Slash Domain!

It was a pseudo-domain because Slash Domain could only greatly enhance his attack power, not weaken his enemies.

Even so, it still brought a significant improvement to Lin Yang's strength.

Just as it did right now.

Within Slash Domain, the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast was the first to bear the brunt.

The moment that purple Soul Ring appeared, it had already sensed extreme danger.

It wanted to retreat, but it was already too late.

The instant the domain formed, countless streams of blade Qi slashed indiscriminately, covering almost the entire domain.

Fine sprays of blood burst one after another through the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast's golden fur, as though countless invisible blades were cutting it into a thousand pieces.

As a pseudo-domain formed through Ring Fusion, Slash Domain also enhanced his second Soul Skill, "Armor Break."

Every stream of invisible blade Qi carried terrifying true damage that ignored eighty percent of physical defense.

And now, the Lion-Tiger Beast's massive body, which it took such pride in, had instead become the most conspicuous target.

The agony of blades slicing all over its body completely ignited the Lion-Tiger Beast's ferocity.

It stopped paying attention to the blade Qi surrounding it and even abandoned all defense, instead erupting with dazzling golden light.

A terrifying pressure exploded outward.

It was going to stake its life on one strike!

"Roar!"

A dazzling sphere of golden light rapidly gathered in its mouth, like a miniature sun compressed to its utmost limit.

Terrifying energy fluctuations rippled outward, temporarily forcing back even the blade Qi within Slash Domain wherever they passed.

Lin Yang's gaze sharpened.

I can't let it spit that out.

He stamped hard against the ground, his figure turning into an afterimage as his fiery-red blade swept past, slashing straight at the Lion-Tiger Beast's throat.

The Lion-Tiger Beast also realized what Lin Yang intended and immediately spat out the golden light in its mouth.

Lin Yang's pupils contracted sharply. He pushed Sun Breathing to its maximum, changed his blade's trajectory, and swiftly slashed a cross-shaped blaze forward.

Sun Breathing, Twelfth Form: Flame Dance: Extreme!

Boom!

Terrifying shock waves swept dust in every direction.

Broken stones flew, and dust billowed everywhere!

The surrounding ground looked as though something had plowed through it brutally, shearing away an entire layer.

Amid the hazy dust, a dark shape collapsed heavily to the ground, seemingly without strength.

Clang!

The Nichirin Blade slid into its sheath.

Lin Yang let out a long breath, flames hissing between his lips and teeth!

An unfathomably deep black Soul Ring emerged above the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast's corpse at his feet.

But Lin Yang did not rush to absorb the Soul Ring. Instead, he looked at his own hands, feeling somewhat reflective.

Back then, he had exhausted almost everything he had and relied on a little trickery just to kill Dai Ziming.

Now, he had grown to the point where he could trade blows head-on with a ten-thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger Beast.

Although he had used up most of his trump cards, there was no doubt that he had become stronger than before.

And after absorbing the Soul Ring, he would become stronger still!

Lin Yang clenched his fists, turned his gaze to the black Soul Ring, and said softly,

"Ah Yin, stand guard for me. I'm going to absorb the Soul Ring!"

Behind him, Ah Yin flashed with blue light, and Blue Silver Domain instantly covered a hundred-meter radius.

This was the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast's territory, and its lingering might, coupled with the warning just now,

would keep any clueless Soul Beasts from coming here for a while.

Ah Yin's Blue Silver Domain could also provide an early warning.

Lin Yang made some additional preparations.

Once he was certain everything was safe, he guided the Soul Ring into the cave where the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast had lived.

The cave was large and had no particular odor.

Lin Yang sat cross-legged on the ground and guided the black Soul Ring onto his Nichirin Blade Martial Soul.

The instant he drew it over, a vast, violent torrent of energy surged out of the Soul Ring like a river bursting its banks, filling Lin Yang's body almost instantly.

Any other Soul Master would definitely have burst apart in an instant under this enormous amount of energy.

But to the Demon God Body, this violent energy was an excellent supplement delivered right to its door.

Almost without any prompting from Lin Yang, the Demon God Body Martial Soul had already begun devouring it on its own, consuming however much came its way.

At that moment, Lin Yang had little attention to spare for any of this.

As he absorbed the Soul Ring, his mind was forcibly dragged into an unfamiliar space of chaos.

There was no time or direction in this space, only boundless chaos and emptiness.

"So this is the spiritual shock of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring? It seems a little different from what I imagined!"

Lin Yang's spiritual form floated within it, looking around and calmly observing his surroundings.

"Roar!"

A furious roar filled with savagery and resentment suddenly exploded behind him.

Lin Yang turned around. A Golden Lion-Tiger Beast, several times smaller and slightly illusory, was baring its fangs and claws at him.

This was definitely not the real Golden Lion-Tiger Beast, but a trace of a spiritual imprint left within the Soul Ring, instinctively trying to stop him from absorbing it.

When enemies met, their eyes blazed especially red!

Although this residual spiritual imprint had no intelligence, it still roared and charged upon seeing Lin Yang, its enemy.

Lin Yang scoffed. "I could kill you when you were alive. Would I really be afraid of you now that you're dead?"

In this world of chaos, there were no Martial Souls or Soul Skills.

With a thought, Lin Yang immediately used his spiritual power to conjure a Nichirin Blade, then met the charging bear shadow head-on.

There was little suspense to the battle.

Although the spiritual imprint left by the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast was ferocious, it possessed only a wild beast's instincts and was no threat at all to Lin Yang.

Lin Yang had no taste for toying with others, either. He beheaded it with a single slash.

The instant the spiritual imprint dissipated, an exceedingly pure strand of spiritual power seemed to be drawn toward him and merged into Lin Yang's spiritual form on its own.

Hum!

After absorbing this spiritual power, Lin Yang felt his mind clear. It was like drinking a can of ice-cold beer in the dog days of summer, leaving him refreshed from the inside out.

Before he could savor the benefits brought by the increase in his spiritual power,

Crack! Crack!

A dense succession of clear cracking sounds rang out through the space without warning, as though the space itself were collapsing.

Lin Yang had only just become alert when the footing beneath him suddenly vanished, and he fell continuously as though weightless.

The chaotic space instantly crumbled apart.

The fall lasted only an instant. When he steadied himself again, he discovered that he was already in another space.

Completely unlike the chaotic space from before, this was a boundless expanse of pure white, yet it did not feel hollow or desolate.

Most striking of all was the "sun" suspended high in the sky of this space.

This "sun" did not look real and was even somewhat illusory, yet he could still faintly sense the light and heat it radiated.

Warm, bright, and brimming with life!

The instant he saw this "sun," an understanding naturally surfaced in his mind.

This was his spiritual world, and that "sun" was his spiritual core.

In other words, that sun was his Sea of Consciousness. It merely took the form of a "sun"; its essence remained the same.

And everything that had just happened was merely a concrete manifestation of his spiritual power breaking through its limits and entering a new realm.