"I was completely blinded by anger. How could humans and soul beasts possibly live together? They are not even the same kind of creatures."
Hyotei felt a little regretful. Her actions just now probably made Yuki-onna's opinion of her lower. No matter how you look at it, it's impossible for soul beasts and humans to be together!
Even though Hyotei had lived for over 300,000 years, she would never have imagined that what she thought was impossible had already been precedented and would frequently occur in later generations.
Even the strongest member of their soul beast race, the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, the ruler of all soul beasts, is one of them.
Unbeknownst to Hyotei, while she was pondering these matters, the ice beneath her feet had quietly melted, transforming into a vibrant, grassy field.
"Take my strongest move, and we'll wipe the slate clean!"
Although Qing Mu was angry, he was actually quite calm inside.
He knew that with his current strength, even if he used a combination technique, he probably wouldn't be a match for Hyotei, and he couldn't possibly kill Hyotei.
But Qingmu still chose to do it, because if she didn't, her thoughts wouldn't be clear!
Combo Attack: Wood World Descent!
Qing Mu's soul power surged, his spirit merged with Venusaur, and he unleashed his strongest move to date: Wood World Descent!
"Da na!!!"
As Venusaur raised its front leg and stomped down, countless dark green vines, resembling towering trees, immediately sprang up from the ground within a radius of several hundred meters.
"That is..."
At this moment, Xue Di's expression changed slightly; this human's strength was far greater than she had anticipated.
In Xue Di's eyes, these dark green vines with a metallic sheen were formed from wood-elemental energy compressed to the extreme. The power contained in each vine was enough to injure an ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beast!
There are now tens of thousands of such vines in the Ice Valley. With so many huge vines attacking together, even she has to temporarily avoid their sharp edge.
If Hyotei doesn't take this seriously, they will definitely suffer a great loss from this move!
"This ultimate move!"
Hyotei leaped up quickly to dodge the attacks of the dark green vines, his mind reeling.
Hyotei hadn't paid much attention at first. In her opinion, even the aura emanating from the Venusaur under Qing Mu's feet was at most equivalent to a 100,000-year-old soul beast.
She, however, had survived three great tribulations and her cultivation had reached 390,000 years, or even nearly 400,000 years, that of a ferocious beast.
The difference between an ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beast and a ferocious beast that is nearly 400,000 years old is like heaven and earth. Even if this human were to unleash his full power, what threat could he possibly pose to her?
But the moment the dark green vines rose, Hyotei realized she was wrong, terribly wrong!
This human's killing move far exceeded her expectations. If she were not careful, she might perish!
After discovering this, Hyotei no longer dared to look down on Qingmu. To be able to use such a powerful move, no matter how Qingmu did it, he was a true powerhouse.
As for the strong, we should maintain due respect, even if Qing Mu is just a human she used to look down on.
"The Realm of Eternal Freeze, protected by the Ice Emperor!"
Hyotei shouted in her heart, and instantly a large amount of cold air emanated from her body, and a layer of ice crystals covered her body.
The chilling air, carrying extreme cold, instantly covered the surface of the dark green vines with a layer of frost, significantly reducing the attack speed of the vines.
The Ice Emperor is a rare possessor of ultimate ice. Although Qing Mu has gained immunity to ice attributes after using the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, she will still be affected to some extent when facing attacks at the level of ultimate ice.
Hyotei was taken aback when he saw that the dark green vines around him had not frozen into ice blocks.
This...this isn't right!
Wood-attribute attacks should be countered by her, so why is the impact of her attacks smaller than that of ordinary attacks?
However, the progress of the competition left her no time to think about these things, because those dark green vines, as tall as trees, were almost upon her.
In the blink of an eye, the area within a radius of several hundred meters of Qingmu had been transformed into a steel forest, with countless dark green vines covering the sky, turning it into a pitch-black expanse.
"The Wrath of Hyotei!"
Seeing the dark green vines that were forming various shapes and attacking her from all directions, almost sealing off all blind spots, Hyotei did not hesitate and used the strongest attack she could muster!
A massive beam of emerald light shot out from Hyotei's mouth, like a breath, sweeping towards the dark green vines!
This emerald green pillar of light was Hyotei compressing the energy within his body once more, and the cold contained within it was far more intense than usual.
Click~
Wherever the emerald beam of light passed, the dark green vines were instantly frozen. Then, using the Ice Emperor's Claw, the two enormous pincers, each adorned with diamond particles, gently tapped, and the dark green vines shattered like blocks of ice.
The combined effect of the domain and the extreme cold of the Ice Emperor's Wrath froze even the dark green vines formed from wood-elemental energy, reducing the speed of energy particles to almost zero. Under these circumstances, any special move would lose its power.
Such an attack even surprised Qing Mu. This ultimate ice was truly ultimate; it even froze his wood-attribute energy particles.
"Is this a soul beast that's nearly 400,000 years old? It's definitely much stronger than that Crimson King!"
Qing Mu sighed slightly. Since he successfully created the Wood Realm, he had become somewhat arrogant. There were still quite a few stronger people in this world than him.
Moreover, this is Douluo Continent, and the game-like mechanics mean you never know where an outrageous skill might suddenly appear.
Even now, dealing with invincible golden bodies, nothingness, spatial freezing, teleportation, and immortality would be extremely troublesome for him.
However, even though he had witnessed Hyotei's strength, Qingmu would not give up so easily. He had even used the Wood World Descent technique, and opponents like Hyotei were rare. He had to take this opportunity to test the limits of his combination technique.
"You can freeze part of it, but can you freeze everything?"
Qingmu's gaze sharpened, and Venusaur was also affected, beginning to unleash the Wood World Descent without reservation!
Almost instantly, Hyotei realized a fact that terrified her.
No matter how she attacks, she can never truly break free from this cage built of dark green vines.
Because those vines seemed endless; no matter how many she froze or broke, new vines would instantly arrive to fill the gaps.
Furthermore, the dark green vines that she had frozen and broken returned to their original state after a brief period of growth and repair, rendering all her attacks ineffective.
However, she had no choice but to attack, because these dark green vines were quite powerful. If she allowed them to attack, even with the Ice Emperor's protection, she wouldn't be able to hold out for long.