Tide of Condensed Snow

Inside the Lost Track Grand Canyon, the Dark Nether Fire Phoenix, its body wreathed in black flames, looked helplessly at its body, which had nearly perished from the first Ferocious Beast Heavenly Tribulation, and felt an overwhelming sense of regret.

"If I hadn't tried to take shortcuts and succumbed to the power of darkness back then, perhaps I wouldn't be stuck here now. I've already Nirvana three times in the Ferocious Beast Heavenly Tribulation. If Nirvana again this time, the time I'll be asleep for a full 80,000 years, and awake for 20,000 years. Will I still have a chance to survive the Heavenly Tribulation?"

Back then, when its cultivation was nearing the threshold of 100,000 years, it wanted to transform into a human, yet it couldn't bear to relinquish its pure phoenix body. However, it wasn't confident it could survive the subsequent ten Ferocious Beast Heavenly Tribulation. Bewitched by the power of darkness, it willingly fell into the Dark Nether Fire Phoenix. Indeed, having just fused with the power of darkness, it passed the first Ferocious Beast Heavenly Tribulation with almost no difficulty. But as its cultivation grew higher, the dark power that it once took pride in became a shackle binding it. The true fire of its phoenix origin could never fully merge with the power of darkness, causing it, one of the most powerful Soul Beast in the world, the phoenix, to languish for so long during the 400,000 Ferocious Beast Heavenly Tribulation. If it weren't for the phoenix clan's ability to Nirvana, it would have long since turned to ashes.

"Why..."

The Dark Nether Fire Phoenix looked at the second Ferocious Beast Heavenly Tribulation about to fall from the sky and sighed heavily. It was too late for regrets now; it could only Nirvana and wait for the next final 20,000 years to see if anything would change.

"Rage!"

A loud, sorrowful phoenix cry rang out, and the black flames covering the Dark Nether Fire Phoenix surged once more, completely enveloping it. Soon, the flames transformed into an oval shape, and then into a physical form.

"Even Nirvana is so dark and ugly, sigh..."

These were the last thoughts of the Dark Nether Fire Phoenix before it fell asleep. As the thunderclouds of the Heavenly Ferocious Beast Heavenly Tribulation in the sky dissipated, a giant, dark egg appeared in the deepest part of the Lost Track Grand Canyon. In the surrounding darkness, it looked like an ordinary stone, making it impossible to associate it with Soul Beast of the Phoenix level.

"Oh, not so good. The youngest elder of the Spirit Hall, can't even break through someone's defense? And you call yourself strong? Oh well, it seems I can't count on you, Senior Sister. I'll just have to find any Soul Beast to make do. Sigh..."

Shui Bing'er, with her legs crossed and hands resting on the back of the Ice Phoenix, deliberately mocked Yu Tianshuang, who had just unleashed a series of sword energies that couldn't even break through the Ice Jade Scorpion King's defense. Her cold and aloof voice teased him, and even though he knew that Bing'er Sister Bing'er was joking, he still couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"The Divine Slaughter's Domain, the Eternal Frozen Domain Opens!"

With a single step, the icy blue scorpion tail appeared behind her, and the dual domains simultaneously enveloped the Ice Seal canyon. Then, Yu Tianshuang raised her sword-wielding hand horizontally, her arm slightly backward, and her other hand formed a sword finger. She quickly ran her fingers across the smooth blade of the Heavenly Frost Cold Qi sword, and the entire sword instantly shone with blue light. Yu Tianshuang's Divine Power locked onto the Ice Jade Scorpion King wielding its two enormous pincers, and the Seven Kill Sword Intent merged with it, also adding to the Heavenly Frost Cold Qi. Then, she thrust out the sword.

"Momentary Splendor, Seven Kill."

In terms of single-target attack power and penetrating power, the Momentary Splendor is the strongest. At this moment, Yu Tianshuang thrust out her sword, but instead of the huge sword energy pillar as thick as a bucket that appeared in the past, a sword energy about the same size as the sword itself appeared. Like a spear that could pierce through everything, the sword energy pierced into the Ice Jade Scorpion almost the instant it appeared. However, it was still a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast and instinctively sensed the danger. A pair of huge, glowing pincers formed a layer of ice crystals, which overlapped and stood horizontally in front of it.

"Now!"

The sword energy beam, like a nail piercing a wooden board, propelled the Ice Jade Scorpion King backward across the ice. This attack, infused with Yu Tianshuang's Soul Power —equivalent to that of Peak Douluo of level 95 or higher—and the Seven Kill Sword Intent that consumed a great deal of Divine Power, pierced two small holes in the Ice Jade Scorpion King's pair of massive pincers. The ferocious sword energy contained within, like spreading cracks, shattered the pincers from the point where they were formed, reducing them to dust.

In just a few seconds, with her terrifying recovery speed, Yu Tianshuang's feet were enveloped in icy mist. She activated the Ice Shadow Seven Star Steps and took a light step, arriving in front of the Ice Jade Scorpion King. Her icy blue longsword moved like a fluttering butterfly, instantly unleashing more than a dozen sword strikes that shattered all four of its limb joints.

"Whoosh!"

Just as Yu Tianshuang was about to deliver the final blow to its head, the Ice Jade Scorpion King's tail arched behind it, and the barb at the end of the tail lit up. Yu Tianshuang had long been prepared for this trump card. Two miniature magic arrays appeared under her feet, and she instantly turned into a wisp of ice mist and left the spot.

The fan-shaped ice curtain, powerful enough to freeze everything, missed its target. However, it was clear that the intelligence of Soul Beast that had reached the level of 100,000 years was no less than that of a human. Its entire body was covered in frost power, and from the joints of its severed limbs, it used frost power to temporarily condense replacement limbs and connect them to the original joints.

"Tianshuang's Soul Power recovery speed is truly terrifying. That sword strike that shattered the Ice Jade Scorpion King was clearly achieved using the Ring Fusion, condensing and compressing all his Soul Power into that single strike. Yet, in just a few breaths, the recovered Soul Power was enough to support his high-speed movement and unleash such a powerful attack. If only I had his recovery ability, I wouldn't have had to spend several hours strategizing and calculating against those three Ice Jade Scorpion on the sixth level of the secret realm..."

At this moment, the Ice Jade Scorpion King was clearly at its wit's end. The four limbs and two huge pincers that it had temporarily conjured were no match for its original form. But it would not run away now, because it knew that with the speed of this human, running away was useless. Only by fighting to the death could it survive.

Tide of Condensed Snow has already accumulated three layers of the passive ability of the Ice God's Gift Right Arm Soul Bone. It has to be said that the passive ability of this Soul Bone is really very suitable for Yu Tianshuang. Combined with his terrifying recovery ability, he will only become stronger and stronger in battle.

Hiss!

As Soul Beast, it is most sensitive to auras. At this moment, it sensed that this human's aura was even stronger than when they first met and fought. Knowing that it could not wait any longer, it had to take the initiative to attack. A hiss that shook the valley came from its small mouthparts, and it brandished the huge pincers temporarily formed by the power of frost, rushing towards Yu Tianshuang.

Yu Tianshuang's Right Arm Soul Bone lit up, directly activating the accumulated power of the Tide of Condensed Snow. Then, stepping on the Ice Shadow Seven Star Steps, she transformed into a blur, unleashing three crescent-shaped sword energies from different angles. The first sword energy severed the Ice Jade Scorpion King's scorpion tail from the tail. The remaining two sword energies cut off its limbs and pincers at the joints. The charging Ice Jade Scorpion King landed on its belly, slid a distance on the ice, and stopped, staring intently at Yu Tianshuang with its small eyes and hissing sounds coming from its mouthparts.

"Senior sister! It's time to collect the Soul Ring!"

Yu Tianshuang stood guard beside it. Whenever it used even a little bit of its frost power, a sword aura would be unleashed. After Shui Bing'er landed, a beam of Extreme Freezing Ray completely obliterated it, revealing a deep red Soul Ring and a scorpion tail Soul Bone.

"Um... Senior Sister, you're absolutely right! We actually got External Soul Bone! This means we might have a prestigious title when we travel the Soul Master World, like the Scorpion Couple? The Twin Scorpions..."

Yu Tianshuang also found it strange. Shui Bing'er had just mentioned it casually, but this Ice Jade Scorpion King actually dropped an External Soul Bone. However, when Shui Bing'er heard the ridiculously stupid titles he mentioned, she gave him a fierce look and shut him up.

Shui Bing'er glared at him, annoyed. "Stand aside and protect me. If you dare mention 'Scorpion Couple' again, I'll turn you into a human stick, just like it..."

"Hehehe, Senior Sister, please, please..." Yu Tianshuang had no choice but to chuckle awkwardly and step aside, then picked up the Heavenly Frost Cold Qi and gave a serious warning.

"Alright, stop pretending. Where did you learn all this from..."

Shui Bing'er was amused by his feigned seriousness, and gave him a charmingly reproachful look before starting to absorb the Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

At the border of the Star Luo Empire, Qian Renxue watched as arrows shot from her feet fell helplessly to the ground, still more than ten meters away from her. Below, the dark mass of the Star Luo Empire soldiers were being ravaged by continuous golden light, their lives being harvested.

"Young Master, these Evil Soul Master of the Holy Spirit Cult are truly patient. Our attack has lasted for so long, and we've judged at least ten thousand heretics, but we haven't seen any Evil Soul Master make a move yet. It seems that even the most ruthless Evil Soul Master fear the radiance of the Angel God."

A male Soul Master beside Qian Renxue flew to her side obsequiously, pointed to the battlefield below that was almost entirely a scene of carnage, and said ingratiatingly that he was a Soul Douluo and the leader of the Angel Legion. As a member of the Angel Legion, he was very arrogant, but when facing Qian Renxue, the inheritor of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, he could only fawn over her.

"Hmm... I don't know what the Holy Spirit Cult is up to, but I think they're afraid of the power of our Angel Legion. If we continue the attack, they've lost so many soldiers, they'll eventually lose their temper."

Qian Renxue remained expressionless, not even glancing at the fawning Soul Douluo. She unleashed the Angel Holy Sword, formed from her Fifth Soul Skill, towards the densely packed crowd below, unleashing another burst of golden Lie Yan.

The camp where Hu Liena and her group were stationed was not far from the Star Luo Empire's 500,000-strong army, separated only by a long river. Watching the golden light constantly flashing in the distance, illuminating the night sky, she listened to the news brought by the scouts of the Sparrow Bee Sect and fell into deep thought.

"Holy Maiden, no Evil Soul Master have intervened from the Star Luo Empire's side. The Soul Skill and arrow attacks of ordinary soldiers are simply ineffective against the Angel Legion, which has air superiority. At this moment, they are waging a one-sided massacre."

This is too strange. How could the Star Luo Empire have amassed an army of 500,000 at the border to stop them? How could they not have any Soul Master troops? Hu Liena looked at the golden light that occasionally appeared in the distance and felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure it out for the moment. However, the actions of the Star Luo Empire were all strange. If no high-level Soul Master intervened to stop the Angel Legion, these 500,000 troops would only consume their Soul Power and would be slowly killed off.

The reason why the two great empires were able to contend with the Spirit Hall was because they possessed a million-strong army, which could compensate for the huge gap in the number of Soul Master with human wave tactics. But now, the actions of the Star Luo Empire have almost handed over its greatest advantage to the Spirit Hall. It's really incomprehensible.

"Sister Na... quickly send someone to bring back the Angel Legion. We can't let them kill anymore. I think... the Holy Spirit Cult's goal is to use us to kill this army of 500,000."

Ye Lingling suddenly remembered that after Tianshuang defeated Zhong Meng, he asked her to heal him. Her pure life Soul Power had actually burned him. Now, the Star Luo Empire's actions were practically handing people over to be killed. This reminded her of the methods of Evil Soul Master, and she felt a chill run down her spine. The Holy Spirit Cult actually treated human life so lightly...

"Excellent, excellent, excellent Angel Legion! Kill, kill more! Holding the souls of warriors who died defending their homeland provides far more nourishment than simply torturing and killing souls. So good, so good!"

Even far behind the army of 500,000, this Soul Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult could feel the overwhelming stench of blood on the battlefield and the intense Soul Power of the countless soldiers who had died defending their homeland. Even though the annoying holy golden light made him naturally feel disgusted and uncomfortable, it was nothing compared to this soul aura that made him feel comfortable all over. It was so wonderful that he couldn't help but close his eyes and take a deep breath of the soul aura that was floating in the distance.

"Yes, they're practically worth two, no, three! Haha, I never imagined the Soul Power on the battlefield would be so vastly different from the souls we usually try so hard to torture. The leader is truly farsighted. Kill! Kill even more! Kill all 500,000 of them, and turn them into nourishment for the rise of our Holy Spirit Cult!"

Beside him was another Evil Soul Master whose cultivation had reached the Soul Douluo level. Just by smelling the wonderful scent, he felt that his cultivation, which had been stagnant for many years, was beginning to loosen. He was afraid that it wouldn't be long before he could break through to the Titled Douluo realm he had always dreamed of.

On a distant mountain peak, Ye Yuxuan, still dressed in red and veiled, stared expressionlessly at the golden light that occasionally flickered in the sky. Finally, she turned away and sighed Youyou.

"Master, this is also to fulfill our sect's long-cherished wish. I believe your father would have done the same if given the opportunity. The Holy Spirit Cult has been living a clandestine life for so many years; it's time to change that."

As her deputy leader and also her cousin, Zhong Meng naturally knew that she was extremely unwilling to make this decision, but her position and the burden she carried were too heavy, so she had no choice but to do it.

"And even if we don't do this, war is inevitable. That woman from the Spirit Hall, she's long gone mad. As the successor of the Rakshasa God, she actually dares to dream of unifying the continent. I don't know what that old bastard Qian Daoliu is thinking. Doesn't he see through it, or is he just going to let it go?"

Before reaching the Titled Douluo, the cultivation speed of Evil Soul Master is extremely fast. However, once they reach level 89, unless they are exceptionally talented, it is difficult for them to break through to the Titled Douluo realm. Even if they do break through, without a major opportunity, they cannot reach Soul Power Level above level 95. Now, this opportunity is truly a once-in-a-lifetime chance for them. With the endless heroic souls and blood energy on the battlefield, breaking through the level 95 barrier will no longer be a dream.