Feng Zhan wanted to kill Xie Li with full force, so his defence was bound to weaken. Ling Xiao’s strike now was perfectly timed.
“I’ve been waiting for you!”
Feng Zhan sneered. The knight behind him detached from his body and thrust its spear at Ling Xiao.
“Person-soul separation?”
Ling Xiao paused for a moment.
He had seen this method before, but after separation, both sides’ strength would drop. This should offer Feng Zhan no advantage.
“No!”
After a brief frown, Ling Xiao quickly melted back into the darkness.
Feng Zhan’s technique was not ordinary person-soul separation!
His martial soul had likely advanced to the “wandering soul” stage.
Martial souls progressed through stages: remnant soul, complete soul, out-of-body, wandering soul.
In the out-of-body stage, the soul could assist in battle but reduced both sides’ power, failing to reach cooperative levels.
Though many warriors’ souls reached out-of-body, few actually released them.
Only at wandering soul stage did this change.
A wandering soul could fight independently within a range without diminishing either side’s combat power.
Amplification effects remained.
Most terrifyingly, it could battle alone, killing enemies even without the warrior’s control.
On Tianlong Continent, Ling Xiao had never seen a wandering soul. Most could not reach it, and those who did disdained using it.
After arriving on Shenhuang Continent, many warriors lacked souls, so he forgot about it.
Unexpectedly, he encountered one today.
This was truly surprising.
Wandering soul had three phases: night wandering, day wandering, spirit body!
Night wandering feared light, a major weakness. Day wandering ignored sunlight but feared strong blood qi or soul force.
Only as a spirit body could it fight like a true warrior, with few weaknesses.
Ling Xiao’s Mountains and Rivers Martial Soul was only at out-of-body stage seven, far from wandering soul.
This took time to explain, but in Ling Xiao’s mind, it flashed by instantly.
He needed only two points:
First, neither Feng Zhan nor his knight soul lost power.
Second, the soul was somewhat weaker than the warrior himself.
That sufficed.
But “weaker” had limits.
Feng Zhan’s knight soul erupted with power no less than a Ninth Cave Heaven, or even Tenth Cave Heaven warrior.
Before it, Ling Xiao had no resistance.
No wonder those with martial souls were so strong. This alone crushed soulless warriors.
Bloodlines could not do this. They boosted the warrior’s own power, perhaps matching soul amplification, but could not separate.
Xie Li could not even help Ling Xiao now.
Everyone watched, certain Ling Xiao would die.
“After all, it was just wishful thinking!”
The Scorpion tribe despaired. Their bodies unrecovered, they could only watch the soul kill Ling Xiao.
This was too frustrating.
“Sigh, we should not have hoped. Ling Xiao is brave, but his strength is too low. Asking him to beat Feng Zhan is impossible.”
“Yes, we thought too much.”
Compared to Scorpion frustration, the worried Lizard people, Black Crow Army, and Shenhuang warriors grew excited.
“Die!”
They hoped to see Ling Xiao slain.
Then they would be safe.
Otherwise, with Ling Xiao’s temperament, he would never spare them. They would die too.
Boom!
The knight’s spear struck Ling Xiao. Bursting energy obscured vision.
People waited. What happened to Ling Xiao?
Dead?
“No! Ling Xiao lives! How is this possible!”
A shocking scene unfolded.
Ling Xiao stood unharmed. The knight soul shrank rapidly, turning to dust, vanishing completely from the hall.
“What happened! Impossible! That soul had at least Eighth Cave Heaven strength. Ling Xiao unscathed!”
“Unscathed is one thing, but he countered and killed the knight soul. How?”
Countless cries of shock rang out.
This was too bizarre, many doubted their eyes.
“Damn, good thing Butterfly Girl helped, or that hit would have skinned me if not killed. Close call.”
Ling Xiao sighed inwardly. A half-step Yin-Yang Realm expert was beyond him now. Even Tenth Direction Heaven warriors might overwhelm him, let alone this.
Of course, without Butterfly Girl, he would not clash with the knight soul. He would flee.
With Feng Zhan held by Xie Li, escape was viable.
Different situations, different choices.
“Boy, what sorcery did you use!”
Feng Zhan was near madness.
He thought the wandering soul would surely kill Ling Xiao. But the result was unacceptable.
Not only failed to kill, his soul was destroyed by Ling Xiao.
Truly destroyed!
Like a warrior slain!
Irrecoverable forever!
He was furious and terrified.
Against Temur Mutu or Ji Ning, he could accept it. But this was just a Heaven-Human Realm warrior, Ling Xiao.
All intelligent beings fear the unknown.
Feng Zhan was no exception.
His earlier fierce intent nearly dissipated.
“Sorcery?”
Ling Xiao sneered, “Heh, what if it was sorcery? To kill you, I will use every means. Afraid now?”
“You!”
Feng Zhan wanted to slap him dead.
But he dared not.
He was truly afraid.
He even avoided approaching Ling Xiao.
If Ling Xiao could destroy his soul, he could destroy him.
Without knowing Ling Xiao’s method, he would not risk it.
“Afraid? Not attacking? Then it’s my turn!”
Ling Xiao smiled mockingly, said to Xie Li, “Sister Xie Li, rest. Leave this Feng Zhan to me.”
With that, killing intent filled the hall. Blood-red light condensed on both swords. Surging battle intent sharpened his sword intent extraordinarily.
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