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Although this would mean that in the early stages, when Charm Moon is not being executed, the spiritual strength of the Charming Fox martial soul cannot be fully demonstrated, spirit-type Soul Masters naturally show the strength and unfathomable nature of their spiritual power more as they reach later stages.
Moreover, Hu Liena can still cast spirit-type soul skills granted by future soul rings, and she also has fire-attribute agility-attack type abilities as a supplement, so it does not have too much of an impact.
The benefits of this are also obvious: Hu Liena can explore the combination of domain power and her own martial soul power at an earlier stage.
When her cultivation reaches the Soul Saint realm or higher in the future and the Charming Fox Domain awakens, she will be able to release the Charming Fox Domain even without executing the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Charm Moon, and her strength will inevitably increase significantly.
Furthermore, in the early stages, aside from the spirit-based soul skills involving domain power, she has also been constantly comprehending various spiritual secret techniques, integrating them with the Charming Fox martial soul as much as possible.
Meaning she has not truly given up on the path of the spirit.
Seeing the remaining pack of Wasteland Wolves controlled by Nana's Demonic Charm at this moment, Xie Yue revealed a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, though a cold light flashed in his eyes.
The Moon Blade's light flashed, and under his control, he and the blade-wielding figures simultaneously slashed out an immensely massive, silvery-white blade Qi, shooting out from the scimitars and transforming into a blade net to slash toward those wolf-beasts.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"
In an instant, blood splattered in all directions.
The Wasteland Wolves, drawn into the illusion within their minds by Demonic Charm, were completely defenseless and unable to resist Xie Yue's attack.
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty Wasteland Wolves died simultaneously, their heads separated from their bodies. The cuts at their necks were extremely clean, demonstrating the sharpness of the blade Qi.
It is worth mentioning that the expressions on the wolves' faces did not reveal any pain; instead, they looked satisfied. Clearly, before they could break free from the illusions they were immersed in, their heads had been cleanly severed.
It could be considered dying without suffering much pain, appearing slightly more peaceful compared to the previous Ghost Tiger. Seeing that the wolf pack was dead, the red light manifested by the Charming Fox Domain quickly dissipated.
Like flowing water, it wrapped around Xie Yue and poured into the Charming Fox mask, hiding deep within the origin of Hu Liena's Charming Fox martial soul.
After the blood-red light dissipated, two silver lights flashed. Xie Yue and Hu Liena completely returned to their original forms. However, the aura on the two of them had noticeably weakened, and their soul power had also been largely depleted.
After all, executing the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Charm Moon, followed by continuous fierce battles to slay the tiger and slaughter the wolves, was no easy task for the two of them, whose current cultivation level is at the Soul Elder realm.
Furthermore, the two of them had only recently finished creating Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and its execution was still not fully refined. This was also why they had not executed Charm Moon when they encountered danger earlier.
On the other hand, it was also to avoid relying on the power of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and to strengthen the four of them's ability to resist danger. Otherwise, coming here to train would have lost its meaning.
Of course, the two of them also possessed self-awareness.
They understood that Charm Moon at this moment was far from perfect and still had room for improvement. Moreover, even with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, wanting to run amok in the Mystic Trace Canyon relying solely on it would be a pipe dream.
The reason Charm Moon was able to show such incredibly strong suppression against the Ghost Tiger and the Wasteland Wolves earlier was primarily because the minds of the evil beasts in the Mystic Trace Canyon were severely confused.
Although they had a certain degree of reason, they were still dominated by a frenzied killing intent and were easily affected by mental interference abilities. On the other hand, the evil beasts they encountered were not of a high enough cultivation level.
Even the Ghost Tiger, which was close to five thousand years old, indeed possessed a cultivation level that was above the four of them, comparable to the high stage of the Soul Ancestor realm.
However, it was not to the point of forming an absolute suppression in cultivation and strength like Teacher Dashan's Violent Panda from before.
Although the Ghost Tiger was a dark-attribute soul beast that was not proficient in spiritual power, its cultivation was far higher than that of the four of them, and its spiritual power was even higher than Hu Liena's.
This was also why Hu Liena did not cast the Charming Heart soul skill at the beginning. If its mind had not been confused, the illusions naturally stimulated by the Charming Fox Domain likely would not have been able to bewilder it.
But this also meant that as long as there was an evil beast with a cultivation level exceeding five thousand years, it might be able to see through the illusions of the Charming Fox Domain.
Only when Hu Liena and Xie Yue were in the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Charm Moon state, and Hu Liena executed Demonic Charm, would it be possible to briefly control it.
Once it approached ten thousand years, even if Hu Liena executed Demonic Charm, she would not be able to control it.
"Nana, Xie Yue, are you alright?"
Seeing Hu Liena and Xie Yue exit the Charm Moon state, Ling Xiao and Yan stepped forward and asked.
"We're fine. It's just that our soul power and spiritual power are largely depleted. We'll be fine after resting for a while."
Hu Liena spoke with a hint of fatigue.
Although the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was incredibly powerful and far surpassed ordinary soul skills, it also had extremely high requirements.
The brother and sister had endured years of hardship and based on the special resonance between their martial souls, they had initially created the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Charm Moon.
To be able to execute it at the Soul Elder realm was already extremely extraordinary.
After all, those highly renowned Martial Soul Fusion Skills on the continent were basically created many years ago and had long been continuously perfected, with their power and execution difficulty continuously optimized.
Take the Star Luo Imperial Family's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, for example. As one of the oldest and most famous Martial Soul Fusion Skills on the continent, it had been perfected to almost the limit.
Not only was it infinitely powerful, but the difficulty of executing it was also far lower than when it was initially created.
This was also why Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were able to master the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, in such a short time at the Soul Elder realm. The two of them had not been together for quite a while before; it was simply impossible for them to practice.
"Let's leave this place first so we don't get targeted by other evil beasts. Right now, finding a place with fewer evil beasts to rest and recover is the most important thing," Xie Yue said seriously, glancing around to check if any new evil beasts had been attracted to the spot by the battle.
Giving a nod of agreement, the group quickly left the area and proceeded in a direction with fewer auras of evil beasts. Ling Xiao and Yan respectively protected Hu Liena and Xie Yue in the center.
During the battle just now, the two of them had already recovered a bit of soul power, so their condition was slightly better than that of the Xie siblings, and they naturally took on the responsibility.
After all, to enhance the training effect of the Mystic Trace Canyon, before entering, they had handed over all the soul power recovery pills on their bodies, keeping only some mid- and low-tier healing pills to prevent injuries from lingering and causing hidden dangers in their bodies.
They had even brought only three days' worth of water and food each. It could be said that in the Mystic Trace Canyon, over the coming year, they would have to rely entirely on their own strength to survive.
Not only did they have to fight a large number of evil beasts and avoid—or even escape from—high-tier evil beasts, but more importantly, they also needed to overcome the unique environment here.
In less than half a day after arriving here, they already had a general realization that in this Mystic Trace Canyon, there were very few places that would allow a person to rest peacefully, even temporarily.
They had to always face attacks from evil beasts, and after repelling an evil beast, they needed to learn how to rapidly recover their strength while fending off and avoiding subsequent evil beasts.
Otherwise, even if the beasts they faced were all soul beasts below ten thousand years, they might still be worn to death by them. Under such circumstances, finding an adequate supply of food and water further exacerbated the difficulty.
It had to be said that Ling Xiao finally understood what Chrysanthemum Douluo had told them before they entered: as long as they survived here for a day, they would realize that their previous training in the Hunting Forest was simply a vacation in comparison.
Even training in the Star Dou Forest was far better than this place, because the soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest possessed normal minds, whereas the evil beasts here were all lunatics.
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