stonecrandall Chapter 176 99,000, Evolvable Soul Rings
Chapter 176 99,000, Evolvable Soul Rings
Chapter 176 Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine, Evolvable Soul Rings
With her seven spirit rings flashing one by one, Zhang Lexuan unleashed her spirit power for the second time, forcing back the Black Jade Horned Rhinoceros that had rushed close to her. She shouted, "Senior Brother, Kong Tianxu and I will hold off that Black Jade Horned Rhinoceros. You can use that move."
Jin Yehuan didn't speak, but simply nodded. After exchanging another blow with the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros, he gave way.
In terms of strength, he might not actually be any weaker than the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros, but he has been holding back and has not gone all out.
However, the Jade Swan's healing ability is extremely terrifying. Although the Jade Swan's cultivation level was less than 30,000 years, in just a short while, the condition of the group of Black Jade Horned Rhinoceroses had been restored to about 70-80%.
Apart from Kong Tianxu, everyone else had suffered a significant depletion of their soul power.
"Hoichi"
The Jade Horned Rhinoceros signaled the start of its all-out attack. Streams of emerald light, whether released by the rhinoceros itself or the Emerald Swan, connected each individual member of the herd. As their auras surged, their terrifying bodies suddenly unleashed speeds far exceeding their size.
A mass berserk state? The crowd's expressions grew even more serious.
The current situation clearly no longer allows this senior disciple of the inner court to hold back.
Jin Yehuan closed his eyes in mid-air for a moment, and when he opened them again after landing, they had turned completely blood-red, the same blood-red color as the eighth eerie blood-red soul ring behind him.
Kong Tianxu and Zhang Lexuan, in perfect unison, charged towards the Xuanjia Yujiao Rhinoceros, whose entire body shimmered with an emerald-like luster.
After the Emerald Swan revealed its presence, the berserk Jade Horned Rhinoceros was clearly different from before. When it charged, it even left a trail of emerald green light and shadow behind it.
A faint silver mist rose from beneath Zhang Lexuan's feet, shrouding her body within it. Illuminated by the silver mist, she possessed an even more enchanting beauty.
In mid-air, the full moon shone brightly, and a beam of silver light shot down, heading straight for the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros.
But the black-armored jade-horned rhinoceros disdainfully tossed its head, and with a slight movement of its translucent, emerald-green jade horn, it actually shattered the moonlight falling from the sky into dust.
Kong Tianxu arrived before her next ray of moonlight fell.
His charge was as swift as ever, but his attacks were incredibly gentle. His right palm, which had a faint texture of white jade, would occasionally land on the lower abdomen of the Xuanjia Jade Horn Rhinoceros, which was covered with a thick layer of armor and fat.
Zhang Lexuan was shocked to discover that Kong Tianxu's claim during the day that Jin Yehuan might not be able to keep up with his speed was not necessarily an exaggeration. His entire body moved at an astonishing speed, practically a silver streak of light. Even a speed-attack type Soul Saint might not be able to do that.
If someone's eyes could follow his speed, they would notice that the landing point of his palms was always exactly the same, and as the number of times his palms slapped his abdomen increased, the movements of the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros seemed to become increasingly sluggish.
The Jade Horned Rhinoceros was truly enraged. Although it could not charge at full speed as before, it moved forward steadily step by step. In the process, it no longer used its horn and relied on its body to withstand the moonlight.
Even when moonlight falls on it, it creates ripples of emerald green, which only slightly slows its progress but cannot push it back even a fraction.
With 70,000 years of cultivation, its defensive capabilities are undoubtedly monstrous.
At this moment, all the Black Jade Horned Rhinoceroses that had entered a berserk state began to unleash their full power. Their speed, strength, attack, and defense all increased significantly during the berserk state, putting immense pressure on Gu Fan and the others. Zhang Lexuan had to divert some of her energy to take care of the rear.
Kong Tianxu's actions in dealing with the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros became increasingly dangerous, making Zhang Lexuan's expression even more solemn.
Should I absorb this 70,000-year spirit ring? Even if a 10,000-year spirit ring is the most suitable, it is still fundamentally different from a 100,000-year spirit ring.
Just when everyone's nerves were on edge, Kong Tianxu himself was completely oblivious to the fact that he was walking a tightrope and was still agonizing over the question that had been raised at the beginning.
Forget it, let's kill them first.
Just as the silver light on his body gradually became as dazzling as the moon.
"Thump"
A deafening roar, like a mountain collapsing.
The 50,000-year-old black jade rhinoceros that had been locked in a stalemate with Zhang Lexuan collapsed in response, and the color of the sixth soul ring behind Jin Yehuan gradually faded.
The sixth soul skill, Mountain-Splitting and Rock-Shattering, truly shattered mountains and rocks, killing the Xuanxi with a single palm strike. Kong Tianxu's pupils constricted slightly, raising the level of danger posed by his opponent to another level.
But it wasn't over yet. Having landed a blow, Jin Yehuan didn't stop. He forcefully inserted a crocodile paw into the opening of the black jade rhinoceros skull.
"Thump"
It was the sound of him pounding his thick chest.
In an instant, everyone and every soul beast felt a tremor coming from the earth.
On Jin Yehuan, the last one, the blood-red halo, was slowly descending.
He roared furiously to the sky, clenching his fist and pounding his thick chest like a drum! Each pounding caused the surrounding earth and space to resonate, as if brewing some power to destroy the earth.
The body of the Thick Earth Crocodile King was gradually stained by the blood light, turning into a blood-red monster with bony spurs. The crimson color seemed to continue to spread, dyeing the surrounding earth blood-red at an alarming speed.
Jin Yehuan said in a hoarse voice, "Hua Yao, now's the time! Take control of the situation!"
Hua Yao was prepared, and her fourth, fifth, and sixth spirit rings lit up simultaneously.
"The lotus leaves stretch to the sky, an endless expanse of green; the lotus blossoms reflect the sunlight."
"A Different Kind of Red!"
The crimson lotus blossomed, and the numerous black jade rhinoceroses only swayed slightly before returning to normal. However, a swan's mournful cry echoed from the distant forest.
Oh no, this kid's trying to steal the head!
Sensing the strong earth element fluctuations, Kong Tianxu's gaze sharpened, and the brilliant silver light on his body finally reached its peak.
The Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros seemed to sense the danger and began to unleash its innate abilities. Its emerald horn shone brightly, and solidified turquoise light began to radiate outwards.
Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly. She knew that the most important thing now was to cooperate with Kong Tianxu, who was clearly about to unleash his power, to stop the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros.
Suddenly, her sixth spirit ring lit up, and the black spirit ring instantly rose into the air and merged into the full moon.
The full moon changed. The originally silvery-white round moon suddenly became dim, and then it turned completely black, with only a silver halo on the outermost layer.
Immediately afterwards, a silver halo descended from the sky. However, if you slowed down the viewing, you would see that it wasn't a silver halo at all. It just looked like a halo because the light inside was black and not very noticeable in the darkness of the night.
However, to Zhang Lexuan's surprise, what lit up on Kong Tianxu was not the blood-red soul ring that had amazed Li Zhuangyun, but the purple soul ring that ranked second.
A flash of black light landed on the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros. However, this black light seemed to have no offensive power at all. Although it was weakened considerably when it passed through the layer of green light on the surface of the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros's body, it still drew a line between the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros and Zhang Lexuan's full moon.
Immediately afterwards, a beam of moonlight shone straight down from the sky, and a sun wheel, seemingly about to burn the entire night, suddenly bloomed in Kong Tianxu's hand!
A solar storm domain of extreme fire! Condensation! Compression! Corona! Fall!
The next instant, as if by coincidence, the solar corona that Kong Tianxu had thrown suddenly appeared between the moonlight formed by Zhang Lexuan's sixth soul skill and the Xuanjia Jade Horn Rhinoceros, and the moonlight suddenly enveloped the blazing sun.
Zhang Lexuan's face suddenly turned deathly pale.
For a moment, the world seemed to fall silent. The anticipated explosion did not occur. Zhang Lexuan only vaguely saw a ring of silver, almost tangible, around the edge of the solar corona that Kong Tianxu had thrown. Her sixth soul skill immediately lost its connection.
At that moment, Jin Yehuan finally finished gathering his strength!
He stopped pounding his chest, his two enormous hands now firmly planted in the earth. His crocodile eyes were now filled with a violent, earthy yellow light, and the blood on his body had completely faded, leaving only a blinding crimson that enveloped every black jade rhinoceros and jade swan.
"The earth is collapsing!" Gu Fan exclaimed in alarm.
Jin Yehuan's exposed, thick arms bulged with veins as he roared to the sky.
Then it lifted the earth!
Centered on the spot where his palm was inserted, terrifying energy rose up like a volcanic eruption! The earth cracked inch by inch like fragile glass, and huge cracks spread out instantly. Powerful shockwaves and tearing torrents of earth and rocks, like a destructive storm, instantly swallowed up all the remaining struggling Black Jade Horned Rhinoceroses, as well as the Jade Swan and the Black Armored Jade Horned Rhinoceroses, along with the Jade Swan!
"Boom—!"
A terrifying crimson pillar of earth elemental light raged wildly, its blood-red afterglow lasting for nearly five seconds, sending dust billowing into the sky.
The battlefield, which had been roaring and deafening just moments before, was now deathly silent. Everywhere were the corpses or rather, the pieces of soul beasts, as well as a dozen or so soul rings that floated slowly to the surface, their light particularly deep and dazzling.
Jin Yehuan was panting heavily, but his expression remained calm, as if nothing had happened, and it was impossible to tell how much the battle had taken a toll on him.
"Ouch, it's finally over." Hua Yao collapsed as if exhausted. Gu Fan caught her just in time. Given that she had not yet truly advanced to the Soul Saint realm, it was somewhat difficult for her to control the situation for so long.
Amidst the smoke and fire, a burly figure emerged, swaying slightly, his steps faltering, as if he were about to collapse at any moment.
But this black-armored jade-horned rhinoceros ultimately did not fall.
This was the first time it had revealed its wounds to the public; large chunks of its thick, jade-like armor were broken, and blood oozed from the cracks as it moved.
These are all minor injuries to it.
What truly made it difficult for it to move was its missing right foreleg, along with its entire shoulder.
"No way—" Gu Fan muttered to himself.
"Teacher Li, you should go and finish off that jade swan first. I don't have that much control over my 100,000-year soul skill. If I drag this out any longer, I'll probably die."
Jin Yehuan took a deep breath. He had focused nearly half of the power of his ten-thousand-year-old soul skill, Earth Collapse, onto this Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros, but unexpectedly it only managed to cut off one hoof.
"Be careful."
Li Zhuangyun nodded without refusing. Although he aspired to become a combat-type Soul Master, he also knew that his true talent and value lay in his healing-type Life Tree Martial Soul. Moreover, the Emerald Swan Soul Beast was a rare find for any healing-type Soul Master, and he himself longed for it.
The defensive power of the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros is truly astonishing; it's a pity I didn't encounter it sooner.
Jin Yehuan secretly regretted it. Even he himself believed that the injuries on the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros came from his attack, but he did not notice Zhang Lexuan's suddenly widened eyes.
The base of the right leg and the rear abdomen of the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros were clearly blackened, a result of the fire attribute, specifically Kong Tianxu's soul skill of burning, and also containing its own—
She couldn't help but look at Kong Tianxu, intending to ask him for an explanation after the battle, but for now, she had to deal with the immediate trouble first.
Unexpectedly, the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros did not attack them immediately, but instead let out a long, mournful cry.
The azure light that once connected all the soul beasts of the rhinoceros herd reappeared, gently brushing over the corpses of all the Black Jade Horned Rhinoceroses.
As if in response, the soul rings on those black jade rhinoceroses also shimmered and floated up slightly.
It's like gently wiping the unclosed eyes of the deceased, and it's also like—
"Blood sacrifice! He's absorbing the essence of the water and earth bloodline elements from other soul beasts! Stop him!" Jin Yehuan exclaimed urgently, his somewhat dim soul rings about to shine brightly again.
"No need," Kong Tianxu said coldly.
He had made ample preparations to ensure that the spirit ring was his.
The next instant, a layer of snow-white light spread outward from a certain spot on the belly of the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros, and its body suddenly stiffened.
It was clearly visible that, centered on a snow-white palm print that gradually emerged on the abdomen, a layer of crystal-clear ice flowers rapidly spread, covering the entire body of the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros in just a few breaths. The rhinoceros's body stood there motionless, like an ice sculpture.
But it wasn't over yet; the ice melted instantly.
No one knew what the melting of the extreme ice in that instant represented; all that was known was that the once majestic and upright Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros seemed to be enduring immense pain and began to frantically mutilate itself.
It smashed and writhed wildly, gnawing at the skin of its own abdomen, yet no wounds were visible; its strongest defense had become its deepest curse.
Finally, it let out a silent roar, plunging its single horn into its remaining left foreleg, and slowly, slowly collapsed as if utterly exhausted.
A jet-black soul ring rose up, marking the end of the giant beast's life.
What kind of soul skill is this? The group of people who watched the whole thing end with the Xuanjia Jade Horn Rhinoceros were shocked. When they looked at Kong Tianxu again, there was a hint of fear in their eyes.
It's simply an alternation between the ultimate ice and the ultimate fire. Kong Tianxu murmured to himself.
This soul beast's defense is indeed ridiculously strong, and its soul power fat and skin possess extremely high attribute resistance. In a head-on confrontation, even Kong Tianxu doesn't have any good solutions, and can only continuously inject extreme ice soul power into its body through a miniature version of the Great Cold Snowless Technique.
However, everything changed when Jin Yehuan's 100,000-year soul skill successfully opened a gap in its defenses. Extreme ice and extreme fire are the two most extreme energies. With the amplification of Zhang Lexuan's moon soul power, his second soul skill, Solar Storm Domain, reached a level comparable to the Great Cold Without Snow.
When the two meet, it's a case of extreme adversity turning into prosperity, a true case of being consumed by inner turmoil.
Despite being stared at with astonished gazes, Kong Tianxu knew that it was difficult to say whether he could win against this Xuanjia Yujiao Rhinoceros alone.
With this in mind, his need for strength became even more urgent.
"Look!" Zhang Lexuan's shout interrupted Kong Tianxu's thoughts.
Kong Tianxu looked up and saw that even after the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros died, the blood sacrifice green light it released had not yet dissipated. The activated soul rings were rapidly surging towards the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros's soul rings, and some of them were merging into its body. The rich water and earth elements, along with the aura of blood and flesh essence, made the huge jade horn even brighter.
The black soul ring, which had been there for 70,000 years, grew increasingly dark, and at its darkest point, it even faintly turned red.
With the fusion of the last millennium soul ring, it became even more indistinguishable whether the black or red was more prominent.
After absorbing the elemental essence of more than a dozen Black Jade Armored Rhinoceroses, the age of this soul ring is no longer 70,000 years, but 99,999 years, which is infinitely close to the existence of a 100,000-year soul ring.
It can evolve again?
"This is my sixth spirit ring," Kong Tianxu said, his eyes burning with determination.
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