It was called a pseudo-domain because Slash Domain could only greatly enhance his attack power without weakening the enemy.
Even so, it provided a significant boost to Lin Yang's strength.
Just like right now.
Within the Slash Domain, the first to bear the brunt was the Golden Lion Tiger Beast.
The moment that purple soul ring appeared, it had already sensed extreme danger.
It wanted to retreat, but it was already too late.
The instant the domain formed, countless blade qi slaughtered indiscriminately, almost covering the entire domain.
The Golden Lion Tiger Beast's golden fur all over its body burst open with fine blood mists one after another, as if countless invisible blades were slicing it with thousands of cuts and ten thousand slashes.
As a pseudo-domain gained after ring fusion, his second soul skill "Armor Break" was also enhanced within the Slash Domain.
Every invisible blade qi carried terrifying true damage that ignored 80% physical defense.
And at this moment, the lion tiger beast's proud massive body had instead become the most obvious target.
The agonizing pain of being cut all over completely ignited the lion tiger beast's ferocity.
It no longer cared about the blade qi surrounding it. It even abandoned all defense and erupted with a blinding golden light from its entire body.
A terrifying aura exploded violently.
It was going for a desperate final strike!
"Roar——!"
A dazzling golden glow rapidly condensed in its mouth, like a small sun compressed to the extreme.
Terrifying energy fluctuations rippled outward. Wherever they passed, even the blade qi within the Slash Domain was temporarily forced back.
Lin Yang's eyes sharpened.
He couldn't let it spit it out.
He stomped heavily on the ground. His figure turned into a streak of afterimage as the fiery red blade edge swept forward, slashing straight at the lion tiger beast's throat.
The lion tiger beast also sensed Lin Yang's intention. Without hesitation, it spat out the golden glow from its mouth.
Lin Yang's pupils contracted sharply. He pushed Sun Breathing to the maximum. The blade edge shifted and rapidly slashed forward a cross-shaped firelight.
Sun Breathing · Twelfth Form · Flame Dance · Extreme!
Boom!
Terrifying air waves carrying dust surged in all directions.
Rubble flew, and smoke rose everywhere!
The surrounding ground looked as if it had been plowed viciously by something, with an entire layer shaved off.
Within the hazy dust and smoke, a black shadow fell heavily to the ground as if powerless.
Clang!
The Nichirin Blade returned to its sheath.
Lin Yang exhaled a long breath. Flames hissed between his lips and teeth!
A deep, pitch-black soul ring emerged above the corpse of the Golden Lion Tiger Beast beneath his feet.
However, Lin Yang did not rush to absorb the soul ring. Instead, he looked at his own hand with slight emotion.
Back then, he had nearly gone all out and relied on a little trick to kill Dai Ziming.
Now he had grown to the point where he could directly clash head-on with a ten-thousand-year Golden Lion Tiger Beast.
Although he had used up most of his trump cards, there was no doubt that he had become much stronger than before.
And after absorbing the soul ring, he would become even stronger than he was now!
Lin Yang clenched his fist, shifted his gaze to that pitch-black soul ring, and said softly,
"A Yin, help me stand guard. I'm going to absorb the soul ring!"
A blue light flashed from Ah Yin behind him. The Blue Silver Domain instantly covered a hundred-meter radius.
This was the Golden Lion Tiger Beast's territory. With the lingering remnants of its might plus the warning from earlier, no reckless soul beasts would come to this area in the short term.
Ah Yin's Blue Silver Domain could also serve as an early warning.
Lin Yang made some additional preparations.
After confirming everything was safe, he guided the soul ring and walked into the cave where the Golden Lion Tiger Beast lived.
The cave was large and had no strange odor.
Lin Yang sat cross-legged on the ground and guided the black soul ring onto his Nichirin Blade martial soul.
The moment he guided it, a vast and violent energy surged out from the soul ring like a bursting river, instantly filling Lin Yang's body.
This vast energy would absolutely have exploded any other soul master on the spot.
But for the Demon God Body, this violent energy was the perfect tonic delivered right to the door.
Almost without Lin Yang actively urging it, the Demon God Body martial soul began devouring greedily on its own—eating however much came.
At this moment, Lin Yang had no mind to pay much attention to this.
While he was absorbing the soul ring, his spirit was forcibly pulled into a strange chaotic space.
This space had no time and no direction—only boundless chaos and emptiness.
"So this is the spiritual shock of a ten-thousand-year soul ring? It seems a bit different from what I imagined!"
Lin Yang's spiritual body floated within it. He looked around calmly and observed.
"Roar——!"
A roar filled with brutality and hatred suddenly exploded behind him.
Lin Yang turned around. A Golden Lion Tiger Beast whose size had shrunk several times and whose figure appeared somewhat illusory was baring its fangs and claws at him.
This was definitely not the real Golden Lion Tiger Beast, but a trace of spiritual imprint left within the soul ring, instinctively trying to stop him from absorbing it.
When enemies meet, their eyes blaze with hatred!
Although this residual spiritual imprint had no intelligence, upon seeing Lin Yang—the enemy—it still roared and charged over.
Lin Yang sneered. "I could kill you while you were alive. Do you think I'd be afraid of you after you're dead?"
In this chaotic world, there were no martial souls and no soul skills.
With a thought, Lin Yang immediately used his spiritual power to manifest a Nichirin Blade and faced the charging beast shadow head-on.
The battle had little suspense.
The spiritual imprint left by the Golden Lion Tiger Beast was fierce, but it only had beast instincts. To Lin Yang, it was nothing at all.
Lin Yang had no hobby of toying with others either. With one slash, he beheaded it.
The instant the spiritual imprint dissipated, an extremely pure spiritual power seemed to be drawn and actively merged into Lin Yang's spiritual body.
Buzz!
After absorbing this spiritual power, Lin Yang felt a wave of clarity. The feeling was like drinking a can of ice-cold beer on a scorching summer day—refreshing from the inside out.
Before he could carefully savor the benefits brought by the increase in spiritual power—
Crack! Crack!
A series of clear, dense cracking sounds suddenly rang out in this space without warning, as if the entire space was collapsing.
Just as Lin Yang showed a vigilant expression, the ground beneath his feet suddenly gave way. His entire body fell downward as if in free fall.
The chaotic space instantly crumbled apart.
The falling process only lasted an instant. When he stood firm again, he found himself in another space.
Completely different from the previous chaotic space, this was a pure white space, boundless yet not empty or desolate.
The most eye-catching thing was a "sun" hanging high in the sky of this space.
This "sun" didn't look real—somewhat illusory—but one could still faintly feel the light and heat it emitted.
Warm, bright, full of vitality!
The moment he saw this "sun," a natural realization emerged in his heart.
This was his spiritual world, and that sun was his spiritual core.
In other words, that sun was his sea of spirit. It simply appeared in the form of a "sun," but its essence was the same.
Everything that had just happened was merely a visualization of his spiritual power breaking through its limits and stepping into a new realm.