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The Chaos Breath embodied both the Luminous Wolf Emperor's brilliant righteousness and the Mystic Shadow Wolf Emperor's abyssal darkness. Light and darkness—two mutually generating yet restraining attributes—fused together in perfect harmony as black-gold demonic flames surged toward the small human figure like a devastating torrent.
BOOM—
An explosion thundered across the Luminous Mystic Forest. The Chaos Wolf Emperor's heterochromatic beast eyes fixed on the blast's epicenter, seething with concentrated hatred.
But as the aftershocks of the Chaos Breath dissipated, its eyes widened in utter disbelief. Ling Bai stood completely unharmed within a gray protective barrier, a blood-red spirit ring blazing brilliantly around him!
Death Abyss Spider Emperor's Sixth Spirit Skill, Evil God Protection!
The defensive power of Evil God Protection rivaled the Invincible Golden Body, yet cracks still webbed across its surface after withstanding the Chaos Breath, proof enough of the Chaos Wolf Emperor's might. Ling Bai waved his hand, and the gray barrier shattered into wisps of dissipating energy. He smiled:
"You should have listened to your brother and found a way to escape."
"I never listen to him!"
The Chaos Wolf Emperor roared in fury. Golden radiance engulfed its massive form like a deity descending to the mortal realm. Innate Spirit Skill: Light's Blessing, an all-encompassing amplification ability.
The Luminous Wolf Emperor had entrusted all its power to the Mystic Shadow Wolf Emperor, essentially performing a spirit beast's sacrifice to another. Now that the Mystic Shadow Wolf Emperor's bloodline had reverted to the Chaos Wolf Emperor, the Abyss of Suffering subtly gnawed at its psyche, luring it into single-minded vengeance for its fallen brother!
A shroud of shadow spread over the beast's massive form as a wave of icy malice radiated outward. Innate Spirit Skill: Shadow Ambush. Its perception and speed instantly peaked. Shrouded in darkness, it could approach enemies in absolute silence before delivering a lethal strike.
The Chaos Wolf Emperor erupted into berserker fury. Wolf claws trailing mournful black light hammered down at Ling Bai. Sharp edges tore through the air like scissors shredding fabric, filling the sky with piercing shrieks.
Gray spheres materialized around Ling Bai without warning. Initially fist-sized, they swelled within heartbeats into colossal orbs dozens of meters across. This was the Dark Demon Evil God Thunder, forged from the fusion of Ultimate Evil and the power of wind and thunder!
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had granted the Death Abyss Spider Emperor two 100,000-year spirit skills: Evil God Protection, the supreme defensive skill, and Dark Demon Evil God Thunder, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger clan's most devastating offensive ability!
Dark Demon Evil God Thunder was born from endless evil, the very embodiment of all negative emotions. Its deathly gray radiance could devour any light, and each thunderous flash carried waves of pure malevolence that made hearts tremble with primal dread.
With a wave of his hand, Ling Bai sent over a hundred Dark Demon Evil God Thunder orbs plummeting downward, each one brimming with world-destroying Ultimate Evil aimed directly at the Chaos Wolf Emperor.
The beast's pupils reflected the incoming gray thunderbolts like doomsday meteors. It released a thunderous roar as black-gold flames erupted across its entire body. Its claws neither dodged nor retreated. They slashed straight upward, determined to tear apart this apocalyptic storm!
Deathly gray collided with black-gold radiance. Death Abyss Spider Emperor against Chaos Wolf Emperor. In that instant of impact, space itself seemed to freeze.
A figure burst through the turbulent energy zone. The Death Abyss Demon Scythe blazed with deathly flames as its blade carved deep into the Chaos Wolf Emperor's flesh. Eight Death Abyss Spider Lances simultaneously pierced that mighty body, injecting massive quantities of Death Abyss Spider Emperor poison.
The Chaos Wolf Emperor no longer cared about wounds or even its own survival. Jaws dripping with saliva gaped wide as it twisted like black lightning, lunging at Ling Bai with speed that completely belied its colossal size.
Sparks flew as fangs clamped down on the incoming Death Abyss Demon Scythe. Ling Bai regarded the beast with cold indifference as his fifth spirit ring erupted with brilliant light. Eight bloodstained chains pierced through the empty air, each opening pairs of demonic black-red eyes while intricate patterns of evil covered their lengths.
Death Lock!
The eight Death Locks writhed like serpentine dragons, their surfaces bristling with rows of black-red spikes that resembled forests of steel thorns.
The Death Locks whipped forward in a frenzy. The Chaos Wolf Emperor's pupils contracted as it attempted to unleash an innate skill in defense, but Ling Bai seized the perfect moment. External Spirit Bone Demon Eye, second skill: Evil Spirit Curse!
Waves of weakness surged through the Chaos Wolf Emperor's body. Its gathering technique collapsed mid-formation, leaving only raw claws to meet the assault.
Death Locks clashed against chaos-wreathed claws, and the wolf clearly fell at a disadvantage. Their stalemate lasted barely a second before the Death Locks overwhelmed its manifested spirit power with crushing force, viciously piercing all four limbs. The Chaos Wolf Emperor convulsed violently and vomited a torrent of black-gold blood as the golden light coating its body shattered instantly.
Injury only drove the Chaos Wolf Emperor deeper into madness. Radiating bloodlust, it burst toward Ling Bai with five razor claws extending like lightning toward his chest.
Under the beast's frenzied gaze, Ling Bai struck decisively, then immediately activated his Harbinger Zhen left leg spirit bone skill, Void, vanishing without giving his opponent the slightest opportunity.
The Abyss of Suffering continued eroding the Chaos Wolf Emperor's sanity. It unleashed its Chaos Domain with wild abandon, colliding violently against the Death Abyss Spider Emperor's Death Abyss Realm as human and beast ascended to battle in the skies.
From a distance, one side appeared as an evil mist that devoured all existence while the other roiled with intertwining light and darkness. Human and wolf met at the boundary between realms. Each time they crossed paths, brilliant sparks flashed through the gloom alongside sprays of hot blood.
Gray clouds thickened overhead until the world itself seemed shrouded. Dim light caught the crimson gleam on the Death Abyss Demon Scythe's edge as the blade tasted scorching beast blood!
Wild winds whipped Ling Bai's long hair into a frenzy while crimson streaks marked his brow. Gripping the Death Abyss Demon Scythe in one hand, he smiled with ruthless satisfaction at the brutal wound carved across the Chaos Wolf Emperor's chest.
Chaos represented the fusion of light and darkness. Wherever light existed, Ultimate Evil would inevitably suppress it. The Luminous Wolf Emperor's gift of power to its brother had simultaneously created a new vulnerability.
His carefully chosen spirit rings and spirit bones worked in flawless harmony. Attack, defense, physical enhancement, spiritual power—each element was supreme in its class. To overwhelm a 400,000-year Great Beast in direct combat meant Ling Bai had officially entered the ranks of the continent's absolute elite!
The Death Abyss Demon Scythe trembled like an ancient dragon stirring from eternal slumber. Evil energy bloomed like a mournful lotus as the blade released low, sinister wails. The destiny of every demon king's weapon was to behead all who dared oppose!
At this moment, Ling Bai himself became the blade. He erupted with unimaginable speed, his eyes frozen like ice, as though the 400,000-year Great Beast meant nothing at all. Only savage bloodlust remained in his gaze!
The Death Abyss Realm expanded instantly. Where it met the Chaos Domain, a visible barrier formed. Shrieking phantoms and black-gold radiance writhed across its surface. The brightest areas blazed blindingly while the darkest points resembled bottomless voids.
The Chaos Wolf Emperor threw back its head in a thunderous howl, as if attempting to dispel the terror consuming its heart. Black-gold fire rained from above, descending toward Ling Bai before spiraling skyward in reverse. Death incarnate swung his scythe, raising icy gales that scattered the surrounding chaos flames. Both figures charged simultaneously. The giant wolf leaped high before crashing down wreathed in gray inferno.
The scythe's edge split the beast's skull. Ultimate Death bored into its brain's depths, systematically destroying its neural pathways. Even a mighty 400,000-year Great Beast with its unmatched physical constitution and spiritual power could not endure the agony of neural death.
"Human!!!"
The Chaos Wolf Emperor's voice wavered between beast and madman, torn with hysterical hatred. Ling Bai watched with complete indifference. This Great Beast's deafening howl at life's end was nothing more than the desperate wail of the dying.
The giant wolf struggled upright, crying out in anguish. It stretched its neck desperately and opened its jaws to an impossible width, aiming to devour its mortal enemy whole.
That terrifying maw split nearly one hundred eighty degrees, as if seeking to swallow the entire world. Vicious fangs jutted forward like a forest of spears pointed at Ling Bai, but the attack never connected. The Chaos Wolf Emperor was cleaved cleanly in two by the Death Abyss Demon Scythe, thick streams of reeking blood gushing from the sundered flesh.
A spirit ring materialized, blazing like the sun itself. Blood-red radiance spilled across the landscape while four golden bands etched upon its surface proclaimed the Chaos Wolf Emperor's 400,000 years of cultivation.
The Chaos Wolf Emperor naturally dropped a spirit bone as well. A black-gold torso bone pulsing with the intermingled auras of light and darkness floated serenely at the spirit ring's center.
A 400,000-year Chaos Wolf Emperor Torso Bone!
"Each generation truly surpasses the last…"
Jianmu Douluo descended from the sky, his voice filled with deep emotion.
The Chaos Wolf Emperor's 400,000-year cultivation had been forcibly elevated by the Luminous Wolf Emperor's power. While its combat strength couldn't match a genuine Ten Great Beast that had weathered four heavenly tribulations, it still equaled a Rank 97 Titled Douluo. For Ling Bai to kill it single-handedly... Jianmu Douluo could only sigh that each new wave pushed the previous one forward.
"Teacher gives me too much credit. It was simply attribute suppression."
Ling Bai smiled modestly and stored away the Death Abyss Demon Scythe.
The Death Abyss Spider Emperor had broken through to become a triple Ultimate Martial Spirit with the Purple-Gold Dragon King spirit ring as its seventh. Its Martial Spirit strength now stood unrivaled in the world, even faintly surpassing the Seraphim. Fortunately, the Death Abyss Spider Emperor had long since stabilized and no longer risked going berserk. Otherwise, Ling Bai might need to find somewhere to weep.
"Go ahead and absorb your spirit ring. I'll capture a few spirit beasts for the others."
Jianmu Douluo closed his eyes, and his Limit Douluo-level spiritual power rippled outward, connecting with most plant-type spirit beasts throughout the Luminous Mystic Forest.
Plant-type innate ability, Assimilation!
Ning Tian and Wu Feng needed their sixth spirit rings. Both girls possessed multiple spirit bones, including 100,000-year variants, giving them far greater physical strength than typical Spirit Masters of their rank. Their capacity for higher-level spirit rings was correspondingly enhanced.
Ning Tian's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's first five skills provided strength, speed, attack, defense, and spirit power amplification. The sixth should logically be attribute amplification, requiring a spirit beast with exceptional elemental properties. The wolf pack ruled by the Luminous Wolf Emperor consisted of powerful light-attribute spirit beasts. Jianmu Douluo used plant manipulation to capture a Luminous Silver Wolf of appropriate cultivation.
Wu Feng required a fire-attribute dragon-type spirit beast. True dragons remained exceedingly rare, but the vast Luminous Mystic Forest could at least provide earth dragon variants. Jianmu Douluo captured a Scarlet Flame Dragon for her.
Ling Bai felt no urgency. With both Wolf Emperors dead, nothing in the forest could threaten him during spirit ring absorption. He first stored the 400,000-year Chaos Wolf Emperor Torso Bone in his Storage Spirit Guidance Device.
The Chaos Wolf Emperor's torso bone met his minimum expectations, but he still had three future opportunities for spirit bone drops. Perhaps he would encounter something even better. If luck failed him, he could always fuse this one later. With two Martial Spirits and an abundance of spirit skills, he hardly lacked for the two additional abilities a torso bone would provide.
During his idle moment, Ling Bai glanced at the spirit beasts Jianmu Douluo had gathered. Besides the Luminous Silver Wolf and Scarlet Flame Dragon, he noticed an additional 60,000-year Purple Spirit Wolf.
"Teacher, what's the Purple Spirit Wolf for? Has a spiritual-type Spirit Master in the clan broken through?" Ling Bai asked curiously.
"Indeed."
Jianmu Douluo laughed heartily. "That Little Lin you brought from the Sun Moon Empire. She's a Spirit Guidance Master. Years of cultivating with spirit power-enhancing medicines capped her limit at Rank 91 Titled Douluo.
Fengya wasn't concerned and simply provided her with numerous gentle supplements to push her spirit power higher.
Yesterday when you arrived with the Shrek geniuses, Little Lin was completing her final spirit core condensation, so she missed the welcoming banquet. This time we can help her obtain a ninth spirit ring."
"I see."
Ling Bai nodded slightly. Lin Jiaran's natural talent wasn't particularly outstanding. Her Terrifying Demon Dragon was merely an earth dragon Martial Spirit, notable only for its spiritual attribute. However, her position was absolutely crucial. She was on the verge of becoming a Class 9 Spirit Guidance Master. Those Sun Moon Imperial Academy Class 9 Spirit Guidance Device blueprints could finally transform from paper into reality.
The Sun Moon Empire would inevitably launch a war, and on the battlefield, Spirit Guidance Devices often wielded greater destructive power than Titled Douluo. Lin Jiaran served as Ling Bai's premier Spirit Guidance Master and the core of device production. Her breakthrough to Rank 90 was absolutely essential.
Ling Bai sat cross-legged and drew the Chaos Wolf Emperor's spirit ring toward his Seraphim.
As a dual light-and-darkness attribute ring, both the Seraphim and Death Abyss Spider Emperor could absorb it. Ling Bai chose his primary Martial Spirit, the Seraphim.
Approximately two months remained until the Spirit Master Tournament opened. If he let the Death Abyss Spider Emperor absorb the Chaos Wolf Emperor's ring, he might not find a suitable eighth spirit ring for the Seraphim in time.
During the fusion process, the Chaos Wolf Emperor's spiritual remnant resisted fiercely, its energy surging with the force to overturn rivers and seas before facing ruthless suppression.
Dragon King's Crown plus Electrolux plus Snow Empress… What could the Chaos Wolf Emperor possibly do against that?
After a thorough beating, the Chaos Wolf Emperor raised the white flag.
Completely subdued.
Yellow, Purple, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red!
The Seraphim's eight spirit rings appeared. Jianmu Douluo's pupils quaked with shock even greater than when he had witnessed the Death Abyss Spider Emperor's configuration.
He remembered clearly that the Seraphim's third, fourth, and fifth rings had previously been purple, black, and black respectively!
After just a few years apart, had it super-evolved?!
Ling Bai couldn't suppress the slight curve of his lips when he saw Jianmu Douluo's expression of existential bewilderment. As his strength continued growing, certain secrets no longer needed to be hidden from those closest to him and could be revealed gradually, bit by bit.
He quieted his mind to sense the spirit power within. As the spirit ring fused and shattered his cultivation bottleneck, all the energy accumulated since reaching Rank 80 surged through his body like a tidal wave.
The 100,000-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ring. The million-year Purple-Gold Dragon King ring. The 400,000-year Chaos Wolf Emperor ring. The complete bloodline essence of the 100,000-year Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. The concentrated essence of the 100,000-year Snow Swan Kiss, the Swan's Snow Tear…
His spirit power soared dramatically. Rank 89!
One step away from Titled Douluo!