224: Fighting in the Martial Soul Realm

Xiao Shi's eyes gleamed.

The current Martial Soul Realm held significant meaning for him!

Prior to this,

Although he had killed native inhabitants and fierce beasts of the Martial Soul Realm within the Realm,

The Martial Soul Realm inhabitants in that Realm were vastly different from those in the Star Luo Territory.

After all, the Martial Soul Realm inhabitants within the Realm

Were all body refiners.

They cultivated their bodies to a level comparable to the Martial Soul Realm.

In terms of combat style, power system, and various other aspects, they differed from the Martial Soul Realm in the Star Luo Territory.

He certainly couldn't use the methods for dealing with those body refiners to confront the Martial Soul Realm in the Star Luo Territory.

And besides being able to verify his current full strength through combat with a Martial Soul Realm expert,

More importantly... killing a Martial Soul Realm would bring about the first kill of a Martial Soul Realm!

Although Xiao Shi had previously killed native inhabitants and fierce beasts of the Martial Soul Realm,

The kills made within that Realm would only drop treasure cards, not other items.

This was different from Xiao Shi's previous kills in the Seven Stars Holy Land.

Therefore, he believed... that killing a Martial Soul Realm in the Star Luo Territory would bring about the first kill of a Martial Soul Realm!

Xiao Shi was incredibly eager for this.

His gaze locked directly onto the few individuals plundering the city.

These few people were clearly together.

Led by that Martial Soul Realm expert.

The rest were only Blood Martial Realm martial artists.

Xiao Shi's eyes flickered with killing intent.

Buzz!

Immediately, array patterns intertwined and spread out beneath his feet,

Forming an array.

Forbidden Array!

Under this array,

Xiao Shi transformed into a five-meter-tall Crimson Tiger.

A pair of shattered golden beast eyes glowed with fierce light, focused on the distant Martial Soul Realm expert.

At the same time, his entire body turned crimson.

His figure became slender and well-proportioned.

At the same time as activating the Forbidden Array, he entered Crimson Tiger Form!

The transformation under the Forbidden Array and the Crimson Tiger Form could perfectly overlap.

It could be said that among Xiao Shi's current many methods, it was the most suitable and compatible with the Crimson Tiger Form.

Just like the combination of Jingang Form and Tremor Origin Step,

It could unleash an effect greater than one plus one!

Xiao Shi bent his knees slightly.

As the ground sank with a boom,

He shot out like a cannonball.

And like a straight javelin, he pierced the blue sky.

The reason why the transformation under the Forbidden Array and the Crimson Tiger Form were a perfect match was because the greatest enhancement brought by the transformation under the Forbidden Array was speed!

After stacking with the speed in Crimson Tiger Form... Boom!!

Xiao Shi's speed had already reached an astonishing level, exceeding the Blood Martial Realm.

During his charge,

The surrounding air continuously burst.

If such speed were applied to other Blood Martial Realm martial artists,

It would inevitably cause their bodies to be unable to withstand it, disintegrating and exploding during the charge.

Only a sufficiently powerful body refiner's physique

Could withstand this speed beyond the Blood Martial Realm.

Although the Crimson Tiger Form did not have the terrifying protection of the Jingang Form,

The qualitative change and enhancement to the physical body brought about after the Kuihu Vajra Bloodline formed allowed Xiao Shi to possess a powerful physical body even without entering the Jingang Form.

He was like a crimson lightning bolt.

He flew directly past two Blood Martial Realm martial artists who were in the midst of plundering.

These two Blood Martial Realm martial artists had no awareness or warning.

The moment Xiao Shi swept past them,

Their bodies suddenly stiffened.

The next second,

Pfft!

Pfft!

Two huge blood holes burst open from their chests.

Blood spurted out like a fountain.

All of this happened in less than a second.

Xiao Shi's speed did not slow down in the slightest.

These two Blood Martial Realm were merely casual kills as he passed by, not his main target.

His true target... was the distant Martial Soul Realm expert!

This person was a middle-aged man with sunken cheeks and protruding cheekbones, his gaze cold and his killing intent chilling.

He was using the silver-white long spear in his hand to lift a Blood Martial Realm martial artist high in front of him.

"Hmm?"

Just then,

His pupils contracted violently.

He hurled the impaled corpse from his spear to the left.

Boom!

The entire thrown corpse was blasted apart by Xiao Shi's impact.

Amidst the flying blood and minced meat, Xiao Shi charged directly in front of this Martial Soul Realm middle-aged man.

He raised a claw and slammed it onto the opponent's body.

The immense impact sent the middle-aged man scraping a deep, long mark on the ground, crashing into a distant building, which collapsed and shattered, raising a sky full of dust.

However, Xiao Shi, who had landed a blow,

Showed no joy on his face.

Instead, he frowned.

"He could actually see me?"

Xiao Shi was very surprised by this.

Logically speaking,

At his speed, the opponent wouldn't have had time to react.

On one hand, he was ambushing, and the opponent had no prior warning.

On the other hand, the opponent was facing him sideways.

To see him, he would have to turn his head.

But from beginning to end, Xiao Shi hadn't seen the man turn his head.

"No, that's not right..."

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

"He didn't see me with his physical eyes; he perceived me in advance through some method!"

"So he was able to react in time!"

Xiao Shi realized this.

At the speed he burst out with, and the angle of attack he chose, he had originally thought he could severely wound this person directly.

However, the opponent's reaction, the thrown corpse, blocked a considerable amount of Xiao Shi's power.

When throwing that corpse, this person had already imbued a portion of his power into it.

This caused Xiao Shi's attack to not inflict too much damage.

This also gave Xiao Shi a deeper understanding of the Martial Soul Realm.

"Indeed, the Martial Soul Realm in the Realm is completely different from the Martial Soul Realm in the Star Luo Territory!"

"The Martial Soul Realm in the Star Luo Territory might be far less physically strong than the Martial Soul Realm within the Realm, but the Martial Soul Realm in the Star Luo Territory has more methods!"

"This kind of perception... is very likely a method related to the soul!"

Although Xiao Shi currently didn't know much about the Martial Soul Realm,

He also knew that the Martial Soul Realm involved the soul.

He felt that the opponent's perception this time was mostly derived from soul-based perception.

Yin Yong knelt half-down in the broken ruins and swirling dust.

There was a claw mark on his chest.

Flesh was torn open.

Blood flowed, staining his body crimson.

His eyes held gloom and lingering fear.

If he hadn't reacted in time... the opponent's attack would have been enough to severely injure him!

After all, he wasn't a body-refining Martial Soul Realm.

If he were a body-refining Martial Soul Realm,

Facing Xiao Shi's claw, even if hit, the injury wouldn't be too severe.

However, a conventional Martial Soul Realm like Yin Yong had a relatively less powerful physical body.

Of course,

If he had used soul power to protect his body,

It would have been enough to withstand Xiao Shi's attack.

But the opponent's speed was simply too fast!

He was so fast that Yin Yong only had time to mix soul power into the corpse when he threw it, without time to use soul power to protect his body.

When Yin Yong looked up,

The person who had attacked him earlier had disappeared from his sight; it was empty all around, and he couldn't find any trace of the opponent.

Yin Yong's expression was grim, and his entire being was tense.

He dared not relax in the slightest.

He knew the opponent hadn't left.

Instead, he was hiding somewhere, looking for the next opportunity to strike.

This person made him feel very strange.

Firstly, he didn't sense any soul power fluctuations from the opponent.

It felt like this person wasn't a Martial Soul Realm... but this person's speed was terrifyingly fast!

Such speed was definitely not something a person below the Martial Soul Realm could possess.

However, he knew it wasn't the time to overthink.

He had to concentrate fully.

Not a single distraction.

Whoosh!

A gust of wind suddenly blew behind him.

Stirring up the gravel on the ground.

However, Yin Yong did not turn around, but instead swiftly thrust his silver-white long spear upwards.

Clang!

The tip of the long spear collided fiercely with Xiao Shi's downward-stomping golden foot.

At the same time, it allowed Yin Yong to clearly see that the person attacking him was a massive golden beast tiger!

This made him slightly surprised.

Although he hadn't clearly seen the person who attacked him before, he vaguely caught a glimpse that the opponent seemed to be crimson, so how did it turn golden now?

And what surprised him even more

Was that the moment his silver-white long spear touched the opponent's foot,

An indescribable sense of heaviness made him feel as if he had stabbed into a towering mountain, his entire body pressed downwards.

The ground beneath his feet was even crushed.

His feet were completely submerged underground.

Xiao Shi, who had switched from Crimson Tiger Form to Jingang Form, looked down at the Martial Soul Realm expert beneath him with disdainful, shattered-gold beast eyes. His shoulders were covered by two heavy black turtle shells, forming a terrifying and astonishing pressure.

Making him feel like a mountain crashing down.

If those Blood Martial Realm martial artists were to face such immense pressure,

They would undoubtedly be instantly crushed into bloody paste.

However, facing the Martial Soul Realm, Xiao Shi clearly felt the opponent's formidable strength.

The tip of the spear piercing his foot was constantly rotating, filled with a powerful force that Xiao Shi had never encountered before.

It caused his golden skin to spark continuously, like metal being arc-welded, and a faint pain arose, growing stronger and expanding.

"He can break through my defenses!"

Xiao Shi instantly realized this.

At this moment, his foot was already covered in a network of cracks under the spear's rotation.

His golden skin was about to be pierced by the long spear.

Xiao Shi immediately lifted his foot.

And stomped down fiercely on the long spear.

Tremor Origin Step!

Boom!!

Every muscle, every bone, every drop of blood in Xiao Shi's foot formed a special vibration.

Under the immense pressure of the Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor,

The power of this vibration was pushed to its peak!

Directly transmitting to the spear tip it touched.

Pfft!

Xiao Shi's golden skin on his foot was pierced by the spear tip, which dug into his foot. At the same time, the vibration formed by his stomp directly passed through the long spear and transmitted to Yin Yong's body.

Crack!

Amidst a series of ear-piercing sounds,

Yin Yong's fingers, holding the spear, were the first to show signs of shattering.

Followed by his palm, then his wrist, extending to his arm.

"This... what kind of power is this!!"

Yin Yong's pupils widened, round as saucers.

His face was filled with horror and terror.

He only felt an incredibly terrifying vibrating force within his arm.

Shattering all his bones.

Xiao Shi was also somewhat surprised.

Forbidden Array plus Jingang Form plus Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor plus Tremor Origin Step... only shattered the opponent's arms?

It didn't transmit to the opponent's body?

One must know,

Previously, when he unleashed the Tremor Origin Step, this vibration often spread throughout the entire body.

But now... a significant portion of it was resisted by the powerful force in the opponent's long spear, causing the vibration to only transmit to the opponent's arms.

This made Xiao Shi once again feel the power of the Martial Soul Realm.

Even his current strongest attack

Was not enough to kill the opponent.

The golden color on Xiao Shi's body rapidly transformed into crimson.

His figure also shrunk in an instant.

A flash of crimson light.

He once again vanished from Yin Yong's sight.

"...Too fast!"

Yin Yong's face was grim.

The opponent's astonishing speed made it impossible for him to gain the initiative.

He could only rely on his own soul power to sense the opponent's location, thereby defending and counterattacking.

"Behind!"

Yin Yong instantly turned around.

The long spear in his hand thrust forward like lightning.

Piercing the air.

However, this powerful and terrifying attack only struck the afterimage of Xiao Shi's high-speed movement.

"His arms are clearly shattered, why can he still wield a spear to attack?"

"And in terms of power..."

"There hasn't been any weakening!"

Xiao Shi frowned.

Even those body-refining Martial Soul Realm martial artists would see their combat power decrease after their physical bodies were damaged.

Yet, this person, despite having his arms shattered, attacked without any apparent impact.

"...It seems this type of Martial Soul Realm is harder to kill than I imagined."

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed.

He began to continuously appear at various points around the opponent, utilizing his speed.

His advantage lay in having no weaknesses.

Whether it was offense, defense, or speed, none were weak.

He was a well-rounded, versatile warrior!

This was very difficult for others to achieve.

For example, in terms of speed, Yin Yong had a significant weakness.

"If this continues..."

Yin Yong's face showed anxiety.

The thought of escaping arose in his mind.

He felt that if he kept fighting like this, he would definitely be slowly ground to death by the opponent!

He had to find a way.

However, just as he made a move to retreat,

Boom!

Xiao Shi, who had switched to Jingang Form, stomped down again.

This time, he clearly intended to shatter Yin Yong's legs.

To prevent him from escaping.

And Yin Yong, having experienced Xiao Shi's Tremor Origin Step, naturally dared not confront it head-on again, quickly retreating to avoid Xiao Shi's attack.

However, the moment he retreated and dodged,

Whoosh!

Xiao Shi instantly switched to Crimson Tiger Form.

A crimson flash.

He appeared beside Yin Yong with astonishing speed.

At this moment, Yin Yong, in his dodge, was completely open and had no time to react.

Xiao Shi's pupils instantly turned silver-white, his fur also turned silver-white, and a silver-white cross-shaped mark appeared on his forehead.

He instantly switched to Dongkui Form!

He extended both hands simultaneously and grabbed Yin Yong's neck.

And squeezed suddenly!

It was... Grip of Mutual Shattering!

Boom!!

Violent power erupted from Xiao Shi's hands.

Blasting out a circle of pale white shockwaves.

Wherever it passed,

The ground shattered, and buildings collapsed.

A several-thousand-meter radius centered on Xiao Shi was directly leveled by this shockwave, and the ground further sank in the explosion, forming a shocking deep pit.

Raising a sky full of dust.

At this moment, if one were to look down from above this city,

One could clearly see

A huge circular deep pit had appeared in the city.

In the dust rising from the deep pit,

Lay a headless, neckless corpse!