Chapter 246: Solo Battle with the Demon Soul Great White Shark

When Xiao Bai unleashed the Demon Shark Domain, countless huge waves rose across the Huanxing Hai, and these waves were oddly rhythmic, forming small tornadoes, severely restricting everyone's movements.

Yang Xiong let out a cold snort, and endless blood‑red light radiated from his body, as if a massive blood‑red greatsword were cleaving the sea surface.

Although the Sea God restricted Yang Xiong's Soul Ring soul bone skill, it even limited his Killing Domain.

But however much the Sea God restricts, it cannot curb the killing aura on Yang Xiong.

Through years of research, Yang Xiong has already materialized his killing aura, even merging it with his sword aura, creating the Self‑Created Soul Skill: Killing God Slash.

Even though he knew Killing God Slash lacked the Killing Domain's boost, it still descended like a blood‑red greatsword and forcibly shattered Xiao Bai's Demon Shark Domain.

The sword's power even exceeded everyone's imagination; the endless killing aura struck Xiao Bai as if it would cleave her entire body apart.

Xiao Bai let out a fierce shout, and countless water pillars erupted in the sea, all attacking Yang Xiong's Killing God Slash with full force.

But Yang Xiong's Killing God Slash, imbued with endless killing aura and sword aura, forcibly split the water pillars and even struck Xiao Bai; despite being a Hundred‑thousand Year Soul Beast with an extremely robust physique, she still bore the blow, a bizarrely fierce golden wound appearing on her body.

Yang Xiong glanced at the surrounding people, who instantly understood his intent, and everyone immediately used Oscar's Third Soul Skill: Flying Mushroom Sausage.

In an instant, everyone left the sea surface and sped toward the opposite end of the Huanxing Hai, leaving only Yang Xiong at the rear of the group.

Yang Xiong snorted, "A Hundred‑thousand Year Soul Beast? I'd love to truly test my strength against you, but the Sea God won't allow it."

Xiao Bai seemed genuinely angry, flashing enormously huge, razor‑sharp fangs; after all, sharks are the most ferocious predators of the sea, and their keen teeth can shred any Soul Beast, terrifying countless Sea Soul Beasts.

Xiao Bai lunged at Yang Xiong with all her might, as if to bite the despicable human to pieces.

Yang Xiong showed no fear; soul power flickered on his fist, as if gathering all his strength into it.

Xiao Bai roared, "Watch me bite this despicable human to pieces, or else I'm not worthy of being called a Hundred‑thousand Year Soul Beast."

This is Xiao Bai's Soul Skill: Demon Shark Fang, which places all her power into her teeth, using the terrifying bite force of a Hundred‑thousand Year Soul Beast to shred the enemy.

Yang Xiong summoned all his strength to unleash a Bone‑Crushing Steel Fist.

The blood‑red fist collided with the Demon Shark Fang, and the sea surface seemed to explode in that instant; under the mutual full‑force strike, Xiao Bai was knocked back dozens of meters.

In contrast, Yang Xiong used the collision's force to draw himself even closer to the opposite end of the Huanxing Hai.

Xiao Bai instantly grasped Yang Xiong's intent: "Despicable human, you're too cunning; now I'll let you witness my strongest power."

A blue light emanated from Xiao Bai's head; at that moment, the Demon Shark Domain seemed to strengthen, and under the blue glow, not only Yang Xiong but even Ning Rongrong and the others appeared to fly more slowly.

This is Xiao Bai's ultimate attack skill: Despair Light Wave, a mental assault that, when it hits anyone, places their entire spirit under control and temporarily seals all their soul skills, leaving them at her mercy.

Even Yang Xiong felt as if he were being controlled in that instant, his body involuntarily losing consciousness, and his actions slowed considerably.

However, Yang Xiong instead closed his eyes, carefully sensing his body's changes while fully boosting his spiritual power.

In that instant, Yang Xiong's spiritual power seemed to reach its peak; his eyes turned blood‑red, and a blood‑colored light shot out from them.

The blood‑colored light clashed with Xiao Bai's blue glow, and the entire space seemed to rupture in that moment.

This is the Shura Divine Light that Yang Xiong cultivated by evolving his Purple Extreme Demon Eye, also his strongest mental attack skill.

Although Xiao Bai, as a Hundred‑thousand Year Soul Beast, is extremely powerful, faced with Yang Xiong's full‑force Shura Divine Light, the Despair Light Wave seemed instantly pierced; Xiao Bai let out a mournful scream, her whole body thrashing as if caught between despair and endless killing.

Yang Xiong couldn't help shaking his head, ignored Xiao Bai's condition, and sped straight through the Huanxing Hai.

Meanwhile, the others had already crossed the Huanxing Hai while Yang Xiong and Xiao Bai were battling, and they cleared the Sea God Trials' second stage.

After crossing the Huanxing Hai, a voice echoed in Yang Xiong's mind.

"Yang Xiong, your strength is formidable, daring to fight a Hundred‑thousand Year Soul Beast head‑on; Top‑Level Eight Trials' second test cleared, reward: soul power increased by one level, Soul Ring duration increased by one thousand years."

Yang Xiong summoned his Soul Ring; the previously shattered one had already regenerated, and now the Soul Ring displayed three purple, two black, and two red segments.

With the Soul Ring's duration extended, Yang Xiong felt the power of all his soul skills increase significantly.

The biggest change involved the first two Soul Rings, which were only Hundred‑year Soul Rings; even with extreme absorption, the soul skill power remained limited.

But since clearing the First Trial, both Soul Rings turned purple, and their power seemed to increase geometrically, becoming countless times stronger than before.

The First Soul Skill Xuanming Transposition saw its range vastly expanded—from a mere hundred meters to five hundred meters—and as his soul skills improved, Yang Xiong felt his grasp of space growing stronger.

Although Yang Xiong previously used that soul skill to achieve Teleportation, the teleportation distance was very limited.

When the First Soul Skill became a Thousand‑Year Soul Technique, Yang Xiong felt he could gradually fuse spatial ability into the Spiral Sphere, even reducing teleportation limits, as if breaking free of a constraint.

The Second Soul Skill Golden Heart Amplification also grew stronger; originally it quickly healed wounds and dispelled negative effects, but now its effects are greatly enhanced, even granting immunity to certain enemy debuffs, especially mental ones.

This is one reason why Yang Xiong, using Shura Divine Light, can contend with and repel a Hundred‑thousand Year Soul Beast.

Moreover, after the Wood Attribute energy strengthened, his body's Life Force seemed much stronger, with greater vitality and regenerative ability.

Besides Yang Xiong, everyone who passed the trials had their soul power increased by one level, and Shui Bing'er and Ning Rongrong each extended their Soul Ring duration by five hundred years, making the first four Soul Rings of each now all purple.

Amid the group's surprise, Dai Mubai, Tang San and others expressed gratitude to Yang Xiong; had he not helped, even Tang San might not have cleared this stage of the trials.

Xiao Bai leapt onto the land, her gaze at Yang Xiong filled with intense resentment.

"You bastard, how could you be so deceitful, daring to hurt me; I'll definitely get revenge for today's incident."

Yang Xiong showed a hint of helplessness, "Xiao Bai, I hold no grudge against you, nor against any Soul Beast; I only used a small trick to pass the trials. If I hadn't given my all, we probably all would have died at your hands before clearing the trials."

Xiao Bai showed a trace of unwillingness, "This trial was arranged by the Sea God; I'm also doing my best as an examiner, but you're too deceitful, rallying so many people to assault me."

Yang Xiong was speechless; does this Hundred‑thousand Year Soul Beast lack a brain, acting as naive as a little girl? In life‑or‑death, there's no camaraderie, only killing and scheming.

Yang Xiong smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Xiao Bai, I'll ask you a question: if my Soul Ring soul bone skill were unrestricted, would you be my opponent? If you're confident, we could just fight now; I no longer have any restrictions on my Soul Ring soul bone skill."

Xiao Bai swallowed at his words; Yang Xiong's successive attacks had damaged both her body and spiritual power, even while the Soul Ring skill was still limited.

Especially the last few Self‑Created Soul Skills Yang Xiong used—both Killing God Slash and Shura Divine Light—made her feel mortal danger, and even now she feels lingering dread.

If Yang Xiong's Soul Ring soul bone skill weren't limited, Xiao Bai thought he might have the power to slay her alone.

Seeing Xiao Bai fall silent, Xiao Wu hurried forward, patted Xiao Bai's fin, and began to comfort her.

"Xiao Bai, don't mind Xiao Xiongzi; he's a monster who only cultivates and kills, with no sense of compassion."

After speaking, Xiao Wu glared at Yang Xiong, seeming to resent him for hurting Xiao Bai.

The other little girls quickly gathered around Xiao Bai to comfort her, making Yang Xiong appear as a sinner who harmed a friend; ultimately, Xiao Bai gradually calmed down under everyone's consolation.

Oscar even prepared plenty of food and fine wine, and gave Xiao Bai a Super Recovery Big Sausage to consume.

Xiao Bai's originally cold complexion warmed under the girls' friendship and the food, and she gradually blended in with the group.

Yang Xiong: ……

After the crowd finished messing around, they each turned their attention to the content of the next trial.

Basically everyone's trial content is similar, which is Tidal Body Forging.

In the red light before Yang Xiong, new content also appeared: "Yang Xiong, top-level assessment third trial, double Tidal Body Forging, requires fourteen hours per day."

The others are basically similar: Black Level Four Trials six hours, Black Level Six Trials eight hours, Red Level Seven Trials nine hours.

At this moment, Yang Xiong looked extremely excited, and also showed a hint of doubt.

Among all assessment contents on Sea God Island, what Yang Xiong truly looks forward to most is Tidal Body Forging, even surpassing the first-stage Sea God's Light.

For his own martial soul, Body Tempering is truly the most useful; Yang Xiong has never absorbed the divine Soul Ring, waiting for Tidal Body Forging so that his body becomes stronger before he absorbs it.

However, Yang Xiong finds it a bit odd; normally he's only at the Red Level Eight Trials, yet it feels the same as Tang San's Sea God Nine Trials content, even a little tougher—could the Sea God really be watching the situation of his group?

(End of chapter)