The sound came from far away, then closer, and as the last word fell.
A golden, shimmering figure appeared like a ghost in the sky above the battlefield, stopping precisely at the edge of the dark green poisonous mist.
The newcomer was clad in golden armor, with an alluring face and skin as delicate as a woman's. It was none other than Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan!
At this moment, he stood in the Void Realm, nine spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—shining brightly around him. The powerful Titled Douluo pressure was unleashed without reservation, standing in equal opposition to Dugu Bo's dark green poisonous mist.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Gathering of Cold Essence!"
With a cold laugh, Chrysanthemum Douluo clasped his hands in front of his chest, and his fifth spirit ring suddenly lit up.
In an instant, countless Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum petals, shimmering with metallic luster and incredibly sharp edges, appeared out of thin air. They were like a golden downpour, or a swarm of bees guided by an unseen force, not shooting into the poisonous mist, but rather circling the mist area at high speed, condensing!
The friction between the petals and the poisonous mist produced a piercing whistle.
Soon, a giant, constantly shrinking golden tornado formed.
He actually intended to use this method.
To forcibly compress and trap Dugu Bo, along with his poisonous mist, within it!
Chrysanthemum Douluo knew the potency of Dugu Bo's venom well and dared not easily step into the range of the poisonous mist, so he chose a strategy of remote control and attrition. The sharp petal tornado continuously eroded the poisonous mist, emitting hissing sounds, as the dark green poisonous Qi and golden petals constantly annihilated each other.
"Ju Hua Guan! You unmanly fellow, do you really think you're worthy of taking this old man's life?"
Hearing this, Dugu Bo snorted coldly.
Facing his old rival, he showed no fear. The poisonous mist around him surged even more violently. With a gentle wave of his palm, the poisonous mist transformed into giant dark green Dragons, fiercely colliding with the petal tornado!
The fierce battle between two Titled Douluo instantly erupted in mid-air!
Gold and dark green furiously intertwined and collided in the sky. The shockwaves generated by the surging Soul Power plowed the surrounding ground once more. The remaining Royal Knights and the retreating black-clad figures, who had just caught their breath, were forced to retreat again, moving away from this terrifying battle zone.
Inside the carriage, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin's expressions grew even more solemn.
The appearance of Chrysanthemum Douluo meant that Spirit Hall's ambush had already deployed top-tier Elder-level combat power! This was not merely a show of force, but a fight to the death!
Just then, on the other side of the battlefield, a faint, ethereal shadow, like a ghost merged with the shadows, was silently approaching the carriage.
The next second, the light around the carriage suddenly dimmed, and the temperature plummeted.
As a cold wind howled, countless ghostly shadows appeared, as if countless vengeful Martial Souls were wailing. Pale arms reached out from the shadows, silently grasping towards the carriage!
This was precisely Ghost Douluo, Guimei's stealth method.
He attempted to use the ghostly shadows to confuse and restrain everyone, then directly attack the interior of the carriage.
However, he was facing Sword Douluo Chen Xin! The Titled Douluo reputed to have the strongest offensive power!
Just as the eerie ghostly Qi was about to touch the carriage.
"Hmph!"
Inside the carriage, a cold snort exploded like a clap of thunder!
"Fengzhi, Your Highness, be careful, someone is ambushing us!"
Seeing this, Chen Xin's eyes gleamed, and he immediately warned.
He didn't even get up or open the door; his figure transformed into an invisible, formless, sharp Sword Qi, instantly piercing through the carriage roof, then, with an unstoppable, sharp momentum, directly plunged into the surging ghostly shadows!
"Boom!"
Sword Qi and ghostly Qi fiercely collided!
The seemingly eerie and troublesome ghostly shadows, in front of Sword Douluo Chen Xin's utterly pure and sharp Sword Qi, instantly disintegrated and melted like ice under sunlight!
In an instant, a blurry black phantom, under the impact of the Sword Qi, grunted. He was forced out of his stealth state, his body uncontrollably flying backward, tumbling dozens of meters in the air before he barely managed to stabilize himself. It was Ghost Douluo, Guimei!
At this moment, black Qi fluctuated around him, clearly indicating that he had suffered a minor setback in that collision.
Sword Douluo stood suspended above the carriage, his white robes fluttering, holding the Seven Kill Sword, which shimmered with light. The tip of his sword pointed directly at Gui Mei in the distance, his eyes as cold as ten thousand years of profound ice. He said:
"Since you've come, fight me honorably."
"Why resort to sneaky ambushes?"
Without giving Gui Mei a chance to breathe or reply, Sword Douluo's black ten-thousand-year spirit ring, the sixth in his array, suddenly burst into brilliant light!
"Sixth Soul Skill, Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect!"
As Sword Douluo let out a cold shout, boundless Sword Qi soared into the sky, centered around him!
In an instant, in the sky, thousands upon thousands of Seven Kill Swords, entirely condensed from pure Sword Qi, appeared out of thin air, densely packed, covering the sky!
Each Seven Kill Sword emanated a sharp aura that pricked the skin. In a flash, all these sword tips simultaneously locked onto Ghost Douluo, Guimei below!
"Take my sword!"
With a low shout, Sword Douluo pointed the Seven Kill Sword in his hand towards Gui Mei from afar!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"
Immediately, these Seven Kill Swords poured down like a heavenly river, or like a rain of judgment sent by a deity!
Innumerable Seven Kill Swords transformed into streaks of white light, carrying a terrifying momentum that seemed to tear everything apart, and shot towards Ghost Douluo like a torrential downpour!
The sword rain covered an extremely wide area, and its speed was astonishingly fast, almost blocking all possible evasion routes for Gui Mei!
Facing this overwhelming Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect, imbued with Chen Xin's pure Sword Qi, even a powerful Titled Douluo like Gui Mei's expression changed dramatically!
He knew the terror of this sword rain; taking it head-on was definitely not a wise move.
"Damn it, stop watching the show, aren't you going to make a move?"
"Chrysanthemum Douluo and I are no match for these two!"
He looked up and cursed at the dense forest not far away.
The black mist around Ghost Douluo surged violently, his spirit rings flashed beneath his feet, and his figure instantly became as elusive as a ghost. He then transformed into streaks of black afterimages, frantically dodging and weaving within the limited space, evading the countless sword lights that pursued him like maggots to a bone!
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!"
Despite Ghost Douluo's extreme speed, a few Sword Qi still grazed his body, tearing through the black protective mist around him, leaving behind scars and making him appear quite disheveled.
As soon as Sword Douluo made his move, he displayed the terrifying might of the world's strongest offensive Tool Spirit, instantly suppressing Gui Mei, who was also a Titled Douluo!
Just as Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Divine Dragon venom and Chrysanthemum Douluo's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum were eroding each other in a stalemate, and Sword Douluo's Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect forced Ghost Douluo, Guimei into a frantic retreat, seemingly giving Tianxing Academy a slight advantage, another anomaly occurred!
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Two extremely powerful auras, like Vicious Beasts awakening from slumber, suddenly shot out from the depths of the dense forest beside the official road! Their speed was like lightning, and their target was the core of the battlefield!
These two were also clad in black, but the Soul Power fluctuations emanating from them were many times stronger than those of the previous Spirit Douluo and Spirit Saint!
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!
A full nine spirit rings simultaneously coiled up from beneath their feet. The Titled Douluo pressure, symbolizing the Peak power of the continent, was unleashed without reservation, crashing into the auras of the four Douluo: Chrysanthemum, Ghost, Poison, and Sword.
Immediately, the air throughout the entire battlefield almost solidified!
Two more Titled Douluo?!
One of them was as burly as an iron tower, his skin a dark metallic hue, his fists enormous, and he exuded a sense of immovable gravitas and power.
The other was much leaner, his movements as swift as the wind, his fingers long and slender, with a faint blue cold light shimmering at their tips, as if they could easily tear through metal and stone.
The addition of these two unfamiliar Titled Douluo instantly broke the original balance!
"Sixth Soul Skill, Shattering Stones and Opening Mountains!"
The burly Douluo let out a low roar, his sixth spirit ring lit up, and then, like a rampaging wild ox, he charged directly towards Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who was suppressing Ghost Douluo. His fists continuously swung, bringing forth dull sonic booms, intending to use brute force against skill and directly clash with the sharpness of the Seven Kill Sword!
Meanwhile, the lean Douluo's figure flickered, transforming into a blurry afterimage, and he entangled Dugu Bo in mid-air like a maggot to a bone.
Immediately after, his sharp claws, shimmering with a faint blue cold light, specifically sought to ambush Dugu Bo's back. His attack speed was incredibly fast, forcing Dugu Bo to divide his attention and respond, no longer able to release his potent venom as freely as before.
Suddenly, the battlefield situation took a sharp turn for the worse!
The Tianxing Academy side, which had previously held a slight advantage, instantly fell into a desperate two-against-four struggle!
The four Titled Douluo engaged in individual combat, and the explosions and energy shockwaves from their colliding Martial Soul abilities rose and fell, leaving the surrounding ground in ruins.
Trees beside the official road fell in swathes, as if the end of the world had arrived.
Inside the carriage, through the constantly shaking window, rattled by Sword Qi and Soul Power aftershocks, Tang Chuan looked at the two unfamiliar Titled Douluo who had suddenly joined the battle. His expression subtly changed, and he murmured to himself, "What? Two more Titled Douluo? But who are these two..."
His gaze swept over the burly Douluo and the lean Douluo. His mind quickly searched for information about known Titled Douluo in Spirit Hall, but he found he had no impression of these two.
Just then, he seemed to remember something.
A flash of understanding crossed his eyes, and he continued to think to himself:
"It seems Spirit Hall's true power runs far deeper than what they show on the surface. Besides the well-known Elders and Revered Ones, they indeed hide some unknown Titled Douluo."
"Just like the Titled Douluo in the original work who ambushed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan during the Martial Soul Hunt operation and perished with its Sect Master Yu Yuanzhen... and those minor Titled Douluo who were smashed to pieces by the enraged Tang Hao and Tang Xiao with the Clear Sky Hammer during the Jialing Pass battle."
"The names and Martial Souls of these people were not detailed in the original work. It seems these are them. Today will be another fierce battle!"
Having understood this, Tang Chuan's mood grew heavier.
He hadn't expected Spirit Hall to deploy so much hidden power just to stop him. This was a fight to the death! The current crisis was far more severe than he had anticipated!
However.
Just as the six Titled Douluo outside were locked in fierce combat, and the roar of colliding Martial Soul abilities echoed across the land, the anomaly around the carriage directly made everyone inside feel an even more personal chill!
"Rustle rustle rustle—"
"Rustle rustle—"
At some unknown point.
Hair-raising, minute sounds began to emanate from the grass and woods around the carriage.
Immediately after, countless spiders, all an eerie purple and varying in size, surged out like a tide, then swiftly crawled towards the carriage!
Wherever these spiders passed, the lush green vegetation withered, blackened, and died at a visible rate. Even the soil was stained with an ominous dark purple, emitting a pungent, fishy odor.
Potent poison! And an extremely virulent mixed poison!
"Oh no! It's the Death Spider Emperor! She... she came too?!"
Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi cried out in alarm, his face pale and filled with disbelief.
Looking at the purple poisonous spiders outside the window, rapidly closing in and exuding a deadly aura, everyone inside the carriage turned incredibly grim.
At this moment, Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo were firmly entangled and completely unable to provide support!
Just at this critical moment of Thousand Weight.
Tang Chuan and Xiao Ruier exchanged glances, a look of determination flashing in both their eyes.
At this moment, the only ones inside the carriage with sufficient combat ability were the two of them. If they didn't act, who would?
"School Master Ning, please assist Ruier and me later. If we use our Martial Soul Fusion Skill, with your assistance, our strength can be elevated to at least the Titled Douluo level!"
After reminding Ning Fengzhi, the two said no more. Their figures flashed simultaneously, then, like arrows released from a bowstring, they instantly rushed out of the carriage and landed steadily on its roof.
The very next second after they rushed out of the carriage.
A terrifying pressure, far colder, stickier, and more filled with the aura of death than any previous Titled Douluo, suddenly enveloped this area like an invisible Domain!
Not far away, from the shadows of the dense forest, a purple-haired figure slowly emerged.
She wore a veil over her face, and her tight black outfit outlined an incredibly proud, almost perfect, voluptuous figure. But at this moment, no one had leisure to appreciate her physique.
Because beneath her feet, nine spirit rings slowly coiled upwards.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!
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