The sudden appearance of such an expert naturally made it impossible for Lin Xiao to simply let the matter drop after their brief clash. He had to figure out the other party's intentions to put his mind at ease.
As Lin Xiao flew swiftly toward the far north, the figure he had just discovered, the assassin, became increasingly clear.
It was a body shrouded in a blood-red cloak, with soul power surging around it. Countless streams of blood, controlled by soul power, leaped into the air and swirled continuously around the figure.
Beside that figure lay several already desiccated soul beast corpses, still emanating heat. They had clearly died not long ago, yet not a single drop of blood remained in their bodies.
Lin Xiao's heart stirred. He tilted his head slightly and glanced sideways. The Snow Empress, now in soul form beside him, already wore an expression of fury.
But Lin Xiao gradually slowed his pace, for he had already recognized who the person before him was.
He did not know the exact outcome of the battle in Heaven Dou City back then. Though he had heard many rumors, those that reached the Sun Moon Empire were mostly unreliable.
However, the Ming Capital had publicly announced the death of the former Black and White Holy Dragon, while remaining completely silent about Ye Xishui, the Limit Douluo. From this, Lin Xiao had already guessed that the Sun Moon Empire likely had no idea where Ye Xishui had gone.
And now, he had personally witnessed Ye Xishui's whereabouts.
That thick blood aura did not come solely from the several dead soul beasts; it also emanated from the martial soul of the person before him.
The Blood Soul Demon Puppet, this martial soul belonged to none other than Ye Xishui alone.
"Who?"
A sharp shout rang out, causing the entire snowfield to tremble faintly. Ye Xishui, covered by the blood-red cloak, abruptly turned her head. With just one glance, Lin Xiao's expression subtly changed.
Back in the Holy Spirit Cult, he had seen Ye Xishui before. Though she was already over two hundred years old at that time, her appearance had not seem overly aged.
But now, beneath the cloak, her face was covered in deep furrows. Strands of completely white hair fluttered lightly in the cold wind near her ears, as though they might snap at any moment.
The blood aura swirling around her cast a reddish tint on her face, but it was far from a healthy flush. Beneath that blood light, Lin Xiao could see her weakness.
Clearly, Ye Xishui had not emerged unscathed from the battle in Heaven Dou City. To escape the Sun Moon Empire's pursuit, she had fled all the way to the extreme north. And to heal herself using her Blood Soul Demon Puppet martial soul, she had massacred soul beasts on a large scale, absorbing their blood.
"You—"
Ye Xishui also saw Lin Xiao's arrival. A low, hoarse syllable escaped her lips, but she immediately shook her head vigorously. Her condition was evidently poor.
Lin Xiao stood in place, pondering for a moment before slowly taking two steps forward and cautiously speaking.
"Supreme Cult Master?"
But under his call, Ye Xishui did not respond. Instead, she abruptly raised her hand. The strands of blood swirling around her rapidly condensed into a finger-sized blood orb that merged into her body.
Blood soul?
Lin Xiao frowned slightly.
Ye Xishui's martial soul was called the Blood Soul Demon Puppet and possessed the ability to control blood souls. But every one of her blood souls had been cultivated over centuries, born from constant mutual slaughter among them. He had never seen her absorb a freshly extracted blood soul like this. Could it be that her original blood souls had been depleted too severely?
Moreover, her current state was clearly very abnormal.
"Lin Xiao, I want to kill her."
The Snow Empress's voice sounded beside his ear. Lin Xiao let out a soft sigh in his heart.
He naturally understood why the Snow Empress said this. At this moment, the resentment from soul beasts on Ye Xishui's body was especially conspicuous. Clearly, during her time in the extreme north, she had killed a great many soul beasts here.
Though the Snow Empress lacked soul-related abilities, now existing as a soul herself, she could naturally "see" everything Lin Xiao saw.
The soul beasts Ye Xishui had killed were all former subjects of the Snow Empress.
"I know you're angry, but a Limit Douluo..."
Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, gauging the gap between himself and Ye Xishui.
When he had briefly clashed with Long Xiaoyao in the past, even though Long Xiaoyao had not used his full strength, that single palm strike had still left a deep impression. The power of a Limit Douluo was evident.
If he truly wanted to fight Ye Xishui, whether his current cultivation could defeat her remained uncertain.
In that brief moment of hesitation, Ye Xishui had already finished her "cultivation."
"I recognize you."
A rasping voice came from Ye Xishui's mouth, sounding like two pieces of dry bark rubbing together. Mixed with the whistling cold wind, it felt extremely eerie.
"Greetings, Supreme Cult Master." Lin Xiao slightly lowered his head.
"Have you seen Dragon Elder in the forbidden area of the cult?"
Lin Xiao paused for a moment, surprised that Ye Xishui would suddenly ask such a question.
The forbidden area she mentioned was the stone chamber where Holy Spirit Cult disciples underwent the soul-raising ceremony. Lin Xiao had once taken Nana there for the ritual, so it was only natural that he had been inside. Encountering Long Xiaoyao there as an elder was not strange.
After thinking for a moment, he did not deny it and simply nodded.
The moment Lin Xiao's words fell, Ye Xishui suddenly flicked her hand. A black shadow whistled through the air toward him with a sharp breaking sound.
"Catch it."
Ye Xishui's voice followed right after. Lin Xiao raised his hand and caught it. A heavy sensation suddenly filled his palm.
Looking down, it was actually a soul bone, from upper arm to fingers, complete. The five fingers were shaped like claws, somewhat resembling a human hand yet far thicker and more robust.
The fingertips were razor-sharp, as though dark black liquid flowed within the soul bone, devouring all light around it, seemingly even swallowing space itself.
Just from looking at it, Lin Xiao could tell this soul bone had an extremely high year limit.
But he and Ye Xishui had no deep connection. Why would she suddenly give him a soul bone?
"This is Xiaoyao's right arm bone. Before he died, he asked me to deliver this soul bone to you," Ye Xishui explained proactively before Lin Xiao could figure it out.
"Xiaoyao asked me to pass on a message to you: do not let 'that thing' fall into the hands of those with ulterior motives."
Holding the soul bone, Lin Xiao suddenly recalled what had happened after he took Nana for the soul-raising ceremony and encountered Long Xiaoyao. Long Xiaoyao had known that he could sense the power within the Holy Emperor statue.
However, that power had far exceeded Long Xiaoyao's expectations.
"More—" Lin Xiao stored the soul bone away. The word "thanks" had barely formed on his lips when he suddenly felt a vast, overwhelming aura erupt from Ye Xishui and press down toward him.
"I know Xiaoyao's intention. He saw that I already harbored thoughts of death, so he used this matter to leave me with unfinished business. He knew that to fulfill his last wish, I would surely find a way to stay alive."
"But—" Ye Xishui tremblingly raised her hand to remove her cloak. Without that astonishing aura, she looked no different from a dying old woman. "I had already decided long ago to follow him in death."
As her words fell, a terrifying surge of blood energy soared into the sky.
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