe stood in the distance, watching the battle before her without speaking for a long time.

That was a Blackwood Jiao with more than fifteen thousand years of cultivation.

Even at her peak, she could not have suppressed it in such a short time.

Yet Lin Tian only had twenty levels of Soul Power.

He had not used his second soul skill.

He had not even unleashed the Nine Nether Beast's special ability.

Relying solely on his powerful physique and martial soul's strength, he could fight the Blackwood Jiao head-on.

"What kind of physique is this?"

Xue Qinghe watched Lin Tian charge at the Blackwood Jiao again and again.

With every collision, the Blackwood Jiao was injured.

Even collisions between his arms and its scales left wounds on its body.

Lin Tian's attacks varied in strength.

Yet the Blackwood Jiao bled every time.

Xue Qinghe quickly noticed something unusual.

"His defenses aren't working at all."

The Blackwood Jiao's wooden armor could block part of Lin Tian's power.

But the damage landing inside its body could never be offset.

No matter how hard its scales were, Lin Tian's fists could leave injuries on its body.

Xue Qinghe could not understand such power.

She could only attribute it to Lin Tian's two god-tier martial souls.

The battle continued.

The Blackwood Jiao gradually slowed down.

Its head, chest, abdomen, and tail were all covered in wounds.

Large amounts of black blood spilled onto the ground, and the surrounding vegetation immediately withered upon touching it.

Several wounds also appeared on Lin Tian's body.

But the Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus constantly released Life Force.

The wounds closed rapidly the moment they appeared.

Lin Tian's aura remained at its peak.

He grabbed the Blackwood Jiao's incoming tail and pushed off with both legs.

"Get over here!"

The Blackwood Jiao's massive body was dragged forward.

Lin Tian stepped into the crater.

The Nine Nether Beast raised its wolf head, its nine enormous tails spreading behind it at once.

The Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus bloomed with boundless azure light.

The powers of destruction and life surged into Lin Tian's right arm simultaneously.

The Blackwood Jiao sensed danger.

It frantically circulated its Soul Power, layers upon layers of black wooden armor covering its head.

Lin Tian raised his fist.

"It's over."

His fist descended.

The first layer of wooden armor shattered explosively.

The second layer burst apart immediately afterward.

The Blackwood Jiao's scales continued breaking apart.

Just as his fist was about to touch its head, the power of the Pearlglow Gauntlet within Lin Tian suddenly lit up.

The strength of this punch instantly doubled.

Boom!

The power of destruction pierced through the Blackwood Jiao's head.

Black blood and shattered scales flew in all directions.

The Blackwood Jiao's massive body froze in place.

Then it crashed heavily into the crater.

The earth shook once more.

The ancient trees around them swayed without end.

Lin Tian stood before the Blackwood Jiao's head and slowly withdrew his fist.

"The power of a critical hit really isn't bad."

Xue Qinghe walked closer.

She looked at the fallen Blackwood Jiao, then at Lin Tian.

"You really killed a soul beast over fifteen thousand years old with your own strength."

"Its Soul Ring is just right for me."

Lin Tian nodded.

He turned and walked to the Blackwood Jiao's corpse.

A pitch-black Soul Ring rose above the massive corpse.

The Soul Ring slowly rotated.

Black light illuminated the entire clearing as the aura of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast continued spreading.

Lin Tian stood beneath the Soul Ring.

Xue Qinghe looked at the Soul Ring and said, "Are you planning to absorb it?"

"Of course."

Lin Tian raised his hand.

As if drawn in, the pitch-black Soul Ring slowly floated toward his palm.

Xue Qinghe did not stop him.

She merely watched Lin Tian, waiting for him to create another record no one else had ever achieved.

Lin Tian's fingertips touched the Soul Ring.

Boom!

Immense power instantly poured into his body.

Vast Soul Power surged into his meridians.

Lin Tian sat cross-legged beside the Blackwood Jiao's corpse, the Nine Nether Beast hovering behind him.

The pitch-black Soul Ring spun violently.

The energy accumulated over fifteen thousand years of cultivation rampaged through every limb and bone in his body.

Soft cracking sounds rang continuously from Lin Tian's muscles and bones.

After twenty enhancements from the Tank Engine, his meridians had long surpassed those of Soul Masters at the same level.

The violent Soul Power struck continuously, yet it could never tear apart his body.

The Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus floated at his right.

Azure Divine Light spilled from between its petals and merged into Lin Tian's body.

The moment tiny cracks appeared in the meridians battered by the impact, they rapidly healed under the nourishment of Life Force.

Xue Qinghe stood some distance away.

She did not approach, merely watching Lin Tian quietly.

The power contained within the pitch-black Soul Ring was far more ferocious than that of an ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

The Blackwood Jiao itself possessed a portion of jiao dragon bloodline.

Its physical body, Soul Power, and vitality all surpassed most soul beasts of the same age.

If it had been any other twenty-level Soul Master, the immense energy would have burst their body apart the instant they touched the Soul Ring.

Yet Lin Tian remained seated steadily.

Apart from the surging blood energy around him, there was not the slightest sign that he could not endure it.

Within the Spirit Sea.

A massive Blackwood Jiao coiled in the darkness.

It opened its enormous mouth, and a great mass of black wooden spikes shot toward Lin Tian's spiritual origin.

"I killed you head-on when you were alive."

"Now that you're nothing but a lingering remnant, you still want to resist?"

With a thought from Lin Tian, the Nine Nether Beast slowly rose from the depths of the Spirit Sea.

Its ferocious wolf head looked toward the Blackwood Jiao.

Its nine giant tails unfurled at once.

The power of destruction descended from every direction.

The wooden spikes the Blackwood Jiao had just formed shattered instantly.

Its massive jiao body also continuously broke apart beneath the suppression of destructive power.

It still wanted to struggle.

The Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus had already bloomed on the other side.

Azure Divine Light illuminated the Spirit Sea.

The Blackwood Jiao's remaining ferocity rapidly dissipated, eventually transforming into pure Soul Power that merged into the Nine Nether Beast's body.

In the outside world.

Lin Tian's aura suddenly surged.

The Nine Nether Beast raised its head, and wood grain patterns appeared across the surface of its pitch-black scales.

The patterns lasted only a moment before being completely swallowed by the power of destruction.

The pitch-black Soul Ring slowly shrank.

At last, the Soul Ring circled the Nine Nether Beast and rotated steadily.