Black Jade Soul Devouring Song

"Can't we use a different Soul Beast?" Ice Empress offered a compromise, her lake-blue eyes fixed on Lu Xuan: "I've seen a Three-Eyed Snow Fox that's 98,000 years old, also a spirit-type Soul Beast. If you want to take it, feel free to do so; I can turn a blind eye and not interfere."

"No." Lu Xuan slowly shook his head, his tone unwavering. "If it were before, I might have considered it. But now I only have four Soul Ring left, and the ownership of the rest has already been decided."

Aside from choosing the Three-Eyed Demonic Spirit as his Seventh Soul Ring, Lu Xuan had already decided on the Sea Princess as his target for his Eighth Soul Ring.

A mere Three-Eyed Snow Fox is not enough for him to waste his precious Soul Ring slot.

The conversation between the two was far from harmonious; Ice Empress's heart was already churning with fighting spirit, and she wished she could attack Lu Xuan directly.

But when she caught sight of the [Black Jade Divine Flute] in Lu Xuan's hand, she involuntarily took a half step back.

In their last head-on confrontation, Ice Empress had a slight advantage in terms of raw strength.

With Lu Xuan's various amplification statuses, endless Self-Created Soul Skill, the abilities granted by the two powerful Soul Ring of his Body Martial Soul, and the added support from his Soul Bone, Ice Empress was not afraid of anything.

However, Lu Xuan's Fifth Soul Skill, [Black Jade Soul Devouring Song], is a deadly weapon!

When that flute music started, it literally turned the Ice Empress, Soul Beast that was 390,000 years old, into a 385,000-year-old beast!

[Black Jade Soul Devouring Song] is a heaven-defying Soul Skill that Lu Xuan obtained from the Soul Devouring Demon Spider.

This piece of music can not only devour the cultivation years of Soul Beast, but it is also effective on Soul Master Soul Master, even plundering their Soul Power and Soul Ring years.

In their last encounter, Lu Xuan only extracted five thousand years of cultivation from the Ice Empress. During his journey of training, he used this technique to absorb the cultivation of many Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, leaving them with only a hundred years of cultivation. Several Soul Emperor and Soul Sage were stripped of their Soul Ring by a flute melody, leaving them with only a few white rings in the end.

The price was that Lu Xuan's Fifth Soul Ring had evolved from the initial 80,000 years to 89,000 years.

He is fully capable of continuing to evolve this Soul Ring, but to achieve this, the price that other people or Soul Beast have to pay will be greater.

"Ice Empress, why don't you think about it on the bright side?" Lu Xuan said seriously, looking at the ice-sculpted little girl before him, "By taking away five thousand years of your cultivation, I've actually helped postpone the arrival of your fourth Heavenly Tribulation."

Ice Empress Lake's blue pupils narrowed slightly. Before he could speak, Lu Xuan continued, "If you're not confident you can withstand the fourth Heavenly Tribulation, I can even suppress your cultivation to the 300,000-year level."

He quietly observed the rapidly changing expressions on Ice Empress's face, and continued in a steady voice, "Once your cultivation level drops to that level, you will be able to live for another 100,000 years."

"Enough!"

Ice Empress let out a sudden shout, and the cold air exploded around him as he spoke, instantly freezing the snow on the ground into a layer of ice.

She was only angry for a moment, and in the end, she could only grit her teeth and turn away, cursing.

A petite figure strode across the snowfield, her long, icy blue hair fluttering in the cold wind. As she walked, she muttered to herself, "This person is so annoying! How can there be such a troublesome and hateful human in the world?"

Watching Ice Empress's petite, ice-blue figure disappear into the depths of the snowstorm, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling exchanged a glance and couldn't help but chuckle softly.

Ye Lingling blinked her clear eyes, looked at Lu Xuan beside her, and sighed softly, "Even Soul Beast overlord who has been around for over 300,000 years can only obediently suffer in front of Brother Lu Xuan."

"Yes, it's just that we're not as skilled."

Lu Xuan remained calm, as if the exchange just now was nothing more than a trivial matter, showing no surprise whatsoever.

He hasn't revealed his divine power to Ice Empress yet; if he were to do so, Ice Empress would probably run away from him.

Although the Ice Empress had departed, the task of finding the Mirror Shadow Beast remained unresolved. Lu Xuan withdrew his gaze and looked back at the vast, boundless snowfields of the Far North; the search must continue.

Lu Xuan raised his hand and slapped the broad back of the Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon hard, then shouted, "Hurry up and keep going! If we don't find that Hundred Thousand Year Mirror Shadow Beast, you'll be in big trouble!"

"Awoo~!"

A deep, resonant roar rolled out from the earth dragon's throat, tinged with a hint of grievance, yet it dared not linger for even the slightest moment.

With a sudden burst of power from its limbs, the massive Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon broke through the swirling snow and sped forward, its thick snow-covered ground sending ice shards flying in all directions, leaving two deep furrows in the vast, desolate snowfield of the Far North.

"Haha, human! Again!"

A howling blizzard swept across the vast, white snowfields of the Far North, where Lu Xuan was engaged in a fierce battle with the Ice Bear King Xiaobai. The two fought with great enthusiasm.

Lu Xuan deliberately only activated his Second Martial Soul to fight, without using the power of the [Black Jade Divine Flute] Martial Soul.

In contrast, Ice Bear King Xiaobai showed no mercy. He unleashed the full power of a two-hundred- Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, unleashing a series of ice-type Soul Skill, his fists carrying icy winds that shattered the ice layer of the earth.

Boom!

The bear paw slammed heavily into the Soul Power barrier that had formed in front of Lu Xuan, causing the ice layer on the entire earth to crack like a spider web. Shards of stone and ice flew into the sky, and a chilling aura surged and rolled, almost freezing everything around.

Xiao Bai roared repeatedly, unleashing layer upon layer of ice-type Soul Skill. Wherever the cold air passed, the ground froze into indestructible, millennia-old ice. Even the falling snowflakes solidified into ice crystal bullets in the air, bombarding Lu Xuan like a rain of arrows.

Lu Xuan's eyes narrowed, and he pushed his right hand forward sharply. The surrounding air was compressed wildly under the control of gravity, converging into a dark golden torrent of energy.

Second Soul Skill: Titan Sky Shatter!

The beam of light tore through the swirling snow and ice, carrying a force as heavy as a mountain as it crashed into Xiao Bai. The ice along the way was crushed and shattered by the energy, and even the space itself trembled slightly.

The Xiao Bai palm blocked the attack, its powerful ice energy condensing into an ice wall tens of meters thick in front of it.

"Bang!"

The dark golden beam of light slammed into the ice wall, causing layers of ice to collapse and shatter. A violent shockwave swept outwards, creating a huge circular crater in the snowfield. The Ice Bear King staggered backward several steps, the thick ice shattering beneath his feet.

Before Xiao Bai could regain his footing, Lu Xuan's left arm

Then he shouted again, "Titan Giant Star!"

The Power of the Earth from deep within surged through the frozen soil, condensing in mid-air into a gigantic rock sphere several meters in size, shimmering with dark gold. The rock sphere, imbued with terrifying gravity, hurtled down on the Ice Bear King like a meteor from outer space, accompanied by a whistling sound!

Xiao Bai's pupils contracted sharply, his ice Soul Power surged, and layers of ice armor instantly formed around his body. He crossed his two giant bear paws above his head to withstand the attack.

"Boom!"

The giant star crashed down, the earth trembled, and snow and ice soared into the sky.

The immense impact pressed Xiao Bai deep into the frozen ground, its ice armor riddled with cracks like a spiderweb, with fine ice fragments constantly falling off.

Xiao Bai grunted, but the fighting spirit in its eyes not only did not diminish, but became even more intense. It roared to the sky, which shook the snowfield, and once again charged forward with endless cold currents.

Seeing that neither of his two ultimate moves could make Xiao Bai admit defeat, Lu Xuan roared, "First Soul Skill - Dark Devilgod Slash!"