Compared to Hua Xiongyan and Feng Tianyao, the shock Su Yuelong felt from Xu Zihuang was even greater.
Xu Zihuang, who appeared to be not even twenty years old, already possessed the cultivation of a seven-ring Soul Saint. Not only was his soul ring configuration far beyond conventional understanding, but even his spiritual power realm firmly suppressed her, a Title Douluo-level powerhouse.
One must know that the Su family's inherited Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Martial Soul was particularly adept at abilities on the spiritual level.
This was complete domination on that level. She couldn't help but think: if Xu Zihuang were also a Title Douluo, who could match him?
What Su Yuelong found most difficult to accept was that her previous five powerful control-type soul skills had been so easily neutralized by Xu Zihuang's first soul skill.
However, in the current situation, she had no room to ponder deeply. Without the slightest hesitation, her profound, abyss-like black ninth soul ring lit up right after.
Xu Zihuang and Su Yuelong were still confronting each other in the spacious room at the top of the castle, but at this moment, Xu Zihuang had the feeling of being in another world. It was as if his entire being had been stripped from the original world by a bizarre power.
Killing intent, hatred, anger, and various other negative emotions surged, rose, and fused in his mind, nearly driving one to madness.
But in the next instant, as the brilliant golden patterns around Xu Zihuang's pupils shone, that feeling of madness vanished without a trace.
"A domain-type spiritual illusion ability? Unfortunately, it is still ineffective against me."
A faint arc curved at the corner of Xu Zihuang's mouth, and his gaze suddenly sharpened.
Those golden pupils seemed intent on piercing through all the illusions of the world. A vast surge of spiritual power immediately rushed outward like a tide, centered on his spiritual sea.
The seven soul rings attached to his Golden Pupil Martial Soul circled his body, rising and falling rhythmically. Especially the bright golden seventh soul ring at the very end shone with dazzling brilliance, radiating the nobility and majesty unique to a million-year soul ring.
Rings of purple-gold light ripples spread outward, causing everything around to become illusory. Space began to distort violently and shatter. It was as if a mirror had been smashed to pieces, the light and shadows densely covered in cracks, also dissipating along with it.
Everything in the room returned to normal.
Xu Zihuang stood calmly in place with a composed expression, while Su Yuelong, sitting cross-legged on the large bed, had a somewhat pale face. Her full, ample chest rose and fell slightly, and a pained, muffled groan escaped her red lips. Even the light in her deep blue eyes had dimmed somewhat.
Her most powerful spiritual illusion-type ninth soul skill had been broken by Xu Zihuang, and she inevitably suffered backlash. If not for the Dawn Dragon's head soul bone protecting her spiritual sea, the consequences would have been far worse.
The Golden Pupil could see through all illusory things. No matter how powerful an illusion-type soul skill, it could never affect Xu Zihuang.
This was an innate talent of the Golden Pupil Martial Soul.
Although Tangmen's Purple Extreme Demon Eyes had a similar effect, even cultivated to the extreme, it could not compare to Xu Zihuang's innate talent.
Xu Zihuang's Martial Soul and abilities had suppressed Su Yuelong in every aspect.
"Lord Su, I believe we can now have a calm conversation." Xu Zihuang elegantly and composedly sat on a chair not far from the windowsill, his tone mild, as if he had merely done something trivial.
"Where is that spatial rift that buried the dragon clan's corpses?"
Su Yuelong's delicate body couldn't help but tremble slightly. Then she raised her head, her gaze burning as she met Xu Zihuang's eyes.
Xu Zihuang's line of sight did not evade in the slightest, likewise scrutinizing the emotions deep in Su Yuelong's eyes and her facial expressions.
After a moment of silence, Su Yuelong's beautiful eyes opened and closed as she spoke softly:
"In the depths of the mountain range, one hundred and fifty kilometers west of Heavenly Fox City. The small world inside that spatial rift is very stable; it only occasionally connects with the main world plane and cannot be forcibly opened. Our Su family ancestors once entered that small world by a stroke of luck and obtained that Dawn Dragon head soul bone. That is all I know."
At this point, she could only lay everything out to Xu Zihuang completely.
The gap in strength was right there before her eyes; she had no choice at all. The strong reigned supreme; this was an absolute truth anywhere.
On the Star Sea Continent, where hierarchy was strict and orderly, this point was embodied even more vividly.
Moreover, that small world could not be forcibly opened, and no one knew when the next connection with the Douluo main world plane would occur. In truth, revealing this caused Su Yuelong no substantial loss.
Seeing how straightforward Su Yuelong was, Xu Zihuang nodded with a slight smile.
"I can see that Lord Su has not concealed anything from me."
As he spoke, he lightly raised his right hand.
Strange dark red ripples swept past, and a massive dark red crystal condensed in front of him. The crystal was engraved with dense patterns and annotations, even including the inscription methods for some core formations.
What was recorded on it was precisely the manufacturing method for Thunder Rockets. However, these had been simplified by Xu Zihuang to the level of first- and second-grade soul tools.
Although the simplified version of the Thunder Rocket had reduced range and power, for the Star Sea Continent, which was even more backward than the Douluo Continent from ten thousand years ago, this was undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction strike.
It wasn't that Xu Zihuang was stingy and unwilling to provide the complete Thunder Rocket manufacturing method, but rather that he had to consider the actual conditions of the Star Sea Continent. Even with complete blueprints, given the Star Sea Continent's production level, it might be difficult to produce even first-grade soul tools in a short time.
"This is the compensation I am paying." As his words fell, brilliant golden light ripples twisted, and Xu Zihuang's figure had already vanished into the void.
Xu Zihuang did this to leave a contingency.
If the people of the Heavenly Fox Territory successfully produced Thunder Rockets, at the very least, it could accelerate the process of unifying the continent. Once he unified the Douluo Continent side, he could free up his hands and more easily bring this Star Sea Continent under his rule as well.
And if any mishap occurred, he could also use soul tools as a foundation to establish himself on the Star Sea Continent. Of course, such a situation was almost impossible. After he broke through to the Title Douluo realm, no one on the Douluo Continent would pose any threat to him.
Moreover, Xu Zihuang considered matters even more profoundly. By widely disseminating soul tool manufacturing methods across the Star Sea Continent and changing the lives of the native inhabitants, perhaps he could also gather the power of faith from the masses for his own use, just like the first Sea God and Angel God had done back then.
At this moment, only Su Yuelong remained in the room. Looking at the contents of the dark red crystal, astonishment appeared in her eyes once again.
"This is…"
Because of the arrival of Xu Zihuang and Wang Qiu'er, it could be foreseen that the future situation of the Star Sea Continent would surely undergo earth-shaking changes.
...
On the other side, in the open-air courtyard of the Feng family castle in Azure Phoenix City, Wang Qiu'er seemed to sense something and looked toward the direction in front of her.
A tall and straight figure stepped out from the void; it was Xu Zihuang, who had left and returned.
From the time Xu Zihuang went to Heavenly Fox City until he returned here, less than half an hour had passed. Even so, Wang Qiu'er had already grown impatient waiting.
Seeing Xu Zihuang, she immediately stood up eagerly. But before she could say anything, Xu Zihuang spoke first.
"I have already learned the location of that spatial secret realm. Whether you follow me or not, the choice is yours."
"Go!"
Even though she had many grievances, seeing Xu Zihuang's consistently lukewarm attitude, Wang Qiu'er only coldly replied with one word to vent her dissatisfaction.
But undeniably, staying by Xu Zihuang's side gave her an unprecedented sense of security.
Xu Zihuang gave Wang Qiu'er a meaningful glance but did not pay it much mind. Then he extended his right hand to grasp her wrist and once again used the ability of his Golden Pupil Martial Soul true body. Without alerting anyone, they left the place.
In the night sky outside Azure Phoenix City, the figures of Xu Zihuang and Wang Qiu'er appeared. After a brief pause, they swiftly flew toward the north.
Along the way, the two did not speak again until they reached the sky above a dense forest. To the north of the forest stood towering mountain peaks, stretching continuously.
The highest among them had an altitude of at least three thousand meters, with faint snow visible on the ground and a noticeably lower temperature.
Xu Zihuang surveyed those mountain peaks, his mind recalling memories from his previous life about the terrain at the Dragon Valley entrance. Moreover, the dragon scale at the center of his brow gave him a certain special sensation.
"It should be here."
In truth, opening the Dragon Valley secret realm required only two conditions: one was possessing true dragon bloodline, and the other was the ability to temporarily open the spatial rift between the Dragon Valley secret realm and the Douluo plane's main world through mastery of spatial power.
In later generations, Di Tian had used this method to forcibly send the Silver Dragon King into the Dragon Valley.
These conditions were indeed extremely harsh. After all, on the entire Douluo Star, soul masters and soul beasts with true dragon bloodline were few and far between, and mastery of spatial power carried extremely high requirements.
In the current era, those capable of this were only the Silver Dragon King sleeping deep beneath the Star Dou Great Forest, the Beast God Di Tian, and the human soul master Xu Zihuang.
In a sense, he could also be considered exceptionally favored by fate.
However, Xu Zihuang did not rush to enter the Dragon Valley. Instead, he prepared to rest first and adjust his condition. With this in mind, he brought Wang Qiu'er down to the foot of the highest mountain peak.
"Rest for one hour first."
Xu Zihuang skillfully lit a bonfire in this open area between the dense forest and the continuous mountain range.
The natives' development of the Star Sea Continent was limited, so this place remained in its most primitive state, quiet, deep, and secluded, like a land forgotten by the world.
Wang Qiu'er hugged her knees and sat opposite Xu Zihuang. The flickering bonfire reflected on her stunningly beautiful face. She remained silent, yet seemed to be expecting something.
Suddenly, at some point, Xu Zihuang had a plump snow rabbit in each hand.
"The secret realm is right here. We'll go in after eating."
Wang Qiu'er's eyes instantly lit up. Not only did all her previous grievances and frustrations vanish, but she even felt a touch of delight.
The majestic Emperor Auspicious Beast had once again been firmly grasped.
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