Suddenly, "Whoosh—"
A black light pierced through space, arriving in an instant and shattering the sword light.
At this moment, Ye Xuanji, who had previously been acting with effortless ease, now revealed an unprecedented solemnity on his face. Staring straight ahead, two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red—nine astonishing spirit rings shone brilliantly.
Simultaneously, as his seventh spirit ring flickered, a stream of light descended and transformed into an incomparably noble Starlight Unicorn.
The unicorn's horn pointed upward, and starlight radiated in all directions.
The next second, the entire space seemed to shake violently as a terrifying spiritual pressure like a mountain peak descended from the heavens.
A low, majestic, and chilling voice echoed through the air.
"So this is a spirit soul? Truly marvelous."
The sky began to distort as darkness overwhelmed the starlight.
Ink-black dark clouds slowly split open to both sides, as if the entire sky had been torn asunder. A massive eye appeared in midair, its gaze fixed directly ahead.
It was a gigantic eye with a diameter exceeding three hundred meters. Around this terrifying giant eye were eighty-one tentacles, each over five hundred meters long, waving through the air.
Zhongli Wu's expression relaxed somewhat upon seeing this.
"Evil Emperor."
"You should address me as 'Lord.'"
The Evil Emperor's eyeball turned, passing over Ye Xuanji and instead directing its gaze toward Chen Junting's direction, causing Chen Junting—who had been fighting Jing Hongchen—to suddenly feel immense pressure.
His face turned stern as he prepared for battle.
"Human, I remember you."
Chen Junting remained silent, but heard the Evil Emperor say: "That heavenly tribulation from before—it was your doing, using Di Tian's inverse scale. Don't bother denying it; your every movement cannot escape my perception."
"Since the Evil Emperor says so, you should also know that my relationship with the Beast God is quite good. Aren't you worried I might summon Di Tian?"
Chen Junting's gaze remained as tranquil as an ancient well as he spoke calmly.
"Heh, are you threatening me? And do you think I fear him?" At this moment, the Evil Emperor's angry voice carried a mocking tone, "But you may try and see if you can call him."
Chen Junting's expression remained unchanged, but he made no move.
From the very beginning of the assault, he had already used Di Tian's inverse scale to contact the Beast God. The result was the scene that had appeared earlier.
He couldn't reach him!
Thus, "Hum—"
The sound of swords rang out, shaking the four directions!
Slaughter, Entrapment, Annihilation!
Three great sword intents circulated, three great domains opened simultaneously, and the terrifying sword energy coiled around the Seven Kill Sword's blade before immediately slashing downward.
At the same time, Ning Tian's enhancements also fell upon him.
However, Chen Junting in his state of absolute rationality directed his attack to brush past the Evil Emperor and fall toward Zhongli Wu's direction. Because he knew that no matter how strong he was, he was absolutely no match for the Evil Emperor. Since that was the case, he would find a relatively softer target to squeeze.
Yet, this very action enraged Zhongli Wu, and at the same time, thoroughly angered the Evil Emperor who had been "ignored."
"Seeking death!"
The Evil Emperor's furious glare intensified as a dominant voice rang out.
Immediately after, a pillar of dark red light with a diameter exceeding one hundred zhang suddenly descended from the sky, enveloping both Chen Junting and Ning Tian within it.
"Evil Emperor! Your opponent is me!"
Ye Xuanji suddenly unleashed his sword. The Starlight Unicorn's horn lit up, merging with the sword energy—their combined attack was like a galaxy hanging upside down. But compared to the dark red pillar descending from the sky, this starlight was clearly much weaker. However, when the two beams of light collided in midair, the dark clouds rolled violently, and that massive dark red light was actually blocked, even split apart by the starlight sword energy!
At this moment, Ye Xuanji demonstrated the dominance of his Star Spirit Pearl second soul core and Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores to the fullest.
"Hmm?"
The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord let out a surprised grunt.
"Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores?"
The next moment, the dark red light suddenly contracted inward. Immediately after, a terrifying spiritual storm erupted in midair.
In an instant, the sky seemed to be dyed with fresh blood, transforming into a sea of blood. The intense spiritual fluctuations emanating from it affected friend and foe alike, causing everyone to feel immense pressure.
Ye Xuanji stumbled, and the Starlight Unicorn that had also been sent flying backward braced against his retreating form.
At this moment, Ye Xuanji's face was filled with grave solemnity.
As expected of one who dared challenge Di Tian and emerged unscathed. In just a single exchange, his spiritual sea had already been wounded, and that technique of completely merging spiritual power with spatial power had nearly injured his spiritual origin.
"Evil Emperor, let's battle in the high skies!"
Ye Xuanji rode the Starlight Unicorn, soaring straight toward the upper atmosphere. Because even fighting in midair, the residual shockwaves from their attacks would affect those on the ground, causing massive casualties.
The Evil Emperor naturally understood Ye Xuanji's intentions upon seeing this.
But he didn't care. He didn't care at all.
Rising into the high skies, his eighty-one tentacles continuously waved through the air. The air became distorted, and a powerful spiritual force reverberated through the sky as that overwhelming pressure appeared once more.
The eighty-one tentacles instantly turned crimson red, locking onto Ye Xuanji and his spirit soul from all directions before lashing out.
The Starlight Unicorn trod upon the heavens, repelling the tentacles one by one. Ye Xuanji seized the opportunity to swing his sword, and a brilliant blade of light flashed by in an instant, slicing away the brilliant silver light flickering on the dark red tentacle before completely severing that tentacle of the Evil Emperor.
This single move thoroughly enraged the Evil Emperor.
The massive pupil suddenly became profound and deep, and immediately after, a ring of dark red thorny light appeared around its outer edge.
"Hum—"
The sky seemed to shake violently, as if thousands of sharp spikes were piercing into Ye Xuanji's spiritual sea, creating a sensation that threatened to drag his spiritual sea out of his body.
While the Evil Emperor and Ye Xuanji were fighting, Chen Junting also engaged Zhongli Wu in battle. That sword which had brushed past the Evil Emperor was blocked by the Bone Dragon King, allowing Zhongli Wu to remain unharmed.
The next second, brilliant light erupted around his body, and the Bone Dragon King beneath him radiated with black light as the surroundings turned into a dual color of azure and red.
Clusters of blue fire meteors appeared in midair, and clusters of azure wind arose simultaneously. With the wind aiding the fire, each blue fire meteor was like a cannonball fired from its barrel, hurtling directly toward Chen Junting. The magnificent momentum filled the air within a hundred li with the smell of burning and terrifying pressure.
However, a golden protective shield quietly appeared.
Boom—
Gu Tianchen moved to block Zhongli Wu's attack. The original invincible protective shield subsequently collapsed, leaving only a Dragon Bone Shield covered with cracks standing before Chen Junting.
In the next instant, a sword leaped out from behind the bone shield with a slash.
Clang—
Sharp sword energy tore through the atmosphere, rampaging outward.
Just as Zhongli Wu was about to command the Bone Dragon King to launch another attack, Swish swish swish— eight Sky Azure Vines pierced through the air, directly binding the Bone Dragon King's four limbs, neck, bone tail, and both wings in eight places before violently pulling, making it temporarily immobile.
What followed was a Heavenly Star Furnace crashing down.
Descending with it was the Great Strength Ape martial soul true body, as well as the Diamond Mammoth and Giant Strength Demon Ape as spirit souls.
(T/N: Great Strength Ape is the Vigorous Orangutan martial soul of Tai Tan from DD1)
Whoosh—
Swish—
The Soul Breaking Spear and fierce winds attacked, striking directly at Zhongli Wu.
Caught off guard, he could only dodge sideways.
Seizing this opportunity, the five Elders and their spirit souls joined forces, completely separating Zhongli Wu from the Bone Dragon King, and incidentally also encompassing Jing Hongchen—who had been forcibly concealing his identity.
Only, without anyone noticing, a wisp of white flame-like brilliance fell from Chen Junting's body, drifting gracefully to the five Grand Elders and merging into Yang Zihan's hand.
"Ha!"
Chen Junting let out a light shout, sketching array patterns with one hand.
In an instant,
Arrays formed in the void, dividing the battlefield.
"Roar—"
From within the void, a dragon's roar echoed. A gate-like black hole opened, and a bone dragon—far smaller than the Bone Dragon King—flew out from within. Standing atop its head was none other than Ning Tian.
She held the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda in her hand, standing alone atop the bone dragon's peak, truly a breathtaking sight of unparalleled elegance and magnificence.
Beside her was Chen Junting, riding his sword through the air. As for the bone dragon beneath their feet, naturally it need not be said—it was Gu Tianchen's martial soul true body. Clearly, the three of them intended to join forces to deal with Zhongli Wu.
"Hmph—overestimating yourselves."
Zhongli Wu let out a cold snort.
"Such trivial tricks, I can handle with one hand…"
He was spouting nonsense, but Chen Junting's trio showed no courtesy.
Indifferent light flowed in Chen Junting's eyes, and his cold voice cut in before Zhongli Wu could finish speaking.
"Attack!"
Nine-colored light bloomed as the seventh spirit ring shone.
Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda True Body.
At this moment, Chen Junting's figure disappeared from his original location. In less than a second, a gate in the void had already opened.
Arriving three meters away from Zhongli Wu, he slashed out with his sword!
Seeing that blood was about to spray forth, it was suddenly blocked by the staff that Zhongli Wu raised, and he countered with a palm strike.
Chen Junting moved swiftly, withdrawing his hand slightly to block with his sword blade. Clang— The sound of clashing metal and sword rang out sharply.
Gathering strength in his hand, just as he was about to press his advantage, his heart trembled, and he struck out toward his side. As soon as his palm fell, it collided with a bone dragon claw that had emerged from the void.
Massive waves suddenly arose, yet the sword blade trembled lightly.
With Gu Tianchen's cover, Chen Junting's sword pressed directly toward Zhongli Wu's face, making him appear somewhat disheveled for a moment.
"Enough!"
This action seemed to enrage Zhongli Wu as well.
The purple light shadow behind him erupted with increasing depth. In merely a single breath, his body was growing at an astonishing speed. Meanwhile, the light shadow that had been floating behind him gradually merged with his own body as one, and the red seventh spirit ring flickered with light.
Seventh Soul Skill: Death God Demon Puppet True Body!
Twelve meters.
This was the height at which Zhongli Wu stopped. The surroundings were completely enveloped in darkness.
Compared to Title Douluo, Zhongli Wu's martial soul true body didn't reach hundreds of meters or thousands of meters, nor did it even possess any powerful aura, but precisely this made people's expressions change.
As Zhongli Wu's body transformed, the long staff in his hand also grew with him. When he completed his ten-meter transformation, the staff had also finished its evolution. It was a massive scythe with a ten-meter-long blade. The enormous scythe, held in the hands of the ten-meter-tall Zhongli Wu, actually appeared somewhat uncoordinated.
Yet it was precisely this lack of coordination that, upon completing his transformation, released an indescribable terrifying pressure from all directions squeezing toward Chen Junting's trio, making them feel as if that invisible force wanted to extract their souls from their bodies.
At this critical moment, "Awaken!"
A shout rang out like a great bell at dusk or a morning drum.
Chen Junting's voice instantly pulled Gu Tianchen and Ning Tian's thoughts back, preventing them from falling prey to Zhongli Wu's preemptive strike.
The next second, black currents streaked past, and the Death God Scythe in Zhongli Wu's hand was like swift wind and thunder, already before Chen Junting's face.
"Nine Treasures has a name, the sixth: Attribute!"
Chen Junting raised his sword to meet it. Clang—
The Seven Kill Sword blocked the Death God Scythe. The power of Ultimate Metal made the Death God Scythe tremble, but streams of black air swept forth, directly penetrating into Chen Junting's body. No part was spared, as if even his soul would be eroded.
However, a wisp of gray light flashed in the depths of his eyes.
The originally terrifying black air seemed to see some natural enemy and instantly fled back into the Death God Scythe. As for that which couldn't flee back in time, it was silently annihilated invisibly.
"How is this possible?"
Zhongli Wu held the Death God Scythe aloft, his face full of bewilderment.
He knew that the quality of his death aura was supreme, standing above all evil soul masters. Once it invaded a body, it would madly devour the victim's life force, continuously strengthening itself until the victim's body and soul were completely annihilated.
But now, this aura has actually fled!
For this situation to occur, there were only two possibilities.
First, there was a natural enemy of death aura;
Second, his death attribute far surpassed his own.
But between these two possibilities, he leaned toward the first. Because during the Soul Master Tournament, he had felt that Chen Junting had the potential to become a Holy Son. Now, there was no doubt about it!
"You are still young, you cannot be my match, so surrender. With your talent and theirs, you will surely become the strongest generation of inheritors of my Holy Cult, carrying forward my church's great mission!"
Zhongli Wu's words were cold, yet not lacking in a tone that could bewitch people's hearts. Even his eyes showed half excitement and half compassion.
But what responded to him was Chen Junting's decisive sword strike that seized the perfect opportunity, along with two furious shouts, "Delusional!"
The massive bone dragon roared, beating its wings to protect Ning Tian within the void gate while charging toward Zhongli Wu.
Zhongli Wu struck out fiercely, the scythe blade meeting the Seven Kill Sword blade. Sparks flew as the blades crossed and slid past each other. Immediately after, the enormous Death God Scythe swung out once more, and a terrifying black giant blade flashed through the air. The massive black blade shadow nearly tore through space, instantly arriving before the bone dragon.
Clang—
Like the striking of metal and jade, a white mark appeared on the bone dragon true body, demonstrating the formidable defense of the bone dragon true body.
The massive dragon tail swept horizontally, aiming to explode toward Zhongli Wu's brow. The great sword chopped down, targeting Zhongli Wu's waist.
But Zhongli Wu remained unhurried, swinging the Death God Scythe once more. Space split open, and a black light shadow flashed and vanished.
The next second, a black figure silently tore through space, viciously slashing toward Chen Junting's waist. Clearly, he intended to return the favor with the same method.
Simultaneously, one hand reached toward the heavens, and a shield-type defensive soul tool appeared in his hand, successfully receiving Gu Tianchen's attack.
At this critical moment, a blue-white light flashed, and a woman of breathtaking elegance held a sword blocking the Death God Scythe.
Ice and snow covered her body like the most beautiful white ceremonial dress. Her deep blue eyes were clear and profound as if they could reflect heaven and earth. Her long hair spread behind her, transforming into ice blue like ancient glaciers. Extreme cold instantly permeated the air, even freezing the death aura.
Seeing this, Zhongli Wu's eyes widened.
"Snow Empress?!"
Before he could retract his scythe, the Snow Empress's left palm struck out. Under the biting cold wind, heavy snow fluttered down. The powdery snow once again obscured their vision, and the chill in these snowflakes seemed to be instantly drained. The air temperature suddenly warmed, and Zhongli Wu received it with the scythe face. The terrifying chill of the "Empress Palm: Snowless Glacier" transmitted through the Death God Scythe gave Zhongli Wu the sensation of falling into absolute zero—his bloodline, soul power, and spiritual power all seemed to be frozen solid.
And at this same moment, Zhongli Wu suddenly felt his hair stand on end. After quickly forcing back the chill and turning his head to look, he saw ten terrifying golden claws suddenly appear. The sky was instantly torn open by ten massive gashes, chopping down directly toward him.
And the perpetrator was precisely a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear.
No, to be precise, a spirit soul!
And most importantly, such a powerful attack wasn't just this one strike. The Snow Empress wielded her Empress Sword, Chen Junting swung his Seven Kill, the bone dragon that Gu Tianchen transformed into unleashed a "Space-Tearing Abyss Slash," and similarly, the Tyrant spirit soul also appeared, firing a pillar of energy containing annihilation attributes!
At this moment, they focused their fire on Zhongli Wu.
However, a Limit Douluo was ultimately a Limit Douluo.
Moreover, this was an evil soul master with cunning methods.
…
Meanwhile, at Shrek City.
Rumble rumble—
Terrifying thunderbolts fell one after another, yet a massive beast with a sheep's body and human face, tiger's teeth and human claws opened its roaring great mouth. Immediately, a dense golden light spewed forth.
And this was Mu En using his residual power, stimulating Xuan Zi's Taotie bloodline through the Golden Tree, causing him to transform into a Taotie to block Ye Xishui and Demon Empress's two Limit attacks.
That mass of spewed golden light transformed into a massive head with a diameter exceeding one thousand meters. Like the Taotie itself, that great mouth opened and closed, making a devouring motion toward the thunder.
Immediately, those streaks of purple-black thunder were all swallowed into the great mouth. The terrifying suction force that erupted seemed intent on swallowing Ye Xishui and Demon Empress whole.
Ye Xishui and Demon Empress's expressions changed dramatically upon seeing this!
They never imagined that Shrek still had such means in reserve. Truly worthy of being the continent's number one academy that had stood for ten thousand years.
Facing the Taotie's devouring, Demon Empress transformed into a Deep Sea Demon Whale.
Her massive form could blot out the moon.
At this moment, atmospheric water elements instantly gathered, seemingly forming ocean waves that wrapped around her whale tail and smashed down violently!
And right at this moment, the Taotie's golden great head suddenly twisted to the side. Its great mouth opened wide and immediately bit down on her tail.
That powerful strike was forcibly blocked, and starting from the tail, the Taotie's great mouth instantly expanded. This single great mouth alone was sufficient to contain this Deep Sea Demon Whale. And then…
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