In the face of the terrifying offensive power of the Heaven-Rending Claw, the incredibly thick city wall defense shield was like glass struck by a sledgehammer. It instantly became covered with dense cracks, then collapsed with a blinding flash of energy, dissolving into scattered points of light.
Immediately afterward, the section of the South City Wall, built from hard, massive stones, was unable to withstand the impact of the Heaven-Rending Claw's residual power after losing the protection of the energy shield. With a grating moan, the brick and stone structure disintegrated, collapsing thunderously.
Countless huge broken stones, mixed with dust, soared into the sky, then fell like a heavy rain.
When the dust finally settled, a horrifying, conspicuous gap had appeared in the once-mighty and continuous city wall. It was several meters deep and shaped exactly like a massive bear's claw had ripped through it.
Through the gap, one could vaguely see the panicked scene inside the city.
The city garrison soldiers cried out in despair and fear. Many, unable to dodge in time, were directly buried or severely wounded by the falling bricks and stones. Crimson blood instantly stained the ruins, and screams rose one after another.
"Duoduo—!!!"
Xian Lin'er's heartbreaking shriek, filled with endless grief and despair, finally broke through all the clamor of the battlefield.
She was currently being tightly entangled by the countless tough vines spawned by the King of Ten Thousand Monsters Yao Ling. Even as she frantically erupted with Soul Power to shatter wave after wave, she could only watch helplessly as that fatal claw strike mercilessly pierced Qian Duoduo's body.
Endless regret and fury scorched her heart.
She desperately began to burn her Soul Power entirely. The azure flames around her erupted like a volcano, instantly vaporizing all the vines clinging to her.
She transformed into a desolate streak of azure light, instantly rushing behind Qian Duoduo. She stretched out her trembling arms, trying to catch the body that was weakly slumping.
"Lin'er... live on..."
Qian Duoduo's fragmented body leaned weakly into Xian Lin'er's cold embrace. His blood-stained face was contorted in extreme pain, but his eyes were filled with endless affection and reluctance.
He opened his mouth, and more blood gushed out like a spring, completely soaking the front of Xian Lin'er's clothes. The glaring crimson burned Xian Lin'er's eyes.
The specialized Soul Tool armor on his body, which he had personally designed and which was capable of withstanding the full-force attack of a Title Douluo, had been completely shattered and warped in the previous impact. The exposed skin was covered with countless small, torn wounds.
Scattered on the ground beside his fallen form were the remnants of several Rank 8 defensive Soul Tools, which also flashed with broken light.
These were all the life-saving measures he had instinctively activated in his final moments.
But Xiong Jun's (Bear King) Heaven-Rending Claw was a terrifying attack that even Di Tian dared not underestimate. Even though Qian Duoduo was famous for his defense, he poured everything he had into it, but ultimately failed to block this second strike.
Before his voice faded, Qian Duoduo's body spasmed violently. He once again spat out a large amount of thick blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. The wounds on his chest, pierced by the claw's edge, suddenly widened, becoming deep enough to reveal bone, and one could vaguely see his shattered organs inside.
This was a sign that the terrifying tearing energy residual from the Heaven-Rending Claw had fully erupted inside his body.
The last spark of life in his eyes quickly extinguished like a candle in the wind. The hand that had been desperately clutching Xian Lin'er's arm suddenly went slack, falling limply, his breath completely gone.
Only his eyes, which had not fully closed, retained a trace of lingering concern for the person before him.
"Duoduo—!!!"
Xian Lin'er clung tightly to Qian Duoduo's rapidly cooling body, letting out a heart-wrenching shriek filled with infinite grief and despair.
The sound was so shrill it seemed to tear everyone's eardrums and pierce the clouds. Even the roaring Beast Tide in the distance paused momentarily.
The azure flames around her burned and exploded wildly, completely out of control. The extreme high temperature ignited the air itself, forming rings of scorching heatwaves that warped the visual field, turning the space around her into a destructive domain of azure fire.
Her eyes were completely stained crimson with bloodshot veins and frantic killing intent. They locked onto the colossal Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear not far away. The hatred and venom in her gaze were almost substantial, as if she were about to leap over, devour it alive, and grind it to dust in the next second.
"How could... this happen..."
Cai Meier, Shi Xing, and Yan Shaozhe showed expressions of incredible shock and deep, piercing sorrow as they witnessed the tragic scene.
In just a moment of negligence, they had lost a trusted old friend who had fought side-by-side with them for decades, a pillar of the Shrek Academy Soul Tool Department, and an indispensable elder of the Sea God's Pavilion.
The Radiant Holy Fire burning around Yan Shaozhe flickered wildly, and the Temporal Silver Disk slowly rotating behind Shi Xing emitted chaotic energy fluctuations.
Every heart was severely struck by this sudden, profound loss. Boundless sorrow washed over them like a tidal wave.
"ROAR—!!!"
The moment the city wall defense shield shattered and the huge gap appeared, hundreds of vanguard Soul Beasts, already smelling blood and the scent of slaughter, let out excited, bloodthirsty howls.
Their eyes flashed with greed and cruelty. Like hungry sharks that had smelled the freshest blood, they completely lost all reason, trampling over each other as they frantically charged toward that fatal gap.
If they breached this final line of defense, the defenseless humans inside the city would become lambs for their wanton massacre and consumption.
"Don't you dare!"
Time Douluo Shi Xing forcefully tore himself away from his grief, a flicker of cold killing intent in his eyes.
He knew better than anyone that this was absolutely no time to indulge in sorrow. If the Beast Tide broke through this gap, the entire Shrek City would instantly become a living hell, and Qian Duoduo's sacrifice would be meaningless.
His hands rapidly formed complex and profound seals at a speed impossible to track with the naked eye. The silver disk Martial Soul, inscribed with countless temporal and spatial runes, instantly shot into the sky, hovering directly above the gap.
The silver light of space-time erupted thunderously, like a small, silver moon suddenly descending upon the world, emitting mysterious and boundless fluctuations.
All nine of his Soul Rings flashed simultaneously—Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black.
Five of the deep-black 10,000-year Soul Rings emitted a heart-stopping, immense Soul Power, clearly demonstrating his formidable strength as a Super Douluo.
"Eighth Soul Skill—Temporal Turbulence!"
Accompanied by Shi Xing's full-force roar, the eighth black Soul Ring suddenly erupted with a blinding black light capable of swallowing light.
The Temporal Silver Disk suspended mid-air began to spin frantically at an unprecedented speed. The silver light became increasingly dazzling, and the surrounding space, like a lake into which a huge stone had been thrown, began to violently twist, fold, and collapse.
Finally, a massive silver vortex, over a hundred meters in diameter and filled with countless flashing fragments of light, suddenly formed like the gaping maw of a cosmic abyss.
An invisible yet profoundly immense and terrifying suction force emerged from nothing, precisely enveloping the breach in the city wall.
The Soul Beasts that were charging, lost in frenzy—whether they were the weakest 100-year Soul Beasts, the massive and fiercely abnormal 1,000-year Soul Beasts, or even the individual 10,000-year Soul Beasts charging at the front—were firmly caught by this terrifying force that touched space-time.
They screamed and struggled in horror, their claws gouging deep furrows in the ground. Yet, like insects caught in a spiderweb, they were forcibly lifted off the ground by an incomprehensible, mighty force. Like falling leaves in a storm, they were irresistibly sucked into the gigantic silver vortex.
Once submerged in the vortex, even the thick-skinned 10,000-year Soul Beasts couldn't even let out a brief shriek. They were instantly cut, decomposed, and annihilated into the most basic particles by the violent, chaotic fragments of space-time within the vortex, completely disappearing into the temporal turbulence without leaving a trace of their existence.
In just a few breaths, the hundreds of Soul Beasts surging toward the gap, like a tidal wave, were utterly cleared out, as if they had never been there.
Shi Xing's earth-shattering blow had successfully bought Shrek City a precious moment of respite.
Shi Xing's Martial Soul, the Temporal Silver Disk, is one in a billion, a Tool Martial Soul that simultaneously involves the two great laws of Time and Space. Its rarity and power are enough to command respect from anyone who knows its name.
In any world, Time and Space are consistently the supreme laws at the pinnacle of power—"Time is Venerable, Space is King." Even if the Temporal Silver Disk could only harness tiny branches of these two great laws, the power it displayed already far exceeded the limits of ordinary Martial Souls.
It is precisely for this reason that Shi Xing, at less than fifty years of age, holds the high position of Shrek City Lord and is one of the youngest elders in the history of the Sea God's Pavilion.
In the entire Tool Martial Soul lineage of the Douluo Continent, the Temporal Silver Disk's noble status is in no way inferior to the might of the Clear Sky Hammer, the utility of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, the defense of the Star Crown, or the peerless sharpness of the Seven Kill Sword. It is an undisputed top-tier Tool Martial Soul.
However, forcibly activating Temporal Turbulence of this scale took an unimaginably heavy toll on Shi Xing.
His face visibly paled to the color of paper, cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and his body trembled slightly. Even the light radiating from the Temporal Silver Disk suspended mid-air began to become unstable and slightly dim.
The King of Ten Thousand Monsters and the Scarlet King in the distance clearly wouldn't miss this opportunity.
Innumerable terrifying vines, comparable to diamond in hardness and tipped with ferocious, open maws, shot out like venomous snakes, once again coiling and strangling the exhausted Shi Xing.
The central head of the Scarlet King once again spat out a pillar of scorching Hell Flames, adjusting its trajectory to fiercely bombard the silver vortex that maintained the temporal turbulence, attempting to completely shatter it.
Shi Xing gritted his teeth, blood leaking from the corner of his mouth. As he desperately tried to maintain the crumbling temporal turbulence, he struggled to twist the space around him to dodge. The situation instantly became perilous once more.
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