"Reporting to the host, there are indeed two wisps of remnant souls within the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King below. Their strength is estimated to be on the level of ordinary God Officials." Before long, the system's cold mechanical voice rang out in Lin Xuan's mind.
"What? Strength at the level of a God Official?" Lin Xuan froze briefly, then cursed, "How the hell am I supposed to fight something at the level of a God Official?!"
"Ding. Reporting to the host, this system can help the host temporarily shield the perceptions of the remnant souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King." Suddenly, the system's cold mechanical voice sounded in Lin Xuan's mind once more.
"Holy crap! This lousy system of yours can do that? Why didn't you bring it out sooner?" Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment before asking in delighted surprise.
"You didn't ask, host," the system replied.
"Forget it. Help me block the perceptions of the Icefire Dragon Kings' remnant souls first," Lin Xuan said flatly.
"Ding. Reporting to the host, shielding has been completed!" the system said.
"Now there shouldn't be any problem." Lin Xuan shifted his gaze back to the skeletal remains of the Icefire Dragon Kings below. A fiery gleam flashed through his violet-black eyes, and with a flicker, he dove into the vortex.
After passing through the vortex, the water pressure bearing down on Lin Xuan instantly vanished. His body sank, and he fell toward the ground below.
Bang!
Lin Xuan's feet crashed heavily onto the hard ground, producing a dull thud.
The ground beneath his feet was icy and hard, numbing the soles of his feet from the impact. There was no water here, and the air was abnormally dry. The silence was somewhat eerie, yet the space was enormous, spanning twenty to thirty li.
The massive bodies of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King lay quietly dormant not far ahead of Lin Xuan, like two slumbering mountain ranges.
Now let's see if I can get my hands on two God-level Soul Bones. Lin Xuan muttered inwardly. With a thought, he quietly activated the Illusory Soul Movement Technique, and his body turned into a cloud of black mist that vanished from where he stood.
The next moment, Lin Xuan's figure appeared like a ghost atop the Fire Dragon King's broad back.
"Heh heh, time to see what good stuff is here." Lin Xuan swept his eyes over the area and precisely locked onto the Fire Dragon King's chest. Muttering under his breath, he unleashed violet-black Soul Power from his palm and slammed it down.
Bang!
Lin Xuan's palm struck the Fire Dragon King's chest hard, but unexpectedly, it failed to break through.
At the same time, rings of visible Soul Power shockwaves swept outward from the point of impact.
"Huh?" Lin Xuan said in surprise. "Normal methods can't break it?"
"Heh, if normal methods can't break it, then I'll blast it apart with a combat technique!" Lin Xuan sneered disdainfully.
Nine Nether Soul Hand!
In an instant, Lin Xuan's thoughts stirred, and powerful violet-black Soul Power surged out of his body like a tidal wave. It condensed into a pitch-black ghostly claw half a chi in size before him, which clawed down at the bones in the Fire Dragon King's chest.
Crack!
With a crisp snap, Lin Xuan's hand finally plunged directly into the Fire Dragon King's chest bones.
Before long, he forcibly tore a bone suffused with a rich aura of origin from the Fire Dragon King's remains.
This bone was enormous, measuring three to four meters long. It belonged to a pair of dragon-shaped wings, its entire surface a dark red like molten lava. Scorching heat flowed across it as if it could melt at any moment. Fine crimson scales covered the wing membranes, while several strands of unextinguished flame hung from their edges.
"It should be an External Soul Bone." Lin Xuan inspected the massive bone in his hand and murmured.
"Forget it, I'll take a closer look later. First, I'll go pull out the Ice Dragon King's Soul Bone too." Lin Xuan stored the Soul Bone in his Storage Ring, then flashed toward the Ice Dragon King's remains.
In moments, Lin Xuan arrived above the Ice Dragon King's corpse.
Crack!
Another teeth-grating snap rang out as an ice-blue bone was forcibly torn free.
This bone was equally massive and shaped like a dragon wing. It was translucent and ice-blue throughout. The wing root was covered in overlapping diamond-shaped icy dragon scales, pale blue frost patterns flowed across the wing membrane, and sharp icicles hung from its edges.
"Another one." Feeling the scorching cold emanating from the bone in his hand, Lin Xuan could not help curling his lips into a smile. "Icefire Twin Wings. Now I really have a complete pair."
"It's time to leave." Lin Xuan stored the Ice Dragon King's Soul Bone in his Storage Ring as well, then shot upward toward the surface of the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
Splash!
Accompanied by a sharp burst of splashing water, the surface of the Icefire Yin Yang Well was violently blasted apart by a powerful shockwave.
Torrential rain poured down, blanketing an area of a thousand zhang around the Icefire Yin Yang Well. Ripples spread across its surface, and the crisp sound of rain battering the valley continued without end.
Like an azure dragon bursting from the water, Lin Xuan landed steadily on the ground beside the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
"Hubby! Little Xuan! Little Xuan!"
The instant Lin Xuan emerged from the Icefire Yin Yang Well, three voices called out at once.
"Qiu'er, Sister Bing'er, Sister Xue'er, I'm back." Lin Xuan looked at Wang Qiu'er and the other two as they slowly approached, smiling faintly. "See? I told you I'd be fine."
Wang Qiu'er looked him over from left to right for quite some time. Only after confirming that he truly was unharmed did she finally let out a breath of relief. "Hubby, what did you get from down there this time? Didn't you say there was a great opportunity below that was calling to you?"
"Of course." Lin Xuan lightly tapped his Storage Ring with a finger and took out the two External Soul Bones belonging to the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
"These are..." Once Snow Empress and the others saw what Lin Xuan held in his hands, they were mildly astonished.
"What powerful dragon aura." Wang Qiu'er herself was the Emperor Auspicious Beast and possessed the Golden Dragon Bloodline, so she sensed the dragon aura emitted by these two Soul Bones most clearly. She could not help sighing in amazement.
"Here." Lin Xuan handed the Ice Dragon King's External Soul Bone to Wang Qiu'er. "Qiu'er, this Soul Bone is for you. Absorb it."
"Ah? For me?" Wang Qiu'er asked in surprise.
"Mhm." Lin Xuan nodded. "Of course. You're my woman, Wang Qiu'er. Who else would I give it to? Sister Bing'er and Sister Xue'er are both here now, so just fuse with this External Soul Bone. I'll fuse with the other one."
"Qiu'er, accept it. Little Xuan gave it to you." Snow Empress looked at Wang Qiu'er and smiled gently.
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