Sea Star Douluo

Su Xuan recalled a saying.

Within a god's domain, the god's eyes were everywhere.

"That makes sense. At a time like this, with so much going on, how could the Sea God not keep a close eye on his little base?"

One had to know that the most powerful thing about a deity was not personal invincibility, but the ability to harvest the power of faith. Once a deity's power of faith reached a certain level, they could advance and become a rare God King.

Su Xuan let out a long sigh. None of that mattered right now. Instead, he needed to properly restore his own strength. Although Sea Phantom Douluo had seemed to take a terrible beating, Su Xuan's own expenditure had been no small matter either.

The yellow- and purple-robed Sea Soul Masters guarding the Sea Phantom Sacred Pillar exchanged glances, unable to hide the fear in their eyes as they looked at Su Xuan.

Though they had not been inside it, they had been able to see the clash between Su Xuan and Sea Phantom Douluo within the Dragon Might Domain.

Seeing Su Xuan's violent final sword strike send Sea Phantom Douluo flying, they could not help but shudder at his terrifying strength.

Only after seeing Su Xuan enter a cultivation state did they hurriedly send several people over to take Sea Phantom Douluo back to Sea Phantom City to recover.

It was only after cultivating for a full two hours that Su Xuan opened his eyes again. Guided by the Sea God Trident, he headed toward his next target.

By now, nearly five hours had passed since Su Xuan began challenging the Fifth Trial.

The blazing light in the sky had diminished by nearly one-seventh. This was the time allotted for the trial, and judging by the current situation, everything was progressing smoothly in the Fifth Trial.

The moment Su Xuan saw Sea Ghost Douluo, whose martial soul was a Manta Ray, he already knew how this battle would end. It would probably be extraordinarily quick, because this fellow was simply far too weak.

With the cheat-like support of his Spiritual Power domain—

Su Xuan needed only the time it took to eat a meal to claim victory.

Sea Ghost Douluo left Su Xuan with his deepest impression in the form of that incomparably ugly face. He truly deserved the title Sea Devil.

Next came Sea Star Douluo. By the time Su Xuan arrived at the Sea Star Sacred Pillar, exactly seven hours had passed since the challenge began.

Su Xuan knew that this would certainly be a brutal battle for him, perhaps even more difficult than the previous two. Sea Star Douluo might not have been as strong as Sea Spear Douluo or Sea Phantom Douluo, but that was only relative. Among Titled Douluo, who could possibly be weak?

The reason Su Xuan judged this battle to be so difficult was simple: he had already determined Sea Star Douluo's Soul Master classification. Sea Star Douluo was likely the most disgusting kind of Soul Master on Douluo Continent—a Control-type Battle Soul Master.

"I hate those guys who like to kite people around."

Su Xuan muttered under his breath. After all, he also liked kiting foolish Soul Masters around. But when both sides liked to kite, the battle would become exceptionally drawn out.

The Sea Star Sacred Pillar platform resembled a massive starfish lying on the surface of the sea. Its symmetrical five-pointed shape was quite distinctive. Even the towering Sea Star Sacred Pillar itself rose upward in a five-pointed form, its demonic patterns shaped like stars, as though it had condensed from the light of the stars and moon in the heavens.

A strange man stood atop the Sea Star Sacred Pillar platform. He too wore a black robe, though it looked somewhat tattered. What was most startling was his long hair. It was terrifyingly long, draping all the way to the ground. It was the longest hair Su Xuan had ever seen, seemingly around three meters in length.

After resting, Su Xuan had recovered some of his mental state. His emotions and condition were as still as an ancient well, devoid of even a trace of feeling—rational and cold.

The strange man on the sacred pillar platform glanced at Su Xuan and beckoned to him.

Su Xuan rose into the air and flew toward the sacred pillar platform. While his body was still in midair, a flash of golden light silently bloomed and vanished. It was the Divine Dragon Thunder Transformation.

Before a fight, stacking a few buffs on oneself was common sense.

Just as Su Xuan was about to land on the sacred pillar platform, the strange Sea Star Douluo suddenly flashed with light. Nine Soul Rings in the optimal configuration appeared simultaneously.

His body also underwent an extremely bizarre transformation. If Sea Ghost Douluo had been incomparably ugly before, then the Sea Star Douluo before him was exceptionally disgusting.

His arms and legs instantly stretched out, transforming into enormous tentacle-like limbs. Each tentacle was covered with countless pale white circular suckers. His four limbs became four tentacles, while the fifth tentacle of the starfish was actually his long hair. That filthy-looking hair instantly tangled together, transforming into something like a tentacle as well. It looked as grotesque as could be.

The five tentacles lashed out almost simultaneously, shooting toward Su Xuan in the air. This Sea Star Douluo had no awareness whatsoever of the dignity expected of a Titled Douluo, directly launching what was practically a sneak attack. Of course, to him, it was tactics.

Although Sea Star Douluo did not know what had happened during Su Xuan's previous challenges, four of the seven golden lights infused into the blazing light in the sky had already vanished. Clearly, four of his companions had been defeated.

Among those four were powerful attackers like Sea Spear Douluo and domain controllers like Sea Phantom Douluo. Sea Star Douluo knew that he was weaker than both of them, so how could he possibly let his guard down against Su Xuan? To seize the initiative, he simply launched his attack first.

The facts also proved his judgment correct. When he saw that every one of the Soul Rings released by Su Xuan in midair was dazzling gold, he could not help but suck in a cold breath. He knew very well that with such strange yet terrifying Soul Rings, this young man's strength had to be extraordinarily frightening.

Facing Sea Star Douluo's five massive tentacles, Su Xuan released his martial soul and simultaneously fired five Golden Sword Qi, each one slashing toward one of Sea Star Douluo's tentacles.

He had to test just how powerful Sea Star Douluo's tentacles were. From a tactical standpoint, Sea Star Douluo, as a control-type Soul Master, was bound to possess extremely troublesome abilities.

The best way to deal with a high-level control-type Soul Master was to use control against control. However, as a staunch adherent of pure offensive tactics, Su Xuan knew pitifully few control skills.

The five Golden Sword Qi swiftly tangled with the five starfish tentacles. The instant they collided, both sides were shaken.

Su Xuan clearly felt that although his Golden Sword Qi had struck the starfish tentacles, they were immediately wrapped up by the thick tentacles. The grayish-white circular suckers on the starfish tentacles rapidly latched onto the Golden Sword Qi he had unleashed.

Su Xuan narrowed his eyes.

"An absorption ability?"

The Golden Sword Qi possessed unparalleled sharpness, yet it had actually been stuck?