Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 107 Ye Xixuan's Heaven-Defying Abilities
Unlike Ye Xixuan's second soul skill, Shadow Domain, his fourth soul skill, Dark Night Sky, is a true domain-type soul skill.

Domain-type soul skills are generally divided into two categories: either they are innate domains that some super martial souls are born with, the most typical example being the Angel Domain of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

Aside from that, the only way for a Soul Master to obtain a Domain-type Soul Skill is by absorbing a 100,000-year Soul Ring or a 100,000-year Soul Bone. It's as if they are restricted by some kind of unseen rule.

Ye Xixuan's fourth soul ring came from the fusion soul ring of the three-headed wolf ape. This soul ring itself possessed certain characteristics of a three-in-one martial soul fusion skill, which is why it broke the norm in such an extremely rare way.

In order to completely block the retreat of that ten-thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Wolf, Ye Xixuan also incorporated the effect of his second soul skill, Shadow Domain, into the Dark Night Sky Domain.

Shadow Domain itself is a semi-domain-type soul skill. After being combined with Dark Night Sky, the power of the domain naturally increases, and the effect and completeness of the domain far exceed the limit that he can reach with his current cultivation level.

Within the area shrouded by the dark night sky, all the tall trees, flowers, and shrubs that were originally there had vanished as if they had been corroded by the shadows of darkness. The ground was flat and without any obstacles, and the whole thing looked like a peculiar black hemisphere, as if it were a miniature version of the undead demiplane independent of the present world.

The dim sky gave the feeling of nightfall, but it wasn't the kind of darkness where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Dark-attribute domains mostly possess the effect of depriving sight and blocking perception, and Ye Xixuan's fourth soul skill was no exception. He simply didn't apply that effect to Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Vina.

In contrast, the pack of soul wolves led by the ten-thousand-year-old purple spirit wolf lost their composure the moment the dark night sky covered them.

Even with the powerful spiritual energy of that ten-thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Wolf, it was greatly suppressed within Ye Xixuan's domain and ultimately failed to respond in time to Ye Xixuan's outburst.

Beyond the range of the Dark Night Sky, all that could be seen was an endless expanse of darkness, utterly silent, with not even the slightest energy fluctuation emanating from it.

Many soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest mixed zone have discovered the existence of this strange, dark hemisphere in the forest, but not a single soul beast dares to trespass on its own.

In the dark night sky, Ye Xixuan appeared like a true fallen angel. His eerie, fallen wings unfurled behind him, he wielded a dark demonic sword crackling with intense black-purple lightning, and his skin was covered in hideous black demonic patterns. He stared coldly ahead.

Not far in front of him, a massive sword wound appeared on the ground, deep and silent within, shrouded in a cold, deathly black aura, as if it were an entrance to another world. This crack, as if possessing a life of its own, rapidly healed itself through writhing movements, while countless corpses of soul wolves lay scattered on either side of it.

Even the Soul Wolf King, with its ten thousand years of cultivation, couldn't withstand the power of Ye Xixuan's sword. Its body was directly cut in two, and its silver-gray fur was stained gray-black by the aura of darkness. A faint black soul ring was left above its corpse.

The other dozen or so thousand-year-old Soul Wolves in the Soul Wolf pack also perished here, with bright purple Soul Rings surrounding the lonely black Soul Ring like stars around the moon.

Only the ugly-faced, ten-thousand-year-old purple spirit wolf managed to escape, and was now listlessly watching Ye Xixuan from a corner of the dark night sky.

Its forelimbs were short and weak, and it could only stand upright on its hind legs. Its anthropomorphic resentment and fearful eyes looked extremely eerie. It looked around from time to time, as if searching for a possible way to escape.

Without the obstruction of terrain and trees, Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao arrived almost the instant Ye Xixuan unleashed his power.

Seeing the terrifying strength displayed by Ye Xixuan, Ma Xiaotao subconsciously pressed her hand to her full breasts, looked up at the dim sky above her head, and exclaimed in amazement.

"That three-headed wolf ape's fused spirit ring actually granted you such a powerful domain-type spirit skill?!"

The Four-Ring Soul Master should never be associated with the word "domain," yet it is precisely embodied in Ye Xixuan.

Even with Ma Xiaotao's current cultivation level, she doesn't possess such an ability.

Zhang Lexuan was also gazing at the sky, but she was more concerned with a different feeling. She had a strong, inexplicable premonition that if she used her martial spirit within Ye Xixuan's domain, her strength would likely be greatly amplified.

"You brat, how did you manage to cross such a long distance so suddenly? The teleportation soul skill attached to your left leg soul bone shouldn't be able to allow you to do that, right? The distance you covered earlier was over 500 meters." After the initial shock, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering her.

Ye Xixuan glanced sideways, loosened his grip on the dark demonic sword with his right hand, and let it slip from his grasp.

The Dark Demon Sword plunged into the dark shadows of the ground without any hesitation, completely disappearing into them and directly traversing into the Shadow Realm space that coexists with the real world.

“Sister Xiaotao, that’s the ability resulting from the combination of my second soul skill, Shadow Domain, and my fourth soul skill, Dark Night Sky. I actually entered the Shadow Domain space like this Dark Demon Sword, traversing a distance of five hundred meters before returning to the real world, which created that illusion for you. Moreover, the left leg bone of the Three-Life Wolf Ape, which possesses both spatial and dark attributes, also played a role in enabling me to do this, as it further enhanced my control over the Shadow Domain space.” Ye Xixuan explained to Ma Xiaotao, then his gaze once again locked onto the ten-thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Wolf in the distance.

As soon as he finished speaking, the dark demonic sword that had disappeared earlier pierced through the void above the head of the ten-thousand-year-old purple spirit wolf, as if it had transformed into a black and purple lightning bolt that descended from the sky, like divine punishment about to arrive.

Despite its small size and slender build, which allows it to propel itself only on its hind legs, the Purple Spirit Wolf is remarkably agile, thanks to its powerful mental strength and exceptional perception. With a swift movement, it managed to evade the judgment of the dark demonic sword, while simultaneously giving Ye Xixuan a wary glance.

Seeing this, Ye Xixuan couldn't help but chuckle and raised his right hand above his head.

Behind him, countless identical dark demonic sword phantoms darted through the void, their sharp, black blades crackling with fine black-purple lightning, all aimed directly at the ten-thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Wolf.

After acquiring this fourth domain-type soul skill, the power of his first three soul skills was greatly enhanced, and they complemented each other.

Although none of his four soul skills are purely offensive, this combination is actually the most reasonable. With the enhancement from these four functional soul skills, he will be able to unleash even greater destructive power when he acquires offensive soul skills in the future.

As the sky was studded with black and purple lightning, the ten-thousand-year-old purple spirit wolf knew that it probably had no chance of escaping this time, and its small, dark purple eyes suddenly lit up.

A strange white halo shot up from above its head, then suddenly exploded, transforming into a white halo that enveloped the surrounding area.

Innate Soul Skill: Group Weakness!
Although suppressed by the Dark Night Sky of the Night's Mystic Domain, the bright white halo still spread for nearly a hundred meters and was about to fall on the group.

Just then, Vina took a step forward.

The first yellow spirit ring shone brightly, and the surrounding space seemed to become somewhat illusory in an instant. This distorted space perfectly isolated the white halo released by the Ten Thousand Year Purple Spirit Wolf.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year soul ring skill is Mental Interference.

Although Vina can only unleash the power equivalent to a ten-thousand-year soul skill at present, the quality of her million-year soul ring is undeniable. Temporarily isolating the ten-thousand-year Purple Spirit Wolf's soul skill effect is naturally not a difficult task.

At that moment, Ye Xixuan's right hand also swung down, and countless sword shadows shot out from the void, suppressing the ten-thousand-year-old purple spirit wolf so that it had no chance to resist.

Neither Zhang Lexuan nor Ma Xiaotao made a move, instead witnessing the teamwork between Ye Xixuan and Vina.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—"

After a series of explosion-like roars, the Dark Demon Sword returned to the Shadow Realm, causing dense black-purple lightning to flash within the dark shadows on the ground.

The dark night sky quickly returned to calm, leaving only the ten-thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Wolf lying helplessly on the ground, caught in the black and purple lightning. It was severely injured and fell unconscious on the spot, no longer possessing any of the ferocity of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Only then did Ye Xixuan withdraw the effect of the Dark Night Sky, and light returned to this world, restoring everything to normal.

"Vina."

"Xi Xuan, thank you." Vina nodded and smiled gently at Ye Xi Xuan.

Ye Xixuan smiled and shook his head, "We don't need to say those two words between us. Go and absorb its soul ring."

"Alright, you two, can you stop being so mushy?" Ma Xiaotao snorted, completely oblivious to any romantic sentimentality. For some reason, watching Ye Xixuan and Vina's intimate interaction made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

Zhang Lexuan, with a gentle smile, gave Vina a reminder.

"Vina, hurry up, we've been here too long."

"Yes, Sister Lexuan." Vina replied solemnly, and then, accompanied by Ye Xixuan, stepped forward to the side of the ten-thousand-year-old purple spirit wolf.

Ye Xixuan carefully conjured a shadow dagger and handed it to Vina, then helped Vina forcefully plunge the shadow dagger into the head of the Purple Spirit Wolf.

The lewd-looking Purple Spirit Wolf had already lost consciousness and died before it could even feel any pain. A jet-black spirit ring silently rose from its head.

After exchanging a glance with Ye Xixuan, Vina dared not delay and quickly sat down cross-legged, circulating her soul power to draw the black soul ring to herself.

The biggest difference between the spirit attribute spirit beasts and the spirit rings of other attribute spirit beasts lies in the characteristic of mental impact.

Vina clearly felt her spiritual sea tremble. The intense spiritual power contained in the soul ring surged in and directly impacted her spiritual sea, and the soul power within her body began to boil violently.

Behind her, a silvery-white ball of light flickered, seemingly containing endless ravines, clearly the shape of a brain.

The spiritual sea of ​​a human soul master is located in the brain. It can be said that the brain is actually a more powerful spiritual attribute spirit than the eyes.

In just a few breaths, Vina stabilized the massive mental fluctuations that were assaulting her mental sea. For her, there was no need to worry about such a problem; in fact, her physical strength was her weakness.

This Purple Spirit Wolf had a cultivation level of around 15,000 years. When it first started absorbing the soul ring, Vina inevitably experienced soreness and pain in all her bones, meridians, and muscles, but the expression on her face remained unchanged.

After a quarter of an hour, his breathing gradually stabilized.

Knowing that Vina should have no problem absorbing the ten-thousand-year soul ring, Ye Xixuan, having nothing else to do, turned to examine the corpses of the soul wolves.

A Soul Wolf King with ten thousand years of cultivation and at least a dozen ordinary Soul Wolves with over a thousand years of cultivation—such a powerful pack would be avoided even by ordinary five-ring Soul Kings. Only elite Soul Kings from Shrek Academy's inner court could possibly escape unscathed in a direct confrontation.

Even Ye Xixuan himself is amazed by his current strength. Whether a Soul Master possesses a domain or not is indeed a world of difference.

However, when he uses Dark Night Sky, his own consumption is also quite astonishing, and with his current cultivation level, he cannot maintain it for too long.

Watching Ye Xixuan and Vina quietly in the distance, Zhang Lexuan nodded slightly and said, "This operation into the Star Dou Great Forest went very smoothly. Xiao Tao, now it's just you left. Do you have any plans for your seventh spirit ring?"

"Senior Sister, let's just take it one step at a time." Ma Xiaotao glanced at Ye Xixuan fiddling with something on the corpses of the soul wolves, and first gave a casual reply, then muttered sourly.

"I didn't realize this kid was so thoughtful. Well, Vina is his fiancée after all."

After a long while, feeling Zhang Lexuan's strange gaze, she turned around, her pretty face slightly flushed, and said, "Senior Sister, why are you looking at me like that?"

"I've noticed that you've been acting a bit strange ever since we entered the Star Dou Great Forest," Zhang Lexuan finally couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked.

"Did something happen between you and Xi Xuan?"

"No, what could have happened between him and me?" Ma Xiaotao's cheeks burned even hotter, and she chuckled awkwardly. She dared not show anything unusual in front of Zhang Lexuan, after all, what she had done was something that couldn't be brought to light.

Zhang Lexuan gave Ma Xiaotao a deep look, as if she could see right through her, but in the end she did not press Ma Xiaotao any further.

Just as Ma Xiaotao was feeling uneasy, Ye Xixuan's surprised voice suddenly came from afar.

Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao subconsciously looked up again in Ye Xixuan's direction, and saw Ye Xixuan holding a strange silver-gray bone in his hand, waving at them.

“Sister Lexuan, Sister Xiaotao. It’s a left arm soul bone, which came from a soul wolf with three thousand years of cultivation.”

"Another soul bone?! And a thousand-year-old soul bone?!" Zhang Lexuan remained relatively calm, but Ma Xiaotao exclaimed in surprise.

"When did the drop rate of soul bones from soul beasts become so high?"

Upon hearing Ma Xiaotao's words, both Zhang Lexuan and Ye Xixuan fell into deep thought.

Compared to ten-thousand-year soul bones, thousand-year soul bones are even less likely to appear, and the vast majority of thousand-year soul bones come from soul beasts with cultivation levels approaching ten thousand years. The two nine-thousand-year-old wisteria soul bones belonging to the Lan sisters, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, are examples of this.

The probability of soul beasts that have died at Ye Xixuan's hands over the years dropping soul bones is truly beyond the realm of common sense.

From the external soul bone, the Heavenly Spider Claw, to the head soul bone of the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Bright Cyclops a while ago, and yesterday's three-headed wolf ape even dropped three left leg soul bones. Now, even a soul wolf with a thousand years of cultivation has produced soul bones, which is too bizarre.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Lexuan suddenly said thoughtfully, "Xi Xuan, is it because your martial soul ability can arouse the extreme resentment of soul beasts? I remember that the stronger the resentment of a soul beast after its death, the higher the probability of a soul bone appearing."

Ye Xixuan and Ma Xiaotao were both stunned for a moment.

If Zhang Lexuan's deduction is true, then wouldn't that mean that as long as a soul beast dies at Ye Xixuan's hands, the probability of obtaining a soul bone will greatly increase?

Such an ability is simply heaven-defying, yet it does make some sense.

(End of this chapter)