Level 89?!
Zhou Zhuo gasped, and the tiny bit of budding affection in his heart was instantly extinguished by an invisible hand.
Hao Te's pupils contracted, his voice filled with disbelief, "You're a Soul Douluo?!"
And you look so young!
He had only encountered such a genius soul master once before, four years ago...
Tang Sui smiled faintly, "Without some strength, how would I dare to come here alone."
Then, Tang Sui concisely explained her other two amplification soul skills to them, remaining silent about the rest.
But that was enough.
At least Hao Te and Zhou Zhuo felt their chances of killing this Ice Scaled Dragon had greatly increased.
"Then, later, Mr. Hao Te, you two will attack it first and disrupt it. I will look for an opportunity to restrain it. Once I succeed, you two will launch a fierce attack, and Mr. Hao Te, strive for a swift kill. Are you ready? I'll count to three and we'll separate?"
Tang Sui briefly outlined the plan and inquired.
Hao Te and Zhou Zhuo nodded.
Tang Sui began to count. When she reached "three," Zhou Zhuo and Hao Te slammed on the brakes on the thick snow.
Cold white snow kicked up as they dodged to the sides, one left, one right.
Tang Sui, who had been floating parallel to the ground, suddenly ascended. Eight dazzling soul rings emerged from beneath her.
A powerful halo radiated a pressure that made soul beasts tremble, dyeing the swirling snowflakes red. This once again shocked Hao Te and Zhou Zhuo, who were already in position.
Three... hundred-thousand-year!
The first and fifth soul rings flashed simultaneously.
"First Soul Skill, Infuse Spirit!"
Black and red light, completely out of place against the vast white, descended from the sky, entering Hao Te and Zhou Zhuo's bodies respectively.
A powerful wave of soul power rippled from Hao Te and Zhou Zhuo. The two, having instantly completed their martial soul possession, had their bodies grow several times larger.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Samsara Visage!"
White fur covered Hao Te's palm as he swung it towards the Ice Scaled Dragon. It transformed into a thick bear paw, three times larger than his original arm, and heavily struck the Ice Scaled Dragon's leg, which was not fully covered by ice armor.
Intense, numbing pain shot from its right leg. The Ice Scaled Dragon's eyes revealed a human-like panic. Its balance disrupted, its right leg turned inward, causing its massive body, clad in tough ice scales, to tilt and nearly topple.
"Third Soul Skill, Divine Speed!"
A light purple soul ring flashed. Zhou Zhuo's body expanded into the typical spindle shape of a seal. Like a rocket headbutt, despite his plump physique, he charged with surprising speed towards the Ice Scaled Dragon's slightly exposed abdomen.
Like an inflated balloon, after the first impact, he bounced back onto the snow. The next second, he launched himself again. His chubby body left streaks of afterimages as he continued to strike the exposed abdomen, working in tandem with Hao Te, whose palms had both transformed into thick bear paws, to forcefully flip the Ice Scaled Dragon over, revealing clusters of small, ice-cone-like protrusions on its belly.
The weak points of armored dragon-type soul beasts were generally concentrated in their abdomens. However, the Ice Scaled Dragon was special; it could gather cold energy to form ice armor, which was even tougher than the shell of a Xuanwu Tortoise martial soul, and was the display of its prideful defense.
Tang Sui, suspended in the air, saw this. She clasped her slender fingers, and a flash of dark light flickered in her eyes. Four pitch-black vortexes, like chains of imprisonment, confined the Ice Scaled Dragon's four limbs, which were flailing upwards.
As its four limbs were pulled into another spatial domain, the Ice Scaled Dragon instinctively felt fear from the aura emanating from the black vortexes and desperately tried to break free from the pulling force.
Zhou Zhuo, who had bounced back to the ground,'s eyes lit up. He quickly shouted to Hao Te:
"Brother Hao Te! Now's our chance!"
"Hao Te, hit its jaw first!"
Tang Sui's voice and Zhou Zhuo's voice rang out simultaneously.
Hao Te stomped his left foot to the side, and a powerful shockwave erupted again. The struggling Ice Scaled Dragon froze for a second before its eyes caught sight of seven dark golden light projections descending from the sky.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Forbidden Visage!"
Blood-red light flared. In addition to its inherent amplification properties, the attack power of each mask increased by 45%. Combined with the mask's innate armor-piercing attribute, the overall destructive power reached a terrifying level.
Mental power and demon power instantly traced an absolutely advantageous attack trajectory. Under Tang Sui's terrifying mental manipulation, the first dark golden mask fiercely collided with the Ice Scaled Dragon's sturdy ice armor.
As if punched through thick cotton, before the Ice Scaled Dragon could even cry out in pain, two shadows descended overwhelmingly onto its ice-scaled head, delivering a flurry of blows.
"Boom—!!"
The second mask struck, and the ice armor let out a mournful hum.
The third strike, and the ice armor showed tiny cracks.
The fourth strike, and the cracks in the ice armor widened.
The fifth strike, and the ice armor shattered.
The sixth strike, and scales beneath the Ice Scaled Dragon's armor flew off, stained with blood.
The seventh strike, thin as cicada wings and sharp as blades, pierced through the Ice Scaled Dragon's flesh like a razor, flaying its flesh and stripping its marrow!
The Ice Scaled Dragon felt a piercing pain in its abdomen, as if its foot had stepped on a nail. Blood oozed from its sharp fangs within its slightly parted mouth.
Seven single-target attacks, but the interval was very short. The transformation of the ice armor from being attacked to shattering, and finally, the dark golden, irregular edges of the "black faces" piercing into its flesh, all happened in about two to three seconds.
"Now's the time! The final blow!"
Tang Sui shouted. Hao Te stomped his right foot to the side, his eyes flashing with astonishing light. The soul power bottleneck that had been holding him back broke through its confinement the moment he moved, his soul power reaching the saturation point of level 70!
Good!
A crazy curve formed on Hao Te's lips. His fifth black soul ring flashed with brilliance. His right arm and hand, which had already tripled in size, swelled and grew even larger, slamming down towards the gaping wound on the Ice Scaled Dragon's abdomen, carrying ice shards and chilling cold air:
"Fifth Soul Skill, Giant Spirit Palm!"
The "small face" that should have been inside the Ice Scaled Dragon materialized from the space beside Tang Sui with a distortion, its black and gold vertical pupil, which opened in the center, still speckled with blood and flesh.
At the same time, below, accompanied by a dull thud, blood splattered onto Hao Te's stern face.
The Ice Scaled Dragon's flesh, muscle, and bone were brutally torn apart by the surging immense force. Its internal organs were churned into a pulp amidst this colossal, storm-like power!
"Roar—!"
Unable to believe it had been defeated so easily, the Ice Scaled Dragon's throat rumbled. More dark red clots emerged from the blood flowing from its slightly parted mouth.
Soon, the churned-up internal organs, mixed with blood, surged upwards, completely blocking its airway and extinguishing its life force.
"We did it!"
Zhou Zhuo exclaimed in delight.
Hao Te looked at the Ice Scaled Dragon, which had completely lost its life, and let out a sigh of relief. He slowly retracted his right arm, deactivating the bear-paw form of his fifth soul skill. Looking at the fallen Ice Scaled Dragon, his heart was filled with a complex mix of emotions.
He never expected it to actually work.
He looked gratefully at the biggest contributor, who was slowly descending from the air. He knew full well that if Tang Sui hadn't broken through the Ice Scaled Dragon's defenses, which even he found troublesome, things would not have gone so smoothly.
The moment she landed, Tang Sui cast her second soul skill on them and looked up, smiling, "Congratulations!"
—Author's Notes—
The first thing I did after finishing my exams was go back to my dorm and sleep soundly. Luckily, it was Saturday qwq
Thanks for waiting these past few days!