Battle

Duanmu Ci appeared behind the completely unguarded Yan like a phantom. His whip kick, infused with Lightning Style Chakra and shrieking through the air, smashed viciously into Yan's lower back.

"Pfft—!" Yan felt an overwhelming force slam into him, and he spat out blood.

His body flew away like a broken sack, crashing through several large trees before finally stopping, his fate unknown.

"Yan!" Hu Liena was horrified, the color instantly draining from her seductive face.

She reacted swiftly, grabbing Xie Yue and standing back-to-back with him. Her Demon Fox Spirit possessed her body at once, and all seductiveness vanished from her eyes, leaving only shock and terror—

The opponent was incredibly fast and possessed an elusive spatial ability. He was practically impossible to guard against.

"Third Soul Skill, Mental Interference." When Duanmu Ci appeared like a phantom directly before her again, Hu Liena unleashed her strongest control skill without hesitation.

Pink mental ripples, like venomous stingers, pierced straight toward Duanmu Ci's mind.

However, the Rinne Sharingan hidden beneath Duanmu Ci's colored contacts merely turned coldly once.

"Urgh." Hu Liena's vision went dark. She staggered back with a muffled groan as blood seeped from all seven of her orifices.

"Before absolute power, all techniques are futile." Duanmu Ci's icy voice rang out as his figure vanished again.

The next instant, he appeared directly at the weakest flank of Hu Liena and Xie Yue's defensive formation.

Xie Yue's Blood Moon Blade slashed toward him with a piercing shriek, but Duanmu Ci ignored it.

His fist, wrapped in dense Sage Chakra, struck first despite moving later, smashing into Xie Yue's abdomen at a speed beyond the eye.

"Bang!" Terrifying force erupted.

Xie Yue flew backward like a kite with its string cut, crashing into Hu Liena behind him and sending her tumbling through the air as well. The two rolled across the ground in utter disarray before landing far away.

"Brat! You're courting death!" Ghost Douluo roared. He and Chrysanthemum Douluo transformed into streaks of black and gold light, locking Duanmu Ci, who had just revealed himself, firmly between them from opposite sides.

"Young man, this is your last chance. Surrender peacefully." Chrysanthemum Douluo's voice no longer carried its former gentleness, only barely restrained towering rage—anyone who dared hurt his Nana was unforgivable.

"Come on!" Duanmu Ci beckoned provocatively at the two Titled Douluo.

"Arrogant!"

"We'll grant your wish!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were completely enraged and no longer held anything back.

The two shot into the sky and hovered in midair.

"Martial Soul Avatar—Gui Mei!"

Ghost Douluo's figure became hazy and unstable as a massive, twisted phantom of Gui Mei, radiating endless gloom and the aura of death, merged with him.

At that moment, both Douluo activated their Martial Soul Avatars, their Soul Rings flashing!

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black,

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black,

A full eighteen Soul Rings floated side by side in the sky, like eighteen dazzling suns and deep, eerie black holes.

Vast Soul Power fluctuations swept in every direction. The sky changed color, and the earth trembled. This was the absolute might of Titled Douluo.

"Magnificent!"

Duanmu Ci looked up at the suffocating sight. Not only was there no fear in his eyes, but an even fiercer fire blazed within them.

He took a deep breath and rapidly formed hand seals.

Since the two Douluo had shown their true strength, he would no longer hide his own.

"Shadow Clone, release!"

His will crossed space like an invisible command.

Thousands of miles away, dozens of Shadow Clones sitting cross-legged and silently absorbing Nature Energy instantly dispersed into wisps of white smoke.

This was his greatest trump card. As long as he had sufficient energy, he would never lack powerful techniques.

Vast, pure Nature Energy surged into Duanmu Ci's body like a flood bursting through a dam, crossing the barriers of space.

Every meridian in his body felt as though it were being scorched by blazing fire. Veins bulged across his skin, his muscles swelled, and he seemed on the verge of bursting apart.

This was the trump card he had stored for a long time, meant for desperate situations—instantaneously gaining explosive power beyond his limits.

Naturally, the price was a lengthy recovery afterward. That was only because he possessed a Sage Body; an ordinary person would simply explode.

"Open! Sage Jutsu: Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique!"

Duanmu Ci roared, slamming both palms hard onto the ground.

The earth shook violently.

A colossal wooden golem over sixty meters tall erupted from the ground, wrapped in dense Sage Chakra that was nearly tangible.

Though it was far inferior to Hashirama Senju's towering Wood Golem, it was more than enough to contend with level ninety-five Titled Douluo.

"Sage Jutsu: Multiple Shadow Clone!"

Bang bang bang bang bang...

Over a hundred Shadow Clones shrouded in Sage Chakra instantly appeared around the Wood Golem and beside Duanmu Ci.

"Sage Jutsu: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!"

Over a hundred Shadow Clones simultaneously condensed energy spheres in their palms, their edges surrounded by high-frequency cutting halos.

"Go."

At Duanmu Ci's command, over a hundred Rasenshuriken radiating destructive fluctuations shot toward Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo in the sky, blotting out the heavens.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Chrysanthemum Remnants, Wounds Cover the Ground, Falling Flowers Break Hearts."

Facing Duanmu Ci's attack, Chrysanthemum Douluo roared as his enormous Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul Avatar spun madly.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Hellish Specters."

Ghost Douluo's cold voice sounded almost simultaneously.

The sky above Duanmu Ci abruptly tore open into an enormous black rift, radiating the stench of sulfur and the wails of dead souls.

Countless Gui Mei emerged from the black hole and charged straight toward Duanmu Ci and the enormous Wood Golem.

"Roar—!" The Wood Golem let out a muffled roar, swinging its enormous wooden arm upward with overwhelming force.

The wooden fist collided violently with the torrent of Gui Mei.

Countless specters wailed and dissipated beneath the radiance of Sage Jutsu, while the Wood Golem's arm was eroded, sending wood chips flying and leaving crack after crack across it.

At the same time, the Wood Golem's other massive fist smashed toward Chrysanthemum Douluo alongside the Rasenshuriken.

Golden rays collided explosively with the wooden fist and Rasenshuriken, triggering a violent bombardment.

Rays of golden light and Rasengan exploded one after another, but even more rays slipped through the gaps and shot toward Duanmu Ci.

"Sage Jutsu: Wood Release: Wood Dragon."

A massive Wood Dragon coiled down from the Wood Golem's arm, blocking the remaining golden rays and shielding Duanmu Ci atop the Wood Golem's head.

After that, both sides continued their fierce battle, neither able to gain the upper hand for the moment.

"Old Ghost, use that move."

Chrysanthemum Douluo's voice carried a trace of barely perceptible anxiety.

Duanmu Ci's techniques emerged one after another, and even stranger, he had yet to reveal a single Soul Ring.

They could not drag this out any longer. Who knew what other trump cards this brat had?

"Understood." Ghost Douluo immediately grasped his meaning.

The two instantly abandoned their attacks, transforming into a streak of gold light and a streak of black light as they rapidly drew closer to each other.

A huge, strange wave of Soul Power radiated from them.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Yin-Yang Stillness Domain."

The two Douluo rapidly merged together, and the golden and black light completely fused.

A terrifying aura capable of freezing even time and space instantly spread outward.

The moment Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo moved strangely and abruptly approached each other, alarm bells rang wildly in Duanmu Ci's heart.

How could he possibly forget that these two Titled Douluo still had a trump card capable of reversing the battle—the Martial Soul Fusion Skill?

In the original story, even the mighty Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape were instantly rendered helpless before this technique.

When the Yin-Yang Stillness Domain, capable of freezing even time and space, suddenly descended, Duanmu Ci's pupils contracted sharply and spun madly.

"Phasing."

His body instantly transformed into a hazy phantom, as though he existed independently beyond this frozen space and time.

The domain's radiance, containing the mighty power of dual-aspect time, passed through his illusory body as effortlessly as through air.