Soul Emperor Martial God

With a clang,

Xiao Yi withdrew the Blizzard Sword, another spurt of hot blood splashing from Bing Chengtian's body, falling beyond the city walls.

Bing Chengtian was already devoid of life, dead beyond the possibility of revival.

His eyes were wide open, obviously unwilling to accept death at the hands of such a young man as Xiao Yi.

With a swoosh,

Xiao Yi carried the corpse, retreated, and landed on the snowy ground.

The brief lapse into a trance that Bing Chengtian experienced was naturally due to the technique of a Soul Master.

However, it was not a soul skill.

It was merely the simplest application of "Soul Power" from the "Soul Thought Technique."

But this thread of Soul Power was not very strong and normally would not have been able to cause much impact on a warrior of Bing Chengtian's caliber.

Under normal combat circumstances, the attack from that thread of "Soul Thought" would have had virtually no effect on Bing Chengtian.

But Bing Chengtian had just sustained serious injuries and was determined to escape, unaware of the Soul Master's cunning methods.

That's why he fell for it.

Simply put, based on Xiao Yi's current level of cultivation as a Soul Master, his techniques could only rely on their unpredictability, serving as unconventional tricks.

What truly allowed Xiao Yi to kill Bing Chengtian was the activation of the "Ice Pattern."

An instant burst from three thousand three hundred thirty-three lengths of Qi Spring increased his combat power to the peak of the Extreme Realm Third Layer.

Another significant factor was the suppression of Martial Arts Power.

Although Bing Chengtian possessed thirty percent of Martial Arts Power,

like the various types of Sword Dao, they vary in strength.

The same is true for the Cold Ice Skill.

His Heavy Ice Martial Way was clearly far inferior to Xiao Yi's Ice Sword Dao.

If levels were to be assigned to the Cold Ice Martial Way,

the Ice Sword Dao would be classified at the top tier,

and the Heavy Ice Sword Dao would be regarded as third tier.

The activation of Xiao Yi's "Ice Pattern" had already closed the gap to the third layer of the Extreme Realm that Bing Chengtian possessed, and even exceeded it.

Combined with the suppression in Martial Arts, he killed Bing Chengtian with a force as overwhelming as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.

This meant that even without using the Soul Master's techniques, Xiao Yi could still have killed Bing Chengtian.

However, if that were to happen, Bing Chengtian would have managed to flee back into the territories of the Ice Martial Kingdom and Xiao Yi would have had to spend more time in pursuit.

Xiao Yi was not willing to unnecessarily complicate matters.

Returning to the main topic,

now, Xiao Yi was holding Bing Chengtian's corpse, having retreated back onto the snowy ground.

On the city walls of the Cold Ice City, the Cold Ice City Lord along with a multitude of soldiers snapped to response.

"Damn it, capture this villain for me," the Cold Ice City Lord shouted angrily.

Cold Ice City, a name derived from being situated in the Extreme Cold Land and part of the Ice Martial Kingdom, reflects the significance the Ice Martial Kingdom places on this city.

The Extreme Cold Land, with its numerous and formidable demon beasts, is beyond imagination.

It is effectively a vast, boundless "Demon Beast Forest."

Thus, Cold Ice City frequently experienced severe Beast Tides.

Naturally, the warriors in this area were extraordinarily powerful.

In fact, aside from the Ice Martial King, Cold Ice City was one of the foremost cities in the Ice Martial Kingdom in terms of the strength of its warriors.

The city lord was a Heavenly Origin Peak Martial Artist, and the city guards were uniformly at the Mystic Breakthrough Realm or higher, with countless at the Earth Origin Realm.

At this time, at the command of the Cold Ice City Lord, countless city guards immediately assembled.

Although Bing Chengtian had not fully returned to Cold Ice City, nor had he returned to the territory of the Ice Martial Kingdom,

being killed just outside the city walls as a Grand Guardian of the Ice Martial Kingdom,

this, in the eyes of the Cold Ice City Lord, was a blatant provocation.

The bloodstains that had spilled, reddening the stone steps of the city walls,

also reddened the eyes of the Cold Ice City Lord.

"Daring to kill the Grand Guardian of my Ice Martial Kingdom will subject you to endless pursuit by the Ice Martial Kingdom."

The Cold Ice City Lord shouted loudly, preparing to lead his troops.

Just at that moment, a towering killing intent enveloped the entire city wall of Cold Ice City.

The killing intent came from Xiao Yi.

"I am the first-place winner of the Ice Edge Conference. Bing Chengtian stole my Ice Heart Holy Fruit. This is his fate."

"If your Ice Martial Kingdom seeks vengeance, send whoever you like to hunt me down.

I'll kill them one by one."

The cold declaration, uttered by Xiao Yi, spread throughout the entirety of Cold Ice City.

Not to mention that he himself had not entered Cold Ice City to kill anyone.

Even if he had, the Cold Ice City Lord could do nothing to him.

To true experts, so-called secular laws were but a joke.

His cold declaration shocked everyone, including the Cold Ice City Lord, among the Cold Ice City Martial Artists.

To their eyes, the unruly young man not far outside the city was like a soaring sharp sword, unrivaled in sharpness.

They realized he was a Supreme Expert capable of easily slaying a Grand Guardian of Extreme Realm Third Layer strength.

If they angered him,

They feared that even if all the power of Cold Ice City were gathered, they could not extinguish his rage.

Gulp— the Cold Ice City Lord swallowed, ultimately stopping his actions, standing atop the city wall, his face full of apprehension.

Outside the wall, Xiao Yi looked at them indifferently.

Then he turned his head and removed the Universe Ring from Bing Chengtian's body.

After a brief inspection, his face immediately lit up.

The Ice Heart Holy Fruit was indeed still in Bing Chengtian's possession.

"Hm?" At that moment, Xiao Yi frowned.

"Ice Netherworld Python?"

Inside the Universe Ring, Xiao Yi naturally found a huge array of Cultivation Items.

Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Demon Beast Essence Blood, inner cores, Cold Ice Marrow, and so on.

And also some weapons of decent rank.

But what caught Xiao Yi's attention most were the three giant beast corpses inside—it was the Ice Netherworld Python.

The Ice Netherworld Python, a Level 8 Early Stage demon beast, had strength roughly between the First and Second Layer of the Extreme Realm.

Whether it was Essence Blood or inner cores, both were extremely chilling and Yin in nature.

Thus, the demon beast's Essence Blood was not something Martial Artists could simply consume or even use for soaking.

Xiao Yi frowned, puzzled why Bing Chengtian had killed these three demon beasts.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Yi drew the Universe Rings from eight other figures to his hand.

After a brief glance, his expression suddenly changed.

"Six Blizzard Ice Whales, eight Snowy Vajra Apes."

"The Blizzard Ice Whale, with its massive body, both Essence Blood and inner core contained power far surpassing that of other demon beasts of the same rank."

"The Snowy Vajra Ape, both Essence Blood and inner core carried an overwhelming, raging aura."

"The Essence Blood and inner cores of these three types of demon beasts were no ordinary items and could not be used normally," Xiao Yi murmured to himself, frowning.

"But if combined with the Ice Heart Holy Fruit…" Xiao Yi's expression shifted, "Could it be… the Ice Extreme Pill?"

As an Alchemist with exceptional skills, Xiao Yi could roughly guess what Elixir could be refined just from the materials.

Xiao Yi shook his head, no longer interested in pondering further.

With a wave of his hand, a Spiritual Barrier suddenly rose, enveloping the surroundings.

In fact, with his current strength, if he wanted to do something covertly, ordinary Martial Artists would have no way of noticing.

But out of caution, he still set up the barrier.

The Taiyin and Taiyang Eyes suddenly appeared.

An invisible vortex absorbed the Martial Souls of Bing Chengtian and the other eight.

Bing Chengtian's Martial Soul was Blue Peak.

The other eight were also of Blue Rank.

Long ago, Xiao Yi had rarely used the Taiyin and Taiyang Eyes to absorb others' Martial Soul Power.

It was simply because, with the current rank of the Fire Control Beast, Martial Souls below Green Rank were almost useless.

Green Rank Martial Souls could still be somewhat effective.

Those below Green, no matter how much was absorbed, had no effect.

Yet, Xiao Yi would not let any of Blue Rank pass by.

With a swoosh, having finished everything, Xiao Yi departed controlling the air.

The barrier gradually dissipated.

On site, only the bodies of Bing Chengtian and the other eight remained.

Outside Cold Ice City, heavy snow fluttered down.

The snowflakes gradually covered the nine bodies.

Atop Cold Ice City, the Cold Ice City Lord's face turned deathly pale, his steps faltering, nearly falling over.

"It's over... it's over... the Grand Guardian, along with the Eight Ice Martial Guards under the King's command, all perished."

"The Ice Heart Holy Fruit was also taken."

"Who could withstand the King's fury?"

The Cold Ice City Lord's face was ashen as he stared at the figure floating away into the distance, falling into a stupor.

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The first update.