"Martial Soul True Body… looks like today is destined to be a fierce battle."
Seeing this, Shui Wuhen stared at the pale young man who had transformed into a skeleton, tightening his grip on the ice-blue longsword.
The skeleton's body gradually expanded, eventually reaching over ten meters tall, towering like a small mountain.
Black-red flames flickered within the skull's eye sockets, and a voice unlike that of a living person echoed through the surroundings. "Kid, no one can save you today."
Immediately after, the giant skeleton opened its mouth wide, spewing blazing black-red flames straight toward Shui Wuhen.
Faced with the attack, Shui Wuhen did not choose to take it head-on. Instead, his ice wings flickered, and his figure reappeared over ten meters away.
"Hmph! Trying to run?"
Seeing this, the giant skeleton sneered and continued directing the flames toward Shui Wuhen.
The flames covered a wide area, but with the support of Shui Wuhen's Ice Wings and high-speed movement, they failed to hit him.
Gradually, the giant skeleton noticed that its movements were becoming sluggish. Confused, it looked down and was instantly shocked.
Its skeletal body had unknowingly been covered with large patches of ice.
"Damn it, this cursed domain!"
At this moment, the giant skeleton immediately realized the source of its reduced speed. As long as the domain remained, it would be stuck at a disadvantage.
It then turned its gaze toward the Articuno flying high in the sky. It could sense that this domain originated from that bird.
In the next moment, two red beams shot out from the skeleton's eyes once again, aiming directly at Articuno.
"Wooo~~~"
Articuno cried out as several layers of shimmering barriers appeared in front of her.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The red beams easily pierced through three Light Screens before being blocked by the fourth.
After blocking the attack, Articuno flapped her wings, sending countless ice spikes shooting toward the giant skeleton along with the blizzard.
Boom~ Boom~ Boom~…
In an instant, the ice spikes slammed into the giant skeleton, the tremendous impact forcing its massive body to retreat.
"Now's the chance!"
Seeing this, Shui Wuhen's fourth Spirit Ring lit up instantly. With a wave of his hand, a dazzling aurora-like beam shot out from in front of him.
In the blink of an eye, the radiant aurora struck the giant skeleton, completely freezing it.
After doing all this, Shui Wuhen leaped up, his ice wings beating as he soared into the sky.
At this moment, Articuno appeared beside him. The two exchanged a glance and nodded.
Then, both man and bird spread their wings, and Shui Wuhen's sixth Spirit Ring lit up.
Dual · Blizzard!
In the next moment, endless freezing winds mixed with snow rapidly spread outward, centered on Shui Wuhen and Articuno.
By the time the giant skeleton finally broke free from the ice, the overwhelmingly violent blizzard had already arrived!
Faced with such a powerful attack, the flames it spewed were instantly dispersed, while its beams and even its skeletal body were frozen in the blink of an eye.
Left with no choice, the giant skeleton could only transform its black mist into a barrier, barely resisting the impact of the blizzard.
However, it soon realized in shock that its spirit power was running out!
"You've noticed?"
Seeing this, a glint flashed in Shui Wuhen's eyes.
Articuno's innate domain was not limited to just creating a snowy landscape.
Aside from that, it also possessed another domain.
Within this domain, the opponent's spirit power, mental strength, and stamina were all consumed at a much faster rate. The lower their level compared to him, the more severe the consumption.
Although this Fallen one was a level 79 Spirit Saint, his spirit power reserves were only about three to four times that of a Spirit Emperor. Coupled with the fact that Shui Wuhen's reserves far exceeded those of an ordinary Spirit Emperor, it caused the opponent to fall short in this battle of attrition.
After some time, the pale young man could no longer maintain the giant skeleton form. His spirit power was already on the verge of depletion.
"No! I refuse to accept this! I'm actually going to die at the hands of a sixteen-year-old kid!"
The pale young man roared unwillingly, but his body reverted back to human form as his spirit power ran dry.
The moment he returned to human form, he was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture by the blizzard, and in the raging storm that followed, his body shattered into powder.
Only a faintly glowing bone and a necklace-like soul tool fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Shui Wuhen and Articuno ceased their attack and descended from the sky.
Shui Wuhen walked to the place where the pale young man had died. After collecting the bone and the necklace, he rode Articuno and left the area.
At the same time, the surrounding snowy landscape vanished instantly. Aside from a faint lingering chill in the air, it was as if the snow had never existed.
After flying into the sky, Shui Wuhen slightly recovered his spirit power before beginning to examine his spoils.
"This is actually a ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone!"
Taking out the faintly glowing bone and examining it, Shui Wuhen said in surprise.
Spirit Bones were one of the most coveted treasures for Spirit Masters in this world and could be understood as rare equipment.
With the enhancement of a Spirit Bone, it was equivalent to gaining an additional spirit ability, giving one an advantage over others of the same level.
As for a ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone, it was already considered top-tier among Spirit Bones, second only to hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bones. At first, Shui Wuhen had thought the pale young man had dropped a thousand-year Spirit Bone.
After storing the Spirit Bone in his storage soul tool, Shui Wuhen said somewhat regretfully, "Unfortunately, it's not a torso bone or a skull bone."
The Spirit Bone dropped by the pale young man was only a left leg bone, which was relatively low in value among ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones.
However, no matter how low its value, it was still a ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone—something incredibly rare. Even a Title Douluo might not obtain one if they were unlucky.
Afterward, Shui Wuhen turned his attention to the soul tool necklace and extended his spiritual power into it.
A moment later, he frowned and withdrew his spiritual power. Inside were mostly various skeletal items, which were of no use to him other than being disgusting.
However, it wasn't a complete loss.
In the next moment, a small jade box appeared before him.
Opening it, a surge of cold air rushed out, instantly freezing the surrounding air.
Inside the box was a tiny crystal fragment, and the chilling aura capable of freezing the air was emanating from it.
Immediately after, a thick book appeared in Shui Wuhen's hands. After comparing for a moment, he nodded slightly.
"That's right. This is a fragment of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. Although most of its effects have dissipated, this chilling aura cannot be denied."