103: Resurrection, the power of the underworld!

Roar—

The Zombie Golden Tiger was tormented by this pure Yang power, rolling and roaring on the ground incessantly.

At this moment, that golden gleam was like maggots gnawing on a human body.

The sun is inherently the bane of evil spirits, and the extreme Yang power of the Yin-Yang Limitless Skill is derived from the sun.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Su Ye had also cultivated an extreme Fire Inner Core, so his power naturally contained extreme Fire.

The burning of pure Yang power and extreme Fire, a double force, was even more powerful than sacred power.

Boom—!

The Golden Zombie Tiger finally understood the horror of this power. A chilling energy erupted from its body, causing the surroundings to become filled with eerie winds.

Looking at the surrounding forest, streams of pitch-black energy emerged. The originally dark trees visibly began to change.

Crack—

A branch, unable to withstand the draining of its power, fell from above, turning into shattered fragments with a snap.

This scene seemed to flip a switch.

Ten meters around...

Twenty meters around...

...

Rumble—!

Rumble—!

The vibrant trees collapsed like withered leaves at this moment, falling to the ground and shattering into fragments. The remnants were like charcoal, pitch-black and brittle.

In the blink of an eye, the man and the tiger were completely surrounded by a "coal mountain."

'So it's assimilation...'

Watching the black energy mend the Zombie Tiger's "wound," slowly extinguishing the pure Yang flames, Su Ye finally understood the essence of this power at this moment.

It assimilated everything around it into the same type of energy, just like throwing a torch outside and lighting trees can ignite a large-scale forest fire.

Qing'er's Netherworld power also had a certain degree of assimilation ability, but it was more focused on speed and evasion.

As for extreme Darkness, it was mainly about devouring, defense-breaking, and weakening.

According to Su Ye's understanding, the energy within the Zombie Tiger should, to be precise, be called Yin Nether power.

Yin Nether power could not only assimilate energy but also mental power, and its effect on the latter was even stronger.

Yin Nether inherently represented death, so the assimilation process looked... more like the vitality and power were extinguished.

'This power... is quite good!'

Su Ye couldn't help but feel greedy in his heart, staring intently at this Zombie Tiger.

Attribute powers that could restrain mental power were rare. Mental attacks generally could only be resisted by mental power itself.

Yin nourishes, Nether brings mutual destruction!

When Yin Nether power reached great completion, it might even be able to form mental power immunity.

Moreover, Yin Nether power seemed to be able to strengthen the soul, indirectly enhancing one's own mental power.

Roar—

After consuming a large amount of energy and finally extinguishing the pure Yang power, the Zombie Tiger now revealed its ferocious appearance. Its ugly face was particularly hideous as it swiped a paw towards Su Ye.

Swish!

Su Ye slightly turned his body. The dark light, like a bolt of silk, brushed past him. A massive rock a hundred meters away surprisingly turned into charcoal under this attack and was blasted into shattered fragments.

The Zombie Tiger relentlessly continued its fierce assault on Su Ye, clearly intending to tear him into remnants.

Compared to ordinary Soul Beasts, it seemed particularly attached to killing.

Su Ye now fully understood the meaning of Death Canyon. Every Undead-type Soul Beast that could survive here relied on killing and assimilating others to strengthen itself.

Furthermore, in Su Ye's perception, if such Soul Masters did not "feed" and assimilate other Undead-type Soul Beasts, they would gradually weaken.

Ordinary Soul Beasts devoured flesh and blood, while they devoured bones... and even souls!!

'You beast, are you getting arrogant?!'

Seeing the Zombie Tiger's frenzied attack with no defense whatsoever, Su Ye also felt a surge of anger.

If he weren't afraid of damaging this rare material, he could have shattered this dead tiger with a single punch!

He stepped sideways, his body taut like a drawn bow.

Su Ye counterattacked with a punch. The pure Yang power wrapped around his fist broke through the outer layer of Yin Nether power and directly struck the Zombie Tiger's lower jaw.

The Zombie Tiger's defense was strong, but it was ultimately just a Golden-level Undead creature. Under Su Ye's fist, its bones instantly shattered into pieces, clattering and scattering all over the ground.

Because he controlled his strength, Su Ye's punch only destroyed the joints of the skeleton, without causing destructive damage.

Su Ye did not look at these materials, his gaze fixed intently on the spot one meter in front of his fist.

There, a ball of grey flame was burning in mid-air.

The flame had no heat, instead it was abnormally cold, occasionally emitting a chilling white light. The eerie voids within the flames were like twisted faces, struggling in agony.

'...Is this the soul of a Flare Tiger?'

Su Ye stared at the grey flame which imprisoned a spiritual body. It was a tiger, and the patterns on its back were exceptionally beautiful.

Before Su Ye could ponder, a sudden change occurred. The bones that were scattered on the ground began to rattle and tremble, as if coming back to life.

'No way...!?''

Su Ye's pupils contracted sharply.

Then, under his astonished yet understanding gaze, as the Yin Nether flame entered the bones, a golden skeleton tiger stood up from the ground.

Under the influence of the Yin Nether flame within its skull, two grey flames "swished" into existence in its empty eye sockets. They contained a spiritual light, clearly indicating it was not without intelligence.

Roar, roar, the skeleton tiger let out a low growl from its mouth. That was the sound of bones vibrating, and it sounded chilling enough to give one goosebumps.

Pacing back and forth, as if searching for a weakness, the skeleton tiger scraped the dirt on the ground with its right paw, ready to attack at any moment.

'Damn it, resurrection still weakens the Yin Nether power?'

Sensing the energy change in that ball of Yin Nether flame, Su Ye gritted his back teeth in pain; these were all his treasures.

At this moment, the skeleton tiger moved, launching another attack towards Su Ye.

It was unclear if it was because its original lifespan wasn't long enough or due to issues with the transformation, but the skeleton tiger did not possess the innate Soul Skills it had as a living Soul Beast.

The skeleton tiger's attacks relied solely on its body and the use of Yin Nether power. Its speed was not as swift as a thousand-year Soul Beast, and its movements were sluggish and not fluid.

From this perspective, a Soul King would be unable to break through the skeleton tiger's defense, but as long as they used their Soul Power to resist the Yin Nether power, both sides would essentially be in an undefeated stalemate.

While easily dodging, Su Ye condensed a chilling power of frost and snow in his palm.

Swish!

Flying snow roared like wind through the forest. With a crackling sound, an area twenty meters around was instantly frozen.

The skeleton tiger was frozen in mid-air, in a pouncing posture, trapped in an ice layer over a meter thick, unable to move.

Whoosh, grey energy permeated, spreading outside through the ice layer. Even extreme ice could not completely freeze this Yin Nether power, but with the skeleton tiger's strength, it was unable to break free from this solid ice layer.

As for the Yin Nether power...

With the skeleton tiger's Yin Nether power, it was utterly impossible to assimilate extreme ice in a short period.

Gazing at all this, Su Ye knew the Zombie Tiger was not dead, because it was originally transformed from a dead Soul Beast.

As long as its Yin Nether power and soul power remained, it would not truly die.

'This golden skeleton is good, I must keep it, so I can't use force...'

'The Yin Nether power inside it must also be kept...'

'Since that's the case, then I know what to do...'

His gaze turned cold. Su Ye aimed his palm at the soul inside the skeleton tiger's skull, and lightning flickered in his palm.

Zap—

A lightning snake whistled past, instantly piercing through the entire ice layer.