Upon hearing Lu Jingming's words, Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi were both shocked. If Lu Jingming, the original, said so, then Sword Douluo would most likely be unable to kill the dark Lu Jingming.
If the core of the 'Foul Point' could not be killed, then everything was meaningless. The negative energy would continuously replenish itself. Even if the dark Lu Jingming couldn't be killed, the slain black-armored soldiers would eventually resurrect and continue to besiege them.
It was indeed difficult for Sword Douluo to kill the dark Lu Jingming. The Black Abyss White Flower possessed an incredibly powerful cellular-level regeneration. Furthermore, Black Robin's sixth spirit ability could continuously provide her teammates with spirit energy recovery.
Moreover, this 'Foul Point' was overflowing with endless negative energy, which continuously supplemented the dark Lu Jingming's energy. Lu Jingming found it hard to imagine how one could possibly kill him.
Not only that, Black Butterfly had the ability to grant her teammates immunity from death. Although it had a cooldown, it was enough to turn the tide of a battle at a critical moment.
Black March 7th's third spirit ability, 'Temporal Reversal,' could reverse the state of time, which was a form of revival.
Black Robin also had a powerful sixth spirit ability, 'Eternal Winter's Pledge,' which could revive a teammate who had died within ten minutes, by simply consuming half of her spirit energy.
What made Lu Jingming feel the most helpless was himself.
He had already attached six spirit rings to his second spirit, 'White Flower,' and all of them were 100,000-year spirit rings provided by the Stigmata of the World Tree.
Among them, one of the spirit abilities attached to his second spirit ring, 'Holy Remains Resonance,' had an extremely unique effect. It could link all teammates to form a life network.
As long as one person in the life network was alive, the others would not die, unless someone could destroy everyone at once.
However, Sword Douluo was clearly unable to do this. As a result, the only outcome awaiting him would likely be being worn down to death.
After all, within this 'Foul Point,' everyone would be continuously eroded by negative energy and emotions, making it impossible to fight for an extended period, even for a Titled Douluo.
It must be said that the abilities of the Abundance Faction were this troublesome. Even a powerful opponent would find it difficult to completely defeat a person with such abilities.
On the Douluo Continent, there were currently no effective sealing methods that could specifically counter recovery-type abilities.
Although some spirit tools had similar functions, such as the Sealing God Platform that once sealed the Ice Empress, such sealing spirit tools were simply impossible to find in this era.
From the looks of it, the current situation was almost unsolvable.
Even if Lu Jingming brought his original team to face off against the Dark Faction, they would most likely fall into a prolonged war of attrition. The ultimate winner would be whoever could hold out longer.
Furthermore, the negative energy in this 'Foul Point' was incredibly abundant, which was undoubtedly the Dark Faction's home-field advantage.
One could say that the planet's consciousness's hasty action this time was tantamount to creating an incredibly powerful 'Great Trouble' for the planet.
Now, unless Qian Daoliu arrived immediately to clear this 'Foul Point' with his absolute power, then once more people were duplicated, Heaven Dou City, being the closest, would likely be doomed.
But trying to get Qian Daoliu to act would probably be impossible in the short term unless Qian Renxue personally went to ask.
More importantly, only Lu Jingming was aware of how powerful the people who might be duplicated later on could be. Others had no idea.
Therefore, although they had a sense of crisis, it was not yet at a very intense level.
Even though everyone attached great importance to the current situation, if they were to request help from the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire would most likely not agree.
Even if the Heaven Dou Empire did make the request, Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu might not take immediate action.
At this moment, everyone had moved away from the battlefield of the Titled Douluo.
Huowu, Shuibing'er, and the other students had already disengaged from the fight and were watching from a distance, ready to retreat at any moment.
After all, the intensity of the current battle was far beyond their capabilities. Even just observing from a close distance was incredibly dangerous.
Therefore, the teachers leading the various academies were protecting their students, ready to lead them to retreat at the first sign of trouble.
The two Spirit Douluo, Meng Shenji and Zhilin, who had been amplified by the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, were also busy.
Zhilin went to assist Poison Douluo, while Meng Shenji went to rescue the frozen Baibaoshan.
As a Spirit Douluo, it was not so easy to die. Although Baibaoshan was frozen and unable to move, he was not instantly killed by Black March 7th's arrow.
Zhilin's huge Azure Sky Vine spirit transformed into a vine dragon and, along with Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor form, engaged in a desperate battle with the temporal dragon form of Black Jinhsi.
As a Spirit Sage with the ultimate light attribute, Black Jinhsi not only had a 100,000-year spirit ring but also controlled the power of time. Now that she had activated her Spirit Avatar, coupled with Black Robin's all-around amplification, her fighting power had undoubtedly reached the level of a Titled Douluo.
For a time, the battlefield was filled with soaring flames, roaring dragons, and flashing lasers. The area of several thousand meters was a mess. The land, which was already corroded by foul energy, was made even worse.
Bone Douluo, in his bone dragon form, was also in a difficult position, being furiously attacked by a silver dragon and a super mecha.
If not for his amazing defense and his ability to use spatial power to teleport away at critical moments, he would have been seriously injured by now.
After all, Black Silver Wolf's attacks could ignore his defense and were a clear counter to him. Meanwhile, Black Yukong could also control space, which greatly limited his use of spatial abilities, making him feel incredibly frustrated.
Of course, with his deep cultivation and the amplification from the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, Bone Douluo would not be defeated in a short time. He just looked a bit disheveled.
Sword Douluo was also going all out. Sword energy surged everywhere. The land of the valley was altered with every swing of his hundred-meter-long greatsword.
The dark Lu Jingming also held nothing back. He unleashed his spirit bone ability, 'King's Authority,' releasing a dark gravity orb that created a terrifying suction force, restricting Sword Douluo to a certain area.
Immediately after, he used his spirit bone ability, 'Cosmic Tremor,' and in an instant, the void shattered. A terrifying gravitational force pulled a meteor fragment from beyond the stellar cosmos, and he hurled it toward Sword Douluo, who was being controlled by the gravity orb.
In this critical moment, Sword Douluo immediately used his Spirit Avatar. The Seven Killing Sword instantly transformed into a hundred-meter-long greatsword. Crimson sword energy, imbued with the Seven Killing Sword Intent, shot up into the sky.
Under the powerful amplification of his Spirit Avatar, Sword Douluo successfully broke free from the gravitational restraint. His bloody sword light turned into a pillar of light several hundred meters long, and it collided head-on with the destructive meteor.
"Boom!" Accompanied by a deafening roar, the meteor shattered at a height of several hundred meters, turning into countless fragments that rained down like meteors.
Faced with this terrifying fireball rain, the teachers leading the various academies' expressions changed drastically.
One must know that even though this was only an aftershock of 'Cosmic Tremor,' it was still a deadly threat that was difficult for the students with Spirit Elder and Spirit Ancestor cultivation to withstand.
Just then, Lu Jingming held a black long spear. Six spirit rings, two purple, two black, and two red, appeared on his body in order.
He thrust the spear tip into the ground, and a black light shield rapidly spread out from him, securely protecting Xue Qinghe, Xue Ke, and Ning Fengzhi.
The descending fiery fragments were decomposed and destroyed the moment they neared the black light shield, turning into specks of reddish-orange light that dissipated into the air.
"Thank you, Brother Lu, for your help!" Xue Qinghe glanced at the configuration of Lu Jingming's spirit rings and showed a look of 'as I expected,' before cupping his hands in sincere thanks.
Among their group, Ning Fengzhi, though a Spirit Sage, had limited combat power. He also didn't know if he was equipped with a defensive spirit tool.
As for Xue Qinghe, although he had some strength on the surface, his Swan spirit was not powerful. If he showed strength that did not match his persona, it would inevitably cause trouble.
He couldn't help but feel that he had miscalculated. He had thought that with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo's protection, he wouldn't encounter any danger. He hadn't expected this 'Foul Point' to be so tricky, and that even three Titled Douluo would be in a bitter struggle.
If he had known earlier, he would have brought a few more guards. Although he wouldn't even think about bringing Titled Douluo-level powerhouses, even if he had them, the Heaven Dou Empire was not lacking in Spirit Sage-level experts.
"It's nothing. But next, we need to prepare to retreat!"
Lu Jingming shook his head and said.
Unlike him, the dark Lu Jingming would not hide his strength, nor would he worry about the terrifying destructive power of the Black Abyss White Flower.
Furthermore, Lu Jingming speculated that the dark Lu Jingming was also capable of using his self-spirit fusion ability.
The powers of the Stigmata of the Thunder and the Stigmata of the World Tree would probably be shown one by one in the following battle.
Lu Jingming really couldn't imagine how the dark Lu Jingming could possibly lose under the amplification of Black Robin?
Although the dark Lu Jingming was only temporarily amplified to the Spirit Sage level, with his background, a Spirit Sage was enough to fight a Titled Douluo. If he used all his trump cards, he could even fight against a Super Douluo. Moreover, his survival ability was terrifying, and even an Ultimate Douluo might not be able to kill him.
Of course, this was if he wanted to escape, but the dark Lu Jingming clearly would not. That's why Lu Jingming believed that only Qian Daoliu's action could possibly clear this 'Foul Point' completely.
"I will have to trouble you, Brother Lu. My sister and I will be relying on your protection," Xue Qinghe said with a smile, his eyes looking at the intense battlefield.
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi had no time to spare for what was happening around him. He was fully concentrating on holding the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda and maintaining its amplification effect.
If his amplification failed, the situation on the field would likely take a sharp turn for the worse.
"Sun and Moon Shine, Golden Turn!" At this moment, Yu Xiaogang, Flander, and Liu Erlong from the Shrek Academy stood in a triangle formation, emitting a powerful spirit energy radiance.
In the next moment, a golden light suddenly burst forth. A deafening dragon roar sounded, and a golden saint dragon carrying fire and lightning appeared on the battlefield.
And in front of the golden saint dragon, Black Butterfly, who was walking in the void, gently swung the scythe in her hand. The scythe sliced through the void, and space was instantly torn. A purple death dragon extended its massive body, opened its huge, blood-filled mouth, and the power of death rapidly converged.
In the next moment, the dragon's breath, imbued with the power of death, transformed into a dark purple light cannon that swept out with a terrifying whooshing sound.
The golden saint dragon also opened its mouth and spat out a golden dragon's breath carrying lightning and fire. The two pillars of light violently collided in the void, instantly causing huge energy fluctuations.
"This is bad, teachers! They can't hold it back!" Tang San saw the golden breath of the golden saint dragon slowly losing ground as the dark purple death breath drew closer.
A strong premonition arose in his heart. Once they were hit by that death breath, everyone who was caught in it would not survive.
"Spirit Avatar!"
Zhao Wuji, who also noticed the danger, immediately and without hesitation, used his Spirit Avatar. He transformed into the Mighty King Kong Bear and, with powerful gravity waves in his hands, leaped high into the air, smashing down toward Black Butterfly's main body.
In this critical moment, a sudden chill permeated the void. Threads of cold air rapidly condensed, and a crystalline ice mirror appeared out of nowhere not far from Zhao Wuji.
Immediately after, the figure of Black March 7th stepped steadily out of the ice mirror, positioning herself directly behind Zhao Wuji.
Feeling the dangerous aura behind him, Zhao Wuji was shocked.
At this moment, the longbow in Black March 7th's hand was gone, replaced by two ice swords that radiated a chilling aura.
A fierce sword intent tightly缠绕 around the twin swords. The light of the sword, which contained the power to freeze everything, flashed across the void like lightning. The sword intent was so strong that it even attracted the attention of Sword Douluo, who was in the middle of a fierce fight.
Compared to Lu Jingming, March 7th, who was also an ice attribute spirit master, had a sword intent that was closer to that of Jingliu.
That sharp sword intent, which could freeze all things and shatter the vast stars, was 80% similar to Jingliu's sword intent.
This 'Star-Slaying and Universe-Shattering · Grand Glazed Sword' was a brilliant sword technique that March 7th had learned from Jingliu. Although she would often neglect her practice, her outstanding talent allowed her to skillfully use this technique.
That sword intent that could shatter stars, carrying endless killing intent and destructive aura, surged toward him.
The originally pure and glazed sword intent was now tinged with a terrifying black-and-red destructive aura.
Compared to March 7th, the sword intent of Black March 7th was undoubtedly more extreme, far surpassing it in lethality and destructive power.
Although Black March 7th was a duplicate, there was a fundamental difference.
The sword technique and sword intent were from the same origin, but they were tainted with negative energy and emotions, which led to a completely different result.
The sharp sword light tore through the air like a blade. The sword intent and the world's rules collided, and in an instant, black-and-red lightning burst forth. The light was dazzling but also infinitely dangerous.
Zhao Wuji only had time to hurriedly cross his arms in front of his chest, using all his strength to turn around and try to block this fatal strike.
The Mighty King Kong Bear spirit was known for its defense, and Zhao Wuji was famously known as the 'Immovable King Ming.'
But it was no use. Black March 7th was at the same level as him, a Spirit Sage, and this one sword strike contained a sliver of the essence of Jingliu's sword technique. It was not something Zhao Wuji could easily block.
Accompanied by a heart-stopping sound of flesh being torn, Zhao Wuji's blood sprayed across the sky. He was sent flying like a cannonball, with a powerful gust of wind, in the air.
And the worst part was, his direction of flight was straight toward Black Butterfly.
"Pshh!" The purple scythe, which radiated the aura of death, easily pierced through Zhao Wuji's chest.
Zhao Wuji's eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the purple blade of the scythe that was shimmering with the aura of death.
He could clearly feel that his life force was vanishing at an alarming rate. His soul seemed to be slowly being pulled away by the power of death.
"Teacher Zhao!" Seeing this, the eyes of Tang San and the others were about to pop out. Their eyes were filled with grief and disbelief.
Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the other girls couldn't help but cover their mouths. Their tears burst forth and wouldn't stop.
"Roar!" The three of them, Flander, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong, who were using their spirit fusion ability and had transformed into the golden giant dragon, were completely enraged by this sudden turn of events.
Their anger unleashed their hidden potential. The golden dragon's breath instantly increased by a third, and it actually managed to block the death breath of the death dragon Bolyce.
Black Butterfly was expressionless. She simply shook the purple scythe in her hand, and Zhao Wuji's limp body fell like a kite with a broken string.
As his Spirit Avatar was deactivated, he fell heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Teacher Zhao!" Dai Mubai and the others rushed toward Zhao Wuji without any regard for their own safety. However, they were met with a merciless slash from Black March 7th.
A black and red sword energy tore through the ground and viciously slashed toward Tang San and the others.
"Oh no, Rongrong!" Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi was shocked.
Sword Douluo was also distracted by this turn of events. The dark Lu Jingming seized the opportunity. The stigmata of the thunder on his body shone brightly. Lightning instantly appeared, quickly forming an electromagnetic acceleration field.
The black long spear, under the effect of the electromagnetic acceleration, transformed into a shooting star and shot out at a terrifying speed.
The super electromagnetic spear, which had become an orange beam of light carrying electricity, struck Sword Douluo hard.
The terrifying kinetic energy, impact force, and high-temperature electricity contained in this attack far exceeded Sword Douluo's imagination.
The super electromagnetic spear carried Sword Douluo thousands of meters away until he crashed into a small mountain peak.
Accompanied by a deafening explosion, a small mushroom cloud slowly rose, and the shockwave swept out like a wave, kicking up endless smoke and rocks.
"Go!" Seeing such a tragic scene, everyone no longer hesitated. They all took the surviving students from their respective academies and fled for their lives.
As the black and red sword energy was about to hit the Shrek Academy group, Tang San and the others desperately used their spirit abilities, trying to stop the fatal sword energy.
Unfortunately, whether it was Ma Hongjun's scorching flames, Tang San's tough Blue Silver Vines, or Dai Mubai's powerful White Tiger's Violent Light Wave, they were all easily cut apart like fragile paper the moment they got close to the sword energy.
Despair suddenly descended upon Ma Hongjun and the others.
In this critical moment, a figure resolutely stood in front of everyone. It was Xiao Wu.
Her eyes showed a determined look. Her fourth spirit ring shone brightly, and a golden light instantly enveloped her. The Invincible Golden Body ability was activated.
"Bang!" With a dull thud, Xiao Wu's golden hands desperately held back the sword energy. Black and red lightning burst forth in the air.
The Invincible Golden Body could grant Xiao Wu three seconds of invincibility. Even when faced with such a huge disparity in strength, it gave her a brief chance to block the sword energy.
"No, Xiao Wu!" Tang San's face instantly turned pale, and he let out a sharp cry.
He knew that although the Invincible Golden Body had three seconds of invincibility, it also consumed a large amount of spirit energy.
With Xiao Wu's Spirit Ancestor cultivation, how could she possibly hold back Black March 7th's sword energy for three seconds?
As Tang San had feared, the moment Xiao Wu blocked the sword energy, although her Invincible Golden Body worked, and she was not split in half by the sword, her spirit energy flowed out like a flood from a dam.
In just one second, the golden light rapidly dimmed as if it could break at any moment.
And Xiao Wu's face became even paler due to the rapid loss of spirit energy.
If nothing unexpected happened, in the next moment, she would be cut in half by the sword energy, and the others behind her would also be torn to shreds.
At this extremely dangerous moment, a dark golden giant hammer broke through the air like a meteor. With a powerful and heavy strike, it instantly shattered the black and red sword energy, successfully saving Xiao Wu and the others.
"This is? The Clear Sky Hammer! Father!" Seeing the huge Clear Sky Hammer save Xiao Wu in time, a look of joyful surprise appeared on Tang San's face.
He had already learned of Tang Hao's identity from the chief of the Power Clan, Titan. So the first moment he saw the Clear Sky Hammer, he recognized that the person who saved them was his father.
"Little San, take your friends and leave now!"
A burly man in sloppy clothes with a stubbly face held a pitch-black giant hammer in his hand, looking at Black March 7th and Black Butterfly with a wary expression.
At this moment, Tang Hao, though a level ninety-five peak Titled Douluo with a 100,000-year spirit ring, was already heavily injured from before when he had severely injured the former pope of the Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, and was then ruthlessly pursued by the Spirit Hall.
Afterward, he fell into a state of decay, drinking his days away, which caused his injuries to never heal.
The current him would probably have a hard time even defeating Sword Douluo. Facing powerful enemies like Black March 7th and Black Butterfly, he naturally didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.
"Clear Sky Avatar!"Tang Hao did not hesitate. After instructing Tang San and the others to retreat as soon as possible, he immediately used his Spirit Avatar.
The humanoid illusion formed by his spirit energy raised the hundred-meter-tall dark golden Clear Sky Hammer high. The chilling Killing God Domain instantly spread out. The colors of dark gold and crimson red covered the sky like dark clouds.
The hundred-meter-tall giant hammer slammed down, creating a terrifying gust of wind. The immense pressure made the surrounding space tremble.