Chapter 369: Chapter 369: Breaking Down
He unleashed his Flame Martial Soul.
Behind Chu Qingyun, a roaring blaze over two meters tall instantly erupted.
The powerful aura of a Tier Four Martial Soul surged outward in all directions like a tide.
Around him, the ground in five circular areas, each with a ten-meter radius, suddenly turned a brilliant reddish-gold, as if it had burst into flame.
The entire mountainside trembled lightly.
Beneath the ground, it felt as if an immense power had been accumulating, about to erupt!
The scorching heat evaporated the puddles on the ground, sending clouds of steam billowing into the air.
"Get back!"
One of the eighteen men from the Martial Soul Hall suddenly roared and leaped back, trying to escape the burning ground.
The others reacted instantly and sprang into action.
But at that exact moment, with a tremendous BOOM!
From the five burning areas, five massive pillars of flame erupted. The pillars shot toward the sky, reaching a height of a full hundred meters!
Though one had reacted ahead of time, their movements were all significantly slowed by the suppressive aura of the Tier Four Martial Soul.
Still, five of them failed to leap clear in time and were engulfed by three of the fiery pillars.
In the sky, six Flying Demon Beasts were unable to dodge in time, their wings or tails enveloped by the pillars of flame.
The pillars of fire slowly rotated, generating an immense force. It brutally dragged the six Flying Demon Beasts into the flames, incinerating them to ash!
The power of a Tier Four Soul Technique was immense!
Anyone caught within—be it a Demon Beast or a member of the Martial Soul Hall—couldn’t last thirty seconds before being burned to cinders, completely annihilated.
The pillars blazed for a full minute. Afterward, the five hundred-meter columns of fire slowly dissipated. They left five molten craters on the mountain, each twenty meters in diameter, with steam constantly rising from them.
Watching all this unfold, the thirteen remaining Tier Three Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall were utterly aghast once more.
’What... What is this now!?’
’A Tier Four Flame Martial Soul?’
’Didn’t they say Chu Qingyun’s Martial Soul was a Tier Four Iron Thread Ten-Star Vine!?’
’Zoning out again? You guys just never learn...’
’Iron Thread Ten-Star Vine!’
With a mental command from Chu Qingyun, a dark green power coalesced within the blazing Martial Soul Illusion of the flame behind him. A two-meter-tall Iron Thread Ten-Star Vine sprouted from within the fire.
With two Martial Soul Illusions trailing him, Chu Qingyun kicked off the ground and charged at a Tier Three Martial Spirit across from him.
The Tier Three Martial Spirit was still in a daze when Chu Qingyun seized him.
’Flame Power!’
At Chu Qingyun’s command, a massive amount of Tier Four Flame Power erupted from his palm, instantly engulfing the man. A moment later, there was a loud POP.
The man from the Martial Soul Hall couldn’t withstand the force. He exploded into a cloud of Martial Soul Power, which was promptly consumed by the Devouring Martial Soul.
"Charge! We’ll fight him to the death!"
"Attack together!"
The remaining twelve Tier Three Martial Spirits finally snapped out of it. Under the threat of death, they suppressed their shock and fear. All twelve swarmed forward, unleashing their most powerful attacks!
The last seven Flying Demon Beasts were also commanded to dive at Chu Qingyun from the air.
A final counterattack!
Chu Qingyun smiled coldly, a hint of disdain on his face.
’A final counterattack? More like a death wish!’
’Swallowing Mud Worm Soul!’
’Sinking into the Mire!’
Facing their attack, Chu Qingyun stood in place without moving. When they charged to within five meters of him, he suddenly unleashed the Swallowing Mud Worm Soul.
An illusion of a small, earth-yellow worm flashed before him. The once-solid mountain ground beneath the feet of the twelve Tier Three Martial Spirits suddenly turned into a quagmire deep enough to submerge half their calves!
The twelve of them instantly lost their footing and stumbled forward, their bodies thrown off-balance.
At this critical moment, Chu Qingyun struck out with a light palm. ’Great Devouring Palm!’
The terrifying, heart-stopping Devouring Power once again surged from Chu Qingyun’s palm. A black cylinder rapidly expanded. Everyone—the men from the Martial Soul Hall and the seven Flying Demon Beasts in the sky—was horrified. They scrambled backward desperately, trying to escape the cylinder’s range.
But the men on the ground had their calves sunk in the mire. Having lost their balance, they couldn’t escape at all.
Only two, who were luckier for having charged more slowly, managed to stabilize themselves and retreat to safety.
The remaining ten vanished silently into the black cylinder.
Their Primordial Power and Martial Soul Power were devoured completely.
They vanished completely.
In mid-air, the seven Flying Demon Beasts screeched to a halt and began a hasty retreat. But from behind Chu Qingyun, ten vines suddenly shot out, brutally ensnaring six of them and dragging them into the black cylinder.
The six Tier Three Demon Beasts shrieked wildly, but after being submerged in the black cylinder, they also instantly disappeared, turning into streams of Primordial Power and a faint red energy that flowed into the Devouring Martial Soul.
This time, it again expanded by five meters before the Great Devouring Palm collapsed.
After the cylinder dissipated, the two remaining Tier Three Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall and the last Tier Three Flying Demon Beast were utterly broken.
’Ten Tier Three Martial Spirits and six Tier Three Demon Beasts... they entered that black cylinder and just... vanished. Nothing left...’
SCREE!
The last Tier Three Demon Beast let out a strange cry and suddenly shot into the sky at full speed.
Even though it had long been tamed by the Martial Soul Hall, at this moment, it rebelled, completely ignoring the two men below.
Although a Tier Three Demon Beast had not yet developed true intelligence, its instinct for self-preservation was far stronger than that of an ordinary beast.
Seeing the Demon Beast trying to flee, Chu Qingyun sneered, once again unleashing his Black Arrow Martial Soul and shooting it down with one arrow.
The Thorny Black Arrow: a guaranteed hit within five hundred meters.
’Another Arrow Martial Soul!’
At this moment, the last two remaining Tier Three Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall finally believed it: Chu Qingyun had been fighting them with many different Martial Souls and Soul Techniques this entire time!
It was something truly difficult to fathom.
But from the Iron Wall to the flames, from the vines to the Black Arrow, and even the sudden quagmire—all these miraculous powers could only be explained by him having multiple Martial Souls!
At this moment, the two of them finally understood what mistake their group of eighteen had made.
Initially, they believed that by luring Chu Qingyun over, they would have a chance to kill him and survive.
But now they knew that in reality, from the moment they were dispatched, their fate had already been sealed. They were destined to die; the only question was whether it would be at the hands of the Profound Snake or Chu Qingyun.
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