Chapter 30: Nether Soul Execution — The Cursed Sword Shatters Armor
At this moment, Gui Mei maintained the youthful form of his sixteen- or seventeen-year-old body.
Three blood-red, hundred-thousand-year soul rings revolved slowly around him, radiating blinding crimson light.
The immense waves of power distorted the very air itself.
An invisible pressure spread through the forest, making even the Sky Azure Bull Python's heart tighten.
The giant bull head lifted high, its lantern-sized eyes locked on the figure floating in the sky.
Fury and disbelief burned together within its gaze.
It could never have imagined that the youth before it — a mere human soul master who appeared no older than seventeen — was the one who had slain their beloved Xiao Wu… and absorbed her soul ring.
What's more, the youth's body wasn't marked by just one hundred-thousand-year ring — but three.
Three hundred-thousand-year soul rings… and no others!
For a moment, the Sky Azure Bull Python's mind went blank.
In its long life, it had always known how difficult it was for humans to acquire such rings.
A hundred-thousand-year soul beast was a being of immense power and intelligence — far from easy prey.
Even a Titled Douluo risked death attempting to slay one. The cost was immense, and the danger unthinkable.
Yet this human youth had somehow acquired three.
It was madness. It was heresy. It was impossible.
"How… How is this possible?! How could a mere human possess three hundred-thousand-year soul rings? What in the world are you?!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python's voice trembled with fury and shock.
This defied all sense, all logic — an existence that simply shouldn't be.
"Damn you, human! What did you do to Sister Xiao Wu?!"
The Bull Python's furious roar thundered through the forest like an unending storm.
Rage and grief poured from its soul, shaking the heavens themselves.
Even the Titan Giant Ape, standing nearby, was struck dumb by the sight.
Its enormous body quivered, and those crimson eyes burned with disbelief and wrath.
With a roar, it slammed its fists against its chest — boom, boom, boom! — the echoes rolling like drums of war.
Each blow was an outlet for the anger that could not be contained.
"Human! You killed Sister Xiao Wu and devoured her soul ring! I'll crush you into paste and avenge her!!"
The Titan Giant Ape's bellow tore through the air, thick with killing intent.
"No matter how you did it," the Sky Azure Bull Python growled coldly, "you will pay for Sister Xiao Wu's death today! Brother, kill them all — leave no one alive!"
As its final word fell, its colossal body shuddered, and it unleashed a violent surge of energy.
From its mouth burst a blinding azure beam — infused with the fused might of water and lightning — streaking toward Gui Mei in the sky like divine judgment meant to annihilate all in its path.
Yet Gui Mei remained calm, unfazed by the overwhelming power bearing down on him.
A flash of golden light erupted from his left leg, wrapping his entire body in a radiant glow.
It was the power of Xiao Wu's soul bone — the hundred-thousand-year skill: Invincible Golden Body.
Within its short three-second duration, no attack below the divine rank could harm him — absolute invincibility.
The azure beam slammed into the golden light with a deafening explosion, shaking the entire forest.
The impact released a shockwave that swept outward in every direction, sending waves surging across the lake's surface.
But the golden light held firm — like an unbreakable fortress — effortlessly blocking the python's devastating strike.
The Sky Azure Bull Python's massive body trembled, its fury igniting into pure hatred.
Within that golden aura, it could feel Xiao Wu's lingering essence.
Only then did it realize — this human hadn't just taken Xiao Wu's soul ring…
He had also fused her soul bone, claiming everything that once belonged to her.
"Damn you! I'll kill you!!!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python's roar shook the heavens, its rage erupting like a volcano that had been buried for millennia.
Its colossal body twisted violently, and torrents of azure lightning burst forth like enraged dragons, raining down toward Gui Mei in the sky.
Each bolt of thunderlight crackled with destructive force, tearing through the air.
The sound of ionized air hissed sharply — zzzzzz! — as if the very sky itself was being shredded apart by the storm.
But just as the lightning was about to engulf Gui Mei, his body vanished.
In the blink of an eye, he was gone — as though he had never existed.
A heartbeat later, he appeared high above the Bull Python's head.
As his hundred-thousand-year left arm bone activated, a long sword of pure darkness condensed into his hand — its blade slender, sharp, and filled with a suffocating aura of death.
Soul power surged through the weapon like a raging tide.
Gui Mei's eyes gleamed coldly. He raised the sword — and swung.
A razor-thin arc of sword light, compressed to the width of a cicada's wing, tore downward like the judgment of the underworld.
Space itself split apart where the blade passed.
The strike landed squarely on the Bull Python's armored scales, producing a high, piercing clang that echoed across the lake.
Those scales — said to be harder than steel — shattered under the slash.
Fragments burst into the air like shards of dark crystal.
The sword's residual energy didn't fade. It cut deeper, slicing into flesh.
A wave of searing pain tore through the Sky Azure Bull Python's body.
It let out a deafening roar of agony, thrashing wildly.
The once-tranquil lake erupted into chaos — waves several meters high crashed outward, shaking the surrounding forest.
"What… What is this monster?! Is he even human?!"
Even the mighty Sky Azure Bull Python felt fear creep into its heart.
The boy's power was beyond comprehension.
With a furious bellow, the Python released a surge of blue-green energy.
A ripple of azure light exploded outward, spreading in all directions like a tide.
Within a hundred meters, everything — air, dust, even falling water droplets — froze in unnatural slow motion.
This was the Slow Domain — its ultimate field ability.
But Gui Mei was long gone.
A flicker of shadow, and he reappeared a hundred meters away, untouched.
Halting briefly midair, his second soul ring flared — Thunder of Heaven's Wrath.
Bolts of blue-black lightning rained down from above, colliding head-on with the python's azure storm.
The clash tore the sky apart, birthing a maelstrom of energy that distorted reality itself.
Meanwhile, the other battle raged no less fiercely.
Golden chrysanthemum blades danced through the air, slicing toward the Titan Giant Ape like gleaming arcs of sunlight.
Though Yue Guan's attacks couldn't truly wound the beast, his agility — and relentless taunting — were driving it insane.
The ape's trump card, the Gravity Domain, hadn't even found a moment to activate.
"Hah! You big, clumsy ape — all brawn and no brains! So this is the mighty hundred-thousand-year soul beast? What a joke!" Yue Guan laughed, his voice filled with mockery.
The Titan Giant Ape roared furiously, hurling its fists toward the sky.
Each punch blasted forth waves of compressed air — boom! boom! boom! — like cannons aimed at Yue Guan.
But Yue Guan's figure flickered, dancing through the storm like a petal in the wind.
He spun gracefully, golden blades slicing down once more.
"Hahaha! You can't hit me, big ape! Come on, try again!"
The Titan Giant Ape's eyes burned scarlet with fury, its bellows echoing through the forest — a beast's wrath against a human who refused to take it seriously.
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