The four arrived at the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar.
Compared to the other sea lakes, this one was clearly larger. The clear water was crystal clear to the bottom, and one could see tiny sea creatures swimming within. There seemed to be no sea soul beasts present, and the entire sea lake was circular. The shore was lined with various plants—blue sky, green trees, and clear sea blended into a beautiful scene.
At the center of the Sea Lake, the sacred pillar platform echoed the surroundings: also circular, about thirty meters in diameter, and blue as the sea. Fine scales were carved on it, lifelike as if it were real. A blue dragon coiled around the circular pillar.
Worthy of being the head of the seven sacred pillars—truly solemn and majestic.
At the edge of that platform stood a bare-chested man, over two meters tall, his back to the four. His physique was an inverted triangle: broad shoulders, granite-like back muscles, and deep blue, shoulder-length, naturally wavy hair. On his solid back was tattooed a blue dragon. There was no doubt—this was the guardian here, the strongest of the Sea God's Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians: Sea Dragon Douluo.
Hearing the group approach, Sea Dragon Douluo slowly turned. In front of them appeared a rugged face, looking only in his thirties. His thick chest and abdominal muscles gleamed with a bronzed, healthy glow like armor.
"You've arrived sooner than I expected," Sea Dragon Douluo said. "You want to challenge me so early—are you sure? My strength is totally different from the others you've seen."
Sea Dragon Douluo spoke arrogantly, but it was the truth. Upon reaching level ninety-five, one steps into a new realm. There's a qualitative leap between a ninety-fourth and a ninety-fifth level Titled Douluo.
Previously, the Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluos always claimed to be ninety-fifth level, but in reality, they hovered between ninety-four and ninety-five, always one step short of a Super Douluo.
But the Sea Dragon Douluo before them was a true Super Douluo.
"I know your strength, senior, but I won't back down easily. Please advise me!" Oscar stepped forward.
"I don't know where a food-type soul master like you gets his confidence, but since Lord Sea God arranged it, there must be a reason. Fine, I accept your challenge." Sea Dragon Douluo immediately released his martial soul. His body began to transform, the blue dragon tattoo on his back glowing brightly. A strong blue light enveloped him, and a violent surge of energy rushed out, causing the sea water around the platform to surge in a massive wave.
His bare skin was quickly covered in blue scales, each scale rounded and ridged. In no time, all his exposed skin was covered. His already powerful build swelled further, and a dark blue crystal, like an eye, emerged from his chest. The phantom of a vast blue dragon loomed behind him.
Two yellow, two purple, five black—nine soul rings rose at his feet.
This powerful aura marked Sea Dragon Douluo as an assault-type battle soul master. He strongly resembled Yu Tianheng, and apart from a different attribute, this Sea Dragon martial soul was likely not inferior to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
"Sixth soul skill—Mirror Sausage!"
Oscar chanted his soul incantation. Although it was the same soul skill, at least his incantation wasn't as lewd as in the original, just slightly less embarrassing.
Soon, a Mirror Sausage appeared in his hand. Sea Dragon Douluo didn't attack immediately—he knew the real trial began only after Oscar ate the sausage. Otherwise, what could a food-type soul master do against him?
Oscar pulled out a small bottle from his pocket—the very one Tianlin had given him before they came to Sea God Island, containing Tianlin's blood, his greatest trump card.
Oscar opened the bottle, dripped a single drop onto the Mirror Sausage, and instantly, an immense aura burst forth—even Sea Dragon Douluo instinctively grew wary. He was sure that after eating the sausage, Oscar would have the power to rival him.
"As expected of Xiao Tian's blood—the power is immense. I hope I can handle it!" Oscar encouraged himself, then decisively swallowed the Mirror Sausage. Instantly, a tidal wave of power surged through him.
Tianlin, who had given the blood at the time, was an eighty-something-level Soul Douluo, but his strength was nearly on par with a ninety-six or ninety-seven Super Douluo.
After eating the Mirror Sausage, Oscar could temporarily copy Tianlin's Demon Sword martial soul and wield eighty percent of its power. Of course, this only extended to the martial soul and soul rings—he couldn't copy Tianlin's sword skills, soul bones, or domains, and the Holy Spirit Pearl seemed beyond the Mirror Sausage's limit and couldn't be copied either.
But that was enough. Among Titled Douluos, few could withstand the Demon Sword's soul ring skills, especially with Sea Dragon Douluo currently limited to sixty percent of his power.
A blue demon sword appeared in Oscar's hand. Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, red, red, red—eight soul rings rose at his feet. However, since Oscar himself was only over seventy, the eighth ring was just for show.
The greatest weakness of the Mirror Sausage was that it was still bound by Douluo Continent's rules: as a Soul Sage, Oscar could only use the skills of his first seven rings.
"This is… a sausage that copies another's abilities? But who did he copy to have three red soul rings, two of which are far beyond the hundred-thousand-year level?" As the strongest Sacred Pillar Guardian, Sea Dragon Douluo had heard rumors of fierce beasts—after all, there was a super beast in the sea.
He also knew that the soul skills of these beasts were far stronger than ordinary hundred-thousand-year ones.
"Take this! Seventh soul skill—Demon Sword True Body!" Oscar didn't give Sea Dragon Douluo time to be surprised, immediately launching a fierce attack.
The Mirror Sausage's duration was very limited—if it were someone else's blood, he could last three minutes, but with Tianlin's blood, Oscar estimated he could last two minutes at most, or his body would break down.
"Seventh soul skill—Sea Dragon True Body." Sea Dragon Douluo didn't dare be careless and activated his martial soul avatar as well.
He didn't activate his domain, though—for someone without a domain like Oscar, Sea Dragon Douluo's domain would have no effect, since his domain was the Demon-Breaking Domain, which cancels out the opponent's domain, much like Tianlin's Demon-Suppressing Domain.
With no domain suppression, it came down to a pure contest of soul skills, and in this, Oscar was now fully confident.