Finally Stopped

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"Ah—!"

"My hand! My leg!"

"What the hell are these things?! Starlight dogs?"

"Fuck, I've never seen a Soul Master who can 'shake out dogs' before!"

"Kill them all, now! These beasts are strong!"

"Fuck, easy for you to say! They're comparable to spirit beasts several thousand years old, no weaker than high-level Soul Ancestors!"

The Bone Excavation Group members' screams rose one after another. Many had limbs bitten off by sharp fangs, or wounds torn open down to the bone by Claws infused with star-earth power, and their formation fell into chaos in an instant!

On the other side, Qiu Qingquan, whose pressure had suddenly eased, finally managed to catch his breath. Looking at the six giant dogs rampaging through the enemy ranks, he could not help praising, "Mingyuan, you're something else. This 'Dog King Command' of yours can call out seven dogs now? That's got bite! No wonder you grew up eating dog food."

"Get lost!" An Mingyuan's face was a little pale. This Soul Skill consumed far too much Mental Power and Soul Power.

Then he still grinned, a little proudly. "Heh, my family just rewarded me with this skull bone, and my Mental Power's improved quite a bit. I can support one more now!"

Yuan Run, who was working hard to keep the Stone Wall from collapsing, also found time to shout, "Keep it up! Kill these bastards! I remember your family's record is sixteen kinds of war dogs, right? Looking forward to the day you've got a whole pack!"

Without even turning his head, An Mingyuan replied, "Yeah. But before, aside from my family's original yellow-headed, white-faced form, the other war dogs we summoned couldn't exceed the Soul King level. Now that we have the Formless Star Canon, my father and the others can already summon Ten Thousand Year Beast King Level ones."

"Now that's what I'm talking about. I've got high hopes for you!" Qiu Qingquan panted heavily, then asked curiously, "Tell me, in this Underground World, do you think there are any powerful dog-type spirit beasts?"

While keeping an eye on the battle, An Mingyuan stuffed a pill into his mouth that rapidly restored Soul Power. Hearing that, he said, "Hard to say. Maybe. But they can't be too strong. If they're too strong, I might not be able to keep them under control, and that'd be trouble instead."

In fact, this secret art of the Earth Guardian Dog Command, jokingly called the "Dog King Command," contained the martial soul aura and guardian will of the "Star Watcher's Sensing Chapter." It could not only summon war dogs condensed from starlight, earth, and stone, but also invisibly draw masterless nearby dogs with an instinctive affinity toward "home" and "guardianship."

At that moment, at the edge of this blood-soaked Ancient Fortress Battlefield, some stray dogs that had been startled into hiding by the shouts of battle and fluctuations of Soul Power now had a wild gleam and a trace of closeness rising in many of their eyes under the secret art's summons.

They crawled out from behind collapsed walls, from ditches, and from beneath abandoned carriages.

Most of them were little more than skin and bones, yet at this moment they bared their teeth and growled low, answering the call of the "Dog King Command" as they recklessly lunged at the enemies wearing Bone Excavation Group uniforms.

Perhaps they were not strong, but biting ankles, disrupting lines of sight, and creating chaos still truly added to the Bone Excavation Group's troubles.

Of course, some wild dogs were completely terrified by the horrifying scene. Whimpering with their tails tucked tight, they fled into the deeper darkness without looking back, not answering the summons.

The pack's addition could not completely reverse the high-end pressure brought by the Soul Saints, but it greatly relieved the pressure on the middle and lower levels of the battlefield, especially easing Qiu Qingquan's mobile reinforcement duties and Yuan Run's defensive burden, allowing the Wind and Rain Swaying defensive line around the core area to temporarily stabilize once more.

However, everyone knew the real crisis still lay with those three Soul Saints watching like tigers eyeing their prey!

Just then.

At the very core of the defensive circle, Chen Xiaojun, who had been tightly protected all along, finally stopped in his steps toward the depths of the ancient fortress!

He no longer advanced. He stood still where he was, eyes tightly shut, the long sword in his hand angled toward the ground. The terrifying fluctuation that had been pulling him forward, mixed with madness and sharpness, was now rapidly shrinking back into his body like a receding tide, condensing and gathering as though undergoing a final transformation and compression.

This change was immediately caught by his companions, who had been watching him closely at all times.

"He stopped!"

If he went any deeper into the enemy formation, that would be delivering himself right to their door!

On the distant high platform, when Chen Zhang saw Chen Xiaojun stop, he also involuntarily let out an extremely faint breath of stale air, and his tightly furrowed brows eased a little.

This was the exact moment he had been gambling on!

"Young Master stopped!"

"Hold on! Xiaojun needs time!"

This signal was like a shot to the heart, instantly lifting the morale of the young boys and girls bitterly holding the circular defensive line.

However, the enemy would not grant them the slightest chance to breathe because of it.

Thirty seconds... sixty seconds... three minutes!

These three minutes were three minutes in which blood and Soul Power burned madly!

The Five-Colored Poison Mist and the Purple-Black Poison Miasma churned violently, colliding and corroding with sizzling sounds. The illusory forms of the Three-Poison Beasts shuttled through the formation, tearing and biting as they crazily assaulted the Purple-Spotted Soul Saint's defenses.

Blue veins bulged on Du Gu Fu's forehead, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. His consumption was enormous, and the poison formation fluctuated violently, nearly collapsing; fortunately, Ma Wencai's Sun Soul Skill support stabilized their footing.

Although the Purple-Spotted Soul Saint was shocked, his deep Soul Power still gave him the upper hand.

On the frontal battlefield, True Lord Tian Peng swung the Nine-Toothed Rake, and howling astral winds forced the Shadow Fanged Leopard Soul Saint to avoid taking them head-on, relying only on speed to circle and dodge.

The Divine General's momentum was like a rainbow, forcing him back several times, yet because of the Earth-Shaking Rock Rhinoceros Soul Emperor's assistance, he fell into a stalemate.

On the other side, Chen Mu and the Ghost Bat Soul Saint turned into interweaving streaks of light and shadow, with piercing metallic explosions ringing out without end.

Chen Mu pushed his sword techniques and Seven Star Steps to their peak, doing his utmost to withstand the opponent's elusive Bat Wing Claw Blades. He was completely suppressed, with no path to counterattack; under the Ghost Bat Soul Saint's advantage in speed and strength, his room to maneuver was being steadily eaten away.

Most important was the pressure on the middle and lower levels. As time passed, it did not lessen. The Bone Excavation Group had a vast number of desperadoes, charging forward wave after wave.

The Five Red Dogs and Chow Chow Dogs charged left and right through the enemy ranks, stirring up sheets of Blood Rain, but they were surrounded and killed before the White Earth Pine Dog could even come to their aid.

The Four-eyed Dog accurately pounced on the assassins in the shadows, only to be counter-killed by the three assassins who followed.

The stray dogs also suffered heavy casualties.

"Yuan Run! Wall!!" Qiu Qingquan screamed hoarsely.

Several Bone Excavation Group Soul Kings, shielded by a large number of gang members, endured the Rock Needle Rain and the corrosion of Dark Corrosion Claw as they joined forces to bombard Yuan Run's tottering Stone Wall.

Boom—crack!

The thick Stone Wall collapsed with a thunderous crash! Yuan Run's Soul Power was completely exhausted. He spat blood and fell sitting to the ground, and the shattered stones nearly buried half his body.

"Old Yuan!" Qiu Qingquan's eyes nearly split with fury as he risked his life to rush over and drag him back.

The breach yawned open! The fierce Bone Excavation Group members howled as they poured into the defensive circle.

"Hold the line!" An Mingyuan roared, ordering the surviving Yellow-headed White-faced Dog, Tiger Brindle Dog, and Five Black Dogs, together with Qiu Qingquan, to desperately block the breach.

The Yellow-headed White-faced Dog bit down on a Soul King's leg, the Tiger Brindle Dog rammed several gang members flying, and the Five Black Dogs tore into the enemies behind them.

The battle was brutal, blood staining the earth!