After tearing through the silver spatial shield, the dark-gold claw energy formed by the Sky-Ripping Claw suffered almost no impedance in its trajectory. It continued its advance with a terrifying, despairing momentum, aimed directly at the vital spot over Xian Lin'er's heart.
"Black Dragon Shield True Body!"
Qian Duoduo's eyes were bloodshot, his roar laced with anxiety and fierce resolve.
He unhesitatingly activated a precious ring on his finger, which was covered in spatial runes—a short-range instant teleportation Soul Tool.
A flash of pale-blue spatial light disappeared instantly, and Qian Duoduo's figure vanished from his spot, reappearing the next moment resolutely in front of Xian Lin'er.
His Black Dragon Shield martial soul erupted with unprecedented dark light, suddenly swelling to dozens of meters high, transforming into a massive, mountain-heavy metal shield engraved with ancient dragon markings, fiercely protecting him and Xian Lin'er behind it.
Dark light flowed over the shield's surface, and the dragon markings seemed to come alive, emitting a low roar—this was his Soul Tool True Body.
"Clang—!!!!!!!!!!"
A deafening metallic explosion reverberated through the sky. The sound was so sharp and jarring, like ten thousand giant blades scraping across the heart simultaneously, that all the surrounding Soul Masters painfully covered their ears, and their Soul Power circulation momentarily stalled.
The golden claw energy violently slammed into the giant Black Dragon Shield.
An invisible shockwave immediately spread out like a ring of destruction. The ground beneath their feet was ripped open like paper, creating deep trenches several meters deep, and even the sturdy battlements of the city wall in the distance were shaken, causing bricks and stones to rattle and fall.
"Ugh—!"
Qian Duoduo firmly braced the back of the giant shield with his arms, his feet sinking deep into the ground up to his knees like spikes. His entire skeleton let out groans of unbearable strain, the muscles on his arms violently trembled, blue veins bulged like coiling dragons, and his face instantly turned deathly pale, devoid of any color.
He could clearly feel how violent and irresistible the power transferred through the Black Dragon Shield was; the might of the Sky-Ripping Claw pressed down hard, like the weight of a mountain.
A chilling crack was already sounding from the Black Dragon Shield's indestructible surface. Dense cracks were spreading out like a spiderweb, centered on the point of the claw's impact.
"Kacha... kacha..."
The crisp sound of metal straining beyond its limit clearly reached everyone's ears. The cracks on the Black Dragon Shield grew more numerous and deeper, and the dark light rapidly dimmed, as if it would completely disintegrate into countless fragments in the next second.
"Pfft—!"
Qian Duoduo violently spat out a large mouthful of scalding blood. The severe damage sustained by his Soul Tool True Body made him, the owner, feel as though his soul was being ripped apart, suffering an extremely serious backlash.
But his bloodshot eyes were fiercely fixed forward. His knees were bent to their limit, yet he stood stubbornly, fiercely guarding Xian Lin'er behind him with his trembling body and his soon-to-shatter martial soul.
He knew better than anyone that if he fell, the person behind him would be exposed, completely unprotected, to Xiong Jun's claws that could tear apart anything.
From Xiong Jun's sudden, explosive attack, to Qian Duoduo throwing the Soul Tool, instantly teleporting, and activating his Soul Tool True Body to block Xian Lin'er—all of this happened faster than most people could think, occurring in the mere blink of an eye.
"Duoduo!"
It wasn't until the warm blood splattered on her cheek that Xian Lin'er was sharply jolted out of her shock.
Looking at Qian Duoduo's broad but crumbling back, spewing blood but still fiercely shielding her, her eyes instantly turned crimson. A heartbreaking anguish and monstrous fury instantly drowned her reason.
She didn't hesitate for a moment. The long spear in her hand was suddenly enveloped in a whirlwind of green wind—her martial soul was named Azure Flame Dragon (Qing Yan Long), but it was actually a mutated wind-attribute martial soul.
When the wind-attribute power is compressed to the extreme, it creates fierce friction with the air, forming a unique azure flame.
A violent hurricane materialized from nothing, emitting a sharp shriek. The extremely compressed wind-attribute Soul Power intensely rubbed against the air, bursting forth with that unique, ceaselessly leaping azure flame.
Although this azure flame was not as overwhelmingly potent as the Waning Power contained in Lu Jingming's Abyss Flower, it similarly possessed the characteristic of decomposition. Any object tainted by it would instantly be torn apart and dissolved into its most primitive particles by the violent Wind-Flame.
"Azure Flame - Dragon Break!"
Xian Lin'er let out a soft cry. She hurled the spear, completely wrapped in the intensely concentrated azure flame, with all her strength toward the large Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
She knew she couldn't possibly withstand Xiong Jun's Sky-Ripping Claw head-on. Her only chance was to "attack the enemy's strength to relieve the besieged's weakness".
If she could make Xiong Jun feel a fatal threat, forcing him to defend or dodge, she could buy Qian Duoduo a sliver of life.
The spear, once thrown, seemed to be endowed with life and will. The azure flame frantically swelled and stretched, instantly transforming into a lifelike, roaring and shrieking Azure Flame Dragon.
Where the dragon passed, the ground was scorched and melted by the terrifying high temperature and decomposition force, leaving a shocking, blackened trench. The low-level Soul Beasts along the path that were unfortunately even slightly brushed by the residual azure flame burst into roaring azure fire and were instantly reduced to ash before they could even finish a scream.
However, at this moment that determined life and death—
"Boom-rumble—!"
The ground violently shook and cracked without warning. Broken rock and soil surged upward like a fountain.
Immediately after, countless ancient, incredibly thick, and twisted tree trunks of a bizarre cyan-black color burst out of the ground like tentacles from hell.
The surface of these trunks was covered in wrinkles like aged skin, and they were wrapped in countless dark-green vines that exuded an ominous aura and a nauseating stench.
The roots of these bizarre trees interlaced, coiled, and merged at an unnatural speed, finally condensing into a wood-like giant, over thirty meters tall, radiating malice and a cyan-black color.
The giant's torso was forcibly twisted from dozens of the thickest trunks, its limbs were as sturdy as the gnarled branches of ancient trees, and most chillingly, its head and massive body were densely covered with hundreds of blood-red, evil eyeballs that opened one after another.
Each eyeball rotated independently and eerily, fixedly locking onto Xian Lin'er and the Azure Flame Dragon she had thrown.
This was the fifth-ranked of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, the Myriad Demon King—The King of All Monsters Yao Ling.
He was already supremely skilled at manipulating forest plants and concealing his aura. Now, seeing Xian Lin'er's full-power attack aimed straight at Xiong Jun's vital spot, he instantly revealed himself from his hiding place, throwing open his incomparably thick right arm.
That hand was twisted and woven from dozens of poison-snake-like vines, and embedded squarely in the palm's center was a scarlet eyeball the size of a basketball, radiating intense mental fluctuation.
This terrifying giant hand, accompanied by an ear-splitting gust of wind, precisely slapped toward the unstoppable Azure Flame Dragon.
He wanted to completely choke off any sliver of human counterattack hope, leaving no chance for Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er to catch their breath.
"Humans, today is your doomsday! Feel the scorching of the hellfire!"
The ferocious roar of the Three-Headed Red Devil Dog, Scarlet King, exploded almost simultaneously.
His three hideous heads aimed respectively at the most densely populated areas of Soul Masters atop the city wall. With their maws agape, three columns of scarlet hellfire, capable of melting refined gold, surged out.
Though this flame had not reached the ultimate level, it was infinitely close. The terrifying high temperature twisted the air into layers of ripples. The three fire columns fiercely converged mid-air, merging into an even larger, golden-colored column of terror, hurtling toward the defenders on the city wall.
The passage of the fire column left behind the acrid stench of sulfur and burnt flesh. Even from a distance, the scorching heat made the soldiers on the city wall feel their skin burning.
"Ant-like struggles. Die, you foolish humans."
Xiong Jun's face, covered in ferocious fur, showed a cruel and contemptuous sneer. He completely ignored the Azure Flame Dragon, which was capable of threatening him.
He had absolute confidence in the King of All Monsters' power.
At this moment, his sole thought was to use the most brutal, crushing method to completely erase the human Titled Douluo who had repeatedly interfered, along with his annoying shield, from this world.
The dark-gold claws were raised high again. Sky-Ripping energy, more violent and condensed than the previous strike, frantically gathered at the claw tips. The air was easily sliced by the extreme sharpness, creating an irritating hissing sound, as if the spatial structure itself was groaning under the force.
The several-dozen-meter-long dark-gold Claw of Destruction—carrying an aura of absolute sharpness capable of slaying gods and demons and destroying everything—once again ripped the atmosphere, fiercely cleaving toward Qian Duoduo's already cracked and dimly lit Black Dragon Shield with terrifying speed.
"Pfft—!"
Qian Duoduo's body violently shook. He violently spat out another large mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. His face, which had been flushed red from straining, instantly turned deathly pale, utterly devoid of color.
He poured his last remaining Soul Power frantically into the almost shattered Black Dragon Shield, attempting a final struggle.
However, this martial soul shield, which had accompanied him throughout his life and countless battles, was as fragile as exquisite glazed artwork before Xiong Jun's second furious Sky-Ripping Claw.
"Kacha... Boom!"
The jarring sound of breaking clearly reached every corner of the battlefield.
The Black Dragon Shield could no longer withstand the destructive force, and it violently exploded into countless metal fragments, sparkling with dim dark light, scattering in all directions.
The terrifying claw energy, which tore through everything, did not hesitate for a moment after shattering the shield. Like a red-hot branding iron piercing thin ice, it went straight through Qian Duoduo's completely unprotected chest.
Its remaining power undiminished, the dark-gold claw energy continued to streak forward, finally slamming fiercely into the massive city wall protection shield of Shrek City.
"Rumble—!!!!!!!!!!!"
A deafening explosion, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, suddenly erupted, sweeping across the entire battlefield.
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