Chapter 175: Sky-Splitting Moon Blade, Four Great Soul Skills!
Hu Liena and the others were extremely excited and thrilled by such a tremendous improvement, especially Xie Yue, who finally obtained his first soul bone—and it was a 100,000-year-level soul bone!
Finally, his Moon Blade Martial Soul also underwent some changes. Compared to his father Xie Tian's Dragon Pattern Moon Blade, his Moon Blade evolved toward the spatial attribute.
Therefore, the change in his Moon Blade was not very obvious, but if one paid close attention, they would notice a faint silver fluctuation lingering above his Moon Blade.
This was the power of space!
So his current Moon Blade should be called the Sky-Splitting Moon Blade!
Although the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring did not imbue him with spatial attributes, it was still a 100,000-year soul ring and a 100,000-year soul bone. The energy contained within was enough to cause his Martial Soul to further evolve!
He was already in a semi-evolved state due to absorbing an Immortal Herb previously, and now it was fully evolved. His application of spatial power became even more natural.
"Big Brother, what abilities did the Titan Giant Ape bring you?" Hu Bai asked curiously.
He was very curious about what kind of soul skills the combination of the Titan Giant Ape and the Moon Blade Martial Soul would unleash.
With Hu Bai's question, Hu Liena and the others also cast curious glances.
Xie Yue curved a smile: "First is this soul ring ability—the first ability is Titan's Strength. My Martial Soul inherited the Titan Giant Ape's powerful attack. After using it, it can greatly increase the attack power and cause armor penetration."
"The second Soul Skill is Titan Sky-Splitting Slash, a powerful offensive Soul Skill."
Afterward, Hu Bai and the others also learned about Xie Yue's Titan Giant Ape Soul Bone skills, which were not much different from the original work, namely Titan Sky-Shattering and Gravity Domain.
Titan Sky-Shattering was a gravity-compressed attack, while Gravity Domain could control gravity within a certain range.
The soul skills and Soul Bone skills provided by the Titan Giant Ape to Xie Yue could be considered quite standard, with explosive data. But the four skills provided by the Sky Azure Bull Python to Shui Bing'er were different.
After all, unlike Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor in the original work, Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul was the Ice Phoenix, so the difference was quite significant.
The first Sky Azure Bull Python soul ring ability: Azure Sky Sea Wave.
Shui Bing'er releases soul power, triggering a massive water-attribute shockwave. The shockwave appears in deep azure, rapidly spreading outwards from her center in all directions. This ability possesses impact damage and strong control effects.
The shockwave contains the Sky Azure Bull Python's immense power, causing tremendous shock damage to enemies in a frontal fan-shaped area or within a radius.
Enemies in the path of the shockwave will be forcibly knocked back, knocked flying, and fall into a brief "Water Bind" state (1-2 seconds; duration increases with Shui Bing'er's strength). In this state, enemy movement speed is greatly reduced, as if stuck in a viscous swamp.
This ability clearly shows a combination with the Sky Azure Bull Python's Slowing Domain. Coupled with the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul's power, it offers both offense and control!
The second Soul Skill is Frost Chain (Mystic Tide Frost Chains).
Shui Bing'er condenses the power of ice and water, summoning several dozen, depending on her soul power, energy chains made of deep blue water elements with frost condensed on their surface. The chains can automatically track, bind, or whip designated targets.
Enemies entangled by the chains not only suffer continuous water-attribute cutting damage but also experience deceleration and frost erosion effects (defense slightly reduced). The binding duration depends on the enemy's strength.
The chains can also be used as powerful whipping weapons. When hitting an enemy, there is a chance to trigger a small-scale "ice explosion," causing additional ice-attribute area damage and a short-term freezing effect.
The Soul Bone skills given to Shui Bing'er by the Sky Azure Bull Python are quite different from those given to Tang San, with notable distinctions.
Sky Azure Bull Python Soul Bone Skill One: Cold Scale Sky Azure Shield.
Activating this ability, a massive snake-scale-shaped shield instantly forms on Shui Bing'er's right arm, condensed from thick azure energy (possibly with a giant python phantom). This shield possesses extremely strong energy and physical defenses.
When defending against a powerful attack, the shield absorbs some energy to replenish Shui Bing'er's soul power.
If the shield withstands attacks exceeding a certain threshold, it automatically shatters and unleashes a powerful ice shockwave toward the attacker, causing ice-attribute damage and a slowing or brief freezing effect.
Sky Azure Bull Python Soul Bone Skill Two: Profound Mystic Cold Tide Amplification.
Passive: Permanently enhances the control effects (freezing chance, duration, slowing, etc.) and basic damage of all Shui Bing'er's ice/water attribute soul skills.
Active: Shui Bing'er activates her right arm bone, gaining the "Profound Mystic Cold Tide" state for a short period.
In this state, Ice/water soul skills released have an additional "Soul Shock" effect, increasing enemies' susceptibility to fear and sluggishness, interfering with their mental focus and skill release.
Overall, the four skills provided to Shui Bing'er by the Sky Azure Bull Python are quite good. Although they do not bring explosive offensive soul skills, they offer both offense and control.
Furthermore, they significantly improve Shui Bing'er's basic attributes.
This is understandable; the Sky Azure Bull Python's abilities lean more toward control rather than strong offense.
Its most powerful offensive skill should be the Sky Azure Annihilation Lightning, which involves lightning control. Since this does not align with Shui Bing'er's attributes, it was excluded.
"N-N, thank you, Brother Bai," Shui Bing'er awkwardly approached Hu Bai, her face slightly flushed, and slowly expressed gratitude.
She knew Hu Bai could have absorbed this soul ring and Soul Bone himself.
Although Hu Bai had his reasons, who could resist the temptation of a 100,000-year soul ring and Soul Bone for a Soul Master?
Qing Luan and Guang Ling observed this scene and secretly thought, "This is bad." They exchanged glances, both showing a bitter smile.
Now, this was good. Shui Bing'er's heart was likely filled with Hu Bai, but Xiao Xue was his fiancée. What could be done?
Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own fortunes. The elders would not bother with this.
In the end, neither side would really lose out.
As for the four skills Hu Liena obtained, they were Xiao Wu's four innate soul skills, just like in the original work.
Void, Instant Kill Eight-Stage Drop, Teleportation, Invincible Golden Body.
Though these skills were not considered very strong, they suited Hu Liena well.
What she most lacked now were life-saving soul skills, and Instant Kill Eight-Stage Drop provided her with close-combat capabilities.
This would prevent her from being defenseless after her Charm was broken.
Although she was not a powerful attack-type Soul Master, this gave her some self-preservation ability, which was quite beneficial.
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