Three soul rings—one yellow and two purple—leisurely rose from beneath Feng Piaoling's feet as his second soul ring glowed continuously. With a flick of his left hand, over a dozen Earth Escape Talismans transformed into beams of earthy-yellow light. They spun rapidly around his body before scattering onto the ground, forming a massive glowing circle along the outer perimeter.
The moment the Golden Wolves approached the glowing circle, dozens of them instantly sank into the ground. Some were left with only half their heads and four legs exposed, while others had only their heads sticking out, howling in agonizing pain.
It was worth noting that these were all hundred-year soul beasts without exception. Clearly, they were being used as cannon fodder to test the strength of Feng Piaoling and his group.
Observing this from a distance, the Silver Moon Wolf King released a unique wave of mental energy. The three ten-thousand-year Golden Wolf Kings let out a collective howl toward the sky. Hearing the command, the remaining Golden Wolves crouched low to the ground in a circle before backing away, taking a sprinting stance, and leaping across the golden circle to charge at the group once more.
Feng Piaoling's expression remained unchanged as his right hand tapped the Four Symbols Coiling Dragon Belt at his waist.
Seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords shot out in unison. They transformed into streaks of azure sword light wrapped in pale golden electrical arcs, weaving through the pack of wolves. Everywhere the blades passed, a chorus of miserable shrieks echoed.
In almost an instant, seventy-two Golden Wolves were struck to the ground, twitching violently from the electrical currents.
In the blink of an eye, only eight thousand-year Golden Wolves remained barely able to stand. The highest among them was only at five or six thousand years of cultivation, while the lowest was at a mere one thousand years.
Feng Piaoling had intentionally left these alive. They were perfect for testing the strength of his other eight younger siblings, excluding Jiang Nannan.
As for Jiang Nannan, the opponent Feng Piaoling had prepared for her was a ten-thousand-year Golden Wolf.
"So... so amazing," Ju Zi could not help but cry out in surprise at the sight.
The others were also filled with continuous admiration, their reverence for Feng Piaoling's strength deepening even further.
Seeing over a hundred Golden Wolves reduced to just a handful of stragglers after only two waves of attacks from the opponent, the Silver Moon Wolf King turned and fled without a moment's hesitation, not forgetting to issue a retreat order at the same time.
The three Golden Wolf Kings dared not delay and followed closely behind. Simultaneously, they howled into the sky, urging the eight thousand-year Golden Wolves to retreat.
But Feng Piaoling was not about to let them walk away so easily. "Nannan, handle the ten-thousand-year Golden Wolf on the left. It will become your fourth soul ring. Wang Gang, deal with the one that just passed a thousand years. The rest of you, handle the other eight."
Following his command, the nine brothers and sisters of the Soul Hall circulated the Green Lotus Sword Technique, activated the Heaven-Reaching Demon Eye, executed the Doppelgänger Phantom (Shadow Clone), and blurred. In a flash, their figures reappeared in an area dozens of meters away.
Among them, Jiang Nannan activated her third soul skill, Teleportation. Combining it with the Doppelgänger Phantom (Shadow Clone), she overtook the ten-thousand-year Golden Wolf King that had already fled over a hundred meters away in just a few flickers of motion.
"So fast!" Ju Zi exclaimed in surprise. She looked at Feng Piaoling with a smile and said, "It seems the Cloud-Treading Boots you developed are even more incredible than I imagined. Even though they are only a Class 5 soul tool, their boost to a soul master is something even a Class 7 soul tool might struggle to match."
Feng Piaoling was hardly going to tell her that it was actually because these people had cultivated the Doppelgänger Phantom (Shadow Clone). He simply smiled and remained silent.
Ju Zi added, "But then again, why don't you kill these soul beasts? Why only knock them unconscious or trap them in the ground?"
"When I have sufficient capability to protect myself, I only kill the soul beasts I actually need."
As Feng Piaoling spoke, his mental strength locked onto the Silver Moon Wolf King, which had already fled over a hundred chang away.
He pointed a finger composedly at the swords embedded in the ground, which were still shocking the seventy-two Golden Wolves within an inch of their lives. Instantly, the seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords flew high into the air and gathered together.
As the azure light linked up with one another, they actually merged into a massive azure light sword. Then, Feng Piaoling lightly uttered a single word: "Go."
The giant sword emitted a low, vibrating hum. With a single shudder, it transformed into a streak of azure rainbow nearly ten chang long, shooting directly toward the Silver Moon Wolf King.
It caught up a few seconds later, and a blinding, dazzling azure light erupted outward.
With a miserable shriek, the Silver Moon Wolf King exploded into a shower of blood that scattered through the air. Left in its place was a lone black soul ring, along with the seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords strewn haphazardly across the ground, their surfaces dim and devoid of light.
"What terrifying power. When gathered together, the overlapping power probably reaches a level comparable to a Class 8 soul tool. However, the consumption of a soul master's mental strength and soul power must be immense as well. Can you still hold up?"
Ju Zi gasped in astonishment, then looked at Feng Piaoling, whose face was exceptionally pale. This appearance was clearly a sign of overexerting his soul power and mental strength.
"It is fine. I brought a sealed milk bottle." Feng Piaoling pulled a metal necklace with a milk-bottle-shaped pendant out from his clothes.
This was a Class 5 sealed milk bottle soul tool that Feng Piaoling had learned to craft himself. He had charged it to full capacity the night before coming to the Jing Yang Mountain Range, which was enough to restore his soul power several times over.
Furthermore, his spiritual sea was capable of converting soul power into mental strength.
Replenishing his consumed mental strength was a simple matter as well.
However, the consumption of the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords was indeed a bit too high. A full-power strike had directly drained almost all of his soul power and mental strength.
Perhaps things would only improve once he advanced to a Soul Ancestor and raised the Green Lotus Sword Technique to the fifth layer.
While replenishing his consumed soul power and mental strength, Feng Piaoling observed the fighting capabilities of his nine younger siblings.
Among the nine, Jiang Nannan was undoubtedly the strongest. Moreover, she, along with Xiao Xiao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo, had learned Feng Piaoling's Nine Swords of the Gale.
Jiang Nannan did so to make up for the lack of attacking power in her martial soul.
Xiao Xiao did so to compensate for the deficiency in her close-combat capabilities.
Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo applied it to their hair martial souls. As they cultivated the Green Lotus Sword Technique, their hair martial souls gained a great deal of sharpness compared to before. If they could use it to execute sword techniques, it would truly be a lethal weapon.
The others did not learn it not because they refused, but because it did not align with their martial souls. While it might grant a massive boost to their strength in the short term, it would be detrimental to their long-term development.
As for the Soul-Cleaving Divine Eye, Feng Piaoling had already taught it to the nine of them one after another over time.
However, limited by talent, only Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Cui Yajie—who possessed the spiritual-attribute Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul—had managed to master it.
With the Nine Swords of the Gale as her primary assault method, supplemented by the Doppelgänger Phantom (Shadow Clone) and the Heaven-Reaching Demon Eye, and coordinated with the Soft Bone Rabbit's three soul skills—Waist Bow, Gravity Control, and Teleportation—Jiang Nannan thrashed that ten-thousand-year Golden Wolf King so badly that it fled in sheer panic.
It was only because its inherent defense was robust enough that it hadn't already died under Jiang Nannan's sword.
Even so, it did not last much longer.
Jiang Nannan transformed into a streak of pink light, her sword striking straight through its throat.
With a miserable cry, the ten-thousand-year Golden Wolf King collapsed to the ground.
At the same time, the others had also finished off their respective soul beasts.
The two soul rings on Xiao Xiao's body glowed continuously as she split the Three Lives Soul-Crushing Cauldron into three. Crossing her index and middle fingers of both hands, a misty azure light gathered at her fingertips as she controlled the Three Lives Soul-Crushing Cauldron with the Cauldron's Tremor and Cauldron's Resonance activated, smashing that five-to-six-thousand-year Golden Wolf so hard it ran around frantically.
Finally, the three cauldrons merged back into one and crashed down from above. The Golden Wolf's muscles and bones snapped instantly. It gasped its last breath after a few moments, and a deep purple soul ring floated up from beneath the cauldron.
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