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How could Xu Tiannan not have a trump card?
As an ambitious man, the first thing he had to ensure was his own safety.
After all, if an ambitious person can't even protect himself, how could he ever succeed?
What's more, Xu Tiannan was once a victim of persecution—crippled and tormented for half his life. For him, personal safety was never just empty talk on paper.
Even if it meant revealing his Titled Douluo strength and the prosthetic soul tool of level-nine caliber that served as his limb, he still had other cards up his sleeve.
A golden light began to condense in front of him.
With a crisp ding, the sound rang out clearly.
An Invincible Shield.
Judging from the intensity of the golden glow, it was at least a level-eight Invincible Shield—and perhaps even a level-nine version that had never appeared before in all of Douluo Continent!
At the very least, even under the full force of Du Busi's strike—unleashing all his strength, every soul ring, and his condensed blood essence soul ring, burning his blood to the limit—he still couldn't shatter that beam of golden light.
However, that punch caused the golden shield to tremble violently. Inside it, Xu Tiannan's face turned pale, and the glow of the prosthetic soul tool on his lower body dimmed significantly. It was clear that the Invincible Shield had drained a massive amount of his soul power, leaving him unable to fully activate the prosthetic.
Still, it had blocked that fatal blow.
That was enough.
Because, at that moment, two level-nine soul engineers had rushed onto the platform and activated the soul ray cannons in their hands.
And Jing Hongchen too—
Wait!
Jing Hongchen had made his move. He fired a soul cannon at the two level-nine soul engineers, and the projectile's path intercepted both soul ray blasts!
Damn it!
Jing Hongchen, what are you doing?!
Xu Tiannan's eyes darted toward the scene, turning bloodshot in an instant.
In just a moment, a dreadful premonition surged through him. He felt as if he might not survive this day after all.
Jing Hongchen… actually dared to betray him at a time like this?!
This was madness!
"Traitor!"
Xu Tiannan roared in fury.
He retrieved a switch-like button from his storage soul tool.
Jing Hongchen saw the button too, and his expression shifted.
That was Sun-Moon's final line of defense.
Recently, Xu Tiannan had prepared it specifically to deal with the two Limit Douluos from the Holy Spirit Sect. It allowed him to instantly mobilize a vast number of soul tools in Sun-Moon and concentrate their firepower on a single point—enough to pose a fatal threat even to a Limit Douluo.
Originally, he had planned to use it when trapping Ye Yueshui and Long Xiaoyao within the Demon Sealing Array. But when the Holy Spirit Sect's stance revealed their complete break from the Sun-Moon Imperial Family, the plan was never fully carried out, and the setup had remained dormant until now.
Xu Tiannan's eyes were filled with nothing but madness.
He directly used the last of his soul power to activate the soul tool, setting its target location to his own position—then, he triggered it.
Du Busi sensed something was wrong from the madness in Xu Tiannan's eyes.
As Xu Tiannan activated the soul tool, Du Busi unleashed his soul skills in rapid succession.
He had absolute control over all his soul abilities. At this moment, they had become as natural as breathing—effortlessly summoned at will. Each strike combined the strengths of all his soul skills. While they lacked the personal, self-created feel of the unique techniques wielded by other Limit Douluo, these strikes were still the culmination of all his strengths—his very own ultimate techniques.
Yet, despite every blow reaching the level of a Limit Douluo, they landed on the Invincible Shield and still couldn't break through immediately.
However, Xu Tiannan's face had turned deathly pale—his condition rapidly deteriorating into one of extreme depletion.
His life force was being drained by the Invincible Shield as it resisted multiple attacks from a temporarily empowered expert who had reached the threshold of Limit Douluo strength.
At this moment, Xu Tiannan finally understood the true meaning of "Limit Douluo."
Truly powerful.
So powerful it brought despair.
Even a level-nine Invincible Shield couldn't withstand such power.
Xu Tiannan was, after all, a Titled Douluo himself. Yet, even after triggering the level-nine Invincible Shield, he couldn't provide enough energy to sustain its defense.
It was terrifying.
But it was about to end!
Xu Tiannan no longer cared about anything.
He was about to die—what did floods and chaos matter anymore?
If I'm going to die, then this world can go down with me. That would be just fine.
It's a pity, he thought. All I can do is bury the tens of thousands gathered in this square with me.
He pressed the button-like soul tool in his hand.
But in that very instant, the platform seemed to be enveloped by a powerful force.
Su Yu had silently arrived at the platform. In the blink of an eye, he teleported to a corner of the stage. His spiritual power had already spread across the entire platform, his spiritual domain blanketing the area.
"Time Reversal!"
Everything began to rewind.
Xu Tiannan was utterly shocked. Though his consciousness remained intact, all he could do was watch helplessly as his hand left the button, and the button itself disappeared—returning to his storage soul tool.
Du Busi also revealed a look of astonishment.
What kind of ability was this?
Time Reversal!
He had rewound everything!
Even the blood essence Du Busi had just consumed was restored.
But he was someone who had risen through countless life-and-death battles—this wouldn't cause him to hesitate for even a moment during combat.
The moment he realized Su Yu could reverse time, his focus returned to killing Xu Tiannan.
That button must not be pressed again!
In the instant before Su Yu reversed time, Du Busi had truly felt a destructive aura.
Not just a fatal threat—but destruction.
The absolute kind—with no chance of survival whatsoever.
Thankfully, Su Yu had turned everything back. Otherwise, Du Busi dared not imagine what kind of bombardment was about to hit them.
It was precisely because of this that he reacted instantly—he could not give Xu Tiannan another chance.
Du Busi had already pushed himself to the limit. At this moment, his willpower reached an unprecedented peak. He gave everything he had to mobilize his nine soul rings and his one bloodline-born life soul ring.
That golden halo shattered in an instant, merging into the nine soul rings.
Two yellow, one purple, three black, and three red soul rings were suddenly all enveloped in a layer of golden radiance.
In this final moment, Du Busi fused the life soul ring—condensed from his very own bloodline—into his nine soul rings.
Even Su Yu showed a hint of astonishment on his face.