Hearing Dugu Yan's words, Ah Zhi no longer hesitated and nodded in agreement. "I'll follow Young Master's arrangements."
Ah Zhu, however, looked at Yu Tianming with confusion. "There's a hundred-thousand-year soul beast guarding this place, and the divine power of the Sea God suppressing it. Even though we've adapted to fighting in the sea, the Ring Sea isn't something we can easily pass through. What method does Young Master plan to use?"
Yu Tianming smiled faintly and unfolded the wings on his back. The membrane of the dragon wings was covered in fine scales, with faint flickers of red and white flames dancing across it.
He looked at the three women and explained, "I have a move called Chasing Clouds and Moon. When I use this soul skill, my movement isn't hindered by external forces, and I become immune to physical attacks and most energy-based damage. I can easily take you all out of the Ring Sea."
Dugu Yan looked at the illusory red-white flames on Yu Tianming's wings with curiosity. "You always said you wouldn't easily attach soul bones to your body, and the godly test forbids the use of soul ring abilities. Is this a self-created soul skill?"
He explained, "By chance in the past, I obtained an external soul bone. Now is the perfect time to use it to pass the trial."
Six years ago, when Yu Tianming was absorbing medicinal power at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he passed out. When he woke up, there was an external soul bone on his wings. Since it was acquired from the waters created by the fusion of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, Yu Tianming named it the Dragon King's Twin Wings.
The soul bone granted two abilities: one was an escape technique, Chasing Clouds and Moon, and the other an offensive skill, Guiding Wind and Drawing Clouds.
Yu Tianming hadn't told anyone about the soul bone—not even Yu Yuanzhen. It was precisely thanks to this soul bone that he had managed to instantly kill the Black Armored Knights in the Slaughter City.
Now that he had reached the level of Soul Saint, he was more than capable of defending himself even against most Title Douluo. Facing the blockade of the Devil Soul Great White Shark, he was finally willing to reveal the external soul bone to Dugu Yan in order to complete the second trial directly.
Dugu Yan had researched external soul bones before. These were exceedingly rare—far more valuable than even soul bones considered treasures of the Blood River. Given Yu Tianming's low-key personality, it was understandable that he had kept it hidden.
Normally, after the divine soul ring was absorbed, Bo Saixi would immediately leave. But since Yu Tianming claimed he would break through the Ring Sea directly this time, she remained nearby.
Seeing everyone was ready, Bo Saixi, clad in red and leaning on her massive scepter, reminded them from not far away. "Due to the Sea God's divine power, soul masters within the Ring Sea will experience reduced speed, and spatial teleportation will also be greatly shortened. Tianming, don't underestimate it."
Yu Tianming had sensed the surrounding changes during his training, so he naturally understood the difficulty of passing the Ring Sea.
Facing Bo Saixi's warning, he smiled. "Then please watch closely, Senior."
With that, he pulled the three women into his arms. The massive wings on his back folded around them, and the red-and-white flames flickering on his wings surged into a vortex, enveloping them and transforming into a red-white light cocoon about three meters tall.
At the same time, the white light of the Killing God Domain burst from Yu Tianming's body, forming an oval halo that merged into the light cocoon.
The moment the cocoon formed, Bo Saixi only saw a flash of light in front of her eyes, and Yu Tianming had already appeared above the Ring Sea.
She couldn't help but think, 'Such speed! He's just a Soul Saint, yet he's already as fast as an agility-type Title Douluo. If he uses this to escape, there might be no one in the world who could catch him.'
The Ring Sea was only two hundred meters wide—a short distance for any soul master.
Even an ordinary person could run two hundred meters in a matter of seconds.
But as soon as the cocoon reached the sky above the Ring Sea, the sea surface surged up by ten meters, and the Sea God's power within the turbulent waves drastically slowed their movement.
Yu Tianming thought to himself, 'I underestimated how much the Sea God's power would reduce my speed.'
Even so, the cocoon still moved at a speed comparable to a speeding car. In just a few seconds, he could easily rush out of the relatively small Ring Sea.
Then, something incredible happened. As the light cocoon shot into the crashing waves and the soul beasts who had no time to react, it seemed to phase through them without resistance.
It was as if the cocoon and the Ring Sea existed on different planes—or that it was sliding through a rift in space.
Though its shape was visible, it no longer interacted with the physical world.
In the Ring Sea, the Devil Soul Great White Shark, Xiao Bai, had already been intimidated by the draconic aura Yu Tianming exuded after his transformation. Although he was a Soul Saint, she knew this soul master was no ordinary being. When she returned to the Ring Sea, she was immediately on high alert.
As the Sea God's mount and a noble hundred-thousand-year soul beast, if she failed to stop these inland humans from passing the second trial despite Yu Tianming's warning, it would be a disgrace.
Seeing Yu Tianming enter the Ring Sea, she didn't dare slack off. A surge of bluish-gray light burst from her body and instantly merged with the entire sea, making the small Ring Sea boil.
This was the Demonic Shark Domain, the exclusive domain of the Devil Soul Great White Shark.
Its effect was to control all ocean currents within range, turning the water into extensions of her body.
The moment the domain was activated, Xiao Bai unleashed her full power.
Buzz— The Ring Sea trembled violently.
Xiao Bai's body suddenly became translucent, her previously dull gray-white skin turning into a crystalline bluish-gray. The sea around her froze under her influence.
It was as if time had stopped—no more currents, no wind, no waves. Even other soul beasts in the sea halted their movements, suspended like specimens in water. The Ring Sea had become a giant blue crystal, trapping everything within.
This was the third evolution of the Demonic Shark Domain—Crystalization.
Within this domain, only Xiao Bai could move and attack freely. All others would be trapped in crystallized seawater. Even those strong enough to resist would still need to actively break free to move.
In this domain, she was like a predator at a buffet, able to strike at will.
She had already prepared to go all-out. Faced with Yu Tianming's incredible speed and ability to phase through all matter, she didn't dare act like she had with Tang San—gradually escalating the domain.
She pushed the Demonic Shark Domain to its strongest state from the start, hoping to stop him.
Feeling the change in the sea, Yu Tianming frowned slightly. Once Chasing Clouds and Moon was activated, he could normally phase through any mountain or even the earth's core—only divine power or spatial abilities could hinder his movement.
But now, within the crystallized domain, the surrounding energy density surged. Not only did the oceanic soul power exert pressure on him, it also made using the soul bone skill much more taxing.
He silently increased his soul power output. 'Looks like Chasing Clouds and Moon consumes much more energy in areas with dense soul power.'
In the blink of an eye, he had already covered half the Ring Sea.
Though Xiao Bai was straightforward and somewhat simple-minded, she still had solid combat instincts. Seeing her physical and soul power attacks fail, she immediately used her trump card—mental attack: Wave of Despair.
Buzz— The Ring Sea trembled again.
A blue ripple spread from Xiao Bai's forehead and quickly caught up with the light cocoon slowed by the Sea God's power.
Wave of Despair was a powerful control-type mental skill. Any soul master caught in it would be immobilized and have all their soul skills temporarily sealed—a combo of silence and stun.
Within the crystallized domain, this skill turned soul masters into helpless prey. Only someone like Shrek could punch through the crystalized sea and escape.
The blue wave surged like lightning, rapidly closing in.
Sensing its immense spiritual power, Yu Tianming quickly grasped its nature and made his move.
As the wave was about to envelop the light cocoon, a deafening roar rang out. The surrounding crystallized seawater shattered from the sonic boom, and Yu Tianming poured out spiritual energy, forming three overlapping spheres around the cocoon.
This was his fourth soul skill—Dragon King's Roar.
Unlike Yu Yuanzhen's Sky-Breaking Dragon Roar, this one came from a mutated Death Shriek Beast.
It had both sonic and spiritual damage—covering his previous lack of mental attacks. And because of his three-headed form, the output was tripled, making it extremely compatible.
Though soul skills were sealed during the divine test, his fully-draconic body had nerve endings all over, and his spiritual power had surged.
The roaring mental force burst out in waves.
The three spiritual shock spheres, lacking soul ring support, were instantly destroyed by Wave of Despair—they couldn't even buy a moment's time.
But when the wave reached the intersection of the three spheres, where the spiritual power overlapped, it stalled briefly.
In that instant, the cocoon carrying Yu Tianming and the three women burst through the Ring Sea.
As they shot out, the sea behind them collapsed with a thunderous roar, waves churning skyward.
And only then did the Wave of Despair strike Yu Tianming.
Though his mental resistance was high enough to prevent paralysis, his seven soul rings—no longer gray—were visibly tinted with a blue glow, except for the third, which only had a faint trace.
The third skill, Thunderflame Scale Armor, was obtained from the tyrant soul beast Thunderflame Flood Dragon. Its physical buff was impressive.
But what Yu Tianming valued most was its ability to remove a status effect with each use. Even with the disparity between them, he sensed that using the armor thirty times could purge Xiao Bai's seal.
On the beach outside the Ring Sea, Yu Tianming spread his wings again, revealing the pale but unharmed Dugu Yan and the other two in his arms.
Though they weren't attacked directly, the spiritual shock had partially reached the three Soul Kings, and the rapid movement had made them nauseous.
They hurried to a nearby tree, supporting themselves as they vomited violently.
The sea's glowing barrier faded away.
With a splash, Xiao Bai's head broke the surface, transforming back into her humanoid form—tall, gray-haired, dressed in white leather.
She stared at Yu Tianming and couldn't help but say, "That was quite the move. You actually bypassed my Demonic Shark Domain and crossed the Ring Sea. Only my Wave of Despair managed to touch you."
Yu Tianming ignored the praise and pointed at the blue glow on his soul rings. "Your wave sealed my skills. Mind lifting the control?"
Xiao Bai waved her hand. The blue glow vanished instantly, and his soul rings were freed.
She lifted her chin, as if recalling something. "I only released Wave of Despair after you were halfway through. If I'd used it from the start, you might've failed."
Yu Tianming glanced at the three vomiting women and thought, 'I got too cocky after my breakthrough. I almost failed because of it. I need to stay cautious in the future.'
Outwardly, his expression remained calm as he replied to the gray-haired woman, "If I hadn't warned you, you might not have reacted in time, and we'd have already passed."
Xiao Bai thought for a moment and nodded seriously. "Seems I got the better end of this. Otherwise, you would've cleared it even more easily."
With that, she turned and dove into the sea. Her gray form twisted a few times and vanished like an arrow.
Only her voice echoed back across the waves.
"See you in the next trial."
(End of Chapter)
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