Hades Sword! Trinity Martial Soul?!

Seeing Lin Yuan refuse, Jing Hongchen was growing increasingly anxious.

What kind of joke was this?

As far as the current situation went, Ma Xiaotao looked even more like an evil soul master than the evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Cult he knew.

Damn it, if nobody had told him, he would have thought they were fighting the Holy Spirit Cult they were currently facing.

At the same time, as battle intent flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes, the corrupted Ma Xiaotao let out a roar.

All she felt now was slaughter and the growing sensation of being consumed by desire.

She had to defeat Lin Yuan—not only for Shrek's glory, but also for Shrek's vengeance.

Terrifying black flames instantly flooded into the battle blade like spilled ink. Ma Xiaotao screamed again, and the Black Phoenix behind her drifted forward before merging into the Tyrant Tiger Soulblade. Both hands clasped around the massive hilt, her delicate body spun sharply through half a turn in midair, and she slashed out once more.

The yellow blade aura was completely swallowed by black phoenix flames.

Though the slash had yet to fall, its power was already comparable to a Soul Sage's all-out attack.

Jing Hongchen nearly rushed forward at once, while Xuanzi watched him closely.

Lin Yuan, meanwhile, took a deep breath.

The power within him completed its transformation, and the force formed from countless gathered elements gradually turned cold and sinister.

If Ma Xiaotao now embodied ultimate destruction, then Lin Yuan now exuded an aura filled with death and withering.

A nearly translucent suit of gray armor appeared, along with a gray cloak. The armor was crystal-clear, reflecting an aura of death.

In Lin Yuan's right hand was a slender cruciform sword. Like his armor, the sword itself was translucent gray, and a faint layer of gray mist flickered around it.

It was unmistakably Undead Force.

Though there were no soul rings, the surging soul power made it clear that this was a martial soul.

Jing Hongchen was no stranger to this kind of power.

Yet at this moment, his mind was in complete chaos, as though even his thoughts had been stolen away.

If the Heavenly Stem Qilin Lin Yuan had displayed before had meant he possessed Twin Martial Souls, then he would have been delighted. That would have made him an unparalleled genius, one who had merely concealed something.

But now, he was confused. What about Lin Yuan's previous martial soul? Together with the Heavenly Stem Qilin and this strange Hades Sword before him...

Trinity Martial Soul?!

This was no longer something recorded in the continent's history.

Even Xuanzi was stunned. He had thought the other party had hidden his trump card well enough with his Twin Martial Souls, but the reality of three martial souls made even him suck in a cold breath.

If there was anyone who remained somewhat calm, it was naturally Huo Yuhao.

After all, he knew that he himself could also be considered to possess a Trinity Martial Soul. Of course, Electus's martial soul could not have soul rings attached to it.

But that was ultimately an exceptionally special case.

Could the first true Trinity Martial Soul be about to appear?

Lin Yuan did not answer. He simply looked at the crazed Ma Xiaotao charging toward him without being affected in the slightest.

With a soft sigh, death aura and withering gradually condensed.

"Netherworld Rebirth!"

Following his low cry, twelve undead skeletal warriors were suddenly born within that field of death aura.

They surged forward one after another.

Lin Yuan did not move, because he knew that trying to compete with the current Ma Xiaotao in speed was the height of foolishness.

And these skeletal undead warriors were clearly as fragile as paper before Ma Xiaotao's slash.

One, two, three.

They charged forward one after another—twelve skeletal warriors in total.

They finally managed to barely help Lin Yuan block that slash.

Yet a trace of confusion flashed through Ma Xiaotao's frenzied eyes. After all, she was not being externally influenced by dark power right now; she had merely chosen to merge with her evil fire herself, so she still retained a sliver of reason.

"Evil soul master, die!"

Ma Xiaotao roared as she continued charging forward with the Tyrant Tiger Hellblade.

Hearing that, Lin Yuan merely sneered and shook his head.

For Ma Xiaotao as she was now to call him an evil soul master—was that not ironic?

Watching Ma Xiaotao approach with blade aura that seemed ready to fall before him once more, he suddenly tightened his grip on the Hades Sword.

"Hades Slash!"

He lightly swept his longsword, sending out a crystal-clear gray sword aura. It appeared utterly unassuming, yet it condensed the forces of withering and death as it shot straight toward Ma Xiaotao.

Ma Xiaotao did not even have time to release her blade aura. She found that speed too slow, so with a casual lift of her hand, the death aura and withering seemed to disperse. Yet strands of that power remained on her body, continuously eroding her.

What it eroded was not merely soul power, but life force as well!

Even in Ma Xiaotao's current frenzied state, the depletion of her body was equally terrifying.

This was the greatest difference between it and the Yin-Yang Five Elements.

The Withering Force carried by the Hades Sword was purer, more pervasive, and more deadly.

After being briefly affected, Ma Xiaotao let out an enraged howl and continued to charge forward recklessly. In an instant, she had arrived before Lin Yuan.

Indeed, that move had even faintly affected her mind, but at this point, only the pure instinct to fight remained within her.

Ma Xiaotao's yellow blade aura, mixed with ultimate flames of darkness, seemed ready to completely swallow Lin Yuan.

Jing Hongchen's figure instinctively flew forward, while Xuanzi's dense yellow soul power was faintly released as well.

Clearly, Xuanzi would not permit Jing Hongchen to interfere with this match.

When he looked at Lin Yuan, a hint of cold killing intent and mockery flashed in his eyes.

It was as if Lin Yuan deserved such an end.

This made Jing Hongchen pace anxiously in circles, as though Lin Yuan's fate of death had already been decided at that moment.

Yet Lin Yuan looked at the Ma Xiaotao right before him as twelve undead skeletal warriors appeared once again.

As though instantly revived, they each wielded bone spears or bone blades and charged toward Ma Xiaotao.

Though they had little effect and could scarcely leave any serious wounds?

Lin Yuan seized the opportunity to swing out two more streaks of sword aura.

Those two sword auras left even Ma Xiaotao's body swaying unsteadily. The agony of having her life force devoured was easy to imagine!

Boom!

At that moment, Ma Xiaotao's reason was completely consumed. She could no longer accept that even after becoming like this, she still could not swiftly defeat Lin Yuan. After allowing the evil fire to consume her,

her entire body became even more frenzied and violent, because she discovered that even in this state, she still could not rid herself of the Withering Force stripping away her life force and soul power.

In an instant, all twelve skeletal warriors were reduced to dust.

Seeing this, the Undead Force around Lin Yuan gradually dispersed.

He switched back to the Heavenly Stems Qilin Martial Soul.

With just one step, as though he had teleported, he appeared directly above Ma Xiaotao.

At that moment, his leg flickered with the power of the Five Elements mixed with Yin and Yang, dazzling beneath its golden radiance.

Without any unnecessary movement, he merely took another light step...