Soul Power is inherently formless and intangible, capable of killing within the unseen.
However, because the "Condense" character technique had reached Minor Achievement, and this strike was imbued with the blessing of the "Heart Sword," there was a faint, giant sword-shaped phantom in the air when Xiao Xue slashed at the wolf pack below.
The moment the giant sword landed, it cleverly avoided the mercenaries surrounded by the wolf pack.
But because of this, Xiao Xue's strike did not cover all the Ice Wolves.
The moment the Soul Sword landed, the mercenaries did not even hear the wails of the wolf pack.
Then, dozens of Ice Wolves collapsed simultaneously.
Normally, Demonic Beasts are very sensitive to danger; once they detect it, they scatter.
But these Ice Wolves, having fallen into a "Berserk" state, were completely different from their usual selves.
Furthermore, the attack of Soul Power was so swift that they had no time to react.
By the time the mercenaries regained their senses, they only saw a ground full of Ice Wolf corpses.
With this one strike, more than half of the wolf pack had died!
If it hadn't been for avoiding the mercenaries, these nearly one hundred Ice Wolves would likely have been completely wiped out!
The lucky survivors among the mercenaries stood up, huddled together, and then retreated one after another.
While retreating, they also vigilantly scanned their surroundings.
The rampage and sudden death of the wolf pack today seemed too strange for them to ignore.
Soon, they discovered a figure wearing a black robe standing in the Void Realm.
Standing in the air—a Dou Zong!
Xiao Xue, wearing the Soul Hall Protector black robe provided by the System, stood in the Void Realm.
It was clear that these Ice Wolves had fallen into a rampage because they were influenced by something.
"I must drag out the guy behind this," Xiao Xue thought.
At this moment, over a dozen Ice Wolves remained before her. They stood together, eyeing Xiao Xue with bloodshot eyes that flickered with a bloodthirsty gleam.
Xiao Xue raised her right hand, gently lifted the hood of her black robe with her fingertips, and glanced at those Ice Wolves.
The next moment, a dark gold color emerged in her eyes once again.
Swept by Xiao Xue's dark golden eyes, the rampaging wolf pack actually showed signs of small-scale Chaos.
"Berserk" is equivalent to a form of spiritual influence, effectively the Wolf King directly forcing them into a bloodthirsty state.
And the "Heart Sword" also points directly at the Soul, making them feel the trembling and fear of the Soul!
Thus, a shocking scene occurred.
The Ice Wolves, which had clearly fallen into a berserk state, had become bloodthirsty and murderous, and their consciousness was slightly chaotic, yet they felt a fear of this Black Robed Man from the depths of their Souls!
Xiao Xue took a step forward in the air, and all the Ice Wolves retreated; as she continued to move forward, the Ice Wolves continued to retreat.
This scene felt much like the saying, "Thousands of troops and horses avoid the white-robed one!"
Only, this young girl standing in the Void Realm was wearing a black robe.
After executing the "Heart Sword," Xiao Xue's deepest intention was actually to search for the spiritual connection between the pack and the one guiding their rampage.
If she could find a trace of that connection, perhaps she could locate the individual, who was suspected to be a high-level wolf-type Demonic Beast.
The ice field was simply too vast and covered in ice and snow; looking out, everything seemed to look the same.
Therefore, it was very easy to lose one's position and direction in the ice field, and searching would be extremely difficult.
On the contrary, that trace of spiritual connection would be like a lighthouse in the dark night, allowing Xiao Xue to capture it instantly!
"Found it."
A faint smile appeared on Xiao Xue's face.
Then, she muttered to herself: "Then you are of no use to me."
As soon as she finished speaking, the dark gold in her eyes became even more intense.
The next instant, the Souls of the dozen Ice Wolves were instantly annihilated!
They stood motionless in the wind and snow.
Throughout the entire process, Xiao Xue had merely glanced at them.
—Sword slashing the Soul!
Even though the "Heart Sword" had not yet officially reached entry-level, against these second-order and third-order Ice Wolves, whose Souls were not strong to begin with, the eruption of Mortal Realm Great Perfection Soul Power was enough to kill them.
Medusa stood in the shadows, silently watching everything.
Now that Medusa was a well-known figure in the Northwest Continent, it might cause some trouble if she were exposed.
Therefore, Medusa was currently only in the shadows and did not intervene.
After all, these Ice Wolves posed no threat to Xiao Xue.
Medusa was very puzzled as to why Xiao Xue had suddenly intervened to help these mercenaries from the Izumo Empire.
However, she would not go out of her way to ask.
And this was also the first time she had witnessed Xiao Xue's "Heart Sword."
Medusa noticed that just now, a touch of dark gold had emerged in Xiao Xue's eyes, majestic and miraculous, like a god among men.
Moreover, the scene where the wolf pack was instantly killed just by a faint glance at them was simply too shocking!
For Medusa, compared to wiping out a wolf pack with a casual sword strike due to an absolute advantage in cultivation, Xiao Xue's ability to determine life and death with a single glance was undoubtedly more astonishing!
A beast roar erupted from somewhere unknown, yet it carried its own majesty.
Perhaps because some of the Ice Wolves' Souls had been slashed, that unknown Demonic Beast in the distance had also sensed it; it had fallen into a rage after waking up.
The mercenaries below only felt another wave of tinnitus, but Xiao Xue was completely unaffected.
Seeing her raise her eyebrows, she said indifferently: "Noisy."
The next moment, the Bone Chilling Flame appeared in her hand, taking the shape of a long sword.
Heavy snow was still falling; in the midst of the wind and snow stood the person in the black robe, along with a sword that was entirely snow-white.
After the beast roar appeared, Xiao Xue looked around the ice field.
She saw huge noises appearing from all directions, and white snow rising into the sky, as if a small-scale avalanche had been triggered.
In reality, this was not an avalanche, but an endless pack of wolves!
The wolf pack rushed in from all directions, with the smallest one being over two meters tall, naturally causing the snow surface to vibrate.
Judging by the numbers, the wolf pack at this moment was several times larger than before.
For ordinary people, a beast tide of this scale would likely require an army to suppress and a great battle to resolve.
The eyes of the mercenaries on the ground fell squarely on Xiao Xue.
Facing such a large number of wolves, escape had become a luxury.
But for some reason, looking at the one person and one sword in this sky full of flying snow, they inexplicably felt at ease.
From beginning to end, Xiao Xue's expression had not changed in the slightest.
"Just in time for me to test the "Condense" character technique and see its practical combat ability," Xiao Xue thought.
The Soul Sword from just now could be considered a big move, but it lacked detail; it only had a rough shape.
She wanted to see how much her control over Soul Power had improved in terms of micro-manipulation.
She held the sword in her left hand, carried it behind her back, and looked up at the sky.
In an instant, the snowflakes falling from the sky froze around her.
Crystal-clear snowflakes remained motionless beside Xiao Xue.
Viewed from a distance, this scene was exceptionally magnificent.
Medusa could feel the north wind howling around, but the wind simply could not blow away a single snowflake.
Do not forget, ice is also water.
And Xiao Xue now possessed three points of Elemental Affinity!
One must know that the attribute of Elemental Affinity is extremely Heaven-Defying.
If a Dou Practitioner with a fire attribute possessed a maxed-out Elemental Affinity, then even if they were facing the Void Swallowing Flame without intelligence, they could easily refine it!
Of course, those with intelligence would be a different story.
Therefore, Xiao Xue, now having three points of Elemental Affinity, was already quite formidable.
If she encountered someone weaker than herself now, she could really manipulate them at will.
She could make the other party release water wherever she wanted.
—As long as that place could release water.
And this miraculous scene was just the beginning.
Xiao Xue stood in the wind, seemingly sensing something.
She was sensing the wind.
"The wind direction is right."
Xiao Xue muttered to herself.
Then, her Soul Power condensed onto every snowflake, forming flying Soul daggers as thin as cicada wings.
Just like rain, which requires water vapor to attach to condensation nuclei in order to form; Xiao Xue's "Condense" character technique was barely at the entry level.
Therefore, if she wanted to finely condense Soul Power, she still needed a certain carrier.
And when the "Condense" character technique reached Major Achievement, she could even conjure flying Soul daggers the size of snowflakes out of thin air.
Xiao Xue raised her right hand and pointed forward from afar:
"Go."
As soon as the words fell, these frozen snowflakes drifted away with the wind.
They followed the wind, drifting toward the rushing wolf pack.
Then, they pierced through their skulls!
A sky full of blood bloomed, fresh blood and flying snow mixed together, resembling bloody yet magnificent fireworks!
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