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Liu Tianfeng's body was as fast as lightning. With a touch of his toes on the swaying branches, he leaped into the air. The first sword swept out, and the light blue sword energy hit the roc's wings like an ice wall. With a clang, it was knocked back several feet.
The second sword followed closely, with the sword's force reduced by seven points, and it only hit the joint of the Peng bird's left wing accurately.
"Hey——!"
The Ice Flame Peng bird let out a shrill cry, and the feathers on its left wing flew around. A wound deep enough to see the bone suddenly appeared. Bright red blood dripped from the wound and formed tiny ice beads when it landed on the ground.
The Ice Flame Peng bird staggered and fell to the ground. Although it was seriously injured, it was not seriously injured.
Liu Tianfeng had the ability to kill it instantly with one sword, but he held back because, firstly, he thought that the Ice Flame Roc was too rare and it would be a pity to kill it; secondly, it was Xue Tianxing who started it first, so he was somewhat in the wrong.
Then Liu Tianfeng landed beside Xue Tianxing, pointing his Frost Wind Sword at the ground. He glanced at the Peng bird that was struggling to stand firm, and spoke in a deep voice:
"I know you are psychic and can understand human speech. Leave now and I will spare your life."
The Ice Flame Peng Bird was still wailing, but suddenly stopped after hearing this.
It tilted its head and stared at Liu Tianfeng with its amber eyes for a long time, as if judging the truth in his words.
After a while, seeing that Liu Tianfeng had indeed retracted his sword power and the pressure of his soul power had faded a little, it slowly flapped its uninjured right wing - although it was still trembling slightly, it was already ready to fly away.
Seeing the Ice Flame Peng flapping its wings to fly, how could Xue Tianxing be willing to do so?
I had deliberately provoked it to attack, and then designed to let Grandpa Liu hurt it, all for this moment.
If we let it escape like this, not only will the soul ring be nowhere to be found, but all our efforts will be in vain.
"Don't even think about leaving!"
Xue Tianxing growled in his heart, and almost at the moment when the big bird's wings left the ground, an ice-blue light suddenly burst out from his body - the Ice Phoenix Martial Spirit suddenly possessed him!
Translucent ice-blue wings spread out behind him, with tiny ice crystals condensed on the wingtips. Two soul rings, one yellow and one purple, slowly rose from under his feet. The halo of the purple ring was particularly conspicuous, making the stubbornness in his eyes even clearer.
"Tianxing, you—"
Liu Tianfeng just realized something was wrong and wanted to speak up to stop it, but Xue Tianxing had already moved.
"First Soul Skill—Frost Ray!"
An ice-blue ray shot out from his fingertips, carrying a biting chill and as fast as a flash of lightning.
The Ice Flame Peng Bird was already seriously injured, and could barely lift its left wing. It was struggling to fly, but how could it have expected that the Snow Sky Guild would suddenly attack it?
It only had time to let out a short cry before the ray accurately hit its neck - the soul beast's vital point, which was already fragile. When frozen by the soul power of extreme ice attribute, its life was instantly cut off.
With a "thump", the huge body of the Ice Flame Peng Bird fell heavily on the ice. Its blue-gold feathers scattered all over the ground, and its amber eyes gradually lost their luster.
Liu Tianfeng stood on the treetop, looking at the corpse on the ground, his brows twisted into knots.
Although he felt it was a pity to let such a rare soul beast die, seeing Xue Tianxing's determined look, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and decided to just kill it.
But before he could recover, he heard Xue Tianxing shout:
"Second soul skill - Black Crane Nine Sky Soaring!"
As the soul skill was activated, a light blue halo appeared around Xue Tianxing's body, and his speed suddenly increased. His figure turned into an afterimage, and he jumped down from the treetops with a "whoosh" and headed straight for the corpse of the Ice Flame Peng Bird.
This speed was 300% faster than usual, so fast that Liu Tianfeng couldn't react.
"Tianxing! Come back!"
Liu Tianfeng's heart tightened, and he instantly guessed what he was going to do. He kicked his feet and was about to chase him, but Xue Tianxing had already landed next to the corpse.
"Tianxing, stop absorbing it! Stop it!"
Liu Tianfeng was so anxious that he shouted from the treetops, his voice trembling as he said:
"That's a spirit ring that's over nine thousand years old! You can't hold on! It's dangerous!"
In response, Xue Tianxing raised his hand and pulled at the spirit ring. As his spirit power surged, a purple-tinged, black spirit ring slowly emerged from the Ice Flame Peng's corpse. The purple was darker than the typical thousand-year-old spirit rings, and the edges shone with a faint black light. It was the spirit ring that had lasted for over nine thousand years.
The soul ring circled twice in the air, and then was led by Xue Tianxing, slowly approaching him.
"You kid..."
Liu Tianfeng stamped his feet anxiously, but he didn't dare to go down rashly - the soul ring absorption should not be disturbed. If you are not careful, it may cause a soul power riot, which will make the situation even worse.
So Liu Tianfeng could only stare at Xue Tianxing, his fists clenched white and his knuckles turned blue.
Flanders also landed beside him, his face solemn:
"Senior, what should we do now? Should we…"
"Be quiet!"
Liu Tianfeng interrupted him in a low voice, his eyes fixed on Xue Tianxing, his voice trembling with an imperceptible tremor, and then he said:
"We can only wait... Pray that this kid is strong enough to make it through. If anything unexpected happens, even if we have to forcibly disconnect his absorption spirit ring, we must ensure Tianxing's life."
Under the tree, Xue Tianxing had already sat down cross-legged, letting the circle of purple-black soul ring fall on him.
As soon as the soul ring made contact, he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan - soul power that was several times more violent than that of the 8,000-year soul ring instantly surged into his body, like countless ice needles piercing his meridians. The remaining blood pressure of the Ice Flame Peng Bird also followed, making his chest feel stuffy.
But Xue Tianxing gritted his teeth and didn't relax. While guiding his soul power, he activated the Ice Phoenix martial soul - the ice-blue wings tightly wrapped around his body, and the ultimate ice-attribute soul power protected his meridians like a barrier, neutralizing the violent aura in the soul ring bit by bit.
Liu Tianfeng's heart was in his throat. He could clearly see the cold sweat on Xue Tianxing's forehead and his body trembling slightly from the impact of his soul power, but the boy didn't even make a sound, and his hands formed seals very steadily.
"Hold on... Tianxing..."
Liu Tianfeng repeated this in his mind over and over again, his eyes full of worry, and even the hand holding the sword began to sweat unconsciously.
He had lived for most of his life and had never been as nervous as he was now - nothing must happen to this kid!
Xue Tianxing sat cross-legged beside the corpse of the Ice Flame Peng Bird. The purple-black soul ring was tightly wrapped around his body, and the soul power was pouring into his meridians like a rushing glacier.
At first, Xue Tianxing could still rely on the suppression of the Ice Phoenix martial soul to barely guide the ice attribute energy in the soul ring - the ice-blue soul power flowed in the meridians, like a thin layer of ice wrapped around the violent energy, and smoothed out those sharp "ice thorns" bit by bit.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a warm and fiery power suddenly exploded from the depths of his soul ring - it was the light attribute mixed in the blood of the Ice Flame Peng Bird, which had been suppressed by the cold air of the ice attribute and had not been noticed before.
Now it broke free from its restraints and spread throughout his body like wildfire.