socalfunplaces Chapter 145 Ancient Dragon Relics
Chapter 145 Ancient Dragon Relics
Chapter 145 Ancient Dragon Relics
Kong Tianxu's palm strike, seemingly effortless, was actually incredibly fast. The moment Nan Shuishui sensed the change in temperature, it struck her directly. Nan Shuishui was terrified. She made a feint with her dragon claw, and her fourth and second spirit rings lit up.
Suddenly, a huge pink dragon claw appeared in the void, and Nan Shuishui's whole body also emitted a layer of pink light.
The fourth soul skill, Hand of Annihilation, and the second soul skill, Annihilation Shield, can withstand all elemental damage.
However, in the face of severe cold and no snow, the so-called protective barrier seems so insignificant.
The moment the large pink hand touched Da Han Wu Xue, it suddenly turned ice blue, then transformed into countless ice blue specks of light and disappeared into the air.
Kong Tianxu struck Nan Shuishui squarely with his palm.
In an instant, the pink dragon's body trembled violently. The pink flames that had just warmed up under the multiple amplifications were instantly extinguished as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over their heads.
Nan Shuishui, who had just revealed herself, froze. The pink color on her body faded, and her entire Rouge Dragon form was actually shattered by this seemingly light palm strike.
The Hand of Annihilation, the Body of Chaos, and the True Form of the Crimson Dragon—the triple protection was instantly shattered, and the extreme chill instantly spread throughout Nan Shuishui's body along her heart meridian.
Even more astonishing from the outside world was that the two most solid and enormous Rouge Dragon Annihilation Storm spheres, which had been gradually erasing the surrounding facilities and sinking nearly halfway into the ground, seemed to instantly solidify with a layer of extremely cold thin ice, just like their owner's condition.
Immediately, the thin layer of ice shattered again, and the previous elemental waves returned. The two annihilation storms began to deform in an extremely strange way, sometimes showing dents, sometimes stretching into long, undulating strips, and a small protrusion vaguely appearing at the top, seemingly provocatively accompanying the shaking of the annihilation spheres.
What's going on?
The three women were dumbfounded. Not only Nan Qiuqiu, but even Cain was somewhat astonished, puzzled by the strange form of the Annihilation Storm Soul Skill, yet unable to see what was inside through the pink light.
Could it be that Nan Shui Shui still has the power to resist? She was clearly doomed to lose before!
As expected, Cain's prediction was correct. Just as Xue Di had a flash of inspiration and seemed to have thought of something, the two annihilation storms, which had been ravaged to the extreme, finally collapsed under the pressure.
The two figures appeared. The South Water Duck sat on the ground, shivering as if from the cold, its soul power fluctuations were very weak.
Kong Tianxu stood still, his 100,000-year soul ring, shimmering with six golden patterns, still radiating a terrifying light as deep as a sea of blood, putting Nan Qiuqiu under immense pressure.
He had just unleashed a 100,000-year-old soul skill, yet he seemed completely unaffected, his expression showing no change whatsoever.
Clearly, the outcome is decided.
He actually, really defeated the mother of an eight-ring Soul Douluo with the cultivation of a Soul King! Nan Qiuqiu simply couldn't believe her eyes.
"Master Nan, I look forward to the joining of the Earth Dragon Sect. I will arrange for someone else to liaise with you. You can also stay here to learn about the main activities of my sect. I have other matters to attend to, so I will not keep you company any longer."
Kong Tianxu said calmly, slowly retracting the five extraordinary soul rings behind him, and the jade-like luster on his hand returned to normal.
"Hmm." Nan Shuishui glanced at him timidly, then quickly looked away as if she had been electrocuted, replying in a barely audible voice.
Only then did everyone notice that her face was flushed and her eyes were filled with tears.
It seems that losing to Kong Tianxu, who only has five rings, and losing the entire Dilongmen, is indeed a significant blow to her.
"Mom, are you alright?"
Nan Qiuqiu was originally going to question Kong Tianxu about his earlier belittling of her, but when she remembered the terrifying strength he had shown earlier, she decisively backed down. Seeing him leave with Xue Di and Cain, she then went to Nan Shuishui to help her mother up and asked.
"Qiuqiu, I'm so sorry, I've lost both myself and you."
With a pained expression, Nan Shuishui hugged Nan Qiuqiu tightly. In this state, she looked more like a sister to Nan Qiuqiu.
"It's alright, Mom," Nan Qiuqiu comforted softly, but a sly glint flashed in her eyes. She had long been tired of the rigid and solemn old city of Longcheng, and joining the Holy Spirit Cult was a very novel experience for her.
"Of course, it would be better if I didn't have to be a foot-washing maid," Nan Qiuqiu thought somewhat dejectedly.
Suddenly, she sniffed with her pert little nose and asked疑惑地问道, "Mommy, can you smell something?"
"No! Absolutely not! Qiuqiu, you must have smelled it wrong!"
Nan Shuishui hurriedly buried her daughter's little head in her body. The burning, swollen sensation in her chest still lingered. Recalling the rough treatment she had endured, Nan Shuishui couldn't help but bite her lip lightly. At her age, she was like a ripe peach.
It drips water with the slightest touch; how could one withstand such stimulation?
She blushed even more, as if she had thought of something, and buried her face in her daughter's hair.
This is the second time, boohoo—
"Tianxu, your strength has improved too quickly. You defeated an eight-ring Soul Douluo so easily. But when did your third Soul Ring become a 100,000-year Soul Ring?"
After walking out of the room for a while, Cain finally couldn't contain his curiosity and asked.
Kong Tianxu smiled at her, then gestured to Xue Di to release the energy seal. The commotion from his battle with Nan Shuishui was considerable, and if they didn't conceal it, it would definitely attract the attention of some powerful members of the Holy Spirit Cult.
"It's just a bit of luck due to attribute advantage. As for the spirit ring, that's the power of the Snow Empress. My third spirit skill used to have something in common with her origin, so this evolution is to be expected."
Kong Tianxu was not lying. If they didn't use the methods they held as trump cards, the difference between him and Nan Shuishui in terms of pure hard power was not that great.
Of course, this is already quite exaggerated within the existing Soul Master system; a combat power that spans three tiers is unprecedentedly strong.
But for him, it's not an exaggeration at all. As an unprecedented owner of three martial souls, all of which are super martial souls, in terms of total soul power alone, he is already no less than a Soul Saint-level Soul Master, and his quality is far superior. In addition, with his Title Douluo-level physical body and mental power, his current strength is entirely deserved.
Looking at Nan Shuishui, she was completely crushed by him. The difference between their martial souls and bloodlines was obvious. Even a king among sub-dragons like the Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon would be weak in front of the Silver Dragon, let alone the even weaker Rouge Dragon.
Furthermore, the Annihilation attribute was completely destroyed by his destructive power. It can be said that Nan Shui Shui was naturally countered by him, and a large part of her strength could not be brought into play.
Of course, even if Nan Shuishui possessed another martial soul of the same level that was not countered by Kong Tianxu, and went all out to fight from the beginning, the result would not change; it would just mean that Kong Tianxu would have to put in a lot more effort.
Faced with the bitter cold and the absence of snow, all her struggles seemed so futile.
As he spoke, Kong Tianxu naturally took her hand and said with a smile, "But that's not what you wanted to ask, is it? Don't worry."
The two touched their little fingers together lightly, then lingered for a while before finally interlocking their fingers. A satisfied smile appeared on Cain's face.
Everything is understood without words.
Seeing this, Xue Di followed suit and sidled over, but her movements were a bit clumsy, and Kong Tianxu eventually grabbed her little hand. However, judging from her expression, she seemed to enjoy being passive.
The wonderful feeling of skin touching skin and blood connecting them came instantly. Xue Di seemed to really like this warm feeling of being one with her, and she squinted her eyes in enjoyment. Her cold face even revealed a bit of cuteness, which even moved Cain.
Kong Tianxu squeezed his slender, cold fingers in his palm, lost in thought.
His third soul skill, Frosty Snow Seal, originated from the Snow Maiden soul beast of the far north and is the innate soul skill of the Snow Maiden lineage. Although the Snow Empress, as an Ice and Snow Maiden, was born of heaven and earth, she still shares many similarities with ordinary Snow Maidens in various abilities.
As one of the ten most ferocious beasts and one of the kings of soul beasts who rule the far north snowfield, the legend of the Snow Empress is widely circulated. Her three ultimate skills, which have killed countless ferocious beasts in the far north, are also full of legendary color.
Sword and palm command the heavens to be cold with ice and snow; the emperor's sword and palm command the emperor to freeze the heavens.
Emperor Hantian, the Snow Emperor, in his prime, could transform an area ten thousand meters in diameter into his domain with the amplification of elements from the far north. The swirling snowflakes created a forbidden zone. Even the sun's rays could not compare.
The Emperor's Sword, unparalleled in its icy sharpness. The ultimate expression of icy power, a single, unmatched strike, possessing immense strength.
But neither of these can compare to the final and strongest Emperor's Palm, the Great Cold Without Snow.
As a soul skill derived from the Frosty Snow Seal, Great Frosty Snowlessness also inherits the characteristics of ignoring defense and requiring the palm itself to strike the opponent to unleash its power. Moreover, after the Snow Empress further refined it, no one can even be immune to the attack of the Empress's Palm.
Within the Snow Dance Radiant Sun Domain, the Great Cold Without Snow was unleashed with all its might, instantly transforming the domain into a single palm strike. This was a deadly attack that the Snow Empress once used to fight to the death; its terrifying power was such that even a peak Limit Douluo dared not take it head-on and could only avoid its edge. Those slightly weaker, like Long Xiaoyao, would have to take a detour.
After Kong Tianxu used the power of the Demon Puppet Origin on the Snow Empress, who was just beginning to develop her memories and was completely unprepared, he naturally acquired a portion of the Snow Empress's power, and his third soul ring, which was most similar to the Snow Empress's origin, was able to evolve.
Furthermore, when he is close to the Snow Empress, he can directly borrow her soul power to unleash this soul skill, only needing to consider his own limits. Otherwise, with his Soul King level cultivation, releasing a 690,000-year-long Great Cold Without Snow would be far from easy.
It is truly gratifying, yet also lamentable, that the Snow Emperor's Palm, which was originally a nine-thousand-year-old Frosty Snow Imprint Soul Skill, has been able to evolve into a six-hundred-thousand-year-old Great Frosty Snowless Skill. Because it has lost the amplification from the Snow Dance Radiant Sun Domain, although it is still the Snow Emperor's strongest attack and the pinnacle of six-hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Skills, it ultimately cannot unleash its full brilliance.
However, Kong Tianxu had a vague feeling that his current state of his third soul ring was not the end. After deepening his connection with Xue Di and unlocking more of her power, there might be a possibility of going even further.
In fact, even Kong Tianxu couldn't fully understand the strange connection he was currently experiencing with Xue Di.
Although the Snow Empress's essence was too powerful to be absorbed normally by humans, he still had a chance to refine the Snow Empress in the Conferred God Platform into a Spirit Puppet Demon Puppet, which was one level below the Natal Demon Puppet, thanks to the strange abilities of the Holy Spirit Demon Puppet Martial Soul and the characteristics of the Heavenly Commandment.
As a result, Kong Tianxu's cultivation level could even leap directly to the Super Douluo level in a short period of time. This is the reason why the Demon Puppet Martial Soul of the Zhongli lineage is regarded as an evil Martial Soul.
For example, Ye Xishui's Blood Soul Demon Puppet, which was assimilated by the power of the Demon Puppet, is a martial soul that is constantly improved by nourishing human souls. With enough human powerhouse souls to nourish her, her cultivation level improved like a rocket, and she became a Super Douluo in her thirties.
Even top-tier human soul masters like the Black and White Twin Sacred Dragons only reached the same level around the age of one hundred, while Ye Xishui, who was at the same age, was already level ninety-eight.
Zhongli Wu's Death God Puppet Martial Soul is similar in principle, but it no longer relies on the human soul, but on a soul beast, refining the powerful physical body of the soul beast into a beast spirit.
Similarly, after capturing a dragon bone that had received the Silver Dragon King's grace and thus had an immortal dragon soul, Zhongli Wu only took ten years to break through from the Soul Douluo level to the Super Douluo level, and thus took over the position of the Holy Spirit Cult Leader.
However, this seemingly shortcut also carries huge hidden dangers. Those who use it will inevitably be controlled by it. After breaking through to Super Douluo, Zhongli Wu could hardly make any progress. He had to slaughter countless soul beasts to barely break through to his current level of ninety-seven. If he wanted to make any further progress, he would probably have to turn his self-targeting towards super soul beasts of the level of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, or directly devour evil soul masters at the Super Douluo level.
In the original story, after reaching level 0, he immediately set his sights on the Beast God Emperor Tian, demonstrating the immense difficulty of his subsequent breakthroughs.
If Ye Xishui hadn't received direct instruction from Zhongli Laogui, the difficulty of her advancement would have been no less than that of Zhongli Wu.
Therefore, Kong Tianxu would never choose such a bleak path of cultivation. Moreover, he had more important plans for the Snow Emperor in the future, so he did not devour her directly, but instead used the form of a contracted demonic puppet to ensure that the Snow Emperor would not escape his control.
After all, the King of the Ultimate Ice Soul Beasts, who was only one step away from the true level 99 Limit Douluo realm of 700,000 years ago, still possessed enormous resources that could allow him to advance even further. Using them rashly would be a huge waste.
Anyway, his natal demon puppet slot has already been taken by Ye Xishui. Although he is not affected by Ye Xishui's power because he did not participate in the refining process, Ye Xishui is still a very important card in his hand.
Perhaps, once his martial spirit foundation is strong enough and he is no longer affected by external forces, he will seek a natal demonic puppet that is more compatible with him.
"Senior Dragon Emperor, I've finished dealing with things here. When shall we begin?"
Kong Tianxu spoke to the tall figure that had emerged from the darkness at some unknown time.
"Now we can," Long Xiaoyao casually tore open a spatial rift, glanced at Xue Di with considerable curiosity, and smiled, "but not here."
"Oh?" Kong Tianxu asked, puzzled.
"Our destination is an ancient ruin, the ruin of the dragon race."
Long Xiaoyao smiled mysteriously with a hint of nostalgia as he stepped into the space.
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