Chapter 444: The Powerful Golden Crocodile Douluo, The Failure of Extreme Ice

Golden Crocodile Douluo praised, "Hehe, little girl, that was truly a fierce attack. If your opponent were not this old man, but Qingluan or Xiongzhi, I fear they would have already been injured by your Extreme Ice and halberd techniques."

"Many thanks for the praise, Senior. It is this palace's honor to be able to fight against Senior Golden Crocodile, who has been famous throughout the continent for a hundred years. This palace still has many halberd techniques, so please, Senior, appraise them one by one!" Lan Xue laughed. What she loved most was crossing hands with top-tier experts like this.

In the past, she had never imagined that one day she would be able to compete with a renowned figure of the continent like Golden Crocodile. Today, she was determined to defeat him.

Golden Crocodile shook his arms with force, and the two separated, but Lan Xue's attacks did not stop.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Profound Ice Break!"

She swung her long halberd, and a giant ice dragon flew out from the shaft. She herself leaped, jumping directly onto the head of the ice dragon, "Mysterious Ice Domain!"

"Sixth Soul Skill: Ice Prison!"

Opening the domain and the Ice Prison simultaneously, Lan Xue's goal was to ensure her ultimate move could effectively strike her opponent.

The Mysterious Ice Domain possessed a powerful slowing effect. Ever since her ice recovered to Extreme Ice, this slowing effect had exceeded eighty percent.

And the Ice Prison created countless ice pillars on the ground to trap people, just like the legendary Hell of Ice.

With both moves unleashed, even Golden Crocodile Douluo could not avoid being restricted.

Golden Crocodile tried using the tail of the Golden Crocodile King to shatter the Ice Prison, but when his tail swept against those ice pillars, the ice mountains remained motionless.

He also tried using his soul power to resist the invasion of the cold, but it was still completely useless; Lan Xue's cold energy could even freeze the flow of his soul power.

"Extreme power is indeed terrifying. You little girl have truly brought the hardness and freezing capabilities of Extreme Ice to the limit," Golden Crocodile Douluo sighed. "If it were an ordinary level 98, they might have lost to you today. It is just a pity that your opponent today is this old man!"

"Haa!"

Golden Crocodile Douluo let out an angry shout, and his entire body was suddenly covered in golden light, as if he were wearing a golden heart protector.

Of course, this was not the legendary Spirit Bone Armor. Given the strict requirements for Spirit Bone Armor—either six soul bones of the same type from the same spirit beast, or using an external spirit bone as a medium to connect all soul bones—neither was easily accomplished.

Among those in the current world with a chance to complete it, it was estimated that only Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Nan Feihuang could.

Qian Renxue was the first type; her future six soul bones would all be Angel Spirit Bones, which could be considered to originate from the same source, thus allowing the condensation of the Angel Divine Set.

As for Bibi Dong and Nan Feihuang, they were the second type, using an external spirit bone as a medium.

Excluding them, even big figures like Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo could not produce Spirit Bone Armor.

If he wasn't mistaken, this golden heart protector skill of Golden Crocodile Douluo should be a soul bone skill, and specifically, a hundred-thousand-year soul bone skill.

Nan Feihuang frowned, "This is bad. Golden Crocodile Douluo having a hundred-thousand-year soul bone was within my expectations, but I didn't expect it to be the most precious torso bone. A torso soul bone provides the greatest boost to a Spirit Master's physique, and the skills born from them are generally biased toward body protection. For Golden Crocodile Douluo to use it at this moment, I fear it is very targeted."

"Hmph!" Golden Crocodile threw a punch, striking an ice pillar in front of him, and the supposedly indestructible Extreme Ice shattered instantly.

Then, his body turned into golden light, attacking Lan Xue at super speed. Caught off guard, Lan Xue was struck in the abdomen by Golden Crocodile's tail, and her entire body was blasted directly into the ground.

"How can this be? My cold energy domain's slowing effect and the Ice Prison's control have all failed?" Lan Xue could not believe it; her invincible Extreme Ice was actually useless.

"I understand now. The effect of this hundred-thousand-year soul bone skill, Golden Heart Protector, is actually to weaken elemental power," Xun Yu muttered. He had seen this when he was browsing books and learning theoretical knowledge at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy library.

There existed certain defensive skills in this world that did not directly increase one's own defense, but rather filtered the influence of the opponent's elemental power on oneself.

It should be similar to the soul skill of Golden Crocodile Douluo at this moment.

"Hehe, that's right. You are quite smart, kid." Golden Crocodile Douluo did not deny it, nor was there anything to hide.

This skill of his was indeed to weaken elemental power, and as a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, it was even a step stronger than conventional soul skills of the same type: it caused the attribute to be downgraded.

In other words, any of Lan Xue's ice that he touched was downgraded to ordinary ice.

This move was useless against a guy like Tang Hao who relied purely on strength, but for Lan Xue, it was a natural nemesis.

Without extreme power, how could the ice of a level 96 Title Douluo freeze him, a peak Super Douluo who possessed a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and soul bone?

"Hehe, so that's where the praise 'golden light shines brightly, wearing golden armor through a hundred battles' comes from." Lan Xue climbed up from the ground and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, not caring at all about her disadvantage.

"In that case, I will shatter this heart protector first! Seventh Soul Skill: Weapon Soul Avatar!"

The weapon soul avatar in her hand instantly magnified, a giant blue figure floated behind her, holding a giant Mysterious Ice Halberd, and smashed it toward Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Golden Crocodile crossed his arms over his chest, and his seventh spirit ring rose, "Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar."

Whether in size or momentum, the Golden Crocodile King martial soul was far more powerful than Lan Xue's after entering the avatar state.

He didn't even need to move; just a flick of his tail was enough to make the Mysterious Ice Halberd unable to advance an inch.

Then, with a pull, Lan Xue's body was uncontrollably dragged over, and the Golden Crocodile King opened his bloody maw, biting down on the shoulder of Lan Xue's avatar phantom.

Although it was only a phantom, the avatar relied on the unity of weapon and soul; at this moment, the damage Lan Xue received was completely synchronized with the avatar, and her left shoulder was already a mass of blood.

"What a powerful bite force, worthy of the Golden Crocodile King. However, it's not like I don't have a torso bone; this is just a superficial injury." Lan Xue didn't care about the pain at all, raising her heavy halberd high and slashing down at the Golden Crocodile King.

With a bang, the halberd blade slashed against his golden body, yet without the aid of Extreme Ice, with Lan Xue's soul power, the Mysterious Ice Halberd could not break Golden Crocodile Douluo's defense at all.

"It's useless, Lan Xue. You are simply no match for me now!" Golden Crocodile Douluo said proudly, "Eighth Soul Skill: Golden Giant Strength Break!"

The Golden Crocodile King held his tail in his mouth, turning his entire body into a ring, exposing the hardest scales on his body while protecting the relatively fragile parts inside. The entire body spun rapidly like a giant Wind Fire Wheel, bringing up a layer of illusory golden light.

(End of chapter)