Chapter 180: Clash of Power, Yang Xiong vs. Demon Bear Douluo
After Yang Xiong and Demon Bear Douluo exchanged several blows, it felt as if Yang Xiong's muscles were about to be crushed.
Clenching his teeth, Yang Xiong activated his fourth soul ring, immediately unleashing his fourth soul skill: Dragon Elephant Strength.
Normally, using two enhancement soul skills at the same time would cause a tremendous consumption of soul power. When Yang Xiong fought against Hu Yan Zhen in the past, he used two enhancement soul skills because the situation was very safe, and he had great confidence in Yang Wudi.
However, now he was in a very dangerous situation, surrounded by countless black-clad enemies, and no one would come to his aid.
After activating Dragon Elephant Strength, Yang Xiong's muscles and bones seemed to harden, and even every drop of his blood started to boil.
At the same time, multiple rays of light surged into Yang Xiong's body. He turned around and saw Ning Fengzhi using the Eight Treasure Glazed Pagoda to provide him with assistance.
Yang Xiong immediately felt a surge of confidence. When he clashed with Demon Bear Douluo again, for the first time, Demon Bear Douluo was forced back. The battle between them began to reach a balance, and Yang Xiong no longer found himself at a disadvantage.
Of course, the true key to the battle was the Killing God Domain.
Under the influence of the Killing God Domain, even Demon Bear Douluo, a Title Douluo, found his soul power suppressed to some extent. On the other hand, Yang Xiong's attack power was enhanced within the Killing God Domain.
The two fought fiercely, and Yang Xiong felt as if all his thoughts were immersed in the battle. His entire body exuded an air of desperation, refusing to back down.
While the rest of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was embroiled in the sounds of battle, the clash between Yang Xiong and Demon Bear Douluo was a pure collision of strength.
With each blow, the ground seemed to crack, and the immense pressure forced the surrounding people to scatter.
As the battle between them continued, Demon Bear Douluo seemed exceptionally enraged, being tied down by a mere child from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was incredibly humiliating.
Demon Bear Douluo roared angrily, and his second soul ring flashed. His hands transformed into massive bear claws, and his attacks seemed to gain a significant boost. This was his second soul skill: Savage Rending.
With a swipe, Yang Xiong's Xuanming Armor appeared to suffer a heavy blow. Countless cracks appeared on it, demonstrating the destructive ability of Demon Bear Douluo's attack, which even had an extremely strong tearing effect.
Ignoring the shock force on his body, Yang Xiong's hands transformed into dragon claws, grabbing toward Demon Bear Douluo in return. In that instant, his claws seemed to enlarge, appearing more terrifying than ever before.
This was Yang Xiong's Ice Fire Dragon Claw soul bone skill: Explosive Dragon Claw. With over thirty thousand years of evolution, the Ice Fire Dragon Claw had become even more powerful, and now, with both ice and fire powers, it had become significantly stronger.
Yang Xiong used all his might to strike, breaking through Demon Bear Douluo's attack and grabbing onto his arms.
Even with Demon Bear Douluo's immense strength and defense, he was badly wounded, with two gruesome claw marks appearing on his arms. One wound glowed with a fiery red hue, and the other had a cold ice blue color. The two opposing auras seemed to clash inside his body, as if they were devouring him.
This was the first time Yang Xiong had wounded Demon Bear Douluo, and it was purely through raw power and attack.
Demon Bear Douluo immediately became enraged and unleashed his first soul skill: Demon Bear's Power. His entire body hardened, and his skin turned brown, greatly enhancing his strength and defense.
But Yang Xiong showed no fear, fiercely colliding with Demon Bear Douluo with every punch and claw.
In that moment, it felt as if Yang Xiong had forgotten everything—he had forgotten about the war at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the fighting around him. He was like an enraged beast, relentlessly resisting Demon Bear Douluo.
In just a few minutes, the two of them exchanged countless blows, both covered in wounds. Even the once invincible Demon Bear Douluo seemed to have received a multitude of heavy blows.
In comparison, Yang Xiong was in a far worse state. His Xuanming Armor had been completely shattered, leaving only his ribs protected. Several of the claws on his Ice Fire Dragon Claws had been shattered, and the dragon scales on his arms had turned into fragments.
Most notably, Yang Xiong was covered in wounds, as if every muscle had been severely damaged, and his bones were shattered in multiple places.
Just as it seemed like the two would continue their battle, Yang Xiong activated his second soul skill: Heart of Gold. A special energy surged through his entire body, and even the Blue Silver Emperor ring on his right leg transmitted boundless vitality. Under the influence of these two forces, his broken bones and wounds began to rapidly heal.
Demon Bear Douluo displayed his brutality: "You little brat, you have quite a few tricks, but unfortunately, in the face of absolute power, all your tricks are useless."
"I've only used two low-level soul skills, and yet you're struggling. Now I'll show you real strength."
Demon Bear Douluo was at soul power level 95, and his martial soul, the Blood Demon Bear, was a pure power-type martial soul with exceptional attack, defense, and explosive power.
The Blood Demon Bear's attributes were somewhat similar to Zhao Wujie's Great Strength Vajra Bear, but it was even more berserk and bloodthirsty.
Especially in terms of attack, Demon Bear Douluo's every soul skill seemed to focus on increasing his attack power.
As the battle went on, Yang Xiong realized that Demon Bear Douluo was becoming more and more powerful, almost like he was entering a berserk state. Purely from the perspective of strength, Yang Xiong could only compare him to Tang Hao and Teacher Bone Douluo.
Demon Bear Douluo let out a massive roar, shaking the surrounding area. Everyone within a few hundred meters seemed to be stunned, especially the Soul Masters with beast-type martial souls, who seemed to be affected the most.
This was Demon Bear Douluo's fifth soul skill, a ten-thousand-year soul skill: Furious Bear Roar.
This skill was a sonic attack that also carried a mental power attack.
Yang Xiong immediately felt a splitting headache, as if a massive bear shadow was about to crash into his mental sea.
Ignoring the pain in his head, Yang Xiong's body emitted endless blue light, activating his Blue Silver King head soul bone skill: Mental Vitality.
As countless blue lights erupted, Yang Xiong felt his mind becoming extremely clear. The surrounding battles and killings seemed to slow down, and in an instant, his mind was working at an incredible speed, allowing him to perceive more details of the battle. Especially in the air, there was indeed a massive blood-red Blood Demon Bear, which should be the mental energy projection of Demon Bear Douluo's soul skill.
As the massive Blood Demon Bear drew nearer, Yang Xiong's eyes turned blood-red, and a beam of red light shot toward it. This red light contained endless killing intent, as if it could tear apart any enemy in its path.
This was Yang Xiong's Purple Extreme Demon Eyes, a skill known as the Asura God Light. After merging with the Killing God Domain, the Asura God Light became even more powerful, and its destructive force was exponentially increased.
The blood-red Blood Demon Bear was obliterated in an instant by Yang Xiong's full-powered Asura God Light. The blood-red killing aura then surged toward Demon Bear Douluo's brain, following the projection of the soul skill.
Demon Bear Douluo let out a piercing scream, blood streaming from his eyes as he clutched his head and howled in agony.
It was clear that Yang Xiong's Asura God Light had dealt a serious blow to Demon Bear Douluo. After all, mental-type attacks were rare on the Douluo Continent, let alone self-created soul skills.
As Demon Bear Douluo was injured, he became even more berserk. His strength surged, and his bloodthirsty aura intensified.
But Yang Xiong showed no signs of backing down. His eyes were blood-red, as if he had returned to the City of Slaughter, determined to defeat his enemy at all costs.
...
If the battle between Yang Xiong and Demon Bear Douluo could still be considered tense, the overall situation at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had begun to shift.
Wuhun Hall's greatest advantage was their four Title Douluo and ten thousand Soul Masters, all carefully selected, making their fighting power generally very impressive.
In contrast, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect claimed to have five thousand Soul Masters, but one-tenth of them were outside on missions.
Moreover, the sect's personnel were very diverse, including not only a large number of auxiliary Soul Masters from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but also food-type and control-type Soul Masters. Many, like Sun Yu, had poor offensive and defensive capabilities and could neither control nor assist effectively.
In recent years, Ning Fengzhi had spent a great deal of resources cultivating Soul Masters and had also worked hard to recruit wandering cultivators and small Soul Master families.
For these people, not all of them were deeply loyal to the sect, and some would not hesitate to flee when the critical moment arrived. If the enemy wasn't repelled, it was likely that the sect would face a collapse.
This was the difference between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or Haotian Sect. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Haotian Sect had much more rigorous internal hierarchies, with everyone bound by martial souls and bloodlines, making it nearly impossible for any traitors to arise. When enemies attacked, everyone fought to the death, as the sect was their home.
Moreover, if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or Haotian Sect were attacked, their Soul Masters had no other option but to fight alongside their sect, as there would be no retreat. If anyone tried to escape, they might survive for a short time, but the real nightmare would begin when they were left without the support of their teammates and families, and their enemies would strike when they were most vulnerable.
Unfortunately for Wuhun Hall, their calculations had been severely flawed, and their information had significant inaccuracies.
Ning Fengzhi, now level 86, had increased his enhancement ability to 90%. In the past, when he was only level 79, his enhancement ability was only 80%, showing a significant improvement.
Especially after adding the eighth soul ring, Ning Fengzhi gained a completely new enhancement ability, a qualitative change compared to the past.
Sword Douluo had reached level 97, allowing him to easily hold off Snake Spear Douluo and even unleash a rain of swords to attack the Wuhun Hall Soul Masters. Despite the siege, it was ineffective.
Bone Douluo could protect Ning Fengzhi with ease, occasionally attacking enemy Soul Douluo or Soul Saint-level experts, moving like a ghost on the battlefield.
What had really thrown Wuhun Hall off was the addition of four more Title Douluo-level experts to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Although Yang Xiong's soul power was low, his combat power was exceptional, and he could actually resist Demon Bear Douluo.
Ling Yuan Douluo was held back by the Great Dragon Snake couple. In terms of pure combat power, the martial soul fusion technique of Long Gong and She Po was far superior to Ling Yuan Douluo's, but Ling Yuan Douluo's speed and flight abilities allowed for mutual restraint.
Yang Wudi also demonstrated incredible combat power. While not yet at Title Douluo level, he was able to go toe-to-toe with Poison Spike Douluo and even gained a slight advantage with the Soul Shattering Spear.
Poison Spike Douluo was Wuhun Hall's biggest killing weapon among the ten thousand Soul Masters. His martial soul, the Poisonous Pufferfish, was extremely toxic, and even without soul skills, he could cause massive casualties.
The original Bone Douluo's greatest hatred was toward Poison Spike Douluo, who had killed many disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
The most terrifying presence on the battlefield, however, was Dugu Bo. The massive Phosphor Snake King moved among the black-clad Soul Masters, killing them without using any soul skills. Every time it released its toxic breath, a large group of Wuhun Hall Soul Masters would fall.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples were very sharp and quickly summoned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to assist Dugu Bo, significantly boosting his attributes. As a result, his consumption seemed much less than his enhancement.
Dugu Bo: ...
At this moment, Dugu Bo was speechless. He had only come to support Yang Xiong with a promise, casually killing ordinary Soul Masters without even using soul skills. Yet they were giving him so much support—wasn't that pushing him into the fire?
As the battle continued, the situation slowly began to turn in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's favor. The effects of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's enhancement began to show.
Whether it was Yang Wudi, Dugu Bo, or Long Gong Meng Shu, with the assistance of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, they could fight without worrying about their energy consumption and fight with all their might.
(END CHAPTER)
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