Soul Spirit

The Anchor Meteor Shower descended wrapped in fierce flames from its friction with the atmosphere, its might astonishing.

Not only that, this Soul Skill also carried an immobilizing effect. Xiao Yao felt as though he had sunk into a quagmire, bearing a thousand jin of weight whenever he tried to take a single step.

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er exchanged a glance and shouted, "Ice and Fire Love Song!"

A wing sprouted from each of their backs, ice behind Xiao Yao and fire behind Shui Bing'er.

This represented the complete fusion of their Soul Power, with no distinction between the two.

With a flap of the ice and fire wings, the gravity weighing on them shattered completely, and they easily dodged the Anchor Meteor Shower that followed close behind.

The sailor leader froze. He had never expected his strongest fifth Soul Skill to be evaded so easily.

Although most of the power of his fifth Soul Skill, Flying Anchor, lay in the meteor shower in its latter half, their ability to break free of its control so easily was enough to demonstrate the strength of Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The strength of Ice and Fire Love Song went without saying. It was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill born from the fusion of Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix and Mermaid with Xiao Yao's two kinds of Soul Power.

The quality of its Soul Power alone was already high enough.

Qiu Wanxi had once tested it. In terms of quality alone, it was not much below a Soul King's.

When the gap in strength was not enormous, breaking the preliminary effect of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill was nothing to be proud of.

"Hmph, you think we can't do anything to you just because you can fly? Anti-air squad, get them!"

This fleet was fairly large, after all. How could it lack any means of dealing with airborne opponents?

Soon, at the sailor leader's call, a dozen or so Soul Masters stepped out and formed a line.

Most of them had tool Martial Souls, with only a few possessing beast Martial Souls.

Without exception, however, they all possessed Soul Skills capable of ranged attacks.

Unfortunately, attacks of the caliber they unleashed...

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er did not even need to dodge them. A handful of fire or a chunk of ice took care of them.

The quality of the Soul Power fused through Ice and Fire Love Song approached the Soul King level. How could a group whose main strength consisted of Soul Grandmasters and Soul Elders possibly hurt them?

This left the sailor leader yelping in frustration.

Suddenly, he caught sight of Qiu Wanxi in the distance out of the corner of his eye, and the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily.

"Go ahead and dodge. Let's see how your teacher dodges."

With that, he leaped out, his right hand reaching straight for Qiu Wanxi.

Xiao Yao inwardly cried out in alarm. They had taken Qiu Wanxi with them when dodging the Anchor Meteor Shower.

But to make fighting easier, they had used the meteor shower as cover to hide Qiu Wanxi in a pile of fire.

With Qiu Wanxi's strength, these ordinary flames could not harm her even without her actively circulating her Soul Power.

He had not expected the sailor leader's eyes to be so sharp that he could spot her amid the flames.

Seeing Qiu Wanxi about to fall into the sailor leader's hands, both Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er were frantic.

Just then, Qiu Wanxi's Soul Rings actually lit up on their own.

The sailor leader thought Qiu Wanxi had awakened and nearly wet himself in fright.

But upon closer inspection, Qiu Wanxi was still lying amid the flames, showing no sign of waking.

Instead, a figure slowly emerged from Qiu Wanxi's seventh Soul Ring.

Graceful, slender limbs, a well-proportioned, sleek body, an enormous fluffy tail as long as its body, and a pale white crescent mark on its forehead.

It was none other than Qiu Wanxi's Martial Soul, the Ice-Overriding Curse-Mark Demon Fox!

Xiao Yao froze for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and blurted out, "A Soul Spirit?"

He had suddenly recalled the Soul Spirits, which had not appeared in the original work and were only created by Huo Yuhao in the second installment.

It was exactly the same as the Ice-Overriding Curse-Mark Demon Fox emerging from Qiu Wanxi's Soul Ring now!

With the appearance of the Ice-Overriding Curse-Mark Demon Fox, the sailor leader sensed trouble and quickly turned to flee.

But it was already too late.

Under the control of the Ice-Overriding Curse-Mark Demon Fox Soul Spirit, several of Qiu Wanxi's Soul Rings flashed in succession, and the sailor leader became an ice sculpture without the slightest chance to resist.

Seeing their leader so easily beheaded, the other sailors gave up resisting as well.

Some dropped to their knees in surrender, while others farther away pushed the large ship, hoping to escape with their lives aboard that battered vessel.

But all of it was futile.

With a fox's cry, swirling snow fell from the sky.

The snow was not cold, but upon touching the sailors, it seeped straight into their bodies.

It froze the blood, blood vessels, and organs within them.

Before long, the only stretch of beach that had survived the lava was filled with ice sculptures.

The decisiveness with which it struck and the ruthlessness of its methods shocked even Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao floated over to Qiu Wanxi with Shui Bing'er. Shui Bing'er looked the Ice-Overriding Curse-Mark Demon Fox Soul Power up and down and reached out to touch it.

But before she could make contact, the Soul Spirit slipped back into Qiu Wanxi's Soul Ring.

Interestingly, as the Soul Spirit turned around, its fluffy tail brushed Shui Bing'er's face.

That was quite a teasing move.

It was just like certain bad women: I can tease you however I please, but don't even think about touching me.

Xiao Yao carefully examined Qiu Wanxi's body, once again confirming that nothing was seriously wrong with her and that she was merely in the process of fusing with the external soul bone.

Hmm?

Xiao Yao's expression shifted, and his gaze flicked toward a rock by the sea that was quietly moving.

Boom!

A wisp of flame ignited beside the rock. The person behind it knew he had been discovered and hurriedly sprang out, prostrating himself and kowtowing repeatedly.

He kowtowed particularly hard, breaking the skin on his forehead in no time.

"Spare me, young lady! Spare me, young lady! I never took part in attacking you!"

He was a sturdy young man, though rather short, standing only 1.6 meters tall.

Xiao Yao thought back. He had indeed been one of the few who had looked ashamed.

"But you didn't stop them either. Doesn't that mean you tacitly approved?"

The short young man also knew that these three beauties were all ruthless, and that he needed to prove his worth immediately.

"I'm the fleet's navigator. I've already determined the direction back to the continent. Only by keeping me alive can you get home."

Xiao Yao was tempted. If that was the case, keeping him alive would be a good choice.

The short young man saw that he was somewhat tempted and struck while the iron was hot:

"This ship is almost fully repaired. I can finish the remaining work on my own."

"And I also know what our fleet's greatest treasure is!"

"Oh? What is it?"

"Young lady, I know you must be someone who keeps her word. As long as you promise not to kill me, I'll tell you everything I know and hold nothing back."

Xiao Yao chuckled. This fellow knew how to conduct himself.

He snapped his fingers, and fallen heart flame intertwined with sea heart flame, condensing into a flaming pill.

With a mere thought from him, the two flames would erupt. Though their power was not as terrifying as Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, it would still be enough to kill this small fry.

"Eat this, and I naturally won't lay a hand on you. Don't worry, I won't make you work like an ox or horse for me all your life. Once we return to the continent, I'll give you back your freedom."