King's Power Sword Shield, Thousand-Shadow Sword Formation!

Just as the bear claw containing terrifying strength was about to come crashing down, Jiang Lin moved.

"Third Soul Skill, King's Power Sword Shield!"

The next instant, an incomparably dazzling golden light burst forth beneath Jiang Lin's feet. One golden sword seal after another flew from the light, linking together in the blink of an eye before merging into a massive shield before Jiang Lin. It shone blazing gold from top to bottom, its surface engraved with the shape of the King's Power Sword, firmly protecting Jiang Lin and the others behind it.

"Bang!"

The bear claw finally came down, but despite its terrifying power, the King's Power Sword Shield did not budge in the slightest. A faint ripple merely spread across its surface before completely nullifying the dreadful blow.

"Roar?"

Feeling the utterly unfamiliar sensation in his paw, the Earth Giant Bear could not help but reveal a trace of confusion in his eyes.

He raised his bear paw for a look, then looked at the great shield blazing with golden light. Refusing to believe it, he delivered another dozen or so consecutive slaps before finally stopping once he was slightly out of breath.

As expected, apart from a small amount of golden light dissipating, the King's Power Sword Shield remained no different from before.

"Jiang Lin, your Soul Skill is so powerful! It didn't even dissipate after taking such terrifying attacks in succession!"

"It's alright. It just consumes a lot."

Seeing that his attacks could not break that damned shield, solemnity immediately appeared in the Earth Giant Bear's eyes. A great amount of Soul Power surged from between his paws, and his claws suddenly extended forward. Before long, his paws had transformed into half-meter-long iron claws gleaming with an icy chill. He was clearly getting serious now.

Seeing this, Jiang Lin naturally had no intention of standing there and taking hits any longer. Soul Power immediately surged from within him into the King's Power Sword.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Thousand-Shadow Sword Formation!"

The next instant, the King's Power Sword flew out from the range of the shield and rose into the air. In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand sword shadows split from its blade. Astonishingly, although those sword shadows had separated from the sword itself, their power had not diminished in the slightest. Every sword contained incomparably sharp edge!

Moreover, nearly invisible gray threads connected them, and the instant the thousand sword shadows finished forming, a black mark resembling an eye condensed upon them.

With a single thought, the thousand sword shadows swept toward the Earth Giant Bear, who was still gathering power!

Feeling the sharpness contained within each sword shadow, the Earth Giant Bear immediately furrowed his brow. No longer daring to continue charging up, he swung both icy iron claws viciously at the King's Power Sword Shield.

"Boom!"

This time, the King's Power Sword Shield finally shook. Several savage claw marks were carved directly across the shield's surface. Worse still, whenever the surrounding golden light tried to gather and repair it, the strange power contained in those claw marks stubbornly blocked it from outside.

Even so, the strike had ultimately been blocked, while the thousand sword shadows had tightly enveloped the Earth Giant Bear within them.

Then, the eye patterns on the sword shadows instantly burst with black light. In the blink of an eye, the Earth Giant Bear lost all vision. Not only that, whenever a sword shadow slashed across his body, a streak of black sword qi invaded through the wound!

The damage caused by this black sword qi was far stronger and stranger than the original sword qi. In only a few minutes, a dense aura of decay began to emanate from the Earth Giant Bear's body. This was actually a sign that his life essence was being eroded and stolen!

"Roar!"

Feeling his life essence being continuously drained away, the Earth Giant Bear could no longer endure it. He stomped hard on the ground, instantly creating dense cracks across the earth. Then, the Earth Giant Bear actually burrowed directly into those cracks, intending to escape by tunneling underground!

"Trying to leave? Don't you think it's too late for that?"

A cold smile appeared on Jiang Lin's face. With a thought, the thousand sword shadows immediately pursued him. Before the Earth Giant Bear had tunneled very far, his speed abruptly slowed.

Jiang Lin then withdrew the King's Power Sword Shield and moved directly above the Earth Giant Bear. Pure Yang Flame instantly rose in his hand.

Because Jiang Lin's cultivation had improved, although Pure Yang Flame still had not been granted a Soul Ring, under the support of Jiang Lin's powerful Soul Power, it could now begin to display the divine might of the Demon-Slaying Divine Fire.

Jiang Lin slammed his palm toward the ground, and Pure Yang Flame immediately seeped into the earth. In the blink of an eye, the ground within a hundred meters around Jiang Lin was completely scorched black!

"Roar—"

An incomparably resentful scream rose from underground. The ground dozens of meters before Jiang Lin instantly split apart, and a miserable figure covered in wounds flew out. It was the Earth Giant Bear.

"Heh, of all the people you could have provoked, you just had to come challenge me?"

Jiang Lin's eyes were filled with indifference. Pure Yang Flame flew out from his hand once more, directly transforming into a golden fire dragon that completely devoured the Earth Giant Bear.

After the Earth Giant Bear's aura completely vanished, the King's Power Sword instantly flew back. However, just as Jiang Lin was about to withdraw Pure Yang Flame, surprise appeared in his eyes.

He then beckoned with his hand, and an arm bone as black as jade, its surface flowing with an earthy yellow radiance, fell into Jiang Lin's palm.

"This is a Soul Bone? A right arm bone? But this Soul Bone is only twelve thousand years old."

Although a trace of delight appeared in Jiang Lin's eyes, it was not much. The Earth Giant Bear's Soul Skills were not particularly powerful, so this Soul Bone would not provide him with much enhancement either. He planned to sell this Soul Bone when he left Star Dou Forest in the future.

It should fetch two or three million Gold Soul Coins then.

"Jiang Lin, you're really so strong! You actually dealt with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast so easily!"

Xiao Wu came before Jiang Lin, her eyes full of amazement. Yet the sadness she had shown five years ago, when Jiang Lin was about to kill those weak Soul Beasts, was no longer on her face.

Although Xiao Wu's true form was also a Soul Beast, the laws of survival in Star Dou Forest were quite cruel. Weak Soul Beasts could never escape the fate of being devoured by powerful Soul Beasts, and even among powerful Soul Beasts, many fought to the death over territory.

There were Soul Beasts on good terms with Xiao Wu, but not many. Thus, she could feel pity for those weak Soul Beasts, but she held no feelings toward these unfamiliar powerful Soul Beasts. Naturally, she no longer felt any disgust toward Jiang Lin's actions.

"Let's go. We'll continue deeper in. The great lake where the Cold Crystal Python resides isn't far from us."

"Alright!"

Before long, the three figures vanished from where they stood.

However, not long after Jiang Lin and the others left, a fully armed team of Soul Masters radiating terrifying auras approached from afar.

They showed no concern for the traces of destruction at the scene. After casually sweeping their eyes over it, they continued deeper ahead.

Several hours later, Jiang Lin and the others finally arrived at their destination.