Soul Emperor Martial God

Boom!

The Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale burst forth from the ocean, stirring up a hundred-meter high, shocking tidal wave.

The ice beneath the feet of Xiao Yi and his four companions instantly shattered.

They were prepared and quickly leaped up.

"Here comes a big one," Xiao Yi said with a light chuckle, lightly tapping his foot on the huge wave and standing firm.

"Leave it to me," Zhong Wuyou bellowed.

"Heavenly Tree, appear."

A sky-reaching giant tree appeared out of nowhere.

Its dense branches, which blocked the sky and sun, instantly enveloped the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale in mid-air.

"Roar." The Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale let out a furious roar like a demon beast.

Its huge body thrashed violently, trying to break free from the Heavenly Tree's branches and escape back into the Ice Sea.

"Evil creature, you won't escape," Lingg Yu shouted loudly.

His feet moved mysteriously as he walked on water.

"Star Shadow Sword Formation."

Lingg Yu forcefully slashed down with the Star Shadow Sword in his hand.

Countless starlights suddenly appeared.

Beneath the starlight, numerous sharp sword blades formed a Sword Array.

Inside the Sword Array, there seemed to be an incredibly strong Confinement Power.

The Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale, which had been violently struggling within the branches of the Heavenly Tree, suddenly struggled less fiercely, only managing to twitch symbolically a few times.

"Cold Ice Binding," Bai Bingxue also shouted loudly.

She sent out a trail of Cold Frost from her hands.

The Cold Frost soared into the sky and gradually turned into a Cold Ice Spiritual Snake.

The Cold Ice Spiritual Snake approached the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale and then automatically coiled around it, loop after loop, thoroughly binding the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale.

After a few seconds.

The Cold Ice Spiritual Snake turned back into a trail of Cold Frost.

In but a second, the entire Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale was completely sealed in ice, unable to move.

...

High in the sky, a few Ice Palace Elders nodded and smiled.

They had long anticipated the appearance of the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale.

"The first Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale has appeared and has been captured by the genius of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect," an Ice Palace Elder said with a smile.

"Indeed worthy of a Sword Dao Practitioner."

"In this Extreme Cold Land, their strength is greatly reduced, yet they still possess such combat power."

"One can imagine how formidable their strength must be outside of this place."

Two other Ice Palace Elders beside him smiled and said, "The Sky-splitting Sword Sect is indeed the number one Martial Arts Holy Land."

"The Sword Dao Experts within it are surely extraordinary."

...

Below, the completely bound and frozen Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale fell from the sky.

The strength of the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale was no different from a Seventh-level Ice Whale.

However, Xiao Yi had not yet made his move, and it was already easily taken down by Bai Bingxue and the two others.

Such was the combat power of the Sword Sect Disciples.

Although these three were only at the Seventh and Eighth Layers of Earth Origin, their combat power definitely reached the Heavenly Origin Realm.

By the way, the rule for the first round is that martial artists with a spot are not allowed to interfere with each other.

But this does not prevent martial artists from the same power from joining forces.

Xiao Yi and his four companions began to absorb the Pure Spirit Energy from this enormous creature.

Compared to the Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish, which had no fighting power at all.

The Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale was not only strong and massive, but most importantly, the purity level of its contained Spiritual Energy had greatly increased.

This Pure Spirit Energy was made from the Mist Energy of the auroras as well as the Extreme Cold Essence.

After entering the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale's body, having been brewed and compressed, its purity was astonishingly high.

Above, an Ice Palace Deacon had already recorded the score for the five of them.

Capturing a Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale scored much more than the total score of capturing Swallowing Spirit Ice Fishes for a day.

In a short time, after the enormous Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale's contained Pure Spirit Energy was entirely absorbed by the five people.

A surge of momentum erupted suddenly.

This signified the breakthrough of a Martial Artist's Cultivation.

And the one who broke through was Ye Ming.

His Cultivation finally stepped into the Earth Origin Realm, at the Earth Element First Layer.

The other who broke through was Bai Bingxue.

Her Cultivation was originally at the Seventh Layer of Earth Origin.

After practicing for over a month in the Spirit Gathering Array at the inn in Evernight City, her Cultivation had already increased by quite a bit.

She was at the peak of the Seventh Layer of Earth Origin.

This is the advantage of being a martial artist with a spot, to be able to arrive in Evernight City early to wait and enjoy Cultivation Resources.

And to prepare for the coming of the Ice Edge Conference.

Now, after absorbing the Pure Power from this Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale, her Cultivation immediately broke through, reaching the Earth Origin Eighth Layer.

While Zhong Wuyou and Lingg Yu, whose Cultivations were already at the Earth Origin Eighth Layer.

Although they did not break through, their Cultivation obviously increased a lot.

Among the five people, only Xiao Yi showed almost no change in cultivation.

Although this Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale was enormous,

it was divided into five parts by the five people absorbing it.

Afterward, one-fifth of this pure power entered Xiao Yi's body, and ninety-nine percent of it was snatched away by the Ice Phoenix Sword.

Very little could be converted into Primordial Power and stored in the Qi Spring.

Xiao Yi shook his head without giving it much thought.

He continued to maneuver the 'Ice Mountain' power within his body to attract the Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish.

Time gradually passed.

Three days later.

The True Qi or Primordial Power constantly released by the one thousand five hundred martial artists had already permeated hundreds of miles around.

And as time passed, its concentration became even more terrifying.

Gradually, not only Xiao Yi's area attracted the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale.

Other areas also attracted many Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales.

In these three days, Xiao Yi and the other four captured more than thirty Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales.

In other areas, the number of Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales that appeared and were captured was also over a hundred.

According to the explanation given by the Ice Palace Elders before,

in the boundless Extreme Cold Ice Sea, there was an endless number of Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish.

But, there was a limit to the number of Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales, roughly several hundred, less than five hundred.

Meaning, not everyone out of the one thousand five hundred could get one.

Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales, strong practitioners, and those with destiny could capture and secure them.

Also, Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales were the key to widening the score gap.

Although Xiao Yi's group captured over thirty, on average, each person only had six.

Among the martial artists participating in the Ice Edge Conference, there were no shortage of heavenly talents and strong practitioners.

Xiao Yi absolutely believed that many individuals' current scores were no less than theirs.

Time passed again.

By the fifth day,

for some reason, the frequency and density of appearances of the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales suddenly skyrocketed.

In the previous days, in one area, about every two hours or so, a Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale would be attracted.

But now, every hour, there was one.

As time gradually passed, the frequency shot up again.

It had become every few minutes that one would appear.

This degree was truly terrifying.

The speed and number of Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales that Xiao Yi and the others captured greatly increased.

Other participating martial artists in different areas experienced the same.

Xiao Yi speculated that it was probably due to the increasing concentration of True Qi and Primordial Power emitted by the one thousand five hundred martial artists within hundreds of miles.

Xiao Yi assumed this naturally.

But the Ice Palace Elders high in the sky already had deeply furrowed brows.

"What's going on? The frequency of the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales' appearances in previous Ice Edge Conferences was all about the same."

"Why is it so dense this time?"

The Ice Palace Elders were also baffled.

At the start of the sixth day,

Xiao Yi, who had been catching Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish and occasionally a Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale, suddenly had a drastic change in his expression.

Although the True Qi and Primordial Power emitted by martial artists had grown denser across the hundreds of miles,

the area around Xiao Yi remained the most concentrated.

"Be careful, a terrifying creature is coming." Xiao Yi uttered a low shout.

Zhong Wuyou and the others frowned.

Xiao Yi had just finished speaking.

A huge shadow suddenly appeared below Xiao Yi's area.

Not only that,

it also engulfed the regions around Feng Huayue and the others.

It was not difficult to imagine that the owner of this shadow was exceptionally massive.

"So big," Xiao Yi exclaimed and then waved his hand emphatically.

A surging spiritual energy wrapped around Zhong Wuyou and the other three, sending them four towards midair.

The next second, a colossal creature burst forth.

Large chunks of ice on the surface of the sea shattered instantly.

Feng Huayue and the others were directly shook into vomiting blood and flying back.

Xiao Yi stood still, frowning as he watched the colossal creature before him.

In the high sky, the faces of the Ice Palace Elders changed, "How is this possible?"

"That's the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale King."

"Every thirty years during the Ice Edge Conference, only three Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale Kings would appear."

"The three this time had already been captured by our Evernight Ice Palace."

"How could there still be one?"

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The second update.