"Jiejiejie—"
"Zhongli Wu" looked at the battlefield rampaged by the vengeful spirits and let out a sinister laugh. However, right at this moment, Chen Junting, whose white clothes were dyed with blood, suddenly came to a standstill.
When he raised his head, a bizarre fluctuation emitted from his body. Both his pupils had turned into gray-white vortexes, and an ancient, hoarse voice echoed across the battlefield.
"Be purified, the filth within the souls."
This scene filled "Zhongli Wu" with shock and suspicion!
As the space between Chen Junting's brows split open, a ring of pure white light was released from his third eye. His boundless Spiritual Sea instantly set off towering waves. His massive spiritual power surged forth under the guidance of the incantation, turning into countless silver runes that intertwined in the air to form a massive hexagram array, deriving the purest purifying power between heaven and earth.
Wherever the pure white halo passed, the bloody light on the vengeful spirits vanished first. Those that had been rampaging wildly across the battlefield froze in place one by one. The originally ferocious vengeful spirits were also dyed white by the purifying power at this moment.
The next moment, the dark clouds in the sky completely dispersed. The white clouds turned into a vortex, resembling the Gates of Heaven. The purified million vengeful spirits transformed into silver dots of light, pouring into the firmament like an inverted galaxy.
When the last vengeful spirit dissipated, there was not a trace of blood left on Chen Junting's face, and the gray-white vortexes faded from his eyes. Before he could take any action, his mind instantly went black.
His entire body plummeted downward.
"Old Chen!"
Fortunately, Gu Tianchen had quick eyes and hands, swiftly making a move to catch him. Otherwise, Chen Junting might have become the first person to not die at the hands of a Limit Douluo, but actually die from a fall. If that really happened, it would have been a hell of a joke.
Gu Tianchen hurriedly took out a Milk Bottle to replenish Chen Junting's soul power. Meanwhile, high up in the sky, the opposing forces tacitly retreated toward their own formations, seemingly choosing a temporary ceasefire.
As for "Zhongli Wu," the moment he saw the myriad vengeful spirits being purified, he had already escaped into the void, his whereabouts unknown.
Di Tian, on the other hand, had his attention drawn by this sudden purification anomaly, which allowed "Zhongli Wu" to seize the opportunity to flee.
And when Chen Junting plummeted from the high sky, Di Tian had even less time to care about "Zhongli Wu." After all, in his eyes, Chen Junting was far more important than any human soul master.
With the Star Luo Empire suffering heavy casualties and Di Tian having no intention of taking further action, the Star Luo Empire had no choice but to withdraw its troops. Similarly, out of consideration for Di Tian, the Sun Moon Empire also chose to retreat. Furthermore, due to Di Tian's battle record and prestige, they even withdrew from the Mingdou Mountain Range's defensive line, allowing it to return to Star Luo's control.
...
Inside the Star Luo Empire military camp, it was a scene of utter mess and sorrow. Although the disaster brought by the eruption of the myriad vengeful spirits had been desperately purified by Chen Junting, the lingering trauma was difficult to heal.
Tents were ruined, wounded soldiers lay everywhere, and military medics busily shuttled between them, doing their utmost to save every injured person.
The air was thick with the mixed scent of blood and herbal medicine, oppressive and heavy. In the camp, Dai Hao looked at the tragic scene before him, his brows tightly knitted, his eyes naturally filled with grief.
In this battle, the Star Luo Empire paid a bitter price. To recapture the Mingdou Mountain Range, many of the empire's warriors had died away from home.
"Sigh—"
Dai Hao let out a sigh and raised his arm, allowing the military medics to bandage his wounds. Not far away, the Sun Moon Empire's army was slowly retreating. Constrained by the formidable strength of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian, and with Di Tian publicly taking the Star Luo Empire's side, they dared not act rashly in the slightest. The soldiers hurried their steps, their eyes filled with unwillingness and fear. The generals occasionally looked back toward the Mingdou Mountain Range defensive line, secretly plotting their future plans.
Meanwhile, the Star Luo Empire soldiers who still had combat capabilities, led by Star Luo Empire Princess Xu Jiujiu, occupied the mountain range.
As the sky gradually darkened, the clouds of war still loomed over the Mingdou Mountain Range. The blood-red setting sun in the west was about to fall, and its remaining rays filtered through the gaps in the clouds, dyeing the battlefield a bizarre dark purple.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Dai Hao returned to the battlefield after a simple bandaging of his wounds. Stepping on this scorched earth soaked with blood, the hem of his armor swept over a corpse lying face up—
It was a middle-aged man in his thirties, right in his prime. His bluish-gray face was frozen in an expression of terror. His chest had been sliced open by some sharp weapon, yet his internal organs were bizarrely intact.
"Three hundred and sixty-five men."
Dai Yaoheng followed closely behind, his voice coming from behind Dai Hao. "This is the death toll of our White Tiger Guards so far, and a third of them died during the vengeful spirits' outbreak. As for the overall casualties of the entire army, it hasn't been tallied yet..."
As he spoke, Dai Yaoheng suddenly fell silent. It was because his combat boots had crushed a piece of charred arm bone. But from the looks of it, it belonged to a Sun Moon Empire soldier.
White Tiger Duke Dai Hao crouched down, his dark-iron gauntlet brushing over the forehead of his guard. Right at this moment, a wisp of black qi suddenly darted out from the corpse's seven orifices, unexpectedly condensing into the shape of a skull in mid-air.
"Father, be careful!"
Dai Yaoheng drew his Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade with the speed of lightning, only to see white-gold light burst from Dai Hao's fingertips, instantly vaporizing the remnant soul.
Although the myriad vengeful spirits had been purified by Chen Junting, who was possessed by Electrolux, Chen Junting at that time had already consumed a massive amount of soul power and was at the end of his rope. Therefore, to avoid damaging Chen Junting's potential, Electrolux could only act to the maximum extent within his limits, solely purifying the vengeful spirits. As for some residual resentful energy, he didn't make a move; after all, eliminating it was simple.
"It's said that this is resentment entering the bones; it can be destroyed just by using soul power." Dai Hao stood up, the White Tiger phantom faintly visible behind him. At this moment, he turned to look at the northwestern sky, where flocks of vultures were circling but never dared to land—the entire battlefield was permeated with an aura of death that even scavenging birds feared.
Soon, the various Title Douluos of the Star Luo Empire gathered on the battlefield. There were some places that required their personal intervention to clean up. For example, the mountain peak where the Death God Soul Tool had previously stood.
When they arrived at the mountaintop, they saw a soul-stirring sight—the highest peak of the Mingdou Mountain Range had its height reduced by at least a hundred meters. A massive depression appeared at the top of the mountain, and the depression was covered with densely packed small craters.
Even though the collision had long since ended, a strong fluctuation of soul power still permeated the mountaintop, and occasionally there were the shrill howls of resentful energy.
A fierce gale suddenly rose, whipping up the broken armor and tattered flags all over the ground.
Dai Hao's pupils shrank as he looked at the figure tearing through the clouds. The black-robed man, transformed from the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, walked over through the air, every step causing ripples in space. When Di Tian landed on the charred ruins, the crushed stones within a hundred meters actually defied gravity and floated up. This was all caused by his invisible aura.
"Your Excellency Beast God."
Dai Hao cupped his fists in a salute. When not unleashing his Martial Soul True Body, facing him head-on at such a close distance, he could feel the martial soul within his body trembling—this was an instinctive reaction when facing a top-tier predator.
Di Tian raised his hand and caught a surviving leaf carried by the wind. The moment the leaf touched his palm, it turned to dust.
"Human wars are uglier than the slaughters of soul beasts." His golden pupils swept over the corpses strewn across the ground, his gaze cold.
He stood at the top of the mountain, overlooking it all. A powerful Dragon Prestige radiated from him, and his black robe fluttered fiercely in the wind.
He stared at the Sun Moon army as if looking at prey. Just as he was about to make a move against the retreating Sun Moon Empire army...
"Di Tian."
Suddenly, a streak of dark-red flowing light flew over.
Di Tian looked at "Zhongli Wu" and let out a cold sneer. "You still dare to come back?"
As soon as the words fell, the auras of both sides erupted. The many experts present only felt it difficult to breathe. The aura formed by the confrontation of these two peerless powerhouses caused the crushed stones within a radius of ten miles to start high-frequency trembling. Those whose strength hadn't reached the Title Douluo level even let out muffled groans and kneeled on the ground, suppressed so much that they couldn't get up again.
However, right at this moment, "Zhongli Wu" suddenly let out a sinister, triumphant laugh. "Di Tian, do you think you can attack us with peace of mind? To tell you the truth, we have already sent people to the Great Star Dou Forest. We have coveted the Great Star Dou Forest for a long time; it's just that you were always there, preventing us from making a move."
Hearing this, Di Tian's face instantly turned ashen.
"Are you threatening this seat?"
Di Tian glared furiously, the golden flames igniting in his eyes seemingly wanting to completely devour "Zhongli Wu".
The Great Star Dou Forest was the place he guarded, and even more so, the habitat of the soul beast race; it absolutely could not be lost. What's more, his Lord was resting and recuperating deep within the Lake of Life in the Great Star Dou Forest!
But "Zhongli Wu" continued. "Aren't you going back to take a look?"
Exactly as "Zhongli Wu" said, when he learned that Di Tian had appeared on this battlefield at the Mingdou Mountain Range, he used his special connection with "Ye Xishui" to notify "Ye Xishui" to rapidly head to the Great Star Dou Forest. After all, opportunity knocks but once.
At this moment, the anger in Di Tian's heart erupted like a volcano. In the Great Star Dou Forest, besides himself, there were also Ferocious Beasts holding the fort, as well as many hundred-thousand-year soul beasts present. This was information that practically all soul masters knew. So if "Zhongli Wu" still dared to do this, it meant there would absolutely be Limit Douluo-level powerhouses making a move.
And besides the safety of the Great Star Dou Forest, he was even more afraid of his Lord being disturbed. His Lord's peace was what he valued the most. If his own negligence caused his Lord to be affected, he would be condemned to death even if he died ten thousand times. "Zhongli Wu" had touched Di Tian's reverse scale!
"Roar—, go to hell!"
Di Tian let out a massive dragon roar. His right arm instantly transformed into a giant dragon claw, and the surrounding space instantly distorted. Terrifying soul power converged onto the dragon claw, and the surrounding air was compressed into streams of air blades, emitting sharp howls.
Dragon God Claw!
This strike contained Di Tian's endless anger, carrying world-destroying power as it blasted toward "Zhongli Wu". "Zhongli Wu"'s expression drastically changed; he hadn't expected Di Tian's attack to be so swift and fierce.
However, him using his strongest strike was within his expectations. At this critical juncture, he went all out to activate the Demonic Runes, and then cast the defensive skill of the Death God Puppet martial soul. A blood-red shield instantly appeared before him.
Boom!
The Dragon God Claw fiercely smashed into the shield, letting out an earth-shattering boom. Under the powerful impact, the shield instantly shattered, turning into countless blood-red fragments that splattered in all directions.
The Dragon God Claw's momentum remained undiminished as it landed on "Zhongli Wu"'s body. However, this strike also represented the end of Di Tian's attack.
"Wait until Chen Junting wakes up, tell him 'sorry' for me. If there's anything needed later, he can notify me at any time."
At this moment, the crisis in the Great Star Dou Forest was imminent. He had no time to continue entangling with "Zhongli Wu". Leaving behind these words, he tore open space and hurriedly departed in the direction of the Great Star Dou Forest.
And with Di Tian's departure, the Sun Moon Empire's army began to stir. You must know that they had only retreated earlier because Di Tian, this top-tier combat power, was present. Now that Di Tian had left...
Could the heavily damaged Star Luo army still stop them?
As soon as the thought arose, the powerhouses on the Sun Moon Empire's side erupted with their auras, pressing them all down toward the Star Luo Empire's side.
However, right at this moment, "Sun Moon Empire!"
From the north of the Star Luo Empire, a green dot of light shot over at extreme speed, simply like a meteor. Moreover, the faster this dot of light flew forward, the larger its volume became. Gradually, it seemed to have turned into a giant green fireball, actually arriving at such high speed directly facing the overwhelming pressure of the Sun Moon experts.
"You want to fight!? This old man will keep you company!"
A deep voice resounded through the air. A massive expanse of green light permeated the sky, blocking the overwhelming pressure of the Sun Moon experts and pressing back.
Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, the expressions of the Star Luo Empire experts, which had just grown tense, couldn't help but relax a little.
The newcomer was exactly the Sect Master of the Body Sect, Du Busi.
Under the effect of that drop of Life Gold, Du Busi's injuries had completely healed. And after recovering, upon learning that the Body Sect had suffered heavy casualties, with over half of its elders dying or going missing, Du Busi had originally wanted to rush to the several coastal cities of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
But when he learned of the situation on the Heavenly Soul battlefield and that the fighting at the Star Luo Empire's border was growing increasingly intense, Du Busi made a decision to prioritize the greater matter. Thus, he had hurried over immediately afterward!
Now, Du Busi landed on the mountaintop that had been leveled to the ground. The appearance of a Limit Douluo on the Star Luo Empire's side inevitably made these Sun Moon Empire powerhouses a bit apprehensive about making a move.
"Your Excellency Body Douluo." ×N
Du Busi nodded slightly. Looking at this devastated battlefield, he suddenly noticed five broken corpses in the mountain ravine.
Relying solely on these five broken corpses, Du Busi recognized their identities. These were five elders of his Body Sect!
And one of them was Old Jin!
"Who exactly!!? Who killed them!?"
Killing intent instantly soared, seemingly materializing into substance! His gaze was like a torch as he swept it toward Dai Hao and the others.
"Your Excellency Body Douluo..."
Dai Hao and the others did not hide anything, confessing everything. When Du Busi learned the full truth of the matter, especially when he found out that his five elders had been possessed by the Holy Spirit Cult and turned into such a state, an unprecedented anger instantly surged into his heart.
"Holy Spirit Cult, how dare you insult my Body Sect like this!"
Du Busi said through gritted teeth. His gaze turned toward the Sun Moon Empire army, the icy killing intent in his eyes like the wrath of heaven. Before anyone could react, Du Busi's figure flashed as he charged toward the Sun Moon Empire army.
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