The eldest Evil Soul Master's face filled with relief. Thankfully, during his hunt for his fifth soul ring, he had obtained this torso bone and kept it as his trump card—even his two brothers were unaware of its existence.
If it hadn't been for the defensive soul skill from this bone torso, he would have perished from that last strike.
Gripping his blood scythe tightly, his eyes brimmed with icy killing intent, so intense that the surrounding temperature seemed to drop a few degrees. He had already decided—everyone here had to die today, including his second brother.
No one could know he possessed a torso bone.
Xu Yang grasped both Sun Sacred Blades, his expression calm. His wings spread behind him, sending out waves of heat as he instantly closed the distance to the eldest Evil Soul Master. Without hesitation, he swung his blades down, wreathed in golden flames and brimming with overwhelming force.
"I have to deal with this brat quickly. Once those seven sun-like Martial Spirits finish charging, I won't survive the next attack."
The Evil Soul Master's expression grew tense. Blood-red soul power surged along his blood scythe like flowing liquid, clashing directly with Xu Yang's twin blades.
Clang!
The clash of metal rang out, shockwaves rippling outward. Neither side yielded.
The Evil Soul Master possessed formidable strength—but Xu Yang was stronger!
Veins bulged on Xu Yang's arms as his strength exploded inch by inch. His domineering Sun soul power broke through the blood-red soul power, pressing toward the Evil Soul Master's body. The latter's form steadily sank downward; though his bat wings flapped frantically, they couldn't lift him an inch higher.
"Damn brat! You may overpower me, but don't think you're superior in every aspect!! I'm a Soul King, after all!"
Humiliated, the Evil Soul Master seethed. He was a Soul King, facing a newly-advanced Soul Ancestor who hadn't even mastered his fourth soul skill, yet this brat was suppressing him through sheer force!
Enraged, he abruptly withdrew, diving low before sharply twisting upward, his blood scythe lashing out in a flurry of strikes aimed at Xu Yang's vital points.
He was clearly trying to leverage the combat techniques he had honed through life-and-death struggles to eliminate Xu Yang.
Yet Xu Yang met the onslaught without flinching. His face remained calm as he adjusted his stance, diving directly into the attack. The clash of the Sun Sacred Blades against the blood scythe produced piercing, grating sounds, sending sparks flying.
The two clashed fiercely, soul power rippling outward.
However, after just a few exchanges, the Evil Soul Master's expression darkened. He realized that Xu Yang's twin blades were still pouring out the same overwhelming force as before—no, the strength was even increasing!
A soul master who unleashed power beyond their limits would typically experience a period of weakness where they couldn't reproduce that strength. Yet Xu Yang showed no such weakness.
From the nearby carriage, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, and Ning Haiyan had already seen through the situation.
"Ever since Xu Yang was injured, he seems to have been triggered somehow. Outwardly, he appears calm and capable of handling danger, but his mind has become increasingly frenzied. His body's instincts are blocking out pain and fatigue, allowing him to continuously unleash his full strength," Gu Rong observed.
"I've seen Evil Soul Masters in similar states before," Dugu Bo added. "But none of them were as terrifying as Xu Yang."
"Right now, Xu Yang's power far surpasses that Evil Soul Master."
Gu Rong, a worldly-wise man even before joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, instantly recognized what Xu Yang's current state meant.
Buzz!
Suddenly, the Evil Soul Master opened his mouth. Though no sound was audible, Xu Yang reeled as if struck by a heavy blow, staggering back nearly ten meters and breaking off from the clash.
Even the Sun Martial Spirits in the sky were affected, merging back into a single massive sun that hovered behind Xu Yang.
"A sonic attack using the bat-type Martial Spirit's ultrasonic waves! I didn't expect him to weaponize it like this!"
Xu Yang clutched his head, shaking it to clear the dizziness and nausea. That brief moment of disorientation had severed the link between him and his Sun Martial Spirits, causing the split Martial Spirits to recombine.
Bat-type Martial Spirits, besides their inherent dark and evil affinities, typically possessed echolocation abilities. However, transforming this into an offensive capability was exceedingly rare.
Low-frequency ultrasonic waves had little effect on soul masters, but high-frequency waves could disrupt them.
A Martial Spirit, after all, couldn't modify a soul master's anatomy to perfectly mimic a bat's mouth structure—just as the Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit couldn't grant a soul master venom glands. Only after reaching Soul Sage level and achieving Martial Spirit integration could such innate abilities be fully realized.
This Evil Soul Master's ability to weaponize ultrasonic waves at the Soul King level indicated both the support of his soul rings and a long period of dedicated training.
"It didn't have much effect… This brat's spiritual power is absurdly strong. Still, at least it interrupted his soul skill, so the immediate threat is gone," the Evil Soul Master muttered, his face dark with disbelief.
He had used this technique to kill not just peers but even Soul Emperors—yet it failed to even stun a mere Soul Ancestor. It was almost unimaginable.
Still, the disruption of Xu Yang's Sun God Light meant the most dangerous threat had been neutralized.
"Fifth Soul Skill: Blood God Slash!"
Blood-red light surged around his scythe as it narrowed to a slender willow-like blade. With a silent sweep, it left a momentary vacuum in its wake—a sign of extreme sharpness.
Xu Yang said nothing. His third soul ring lit up beneath him, the Sun Martial Spirit behind him bursting with golden light. It expelled a torrent of golden flames, much of which was absorbed into his golden armor, causing intricate flame-like patterns to emerge.
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