245: Soul-Capturing Eyes, activate!

Su Ling's hands quickly formed seals as the spiritual power within his body surged wildly, pushing the secret techniques of the Nine Nether Soul Devouring True Scripture to their absolute limit.

"Soul Fusion!"

With Su Ling's loud shout, the ten thousand souls banner suddenly erupted with a dazzling light.

Countless Yin Souls roared in unison, rapidly merging into the seven Rank 5 Yin Souls under Su Ling's control.

In an instant, seven powerful Yin Souls that were nearly corporeal were formed.

The seven Rank 5 Yin Souls let out long howls toward the sky, launching a barrage of magic at the Mountain-Splitting Tiger first.

Frost, flames, Wind Blades, and more—all were innate magic possessed by local Demonic Beasts.

The Mountain-Splitting Tiger let out a furious roar, its claws weaving a dense web of earthen claws as it dodged and moved, attempting to scatter the Yin Souls.

However, these Yin Souls were inherently formless, while earth-element Spells were mostly physical, making it impossible to cause them any substantial damage.

At the same time, Su Ling tossed the Vermillion Jade Ruler in his hand and slowly drew the nine nether soul devouring bow.

The phoenix dance nine-fierce ruler left his hand but was not out of control; the jade ruler radiated a vermillion glow as the Southern Bright Fire Phoenix transformed into a streak of light, lunging straight for the Mountain-Splitting Tiger's head.

The Mountain-Splitting Tiger tried to dodge, but its movements were tightly restricted by the seven Rank 5 Yin Souls.

With a loud "boom," the Southern Bright Fire Phoenix slammed violently into the Mountain-Splitting Tiger's head, instantly enveloping it in raging flames.

The Mountain-Splitting Tiger let out a shrill scream as its body was instantly submerged in vermillion flames.

A moment later, the Mountain-Splitting Tiger suddenly burst out of the flames, its body radiating dense earth-element demonic power as it slowly dispersed the Southern Bright Departing Fire.

But immediately after, a deep purple arrow condensed into solid form suddenly shot into its forehead.

"Roar..."

The Mountain-Splitting Tiger screamed again, its two massive eyes instantly becoming bloodshot.

The earth-element demonic light on its body also began to flicker unsteadily.

Clearly, although Su Ling's strike failed to kill it, it still caused significant damage.

With its Soul damaged, its control over demonic power was no longer smooth, and there were even faint signs of it going berserk.

Su Ling wanted to launch another attack, but the Mountain-Splitting Tiger gave him no chance to do so.

In a flash, it pounced directly in front of Su Ling.

Its bloody maw, radiating a faint yellowish-brown light, snapped down hard toward his head.

*Clang!*

The Xuantian Bell suddenly enlarged, firmly blocking the strike.

However, Su Ling's figure was inevitably sent flying, retreating dozens of feet away.

To harm the Mountain-Splitting Tiger with a Ghost Soul Arrow, it required at least three breaths of charging time.

In such close-quarters combat, Su Ling had no time to charge his attack.

His previous success was mainly because the opponent had no idea of the arrow's power and had its attention drawn away by the continuous attacks of the seven Rank 5 Yin Souls.

As for those seven Rank 5 Yin Souls, they were no longer very effective while the Mountain-Splitting Tiger was engaged in close combat.

Su Ling simply had them cooperate with the Soul-Devouring Spider Mother to focus on killing the beast swarms surrounding the resource points.

Facing the pouncing Mountain-Splitting Tiger once more, Su Ling gave a cold snort and put away the nine nether soul devouring bow.

He gripped the purple lightning sky-splitting sword, lightning flickering across his body as he used his Azure Heaven Sacred Thunder Immortal Body to fully activate the Azure Heaven Thunder Method.

He executed the Eight Forms of the Azure Dragon to meet the challenge head-on.

The space-rending sword extended from the Azure Dragon's claws, stabbing fiercely toward the opponent's forehead.

The sharpness and power of a High Grade Spiritual Artifact were not something the Mountain-Splitting Tiger could withstand with its Physical Body alone.

Sensing the danger emanating from the sharp sword, the Mountain-Splitting Tiger rolled to dodge the strike.

Large patches of stone spikes, carrying its innate demonic power, erupted from the ground, stabbing frantically at Su Ling within the azure dragon phantasm.

A new round of confrontation between man and beast erupted on the spot.

While Su Ling was locked in a life-and-death struggle with the Mountain-Splitting Tiger, changes were also occurring on other battlefields.

Gentle relying on the eeriness of the Phantom Demonic Technique, successfully found a weakness in the Orc Leader; her Crescent Magic Treasure sliced off one of its thick arms, causing green blood to spray all over the ground.

The Spirit Transformation Cultivator from the Wuji Sect, though only at the Middle Stage of Spirit Transformation, used his immense physical strength to shatter the shell of the Rock-Armored Beast into pieces.

However, he was also left bloodied by the earth-element magic cast by the Rock-Armored Beast.

The attacks of the Soul Transformation Cultivator from the Yangquan Sect were dodged by a Wind Wolf with extreme speed. After fighting for a long time without success, one of his protective Magic Treasures was instead shattered by its incredibly violent wind-element Spells.

The strength of the Soul Transformation Loose Cultivator was a notch higher than those from the Wuji and Yangquan Factions, but his Magic Treasures and Spells were quite inferior to theirs.

Facing the attacks of the Green-Skinned Orc, he was not only unable to hold his own but was also pushed into a life-threatening situation.

Even though the Cultivators from the Immortal Realm had many Magic Treasures to assist them, under the massive gap in strength, they were overall at a disadvantage.

As for Lu Tao's side, after fighting for a long time, he finally found an opportunity.

The Gold-and-White Sword Dragon expanded to its limit as Taibai Sword Qi crisscrossed, slashing toward the Sharp-Horned Beast simultaneously.

The Sharp-Horned Beast failed to dodge and was hit head-on by the Taibai Sword Qi; a section of the sharp horn on its forehead was sliced off, and its entire body bled incessantly.

However, two other Rank 5 Late Stage Demonic Beasts had already forced Tian Yu back, and one of them lunged straight toward Lu Tao.

Sharp claws carrying exploding flames swept out toward Lu Tao's head.

"Damn! It's never-ending, isn't it?!"

Lu Tao cursed angrily and threw a punch infused with powerful Sword Qi, slamming it boldly toward the massive Demonic Beast.

*Boom!*

As fist and claw collided, deep red flames and gold-and-white Sword Qi surged.

Lu Tao was inevitably sent flying by the claw, retreating dozens of feet.

Fortunately, with the Golden Light Shield protecting him and the Immortal Golden Body Art nearing Major Achievement, this strike didn't cause him any harm.

Instead, the lion-like Demonic Beast had its palm sliced by the Sword Qi, with streaks of blood slowly flowing out.

"If you want to die, I'll grant your wish!"

Lu Tao was also infuriated by the repeated attacks from these three Demonic Beasts.

The swimming dragon sword shot back and landed in his hand.

Facing the two Demonic Beasts pouncing together, Lu Tao's eyes were cold as the sword light around him rapidly merged with the swimming dragon sword.

Man and Sword as One!

The sword technique he had used before the end of the National War appeared once again.

A gold-and-white giant sword, three to four zhang long, rose from the ground and charged out boldly.

The peerless Sword Qi carved a deep trench several zhang deep into the ground, appearing before the two Demonic Beasts in an instant... On the other side, the Mountain-Splitting Tiger, fearing the sharpness of the purple lightning sky-splitting sword, actually adopted a hit-and-run defensive strategy.

Su Ling could not break through its defense for a long time and found himself unable to do anything to the opponent for the moment.

The shield created by the Mountain-Splitting Tiger using earth-element magic was simply too thick.

Moreover, the opponent's demonic power reserves were even deeper than Su Ling's.

One moment the purple lightning sword had just slashed it open, and the next moment it reappeared.

Seeing the playfulness flashing in the Mountain-Splitting Tiger's giant crimson eyes, Su Ling was startled.

It seemed the opponent was in no hurry for a result!

"Vile beast, even if you still have cards up your sleeve... I will kill you!"

In a flash of lightning, Su Ling instantly retreated, looking directly into the tiger's eyes.

Deep purple light swirled in his left eye, and wisps of Yin Baleful Energy drifted out from his pupil.

Soul Capturing Nether Pupils, Open!