Above the heavens
Zu Chongzhi walked through the air.
"Is my title something vermin like you can know?!"
Sensing Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao's probing Spiritual Power, Zu Chongzhi did not conceal anything and released his Martial Soul.
"A Body Sect Martial Soul?!" Long Xiaoyao frowned as he flew into the sky to confront Zu Chongzhi.
"Hmph! Your Body Sect is courting death! You actually dared to kill the Holy Cult's consecrated elder!" Ye Xishui also shot into the sky, fully unleashing the pressure of a Limit Douluo upon Zu Chongzhi!
She had just determined that the newcomer was merely a Level 97 Super Douluo. At most, his combat strength could rival a Level 98 one.
Zu Chongzhi sneered inwardly. Two foolish rats, stepping into this old man's Level 10 Soul Tool, the God-Slaying Realm, without even realizing it.
Holy Cult Leader Zhongli Wu's Soul Power erupted.
The previous shockwave had not caused him much harm. After blasting away the rubble pinning him down, he happened to see Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao enter Elder Zu's trap together.
"Why does that mirror give me the illusion that it can easily kill a Limit Douluo?"
Since he was so far away, Zhongli Wu had not been affected by Elder Zu's Brain Martial Soul.
"Now that the Holy Cult is destroyed, I must hurry to Mingdu... No, they should have people in Mingdu as well!"
No matter how much he thought about it, he could not find a place to hide. Neither the three Douluo kingdoms nor the Sun Moon Empire would want to see him.
"The Demon Forest! Those evil soul beasts within are places no Soul Master would dare approach! As long as I remain alive, I can rise again. That trash Xu Tianxiong is useless; I can only cooperate with the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord first."
Zhongli Wu cast one last unwilling glance at his mother, who had already been trapped by the Level 10 Soul Tool, the God-Slaying Realm. Without leaking a trace of Soul Power, he headed toward the Demon Forest.
"Why don't you two rats surrender already?" Elder Zu mocked.
Where the God-Slaying Realm shone,
within a space that flickered in and out of reality, Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao struggled desperately against this Level 10 Soul Tool designed specifically to destroy the mind.
Caught off guard, the two had been trapped beneath the God-Slaying Realm. Their bodies could no longer move, and they could only use Spiritual Power to withstand the Soul Tool's savage might!
Feeling the threat of death drawing ever closer, Long Xiaoyao shook his head with a bitter smile and gazed tenderly at the woman he had wronged.
"Xishui, we really are going to die this time. I thought that after losing our restraints, we could both become gods. Sadly, we will never see that day. Evil Soul Masters are ultimately something heaven and earth cannot tolerate. You must stay far away from them in the future."
Hearing Long Xiaoyao speak as if saying farewell, Ye Xishui's beautiful eyes widened slightly. "Xiaoyao, what are you going to do?!"
"I will use all the lifespan I have left to break through into the Pseudo-God Realm! Then I'll send you away. Xishui, I... I'm sorry!"
Without waiting for Ye Xishui to react,
Long Xiaoyao raised his head and looked at the Level 10 Soul Tool that kept unleashing mental attacks, driving them into a dead end.
"I don't care who you are! Whether you are from the Body Sect or reinforcements hired by the Taiyue Empire, feel a god's pain! Ahhhhh!"
Wrinkles gradually appeared across the handsome face of the man who looked to be in his thirties. Even his once-upright body began to bend and hunch over.
The Dragon Emperor Douluo used every remaining year of his life for one purpose only: to break free from this Pseudo-God Realm!
The already dark night became even darker, as though all light was being drawn toward the absolute darkness above Long Xiaoyao's head.
The sky darkened, and this world became so dark that nothing could be seen.
Only Super Douluo above Level 95 could make out Long Xiaoyao's figure in the sky through their formidable spiritual cultivation.
Elder Zu had actually wanted to stop him the moment his opponent intended to become a Pseudo-God at the cost of his life, but he simply had no time to act. Previously, he had been the one restraining others, yet now the divine power gained through the other party's sacrificed lifespan instead used the God-Slaying Realm to restrain him.
"As expected, external things are ultimately just external things." Elder Zu sighed helplessly.
Xiang Yu, Xiao He, and Jing Hongchen had already appeared beside him, their expressions grim.
It was no longer a good time to leave. They might as well face Long Xiaoyao, who was about to become a Pseudo-God, together. As long as they endured one strike, they would survive!
"A Pseudo-God's full-force attack... can we really block it?!"
Jing Hongchen had the lowest Soul Power Level among them. He felt that if anyone were going to die, he would certainly be the first. The talents summoned by Xu Xiao could still survive through all sorts of incredible soul skills even without Soul Tools.
Xiang Yu's face was filled with nothing but fighting spirit. He could feel every drop of blood in his body yearning, boiling!
Ever since becoming the Overlord, it had been a long time since he had experienced a mere breakthrough aura that could make them feel as though one foot had stepped over death's boundary.
"Hall Master, I'll prioritize protecting you later. I don't know whether a Pseudo-God's attack can harm someone in another dimension, but it is still better than relying on soul machinery."
Xiao He's face was pallid as he struggled to endure the God-Slaying Realm's Mental Shock.
Jing Hongchen did not refuse. If they still played that game at a time like this, one moment of carelessness could let the God-Slaying Realm seize a gap in their minds and annihilate their souls.
"Xiaoyao, what are you doing?! Don't do this!"
Tears of regret unexpectedly streamed down the alluring face of Ye Xishui, the beautiful woman who appeared to be in her thirties.
Had she been wrong all these years? The person she loved had always only been Long Xiaoyao.
She had always kept him by her side by making him feel indebted to her, so they could remain together forever.
In the original story, they encountered Huo Yuhao. Now, they encountered Xu Xiao.
An invisible divine power gently enveloped Ye Xishui, tore through space, and sent her toward safety. At the same time, it crippled the evil Martial Soul she had cultivated for many years, the Blood Soul Demon Puppet.
After becoming a Pseudo-God, Long Xiaoyao had never intended to use his full-force strike to destroy Elder Zu and the others. Deep down, he had always believed that Ye Xishui had embarked upon the path of an Evil Soul Master because of him.
Thus, he used a great deal of divine power not only to cripple Ye Xishui's Evil Martial Soul.
He also crippled her Level 99 Soul Power. Her Bright Phoenix Martial Soul was left at only Level 10, with no soul rings attached.
Seeing that divine power envelop Ye Xishui and flee into space, Elder Zu and the others had no way to stop it. They could only remain ready at all times for Long Xiaoyao's counterattack.
His hunched body bid Ye Xishui a silent farewell with reluctance.
Long Xiaoyao was actually grateful in his heart for Elder Zu and the others' appearance. He had done many things against his will in this lifetime, and every one of them had betrayed his title.
The divine power of a Pseudo-God continuously restrained Elder Zu and the other two, as though he had no intention of attacking them. Xiao He saw through it: this man simply did not want them to harm Ye Xishui.
Looking at his lonely, aged figure, Xiang Yu seemed to see his former self. "Yu Ji, I should have let you go back then."
"Hahahaha!"
Long Xiaoyao threw back his head and laughed. Even though he was about to die, this was the happiest day of his life. He had seen Ye Xishui's tears. So she loved him too, hahaha!
Seeing Elder Zu and the others' wary expressions,
Long Xiaoyao, now aged beyond recognition, smiled and said, "Remember this, I am the Dragon Emperor Douluo!"
As those words fell,
his body turned into a wisp of blue smoke and slowly dispersed between heaven and earth.
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