Chapter 551: Death Rules! The Death of the Holy Spirit!

Chapter 551: Death Rules! The Death of the Holy Spirit!

Winter Frost Demon King.

Su Ping had some knowledge about it.

And he knew quite a bit.

It wasn't that he had any particular interest in this Companion Beast.

It was purely a byproduct of his initial efforts.

Over half a year ago, when he first arrived in the Northern Frontier Province, Yin Luo, as a Beast Master of the Commander rank, had mentioned it to him once.

At that time, Charles had created a Super Tier skill for breeding.

Among them was a Super Tier skill called 'Frost Whisper'.

The Companion Beast bred with this Super Tier skill was a Monarch rank Undead-type Ice-element Companion Beast named 'Cold Frost Succubus'.

Yes, this Winter Frost Demon King was the Saint Spirit rank evolution of the Cold Frost Succubus, and it was the only Saint Spirit rank evolution path.

Therefore, Su Ping didn't show any surprise or concern.

Even compared to the Supreme Demonic Spirit Sword or the Little Origami Man, the appearance of this Winter Frost Demon King was undoubtedly worthy of the Saint Spirit rank.

Endless frosty white mist swirled around its surroundings.

Substantial snowflakes constantly floated around its body.

It was undeniable that from this scene alone, the Winter Frost Demon King seemed ethereal and incredibly beautiful.

However, in the center, there was a figure encased in an icy armor made of frost.

The figure was mostly humanoid, but behind the armor, there was no face or other features, only a pair of deep blue eyes.

At first glance, Su Ping thought this creature also held a sword in its hand, a sword called Frostmourne.

But it was clear that it didn't.

Although it appeared to be a filial son, its lower body wasn't entirely humanoid; instead, it was hidden within a blue mist, similar to the Wind Element Sprite.

This creature resembled an Elemental Sprite Companion Beast, but the snowflakes around it and the wails within them proved that it was not only thoroughly Undead-type but also of a high purity.

However, Su Ping clearly didn't care about any of this.

Even Qian Yi didn't mind.

As a precaution, he took one last look at the Winter Frost Demon King's abilities before passing them on to Qian Yi, then retreated, creating a small battlefield spanning several miles within the overlapping black mists of the Tomb of Heaven and the Supreme Demonic Spirit Sword.

This battlefield was not just cramped for the combatants.

For Saint Spirit rank beings, battles often took place in the vastness of space.

On Blue Planet, there was a suppression effect, and many skills couldn't be used to their full potential.

Moreover, Blue Planet was unique and couldn't be easily destroyed.

Otherwise, if the impact was too great, it would be normal for Legendary rank beings to intervene.

However, neither the Winter Frost Demon King nor Qian Yi had any objections to this battlefield.

The former believed that even in special circumstances, even if the Supreme Demonic Spirit Sword wanted to submit to this small creature for reasons unknown, it was only because the sword was attracted to the Legendary rank existence behind this creature.

After all, tool-type Companion Beasts, like plant-type ones, didn't care much about freedom.

So, even if this creature's strength was a bit strange, it couldn't possibly cross twelve small realms, and a gap of a major realm wouldn't pose a threat to it.

Transcending realms in combat?

That's something low-level novices do.

What is the Saint Spirit rank? If not for the vastness of the universe and the often insufficient energy supply, Saint Spirit rank beings could even traverse the stars.

They are truly above all else.

And they want to transcend realms in combat?

That's wishful thinking!

Qian Yi's thoughts were even simpler.

A small battlefield? The quicker the fight, the better.

The Ghost Tide in the Northern Frontier had been ongoing for over four months, from the end of the Youth Professional Assessment Tournament in July to the end of November.

For four months, the Saint Spirit rank beings had been in a stalemate, with more confrontations than actual battles.

Leng Ye had long been itching for a real fight.

But now,

This battle, which had reached the Saint Spirit rank, had begun in the deepest part of the Tomb of Heaven, and it was Su Ping's Companion Beast that initiated the fight.

Without a referee's declaration, the black mist lingering in the depths of the Tomb of Heaven was suddenly blown away by a gust of cold wind, and the battle commenced in that instant.

Qian Yi held the black sword.

The light wave of the Five Elements energy was slowly released behind him.

However, not a trace of the energy manifested on his body.

The Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body, in this breeding and evolution, had completely merged with Qian Yi's body.

It had become an intrinsic skill of Qian Yi himself.

Even in such a situation, others couldn't observe the progress of the Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body as they had during the assessment tournament.

The endless cold wind was powerful enough to shatter titanium and explode rocks, but on Qian Yi's body, it only condensed a layer of faint frost, which was absorbed and disappeared the next moment.

And Qian Yi, of course, wouldn't stand idly by, waiting for the Winter Frost Demon King to make its move.

The biting cold wind pierced through the air.

Qian Yi, however, paid it no mind.

With a single slash of his sword, a sword aura dug a ten-meter deep pit into the frozen ground, as if he had finally warmed up and entered a combat-ready state.

Then, in Su Ping's line of sight, Qian Yi unleashed the two most powerful skills he had gained from his recent evolution. In the chilling world created by one of these skills, an area-of-effect ability, a patch of darkness spread.

"Clang!"

The sword's cry from within the Soul Furnace was so intense that Su Ping almost thought he was hearing PTSD flashbacks, echoing throughout the entire Tomb of Heaven.

The Winter Frost Demon King was one thing.

But the Supreme Demonic Spirit Sword, which had precisely targeted the Death Sword Lord with its three tags, trembled all over.

Its massive crimson eyes were filled with a mix of excitement, fear, and madness.

Boundless sword aura emanated from its body, instantly shattering some nearby low-level undead creatures.

They had become victims of an unwarranted disaster.

Clearly, the Supreme Demonic Spirit Sword held the Death Sword Lord's title in high regard.

However, positional skills weren't truly invincible.

Lao Sha's skill against wooden targets only suppressed them to some extent.

Qian Yi, facing the Winter Frost Demon King, merely felt a slight hindrance to his energy.

But Qian Yi's true killing move was obviously more than this.

As the sword's cry rang out, the entire world seemed to transform into a realm of swords.

Death Sword Domain!

Area-of-effect skills were the hallmark of high-tier Companion Beasts, and most were even super-tier abilities.

Yet, all skills had their strengths and weaknesses.

The same was true for domain skills.

The Winter Frost Demon King's domain skill was called the Frost Realm.

It was a pure fusion of ice and wind elements, with the typical effects of elemental damage and speed reduction.

But it was still somewhat effective.

However, Su Ping's eyes twitched at the activation of the Death Sword Domain, as it seemed utterly useless at the moment.

The Death Sword Domain harnessed the power and might of sword puppets, sword spirits, and sword weapons.

But Qian Yi had just finished evolving; where would he find such things? The origami paper swords could barely suffice, but after evolution, facing a Holy Spirit Rank opponent with these was unrealistic.

So, the Death Sword Domain could only serve the purpose Su Ping most anticipated.

As expected, the first opponent after Qian Yi's evolution was a challenge, and Qian Yi, unsure of his own strength, unleashed his full power.

And Qian Yi's new prowess was on full display.

As the sword's cry sounded, Qian Yi's body seemed to transform like liquid mercury, undergoing a substantial change.

Unlike the origami-style folding and deformation from before, this time, the little paper man's body was shaped like a moldable liquid.

And the mold was none other than the Darkblade itself!

Tossing the Darkblade into the air, the black blade pierced through Qian Yi's head and merged with his body.

Within the mercury-like transformation, the Darkblade grew with each gust of wind, becoming a two-person-tall giant sword in just a second!

This was the Divine Sword Form! Su Ping understood.

Behind him, Lord White stood in awe.

As the supreme legend of the gold element, he had seen countless weapon-type Companion Beasts, but clearly, even the White Tiger had never witnessed such a sight.

The outcome was obvious, and what followed would be even more astonishing.

Qian Yi, in his giant sword form, didn't hesitate for a moment.

With a simple and powerful move, he overcame the energy interference of the Frost Realm and instantly shattered the ice that had frozen him, disappearing from sight.

Even as Qian Yi transformed, the Winter Frost Demon King had launched his attack.

Absolute Zero, a super-tier skill, was difficult for Mu Hanchan to activate, but for the Winter Frost Demon King, it was a mere instant.

However, the ice that was meant to freeze Qian Yi's vitality and movements had just taken effect when Qian Yi vanished.

No one saw how Qian Yi appeared before the Winter Frost Demon King.

But the sword had already pierced through.

Bang!

The Winter Frost Demon King's previous attacks on Qian Yi had been ineffective, but Qian Yi's strike hit home, shattering the icy armor that encased his body!

The wind and snow instantly enveloped him, and he reappeared at a distance, startling the Winter Frost Demon King.

But no matter how fast the Winter Frost Demon King was, it couldn't match Qian Yi's speed in such a confined space.

Qian Yi seemed to finally be getting used to this combat frequency.

Without using any other skills or sword techniques, he relied solely on his sword slashes, forcing the Winter Frost Demon King to retreat step by step.

This is not a fight between an Imperial Tier and a Holy Spirit Tier!

Teleportation! And not just any ordinary teleportation!

This teleportation had no spatial fluctuations, no casting wind-up, and no cooldown time!

At this moment, not only the Winter Frost Demon King but everyone else understood as well.

But why is a death-type, undead Companion Beast better at teleportation than a spatial-type Companion Beast?

This, they couldn't comprehend.

However, soon after, they had one more thing they couldn't understand.

Qian Yi seemed accustomed to this style of combat.

It still didn't use any offensive skills, and there was hardly any energy leakage.

Even the Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body, after rising into action, only resisted the Winter Frost World and the omnipresent Absolute Zero high-tier ice-type attacks, and didn't unleash any other offensive abilities.

From start to finish, Qian Yi's only attack was a single one—slashing and piercing!

Just like when Su Ping first met Qian Yi and had it practice this move.

Such an attack, even with teleportation, was unstoppable.

But all beings could see that the damage to the Winter Frost Demon King was relatively limited.

Undead and elemental Companion Beasts were generally not afraid of direct physical attacks.

This was also the reason why such Companion Beasts were rare at higher tiers.

As a half-elemental, half-undead Companion Beast, even if its layer of ice armor was shattered and its energy slightly overturned, it would quickly recover.

As for the cluster of soul origin, physical attacks caused almost no damage.

But Qian Yi just kept slashing and stabbing with its sword.

Although it couldn't defeat or even kill its opponent, it still made the Winter Frost Demon King feel annoyed.

Previously, it had boasted so much.

But now, facing a small Imperial Tier beast, it was being suppressed.

How could it accept this situation? But there was no other way!

It wanted to leave the Death Sword Domain, but first, it was difficult to escape domain-type skills; otherwise, these skills wouldn't be so powerful.

To escape, one would need to master special means or directly crush and destroy the domain with their own domain skill, which was troublesome.

Moreover, it had agreed to the battlefield's expansion, so if it withdrew now, wouldn't it be admitting defeat?

The Winter Frost Demon King had reached the Holy Spirit Tier, and its intelligence was no different from a human's, so it had its pride and dignity! After boasting so loudly, it couldn't just run away, could it? Since this thing didn't have a lethal attack, it would just keep dragging it out.

The Winter Frost Demon King wasn't stupid. It didn't believe that its opponent could maintain this level of teleportation combat for long.

That was impossible!

Although it had an inexplicable sense of crisis, at this moment, it still trusted itself.

It was this trust in itself.

So, amidst the inexplicable, after enduring one sword strike, it never got up again.

That's right,

It died.

This Holy Spirit Tier Winter Frost Demon King had perished.

If not for the disappearance of the Winter Frost World domain skill that filled the sky, if not for the collapse of the Winter Frost Demon King's soul and the remaining Holy Spirit Tier soul crystal, and if not for the faint blue shadow that was absorbed from its body by the Death Sword, followed by the disappearance of the Death Sword Domain, no one would have realized.

This Holy Spirit Tier Winter Frost Demon King had died.

It died in a mysterious and perplexing manner.

All the attacks were ordinary and casual slashes, but the opponent died from them.

Holy Spirit Tier!

There were no grand energy explosions or terrifying skill surges, and the battle could barely be considered intense.

But the ending left every onlooker, both in the open and those secretly observing, with chills running down their spines.

The most terrifying part wasn't the death caused by a terrifying skill effect.

What truly terrified them was that, at this moment, they didn't even know how the Winter Frost Demon King had died.

Bewilderment.

All beings were bewildered.

Even Lord White, with his orange-green vertical pupils, revealed a hint of confusion, as even he didn't quite understand what had happened.

He only felt that, in that instant, a force named 'rule' had been triggered.

However, Su Ping remained silent.

He now had a better understanding.

He finally realized just how powerful and bizarre Qian Yi's skill, named 'Death Mark,' was.

That's right, only Su Ping, through Qian Yi's feedback, knew that the reason such a simple attack could unreasonably cause the Winter Frost Demon King's death was because of the Death Mark, which should be one of the most powerful skills of the Death God, but was in a flawed state.

When triggered, it could even affect a being twelve whole tiers higher, like the Holy Spirit Tier Winter Frost Demon King, who died without ever understanding the cause of its demise.

This was the rule of death.

(End of Chapter)

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