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The Star Luo Emperor stared in shock at the twenty-one "Gold-Veined Galaxy Heavenly Vines," each over six hundred meters tall and twenty meters thick. He let out a furious roar:
"Impossible!!!"
"The world cannot be this fantastical!!"
"White Tiger Demonic God Transformation!"
"White Tiger Annihilation Beam!!"
Within the White Tiger's bloody maw, a sphere of pale, tyrannical energy frantically condensed. Five meters!
Ten meters!
Twenty meters!!
Fifty meters!!!
The White Tiger spat a massive "White Tiger Annihilation Beam" toward the nearest "Blue Silver God Titan." Facing the fifty-meter-wide sphere of violent energy, the twenty-one six-hundred-meter-tall Blue Silver God Titans responded simultaneously.
Bang!! Bang!!...
As their massive vine bodies swung, they seemed to shatter space itself, producing deafening sonic booms.
From the White Tiger's perspective, the sky turned black instantly as the twenty-one heavenly vines blotted out the entire firmament. Front, back, left, or right—there was no room to dodge.
Inside the nearly closed "Blue Silver Cage," only the shining pale light of the "White Tiger Annihilation Beam" remained. The White Tiger exerted all its soul power to keep expanding it.
The massive sphere of white energy instantly slammed into over a dozen Blue Silver God Titans.
Boom!!
After a flash of light, countless gold, blue, and emerald fragments danced within the Blue Silver Cage!
The massive Blue Silver God Titans had nearly half their bodies shattered, and emerald-green blood poured down like waterfalls inside the cage.
In moments, countless plants began to grow wildly from the black soil exposed beneath the shattered floor tiles and stone slabs. In a short span of time, it was as if spring had arrived; flowers of every color, plants, grass, vines, and great trees rose from the ground.
Through the flash of light, the White Tiger didn't have time to admire the scenery. It laughed wildly:
"Aha ha ha ha!! All show and no substance!!!"
"Hahaha... huh?"
In a matter of moments, the White Tiger watched with wide eyes as the shattered heavenly vines regenerated at an incredible speed until they were restored to their original state.
Then, as the afterglow of the "White Tiger Annihilation Beam" vanished, the world within the Blue Silver Cage fell into darkness once more.
The Star Luo Emperor's massive body began to tremble again. He cried out in panic:
"Wind!! It's the wind!!!"
The joint attack of the twenty-one Blue Silver God Titans generated a massive wind pressure that pinned the White Tiger firmly to the ground from the sky.
The White Tiger's limbs sank into the floor like pile drivers. At this moment, the White Tiger couldn't move at all—the wind pressure was too strong!!
Boom!!!
Boom!!!
The entire Star Luo Imperial City seemed to suffer a heavy blow; countless houses shook.
Nobles, Soul Masters, and commoners fled in terror toward open spaces, stumbling as they went. However, due to the density of the crowd, Star Luo Imperial City instantly fell into chaos.
The attack of the twenty-one Blue Silver God Titans seemed as if it would grind the ground into dust.
More than half of the Star Luo Imperial Palace's structures were pulverized. After the strike, the Blue Silver God Titans slowly raised their massive bodies.
Sunlight filtered through the gaps onto the shattered earth. Amidst the exposed rock layers and soil, a middle-aged blonde man was bleeding from all five orifices. He coughed up blood frantically, staring in horror at the blonde youth standing above the crater.
"Cough, cough!! Just what kind of monster are you!"
Seeing that the Star Luo Emperor wasn't dead, Ye Lan wasn't surprised.
Although the Blue Silver God Titans possessed power comparable to a Rank 93 Titled Douluo, they lacked the corresponding 100,000-year soul skills.
However, there were so many of them. With the strength of twenty-one Titled Douluos overlapping, they were capable of causing terrifyingly destructive effects.
For instance, directly crushing the Rank 94 peak martial soul, the White Tiger, back into human form.
Most importantly, soul skills consumed soul power, but the basic attacks of the Blue Silver God Titans required very little.
Just as Ye Lan was preparing his next attack, he felt a chill on his back as five purple claw shadows instantly struck him.
Ye Lan looked at the dozens of meters of health bar above his head, which had barely lost a sliver of health. He looked at the middle-aged woman beside the Star Luo Emperor, who bore some resemblance to Zhuqing, and said:
"Are you trying to give me a backscratch with that cat?"
The middle-aged woman's face instantly flushed red. The heavily injured Star Luo Emperor beside her quickly grabbed her and said:
"Zitong, you've come at the right time!"
"These terrifying vines are only scary to look at. In reality, even I can break through their defense. As long as we work together, we can definitely shatter all of them!!"
The woman nodded, squeezing the Emperor's hand.
"I will never forgive anyone who invades the Star Luo Empire!! Even if you are Zhuqing's man, I won't!!"
The martial soul fusion of the two fluctuated violently as they spoke in unison:
"Hell White Tiger!!"
After a brilliant burst of soul light, a fifty-meter-long Hell White Tiger, its body radiating a dark, mysterious glow and sporting wings on its back, stood proudly, emitting a heaven-shaking soul power.
Feeling the seemingly endless power within its body, the Hell White Tiger instantly flew toward the nearest Blue Silver God Titan.
Five white claw shadows suddenly appeared, and the Blue Silver God Titan, which possessed the vitality of a Rank 91, was instantly sliced in half at the waist.
With a thunderous crash, the six-hundred-meter-tall Blue Silver God Titan fell to the ground.
The Hell White Tiger roared at the sky and laughed wildly:
"Ye Lan!! So these Blue Silver Grass of yours are only this much!! I will crush these grasses one by one, and finally, I will personally grind you into pieces inch by inch!! I'll make you experience the despair I felt!! Hahahaha!!!"
An orange-gold soul light flashed in Ye Lan's pupils, instantly seeing through the quality fluctuations of the Hell White Tiger's soul power particles.
After their martial soul fusion, the soul power fluctuations had reached the level of a Rank 97 Titled Douluo.
Adding in the inherent quality of the Hell White Tiger as a God-level martial soul, its combat power at this moment was comparable to a Rank 98 Super Douluo.
As for why a Rank 97 God-level martial soul couldn't match a Rank 99 Limit Douluo—it was because none of the martial souls of Super Douluos or Limit Douluos were weak, so the Hell White Tiger's martial soul advantage wasn't that overwhelming.
Looking at the Hell White Tiger's provocative gaze, Ye Lan smiled:
"What kind of delusion makes you think I am weak??"
"Kitty. In my eyes, you are truly weak!!"
"Titan Divine Body!!"
"Titanification!!"
"Blue Silver Sublimation!!"
"Grow, grow, grow!!"
"Spirit of the Black Tortoise—Tortoise Spirit!!"
"Black Tortoise Divine Body!!"
Due to the existence of "Life Sharing," the vitality of all the Blue Silver Grass was layered upon him.
Under the judgment of the Titan Divine Body, he obtained a "quasi-god level" physique. His size instantly ballooned by 360 times, his height climbing directly to thirteen meters.
With the passive and active bonuses of the Titan Divine Body, he instantly gained strength based on 190% of his vitality, granting him the strength of a Rank 97 Titled Douluo!!
Similarly, the passive of the Black Tortoise Divine Body granted him defense based on 190% of his vitality, instantly giving him Rank 97 Titled Douluo defense!!
The 2% per second recovery from Blue Silver Sublimation and the 2% per second vitality consumption from the Titan Divine Body canceled each other out.
At the same time, the damage domain of Blue Silver Sublimation dealt damage equal to 2% of a Rank 96 Titled Douluo's vitality every second!!
Currently, because Ye Lan was in the "Tortoise Spirit" state and due to the per-second consumption of the Titan Divine Body, his defense was stacking at a rate of 8% per second for both defense and energy resistance. After twenty-five seconds, it would stack to 200% defense and energy resistance, while also gaining 40% damage reduction.
And the Black Tortoise Divine Body directly gave Ye Lan 70% damage reduction!!
At the same time, Ye Lan began to frantically calculate the Hell White Tiger's combat power.
The Hell White Tiger possessed a Rank 97 all-around stat block—meaning its speed, strength, vitality, defense, spirit, and attack were all at Rank 97. Of course, it had specialties in each area, with strength and attack being the strongest.
Furthermore, the Hell White Tiger came with a 100% comprehensive attribute bonus, plus its innate soul power condensation, which was roughly equivalent to a 100,000-year soul skill.
In other words, it was correct to say the Hell White Tiger's comprehensive strength was that of a Rank 98 Titled Douluo.
Although Ye Lan's basic stats were weaker than the Hell White Tiger's in everything except strength and defense...
Ye Lan's other bonuses were far more terrifying. His soul skill and soul bone configuration were far more absurd than the Hell White Tiger's!
"Heh, arrogant brat!!! Die!!!" Hearing itself called a 'little kitty,' the Hell White Tiger's fur practically stood on end. After a blur of an afterimage, ten claw shadows instantly struck Ye Lan.
Although Ye Lan could clearly see the Hell White Tiger's movements through the vision of the "Golden Dragon Pupils," his movement frequency was completely suppressed by the Hell White Tiger.
Its speed was simply too fast!
However, under the 70% damage reduction of the "Black Tortoise Divine Body," this attack was instantly weakened to the Rank 96 level.
Just as the Hell White Tiger was gloating, expecting to see Ye Lan disemboweled, only ten shallow claw marks appeared on Ye Lan's chest.
"Impossible!! My attack couldn't be this weak!!"
"Aren't you a Soul King?!!"
"Why aren't you dead yet!!!"
The next second, Blue Silver Sublimation triggered. The 2% max vitality damage, after being mitigated by the Hell White Tiger's energy resistance and the fact that it wasn't a vitality-specialized martial soul, dealt about 0.8% damage to the Hell White Tiger.
It felt a tightness in its chest, a very uncomfortable sensation. At this moment, it noticed that the golden soul light on Ye Lan's body was now intermingled with a faint green soul light.
Perceiving his own defensive power, Ye Lan's lips curled into a smile:
"Kitty, your time is running out."
"Two minutes!!"
"In two minutes, it will be the time of your death!!"
Looking at the arrogant Ye Lan, the Hell White Tiger was about to retort when the next second of Blue Silver Sublimation damage triggered again!!
Now, the Hell White Tiger's arrogant expression gradually turned ugly. It knew that if it couldn't kill Ye Lan within two minutes, it really would die!!
The most terrifying thing was that the Blue Silver Grass it had torn apart earlier had already recovered. This meant its only choice was a fight to the death with Ye Lan inside the Blue Silver Cage!!
"Hell Domain!!!"
A dark light domain instantly expanded. The Hell Domain immediately boosted the Hell White Tiger's comprehensive strength by 20% while decreasing Ye Lan's by 20%.
With its speed increased once more, the Hell White Tiger vanished. Before the sonic boom could even erupt, countless claw shadows swept toward Ye Lan's thirteen-meter-tall body.
However, the Hell White Tiger discovered to its surprise that although the gap in their strength had widened by 50%...
Its attacks still failed to produce a significant effect. They were only slightly deeper than the previous claw marks.
By now, it noticed the green soul light on Ye Lan's body had increased again.
Indeed, the Hell White Tiger's previous attacks had caused Ye Lan's vitality to drop by 3%, and combined with several ticks of Blue Silver Sublimation...
Ye Lan's defensive power had already increased by 48%!!
But the Hell White Tiger couldn't care about any of that now; it only wanted to tear Ye Lan into a thousand pieces.
The Hell White Tiger circled the golden figure, attacking relentlessly, its speed getting faster and faster.
It moved so quickly it looked like over a dozen Hell White Tigers were attacking Ye Lan simultaneously. Yet, the more it attacked, the more the Hell White Tiger felt something was wrong.
Initially, it could still scratch Ye Lan's skin, but gradually, it could only leave shallow bloodstains. Finally, its sharp claws could only leave white scratch marks on Ye Lan's body!!
At this very moment, Ye Lan's "Black Tortoise Value" had reached 60%!!
His dual resistances had increased by 120%!!
His defensive power had already reached the level of a Rank 98 Titled Douluo!!
In other words, the Rank 96 level damage produced by the Hell White Tiger could now be completely ignored by Ye Lan's defense!!
By now, ten seconds had passed.
The Hell White Tiger spat out a mouthful of blood, its gaze toward Ye Lan filled with nothing but horror!!
How is this possible!!
How can I not break his defense!!!
Even facing a Limit Douluo, it shouldn't be unable to break their defense!!
In its desperation, the Hell White Tiger launched its final counterattack!!
"Hell White Tiger Burst!!!"
A sphere of energy several hundred meters wide was instantly condensed, smashing straight toward Ye Lan.
Facing this terrifying energy attack, Ye Lan smiled and opened his arms wide to embrace the "white sun."
Boom!!
The world instantly turned white; for countless humans, only white remained on their retinas.
After a long time, everyone saw the White Tiger and the Blue Silver Heavenly Vines at the center of the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
And there stood a thirteen-meter-tall giant human, his entire body radiating blue-gold soul light, his hair standing on end and fluttering wildly.
(Note: His current hairstyle, color, and soul light are reminiscent of Broly's Super Saiyan 2 transformation in the new version.)
At this moment, Ye Lan looked at his 20% health drop and smiled.
Because his "Black Tortoise Value" had instantly reached 100%!!
His dual resistances were boosted to 200%!! Furthermore, he gained another 40% damage reduction!!
Feeling the endless power within his body, every cell in his being let out a joyous cheer.
Ye Lan's contemptuous gaze swept toward the panicked fifty-meter "little kitty," and he said dismissively:
"Have you had enough fun yet?!"
"If you have something to say, tell it to my Haymaker!!"
"Tortoise Spirit transforms instantly into Snake Spirit!!" A giant phantom of a Green Snake appeared. An ultimate water-energy shockwave, possessing nearly 190% of a Rank 97 Titled Douluo's maximum vitality, instantly submerged the Hell White Tiger and the buildings hundreds of meters behind it.
Buildings were leveled and the ground was annihilated into powder. A canyon nearly a hundred meters wide and a hundred meters long appeared before Ye Lan.
Inside the canyon, torrential water surged, carrying immense amounts of soil and forming a mudslide that rushed toward the distance for thousands of meters.
The massive shockwave generated by the "Haymaker" knocked countless civilians and Soul Masters unconscious.
On a patch of black soil, the Star Luo Emperor and the First Consort supported each other, looking at the thirteen-meter-tall Ye Lan in despair.
If the Hell White Tiger hadn't used its speed to avoid the center of the explosion at the last moment, they would have been dead by now.
But even though they weren't at the center, the mere aftershock damage had instantly shattered the Hell White Tiger fusion.
"Cough, cough, cough!! Ye Lan!!!!"
"Why are you attacking the Star Luo Imperial City??" The Star Luo Emperor let out an unwilling roar.
Seeing the Emperor's pathetic state, Ye Lan felt no pity, but rather anger:
"You damn well stole my wife and you're still playing the victim here?"
"Your wife??" The Star Luo Emperor asked in confusion.
Ye Lan didn't bother to explain to the Emperor and walked straight toward the rear hall of the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
During the battle just now, both he and the Emperor had intentionally directed the aftershocks toward the scenic areas on either side of the palace.
The rear hall of the Star Luo Imperial Palace remained well-preserved. The moment Ye Lan stepped inside, he heard the Star Luo Emperor's unwilling roar behind him, as if Ye Lan were some heinous villain.
Entering the rear hall, Ye Lan saw terrified maids and a figure in red wearing a bridal veil.
In a flash of golden light, Ye Lan instantly took the bride's hand and said softly:
"Qing, let's go home!"
The bride did not respond. Instead, her soft, fair hand began to tremble.
Ye Lan's expression turned grim; the feel of the bride's hand was wrong.
He immediately lifted the red veil, swept a glance over her, and said in surprise:
"You aren't Zhuqing??"
The eyelashes of a cold-looking young girl trembled slightly. She bore a strong resemblance to Zhu Qing, but Ye Lan knew she was definitely not her.
At this moment, Ye Lan felt something was very wrong.
If the Star Luo Emperor's concubine wasn't Zhuqing, then where was she??
"Release your martial soul, quick!" Ye Lan gripped the girl's left hand tightly.
The girl's pupils gradually calmed. She took a deep breath and said, "I am Zhu Zhuye, Zhu Zhuqing's elder sister. As for Zhuqing, she is safe for now."
Then, Zhu Zhuye directly released her martial soul.
A demonic tiger, its body shimmering with purple phantom-light patterns, suddenly appeared.
"Dark Devilgod Tiger?!!!" Ye Lan was shocked. He hadn't expected the Dark Devilgod Tiger to become the martial soul of Zhuqing's second sister!
Only now did he understand what the passers-by meant when they said the Star Luo Concubine's martial soul was "very unusual."
Just then, he suddenly detected an incredibly startling life fluctuation coming from the ruins of the main hall.
As a possessor of Ultimate Life, Ye Lan was extremely sensitive to creatures with strong life fluctuations. He instantly let go of Zhu Zhuye's hand and dashed back toward the main hall of the palace.
He had a very bad feeling.
The moment Ye Lan rushed out of the rear hall, he saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.
A dragon claw had already pierced through the Star Luo Emperor's heart. The Emperor looked at the woman with silver hair behind him with a face full of pain.
Meanwhile, on the other side, his Consort was clutching her neck, gasping for breath on the ground. She, too, looked in disbelief at the black-clothed man who was currently wiping his hands.
The ones who had killed the Emperor and the Consort were the Dragon King Gu Yuena and the Head of the Star Luo Zhu Family.
It was only now that Ye Lan recalled the oddities of this "bride-snatching" incident.
First, rumors were spread throughout the Heaven Dou Empire that the Star Luo Emperor was to marry a beloved consort from the Zhu family.
Second, Di Tian had not made a serious effort to stop him from snatching the bride.
Third, his identity was mysteriously exposed as soon as he entered the Star Luo Imperial City.
Fourth, the reaction of the Zhu Family Head.
Fifth, the death of Prince Dai Tian.
Sixth, the "defense-breaking" reaction of the Star Luo Emperor.
Ye Lan finally realized that all of this had been orchestrated just to get him to attack the Star Luo Imperial City.
Ye Lan looked at Gu Yuena as she withdrew her dragon claw. He couldn't see a trace of emotion in her purple pupils.
"Your Myriad Beast Sect... what is the meaning of this? Is playing out this scripted scene fun for you?" Ye Lan said angrily.
The moment Gu Yuena looked at the blonde figure, a ripple appeared in her pupils. For some reason, her heart felt a bit bitter.
Ignoring the bitterness in her heart, she said emotionlessly:
"Ye Lan, you surprised me."
"I didn't expect that you, the creator of the 'Man-made Soul Ring,' would possess such terrifying combat power."
"For our first meeting, my name is Gu Na. I hope you remember it."
"First meeting?" Ye Lan didn't understand what Gu Yuena was talking about, but he needed to confirm a few things:
"Gu Yuena, why were you so certain that if you kidnapped Zhuqing and spread the rumor of the Emperor's wedding, I would come to snatch the bride?"
"Well, the plan succeeded anyway. There's no harm in telling you, Child of Soul Beasts. I originally thought you would bring the eight Titled Douluos close to you to Star Luo City. I didn't expect that you alone could turn the Star Luo Empire upside down." Recalling the havoc Ye Lan had caused, Gu Yuena couldn't help but feel the instinctive admiration for the strong inherent to the Dragon Clan.
Is that so?
"Your plan had a flaw. Weren't you afraid that after I spoke with the Emperor, I would find out beforehand that he wasn't marrying Zhuqing?" Ye Lan asked curiously.
"Heh, so what?"
"Countless Star Luo people have witnessed the Spirit Hall Holy Son 'killing' the Star Luo Prince, and they saw him storming into the palace."
"If you hadn't fought the Emperor just now and had learned the truth instead..."
"Then I would have been the one to kill him," Gu Yuena said matter-of-factly.
"So your goal was to occupy the nest, to have the Myriad Beast Sect replace the Star Luo Dai Family?" Ye Lan's scalp tingled.
"Correct. The Myriad Beast Sect will become the heroes who save the Star Luo Empire, while the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall will be its enemies!" Gu Yuena said.
At this time, the Zhu Family Head beside her gave a bitter smile:
"Ye Lan, I'm sorry. The arm cannot wrestle the thigh."
"This was a joint operation between the Myriad Beast Sect and the Zhu Family to exterminate the Dai Family. The Myriad Beast Sect gets the Star Luo Empire, and the Zhu Family gets freedom and the Dark Devilgod Tiger martial soul."
"Qing is fine. She is temporarily sealed somewhere within the Zhu Family estate."
Hearing the explanation from Zhuqing's father, Ye Lan breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she was safe.
The next instant, Ye Lan's figure vanished, turning into a flash of light.
"Gu Yuena!!!!"
The Dragon King Gu Yuena instantly locked onto that blonde figure. Her instinct for controlling spatial soul power particles began to stir.
She could have used her spatial abilities to teleport away directly.
But for some reason, the Dragon King felt a trace of guilt toward that blonde figure.
She made no move, simply watching as the figure approached.
Bang!!
Blood sprayed as the Dragon King Gu Yuena was sent flying dozens of meters.
Supporting herself with one hand, Gu Yuena wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked at the blonde silhouette from behind.
"Gu Na, I don't like being used."
"Father-in-law, take me to see Qing."
"Oh, oh... okay..."
(End of Chapter)