area51novel Chapter 148 The News of Moon's Death, Finding Ice and Fire
Chapter 148 The News of Moon's Death, Finding Ice and Fire
Chapter 148 The News of Moon's Death, Finding Ice and Fire (Part 2)
How is that possible! I've already released my Martial Soul, how could he make me feel threatened?
Long Xiaoyao was taken aback. He was horrified to discover that a silver spatial rift had appeared above his head, containing a dangerous aura that made him tremble with fear. Even the dark holy dragon behind him felt an unprecedented sense of dread!
Faced with the choice between victory or defeat and his own safety, he ultimately chose the latter.
It suddenly covered Long Xiaoyao's entire body, completely concealing his aura.
Two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red—nine soul rings rose from beneath his feet, and a layer of jet-black dragon scales instantly covered his entire body, completely enveloping his aura.
Long Xiaoyao raised his hand and swept it horizontally, trying to smooth out the spatial rift. However, the silver rift followed him like a shadow, slowly revealing an indescribable silver sharpness.
"stop!"
Faced with such a bizarre attack, he instinctively retreated rapidly.
"Senior Dragon Emperor, you have lost."
Kong Tianxu landed on the ground before him.
Long Xiaoyao's expression was truly unpleasant. He not only moved, but also used a power exceeding level fifty and released his own soul ring. In the end, he actually had to make Kong Tianxu, who hadn't even released his soul ring, retract his attack.
Being forced into this state by a mere fifth-ring Soul King is truly a disgrace for a Limit Douluo. However, what shocked him the most was Kong Tianxu's final finishing blow.
"Tianxu, those are your soul bone skills, right? I can still recognize the first one, which stripped me of my control over the elements, including spatial power. But what power does the second one have? It actually made my Dark Holy Dragon almost powerless to resist. I know you didn't release the Silver Dragon Martial Soul. Even if you did, bloodline suppression could never achieve such an effect."
"The last skill I used is called—Divine Punishment: Silver Dragon Judgment."
Kong Tianxu didn't say much. He took a deep breath, his face noticeably pale.
First came the full-force attack of the combat technique, followed by the continuous and full-force activation of two 100,000-year-level soul bone techniques. The precise control of stopping and holding back was even more astonishing than the actual consumption of the release.
Yes, the silver rift that forced the Limit Douluo Long Xiaoyao to use all his skills was the second soul bone skill of his Heavenly Punishment Silver Dragon Bone. Long Xiaoyao was not mistaken. Unlike the auxiliary nature of elemental deprivation, it was a true killing blow that mixed the ultimate sharpness of space with a trace of the power of Heavenly Punishment.
The power of space guarantees the skill's guaranteed hit, and even a powerhouse like Long Xiaoyao, who has mastered the ultimate power of space, cannot escape it. The power of divine retribution comes from a trace of remnant from when the Silver Dragon had just undergone its tribulation, and it has been preserved along with the Silver Dragon's powerful resentment.
If Kong Tianxu hadn't suddenly come up with a combination of punches that stunned the remnant soul of the silver dragon, he wouldn't have faced the interference of this trace of divine punishment power during absorption, nor would he have been able to retain it and ultimately create such a powerful soul skill.
Xue Di quickly flew over and tenderly placed her small, icy hand on Kong Tianxu's back. She channeled her pure soul power into Kong Tianxu's body, helping him recover from his previous depletion. Kong Tianxu smiled at her, which eased the tension in Xue Di's furrowed brows somewhat.
She didn't care how powerful Kong Tianxu was; his safety was the most important thing.
Long Xiaoyao looked at their intimate interaction with a strange expression, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The power of divine retribution—no wonder my Dark Holy Dragon reacted that way, I have lost. Your Soul Bone Skill can be called the nemesis of all Beast Martial Souls, but the killing intent of this skill is too heavy. Unless it is a life-or-death situation, you must not use it lightly."
Kong Tianxu nodded in understanding. It was his first time using this skill, and he felt how difficult it was to control. Mastering its release was already very difficult, and its power was completely uncontrollable. Once released, it would result in either death or serious injury.
"Come on, Senior Dragon Emperor. This Soul Bone Technique is not a power I can control. Using it to win a sparring match is meaningless to me."
"Good!" Long Xiaoyao's eyes were filled with undisguised expectation. If he had only admired Kong Tianxu's talent before, he now appreciated the child in every way.
In the eyes of such top experts, this kind of temperament and character is sometimes more important than talent. He could hardly contain his desire to take Kong Tianxu as his disciple.
Unfortunately, Kong Tianxu only made a show of force and did not show any other intentions.
Well, being able to teach such a super genius is already a blessing in life, why ask for more?
Long Xiaoyao pushed his palm forward again, his mind highly focused. He no longer agreed with some of Mu En's judgments regarding Kong Tianxu.
"Again!"
A short while later————
Silver scales and black sleeves intertwined, leaving behind afterimages. Kong Tianxu and Long Xiaoyao were fighting hand-to-hand, and the terrifying sounds of flesh colliding echoed like muffled thunder.
With his arms outstretched in front of him, Kong Tianxu forcefully blocked Long Xiaoyao's palm strike. His blood surged, and although he was in a state of martial soul possession, there was still a huge gap between his physical strength and that of a Limit Douluo.
However, nourished by the life-giving gold, his body could instantly recover from any injury. So, despite being at a complete disadvantage, he became more and more courageous, which amazed Long Xiaoyao.
"I'm not playing with you anymore."
Long Xiaoyao knocked Kong Tianxu back again, and with a clasp of his hands, a squeezing sensation like a giant dragon coiling around him immediately enveloped Kong Tianxu.
Kong Tianxu remained calm and unhurried, and smoothly cut into Long Xiaoyao's arms. His third soul ring, which was blood-red and had six golden patterns, suddenly shone brightly, and a chilling aura burst forth, but then instantly subsided, all of it condensing on his left palm.
He lightly extended his hand, like a butterfly flitting among flowers, and pressed it towards Long Xiaoyao's lower abdomen.
No snow during the Great Cold!
Long Xiaoyao's pupils contracted sharply, and his right palm, covered in dragon scales, swiftly parried downwards. As their palms met, an indescribable, extreme chill instantly seeped into his arm, accompanied by a peculiar and intense aura.
In the blink of an eye, Long Xiaoyao's entire right arm had lost all feeling, but Kong Tianxu was still relentless, and he immediately cracked a seven-colored rune.
"stop!"
Long Xiaoyao raised his left hand, and Kong Tianxu also stopped releasing the super-elemental resonance.
"This is—a ferocious beast spirit ring!"
Long Xiaoyao almost popped his eyes out, and at the same time, a stream of icy mist shot out from his right palm.
The extreme chill was forced out by his powerful soul force, but the explosive power from his arm still startled him. His dark power and the double isolation of the dragon scales had failed to sever the connection between Kong Tianxu's skills.
Even with Long Xiaoyao's strength, it would take all his strength to force out the near-absolute zero cold of Da Han Wu Xue. Faced with Kong Tianxu's explosive power of unknown origin, he could only admit defeat once again.
This time, his defeat was even more outrageous than before.
Kong Tianxu looked much better this time, nodding as he stood still. With the Snow Emperor by his side, his Great Cold Without Snow was almost completely unaffected.
Long Xiaoyao was at a loss for words. Although a 100,000-year soul ring was rare, it was still attainable for a top genius like him. However, those ferocious beast soul rings stained with golden patterns were a completely different concept.
A 100,000-year-old soul beast requires the physique of a level 90 Title Douluo, but this requirement can be lowered with the help of special medicines and the restraint of the bloodline aura of the martial soul itself.
The reason why he, Mu En, Du Busi, and others were able to absorb 100,000-year soul rings at the seventh ring level was because their martial souls already greatly enhanced their physiques, and with their personal opportunities or the backing of powerful forces, they were able to barely manage to do so.
Hunting ferocious beast spirit rings is a huge problem in itself. Ferocious beasts that are over 200,000 years old, although their spirit power level is not yet level 95, their strength is already comparable to that of a Super Douluo. Under normal circumstances, it is almost impossible to kill them.
Even if they could find and successfully hunt it, they would need the physical strength of a Super Douluo, which is a huge gap from the physical body of a Title Douluo. Even when they have all nine rings, they might not be able to achieve a physique of level ninety-five.
Therefore, apart from the legendary ascension of Tang San, the Sea God, ten thousand years ago, there are almost no records of successful absorption of ferocious beast soul rings in the soul master world. There are only related rumors among some owners of twin martial souls, but they are all just rumors.
Today, Long Xiaoyao witnessed such a miracle on a five-ring Soul King, how could he not be shocked?
Seeing that Long Xiaoyao remained silent for a long time, Kong Tianxu tentatively asked, "Uh—Senior Dragon Emperor, should I not use my third soul skill?"
"No need, let's do it again!" Long Xiaoyao said decisively.
"Um—Tianxu, maybe you shouldn't use it. It's affecting our teaching effectiveness," Long Xiaoyao said, rubbing his arm, which was a little numb from the cold.
"Okay." Kong Tianxu replied earnestly, while Xue Di covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
As time passed day by day, Kong Tianxu followed Long Xiaoyao and began his intensive training. After several key abilities were restricted, the pressure on him increased sharply when facing Long Xiaoyao, but at the same time, he was growing at a terrifying speed that even made the Dragon Emperor Douluo question his existence.
Cain sometimes carries out the orders of the Holy Spirit Cult, and sometimes learns how to better utilize his martial spirit under Ye Xishui's guidance.
Taking advantage of a break during his cultivation, Kong Tianxu first saw Xu Tianzhen off. The training ground she was going to was a place called Yangyan Volcano, located on the outskirts of Tianshang Abyss, the foremost of the five forbidden zones in the human world. Kong Tianxu obtained his second soul ring, the mutated Sun Insect King, from there.
After years apart, the two were naturally reluctant to part, but Xu Tianzhen was Xu Tianzhen after all, and in the end, she resolutely entered...
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That unpredictable place.
The next location was the Myriad-Year-Old Profound Ice Cave beneath the Earth Dragon Gate Secret Realm. This time, Kong Tianxu did not bring Xue Di with him. The terrifyingly low temperature of that place was so extreme that even Limit Douluo like Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao could not stay there for long. In the end, what he brought out remained unknown.
In the blink of an eye, several months have passed.
"boom""
A deep humming sound, like the roar of two dragons, rang out. The two palms touched and then separated. One was as white as jade, yet it shone with a strange silvery luster. The other was strong and thick, with darkness clinging to it as if it wanted to swallow all light.
Kong Tianxu took half a step back, while Long Xiaoyao remained motionless, his feet sinking more than an inch into the rock.
Strangely, even though neither of them released their martial spirits, two clear dragon shadows, one silver and one black, appeared in mid-air when their palms collided, swirling and then dissipating together.
"What is it?"
Kong Tianxu stood still, closed his eyes, and sensed for a moment before accurately accepting the envelope Cain handed him.
"The message delivered by Sparrow says it was something you instructed me to do before, Tianxu."
Cain was slightly surprised. Her movement technique had already reached a certain level of proficiency, and she moved silently. Even a titled Douluo might not be able to detect her movements without careful observation. He hadn't expected that Tianxu would predict her actions as if he were a prophet.
"It's an element," Kong Tianxu pinched her slightly thinner cheek and looked at the specially encrypted envelope in his hand. "Your actions will disrupt the surrounding elements."
After sparring with Long Xiaoyao for some time, Elemental Vision had become something almost instinctive for him.
Looking at the seemingly blank sheet of paper, Kong Tianxu narrowed his eyes, but Cain, who knew him very well, and Xue Di, who was very sensitive, immediately noticed his slightly raised eyebrows.
"Is it a good thing, brother?" Xue Di leaned closer.
"One thing is good, the other is neither good nor bad." Kong Tianxu looked at Long Xiaoyao, who seemed to be deep in thought, and smiled, "Senior Dragon Emperor, this should be considered a draw, right? May I go out for a while?"
Long Xiaoyao chuckled softly, nodded slightly, and then said with a smile, "It's a draw, but not a draw. Go if you want. Anyway, I've already taught you my most prized skills; you know everything you're supposed to. Lately, I've really been overwhelmed by your silver dragon's might. You're good at using your bloodline to intimidate people; you'd better watch out for this kind of mishap in the future. Do you need me to open the door?"
The clash between him and Kong Tianxu was a battle between the dragons they each constructed in their hearts using their soul power, spiritual power, and even parts of their martial soul essence. The result was the same as the Twin Dragons Family here: a draw, and both perished.
"Thank you, senior," Kong Tianxu bowed slightly. "As you said, I have mastered everything I was supposed to know."
With that, he lightly tapped the silver light in his hand, and the darkness that had sealed off this ruin instantly brightened.
After bidding farewell to Long Xiaoyao once again, Kong Tianxu, along with Cain and Xue Di, vanished into the ruins.
Only after their figures completely disappeared on the horizon did Long Xiaoyao withdraw his gaze, then gave a self-deprecating smile:
Ah, a draw.
The clash between him and Kong Tianxu appeared to be evenly matched, but in reality, during the final collision, he used the unique vortex soul power of his dual soul cores to envelop a portion of even stronger soul power within it.
Kong Tianxu had always thought he was facing the Dark Dragon Emperor, who was also a Soul King. But the truth was that Long Xiaoyao had already quietly raised his Soul Power level from Soul King to Soul Emperor, and now to Soul Saint.
He sighed softly, "This mantle has indeed been passed on; I hope he understood my hint."
Long Xiaoyao pulled his feet out of the rock and slowly walked to the cave entrance, looking at the village where he and Mu En had become friends, and the nameless tombstone used to commemorate the villagers who died at the hands of evil soul masters.
With his astonishing eyesight, he could naturally see that above the stone tablet, a few withered gray leaves still clung to the branches of the old tree, giving him a strange sense of desolation.
A rumbling sound came from behind, seemingly due to the aftershocks of his clashes with Kong Tianxu over the past few months. The dragon bones that he had predicted would last at least ten thousand years before completely decaying, the one belonging to the Holy Light Dragon, began to crumble at an alarming speed, starting from the spine.
A field of white bones lay scattered, leaving only the weathered black dragon standing alone against the heavens.
Rain began to fall from the sky.
A fallen leaf withers away.
"Tianxu, what's wrong? Why are you so happy one minute and frowning the next?"
"Inside the level nine flying soul tool piloted by the Snow Empress, Cain asked curiously."
"The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire has finally been found, which is the happiest thing for me." Kong Tianxu didn't keep anyone in suspense. He then tossed aside the envelope in his hand, which was still burning with only one corner remaining, and said, "As for the other thing..."
"News has come from Shrek Academy: Moon is dead."
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