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"Young Lord, run!" the Snake Lance Douluo roared, his expression grave. "We're not a match for this spirit beast. Porcupinefish and I will hold it back!"
The Porcupinefish Douluo also shouted, "Young Lord, run!"
As he spoke, the Red King took a slow step forward, each heavy footstep making the ground tremble. Qian Renxue's eyes were fixed on the Red King and the Emperor Ruishou, his mind racing as he weighed his options.
"Should I really retreat?" he thought, hesitating slightly. As the heir of the Seraphim spirit, he had never truly feared an enemy, but this 100,000-year spirit beast before him had both intelligence and astonishing power. If they fought it head-on, the outcome would likely be grim.
While he was still hesitating, the Red King's three heads roared in unison, letting out an earth-shattering bellow. It instantly transformed into a blood-red afterimage and pounced fiercely toward Qian Renxue!
"Young Lord, run!" the Snake Lance Douluo roared again, flashing forward. His Snake Lance turned into a golden light, piercing straight toward the Red King's left head. The Porcupinefish Douluo was not to be outdone. His spirit power surged, and his body expanded, charging toward the Red King like a high-speed meteor.
Boom! The Red King showed no hesitation. Its central head tilted slightly, letting out a low growl. The terrifying sound waves rattled the Porcupinefish Douluo's spirit power, sending him flying before he could even get close. Immediately after, the Red King's front paw, enveloped in terrifying dark-red flames, slammed down, colliding with the Snake Lance Douluo.
Pfft! The Snake Lance Douluo's body flew backward like a broken kite, crashing through several ancient trees before finally stopping. He spat out mouthfuls of blood, his energy instantly weakening by more than half.
"What? In less than two moves, two Titled Douluo were defeated like this?" Qian Renxue's face changed drastically as he looked at the scene in disbelief.
If their earlier defeat was due to a surprise attack, this last strike was a direct confrontation. Qian Renxue finally understood that the situation was out of his control. In the next second, the wings behind him unfurled, shining with golden light. His body turned into a golden streak, soaring into the sky.
Whoosh! With a powerful burst of spirit power, Qian Renxue fully activated his Seraphim spirit, transforming into a rapidly moving golden rainbow that sped toward the outer reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest!
Seeing this, the Red King's three heads moved in unison, its flame-like gaze fixed on the golden light that was already far away. Anger surged in its heart. "Human… do you really think you can escape?"
With a furious roar, the Red King's figure flashed, stomping the ground. A piece of land collapsed, cracking inch by inch. Its massive body had already transformed into a red light, soaring into the air and heading straight in the direction Qian Renxue had left.
"We can't let him catch up to the Young Lord!" The Snake Lance Douluo's eyes narrowed. Enduring his severe injuries, he pushed off the ground, rocketing into the air.
"Seventh Spirit Ability, Spirit Avatar!" With a loud shout, his seventh spirit ring glowed with a black light. In an instant, his body disintegrated, and a giant snake exuding a chilling poisonous aura appeared. This giant snake was twenty meters long with two ferocious heads, one green and one purple, twisting together. Its eyes gleamed with savagery and killing intent as it pounced toward the Red King.
The Snake Lance Douluo's Spirit Avatar was a rare mutation in the spirit world, allowing him to transform his tool spirit into the form of a beast spirit avatar. This gave him the powerful amplification of a beast spirit avatar while retaining the tough characteristics and ferocity of a tool spirit avatar.
Bang! At the same time, the Porcupinefish Douluo also leaped up, roaring, "Seventh Spirit Ability, Spirit Avatar!"
Purple light expanded as his body rapidly swelled to several meters tall, covered in sharp, glistening spines. Moments later, a massive purple Porcupinefish hovered in mid-air, blocking the Red King's path.
"Get out of the way!" The Red King shouted coldly, its three heads roaring almost simultaneously, creating a circle of dark-red sound waves. The Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo gritted their teeth and held on. With the boost from their Spirit Avatars, they unleashed all their spirit power, firmly blocking the Red King's path.
At the same time, in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, a giant emerald green snake was slithering rapidly through the dense forest. Its body was winding, its scales shimmering with a faint luster, and each movement was silent. This wasn't a real spirit beast but Tang Chuan's first spirit ability, Simulation. He was currently simulating a snake-type spirit beast with approximately 10,000 years of cultivation. Its aura was almost identical to the real thing, making it impossible for ordinary spirit beasts to detect his true identity.
Suddenly, a terrifying spirit power fluctuation surged from ahead, engulfing everything. Tang Chuan immediately stopped, his snake body rearing up. His cold, gleaming snake eyes were fixed on the distance. He could clearly sense the astonishing pressure within the lingering spirit power ripples.
"Such strong spirit power fluctuations!" Tang Chuan murmured in a low voice, his voice still carrying a faint, hissing sound. "One strong, two weak? Are there Titled Douluo hunting spirit beasts here?"
"Should I go take a look?" After a moment of hesitation, a faint blue-gold light appeared on Tang Chuan's body. The next second, his body twisted and changed like water, instantly transforming into a light-green vine that clung to the ground. It quickly spread toward the direction of the spirit power fluctuations.
The vine was light and silent, weaving through the forest, avoiding giant trees, and crossing streams and swamps. It moved extremely fast but was inconspicuous. "With my Simulation state and aura concealment, even a Titled Douluo might not discover me immediately. As long as I maintain my distance, I won't be exposed," Tang Chuan calmly thought to himself.
The vine moved along the ground, and a few minutes later, it silently infiltrated the outskirts of the battlefield. As Tang Chuan got within a few hundred meters, he felt the violent tremors in the air. The spirit power fluctuations surged like waves, making the air hot and heavy.
Suddenly, under a towering ancient tree not far away, a huge spirit beast swayed and slowly stood up. "Hmm?" Tang Chuan's nerves tensed, and he immediately stopped moving. He looked closely and saw a giant bear covered in dark-gold fur. It was over ten meters tall, with thick, powerful forelimbs, and the fur on its back stood upright like armor, exuding a terrifying presence.
"A Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear?" Tang Chuan's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice. He was no stranger to this type of spirit beast. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was an extremely rare top-tier power-type spirit beast, known for its immense strength and terrifying attacks. Even at the thousand-year level, it could contend with 10,000-year spirit beasts. But the one before him looked extremely weak, unable to stand steadily. It was clear that it had just awakened from a coma, and its body was covered in wounds. "It wasn't just stunned by the spirit power fluctuations, was it?"
Boom! As soon as Tang Chuan spoke, an earth-shattering explosion suddenly erupted in mid-air! The entire battlefield seemed to shake. The fierce shockwave, like a torrential storm, exploded with terrifying high temperatures and air currents. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear had no time to react. Its body was thrown more than ten meters by the shockwave, crashing heavily against a giant rock behind it and spitting out a mouthful of black blood.
Immediately after, countless sharp poisonous thorns, like cold light, rained down from mid-air!
Hiss! The poisonous thorns sliced through the air, mixed with a strong corrosive aura, covering everything like a downpour. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear quickly raised its right arm to block, and immediately a sizzling, rotting sound was heard. The skin on its arm instantly festered, and pieces of flesh fell off.
"This poison... it's so strong!" Tang Chuan, a hundred meters away, could smell the nauseating stench and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. He looked up, his gaze directed toward mid-air, and instantly saw the figures engaged in battle: two human powerhouses and a three-headed spirit beast.
Tang Chuan didn't notice that the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, severely injured by the shockwave and poisonous thorns, had already stopped breathing not far away. But its right arm, almost charred black from the corrosion, now showed an unusual color: a dark-gold bone.