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Deep within the Soul Hunting Forest, Hu Liena channeled her Charming Fox Martial Soul.
With a forceful Flame Tail Strike, her three silver-white fox tails—blazing with intense fire—obliterated the incoming wind spheres launched by the three Thousand-Year Wind Baboons.
Hu Liena gave a soft cry as her silver-white soul power grew even more radiant.
The three massive tails of her Charming Fox Martial Soul retracted and then lunged forward again, wreathed in crimson flames, lashing out at the three Wind Baboons.
Seeing the three chain-like long tails whipping down from above, the Wind Baboons shrieked. Green light flickered across their bodies as their wind-attribute soul power surged, making their movements more agile as they immediately darted away.
A thunderous bang echoed as the three tails struck the ground where they had just stood, leaving behind a massive crater several meters wide. The interior of the pit was scorched earth, with residual flames continuing to radiate scorching heat.
It was easy to imagine that if those Wind Baboons had failed to dodge and were struck by that Flame Tail Strike, they would have been heavily wounded by the sheer physical force, let alone the high-temperature burn of the crimson flames.
Seeing the three Wind Baboons evade the strike with their speed, Hu Liena remained unruffled. Her eyes flickered slightly as she formulated a counter-strategy. In the next instant, before the Wind Baboons could launch another assault, she struck first.
Her silver-white soul power rapidly fueled her Martial Soul, calling upon the power of her second soul ring.
A yellow soul ring emerged from beneath Hu Liena, spinning at high velocity.
"Second Soul Skill: Shadow Raid!"
As she activated her second soul skill, the silver-white body of her Charming Fox Martial Soul possession was suddenly engulfed in a surge of crimson light.
The light was so thick it seemed to dye her fox form completely red.
In a flash of scarlet, several fire-red silhouettes strangely flickered out from Hu Liena's body. Their appearances were identical to Hu Liena's current form—perfect replicas of her state after releasing the power of her second soul ring.
In the blink of an eye, eight identical figures had appeared out of thin air.
Including Hu Liena's original body, a total of nine figures stood side by side.
Their facial expressions and auras were nearly identical, making it exceptionally difficult to distinguish between them. Despite having spent a significant amount of time with Hu Liena over the past seven years.
Even Ling Xiao found himself unable to tell which was the real body and which were the phantoms created by her second soul skill. This was the second soul skill granted to Hu Liena by the nearly 800-year-old Scarlet Shadow Marten.
It could not only create a large number of phantoms indistinguishable from the original to confuse the enemy's judgment but also significantly increase the movement speed of both Hu Liena and her phantoms.
Once activated, it was incredibly effective for both offensive strikes and defensive maneuvers. In terms of skill effect, it was perfectly suited for the Agility Attack System path.
As for strengthening her origin power through the fusion of the second attribute—Fire—while the effect wasn't as pronounced as it would have been with a member of the Flame Fox clan, she had still successfully integrated a portion of that power.
The difference was negligible. Furthermore, because the Scarlet Shadow Marten is an extremely fast soul beast, its soul ring gave Hu Liena's Charming Fox a massive boost in the speed aspect of its Beast nature, which greatly aided her Dual-Fusion Stream.
Overall, Hu Liena's choice for her second soul ring was very appropriate. It had to be said that Chrysanthemum Douluo had an excellent eye.
Although he wasn't a dedicated scholar of Martial Soul theory, as a powerful Rank 99 Titled Douluo, his level of cultivation gave him profound insights into the essence of a Soul Master's path.
The power of the second soul skill was now on full display.
As soon as Hu Liena unleashed her eight phantoms, the Wind Baboons were momentarily paralyzed by the sudden multiplication of their target, letting out confused, strange cries.
With a flash of red light, the nine figures of Hu Liena lunged toward the three Wind Baboons simultaneously—three figures per beast.
Their speed was breathtaking.
If Hu Liena's previous speed was enough to leave behind a few afterimages, now, under the effect of Shadow Raid, she was a blur. As she charged, her body was surrounded by afterimages.
The nine phantoms already confused the eye, and the additional afterimages created by her surging speed turned the battlefield into a dizzying kaleidoscope. It was impossible to tell phantom from afterimage, or afterimage from the true body.
To the three Thousand-Year Wind Baboons, facing nearly twenty rushing silhouettes split into three directions was an impossible task. Their eyes bulged in desperation as they struggled to find the true body.
Left with no choice, they exerted every ounce of their strength to attack every figure that came near them. Wind-attribute soul power erupted as the three Wind Baboons channeled their energy into their claws.
Green light flared, making their talons as sharp as blades. They lunged forward, swiping at the red figures while spitting out several wind blades that sliced through the air in cyan arcs.
The sounds of whistling wind and the popping of dispersing phantoms filled the air.
The Wind Baboons' claws, saturated with wind power, repeatedly tore through the silhouettes. Under their relentless assault, the red figures dissolved one by one, yet they never once managed to touch Hu Liena's real body.
Suddenly, a "Roar!"
A violent shriek, like a clap of thunder, rang out.
Among the three Wind Baboons, the one with the highest cultivation and largest build—the leader—let out a pained roar. In the blink of an eye, two long, jagged lacerations had appeared across its chest in a cross pattern.
The flesh was torn open, and the wounds were charred black as if they had been roasted, releasing a thick scent of burnt meat.
Behind it, several red afterimages slowly faded away, eventually leaving only one figure. As the fiery light receded, the silver-flickering soul power revealed her identity: Hu Liena.
Her true body had been hidden among the three figures attacking the leader. While the phantoms in the other two directions were being destroyed, her true body, under the cover of the phantoms and afterimages, had evaded the leader's attack entirely.
She had struck with a Flame Claw, concentrating the fire-attribute power of her Martial Soul into her fox claws and swiping them accurately across the leader's body.
Although the Charming Fox Martial Soul primarily focuses on Spirit and is not known for raw strength or razor-sharp claws, Wind Baboons are not soul beasts known for their defense.
Furthermore, this Thousand-Year Wind Baboon's soul power cultivation was not significantly higher than Hu Liena's.
Moreover, since Hu Liena followed the Dual-Fusion Stream, her unique soul ring selection had infused her Martial Soul with fire-attribute power and even bolstered her Beast attributes.
To ensure the second attribute was potent enough, both her second and third soul rings were from fire-attribute soul beasts. As a Rank 31-40 Soul Elder, the fire-attribute power within her Martial Soul was already distinct and abundant.
Even without using her Spirit-attribute powers, she could hold her own against other Soul Elders of the same rank using only her secondary attribute.
Bolstered by the power of flames and the sharp fox claws of her Charming Fox Martial Soul, she easily tore through the Wind Baboon's fur and skin, leaving two deep gashes.
As the claws passed through, the blood spurting from the wounds was instantly scorched and evaporated by the flames, leaving only charred blackness behind.
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