Chapter 438: Co‑fighting the Death God

Seeing Ye Xi Shui turn into blood shadows and scatter, Huo Yutong narrowed her eyes slightly, and her sixth soul ring lit up.

Centered on her, a rose‑gold mental vortex quickly formed, forcibly pulling those phantoms and crushing them one by one.

Spiritual thought vortex, one of her sixth soul skills.

After breaking through the sixtieth level, Huo Yutong obtained from Tang Wulin's life divine realm a hundred‑thousand‑year celestial herb called Ling Shang An Hun Mei as a soul spirit. Though it did not grant her a soul bone, as compensation all the energy contained in its body was converted into pure spiritual power and transmitted into Huo Yutong's Sea of Spirit, giving her Sea of Spirit a considerable evolution.

Later Huo Yutong can complete the martial soul transformation from her spiritual eye to the Eye of Fate, and the solid foundation she helped lay for it is indispensable.

This spiritual thought vortex, as one of the soul skills it provides, is now one of Huo Yutong's few large‑scale mental attack methods, turning overwhelming spiritual power into a vortex; the closer one gets to the vortex's center—i. e., near Huo Yutong—the more intense the damage to the mind.

And as long as one is trapped in the spiritual thought vortex, one will be continuously affected by it; while spiritual power is repeatedly struck, a strong attraction pulls one toward the center, and the longer one remains in the vortex, the harder it is to break free.

With Huo Yutong's current spiritual power, very few can escape the binding effect of this soul skill.

But it is clear that Ye Xi Shui is one of those "few people."

A blood‑colored beam solidified, leapt hundreds of meters in an instant, and swiftly moved out of the range of Huo Yutong's spiritual thought vortex.

Just as she had just solidified, Tang Wulin appeared before her and thrust a spear.

With the enhanced Mental Detection Sharing from Huo Yutong, it was far too easy for Tang Wulin to lock onto her movements.

Ye Xi Shui couldn't help feeling a surge of grievance.

Since she became an Extreme Douluo, she has never been forced into such a passive position.

"You two stinky brats, don't get too cocky!"

She shouted angrily, and one blood soul from the blood soul array turned into a blood light that attached to her hand.

She grasped the Golden Dragon Spear, and the terrifying crimson immediately began to flow along the spear toward Tang Wulin's body.

At the same time, the remaining eleven blood souls emitted sharp, fierce shrieks and surged toward Tang Wulin together.

Her blood souls carry intense resentment; once contacted, they quickly plunge into madness and eventually are assimilated into vengeful spirits, a unique path by which she merges her soul power with her spiritual power.

Even if Mu En truly revived to fight her, he would be extremely cautious against this move and would never dare to be easily hit by her.

Tang Wulin's strength indeed exceeded her expectations, but his current display of spiritual power did not frighten Ye Xi Shui as Huo Yutong's did, so it could not be without effect.

Logically, that's how it should be.

Having the Golden Dragon Spear seized by Ye Xi Shui, the scarlet blood light spread over his whole body, yet Tang Wulin remained unflustered, instead flashing a cold smile at Ye Xi Shui.

"!"

A vague foreboding instantly rose in Ye Xi Shui's heart, and she hurriedly withdrew her hand to step back.

But she was still a step too slow.

A blue giant dragon burst from Tang Wulin's right arm, forming a blue ring that encircled Ye Xi Shui and restrained her.

Given Ye Xi Shui's cultivation, breaking free would take less than a second.

But in a clash of their level, even that brief moment is already long enough.

In Ye Xi Shui's terrified gaze, the first five of Tang Wulin's six golden soul rings lit up together.

Golden Dragon Body, Golden Dragon Overlord Body, Golden Dragon Frenzy Domain, Golden Dragon Shockburst, Golden Dragon Roar!

In the next instant, Ye Xi Shui's eleven blood soul attacks also struck Tang Wulin. The golden scales on Tang Wulin's body instantly shone to a dazzling degree.

"Ang—"

A massive roar that seemed to shatter space itself rang out, layered shockwaves released, and the blood‑colored sky fragmented completely.

This all‑out strike from Tang Wulin somehow violently shattered Ye Xi Shui's Boundless Blood Sea domain.

Ye Xi Shui's own body even spat a mouthful of blood, watching helplessly as Tang Wulin's spear transformed into a dragon and lunged at her.

"Pfft!"

Under the tremendous force, Ye Xi Shui's body was instantly shattered into fragments by the Golden Dragon Spear, and her life force vanished completely.

Finished? "No, watch out!"

Hearing Huo Yutong's urgent voice, Tang Wulin didn't hesitate to unleash Golden Dragon Overlord Body again and employed Mountain Dragon Guard to shield his entire body.

In the next instant, the blood mist in the air coalesced into a silhouette; she held a short knife in her hand and thrust it fiercely toward Tang Wulin's heart.

"Ding!"

Fortunately, Tang Wulin was fully armed, so her attack failed to breach his defense.

Immediately after, she covered her head, let out a wail, turned back into a blood shadow and retreated hundreds of meters away, spitting a gush of blood, her complexion turning extremely pale.

Seeing the soul impact successfully push her back, Huo Yutong finally emerged from the Asura Eye, came to Tang Wulin's side, grasped his hand, and merged their soul power once more.

That last move was truly risky; Ye Xi Shui herself didn't know what method she used, yet even the mental detection failed to spot her trace.

The reason Huo Yutong discovered that she wasn't dead was thanks to her Eye of Fate's keen perception of misfortune.

When Ye Xi Shui was shattered by Tang Wulin, the Eye of Fate gave her a feeling not of relief but of greater unease.

Because of that, she could perceive the truth of Ye Xi Shui's feigned death.

Ye Xi Shui wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her eyes full of disbelief.

At the start of the battle she unleashed the Boundless Blood Sea domain, using a blood soul array to sweep the field for herself, believing she had taken it seriously enough.

But up to now, she has been the one being pressed down.

These two youths—one a control‑type soul master with extremely strong spiritual power, the other a physically extreme offensive soul master—combined to produce a synergy greater than the sum of their parts, stubbornly beating her down.

The two things she still can't figure out are how Tang Wulin managed to be immune to her vengeful spirit power, and how Huo Yutong sensed the truth of her feigned death.

If those two points hadn't exceeded her expectations, logically she should have already dealt with at least one of them by now.

She glanced at the blood soul array, now down to ten blood souls, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of her eye.

She can't hold back any longer.

She raised her hand, and the crimson giant tower behind her instantly emitted a fierce light.

The Death God Tower is her destined soul conduit; although it is still some way from a tenth‑level soul conduit, the Death God Light it unleashes is also one of her strongest attacks.

She intends to use her strongest attack to bury these two youths here.

(End of chapter)