The oppressive force of the Earth-Rending Demon Rhinoceros Avatar swept across the entire forest in an instant, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing down.
The earth groaned beneath its heavy footsteps, and sturdy trees snapped easily as it crashed through them.
Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing both felt their breath catch. Before that sheer power and the pressure of its Soul Power, even their Martial Souls grew sluggish.
This was a Soul Saint. This was a Martial Soul Avatar!
"Your Highness!"
Zhu Zhuyun cried out in alarm and instinctively stepped forward, intending to fight alongside him and activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Yet, facing the giant beast charging at him with an air of destruction, Dai Weisi showed not a trace of fear. Instead, a flicker of excited fighting spirit appeared on his face.
"Martial Soul Avatar? It's just a slightly bigger target."
He murmured the words and advanced instead of retreating, his right arm jolting violently!
On the right arm fused with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Palm Bone, the arm bone of the Blood Fiend Demon Tiger was fully activated at that moment!
"Blood Fiend Demon Tiger Right Arm Bone Soul Skill-Blood Devil Armor Break!"
Clearly, Dai Weisi had chosen to meet the Soul Saint's Martial Soul Avatar head-on with the purest offense!
He became a streak of red light and met the rampaging Earth-Splitting Demonic Rhinoceros squarely, head-on!
"Boom-!!!"
A deafening crash exploded through the forest!
A terrifying shockwave of energy spread outward in a ring, snapping every tree within a hundred meters in half and tearing a thick layer of soil from the ground.
Amid the billowing dust, two figures were sent flying backward at the same time.
The Earth-Splitting Demonic Rhinoceros's enormous body smashed through three or four large trees before finally stopping. A claw mark so deep that bone was visible had appeared on the chest of its hard rock armor. Dark red light continued to corrode the wound, drawing a pained roar from the beast.
On the other side, Dai Weisi flipped through the air and landed firmly, but his right arm was twisted at an unnatural angle. He had clearly been injured in that extreme collision.
A trickle of blood slowly escaped the corner of his mouth.
"Your Highness, how are you?"
Zhu Zhuyun flashed to his side and supported his arm, her beautiful eyes full of worry and anxiety.
"I'm fine. Just a minor injury."
Dai Weisi waved a hand, but his eyes grew even brighter.
The bald Soul Saint across from him stared fixedly at Dai Weisi, his eyes filled with horror.
How was that possible?!
Even a Soul Saint of the same level wouldn't dare take a Demon Rhinoceros Charge head-on when I used my Martial Soul Avatar at full power!
This kid was only a Soul Emperor, yet he'd blocked it using nothing but a Soul Bone skill to attack me head-on, and even wounded me? What the fuck kind of monster was he?!
And the intelligence hadn't said a word about this at all!
"I underestimated you."
The bald Soul Saint's voice was hoarse, and the greed in his eyes had been replaced by intense wariness. "But you're injured now. My next strike will kill you!"
He circulated his Soul Power again, preparing to launch an even stronger attack.
"Your Highness, let's use our Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
Zhu Zhuyun made the decision on the spot. She knew this was their most reliable trump card.
"No need."
Dai Weisi refused her outright. He gently pushed Zhu Zhuyun behind him and looked straight at the bald Soul Saint, an arrogant smile curling his lips.
"I don't need you to lift a hand to kill him."
What a joke.
My Soul Power has now reached level seventy, he thought. I'm in the same realm as this Soul Saint.
So what if I don't have the Martial Soul Avatar from a Seventh Soul Ring?
My Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring is just the thing to test its true power on you!
At a thought, the Hundred Thousand Year Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Bone within Dai Weisi suddenly lit up with a gentle jade-green glow.
The light flowed outward, quickly covering his injured right arm.
With a series of crisp cracks from his bones, his twisted arm returned to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even the blood at the corner of his mouth was evaporated away by that life energy.
At the sight, the bald Soul Saint's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
No, wait. Didn't the intelligence say his Torso Bone's skill was defensive?
How did it also have such a top-tier healing skill?!
Could it be a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?!
That was it!
It had to be a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, or how could it have two skills?!
Just how many treasures did this kid have on him?!
Jealousy and fear twisted his face completely.
"Let me show you what true power is."
Dai Weisi's voice was like the whisper of a demon god from beneath the Nine Netherworlds.
He raised his head, bloody light and golden radiance intertwining in his deep eyes.
His sixth Soul Ring, that sinister, domineering red ring, burst forth with a brilliance greater than ever before!
"Sixth Soul Skill, White Tiger God-Tearing Claw!"
"Roar-!!!"
A tiger's roar, as if from the primordial wilderness, shook the heavens!
Behind Dai Weisi, an enormous illusory White Tiger over ten meters long, formed entirely of gold, coalesced with a thunderous rumble!
"Die!"
Sensing a deadly threat, the bald Soul Saint let out a desperate roar and poured all his Soul Power into the horn atop his head.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Earth-Rending Pierce!"
A spiral pillar of earthy yellow light, carrying the might to crush everything, burst from his horn and shot straight at Dai Weisi!
Dai Weisi merely raised his hand slowly, mirroring the illusory White Tiger behind him.
The enormous tiger claw slammed down with the force to tear heaven and earth apart!
Rumble-!!!
This collision was even more terrifying than the last!
The blood-colored tiger claw and the earthy yellow pillar of light remained locked in a stalemate for a few seconds. Then the seemingly unstoppable Earth-Rending Pierce shattered inch by inch like glass!
Without losing momentum, the enormous tiger claw slammed hard into the bald Soul Saint.
"Pfft-!"
The bald Soul Saint's Martial Soul Avatar was broken outright!
His rock armor collapsed in an instant, and he flew backward like a cannonball, plowing a deep trench through the ground along the way. Finally, he crashed hard into a small hill, caving in half of it.
When the dust settled, he lay in a pile of rubble, covered in blood and barely breathing, gravely wounded and on the verge of death.
One strike!
With just one strike, he had destroyed a Soul Saint's Martial Soul Avatar!
Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing were completely dumbstruck. Their mouths hung open, and their minds went blank.
A Soul Emperor had fought a Soul Saint with his Martial Soul Avatar active head-on and beaten him into this state?
This had gone far beyond their understanding of battles between Soul Masters.
"It's not over yet."
Dai Weisi appeared like a ghost before the dying Soul Saint.
"A domain... you... you even have a domain..."
The bald Soul Saint coughed up blood, nothing but endless despair remaining in his eyes.
During their clash just now, an invisible blood-colored force field had enveloped him. He had felt his Soul Power circulation slow by more than thirty percent, his Qi and blood churning, even his mind growing hazy. Only then had he been gravely injured in a single strike.
"Blood Fiend Demon Tiger Right Arm Bone Soul Skill, Blood Prison Fiend Abyss."
Dai Weisi looked down at him, his voice flat and devoid of emotion.
"In my domain, you won't even have a chance to self-destruct."
"You... who exactly are you..."
The bald Soul Saint used the last of his strength to ask.
Dai Weisi's claw, flashing with a dark golden chill, was the answer he received.
"Splurt!"
His hand rose, his claw fell, and a head flew into the air.
And so a Soul Saint met his end.
Dai Weisi sent a jolt of Soul Power through his claw and shook off the blood as his domain slowly withdrew.
The air of slaughter and the smell of blood in the forest faded somewhat along with it.
He turned to the Zhu sisters, who were still too stunned to recover their senses, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
"The show's over, isn't it? Go search these people and see if they have any clues on them!"
"I want to see which faction was behind this attack on me!"