Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Fusion of Light and Darkness

Qian Renxue’s sword pierced the skin of the Titan Giant Ape, surging soul power instantly flooding into its body and rampaging within.

A pained roar erupted from the Titan Giant Ape as its massive form convulsed, twisting like a terrestrial dragon in upheaval. Caught off guard, Qian Renxue was flung violently away. Lacking in battle experience, she failed to stabilize herself with her two pairs of wings, instead plummeting straight toward the ground.

“Careful!” Xiao Yu rushed forward with a swift stride, barely managing to catch the falling Qian Renxue, sparing her from a direct and painful meeting with the earth.

“Let me go!” Realizing she had been caught in Xiao Yu’s arms, Qian Renxue’s cheeks flushed scarlet as she barked out a reprimand.

“Oh!” Xiao Yu quickly released her. Their eyes met, and with the enemy before them, both refocused, darting left and right like twin streaks of light toward the Titan Giant Ape.

Roaring madly from the pain of its wound, the Titan Giant Ape’s furious bellows reverberated for miles, its terrifying soul power shaking the land for a hundred leagues around.

“Sixth Soul Skill—Infernal Judgement!”

Resisting the Titan Giant Ape’s oppressive aura, Xiao Yu unleashed his most powerful move. His jet-black wings stretched to their fullest span, soul power gathering above until a bottomless black hole manifested in the sky. From that abyss, countless beams laced with the aura of death shot forth.

“Sixth Soul Skill—Angelic Roar!”

Qian Renxue likewise called upon her sixth soul skill. Using the unique transformation of angelic soul power, she instantly converted her energy into a spiritual attack, launching an assault on the Titan Giant Ape’s mind even as Xiao Yu’s strike battered its physical body.

Assailed by both physical and mental onslaughts, the Titan Giant Ape displayed staggering fortitude. Enduring the agony in its mind, its colossal iron fists hammered relentlessly at the black beams surging toward it like a storm.

Even as some orbs of light evaded its fists and struck its dark, hulking frame, blasting bloodied holes into its body with thunderous detonations, nothing could halt its advance.

In a flash, the Titan Giant Ape’s enormous form was upon Xiao Yu, its fist swinging down in a devastating blow.

Xiao Yu hastily channeled his soul power, raising his sword in defense.

A terrifying force sent Xiao Yu flying through the air.

“Xiao Yu!” Qian Renxue cried out, rushing to his aid.

But the Titan Giant Ape spun toward her, unleashing a beam of energy from its gaping maw.

“Fourth Soul Skill—Holy Light Shield!”

A sphere of golden earth-toned light, dense with soul power, shot forth as Qian Renxue activated her fourth soul skill—a defensive technique. A shield imbued with sacred energy materialized before her.

With a sharp crack, the shield shattered. The energy orb’s residual force thundered toward her.

With no way to evade, Qian Renxue raised her holy sword and slashed at the incoming light. Another fierce collision of soul power erupted, the orb detonating in a blaze of radiance.

Amid the thunderous blast, Qian Renxue was hurled backward, barely managing to steady herself upon landing—only to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Both she and Xiao Yu had suffered severe injuries. Ye Lingling quickly activated her healing soul skill, white petal-shaped light falling gently upon Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue, mending their wounds and restoring their soul power.

Exchanging a glance, Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue retreated to Ye Lingling’s sides.

A soul beast of ten thousand years had already attained intelligence—it should recognize Ye Lingling’s healing and, by logic, target her first.

Yet the Titan Giant Ape seemed oblivious to her. It remained where it stood, pounding its chest with its massive fists like a torrential rain, its roars making their very eardrums ring.

“What is it doing?” Qian Renxue asked in confusion.

Xiao Yu frowned, voicing his suspicion, “I think…it’s preparing a finishing move.”

No sooner had he spoken than thousands of soul power orbs, each the size of a boulder, appeared in the air, blotting out the sky. Amid the Titan Giant Ape’s roar, they cascaded toward the trio in a deluge.

“Could you be any more ominous?” Qian Renxue shot Xiao Yu an exasperated glare and prepared to use her fourth soul skill for defense once more.

But Xiao Yu was faster. He rang the Life Bell, a level seven soul tool, summoning a vast protective barrier that enveloped all three.

The Titan Giant Ape’s attacks rained down upon the shield, each impact sending tremors through the earth.

Watching the barrier shudder and threaten to collapse under the relentless assault, Xiao Yu turned to Qian Renxue and said, “This strike from the Titan Giant Ape is likely on par with a Douluo’s attack. My level seven soul tool can only withstand attacks below the Soul Sage level—it won’t last much longer!”

Qian Renxue’s expression grew anxious. “So what do we do?”

Xiao Yu promptly asked, “Where are the two Title Douluo guards by your side?”

The Titan Giant Ape was just under fifty thousand years old. If a Title Douluo intervened, the problem would be solved.

“This trip was only meant for Xue Ke to obtain her second soul ring. The royal guards were more than enough—I never expected to encounter this,” Qian Renxue replied, frustration in her voice. “I left both of them back in Heaven Dou City!”

Xiao Yu sighed. “Then there’s only one option left.”

Qian Renxue asked, “What option?”

Xiao Yu glanced at her. “Do you remember how I saw through your identity?”

Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

Realization struck Qian Renxue. The resonance between their martial souls meant they could use a fusion skill.

The power of a martial soul fusion skill was not merely the sum of two soul masters’ abilities, but something that transcended them. Even two ordinary Soul Emperors using such a skill could threaten a Douluo-level opponent—how much more so when both wielded god-level martial souls? Their fusion skill would be comparable to a Title Douluo.

Yet Qian Renxue felt reluctant. Martial soul fusion skills were rare outside of close kin—parents, siblings—or between bonded couples, as with the inherited White Tiger and Spirit Cat martial souls of the Star Luo Empire.

Her expression was troubled. “Is this really our only choice?”

“At this point, yes.” Xiao Yu looked up at the barrier, already cracking under the Titan Giant Ape’s assault. “The decision is yours—what matters more, your life or anything else?”

“Then let’s do it,” Qian Renxue said through gritted teeth, extending her hand toward Xiao Yu.

Under Ye Lingling’s puzzled gaze, Xiao Yu grasped Qian Renxue’s hand. As their soul power surged, the aura of death and darkness from the Netherworld Apostle merged with the radiant light of the Six-Winged Angel. In an instant, a blinding brilliance erupted from both of them.