Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 362 Emperor's Palm, Emperor's Sword, Emperor Hantian (Part 2)

"hold head high--"

A surge of earth-elemental soul power rippled out, and a dragon's roar suddenly rang out. A yellowish-brown divine dragon soared from behind Huo Lie, swooped down, and reached out its claws to scoop up the heavily injured Mu Xiyue as she fell. Then, with a flick of its tail, it flew towards Mu Yang.

Huo Lie dared not gamble that the opponent wouldn't finish off the heavily injured Mu Xiyue. To be on the safe side, it was best to have the Earth Dragon take Mu Xiyue away from the battlefield.

Although Huo Lie was more accustomed to using fire-based secret techniques in the past, he could still use them normally by changing his attribute to earth.

Moreover, the Lava Tyrannosaurus is a dual-elemental martial soul of fire and earth, with no primary or secondary element. Aside from the difference in proficiency in using different attribute secret techniques, the specific power of earth-elemental secret techniques is no less than that of fire-elemental secret techniques, and it is even better at defense.

In other words, the Martial Soul True Body can greatly enhance strength. Otherwise, if Huo Lie simply dispersed the Martial Soul True Body and put away the Lava Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul, and used only earth-type secret techniques, the Snow Empress's extremely strong ice and snow power would not be able to weaken him.

"hold head high--"

"hold head high--"

The next moment, two more dragon roars rang out, as Shui Yanyu and Feng Zhenye activated the secret techniques of the Extreme Ice Dragon and the Frosty Wind Dragon.

However, although Shui Yanyu's strength was slightly stronger than Feng Zhen's, the power of the Extreme Ice Dragon was much weaker than that of the Frosty Wind Dragon due to the suppression of the Snow Emperor's Extreme Ice and Snow.

"Emperor Sword - Unrivaled Ice!"

After shattering Mu Xiyue's true form with a single palm strike, the Snow Empress did not pursue Mu Xiyue, who had been rescued by the Earth Dragon. Instead, she channeled her ultimate ice and snow power, and a giant ice crystal sword radiating terrifying coldness condensed in front of her before shooting out at Shui Yanyu at lightning speed.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Feather of Extreme Ice!"

"Eighth Soul Skill, Tornado Storm!"

"Eighth Soul Skill, Breath of Lava!"

Ten-foot-long ice-blue feathers, terrifying wind blade tornadoes, scorching magma breath, as well as the icy breath of the extreme ice dragon and the dense wind blades spewed by the frigid wind dragon, all landed one after another on the terrifying ice crystal giant sword that was shooting towards Shui Yanyu.

The dense barrage of powerful attacks landing on the Ice Crystal Greatsword seemed like nothing more than flashy acrobatics, merely weakening the Ice Crystal Greatsword's power.

Seeing the unstoppable ice crystal giant sword, which also had the effect of mental locking, about to strike, Shui Yanyu, who had no way to avoid it, decisively canceled her Martial Soul True Form. The huge ice sparrow in mid-air dissipated and transformed back into a human figure.

Shui Yanyu knew that her Martial Soul True Body could not withstand this sword strike.

If the Martial Soul True Body is destroyed, it will inevitably suffer a backlash from the Martial Soul. The backlash from the Martial Soul is a trauma at the soul level, and the Silver Jade Undying Ginseng is ineffective against trauma at the soul level.

But things are different after canceling the Martial Soul True Form. Even if she is instantly killed by the Ice Crystal Giant Sword, the damage she suffers is only physical trauma.

As for physical injuries, as long as they do not exceed the half-hour effect duration of the Silver Jade Undying Ginseng (the effect duration is doubled when supported by the Purple Jade Profound Yellow Ginseng), and the body still has soul power and the intensity of the attack that the body can withstand is below the god level, then she is an unkillable being.

"puff--"

The moment the Ice Sparrow's true form was canceled, the giant ice crystal sword struck, hitting Shui Yanyu directly in the chest. A terrifying burst of cold air erupted, and Shui Yanyu, who had just transformed into a human-shaped ice sculpture, shattered into large and small ice sculpture fragments that scattered everywhere.

The next moment, the scattered ice sculpture fragments emitted a silvery glow, and as the silvery glow flowed, Shui Yanyu's body reassembled and returned to its complete state.

Apart from some depletion of her soul power, Shui Yanyu was exactly the same as before after her body was reassembled, as if the terrifying giant ice crystal sword had never appeared.

"What?!"

Seeing Shui Yanyu, who had turned into ice sculptures a second ago, come back to life, Xue Di was greatly surprised.

Is this immortality?

"I refuse to believe you can't be killed! Emperor's Palm - Great Cold Without Snow!"

After the initial shock, a fierce glint flashed in Xue Di's eyes, and another enormous ice crystal palm struck out.

At this moment, the advantages of soul beasts over human soul masters are fully displayed.

Besides the fact that most soul beasts are physically much stronger than soul masters of the same level, the interval between the use of their ultimate skills is also one of the great advantages of soul beasts.

Human Soul Masters, with very few exceptions, are limited by the rigidity of their Soul Rings and find it extremely difficult to use high-age Soul Skills frequently in a short period of time.

Generally speaking, for a human Soul Master to frequently unleash a powerful ultimate move, it's unless that move is a highly flexible, self-created technique.

But soul beasts are different. Their skills are almost identical to the unique skills created by soul masters. They have far fewer restrictions than soul master skills. As long as you comprehend them deeply enough, it's not a problem to activate them several times in a short period of time.

A terrifying giant ice crystal hand swept in, and Shui Yanyu was once again reduced to ice sculpture fragments.

However, when the familiar silver light reappeared, the ice sculpture fragments reassembled, and Shui Yanyu was once again "fully revived".

"hateful!"

Seeing Shui Yanyu, who should have died, reassemble herself, Xue Di cursed under her breath, dodged the attack, and activated the ultimate power of ice and snow, activating the Emperor Sword - Ice Extreme Peerless, which condensed into another giant ice crystal sword.

This time, however, Xue Di changed her target, no longer attacking Shui Yanyu who possessed an "immortal body," but instead controlling the giant ice crystal sword she had condensed to shoot towards Feng Zhen.

The same tactic was repeated. When the ice crystal giant sword came crashing down, Feng Zhen decisively canceled his Martial Soul True Form.

With his Martial Soul True Body, his strength would certainly increase considerably, but it wouldn't be strong enough to contend with his enemies. Rather than having his Martial Soul True Body destroyed and severely injured by his opponent in one or two moves, it would be better to rely on the 'immortality' effect brought by the Silver Jade Undying Ginseng to withstand a few more of his opponent's ultimate moves.

"Bang—"

The ice crystal giant sword struck, and Feng Zhen was cleaved into ice crystal fragments.

But in an instant, a silver light appeared, and Feng Zhen was restored to his original state, becoming a hero once again.

This tactic can be described as extremely unscrupulous.

However, the Snow Empress was truly helpless against this shameless tactic. The Ice and Snow Maiden could be a control-type soul beast or a power-attack-type soul master, but she was not a mental-type soul beast. At the very least, the Snow Empress did not possess any effective mental attack methods.

Of course, the Soul Core is also a very important factor in making this tactic effective.

Energy is conserved. Reassembling the body requires soul power, and the more fragmented the body is, the more soul power is required to reassemble it.

If someone like Feng Zhen is crushed into dust, he can't be 'resurrected' many times using only his soul power.

However, having a soul core is different. The soul core can automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and convert it into soul power to supply the soul master for rapid recovery, which largely makes up for the defects of "immortality".

For a time, Shui Yanyu and Feng Zhen were caught in a cycle of being instantly killed and then resurrected.

However, the two's reckless and shameless tactics, coupled with Huo Lie's switch to earth-based secret techniques, were enough to barely restrain Xue Di.

To break this deadlock, it remains to be seen whether Shui Yanyu and Feng Zhen, who repeatedly reassemble their bodies, will exhaust their soul power first, leaving their soul cores unable to recover, or whether Xue Di will be unable to sustain her high-frequency bursts.

(End of this chapter)