It had been a week since the establishment of Divine Forging City. Thanks to Xu Yuan, the construction speed of the entire city was extremely fast.
Although even if moved to the frontlines, the main component of Divine Forging City—the forging department—still belonged to the logistics sector, it was also adjacent to the Abyss territory.
This was one of the rules set by the Blood God Legion for city-building.
Every city must have at least one Limit Douluo stationed to defend against invasions from the Abyss. Otherwise, anyone enjoying comfort in the rear would cause dissatisfaction among those in the frontline cities and hinder future expansion.
With the establishment of Divine Forging City, Xu Yuan then consecutively forged for seven days, with heavenly forging lightning tribulations hovering above, making it impossible not to attract attention. The Abyss side naturally quickly investigated some information about Divine Forging City.
Finally, after seven days, they sent Abyss Emperors to attack.
Xu Yuan was worth such a grand gesture.
Among the five emperors who came this time, three were ranked in the top ten. They were familiar faces to Xu Yuan: Spirit Emperor, Wisdom Emperor, and Devil Emperor. Two of these three emperors already possessed god-level power. Spirit Emperor's spiritual power had reached the Divine Origin Realm, Wisdom Emperor possessed divine strength, and Devil Emperor specialized in defense, ranking fourth in the Abyss before Wisdom Emperor's breakthrough.
The remaining two emperors were Azure Emperor from the twelfth layer of the Abyss and Mad Emperor from the fifteenth layer.
Azure Emperor's true form was a kind of green python, skilled in control, while Mad Emperor excelled in frontal combat. His explosive power could rival the emperors from the top ten layers, but his overall strength fell short.
Five turbulent auras seemed to intimidate the entire Divine Forging City.
"We've waited so long, and this Xu Yuan hasn't helped his forged metals withstand the tribulation. He's quite confident." Wisdom Emperor thought helplessly.
The five of them had arrived outside Divine Forging City long ago, but they had been waiting for the right moment, waiting for the most opportune time to strike.
In Wisdom Emperor's plan, the best time to strike would be when Xu Yuan helped the forged metals withstand the tribulation. Striking at that moment would inflict the greatest damage on Xu Yuan, leveraging both the tribulation's power and the metal's backlash to severely injure him.
However, Xu Yuan never assisted his forged metals in withstanding the tribulation from start to finish.
This left Wisdom Emperor feeling helpless and further heightened his wariness of Xu Yuan.
According to intelligence obtained from Ghost Emperor, even the Divine Craftsman couldn't achieve this. Xu Yuan might have surpassed all previous Divine Craftsmen, reaching a new level of skill, possibly capable of mass-producing four-character battle armor.
If he could truly accomplish this, Douluo Star might experience a rapid increase in strength in the near future.
This was not good news for the Abyss.
Since Xu Yuan didn't assist his metals in withstanding the tribulation, Wisdom Emperor and his group had no choice but to strike at the moment Xu Yuan finished one complete forging session after continuous forging.
After fifteen consecutive forgings, how could this Xu Yuan not have any consumption?
On the forging platform.
Xu Yuan looked up at the five figures, recognizing each emperor's identity one by one, his gaze utterly cold.
Zhen Hua immediately fused his four-character battle armor upon sensing the five emperors' auras. He wasn't far from Xu Yuan and glanced to see Xu Yuan's expression.
"These Abyss emperors have walked right into trouble."
When Xu Yuan invited him this time, he mentioned that he had succeeded in divine forging. Over the past two years, he had also deduced many details and should now be able to replicate divine forging.
However, after seven days and fifteen consecutive forgings without success, Xu Yuan's mood was absolutely foul.
These five emperors coming out were simply there to vent Xu Yuan's frustration.
As for whether Xu Yuan's strength could match the five emperors, Zhen Hua wasn't worried.
He had asked Xu Yuan; Xu Yuan was now at level ninety-eight.
Even based on the normal improvement rate of soul masters, Xu Yuan at level ninety-eight was definitely much stronger than when he was at level ninety-seven during the battle to open the Netherworld. Back then, Xu Yuan fought four-on-one. Now, fighting five-on-one should be feasible, right?
Adding his pseudo-Limit combat power would make it even easier.
As long as they delayed for a while, reinforcements from nearby Xingdou City would arrive, and they could even leave these five emperors behind.
"It's only been two years, and you're resurrected." Xu Yuan's voice turned slightly cold.
His gaze rested on Wisdom Emperor, sensing his aura.
That was divine strength.
The last sacrifice allowed him to comprehend the mysteries of divine strength, and upon resurrection, he broke through immediately.
However, to Xu Yuan, it still wasn't enough.
Xu Yuan released his soul power.
A scroll appeared above his head.
Vaguely, a real world reflected out, overlapping with the surrounding space.
"What is that?" Zhen Hua was stunned.
He looked at the Heavenly Origin Brush appearing in Xu Yuan's hand, very surprised.
Is Xiao Yuan going to use the Heavenly Origin Brush to fight?
This questioning thought had just arisen when Zhen Hua saw the soul rings rising from under Xu Yuan's feet.
Orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold.
Eight orange-gold soul rings rose from under Xu Yuan's feet, swirling around his body, making him appear like a heavenly deity.
Zhen Hua involuntarily widened his eyes, his mouth agape.
Not only Zhen Hua, but the blacksmiths present also felt the whole world become fantastical.
What did orange-gold soul rings represent?
They were beast soul rings!
Ordinary soul masters possessing thousand-year soul rings were considered strong and geniuses in the soul master world. Those with ten-thousand-year soul rings were undoubtedly influential leaders in the soul master community, high-ranking members of various factions—not Limit Douluo, at least promising candidates for Limit Douluo.
As for orange-gold beast soul rings?
Perhaps one wouldn't appear in an entire era.
Yet Xu Yuan suddenly possessed eight orange-gold soul rings.
Even possessing eight ten-thousand-year soul rings could be barely accepted, but eight orange-gold beast soul rings were an entirely different concept.
"Xiao Yuan is truly unexpected."
Realizing that Xu Yuan had caught up in his cultivation of the Heavenly Origin Brush, Zhen Hua understood that Xu Yuan's improvement over the past two years wasn't just one level in soul power.
The scroll world expanded, integrating with the surrounding Netherworld space.
At this moment, Xu Yuan was the master of the area permeated by the scroll world.
Wisdom Emperor's expression changed, looking very grim. He sensed the changes in space and even felt that the surrounding space seemed to be sealed off.
"Attack!"
Transparent cubes appeared in Wisdom Emperor's hands, quickly crossing space and appearing beside Xu Yuan. These blocks seemed to slice through chunks of space, their impact on a person indescribable unless experienced.
Moreover, he was segmenting the surrounding space. However, due to Xu Yuan's influence, segmenting space was strenuous, but thanks to his divine strength, he succeeded.
Spirit Emperor transformed into his true form, and the Abyss Spirit Dragon emitted a roar, its dragon cry mixed with intense spiritual shock.
Devil Emperor and Mad Emperor charged towards Xu Yuan together.
Azure Emperor turned into a streak of green shadow, arriving at the battlefield's flank.
As the five emperors attacked, a surging blood energy erupted from Xu Yuan's body.
The blood energy surged like flames, with rolling flames bursting around Xu Yuan, filling the entire space with blood-red color.
The blood energy domain unfolded.
At the same time, the surrounding space began to change. The original environment of the Netherworld completely transformed into a galaxy.
Above the galaxy, streaks of light flashed, outlining a massive array.
Within the array, at each of the five cardinal points, there was a soul spirit guarding, belonging to Xu Yuan.
The Five Directions Heavenly Origin Array!
Once the array activated, star power flowed, enveloping the entire Divine Forging City.
Xu Yuan teleported continuously, and the space blocks that hadn't hit him were all intercepted by the array, not falling onto Divine Forging City.
Holding the Heavenly Origin Brush, Xu Yuan painted in the sky.
Strangely, although there was only a brush and no ink, Xu Yuan directly outlined traces in mid-air.
These traces emerged from the depths of the heavens and earth, connected by countless threads.
This was—law.
Law as ink.
"This technique, I'd believe you even if you said you were a Super God-level magician." Rex, who had quietly appeared outside, exclaimed in admiration.
Devil Emperor and Mad Emperor had already rushed to Xu Yuan, and Spirit Emperor's spiritual shock collided with Xu Yuan's spiritual sea.
Runes were quickly drawn at the tip of the Heavenly Origin Brush.
"Seal!"
The runes emerged, and the laws between heaven and earth were mobilized accordingly.
Chains appeared from the void, intercepting Devil Emperor and Mad Emperor, intertwining and completely binding them in mid-air.
"What the hell is this?"
From afar, Wisdom Emperor watched this scene, feeling his scalp tingle. He sensed something was wrong with those chains; their sealing aura even suppressed his divine strength.
This was god-level power!
Why can this Xu Yuan, who hasn't broken through, still using soul power and whose spiritual power hasn't reached the Divine Origin Realm, mobilize power that doesn't yield to divine strength and may even surpass it?
Spirit Emperor's spiritual shock hit.
Xu Yuan grunted, forcibly enduring it.
However, he didn't feel dizzy at all, as if the spiritual shock hadn't hit him.
"How is this possible?" Spirit Emperor couldn't believe it.
Xu Yuan disdainfully curled his lips.
His dream space had fully merged with his spiritual sea. Even though his spiritual power hadn't broken through to the Divine Origin Realm, in essence, it was no longer an ordinary spiritual sea.
Moreover, at this moment, with the integration of essence, energy, and spirit, and the overlap of reality and illusion, the impact on Xu Yuan's spiritual sea simultaneously transferred to the entire space.
The impact force of Divine Origin Realm spiritual power on reality was already significant, but it hadn't reached the point of shaking a small world.
Xu Yuan looked at Spirit Emperor.
An eye appeared on his forehead.
It was the Evil Eye.
Brilliant starlight outlined a demonic eye, with stellar power spreading outward.
In the air, a huge eye-shaped shadow appeared.
From the eye, a beam of purple-black light shot out.
In the blink of an eye, the purple-black light approached Spirit Emperor.
Spirit Emperor's expression changed slightly, not daring to be careless.
From this light, he sensed a threat.
Such a sharp counterattack.
Just two short years, what exactly happened to this Xu Yuan?
How does he feel completely different from two years ago?
Two years ago, Xu Yuan still wielded a spear, battling fiercely with them. Now, why has he switched to the combat methods of a control-type soul master?
Xu Yuan's Heavenly Origin Brush hadn't stopped.
After the seal rune, he quickly drew the life-and-death rune.
Upon the appearance of the life-and-death rune, a strong sense of extinction descended between heaven and earth.
Life?
Xu Yuan concealed it, only activating the related law of extinction.
The entire world seemed to turn black and white.
Holding the Heavenly Origin Brush, Xu Yuan resembled a judge wielding life and death.
His Heavenly Origin Brush fell again, and the third rune appeared.
Catastrophe!
Boom!
The colors of heaven and earth changed.
Not only within the Netherworld, but the cosmic space that the Netherworld relied on also underwent violent changes.
Stellar power surged, and in the blink of an eye, massive thunderclouds gathered.
Someone was manipulating the laws of lightning tribulation.
The lightning-related laws were triggered, immediately eliciting a reaction from the universe.
Unlike ordinary lightning tribulations, Xu Yuan actively stimulated the related laws and introduced destructive energy. At this moment, the lightning tribulation completely transformed into a heavenly calamity.
Boom!
A streak of purple-black lightning descended, its dense destructive aura seeming apocalyptic.
The massive pillar of lightning pierced through heaven and earth, directly striking down at Wisdom Emperor, the rearmost of the five emperors.
Wisdom Emperor's face drastically changed. Spatial power condensed above his head, forming a huge spatial barrier while cutting through the space above, creating a separate spatial fragment.
Bang!
The power of lightning penetrated everything, seeping into the entire spatial fragment, destroying all of Wisdom Emperor's power. The spatial fragment returned to normal, reconnecting with the surrounding space.
Spatial fluctuations surrounded Wisdom Emperor as he quickly retreated from where the lightning struck.
But as he fled, the power of the lightning pursued him.
Boom!
"Damn it, this Xu Yuan is beyond our ability to handle. Let's retreat!"
Wisdom Emperor decisively decided.
Xu Yuan's progress was unexpected. Even coming with the intention of mortally wounding Xu Yuan at the cost of their lives, they had overestimated themselves and underestimated Xu Yuan.
Could this majestic heavenly power truly be controlled by human hands?
Boom!
Another streak of lightning descended. Wisdom Emperor felt the surrounding space being infiltrated and locked, chains condensing to trap him.
In his perception, the surrounding space seemed to solidify, beyond his control.
"What kind of ability is this?" Wisdom Emperor stared at Xu Yuan, observing the eight orange-gold soul rings beneath Xu Yuan's feet. At this moment, the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth soul rings around Xu Yuan flickered.
Could the soul skills provided by the beast soul rings of Douluo soul masters really be this terrifying?
"Thinking of running? Is my Divine Forging City a place where you can come and go as you please?" Xu Yuan sneered.
Dense chains of laws emerged throughout the space.
Previously, he certainly couldn't do this. But the magic system was too powerful, directly parsing the laws, deepening his understanding of them, enabling him to leverage the scroll world's power to manipulate external laws and condense these law chains.
Of course, this also referenced a forbidden spell he obtained from Rex.
The law chains sealed the entire space.
Now, at this moment, in this realm, entry was permitted, but exit was not!
The range of the heavenly calamity rapidly expanded, from Wisdom Emperor to Spirit Emperor, then to Devil Emperor, Mad Emperor, and Azure Emperor.
The five emperors couldn't escape the fate of being punished by the heavenly calamity.
This realm was already under Xu Yuan's control. The heavenly calamity power, infused with destructive energy, judged the five uninvited guests who intruded into Divine Forging City.
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