Bang, bang, bang!
Thunderous explosions echoed 5,000 meters above Heaven Dou City.
Tianlin and Bibi Dong were evenly matched. With the Holy Spirit Pearl sealed, Tianlin could not summon gods for help, and his attributes fell, but the Demon Sword's absorption of evil energy compensated somewhat.
Tianlin realized he had underestimated Bibi Dong. Her understanding of twin martial souls far surpassed his. Although she lacked a yin-yang complement soul core, making it impossible for both spirits to share power, she could instantly switch between them in true body state.
Unlike Tianlin, who had to deactivate his true body to switch between the Demon Sword and Holy Spirit Pearl.
Thus, Bibi Dong could fully utilize her twin martial souls, using the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor for offense and the Death Spider Emperor for defense, switching almost without delay and even controlling the timing to break Tianlin's Wind-Water Rotation technique.
If Tianlin tried to use this counter true-body move, Bibi Dong would switch martial souls in the 0.1-second gap, rendering the move ineffective.
It was the first time Tianlin had encountered someone breaking Wind-Water Rotation by manipulating timing. Bibi Dong's use of twin martial souls was perfect, unmatched by anyone including Tang San.
Bibi Dong, like Tianlin, could use external soul bones to form a complete bone armor, though hers were lower in age, so Tianlin's incomplete armor wasn't at a disadvantage.
Tianlin's Demon Sword Domain could not suppress the Evil Emperor Domain, but it could neutralize Bibi Dong's double domains and Killing God Domain—though hers were enhanced by the Evil Emperor Domain, so he could only suppress, not reverse as he did with the Slaughter King.
"Third Soul Skill: Demon Spider Summon!" Bibi Dong unleashed another skill. Dark green halos spread from her feet, spawning half-meter-wide toxic spiders that filled the sky like locusts. These spiders, empowered by the Evil Spirit Pearl, were mainly for tracking and locking onto enemies.
This meant all of Bibi Dong's subsequent attacks would be unavoidable, like Poseidon's Sea God's Gaze.
"You have a hundred thousand spiders, I have a hundred thousand swords—Afterimage Sword, Myriad Sword Art!" Tianlin threw out his Demon Sword, which split into 100,000 swords.
Both attacked at once. The spiders and swords clashed, many swords vanished, but even more spiders died. In this contest of skills, Bibi Dong was still outmatched.
Bibi Dong didn't care; the spiders were only there to guarantee a hit.
"Sixth Soul Skill: Eternal Wound!" Two spider legs on Bibi Dong's back transformed into giant jade sickles, slashing out a huge green cross-shaped wave—her most domineering single-target move, ignoring physical defense (true damage).
She meant to break through Tianlin's seemingly indestructible armor and body.
With the spider summon's effect, this attack was guaranteed to hit. No matter how fast Tianlin was, he couldn't dodge. But he didn't plan to—he would trade blows.
Eternal Wound was melee, so when Bibi Dong struck Tianlin, he would also definitely hit her.
"Second Soul Skill: Ice-Fire God Seal." Ice and fire energy gathered on Tianlin's sword as he charged at Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong was surprised—she didn't expect Tianlin would risk everything.
"Soul Bone Skill: Blood Armor!" Bibi Dong's torso bone was a 100,000-year soul bone. In her fight with Di Tian, she had used its attack skill Blood Slaughter; now she activated its second skill, Blood Armor, forming a dark red armor that even a Title Douluo's ninth skill couldn't break.
With both armor and Blood Armor, she was confident Tianlin couldn't hurt her.
The two clashed in midair. Bibi Dong's sickles went through Tianlin's body, but she wasn't pleased—her chest, in turn, was truly pierced by Tianlin's Demon Sword.
"How is this possible?" Bibi Dong was horrified.
The spot where Tianlin was pierced turned to flowing blood—this was the Bat King soul bone's skill, Blood Transformation.
It wasn't defense, but let physical attacks pass through as if they struck air.
Tianlin smiled, "What's wrong, Bibi Dong? You think only your soul bones are high-level? Mine are even better."
He kicked Bibi Dong away, and his wound gradually healed, not even tearing his clothes. This was the Bat King soul bone's second skill, Blood Rebirth.
"Bibi Dong, your true damage is impressive, but it's your ultimate move while mine is passive. No matter how much armor you stack, I can always pierce you."
"True damage by default, damn, worthy of a god-tier martial soul; its quality far surpasses my two top-tier martial souls. Ninth skill!" Bibi Dong gritted her teeth, switched to the Death Spider Emperor, and activated its ninth skill, Undying Body, healing her wound.
But while her wound could heal, the ultimate fire and ice left inside could not be expelled. Her soul power dropped sharply—from peak ninety-nine to a pseudo-limit, the weakest within her level.
Less soul power meant weaker overall attributes. The Evil Emperor Domain had let Bibi Dong match Tianlin, but now, the situation was completely reversed.