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Back then, after altering his physical talent, he could already be described as possessing innate divine strength.
As long as he absorbed soul rings normally according to his physical limits, the tempering effect of the soul ring's power on his body would be enough to rival the physical amplification that a top-tier beast martial soul granted a Soul Master.
He could easily match them in raw strength even without relying on Martial Soul Possession. What's more, he concurrently practiced the Ox Demon Force Fist and Tiger Demon Bone-Refining Fist techniques, further strengthening his physical body.
Even if those Soul Masters endowed with top-tier beast martial souls had used medicinal pills to enhance their bodies or cultivated some sort of physical strength-enhancing technique alongside their martial soul's innate amplification, he would not be inferior to them in the slightest.
Unleashing the Eight Extremes Collapse with full force at this moment, blasting him to death with a single punch was naturally nothing difficult.
"Hmph, a deserved death."
Watching Bu Le's body spew a torrent of blood in mid-air before crashing lifelessly to the ground, Ling Xiao spoke in a cold voice.
It was as if he had not killed a living human Soul Master, but rather a mindless, vicious beast. Although his method of killing Bu Le appeared extremely brutal, he didn't feel the slightest bit of pity in his heart.
A person like Bu Le was better off dead sooner rather than later, lest he harm others. On the other side, a strange look flashed across the eyes of the young girl who had witnessed the entire process of Ling Xiao killing Bu Le, and she could not help but feel inwardly shocked.
She had not expected that this person who saved her, despite having a cultivation level that looked roughly the same as the guy who tried to violate her, would possess such a heaven-and-earth difference in actual combat power. In less than three moves, he had already killed him.
What surprised her even more was how overbearing and ruthless his methods were. He showed absolutely no mercy when he struck, taking a life without changing his expression. Killing seemed to be an ordinary occurrence for him.
Although she always maintained a cold demeanor, and had encountered many shameless scoundrels who coveted her body along her journey, she usually just taught them a lesson and stopped there, rarely truly dealing a fatal blow.
Only a few who were slightly stronger and whose methods were far too shameless had been killed by her. Furthermore, she had just felt an extremely frigid aura emanate from this man's body, causing her entire frame to turn cold.
With her special background, she knew that this was precisely death aura. Only those who had experienced an immense amount of slaughter and whose hands were stained with a vast amount of blood would inadvertently reveal death aura during combat.
Among all the young Soul Masters she had met so far, this man's death aura could be considered the strongest—and the same went for his strength.
'Perhaps, even that person might not be this man's match,' the young girl secretly speculated in her heart.
Tap, tap, tap...
Suddenly, a series of footsteps echoed from behind.
Although the young girl's body was still bound by the technique Bu Le had previously used, she could still turn her head. She tilted her head to look, only to see a young man dressed in luxurious red robes walking over slowly from the back of the street under the illumination of the moonlight.
It was precisely Yan, who had been pulled along by Ling Xiao just now. Although he likewise despised Bu Le's behavior, since Ling Xiao had already taken action, why would he need to step in as well?
Besides, a trashy character like Bu Le couldn't possibly pique his interest. In the path of a Soul Master, while cultivation level is undoubtedly very important, it is by no means the only determining factor of one's strength.
Whether it is the type of martial soul, or an individual's comprehension and realization of their own power, both are enough to exert a significant influence on actual combat capability.
A piece of trash like Bu Le, despite having the cultivation level of the Soul Ancestor realm, possessed almost zero personal comprehension regarding his martial soul. Everything he relied on came entirely from his soul rings.
If placed within the Soul Master world—setting aside the Upper Three Sects for a moment—even the young disciples of the Lower Four Sects who were only at the Soul Elder realm, even if they weren't the most outstanding ones, would be more than enough to defeat him in a head-on clash.
Otherwise, their trip this time to challenge the younger generation of those Soul Master Clans and sects would have been utterly meaningless.
As for the young girl whom Bu Le had just attempted to violate, the main reason she had been captured by him was that the gap between their cultivation levels was simply too vast—a difference of two whole major realms.
Otherwise, if the young girl's cultivation had reached the Soul Elder realm, she would have absolutely been strong enough to defeat him, and it might not even have been impossible for her to kill him.
After all, he had witnessed the methods the young girl displayed with his own eyes.
To possess this kind of strength while only in the two-ring realm could be considered quite remarkable. The speed and attack power she erupted with had already surpassed most Agility Attack System Soul Masters in the two-ring realm.
Back when Nana was also in the two-ring realm, if she didn't use the power of the spiritual attribute and only relied on her Agility Attack System capabilities, her strength would actually have been inferior to this girl's.
After all, when Hu Liena had two rings, she had only absorbed a single fire-attributed soul beast, the Scarlet Shadow Marten, as her soul ring.
It was the very first time she was fusing fire-attributed power, and she had only achieved a preliminary success. Relying on the power of the Scarlet Shadow Marten's soul ring, she might have been able to match this girl in terms of speed.
However, because the fusion of the fire-attributed power was only in its initial stages, and the layer of her Two-Tailed Charming Fox martial soul was also inferior to this girl's dark-attributed martial soul, her offensive power was slightly weaker.
Nevertheless, if she simultaneously unleashed the power of the spiritual attribute, with how unpredictable and bizarre spiritual power was, the strength of the two should be roughly similar, standing on equal footing.
"Ling Xiao, why didn't you use your Profound Sky Axe? Against a piece of trash like this, you could have finished him in a single move. Why waste so much effort with your fists?"
Yan glanced indifferently at Bu Le's corpse on the ground and said casually.
Similarly, he felt absolutely no pressure regarding the killing of Bu Le.
If he had encountered Bu Le alone, he would have definitely taken action to kill him as well. In fact, his methods would have been even more violent; Bu Le might not even have been left with an intact corpse, but would have been incinerated into ashes by his flames, leaving nothing behind.
"If I did that, it would only stain my Profound Sky Axe. Besides, for this challenge journey, I don't wish for the first use of the Profound Sky Axe to be spent on such a rogue and scoundrel."
Ling Xiao turned his head slightly to look at Yan, speaking slowly, while simultaneously walking over to the side of the young girl who had been bound by Bu Le. Looking at the tied-up girl, even though most of the females Ling Xiao had interacted with over the years possessed extraordinary appearances.
He had grown up constantly accompanied by the exceptionally beautiful Hu Liena—Which had highly elevated his immunity toward beautiful women—the girl still made his eyes light up.
Although Hu Liena was clearly a cut above if purely comparing facial features, and even Tuoba Yu'er was slightly superior by a fraction, this girl clearly possessed her own unique characteristics. Even from the perspective of a Soul Master, her figure significantly exceeded those of her peers.
Her tall stature and slender waist further accentuated the fullness of her chest, and her cold, aloof temperament formed a striking contrast with her voluptuous figure, leaving a deep impression on anyone.
"Miss, are you alright?"
Ling Xiao asked.
As he spoke, he slightly stimulated his martial soul, circulating his soul power.
He pressed his right palm together like a blade, emanating a dark-red blade-light.
With a vertical chop, combined with Ling Xiao's incredibly astonishing control, the black mist ropes that Bu Le had inflicted upon the young girl were instantly severed, yet without harming the girl in the slightest.
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