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Wei Wo Douluo found himself distracted, entangled in combat with Golden Crocodile Douluo, Conqueror Douluo, and Chijun Douluo. As he glanced toward the distant trump cards of the Myriad Beast Empire, a ripple of unease stirred in his heart.
He had once been defeated by the silver-haired Silver Dragon King. God only knew how much his worldview had been shattered when he witnessed those nine pale-gold soul rings. Even if the life and death of the entire Body Sect hadn't been in the Silver Dragon King's hands back then, he likely would have submitted to her power regardless.
Seeing this group of Title Douluos—human reincarnations of soul beasts—Wei Wo Douluo finally realized how wise his decision had been to act as a "man of the hour" who recognized superior strength. He was firmly convinced that the silver-haired woman would eventually become a new God.
Sharing similar sentiments to Du Desi were several members of the Sun Moon Imperial Family. However, the one who suffered the greatest psychological impact was undoubtedly the Starry Sky Douluo, Xu Chen, who was currently locked in combat with Light Feather Douluo. He had originally thought that only three geniuses in the Douluo Continent surpassed him: the Silver Dragon King, Bibi Dong, and Ye Lan.
He never expected five more to suddenly appear today!
Battered by the realization of these geniuses' existence, Xu Chen frantically circulated the soul power within his body, pouring out endless starlight toward Light Feather Douluo to vent the fury in his heart. Faced with the torrential downpour of stars, the blue wings on Light Feather Douluo's back suddenly expanded, granting him a massive burst of speed as he engaged Xu Chen in a high-speed aerial duel.
Beneath the canopy of stars and light arrows, an unwilling Yu Yuanzhen let out a bone-shaking roar as he clashed with the Hell Demon Dragon King. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's body crackled incessantly, discharging hundreds of bolts of blue-white lightning within seconds to entangle the Hell Demon Dragon King.
However, Yu Yuanzhen was shocked to find that his lightning, which had always been invincible, seemed to lose its effect against the Hell Demon Dragon King, whose body was shrouded in a dark purple aura.
"What kind of ghost attribute is this?! It can actually devour lightning?!" The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon let out a roar of frustration.
The Demon King Douluo laughed, "Little Thunder Dragon, you've picked the wrong opponent!"
"You're looking for death! I don't believe your physical body is stronger than mine when I'm two ranks higher than you!" Yu Yuanzhen retracted his lightning, using the electricity to constantly stimulate his muscles. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon folded its wings, its muscles hardening like solid steel.
With a roar, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon bit down on the Hell Demon Dragon King's wing, its claws raking across the black scales covering the beast's body. To Yu Yuanzhen's horror, his claws only produced a shower of sparks against the pitch-black scales; he couldn't even break the creature's defense!
"Hehe, my turn!" The Demon King Douluo laughed maniacally while frantically clawing at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Within seconds, the dragon was covered in deep gashes, blood spraying from the wounds and drenching both dragons in crimson.
Awoooo—
Dragon roars mingled with the sounds of explosions filling the sky. On the city walls, Ning Fengzhi saw Yu Yuanzhen's dire state. He couldn't help but press his hand to his forehead as he chanted rapidly: "Seven Treasures Turned Out, One: Strength!"
"Three: Soul!"
"Four: Defense!"
Three rays of seven-colored light boosted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's strength, soul power, and defense by eighty percent. Using all his might, he flung the Hell Demon Dragon King away, panting heavily through the pain. "Brother Fengzhi, thank you."
"Forget the thanks! Catch this!" Ning Fengzhi threw out a blue shadow, his heart aching at the loss.
Yu Yuanzhen caught the object immediately. Upon closer inspection, an unremarkable blue pill lay in his dragon claw, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations.
"Eat it, quickly! That black dragon is coming back!" Ning Fengzhi said, his face tense.
Yu Yuanzhen hurriedly swallowed the pill. The medicine instantly transformed into a terrifying surge of energy, forcing his soul power to break through toward Rank 96.
"Is this the Spirit Pill from Spirit Hall that can increase soul power? Terrifying! No wonder Spirit Hall's strength expanded so quickly! Ye Lan, just how many good things did you leave for Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire!"
With his strength surging, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's confidence soared, and he plunged back into the fray with the Hell Demon Dragon King. Seeing the two locked in a stalemate, Ning Fengzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
He then looked toward another battlefield in the distance, a cold sweat breaking out on his brow. He quickly chanted: "Seven Treasures Turned Out, Two: Agility!"
A ray of seven-colored light instantly attached to the green-haired Qing Luan. His speed increased dramatically, and with a twisting glide, he managed to dodge the "Sky-Rending Claw" that was causing ripples in space.
Qing Luan Douluo stared at the nine-thousand-meter-tall Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear, every pore on his body tightening. He felt an extreme sense of danger emanating from the beast! This bear was the highest-ranked member of the five-person Myriad Beast Team at Rank 97—the same as him.
Fortunately, according to Ye Lan's theories, Agility-type masters countered Power-types. He could still hold it off for a while. If he failed to contain the Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear, its terrifying attacks would be devastating to everyone else.
"Ning Fengzhi, assist me! We must pin down this bear!" Qing Luan Douluo sent a voice transmission using his soul power, then roared: "Green Phoenix—Wind Spirit Form!"
His green feathers transformed into feathers of wind, and his speed exploded. Simultaneously, several black soul rings on his body continuously boosted his movement, complemented by the seventy-percent speed buff from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Under the influence of multiple speed techniques, Qing Luan reached a terrifying velocity, his speed now comparable to that of a Demi-God. Around the massive Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear, a green hurricane appeared, with each wind blade containing the phantom of a tens-of-meters-long green phoenix.
Bear King Douluo grew frustrated, launching attacks at the surrounding green hurricane, but his strikes hit only air, proving completely futile. Seeing the bear fully occupied, Qing Luan Douluo felt a moment of relief. If not for Ye Lan's "Martial Soul Possession Adaptation Method," even with Ning Fengzhi's buffs, he would have likely perished under those claws.
"Oh no!" Qing Luan Douluo cried out suddenly.
Seeing that he couldn't hit Qing Luan, Bear King Douluo ignored him and charged toward Snake Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo. Suddenly, a flash of green light streaked past, causing the Bear King's golden pupils to shrink.
Just as the phoenix's beak was about to strike his eye, the massive Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear erupted with a blinding golden light.
Ding!!
"Invincible Golden Body?"
Qing Luan Douluo felt his beak go numb from the shock. This defense was something he simply couldn't break through. Fortunately, the user of the Invincible Golden Body cannot move while it is active. Qing Luan Douluo quickly distanced himself before circling back to entangle the bear once more.
The Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear recovered from the golden glow and let out an indignant roar. This broken bird was truly annoying! Why couldn't a big turtle show up for him to scratch instead?
On another side of the battlefield, an eighty-meter-tall Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Hound was frantically spraying flames in all directions. Facing its onslaught, three Rank 93 Title Douluos—Demon Bear, Ghost Leopard, and Sacred Dragon—were barely managing to hold the beast of the same rank at bay.
The massive Demon Bear Douluo fought one of the hound's heads while observing the surrounding situation. Of the five terrifying members of the Myriad Beast Team, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Hound, the Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear, and the Hell Demon Dragon were currently being contained by himself, Yu Yuanzhen, Qing Luan, and Ning Fengzhi.
However, the situation near the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion and the Demon-Eyed Magic Tree was not optimistic.
The Demon-Eyed Magic Tree had uprooted itself, its base swarming with endless brown roots. These roots seemed to come alive, frantically hunting the green and blood-red figures in the air.
Snake Spear Douluo, Yu Long, swung his spear so fast it created an airtight barrier, constantly severing the incoming roots. However, the splintering wood sprayed out violet blood. Wherever that purple blood touched the soil, it hissed and corroded the ground into gas, turning lush green grass into withered wasteland.
Nearby, Porcupine Douluo had transformed into a giant blood-red pufferfish, shooting out blood-spines to help Snake Spear Douluo fend off the infinite roots.
Sizzle—
As more purple blood splashed onto Snake Spear Douluo, he began to feel his strength failing. His spear, which had previously moved like the wind, now felt as heavy as lead. Seeing Yu Long's condition, Porcupine Douluo swallowed him whole and then spat him back out, instantly restoring Yu Long to his original state!
"Devouring venom?" the Tree Demon Douluo murmured. "Then how about this?"
The roots flying from the Demon-Eyed Magic Tree turned brownish-black, their speed and toughness increasing significantly. The pressure on Snake Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo surged instantly. The roots seemed truly infinite; while each one was far inferior to Ye Lan's Blue Silver Grass, their sheer numbers were overwhelming.
Had they not already condensed "Soul Cores" to fuel their soul skills, they wouldn't have lasted this long.
Just as the two were falling into despair, countless starlight beams and drifting light-butterflies streaked toward the endless roots.
"Silver Wolf?! Silver Butterfly!?" Snake Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo felt the weight lift from their shoulders as they sighed in relief.
"This power was bestowed upon me by the Holy Son! I will never allow you to destroy the future of Spirit Hall!" The Silver Butterfly's silver eyes flashed with determination.
The Silver Wolf transformed into a Starry Wolf, residing within a pocket of starlit space, summoning stars to smash into the endless roots. Alongside Silver Wolf and Silver Butterfly appeared Crimson Crow Douluo, Soul-Breaking Douluo, Swift Douluo, and Giant Rhino Douluo! And Forging Ape Douluo!
Crimson Crow Douluo looked at the frozen world and shouted, "Elder Gale, cooperate with me! We must not let the Holy Son's hard work go to waste!"
"Wind Sweeps the Clouds!! Blazing Sun Burns the Heavens!!!"
"Ice Age!!!" The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion radiated an ice-blue light, sending a cold current expanding in all directions. A massive fire tornado barely managed to hold back one side of the frost.
Seeing Crimson Crow and Gale struggling, Yang Wudi shouted, "Mount Tai, Old White Bird, Old Ox, let's go together!"
Niu Gao immediately transformed into an Armored Giant Rhino to lead the charge. His ninth soul ring shone with a brilliant blood-red light. A massive white shield appeared in front of the rhino, engraved with the image of a Sacred Rhino. The shield glowed with blinding white light, transforming into an energy barrier fifty meters wide and a hundred meters long.
The four of them rapidly closed in on Ice King Douluo.
Faced with this, Ice King Douluo's soul rings flashed, and his body was once again covered in thick ice armor as he engaged the four Single-Attribute Douluos. With their addition, the chaotic battlefield finally reached a precarious balance.
Thousands of meters in the sky, within the Golden Domain and the Black Dragon Domain.
Countless golden sword shadows and black claw marks flickered. The black-robed Di Tian and the golden light-shadow of the Six-Winged Angel were hopelessly entangled.
A fraction of the Six-Winged Angel's mind remained on Kaster City below. Noticing that the battle was in a stalemate rather than a total rout, Qian Daoliu felt a sense of relief. As he fought Di Tian, he wondered what the endgame of this war would be. Would it really require the fall of half the world's Title Douluos to end this?
"Brother Qian! Don't be distracted while fighting me!"
Di Tian flickered behind Qian Daoliu, five claw marks instantly striking the back of the Six-Winged Angel. The light-feathers on the angel's back suddenly turned into golden radiance, and his speed surged again!
"Oh? You didn't use Angelic Descent, yet your speed increased instead?!" A flash of surprise crossed Di Tian's eyes.
Qian Daoliu smiled. "This is also thanks to Xiao Lan, Brother Di. This mode is called Angel—Light Wing Mode!"
"Ye Lan again? Hmph, your Spirit Hall has fallen so low! Stop making useless struggles! Ye Lan is dead! Let's see how much of his legacy you have left to squander!" Di Tian's pupils rippled as he accelerated his spatial analysis, his spatial movement frequency becoming faster and faster.
Qian Daoliu retracted his mind from the battle below, focusing entirely on the high-speed Di Tian. Within seconds, thousands of sword and claw shadows clashed. As the battle intensified, both maintained their output at the absolute peak, seemingly without end.
An hour later.
Qian Daoliu and Di Tian were both breathing heavily. Qian Daoliu frowned and muttered, "I didn't expect the emergence of the 'Soul Core system' to turn combat into a war of attrition."
Currently, both he and Di Tian still had plenty of soul power. They were facing a strange situation where their physical stamina couldn't keep up with their soul power recovery rate. As their stamina waned, their speed slowed down.
This allowed Qian Daoliu to observe the situation below. The battle was more intense than he could have imagined. As the fight dragged on, every Title Douluo's combat experience was sharpening rapidly. Because everyone possessed a "Soul Core," their recovery was high—though not as efficient as the "Yin-Yang Equilibrium Dual Soul Cores" possessed by Qian Daoliu and Di Tian. Still, with their single cores, most had over half their soul power remaining.
Except for Chrysanthemum, Ghost, and Purple King Douluo, everyone else was covered in wounds. It wouldn't be long before casualties occurred.
As Qian Daoliu watched, his eyes narrowed. Di Tian had completely analyzed the space here!
"Angelic Descent!!!"
Qian Daoliu erupted with blood-red soul light, and a thousand-meter-tall phantom of the Angel God appeared behind the hundred-meter-tall Six-Winged Angel. As Di Tian vanished, Qian Daoliu followed suit, the thousand-meter-long Sacred Angel Sword flashing with the brilliance of the sun.
"Dragon God Claw!!!"
Di Tian suddenly appeared above the group of fighting Douluos, striking directly toward Golden Crocodile, Conqueror, Chijun, and Du Desi. Looking at that terrifying black claw mark, Du Desi's eyes flickered with panic. Just as he was about to curse, he heard a voice: "Spatial Guidance."
A spatial ripple washed over him, and he was instantly teleported to Di Tian's side.
As the black claw marks were about to rend the other three, a brilliant golden light flashed. The golden sword shadow collided with the Dragon God Claw, creating a blinding explosion that momentarily obscured the stars, arrows, fire, moon-blades, and bone-spikes in the sky.
A mushroom cloud rose, followed by an endless gale. The Myriad Beast army felt their eyes sting; by the time they wiped away their tears, they were thousands of meters away. The massive shockwave heading for Kaster City was entirely blocked by the towering Angel God phantom.
As the light faded, everyone regained their vision to find that both sides had instinctively gathered into two groups. One side was the Title Douluos of the Myriad Beast Empire led by Di Tian; the other was the Heaven Dou Empire's Title Douluos led by Qian Daoliu.
"Brother Qian, let's call it a day. We shall fight again another time!" Di Tian shouted.
"Di Tian! I was just a step away from killing that little blue dragon!" Demon King Douluo said unwillingly.
"Let's go back. The plan was a success. This battle is a victory!" Di Tian laughed.
The Heaven Dou contingent watched them teleport away, their eyes filled with confusion. What did Di Tian mean? Did he just do this for fun?
"Big brother, what does he mean by 'the plan was a success'?" Golden Crocodile Douluo murmured.
"Could the Myriad Beast Empire have another trump card?" Qian Daoliu wondered.
"Impossible. Our Spirit Hall's strength has surged, and with the four newly promoted Douluos, we only barely managed a draw. Are you saying this isn't even their full strength?" Demon Bear Douluo asked, puzzled.
"We will know soon enough what Di Tian's plan was. Everyone, rest and recuperate, then gather outside Myriad Beast City. We must keep their Title Douluos contained within their borders. We cannot let the battlefield spread across the entire Heaven Dou Empire; that would be a nightmare for the defenders!"
"I'm going to Bibi Dong first to make sure nothing went wrong there. Little Xue and her cannot be lost!"
"Ning Fengzhi, while I am away, you are in charge of any decisions regarding the Myriad Beast Empire!" Qian Daoliu ordered decisively.
"Yes, Great Priest!" Ning Fengzhi nodded heavily. Facing the terrifying strength of the Myriad Beast Empire, Ning Fengzhi felt a pressure like never before. Any mistake could lead to Heaven Dou's destruction.
Qian Daoliu vanished in a spatial ripple. Ning Fengzhi looked at the wounded group and said firmly, "Uncle Sword, go to Soto City immediately and bring Begonia Douluo here. We must have the power of the Nine Heart Begonia for these wounds."
"Based on our intel, the Myriad Beast team has a woman named Bi Ji. Her martial soul is the Emerald Swan, a top-tier healing type. She didn't appear in this battle. Judging by the soul power of those five, she has definitely reached the Title Douluo rank. The Myriad Beast Empire likely had the same plan as us—hiding their healing Douluo to recover after the battle."
"This means the future war will be one of attrition. No one is allowed to die. If you encounter a strong enemy, act according to the situation. If even one person falls, the pressure on the rest will become unbearable!"
The group nodded in agreement with Ning Fengzhi's analysis. Chen Xin immediately summoned his giant sword, stepped onto the Seven Kill Sword, and vanished as a streak of light.
One hour earlier.
Sandra City, a small town on the western border of the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Enemy attack!! Enemy attack!!!" On the fifty-meter city wall, fully armed Heaven Dou soldiers saw a three-thousand-man army in silver armor appearing a thousand meters away. They frantically beat the war drums to alert their comrades.
A few lazy soldiers woke up with a start. One glanced out and said, "Just three thousand? Do they really think they can take the city with that?"
"Who cares?! It's military merit! I need more merit to exchange for a tool-spirit soul tool!" a burly man nearby said excitedly.
"Stop shouting and get over here. Catapult teams, prepare the boulders!" a serious, short, dark-skinned man ordered.
"Yes, Captain!"
As the three thousand silver-armored Myriad Beast troops approached, hundreds of catapults were ready.
Whish—Whish—Whish—
Waves of black stones were launched at the approaching army. Just as the Heaven Dou soldiers watched in anticipation, a woman in green clothes wearing a black eye-mask appeared a hundred meters in the air. Her leg-length hair seemed to have a life of its own.
The moment she appeared, the black stones in the air began to slow down. Before long, they all tumbled harmlessly to the ground.
"What the hell is that?!" the burly man shouted in shock.
"Damn it!! It's a Title Douluo! Why is there a Title Douluo in a remote place like this?! Aren't they all on the eastern front?" the captain stammered.
"Fire everything! So what if she's a Title Douluo! They're still made of flesh and blood!!!" the captain roared.
Thousands of black-armored soldiers reached for their bows. But as they tried to move, they discovered their actions were becoming agonizingly slow. A process of drawing and aiming that usually took seconds now took over ten, and their speed was still dropping.
Just as the soldiers' eyes filled with infinite terror and despair, the pressure on them suddenly eased. However, their speed did not recover; it remained fixed at one-tenth of normal.
They could only watch in despair as the three thousand silver-armored troops reached the walls. They realized then that they were trapped within the domain of the black-haired Title Douluo.
Medusa suppressed her urge to kill and projected her voice with soul power: "Those who surrender will not be killed! Myriad Beast does not kill those who lay down their arms! Myriad Beast does not kill civilians!"
"Surrender and live! Myriad Beast does not kill the surrendered! Myriad Beast does not kill civilians!"
The voice was incredibly persuasive. In an instant, the sound of weapons clattering to the floor echoed across the walls.
With the Heaven Dou army surrendering, it didn't take long for the Myriad Beast forces to take control of Sandra City's defenses. They did not kill the soldiers; they simply disarmed them and took them prisoner. The captured soldiers breathed a sigh of relief—as long as they were alive, there was hope.
Seeing the situation under control, Medusa descended to the center of the city. The civilians and soul masters of Heaven Dou avoided her gaze, terrified of what a Myriad Beast Title Douluo might do to them.
Would she truly spare them?
(End of Chapter)