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"Foolish beasts, you will never understand the greatness of humanity. Therefore, you are destined to be destroyed by humans. Stop running and accept your fate!" Tas roared triumphantly as he saw himself gaining the upper hand.

"If you seek death, don't blame me for being ruthless!" In my past life, I was a fierce person. When I roamed the martial world, the stronger the opponent, the more brutally I killed them. In this life, while traveling and practicing martial arts, I would always skin and bone any demonic beasts or half-beasts I encountered. Even if they were beasts, I secretly slaughtered many of them. However, in the past six months, while managing Fontainebleau, I had to be cautious due to the grand plans I had, which often restrained me from killing when necessary, leading to immense frustration. Now, encountering such a thorny opponent, my ferocity was finally ignited. I leaped into the Thunder Dragon Rhino's minefield on Ice Flame's back, surrounded by a white-golden aura that formed an ethereal yet real suit of platinum armor around me.

When I fought Catherine last time, my "Ice Prison Thorns Art" had just been created, and many aspects of it were still unclear even to me. Later, I continuously refined and improved it, referencing the "Emperor Martial Overlord Art" and various other combat techniques preserved by Catherine. Finally, I perfected this ultimate art. The current "Ice Prison Thorns Art" not only includes the "Holy Ice Thorn Halo" but also adds a new aspect, the "Platinum Mirror Demon Armor." This is essentially a fusion of my true form's golden bell shield and the Radiant Temple's ultimate technique, "Holy Heart Kalpa Aura," forming a solid aura armor outside my body. Besides its astonishing defensive power, it also inherits the "Kalpa Holy Armor's" ability to reflect magic, with the level of magic it can reflect increasing as one's cultivation level rises.

The Thunder Dragon Rhino's minefield excels in its vast range, dense attacks, and continuous supply. However, its sheer attack power is not overwhelming. As soon as I entered the minefield, countless lightning serpents entangled me. But the "Platinum Mirror Demon Armor" immediately reflected these lightning bolts back onto the dragon rhino. Being a lightning-type demonic beast, the dragon rhino naturally wasn't afraid of its own magic. However, the Thunder Knight Tas sitting on its back couldn't see through the web of lightning, despite being protected by his "Thunder God's Guardian" set. Without the knight's guidance, the less intelligent dragon rhino couldn't attack autonomously, allowing me to close in and strike it down.

The sharpness of the Tiger Soul could even cut through genuine dragon scales, let alone those of a dragon beast with dragon blood. However, the lightning surrounding the dragon rhino formed layers of electric shields, constantly repelling the Tiger Soul, preventing my strikes from penetrating deeply. Instead, they left deep wounds all over its body. Ice Flame finally steadied itself and launched its magical attacks. Although the ice magic it inherited from the Ice Mountain Beamon couldn't be used at a distance, the fire magic it obtained from the Salamander, "Starfire Annihilation" and "Flame Spirit Summoning," were quite powerful. The former could shoot out hundreds of explosive fireballs to track and attack, while the latter could summon two flame wolves to fight. Combined with the elemental breaths from Ice Flame's two heads, it managed to suppress the dragon rhino's offensive.

"Oh oh~ Despicable werewolf, how dare you ambush my mount! Die!"

Knight Tas finally dispelled the rebounding lightning and saw his demonic beast covered in wounds, panicking without his command. He immediately swung his spear towards me.

Seeing the spear approaching, I didn't dodge but caught its tip and pressed it aside, then flew towards the knight sitting high on the dragon rhino's back. Tas hastily used his large shield to block the Tiger Soul, which sliced open the shield but didn't injure him. Without hesitation, I extended my hand, and the Nine Yin Bone Claw directly grabbed for the knight's throat. Despite being a Sword Master and a ninth-level Moon Flame expert, he remained calm under my swift assault and swiftly shifted his body to evade my fierce claw, preparing to counterattack.

However, my Bone Claw couldn't be evaded so easily. My arm instantly extended another foot, generating new strength where it should have run out. My fingers lifted, shattering the human knight's aura defense and gouging out both of Tas's eyes. Then, I followed up with a heart-crushing palm strike before leaping back.

"Ahhh~ Ahhh~ My eyes~ My~ Cough cough~ Eyes!!" The severely wounded knight screamed in agony, causing the controlled Thunder Dragon Rhino to fall into a frenzy, sending countless thick currents flying in all directions, forming a massive vortex.

"This is just the beginning. Do you think I was just playing around circling the dragon rhino? Let me show you my carefully prepared gift: Amber Cage—Advanced Application—Blood Sea Ten Thousand Souls Thousand Blade Formation!" I planted the Tiger Soul in the ground and activated the trap.

The Tiger Soul has the ability to manipulate energy into material forms, and the Amber Cage is a technique that transforms energy to imprison opponents. However, the energy crystals produced this way are not sturdy enough to contain a Sword Master, who could likely destroy them instantly. Later, I discovered an incredibly strong type of energy crystal—the "Blood Essence Crystal" I found in the ruins of the Half-Beast Temple. The Tiger Soul absorbed a significant amount of this crystal's energy, allowing me to understand its principles and simulate controllable Blood Essence Crystal blades.

This crystallization process requires a seed crystal to form according to my control. So, I had been circling the dragon rhino earlier, releasing a small amount of "Blood Essence Crystal" energy from the Tiger Soul's blade, forming tiny crystal particles on the ground, creating a simple "Thunder Eight Array." Then, absorbing a large amount of the dragon rhino's lightning energy, I instantly condensed thousands of red crystal Tiger Soul blades, shooting out from the ground towards the dragon rhino and its rider.

These blades were almost as hard and sharp as the Tiger Soul itself. If they existed longer, I would have considered refining them into true divine weapons. Seeing the chaotic dragon rhino pierced by the blades, I knew it was time for the final blow.

"Thousand Blades Slash Clouds—Merge—Blood Essence Blade Formation, Laughing Blood across the Sky!"