Chapter 50: Innate Soul Skill: Sky-Splitting Slash! Join forces to encircle and kill!
Subsequently, Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, and Ling Yuan formed a triangle, directly encircling the Dark Night Blade Mantis.
Xie Tian and Hu Leyao once again used the martial soul fusion skill; at their current levels, they could fuse a second time within a short period, but it was more difficult than the first Fusion.
According to game settings, the cooldown had not yet ended.
After reaching Soul Saint, one could use Martial Soul True Body relatively freely, basically without any cooldown time, as long as their soul power was sufficient.
"Third Soul Skill, Aura Barrier!" The third soul ring on Yue Guan's body rose, releasing Chrysanthemum petals to surround the Dark Night Blade Mantis, restricting its movements.
However, this Dark Night Blade Mantis was not as easy to deal with as the Three-Eyed Demon Fox; its two massive front scythes gleamed with silver light, and with just one slash, the Aura Barrier instantly shattered!
This was precisely the Dark Night Blade Mantis's innate Soul Skill, Sky-Splitting Slash!
This Aura Barrier was, after all, only a Thousand-Year Soul Skill; how could it possibly trap this Seventy-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?
"Medusa Head Bone Soul Skill, Petrification!" Dugu Bo, seeing that Chrysanthemum Douluo's restrictive Soul Skill was ineffective, once again activated Medusa's Gaze!
However, this time, his Head Bone Soul Skill was not as effective; the Dark Night Blade Mantis slashed with its two scythes, and a cross-shaped air blade directly collided with the petrification energy.
"Tsk, I didn't expect this Soul Beast to be so difficult to deal with," Dugu Bo couldn't help but complain.
To be honest, for some Soul Masters without much background, a Seventy-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would be enough for their ninth soul ring, but for Hu Leyao and Xie Tian, it was merely their eighth soul ring!
However, this was pretty much their limit, and this was also because both of them possessed a Soul Bone, which greatly improved and enhanced their Physique.
"It seems I'll have to use some real skill, otherwise, this Mantis might not be taken down! Watch me!"
Ling Yuan said, directly releasing her Martial Soul True Body, transforming into a Blazing Spirit Kite. The Dark Night Blade Mantis felt the threat from its natural enemy, and its aura instantly weakened considerably. Its small eyes watched the sky very vigilantly.
The Dark Night Blade Mantis is an insect-type Soul Beast, which is precisely countered by flying Soul Beasts like the Blazing Spirit Kite, and the Blazing Spirit Kite is also fire-attributed, further countering it!
In her Martial Soul True Body state, Ling Yuan transformed into her Martial Soul's true form, gaining a 150% increase to all attributes!
"Sixth Soul Skill, Fiery Tornado! Don't you dare die!" Ling Yuan said indifferently.
The Blazing Spirit Kite flapped its wings, releasing several fire-formed tornadoes that rapidly descended towards the Dark Night Blade Mantis.
It was precisely because she considered not killing this Soul Beast that she didn't directly unleash her ninth Soul Skill, which would have been much more direct!
Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo then stood by, their task now being to prevent the Soul Beast from escaping.
The Fiend Charm, on the other hand, was waiting for an opportunity, releasing its red mist to lower the Dark Night Blade Mantis's attributes, and its eyes glowed red, activating the Charm to restrict its movements!
However, the Dark Night Blade Mantis truly lived up to its reputation as a top-tier Soul Beast; it emitted a fierce silver light, instantly entering a berserk state, wildly swinging its two massive scythes. Wherever they cut, faint spatial cracks lingered.
"Not good!" Yue Guan frowned. His first two soul rings fused, and several blades formed from condensed Qirong power instantly created a shield, protecting Hu Bai within.
This Dark Night Blade Mantis was very intelligent; it knew that Hu Bai was the weakest in this team!
So when it activated Sky-Splitting Slash, besides primarily blocking the multiple Fiery Tornadoes, a small portion of the attack was also directed at Hu Bai.
Unfortunately, with so many powerful individuals present, the Dark Night Blade Mantis's attack ultimately missed.
Sky-Splitting Slash could indeed ignore physical defense, but for this small-scale Sky-Splitting Slash to break through the shield formed by condensed Qirong power and harm Hu Bai from an arm's length away was simply dreaming!
Furthermore, the shield formed by condensed Qirong power was not only a physical defense, but also had a layer of Qirong power on its surface, which was an energy defense—a double-layered shield!
Just now, listening to Hu Bai's introduction of the Dark Night Blade Mantis, Yue Guan was extremely cautious.
"Bastard! How dare you harm my son?!" A voice, a mixture of male and female, rang out.
The Fiend Charm held the Dragon Pattern Moon Blade, accumulating power. The crimson Dragon patterns on the blade became increasingly prominent. It crossed its blades and slashed forward, and an air slash imbued with Dragon might directly attack the Dark Night Blade Mantis.
This was Xie Tian's attempt to create a more powerful Soul Skill by combining the Dragon might characteristic he possessed after his Martial Soul evolved, but due to limited time, this move was merely an experiment.
Subsequently, the Fiend Fox's speed did not diminish; it charged directly forward, its light wings spreading behind it, increasing all its attributes by fifty percent, especially its speed, which surged!
This allowed the Fiend Fox to instantly approach the Dark Night Blade Mantis.
The Dark Night Blade Mantis, already struggling to cope with the fiery tornadoes, had no time to react.
Moon Kill!
In the Dark Night Blade Mantis's eyes, the originally small Fiend Fox became so enormous, as huge as Spirit Kite Douluo after she unleashed her Martial Soul True Body!
Moon Kill, based on the Full Moon, incorporated the Charming Fox's Charm power, making it appear incredibly large in the eyes of others, just like activating a Martial Soul True Body.
The key was!
Xie Tian's Martial Soul evolved into the Dragon Pattern Moon Blade, and Hu Leyao's Martial Soul evolved into the Three-Tailed Red Fox. Their attributes received a huge boost, and the power of this Moon Kill, compared to before, increased by at least several times!
In an emergency, the Dark Night Blade Mantis clashed its scythes against the Dragon Pattern Moon Blade.
The Mantis's sharpest and toughest parts were its two scythes!
Unfortunately, these scythes were like tofu before the Fiend Fox's 'Moon Kill,' offering no resistance and shattering instantly!
Boom!
Having lost its strongest offensive weapons, the Dark Night Blade Mantis now had only one thought: run!
But most of its innate abilities relied on these two scythes. Without them, it couldn't even break out of the poison array.
Finally, after a struggle, the Dark Night Blade Mantis died by Xie Tian's Dragon Pattern Moon Blade!
However, it was a pity that this time, they weren't so lucky as to get a Soul Bone.
After all, this kill was a combined effort of everyone present except Hu Bai, so the aggro was too dispersed, and no Soul Bone dropped. However, Xie Tian wasn't too disappointed.
Soul Bones are not something to overly hope for; what is meant to come will always come.
The time elapsed before and after was still within one hour, and the soul ring produced by the Three-Eyed Demon Fox had not disappeared.
After the two absorbed the soul ring onto their bodies, they also began to absorb it!
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