Star Luo City, the central battlefield. Long Xiaoyao sent Xuanzi flying with a single punch, smashing him deep into the ground and creating a huge crater several hundred meters deep.
Long Xiaoyao clenched his fist. "Xuanzi, I don't wish to fight you. Don't force my hand!"
When he was young, Long Xiaoyao had studied for a time at Shrek Academy under the old Pavilion Master (Mu En's teacher), so he and Xuanzi shared some history.
Moreover, because he felt guilt toward Mu En, he naturally did not want to cross blades with Xuanzi.
At the same moment Xuanzi was struck, a green light brimming with life force shone upon the Taotie Divine Bull that Xuanzi had transformed into, healing the minor wounds on his body.
Xuanzi's figure flickered. Then, as if nothing had happened, he flew out of the deep crater unharmed.
Xuanzi and Long Xiaoyao faced each other in the air. Beside Xuanzi stood thirteen Super Douluo experts.
Half of these Super Douluo were powerhouses from Shrek Academy, while the other half came from Star Luo Empire and Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
The one who had just healed Xuanzi was the Vice-Hall Master of Star Luo Empire's Worship Hall, the continent's number one healing-system soul master, Wang Xian'er, whose martial soul was the Healing Angel. Level 95, titled Medical Immortal!
The Healing Angel's martial soul could convert soul power into life force. As long as soul power remained sufficient, it could continuously heal others at an extremely fast rate. As long as Wang Xian'er was present, unless someone died instantly, she could save them.
Besides this number one healing soul master on the continent, a short distance away stood numerous support-type soul masters providing buffs to Xuanzi and the other powerhouses.
Leading them were two people of noble bearing who drew everyone's attention. One was the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's Clan Leader, Ning Zhiyuan.
There was no need to elaborate on Ning Zhiyuan. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan was renowned throughout the world; its all-around 80% amplification was enough to double a soul master's strength.
Ning Zhiyuan had not come alone; he had brought several direct-line elders of the clan, all of whose martial souls were also the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. They took turns with Ning Zhiyuan to provide amplification.
After all, amplifying a peak level-98 Super Douluo like Xuanzi consumed an enormous amount of soul power. Even though Ning Zhiyuan was a level-79 Soul Sage, he could not sustain it for long alone. With others to rotate, they could rest in turns, making it much easier.
The other leader of this group of support-type soul masters held an even higher status than Ning Zhiyuan.
This person was none other than the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei.
Above Xu Jiawei's head floated a magnificent crown seemingly composed of countless faint golden stars—exquisitely beautiful.
This crown was the inherited martial soul of the Star Luo Empire's imperial Xu family: the Star Crown.
The Star Crown martial soul had already been famous throughout the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago.
Back when the Spirit Hall still existed, six particularly powerful martial souls were engraved on Spirit Hall's tokens.
Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire each occupied three of those seats, and among them, the Star Crown was the foremost of Star Luo Empire's three great martial souls.
At that time, the Dai family's White Tiger martial soul of the Star Luo imperial line was not considered strong enough and had not been selected by Spirit Hall for engraving on the token.
Later, even when Spirit Hall unified the continent, it never made a move against the Star Crown Xu family. One could see just how powerful the Star Crown martial soul was.
In terms of martial soul quality, the Star Crown was only slightly inferior to ultimate martial souls.
Its support ability did not lose to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while its combat power surpassed many top-tier martial souls.
It could fight and heal, and unlike the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, it had no cultivation flaw—it could reach Title Douluo without issue.
One could say that if the Star Crown did not possess such strong personal combat ability and had been classified purely as a support-type martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda would long ago have become the continent's second greatest support martial soul instead of the first.
As the Emperor of Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei's cultivation was by no means low—he had already reached level 94 Title Douluo.
If Xu Jiawei had not been occupied with state affairs and lacked time for cultivation, with his talent and the immense resources of the Star Luo imperial family, his cultivation might well have broken through to level 95 Super Douluo.
When Long Xiaoyao said, "Don't force me,"
Xuanzi's huge bovine eyes glared furiously until they were perfectly round. He stared at Long Xiaoyao and roared, "Long Xiaoyao, what do you mean by 'I'm forcing you'? When have I ever forced you?
Do you have any idea how many innocent lives these Evil Soul Masters have stained their hands with? Do you know?!
Shrek Academy has united the powerhouses of the three original Douluo empires and numerous sects precisely to wipe out these Evil Soul Masters in one fell swoop, to return a clear sky to the continent, and avenge those innocent commoners.
Yet you actually side with these Evil Soul Masters and block us. You are the continent-renowned Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao!
When you were young, you hated Evil Soul Masters more than anyone, yet now that you're old, you stand together with them. Have you gone mad? Or have the Evil Soul Masters controlled you?"
Hearing Xuanzi's words, Long Xiaoyao's expression stiffened. He opened his mouth, but no words came out.
As the Hall Master of the Holy Spirit Cult's Worship Hall, how could he not know how many people the Holy Spirit Cult's Evil Soul Masters had killed and how many evils they had committed?
For a moment, the small amount of conscience Long Xiaoyao still possessed began to release faint feelings of guilt. He lowered his head and said to Xuanzi, "Xuanzi, I have my own difficulties…"
At that moment, from the other side, where Du Busi—leading the Super Douluo of the Body Sect and Heaven Dou imperial worshippers—was fighting Ye Xishui, Du Busi roared in rage, "Pah! What difficulties? I think you've simply mixed yourself up with Evil Soul Masters!
You're a Limit Douluo! If you truly didn't want to, who could force you to do anything against your will?
Xuanzi, stop wasting words with this muddled old fool—take him down!"
Hearing Du Busi actually curse Long Xiaoyao, murderous intent flashed in Ye Xishui's eyes. She immediately decided to make Du Busi pay.
Ye Xishui's seventh soul ring lit up. With a palm strike, a surging sea of blood rolled out, blotting out the sky as it swept toward Du Busi.
"Limit Douluo? Watch me shatter you!" Du Busi bellowed.
As the Body Sect Master, Du Busi's combat strength was astonishing. Once he activated his golden-grade second-awakened Body Martial Soul, his power would double, allowing him in a short time to even contend with a Limit Douluo.
Moreover, around Du Busi stood Super Douluo from the Body Sect and Heaven Dou Empire to assist him, along with support-type soul masters providing amplification.
Thus, facing Ye Xishui, this level-99 Limit Douluo, Du Busi felt no fear at all.
Two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red—nine soul rings rose around Du Busi's body. Immediately afterward, golden light exploded from his entire body: the golden-grade second awakening of his Body Martial Soul.
Under this state, Du Busi's strength skyrocketed.
He placed both hands in a tower-holding stance and forcefully lifted against the incoming sea of blood from Ye Xishui, actually managing to hold it back and forcibly intercept it!
Seeing this, Du Busi laughed loudly. "Hahaha! So a Limit Douluo is only this much—take my fist!"
With that, Du Busi transformed into a giant and swung a sandbag-sized fist straight at the petite Ye Xishui.
That terrifying punch pierced through space, shattered the atmosphere, and made the earth tremble.
Ye Xishui glared venomously at Du Busi, but his strength was indeed extraordinarily powerful; for the moment, she truly had no quick way to deal with him.
Ye Xishui's beautiful face turned ice-cold. "Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish. Today, I'll let you understand the gap between a Super Douluo and a Limit Douluo!"
Ye Xishui's seventh soul ring lit up once more. Her Blood Soul Demonpuppet martial soul fused with her body, and she fought Du Busi head-on, their battle tearing black voids in the surrounding space.
The Super Douluo from the Body Sect and Heaven Dou Empire only dared to release soul skills from afar to assist Du Busi in surrounding Ye Xishui; none dared to enter the core of the fight.
Seeing Du Busi perform so powerfully, Long Xiaoyao grew worried that Ye Xishui might be injured by him.
In front of Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao no longer cared whether Xuanzi was from Shrek Academy or someone he knew—he immediately tried to shake off Xuanzi and the others to go help the woman he loved.
"ROAR!"
A resounding dragon roar deafened the ears and resounded through the heavens.
Long Xiaoyao's seventh soul ring lit up. In an instant, he transformed into a hundred-meter-long dark dragon, opened its maw, and spewed dragon breath straight at Xuanzi.
Wherever the terrifying dragon breath passed, space shattered, carving a deep ravine in its wake—its might was astonishing.
Seeing Long Xiaoyao abandon their past friendship and fight for real, Xuanzi instantly felt pressure multiply.
His strength was already inferior to Du Busi's, and the gap only widened after Du Busi used his golden-grade second-awakened Body Martial Soul. In a one-on-one fight, he definitely could not defeat Long Xiaoyao.
Fortunately, he was not fighting alone—he had numerous allies.
Behind him stood the continent's strongest healing soul master, Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er, as well as the two most powerful support soul masters, Ning Zhiyuan and Xu Jiawei.
With the aid of these three, Xuanzi was confident that even against Long Xiaoyao, he dared to fight.
The Taotie Divine Bull that Xuanzi had become let out a strange roar that sounded neither fully bovine nor draconic.
On its horns, nine soul rings radiated peculiar light. The energy from the soul rings poured into Xuanzi's martial soul true body, making it even stronger—this was Shrek Academy's secret technique.
The Super Douluo from Shrek Academy and Star Luo Empire also unleashed their strongest soul skills one after another, working together to help Xuanzi withstand Long Xiaoyao's attack.
The support-type soul masters, not far behind Xuanzi, were not idle either.
Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei's nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, one red—rose around him.
His third, sixth, seventh, and ninth soul rings lit up simultaneously.
The Star Crown above Xu Jiawei's head released boundless starlight. Countless rays of starlight gathered into a golden domain.
Ninth soul skill: Domain of Stars!
Seventh soul skill: Star Crown True Body!
Immediately, one especially thick golden pillar of light, accompanied by several thinner one,s surged forth and poured fiercely into Xuanzi and the other Super Douluo.
As the golden pillars infused them, the aura of Xuanzi and the others sharply rose a level, and intense golden starlight radiated from their bodies.
This was the domineering might of the Star Crown martial soul: group amplification using the power of stars to raise the combat strength of others.
In the original Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Xu Jiujiu at Soul King level had only used the Star Crown's third soul skill, Starlight Brilliance, yet managed to boost his six Soul King teammates to nearly Soul Emperor level.
As a level-94 Title Douluo, Xu Jiawei's amplification ability was far stronger, longer-lasting, and covered more people than Xu Jiujiu's.
Especially with his seventh soul skill, Martial Soul True Body, and ninth soul skill, Domain of Stars, the effects of his skills were greatly enhanced while consumption was reduced.
Under the boost of his domain and true body, the amplification effects of his third soul skill, Starlight Brilliance, and sixth soul skill, Ascension of Stars, were directly doubled.
At the same moment Xu Jiawei acted, Ning Zhiyuan beside him was not willing to fall behind.
Ning Zhiyuan looked at Xu Jiawei and thought to himself, "The Star Crown martial soul truly lives up to its reputation, but my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is not inferior in support ability."
Martial Soul True Body!
Ning Zhiyuan's entire body was enveloped by a massive seven-colored pagoda. All seven soul rings—two yellow, two purple, three black—lit up together.
Strength amplification, speed amplification, soul power amplification, defense amplification, attack amplification, attribute amplification!
Under the effect of Martial Soul True Body, Ning Zhiyuan threw all six amplification skills onto Xuanzi alone.
However, Ning Zhiyuan's soul power cultivation was far inferior to the Title Douluo Xu Jiawei; he could only amplify Xuanzi alone—the others were beyond his ability.
Still, the remaining support-type soul masters were not useless; they all began using their soul skills to amplify the Super Douluo.
Under the buffs of the support soul masters, the Super Douluo from Shrek Academy and Star Luo Empire were like warriors injected with chicken blood—their combat power soared.
Especially Xuanzi, this peak level-98 powerhouse who received concentrated amplification from the two strongest support soul masters, Xu Jiawei and Ning Zhiyuan—he underwent a complete transformation.
Roaring furiously, he charged forward. His massive horns met Long Xiaoyao's dragon breath head-on and directly scattered it.
For a time, Long Xiaoyao was completely tied down by Xuanzi and had no way to aid Ye Xishui.
Although the three original Douluo empires had no Limit Douluo fighting on their side, relying on their overwhelming numerical advantage in Super Douluo and Title Douluo, the Holy Spirit Cult could gain no upper hand at all.
Long Xiaoyao was held back by Xuanzi, who led the experts from Shrek and the Star Luo Empire.
Ye Xishui was held back by the Body Sect's Du Busi and the powerhouses from Heaven Dou Empire.
The elders, worshippers, main and vice sect leaders, and Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult were surrounded and attacked by a Super Douluo from the Dou Ling Empire, leading over a hundred Title Douluos.
Although the Holy Spirit Cult's Title Douluo and Super Douluo were stronger than soul masters of the same level,
the Title Douluo and Super Douluo of the three empires were no pushovers either. One might not be able to win against an Evil Soul Master of the Holy Spirit Cult, but what about two or three?
Moreover, the three empires were not lacking in strong fighters either—Title Douluo from sects like the Body Sect or Mysterious Underworld Sect were in no way inferior in combat strength to Evil Soul Masters of the same level.
For a time, the previously ferocious Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters suffered heavy encirclement and fell completely into disadvantage.
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