“Poison Toad Cave Heaven!”
Ling Xiao’s pupils contracted sharply as he stared at the cave heaven surrounding the Poison Soul Venerable.
Within this domain, it was filled with sinister poisonous liquid and toxic gas. Countless poison toads emitted irritating and fearful croaks.
Clearly, the Poison Soul Venerable’s cave heaven domain was far more solid. It was much stronger than those of the two early first Cave Heaven Realm warriors Ling Xiao had encountered on the Tianlong Continent.
At this moment, the Poison Soul Venerable was the king of poison toads within this domain.
All the poison toads obeyed him without question.
He not only possessed the deadly venom of the poison toad, powerful leaping ability, and suddenly extending tongue, but also held control over this entire domain.
It had been mentioned before that beast-type martial souls and plant-type martial souls could grow alongside the warrior’s development.
They were like the demonic beasts of the Profound Realm, becoming increasingly powerful.
Of course, natural-type and special-type martial souls could also grow, though their growth was not as visually obvious as beast-type or plant-type.
“It seems the One-Eyed Dragon said something similar just before he died. Yet his domain elemental force was not as powerful as he boasted.”
Ling Xiao stepped forward. His sword domain manifested almost simultaneously.
His sword domain was not a true cave heaven domain. It was simulated through the Mountain River Martial Soul, but its power was by no means weak.
Since there was a gap in the quality of internal force, he would compensate through other means.
Saint King Eye!
The Taiji Eye rotated. A figure whose face could not be clearly seen appeared above Ling Xiao’s head.
Golden light flashed, and the sound of a battle song rang out.
It was a battle song created by Ling Xiao himself.
As the battle song played, a layer of brand-new energy enveloped Ling Xiao’s body. All his states began to rise.
“Can domain elemental force make one invincible? The gap in internal force quality is not insurmountable. As long as my soul is strong enough!”
Ling Xiao stepped forward again. Frenzied battle intent swept over the entire long street like an overwhelming wave.
Everyone felt some shock.
Was this terrifying battle intent truly released by a mere Ten Directions Heaven warrior?
It was simply too frightening.
At this moment, Ling Xiao exuded an aura of strength, unyielding spirit, and fearlessness.
Standing there, he seemed like an indomitable war god.
Or perhaps an elegant sword immortal.
“Putting on airs. Die for me!”
The Poison Soul Venerable had clearly noticed Ling Xiao’s changes. He knew he could no longer allow Ling Xiao to continue increasing his power.
Otherwise, he truly had no confidence in killing him within seven moves.
In that instant, thousands upon thousands of multicoloured, grotesquely ugly poison toads surged from the Poison Toad Cave Heaven. Many warriors broke out in goosebumps, their bodies trembling.
The poison toads formed a terrifying tidal wave of poison toads, all rushing towards Ling Xiao to completely submerge him.
“Swift!”
From within the sword domain, countless sword gleams shot through the air.
Ling Xiao had once studied sword control techniques and mastered sword formations, so his control over the sword domain was even more fluid.
After all, these originated from the same system.
“Radiant Sword Domain!”
This was the seventh profound truth within the Profound Truth of Light.
In his previous battle with the One-Eyed Dragon, Ling Xiao had not only broken through to the Ten Directions Heaven realm in cultivation, but also comprehended the sword domain.
From that, he had further realised the seventh profound truth within the Profound Truth of Light and Shadow.
With a resounding shout, those countless sword gleams all emitted scorching light akin to the red sun.
Then they transformed into innumerable beams of light, instantly enveloping the thousands of poison toads.
“Extinguish!”
Sharp sword qi fused with the red sun’s high temperature. This Radiant Sword Domain was fundamentally the nemesis of the Poison Toad Cave Heaven.
As soon as the sword gleams touched them, the poison toads vanished instantly.
Moreover, the attack range of the sword domain was simply too vast. It even enveloped the Poison Soul Venerable himself.
Almost no one noticed that the three marks Ling Xiao had previously left on the Poison Soul Venerable’s body began to glow with the same light as the red sun.
Those three attacks had been strikes, but their purpose was not to injure the opponent. Instead, they were to set up a formation on his body.
A very simple “Three Stars Converging Light Formation”.
Though simple, its effect was highly specialised. It could concentrate the power of the red sun and the power of light, gathering them at a single point.
This seemingly insignificant thing might normally only be used for pill refining or magic tricks, but at this critical moment, Ling Xiao had incorporated it into the most crucial part of his attack.
With this Three Stars Converging Light Formation, Ling Xiao now had a way to injure the Poison Soul Venerable.
So what if the opponent was a third Cave Heaven Realm warrior?
The outcome of a battle was not entirely determined by strength.
Sometimes, strategy was also a vital component.
“Damn it! Break for me!”
The Poison Soul Venerable had not discovered the Three Stars Converging Light Formation. Facing the sky-full of sword light continuously eroding and destroying his Poison Toad Cave Heaven, he naturally would not sit idly by.
His enormous mouth took a deep breath, then exhaled.
A violent gale raged, actually scattering countless sword lights.
However, in the next moment, he realised this was utterly futile.
The sword domain reformed, and the assault came again.
With his cultivated soul, how powerful was Ling Xiao’s spirit? Under the dual control of his soul force and heavenly yuan force, how could the sword domain be so easily destroyed?
“Break!”
The sword gleams of the sword domain finally pierced through the defences of the Poison Toad Cave Heaven. Sword light landed on the Poison Soul Venerable’s body.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Sounds like raindrops striking rang out.
Though still no wounds were left on the Poison Soul Venerable’s body, the strikes had solidly connected.
This left countless people astonished, their faces filled with shock.
A mere Ten Directions Heaven warrior could actually steadily suppress a third Cave Heaven Realm expert.
Although he could not injure the opponent, this was already remarkable.
If their cultivations were equal, would the Poison Soul Venerable not be pinned to the ground and rubbed against it?
What they understood even less was how Ling Xiao’s heavenly yuan force could overcome the Poison Soul Venerable’s domain elemental force.
“That is not simply heavenly yuan force. It is a brand-new internal force formed from the complete fusion of heavenly yuan force and soul force!”
Among the crowd, there were experts after all.
“No wonder. I was wondering why Ling Xiao’s sword gleams seemed to possess life. So they have incorporated soul force. But with so many sword gleams and such a vast sword domain, for a mere Ten Directions Heaven warrior, how strong must his soul force be?”
“That is precisely his brilliance. It is said that Ling Xiao began cultivating soul secret techniques very early on. His soul force far exceeds that of warriors at the same realm.
But exactly how much stronger, no one knows.”
They truly did not know how much suffering Ling Xiao had endured or how many risks he had taken to cultivate.
A person’s strength does not come without reason. It is earned step by step.
“You cannot injure this old man. Even if you land attacks, what of it? This old man will kill you now!”
The Poison Soul Venerable appeared to be at a disadvantage, but in reality, he still stood in an invincible position.
