Chapter 39 - Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Fighting a Soul Sage

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The next day, Mo Xie slowly woke up from his meditative state in a new cave and felt the changes in his body and spiritual sea. His body and spiritual sea were constantly being nourished by powerful vital energy, making his cultivation go even faster than before.

His rank had also increased a bit and it wouldn't take him long to break through to Rank 45. However, Mo Xie still needed to go into seclusion to understand and absorb all the benefits given by the Life Gold.

A day had passed since he created his spirit ring, and counting the time it would take to reach Star Luo City, Mo Xie deduced that he would arrive in time for the tournament registration.

He also wanted to know if something happened to Ma Xiaotao and the others while he wasn't with them, so he ate something quickly and hurried out of the forest.

However, something happened shortly after Mo Xie started moving. A thunderous roar sounded through the forest startling all spirit beasts less than a hundred thousand years old.

Explosions of energy could be felt a few miles from where Mo Xie was, making the ground shake like an earthquake.

Since Mo Xie reached the third level of his Heavenly Eyes technique and his mental power advanced into the metaphysical realm, his vision could extend for two kilometers, although the farther away he wanted to see, the harder it would be to discern just with his eyes.

Even though he didn't have Yuhao's Spirit Detection ability, Mo Xie could sense many things with his vision and mind power sensing his surroundings.

But when his mind power touched the two auras that were in conflict, Mo Xie felt every hair on his body stand on end. There was a powerful aura containing the element of fire that belonged to a spiritual beast over a hundred thousand years old and an extremely malevolent aura.

Just feeling that malevolent aura impregnated with the scent of blood and murderous intent, Mo Xie felt his heart constrict and cold sweat ran down his spine. The owner of this aura was clearly a peak Evil Spirit Master of at least eight rings.

'No, judging by the intensity of his aura and how he can fight a hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beast, he is at least a Titled Douluo.' Thinking of this possibility, Mo Xie immediately ran and tried to escape the forest. If he stayed here and got caught in the crossfire, he would just be courting death.

Just as he started running again, a spirit beast with golden fur and dragon claws appeared in his vision less than a hundred meters away. Some golden dragon scales were covered by its fur and there were three eyes on its head. Her two normal eyes glowed with a gold color while her upright eye emitted a red glow.

'Three-Eyed Golden Lion!' That was Mo Xie's thought before he noticed someone chasing the Golden Lion.

He was a middle-aged man with frizzy hair, a pale face and looked to be in his thirties. He was covered in a black cloak and his body emitted a malevolent aura. However, his aura was much weaker than the aura Mo Xie felt earlier.

Around this middle aged man's body there were 7 rings, 2 yellow, 2 purple and 3 black and according to the flow of spiritual power in his body he should be around Rank 73.

Mo Xie almost cursed his luck, but it was more important to get out of the place right now.

Without hesitating, he released his spirit rings with his first ring glowing. In the next instant, Mo Xie's figure disappeared and merged with the forest running in the opposite direction to where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the seven-ring Evil Spirit Master were running.

He was absolutely sure he wouldn't be felt as he fled, but right after that, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion ran towards him making him realize that his efforts were futile. The only good thing was that the evil spirit master hadn't noticed him yet.

Because it changed direction, the golden lion's speed slowed slightly, allowing the evil spirit master to approach, making him grin crazily as his fourth and fifth rings lit up.

A prison of black bones with sharp points rose from the ground, trapping the Golden Lion within it. Sharp bones tried to pierce his body only to be broken by a roar.

"I finally captured you. Let's see how you try to run away now." The Evil Spirit Master laughed madly as he looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion greedily.

"Despicable human, dare to touch me and I will make you regret it." The Golden Lion roared in rage. The voice of the Golden Lion sounded like a woman.

"Just empty threats! Just wait to be absorbed by our Holy Son's and become his spirit ring. He will use your powers to lead our church to glory on top of this world!" The Evil Spirit Master screamed fanatically, not noticing Mo Xie hidden by his spiritual ability a few dozen meters away.

Mo Xie didn't want to get involved in this problem, but this man's words left him stunned and anxious.

'Damn it. If the Golden Lion is captured and killed, the consequences this will bring will be unimaginable. Even Shrek will be targeted by the Spirit Beasts.' Understanding the gravity of the situation, Mo Xie prepared to make a move. This time he was going to give it his all, not bothering to hide his million-year-old ring.

The Golden Lion seemed to sense something and looked at the place where Mo Xie was hiding as if expecting something. His third eye glowed with a red-gold light and a strange energy could be felt from it.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man grabbed his head and cried out in pain with blood running from his eyes, nose and mouth. Before he knew it, a domain had covered him and an ice blue flame charged toward him with powerful sword intent and spiritual coercion.

But as a Soul Sage, he managed to collect himself enough to activate his sixth spirit ring and fend off Mo Xie's attack.

However, something that confused him was that his ability was suddenly canceled and made him receive the attack only with his body enhanced with spiritual power.

The Evil Spirit Master felt his body alternate between hot and cold and his mind felt like it was on the verge of shattering. His body was sent flying crashing into some trees, but Mo Xie knew that wouldn't be enough to kill a Soul Sage.

Wasting no time, Mo Xie chased after the middle-aged man who had already recovered from the attack despite coughing up blood and suffering some internal injuries. He finally caught a glimpse of Mo Xie's figure and roared angrily.

"Bastard! A mere Soul Ancestor dares to sneak attack on me." His cold eyes glittered with murderous intent and his body expanded because of his martial soul. "I will rip out your soul and use it to increase my power!" With his scream, his seventh spirit ring lit up as a transformation took place.

His white skin began to turn black and an armor of bones of the same color formed on his body. The fluctuation of spiritual power released was at least double now that the True Body of his martial soul was released.

His first and second rings glowed and a black bone spear formed in his hand and its power seemed to increase.

Mo Xie gritted his teeth and did his best to remain calm. The moment the middle-aged man lit his seventh ring, Mo Xie tried to cancel its activation only to fail miserably. Because of that, he didn't have time to cancel the activation of his next abilities.

A golden beam of light came from his right and collided with the middle-aged man's spear. Seeing that the source of this ray was from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion who had freed himself from the cage, Mo Xie sighed in relief. At least he would have some help during the fight, or so he hoped.

Strengthening the Ultimate Fire and Ice in his domain, Mo Xie tried to restrict the middle-aged man's movements as well as freeze his soul power.

With a flick of his hands, the temperature within a 70 meter radius began to drop rapidly causing the middle aged man to shiver and several condensed swords of the ice sword's intent appeared in his domain attacking him.

Even though his movements were restricted, the man continued to destroy the swords with his bone spear, but he noticed a problem: the ice from these swords was penetrating his body through the bone spear with each collision.

He used his spiritual power to lessen the ice in his body, but the process was extremely slow. Mo Xie's Ultimate Ice wasn't something the Ice Empress could compare to even a four-hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual beast, so it was obvious he would have trouble dealing with Mo Xie's ice.

Without a trace of hesitation, Mo Xie used the ice to pin the middle-aged man for a moment to the ground and came in front of him slashing with his sword. Even with all his sword skills, Mo Xie knew he couldn't deliver a fatal blow to the man before him in his current state, so he used another technique he'd developed over the years but didn't use it because of the pressure on his body.

His sword clashed with the spear and knocked him back a few meters, but still keeping the energy flowing in his sword, he connected a second attack that was even stronger than his first attack, with each one carrying a powerful spiritual coercion. .

He retreated once more and attacked a third time, a fourth, fifth… Each of his attacks was even more powerful than the one before, and in the twentieth attack, Mo Xie finally managed to make the man retreat. He called this sword technique 'Wrath of the Celestial Sword' and its principles were similar to the Clear Sky Clan's Splitting Wind Hammer Disorder Technique.

Sensing Mo Xie's attacks starting to affect him and opening his inner wounds a little from the sneak attack, the middle-aged man snorted and lit up his third spirit ring. In the next moment, dark energy coursed through his spear and he lashed out towards Mo Xie's throat.

But before the attack hit its target, a mark on his soul exploded causing him to cry in pain. This was the mark Mo Xie had put stealthily and waited until now to use it.

Knowing this was an opportunity, Mo Xie merged Ultimate Ice and Fire into his Wrath of the Celestial Sword and combined it with the Sword of Destruction.

A terrifying fluctuation of energy roared with Mo Xie at the center and his sword was completely covered in an ice blue flame completely hiding the blade. Several swords of the Ice Sword Intent and the Fire Sword Intent were once again condensed and flew towards the middle-aged man.

A twelve-colored ring also rose from Mo Xie's feet and lit up, releasing a terrifying primordial aura and sucking all the elements out of the air. Mo XIe's torso also glowed and his body absorbed the elements in the air, strengthening his attributes and an armor made of the elements appeared on his body.

Four abilities were activated consecutively and he felt his spiritual power rapidly depleting, but Mo Xie gritted his teeth and endured. The two abilities of his spirit ring used were 'Elemental Sovereign' and 'Elemental Storm', while the two abilities of his torso were Elemental True Body and Heavenly Wolf Armor.

The middle-aged man felt the terrifying aura emitted by Mo Xie and panicked. He quickly used his sixth spirit ring and a black bone shield appeared in front of him to resist Mo Xie's attack.

However, the first attack to hit him was not that of Mo Xie, but that of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. His shield appeared to be burned by the ultimate fire and light elements and small cracks could be seen in its surface.

When he wanted to repair his shield, Mo Xie's attacks arrived. Several swords of ice and fire continually hit his shield and more cracks began to form with the explosions of ice and fire.

Then the onslaught of various combined sword techniques came and completely destroyed his shield before continuing towards him, completely breaking his spiritual and mental power defenses, causing severe wounds to his internal organs and spiritual sea. His body flyed and crashed with a large rock a few hundred meters away.

His body was now missing an arm and a leg and several scars could be seen on his body now with only a few pieces of cloth. He barely had time to think when he saw 'it' and the feeling of death swept through his body and mind. However, he didn't have the strength to dodge or defend himself and could only watch his death coming.

An enormous elemental storm with destructive powers engulfed his body and an explosion took place destroying everything within a radius of 100 meters. There was nothing left in this area, even the man's body and the elements could be felt.

*Cough* Mo Xie coughed and blood ran down his body, completely dyeing his clothes in red. His body was put under a lot of pressure and his internal organs were injured during the fight, and if they weren't treated quickly, even with the Life Gold energy in his body, he would need a few weeks to fully recover.

Vomiting up a few mouthfuls of blood, he tried his best to keep his conscience awake, struggling not to pass out on the spot.

He knew he would be in danger if he passed out in a forest full of spirit beasts, but his conscience didn't seem to listen.

Mo Xie felt the presence of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion approaching as he looked directly into his eyes as a man with black hair showed up. That was his last memory before falling into darkness.