...
Once out of Shrek Academy's sight, Xuan Hao's relaxed expression vanished instantly.
He moved at high speed through the dense canopy of trees, unleashing his terrifying mental power without reservation.
Thanks to the Silver Dragon Martial Soul's absolute affinity with the surrounding natural elements, he could see every rustle of grass within a radius of more than ten kilometers.
"Found it."
Xuan Hao's eyes narrowed.
He could sense several powerful soul forces moving rapidly a few kilometers away from him, accompanied by violent collisions and the sound of trees collapsing.
Clearly, the Dragon and Snake couple had caught up with the human-faced demon spider.
"Since we've already run into each other, there's no need to wait until tonight."
Xuan Hao stopped on a thick tree branch and stroked his chin.
That human-faced spider is a valuable creature, but the problem now is how to snatch this "fat piece of meat" from the dragon and snake couple?
Although his current physical strength and blood energy burst make it easy for him to crush Zhao Wuji, who is at level 76, it's a different story when it comes to Long Gong Meng Shu, who is at the Contra Douluo level.
Moreover, the couple also possessed a martial soul fusion skill powerful enough to rival a titled Douluo—the Dragon-Snake Combination Strike.
If it really comes down to a head-on confrontation, and he doesn't reveal his trump cards, he won't have an advantage; instead, he'll just get himself into trouble.
It's just stealing a spider, no need to make such a fuss.
As long as you demonstrate absolute overwhelming power, that will be enough to avoid any conflict.
"Sister Bing, wake up, I need your help."
Xuan Hao used his spiritual power to communicate with the Ice Dragon King, which resided within the 100,000-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit's right leg bone in his own leg:
"I need to borrow some power; I need to temporarily gain an unfair advantage."
"roar--!"
With a deep dragon roar that only Xuan Hao could hear, the Ice Dragon King did not waste any words and directly poured his pure and ultimate dragon soul power into Xuan Hao's limbs and bones without reservation!
"boom--!!"
In an instant, Xuan Hao's aura began to surge dramatically!
Soul Saint... Soul Douluo... Titled Douluo!
In just two seconds, that terrifying pressure broke through the level 90 barrier and firmly reached the level of a true Title Douluo!
Not only that.
With the integration of the Ice Dragon King's power, Xuan Hao's appearance underwent a dramatic change.
His originally silvery-white hair instantly transformed into an icy blue that exuded a chilling aura.
His body was covered by a terrifyingly cold mist, and the surrounding air condensed into tiny ice crystals that fell down under this absolute cold.
A light, exquisite, and gorgeous layer of ice-blue dragon scale armor quietly covered his vital areas.
That once handsome and flamboyant face was now completely obscured by a layer of icy blue mist, revealing only a pair of icy blue vertical pupils that exuded endless majesty and coldness.
At this moment, he was like an ice demon god who had emerged from the coldest hell!
Xuan Hao felt the terrifying power within his body that seemed to freeze space. With a flap of his ice-blue dragon wings, he transformed into a streak of cold light that tore through the air, and sped off toward the dragon and snake couple.
...
at this time.
In an open area deep within the mixed zone.
The Soul Douluo Meng Shu, wielding a dragon staff, along with Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter Meng Yiran, cornered a gigantic spider with a hideous white face pattern on its abdomen.
"Yiran, prepare to make your move!
This human-faced demon spider is top-grade; it'll be perfect as your third spirit ring!"
Meng Shu's eyes gleamed, and he was about to smash the beast's hard shell with a single blow.
However.
"Snap—Snap—"
A sickening sound of ice freezing came from the sky without warning.
Before Meng Shu could react, a terrifyingly low temperature, capable of freezing even his soul, descended from the sky like an avalanche!
Absolute zero.
In mid-air, a chilling voice, like the whisper of death, rang out.
"boom--!!"
An intensely blue aura suddenly exploded, instantly sweeping across an area of hundreds of meters!
Those towering trees, lush shrubs, flowing air... even the human-faced spider that was about to spew its venomous web, were all completely sealed inside a huge, crystal-clear block of ice in that extremely brief moment!
"This...this is?!"
Meng Shu was terrified. If he hadn't reacted quickly and pulled his wife and granddaughter to the edge, they would probably have been frozen into ice sculptures!
He looked up in horror at the mysterious powerhouse in mid-air, shrouded in an icy blue mist and radiating a terrifying pressure at the level of a Title Douluo.
That icy blue dragon scale armor, and that gaze that regarded all things as ants, made Meng Shu, the Soul Douluo who was famous throughout the continent, tremble involuntarily.
Titled Douluo?!
Moreover, he is an extremely rare, even unheard-of, Ice-attribute Title Douluo?!
When did such a monster appear in the Star Dou Great Forest?!
"Go! Go quickly!"
Meng Shu had absolutely no intention of approaching them to speak or inquire about the situation. Faced with overwhelming superiority, asking "Why did you steal my monsters?" was simply asking for trouble!
He grabbed Meng Yiran, who was still confused about the situation, and pulled Chao Tianxiang with his other hand. Without even saying a word, he turned into a blur and fled frantically towards the edge of the forest.
Seeing the extremely wise escape route taken by the dragon and snake couple, Xuan Hao in mid-air withdrew his gaze with satisfaction.
"You guys know what's good for you."
He slowly landed on the ground and walked up to the human-faced spider that had been frozen into a giant ice sculpture.
Although the spider is now physically frozen and unable to move, it's still a bit risky to just punch it to death.
According to the ironclad rules of Douluo Continent, the probability of a soul beast dropping a soul bone is extremely low, and it is greatly affected by the emotional fluctuations of the soul beast before its death.
Only those soul beasts that die with extreme resentment, fear, and unwillingness have a higher chance of producing soul bones, especially the extremely rare external soul bones.
"So, we need to add some ingredients."
Xuan Hao stared at the human-faced demon spider that still retained a trace of consciousness within the ice layer, a cold glint flashing in his icy blue vertical pupils.
"Absolute Zero - Mental Deprivation".
Xuan Hao raised his right hand and placed it on the surface of the ice, directly launching a mental attack.
This time, it's not absolute zero on the physical level, but absolute zero that directly affects the mental level!
This move is extremely insidious and domineering.
It is a trump card skill created by the Ice Dragon King after he integrated the power of the Dragon Soul into the Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone, combined with the Dream Beyond.
Anyone or any soul beast whose mental strength is below Xuanhao's will have their consciousness and soul instantly frozen after being hit, without special soul bones or mental defense soul ring skills to resist, until... their spirit completely collapses!
"hiss--!!!"
Although he couldn't hear anything through the thick ice, Xuan Hao could clearly feel that the originally violent spiritual sea of the human-faced demon spider suffered a devastating blow the moment it came into contact with this spiritual chill.
Fear, despair, extreme resentment...
Various negative emotions grew wildly in its mind, and then, with the collapse of its mental sea, it was completely frozen!
After a few breaths.
As the life signs of the human-faced demon spider completely disappeared, specks of purple light began to gather on the ice, eventually transforming into a deep purple millennium soul ring that slowly rose.
at the same time!
"Buzz—"
A highly unusual and peculiar fluctuation of soul power, filled with a violent and evil aura, suddenly appeared from the back of the frozen corpse of the human-faced demon spider.
"It exploded!"
Xuan Hao's eyes lit up, and he casually waved his hand.
"Bang!"
The seemingly indestructible ice layer shattered instantly, turning into a shower of ice powder.
Xuan Hao reached out his right hand and directly into the man-faced demon spider's tattered shell.
When he withdrew his hand, he held something with a strange shape and an eerie purple glow.
It was a strange bone, only the size of a spine, with eight sharp, spider-like spikes extending out to both sides.
Eight Spider Spears.
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