As Xue Chang continued to fight, he could feel himself growing stronger.
Despite the ease that his opponents observed, he was actually in a worse state than they thought.
The initial learning period caused him to accrue several injuries from Succubus. Although she couldn't tell, he felt his soul was straining from the wounds.
While his strength has finally reached the point where they could rarely injure him anymore, his body was still under a lot of stress.
Unlike most of his wounds, soul attack injuries took a ton of effort and concentration to heal.
And while his body had no fatal wounds, the scratches that were there severely hindered his healing abilities even for the normal attacks from Beast.
And while Xue Chang didn't have time to worry about his injuries, Yong Heng was different.
His voice constantly rang in his head, warning him of the dangers.
"You've almost lost another year worth of life, you better watch out."
His grating voice gently flowed into Xue Chang's ears as he tried to concentrate on the fight before him.
It was already stressful enough for his body to deal with these injuries, now Yong Heng's words were just attacking his mind.
But he just forced himself to ignore this.
He couldn't even be distracted for a second as the battle continued on.
As Beast tried to pounce at him again, Xue Chang finally spotted and opening as he ducked under Beast and unleashed his attack.
"Crescent Slash!"
Beast's body twisted around as Succubus swung her blade down trying to land another hit in Xue Chang.
But no matter how many times she tried, Xue Chang had reached the point where such slow attacks could no longer reach him.
His gaze shined with a brilliant light as another illusion began to affect his mind.
Fortunately, while Succubus could influence Xue Chang's senses, she was nowhere near strong enough to influence the power hidden within his eyes.
Succubus greatest threat came from her confounding illusions, but with the unique ability his eyes had on processing information, Xue Chang only needed a second or two to figure out a solution to the hallucination.
It was thanks to this that he was able to hold out against the two combined.
Although he was confident in fighting the two of them working together in a normal situation, his weak soul caused the illusions to be many times more deadly to him than to others.
But as long as he could decipher the visions, then they wouldn't beat him.
Xue Chang quickly jumped out of the way and got into a defensive position.
"Tch, what kind of monster are you! Where the hell did you come from you freak!"
Succubus didn't have time to think of her options, there was only one thing left she could do to turn the battle around.
Opening up the cork of the bottle, she poured the pill out onto her hand.
A medicinal scent wafted through the air attracting Xue Chang's attention momentarily, but he ignored it for the most part.
But that was his mistake.
As soon as the scent entered into his nostrils, the smell also transferred to Yong Heng.
And the second he smelled the scent, he went ballistic.
"Xue Chang! Stop her from taking that pill!"
But it was too late. The soul condensing pill quickly traveled down Succubus' throat as a what felt like gas began to build up in her abdomen.
Puffs of smoke began to exit from her mouth as her dry coughs rang clearly in Xue Chang's ears.
Even Beast was surprised by what was happening. Although he knew the leader gave Succubus a pill to use just in case, he wasn't sure what affects it had.
But Yong Heng did.
"Dammit, how the hell did they get their hands on a soul condensing pill!"
Yong Heng's words finally attracted Xue Chang's attention.
"Soul condensing pill? Is that what she took?"
"Yes, it seems like these people aren't without a backing. Although the soul condensing pill isn't difficult to find or create, the quality of the pill she just swallowed wasn't something a normal Qi refiner could obtain."
Grinding his teeth together, Yong Heng continued, "Although most people would use that pill to repair any damage their soul sustained, it seems as if she plans to use it to further strengthen her soul attacks. This isn't good, not only will each of her attacks grow several times more powerful, but her illusions will also greatly increase in power. While she won't be able to permanently trap you, the duration will increase and put you at a disadvantage."
Even Xue Chang could tell how serious the situation was without Yong Heng's words. The feeling he was getting from Succubus Ling surpassed their earlier interactions.
"What should I do?"
"She needs time to digest the pill, strike her down!"
Xue Chang took in a deep breath as he unleashed the movement technique he taught Xue Ai.
To the naked eye it was as if he disappeared into thin air.
Beast reacted immediately, slamming its tail toward Succubus' direction. Even without his sight, Beast's senses were many times greater than humans.
As such, if it couldn't see him, it could still hear and smell Xue Chang easily.
The two slammed into one another. Xue Chang shrugged off the interception and threw his saber at Succubus.
But Beast was already ine step ahead of him.
It released a thunderous roar causing ripples in the air to form.
'Titanic Roar' was a unique characteristic of the sky leopard tribe.
Similar to the Asuras subspace, 'Titanic Roar' was the ability Beast was born with. But unlike the subspace, his power was used for offense.
The roar caused the vibrations in the air to cut off the saber. Keeping it from hitting its objective.
Beast was quite perceptive of many things, it noticed that Xue Chang began to become more agitated after Succubus took the pill. It wasn't positive, but it assumed that meant that she had done something to turn the battle around.
But it appeared she needed time to get used to the pill's effects.
As long as he could buy her time, then they could win!
Xue Chang knew Beast would be able to perceive this as well, that was why he still kept one trick up his sleeve.
With a smirk on his face, Xue Chang whispered "Let's go partner!"
Answering his call, a small pup appeared from actual thin air.
Giving off a squeaky battle cry, the Asura, who Xue Chang affectionately referred to as lil blackie, charged straight toward Beast suddenly.
At first Beast was wary of the little pup running at him, but after seeing its full appearance he completely disregarded it.
A big mistake on its part as Xue Chang knew better than to underestimate this little monster.
Lil blackie rammed its head into Beast's side, and what many would think was a useless endeavor, the results said otherwise.
Beast became completely surprised as it felt many of its bones shatter to pieces and its internal organ become pulverized in a single strike.
Lil blackie contained the full force of a level five Qi refiner. And while this might not usually deal so much damage to Beast normally, but because he ignored lil blackie completely so he didn't even put try to defend himself against the attack.
And this was all the help Xue Chang needed.
Without any distraction he charged forward unperturbed.
Xue Chang sighed to himself secretly, "This was all brought about by you. You only reap what you sow, if you never took a life then I wouldn't be here conflicted about whether or not I must take yours."
He still held some reluctance over killing another human being, but this was not the time for regret.
With determination in his eyes, he brought his palm down piercing straight through Succubus' chest.
As the two stood there facing one another, Xue Chang slowly closed his eyes in a form of respect.
Ripping his arm out of her body, he peered down at still warm heart beating in his palm.
In one swift motion, he crushed it into a paste.
"This is the end!"