Chapter 33: Border Killing Trap, Battle with a Soul Saint (Part 3)
The Diamond Mammoth True Body's mountain-like giant foot crashed down. Before it even made contact, the terrifying wind pressure caused the ground to crack inch by inch, and the air emitted unbearable explosions. A Soul Saint's strike in anger was enough to split mountains and sever rivers!
Facing this unavoidable strike, there was not a trace of panic in Yu Yuanchen's eyes. He knew well that clashing head-on with a strength-type Soul Saint was never a wise move, especially when the opponent had activated their Martial Soul True Body.
Just as the giant foot was about to descend upon him, subtle purple-gold electric arcs on his legs suddenly lit up as if they were alive. It was not a violent stimulation, but rather a rapid circulation and circuit construction within specific tiny Meridians in his legs at a strange frequency! This was the explosive technique passed down by that Elder, simulating the swimming posture of a Thunder Eel. At the same time, this was the movement technique he had created over the past two years by observing the movement of snake-type Soul Beasts and combining it with the incredibly tough Meridians resulting from his own Body Tempering, and by trial and error—Swimming Dragon Steps, activated instantly!
"Whoosh!"
His figure seemed to transform into a distorted streak of purple lightning. He did not retreat in a straight line, but instead slipped out from the edge of that giant foot with a bizarre arc that defied common sense, like a swimming dragon flicking its tail! The speed was so fast that it left a lingering afterimage in place.
"Boom!!!"
The giant foot slammed heavily where Yu Yuanchen had originally stood. The earth trembled violently, a deep pit with a diameter of over five meters appeared instantly, and soil and rubble shot into the sky like a fountain.
The Soul Saint's strike missed. The Diamond Mammoth's huge head turned, its cold eyes locking onto Yu Yuanchen, whose figure had just solidified dozens of meters away, and it let out an angry roar. He had not expected this kid, who appeared to be only a Soul Emperor, to have such bizarre and swift speed!
"Let's see how long you can hide!" the Soul Saint roared, and the third Soul Ring on his body flashed suddenly—Third Soul skills, Pressure Kill!
An invisible, powerful binding field instantly spread out with him as the center, covering a radius of twenty meters. Yu Yuanchen immediately felt his body sink, as if he had fallen into a thick quagmire, and his movements became sluggish. At the same time, the Diamond Mammoth's massive True Body leaped up suddenly. Although the height was not great, the crushing momentum, carrying the field suppression and its own terrifying weight, was even more terrifying than the previous simple stomp, and the coverage was wider!
Although Swimming Dragon Steps were marvelous, their effectiveness was greatly reduced under this kind of area suppression. Yu Yuanchen twisted his body with difficulty, once again avoiding the head-on crushing by a hair's breadth, but he was still grazed by the edge of the terrifying air current from the descent. The Dragon scale armor all over his body flashed chaotically, and his blood surged.
Before he could even catch his breath, the fifth Soul Ring on the Soul Saint's body lit up—Fifth Spirit Ability, Positioning Tracking!
An invisible spiritual mark instantly landed on Yu Yuanchen. The next moment, the Diamond Mammoth True Body that had just landed actually moved like a ghost. Its huge body, with a speed completely inconsistent with its size, hugged the ground and charged fiercely toward the direction where Yu Yuanchen had dodged! No matter how Yu Yuanchen changed the trajectory of his Swimming Dragon Steps, that huge mammoth was like a maggot on a tarsal bone, biting tightly onto his movement route, and its long trunk, like a huge siege hammer, thrust straight over with a piercing whistle!
"Trouble!" Yu Yuanchen's heart sank. These two lock-on type Spirit Abilities, combined with the Martial Soul True Body, greatly limited his speed advantage, forcing him to block head-on.
"Can't drag this out! Must finish this quickly!" His eyes sharpened, knowing he could no longer hold back. No one knew if this Soul Saint had companions nearby, or if he had special means of calling for help.
"Purple Lightning Domain, open!"
With a low shout, a purple thunder Domain with a diameter of twenty meters suddenly opened with Yu Yuanchen as the center! Inside the Domain, electric snakes danced wildly, and thunder roared! Under the interference of the Domain, the "Pressure Kill" field was immediately weakened by more than half, and the feeling of restraint on Yu Yuanchen's body was greatly reduced. At the same time, the thunder Domain also caused a certain impact on the Soul Saint's speed and perception, causing a trace of imperceptible stagnation in the charge under the "Positioning Tracking".
"A Domain?!" the Soul Saint exclaimed, his eyes full of disbelief. How could a Soul Emperor possibly possess a Domain?!
Just at the moment of his shock, Yu Yuanchen moved! The Thunder God Power was driven to the extreme, and the Swimming Dragon Steps became even more elusive with the support of the thunder Domain. He no longer dodged blindly but actively met the charge!
"Third Soul skills, Wrath of Thunder! First Soul skills, Thunder Dragon Claw!"
The amplification Soul skills and the attack Soul skills were activated simultaneously, but he did not release the Dragon Claw. Instead, he completely compressed and condensed the violent power of thunder onto his fully dragonified claws. The right claw contained thunder light, faintly emitting a Concept of shattering and destroying everything; the left claw spat out electric light, carrying extreme sharpness and tearing sensation!
"Bang!"
The left claw, covered with thick Dragon scales and thunder light, collided fiercely with the mammoth's long trunk that was sweeping over! A harsh friction sound rang out, and sparks flew in all directions! Yu Yuanchen's figure shook violently, sliding back several meters. His left arm felt numb, and a few white marks were left on the Dragon Claw. And on the mammoth's long trunk, a few tiny cracks were torn open!
"Such strong defense!" Yu Yuanchen was secretly shocked. But he did not stop his offensive. He lowered his body, used the Swimming Dragon Steps, and stuck close to the mammoth's side like a loach, his right claw, carrying the shattering effect, fiercely gouging toward its relatively vulnerable abdominal joint!
"Clang!"
It was like hitting hundred-refined steel, emitting a dull, loud sound. The Diamond armor at the joint was extremely hard, and the shattering effect failed to break the defense directly, but it also made its light dim, and tiny cracks appeared.
"Roar!" The Soul Saint felt pain. The giant mammoth foot lifted and trampled down like a giant pillar.
Yu Yuanchen again narrowly avoided it with the Swimming Dragon Steps, both claws striking together, either tearing or shattering, constantly clashing head-on with the Mammoth True Body. He deliberately made his aura appear somewhat chaotic, and the light on his Dragon scale armor was also deliberately controlled to flicker, as if he had suffered some internal injuries in the previous collision, appearing to be in a tight spot, retreating with every clash.
He fought while retreating, seemingly looking for a chance to escape, but he was tightly bitten by the "Positioning Tracking".
Seeing that he couldn't win after a long time, the Soul Saint felt anxious. Seeing Yu Yuanchen's "unstable aura", fierce light flared in his eyes: "Kid, even a Domain can't save you! Die for me!"
He gave up part of his defense and poured more Soul Power into the attack. The mammoth's long trunk lashed and stabbed like a storm, and the giant feet trampled in succession, forcing Yu Yuanchen into "perilous situations". He was hit on the shoulder by the long trunk once more, and his whole body "staggered" and flew backward. A few Dragon scales were shattered, and even a trace of blood was forced out of the corner of his mouth (in reality, he had deliberately injured the inside of his mouth).
"Now is the time!" Cold light exploded in Yu Yuanchen's eyes! What he was waiting for was the moment when the opponent became irritable due to the prolonged battle, and slightly relaxed because he was "injured"!
During the backward flight, he forcibly twisted his body. The Soul Power, Qi and blood in his body, as well as that strand of "Thunder God Power", surged toward his right arm Dragon Claw at an unprecedented speed! All the power, all the Spiritual will, were highly compressed and condensed at the tip of that ferocious Dragon Claw! The purple-gold electric light did not release outward, but instead collapsed inward, making the tip of the Dragon Claw dark and deep, as if it could swallow even light, and the surrounding space twisted slightly!
Seeing Yu Yuanchen being knocked flying, the Soul Saint was about to pursue the victory, but he suddenly sensed a fatal sense of crisis that made his Soul tremble, coming from the opponent's seemingly injured right claw!
"Not good!" His pupils shrank, and he wanted to defend with all his might, but the previous onslaught meant his old strength had just passed and his new strength had not yet arisen, and the turn of the Martial Soul True Body was also a moment too slow!
"Thunder Dragon Shattering Void!"
Yu Yuanchen let out a low roar like a dragon's chant, his body released suddenly like a taut bowstring. That right claw, which had condensed all his power, seemed to have crossed the distance of space, carrying the terrifying Concept of ignoring defense and piercing directly to the Origin, and it precisely clicked onto the center of the Diamond Mammoth True Body's head, on that hardest forehead bone!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a slight but bone-deep "pfft" sound.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
The ferocity and horror on the Soul Saint's face froze. He felt a terrifying power that was incomparably condensed, carrying high-frequency vibration and destructive characteristics, like a red-hot thin needle, easily piercing through his proud Diamond defense, penetrating the skull, and directly sinking into the depths of his brain!
All consciousness, all Soul Power, under this blow, were like a pricked balloon, instantly dissipating!
The Diamond Mammoth's massive Martial Soul True Body suddenly dissipated like smoke, revealing the Soul Saint's burly but lifeless body inside. There was only a tiny, charred hole on his forehead, and no blood flowed out, because the brain tissue inside had been instantly annihilated. In his wide-open eyes, there still remained unbelievable fear and confusion, and he collapsed to the ground, splashing up dust.
Yu Yuanchen breathed heavily, his face pale. This full-strength "Thunder Dragon Shattering Void" almost drained most of his Soul Power and Spiritual energy, and his right arm Dragon Claw also felt waves of tearing pain. But he dared not stay for a moment, forcing himself to quickly clean up the battlefield, taking all the bodies of the Elephant Armored Academy Disciples, including the Soul Saint, and everything of value into his storage soul tool, and then used the power of thunder to burn and disrupt the battle traces as much as possible.
After doing all this, he immediately took a Medicinal Pill and circulated his Soul Power to adjust his breath. When night completely shrouded the earth, cold light rose in his eyes again.
"The Elephant Armored Academy Disciples in the border city cannot be left alive either!"
Like a ghost in the dark night, he returned silently to the small border city where the checkpoint was set up. Relying on powerful spiritual perception and bizarre movement techniques, he easily found the place where the Elephant Armored Academy Disciples were staying—a courtyard temporarily occupied by them.
Without any mercy, for these enemies who wanted him dead, Yu Yuanchen would not go soft. He snuck into the courtyard, like a grim reaper wielding a sickle, and amidst the flashing purple lightning, those Elephant Armored Academy Disciples, who were at most at the Soul King level, were instantly killed without any ability to resist, whether in their sleep or while on guard.
Subsequently, he ignited thunder fire and burned the entire courtyard to the ground. The raging flames illuminated half the sky, swallowing all traces completely.
Standing on a hill in the distance outside the city, looking at the soaring flames, Yu Yuanchen's eyes were cold. After this battle, the Elephant Armored Academy would likely be unable to organize an effective pursuit for a short time, but it had also completely forged a deadly enmity.
He did not stop, turned and melted into the thick night, accelerating toward the direction of the Heaven Dou Empire, toward where his Family was located. The road back was destined not to be peaceful, but the thunder in his hand was already sharper.