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"First soul skill—White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"
Before the man arrived, his voice came first. Dai Mubai's cheeks swelled, and in the next instant a white beam as thick as the trunk of a century-old tree blasted forth.
Hearing that familiar voice and seeing that familiar technique, Zhu Zhuqing's expression remained utterly calm, as if she had anticipated it long ago.
Facing the incoming, thick white beam head-on, her figure flickered—and she slipped past it with ease.
She then taunted coldly, "Two years have passed, and you truly haven't improved at all, Dai Mubai."
Dai Mubai's face darkened. He was just about to retort when his vision suddenly blurred.
"What?!"
Zhu Zhuqing had already appeared right before him, her claws raking toward his throat.
After two years training at Qi's side, she had become a complete and consummate assassin.
When she struck, it was with a killing move.
Dai Mubai's pupils shrank to pinpoints; he hadn't even seen how Zhu Zhuqing closed the distance.
But he was, after all, the inheritor of the God of War and still had life-saving methods.
A layer of white light abruptly flared around his neck, and Zhu Zhuqing's strike landed as if on cotton.
She didn't grow discouraged. That he had a life-saving measure was within her expectations.
"Damn it! I can't believe I used up the life-preserving method from the God of War's divine trial like this!"
Humiliated and enraged, Dai Mubai clenched his fist and swung it toward Zhu Zhuqing's face.
Zhu Zhuqing simply stepped back and avoided it with ease.
Not giving him a chance to attack again, her figure turned erratic and ghostly.
In a flash, hundreds of afterimages encircled Dai Mubai, leaving him utterly unable to distinguish which one was the real body.
"Hmph. A person can't have that many bodies—only one is real!"
His eyes hardened, and he immediately unleashed his third soul skill—White Tiger Vajra Transformation. In an instant his entire frame swelled by two sizes, soul power surging.
"Fourth soul skill—White Tiger Meteor Shower!"
Even before the words fell, countless white light-orbs shot from Dai Mubai in all directions like a rain of meteors.
He intended to shatter Zhu Zhuqing's afterimages by force.
Yet the white orbs passed right through them, failing to inflict any meaningful harm.
"How is this possible?!" Dai Mubai was stunned; he hadn't foreseen this outcome.
Zhu Zhuqing, of course, offered no explanation. She launched her assault at once, one dark claw mark after another lashing unceremoniously across Dai Mubai.
"Chi, chi, chi!"
In an instant, the luxurious clothes on his body were ripped into hanging strips. Beneath the tatters, wounds of varying depths welled with blood.
With a shout, Dai Mubai forcibly tore free of her onslaught and, relying on the flight granted by his god-bestowed soul bone, fled into the distance.
The Dark Demon Evil God soul bone also granted Zhu Zhuqing the ability to fly, and she caught up to him in a heartbeat.
Seeing this, Sea Lance Douluo and the other Titled Douluo of Sea God Island felt their hearts sink.
They had lived with Dai Mubai for two years and naturally knew his talent and combat strength.
With the God of War's inheritance, he had few equals among the younger generation.
Who would have thought he'd fall into such a disadvantage so easily against that disciple of Lan Minghua?
"No good—Mubai won't last much longer. We must end this quickly!"
After giving the order, Sea Lance Douluo hefted his sea spear and charged first at the Titled Douluo of the Heavenly Dragon Empire.
With a heavy smash of the spear, a roaring blue wave surged out of thin air.
In an instant, it transformed into spear after spear of seawater, lancing forth like a rain of arrows.
The targeted Titled Douluo snorted coldly; a scarlet light burst from his eyes as his speed and strength rose.
Twin scimitars in hand, he became a streak of red lightning, plunging straight into the sea-spear barrage.
"Ding, ding, dang, dang!"
The ringing of metal clashing filled the air without pause. Countless sea spears were cleaved aside and crashed to the ground.
As the spears struck, they turned back into waves that rolled across the ground—waves the ordinary Star Luo soldiers could not withstand.
They were swept up—many dead, many maimed.
Sea Lance Douluo was engaged at close quarters in an instant, the two locking into a fierce melee.
The other Titled Douluo from Sea God Island did the same, each finding an opponent and battling one-on-one.
On the Spirit Hall side, there was no idling either. Under the command of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, they too entered the fray.
Though the Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall had also broken through with godly inheritances, their strength was a notch above that of Star Luo's.
Like tigers loosed upon prey, they leapt into the battlefield and instantly found their adversaries.
Chrysanthemum Douluo, a level 95 Titled Douluo, was especially formidable.
With a sweep of both hands, countless brilliant—yet lethally poisonous—chrysanthemum petals whirled forth like blades, sweeping toward the Heavenly Dragon Empire's Titled Douluo.
Ghost Douluo, meanwhile, moved like a phantom, melting into the shadows and launching surprise attacks from behind that left his foes defenseless.
The pair's seamless coordination caught the Heavenly Dragon Empire's Titled Douluo off guard.
Even so, the Heavenly Dragon Empire held an absolute advantage in numbers.
Among them, at least half were level 95 Titled Douluo.
Working in concert, they gradually formed an encirclement, slowly hemming in the Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall and Sea God Island.
Moreover, the Heavenly Dragon Empire's Titled Douluo were assassins—experts in killing strikes.
In short order, Spirit Hall and Sea God Island each lost two Titled Douluo.
And at this moment, those Star Luo Empire Titled Douluo under Fu Yunshi were still watching from the sidelines.
"Damn it!" Chrysanthemum Douluo's face flushed red, both anxious and enraged.
Maintaining his own defenses with effort, he cursed at Fu Yunshi, who was spectating in the distance.
"Fu Yunshi, you turtle hiding in your shell! We're here to help you, and you plan to stand there as bystanders? Does the fate of Star Luo Empire mean nothing to you? You disgrace your name as Star Luo's foremost general!"
Fu Yunshi's brows knit tightly, his eyes full of conflict.
Watching the brutal clash on the field, he understood.
If the allied forces of Spirit Hall and Sea God Island were defeated, the Star Luo Empire would be like lips without teeth—doomed to follow.
Yet if they rashly joined the battle, unforeseen consequences might be triggered.
Anxious, he quickly used a thread of voice transmission to reach Dai Yutian.
"Your Majesty, the situation is dire. The Spirit Hall–Sea God Island alliance is faltering. Shall we accept their proposal to unite and fight the Heavenly Dragon Empire together?"
Dai Yutian's face was so dark it seemed to drip ink; his expression struggled.
"Damn it! If we agree to an alliance with Spirit Hall and Sea God Island, won't my ambition to dominate the continent become impossible?"
"But if we don't join hands, and rely on Star Luo alone—even if we win, it will be a pyrrhic victory!"
As he hesitated, Zhu Yali spoke up: "Your Majesty, as long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. The most important thing now is to repel the Heavenly Dragon Empire. There will be plenty of chances to pursue hegemony later."
Hearing this, Dai Yutian nodded.
His gaze sharpened, and he transmitted to Fu Yunshi: "Agree to their terms! You go aid them first—We will bring the others shortly!"
Relieved, Fu Yunshi immediately rallied the other Titled Douluo.
"Together! We absolutely cannot allow the Heavenly Dragon Empire to rampage in our lands!"
With that, he took the lead, transforming into a majestic cloud lion and charging forward.
The other Titled Douluo of Star Luo also plunged into the fight, striking at the encirclement.
The situation reversed in an instant. With support, the beleaguered Spirit Hall–Sea God Island alliance regained its momentum.
Suddenly, the Heavenly Dragon Empire's Titled Douluo spread out, deliberately opening a path to let Star Luo's Titled Douluo—Fu Yunshi included—rush inside.
The original plan to coordinate from inside and out to break the encirclement collapsed. Instead, all who entered were trapped—turtles in an urn.
Smirks tugged at the corners of the Heavenly Dragon Empire Titled Douluo's mouths as they looked playfully upon the Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall, Sea God Island, and Star Luo.
"This is the moment we were waiting for. Prepare to face our Martial Soul Fusion Technique!"
(End of Chapter)