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Taking more than ten days since their departure from Nuoding City, Ling Xiao and his companions finally arrived at Colossal Elephant City. Riding atop his Scale Horse, Ling Xiao gazed at the massive city before him, which towered dozens of meters high.
He could not help but marvel in his heart.
This Colossal Elephant City truly deserved its reputation as one of the prominent major cities within the Heaven Dou Empire. Although its scale could not compare to Spirit City, it far surpassed any city he had seen along the way.
Furthermore, Colossal Elephant City possessed its own distinct characteristics.
Perhaps because it served as the headquarters of the Elephant Armored Sect, the soul masters here were predominantly of the earth attribute or possessed massive beast martial souls.
Consequently, the architectural style of this city appeared exceptionally crude, rugged, and heavy, which was quite different from the typical style of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Ling Xiao still remembered that after awakening his martial soul at the age of six, he had learned about the various major sects in the soul master world and their inherited martial souls from the mouth of Bishop Ralph.
Back then, he had made up his mind that once his cultivation reached its initial stage of completion in the future, he would definitely test the might of those martial souls and use his Profound Sky Axe to compete against them.
Now that this goal was finally within reach, he could not help but feel a bit thrilled, thinking to himself, 'We've finally arrived. The Elephant Armored Sect is ranked among the Seven Great Sects and holds a resounding reputation in the soul master world.
I'd like to see just how powerful the Diamond Mammoth martial soul truly is.'
"Ling Xiao, Yan, your first stop has arrived. Are you prepared?"
Without anyone noticing, Chrysanthemum Douluo had stepped out of the carriage and approached the two of them to ask.
Looking at the smiling Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ling Xiao said confidently, "Of course, Elder Chrysanthemum. Over these past days, Yan and I have been building up our strength and have long reached our peak condition. The two of us have looked forward to this battle for a very long time. Right, Yan?"
"Of course, Elder Chrysanthemum. Could it be that you're worried Ling Xiao and I might lose?"
Perhaps because they had finally reached their first destination after many days of traveling, even Yan, who was usually a man of few words, could not help but say a bit more due to his slight excitement.
"Hehe, you two." Chrysanthemum Douluo smiled helplessly.
He was not actually worried about that point.
If even defeating the younger generation of the Elephant Armored Sect became an issue, then Ling Xiao and Yan would hardly be worthy of the title of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, and their entire challenge journey would turn into a joke.
"Let's go, we're entering the city." As soon as his voice fell, his figure flashed and vanished on the spot, returning to the carriage. This impressively scaled procession of Spirit Hall slowly advanced, beginning their entry into Colossal Elephant City.
However, the truth was that as early as when Ling Xiao and his companions were approaching Colossal Elephant City, they had already drawn the attention of everyone at the city gates.
Whether they were ordinary people or soul masters entering and exiting the city, none could resist turning their heads to stare. After all, news of Spirit Hall deploying a soul master team into the territory of Heaven Dou had already been spreading like wildfire recently.
Colossal Elephant City had long received word of this, though apart from the Elephant Armored Sect, no one knew exactly what Spirit Hall intended to do.
By the time Spirit Hall's forces began entering the city, the Elephant Armored Sect, the City Lord's Manor, and the Colossal Elephant City Spirit Hall Main-Hall had all received the news.
Very quickly, the City Lord of Colossal Elephant City, the Cardinal of the Spirit Hall Main-Hall, and an elder from the Elephant Armored Sect all led their respective groups out to welcome them.
It was a rather grand reception, showing immense respect toward Spirit Hall.
Among them, the one who caught Ling Xiao's attention the most was that elder from the Elephant Armored Sect. This person's physique was truly astounding, being exceptionally tall and far beyond what an ordinary man could compare to.
His frame appeared much more formidable than most soul masters with beast martial souls, prompting Ling Xiao to secretly marvel in his heart.
The Diamond Mammoth martial soul inherited by the Elephant Armored Sect truly lived up to its reputation as a giant beast martial soul that emphasized both strength and defense; its enhancement of the physical body was incredibly pronounced.
Furthermore, it was said that the Elephant Armored Sect possessed an inherited body-refining technique called the Elephant Armored Skill. This person's exceptionally massive frame might very well be due to the effects of that technique.
As Ling Xiao harbored these thoughts, on the other side, following Chrysanthemum Douluo's orders, the Soul Saint level soul master leading the front of Spirit Hall's procession politely declined the invitation of the Colossal Elephant City Lord.
Joining together with the Cardinal of the Spirit Hall and his group, they followed the Elephant Armored Sect elder and began heading toward their sect's headquarters.
As one of the few mega-cities within the Heaven Dou Empire, Colossal Elephant City boasted a population of several millions, so its surface area was naturally not small.
However, traveling within the city could not compare to the open roads outside. Spirit Hall's party was grand in scale, so to avoid accidental injuries, their speed naturally had to slow down.
Even so, in less than an hour, they had already arrived at the eastern side of Colossal Elephant City's central region, drawing close to the territory of the Elephant Armored Sect.
From afar, Ling Xiao caught sight of a massive complex of buildings.
Not only did it occupy an immense area, but its perimeter walls were over twenty meters high. At the very center, the plaque above the wide main entrance prominently bore three grand characters: Elephant Armored Sect.
On both sides of the entrance stood a stone sculpture of a Diamond Mammoth. They were truly gigantic, reaching nearly twenty meters in height, and the craftsmanship was incredibly refined, exuding a terrifying majesty.
This was precisely the headquarters of the Elephant Armored Sect.
As they drew closer, the ground suddenly vibrated with a heavy thud, thud, as if some monolithic creatures were walking. Six figures were seen stepping out from the main entrance of the Elephant Armored Sect.
Although these six individuals had slightly graying hair and beards, they did not display the slightest hint of old age. Their physiques were magnificently robust and exceptionally tall, far exceeding ordinary people.
None of them were inferior in build to the Elephant Armored Sect elder from before.
Those terrifying muscles overflowed with a sense of power and oppressive weight.
A majestic aura of blood vitality radiated outward, making the surrounding people instantly feel a scorching, masculine warmth. Before this, although Ling Xiao had already seen one Elephant Armored Sect elder, it was only a single person after all.
Now that six of them were gathered together, the scene instantly became breathtaking.
As the six of them stepped forward in unison, it felt as though a colossal beast was shifting forward.
Ling Xiao had always practiced the two body-refining fist techniques, the Ox Demon Force Fist and the Tiger Demon Bone-Refining Fist, to forge the foundation of his physical flesh. Thus, he possessed a fair understanding of physical cultivation.
Sensing the terrifying blood vitality emanating from these members of the Elephant Armored Sect, he was secretly astonished.
'What terrifying blood vitality. The physiques of these seven individuals are actually so formidable. Even without using their martial souls, relying solely on their robust bodies and their spirit power, it would likely suffice for them to battle ten-thousand-year soul beasts.
'They can truly be called humanoid soul beasts.Furthermore, putting aside how powerful their bodies are for a moment, the blatant blood vitality on their bodies gathers together like a crimson flame soaring into the sky, their essence rising like billowing wolf smoke.
'This is no longer something that can be achieved solely through the enhancements granted by a martial soul. They must have additionally practiced a body-refining technique. The Elephant Armored Sect truly deserves to be one of the Lower Four Sects.'
'They certainly possess unique insights regarding the cultivation of the physical flesh, and their body-refining method is quite remarkable. With the blood vitality and massive frames they display, their physical strength and defense must be extremely staggering.'
'Once coordinated with the Diamond Mammoth martial soul, which is renowned for strength and defense, their combat power will boundlessly be terrifying, and they will surpass other soul masters of the same cultivation level and martial soul who have not practiced body-refining techniques.'
'However...'
Ling Xiao looked at the physically formidable members of the Elephant Armored Sect before him, sizing them up continuously as he silently thought, 'This body-refining technique of the Elephant Armored Sect doesn't seem to follow the same path as the Ox Demon and Tiger Demon techniques.'
'It is far too overbearing, and its impact on the physical flesh is overly pronounced. Although their strength and defense will increase to an extreme degree, their physical forms are drastically altered and their bodies become heavy. Their speed and agility will likely be reduced by quite a lot.'
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