Du Busi's figure swayed, and in mid-air, he transformed into a giant a hundred meters tall. Intense green light bloomed across his body, and within the green light, a faint golden halo could be seen. Looking at him was like looking at a solemn and majestic divine idol.
At this moment, Du Busi was going all out. Right from the start, he used the second awakening of his Body Martial Soul.
The terrifying combat power of a Limit Douluo was released into the air. Diving down, Du Busi assumed a posture of holding up the sky with both hands. Streaks of green light shot out from his body and then cascaded down toward the Sun Moon Empire experts below. With every flare of green light, the entire battlefield was directly covered.
This move was "Banquet of Death," Du Busi's eighth soul skill. Every streak of green light contained melting deadly poison; it was Du Busi's strongest single strike in terms of group attack capabilities.
From this, one could see just how profound his anger was.
After the streaks of green light completely fell, they gradually evolved into a poisonous mist that permeated toward the enemy lines. Wherever the poisonous mist passed, flora instantly withered, and the air became piercingly foul.
The sky-blotting poisonous mist was like a death god's veil, slowly spreading out. Wherever it went, there was dead silence.
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire panicked. They subconsciously retreated, trying to dodge the invasion of the poisonous mist. This was the instinct of life.
The various experts of the Sun Moon Empire all had solemn expressions. They knew very well how powerful Du Busi was. Once the poisonous mist invaded, their army would undoubtedly suffer heavy casualties, and even they would find it difficult to escape unscathed.
Therefore, they all took action, jointly propping up a massive soul tool barrier to fend off this lethal poisonous mist.
In the span of a single breath, a soul tool barrier flickering with a faint blue light appeared within the poisonous mist, resembling a solitary island.
However, this seemingly sturdy barrier was not impenetrable in Du Busi's eyes. His massive body stood towering like a mountain; every muscle seemed to contain endless power, and the green-gold halo emitted a spine-chilling aura.
"The Sun Moon Empire's iron turtle shell, watch this old man open a skylight for you!" A voice like muffled thunder exploded. The hundred-meter-tall giant tore through the atmosphere, and the green-gold halo seemed to flow beneath his dark-green skin. As Du Busi raised his right fist, the pervasive poisonous mist actually transformed into nine poison dragons, coiling around his fist.
Roar—
Accompanied by Du Busi's earth-shattering roar, his already raised, mountain-like fist smashed fiercely down toward the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool barrier. This punch carried the sound of breaking wind, as if it could blast cracks into space itself.
Boom—
A colossal bang echoed, and the entire battlefield seemed to tremble. Under the massive impact, the soul tool barrier rippled violently, like a calm lake surface having a giant boulder thrown into it.
But the Sun Moon Empire's strength in soul tools was enough to withstand Du Busi's attack. Although this strike was earth-shattering and its momentum was exceptionally vast when it fully landed, by the time the momentum dissipated, the targeted node had already distributed the received impact force to other parts of the soul tool barrier.
However, this was only the beginning. Du Busi did not stop because of the result of this punch. He was like an inexhaustible war machine, throwing punch after punch down at that weak point. Every punch contained world-destroying power, and every strike made the soul tool barrier let out a mournful cry.
At this moment, Dai Hao and the others at the mountaintop watched with icy gazes, invisible killing intent spreading around them. Du Busi's arrival undoubtedly gave them an excellent opportunity.
Since that was the case, there was no reason to let it slip by.
"Attack together!"
Roar—
A tiger's roar shook the heavens. Dai Hao leaped into the air, transforming into a giant tiger under his Martial Soul True Body. His sharp claws stepped on the rocks as he fiercely charged down, presenting the momentum of a tiger descending a mountain, unstoppable!
"Ninth Soul Skill, White Tiger Explosive Strike!"
Giant Hammer Douluo, Xuanji Douluo, Shattered Star Douluo... Seeing this, the various Title Douluos of the Star Luo Empire naturally all made their moves.
"Focus your attacks on a single point!" As soon as these words were spoken, the Star Luo Empire's Title Douluos all used their strongest single-target attacks, aiming precisely at the spot where Du Busi was striking and letting them fall!
Hah— Du Busi let out an angry shout, and the qi and blood throughout his body surged at this moment. The dark-green on his body's surface completely faded away, replaced by incomparably dazzling golden light.
The Body's Ultimate Secret—Flawless Golden Body!
"Break!"
The blazing, blinding fist was covered by Immortal Gold. His fist intent soared to the heavens, suppressing the era as he blasted out. The atmosphere simply couldn't withstand such an ultimate strike, directly collapsing into a zone of vacuum.
At this moment, the attacks of the Star Luo Empire's Title Douluos seemed to be drawn in by Du Busi's fist edge, swirling around it. This caused the void to tremble, and spatial fissures were easily torn open. It seemed as if chaotic currents were surging, looking like a total collapse.
Boom—
The attacks combined, falling fiercely alongside his fist. Cracks on the soul tool barrier began to gradually spread. Under the pressure, those cracks, like spiderwebs, covered the entire barrier.
Seeing this, the faces of the Sun Moon Empire's experts became extremely ugly. They increased their output to the barrier, trying to repair the cracks and maintain its stability. However, the attacks were simply too fierce; their efforts were like a drop in the bucket.
Finally, under another violent bombardment from Du Busi, the barrier could no longer hold. With a sharp Crack! sound, a massive crack ran through the entire barrier, like breaking the final line of defense. Immediately after, the sky-blotting poisonous mist surged like a violent tide, rapidly invading the barrier through that crack.
The poisonous mist spread out, instantly filling the space inside the barrier. The Sun Moon Empire's experts, enveloped by the poisonous mist, one after another invoked various defensive measures to resist its invasion.
Buzz, buzz, buzz—
Streaks of light lit up as self-defense mechanisms triggered. But these methods were only effective for the Soul Engineers and the various Sun Moon Empire experts. For the other soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire, this poisonous mist easily reaped their lives.
The poisonous mist spread extremely fast. Many soldiers collapsed the moment they touched it, their blood and bones melting away in absolute agony. The existence of the soul tool barrier even trapped this poisonous mist inside, making it difficult to circulate, turning it into a bane for the Sun Moon Empire's own side.
"We must let the poisonous mist out!"
Ye Yulin's face was already iron-green by now. Jing Hongchen quickly followed up with a loud shout: "Change formations! Convert the barrier into a shield!"
Seeing this, the Sun Moon Empire experts hurriedly changed formations. A golden light shield blocked Du Busi's fist.
Naturally, Du Busi's anger had not completely dissipated. His soul power madly circulated, and dark-green light surged out, dyeing the surrounding air in bizarre hues.
Then, his ninth soul ring lit up.
The ground began to tremble violently, and dark-green cracks spread like spiderwebs. Then, thick dark-green liquid gushed out from the fissures. This liquid emitted a piercing stench, and wherever it went, the earth rapidly corroded.
The dark-green liquid continuously gathered, forming a churning "Poison Sea" before Du Busi. This "Poison Sea" was a profound jade-green color. Its surface shimmered, but it contained terrifying, lethal poison. Huge poison waves occasionally surged from the Poison Sea, slapping against the surrounding air with a hissing sound, as if announcing the coming of death.
The giant-formed Du Busi fiercely pushed both hands forward, shouting: "Ninth Soul Skill—Jade Sea Poison Demon Burial!"
In an instant, a massive poison wave tens of meters high rose from the Poison Sea. The wave was like a ferocious giant beast, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it pounced on the soul tool shield. Wherever the poison wave passed, space itself was eroded by the extreme poison, showing traces of distortion.
Seeing this, the Sun Moon Empire powerhouse's faces drastically changed. The oncoming poison wave carried a world-destroying aura, causing all of their heartbeats to suddenly accelerate.
This giant poison wave heavily slammed into the soul tool shield, letting out a deafening boom. But how could a mere shield possibly withstand a poison wave akin to a tsunami?
However, right at this moment, Woo woo woo—
A gust of ghostly wind howled past. A dark-purple hurricane came from the horizon, actually sweeping up the poison wave and the poisonous mist!
"'Zhongli Wu'!? It's you!? Good, good, good! It's just as well that Di Tian didn't kill you! Then this old man will send you to the Yellow Springs! To comfort the spirits of my Body Sect disciples in heaven!"
Du Busi's enraged roar echoed through the sky. It was nearing nightfall, yet the entire sky had completely turned dark-green.
At this moment, a dark-purple light flashed. Just as Du Busi said, it was "Zhongli Wu."
Obviously, he hadn't perished under Di Tian's Dragon God Claw just now... no, it would be more accurate to say he had died once, but his life-saving methods were so astonishing that he came back to life after dying once.
As for the price...
One could tell from that aura just now. The traces of the original Zhongli Wu on "Zhongli Wu"'s body had disappeared yet again. Once the original Zhongli Wu's traces completely vanished, "Zhongli Wu"'s identity would undoubtedly be unable to be hidden from the Douluo Plane's Plane Spirit, which would send down a Heavenly Tribulation to strike him down.
Of course, if the traces dropped to a certain point and the Plane Spirit was vigilant enough, it would similarly send a Heavenly Tribulation to annihilate "Zhongli Wu." Unfortunately, "Zhongli Wu" had already tested out some things using those five "fallen" "Body Sect Elders."
For example:
The Plane Spirit of the Douluo Planet had experienced a drop in "sensitivity." This represented a decline in His control over the Douluo Plane.
Although he didn't know the specific reasons, for "Zhongli Wu," this was undoubtedly a great thing for them!
It was precisely because of this that "Zhongli Wu" dared to catch Di Tian's Dragon God Claw, perish, and then quickly use a hidden trump card to revive himself again.
Du Busi swung his fist, and "Zhongli Wu" swung his scythe.
Boom—
At this moment, for hundreds of miles around, the entire sky changed color because of their battle. One side was an evil dark-purple, and the other was an overbearingly dark-green. The two auras each occupied half the sky. Where the two colors intersected, wind and clouds surged due to the collision between "Zhongli Wu" and Du Busi.
In mid-air, "Zhongli Wu" transformed into the Death God Puppet, dancing with his scythe. The dark-purple light converged on the blade of the scythe like a towering wave, turning into a streak of light that cleaved down toward Du Busi.
The golden giant formed by Du Busi took great strides through the void, his momentum fierce, unyieldingly meeting the attack head-on.
Amidst a resounding boom,
The two collided in mid-air once more.
In this instant, whether it was the Star Luo Empire's army or the Sun Moon Empire's army, all the experts who were about to take action in the air quickly descended, landing back on the ground.
Terrorizing pressure instantly descended from the heavens! Anyone whose cultivation was not at the Title Douluo level swayed unsteadily, their faces turning pale. That terrifying coercion felt as if the sky were falling.
On the peak where the Death God Soul Tool originally stood, only Dai Yueheng remained. Under the pressure of "Zhongli Wu" and Du Busi's collision, Dai Yueheng barely managed to raise his head. The moment he looked up, his pupils abruptly shrank.
"The sky is... cracking?!"
In mid-air, the fierce collision of the two powerhouses caused the sky to suddenly burst open like a blooming firework. The dark-green light behind Du Busi suddenly formed massive vortexes. Meanwhile, the dark-purple light behind "Zhongli Wu" seemed to turn into the Gates of Hell. Ghostly shadows in the shape of demons poured out from these "Gates of Hell," smashing into the dark-green vortexes.
At this moment, around their bodies, flashes of black light continuously appeared. From within that black light, the brilliance of stars could faintly be seen; clearly, these were spatial fissures.
However, the size of these fissures far exceeded the ones that had appeared previously.
Moreover, as the time of their clash lengthened, the frequency of the black light from these spatial fissures appearing became faster and faster. Gradually, a ring of black had already formed around the two of them, with signs of spreading even further outward.
Clang—
Fist and scythe intersected. The fist overpowered the scythe, suppressing "Zhongli Wu" by a margin, but in the next moment, he swatted it away with a backhand strike.
"Du Busi, are you going to keep fighting?"
Du Busi's gaze was filled with icy killing intent, looking at him as if he were already a dead man.
He didn't speak, only continuously throwing punches. Looking at his posture, it was as if he wanted to snap the scythe in half and pound "Zhongli Wu" into meat paste!
"Du Busi, do you think you can rely on just yourself now!? Don't forget, this is a war! And this seat is now a Limit Douluo, more than enough to pin you down!" "Zhongli Wu" let out a cold sneer.
As soon as the words left his mouth, he swung his scythe again. A dark-red streak of light, carrying ghostly howls, shot toward Du Busi. With another pull, he tried to force Du Busi into the higher skies!
Seeing this, the Sun Moon Empire experts and generals immediately organized their ranks, which had suffered relatively few casualties, and readied themselves. Obviously, they intended to use this opportunity of the Star Luo Empire's high-end combat power being tied up to launch another war and retake the Mingdou Mountain Range.
At this moment, on the border line between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, the aura confrontation between the two sides once again became heavy.
The war that had just paused seemed to be on the verge of breaking out once more!
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