Ambush

"Big brother, what do we do?"

Er Ming's smile froze completely on his face, leaving only despair.

Though it was only two strikes, shattering the meteorites had nearly drained all their strength.

The third one was coming... Even if they barely broke it, what about the fourth, the fifth?

Da Ming was equally helpless.

He understood better than Er Ming that the Lake of Life was not only their home but also the territory of those terrifying savage beasts!

But now they couldn't hold it back, and they couldn't reach them either.

Let those savage beasts block it themselves.

With so many meteorites, this was clearly no accident.

"Er Ming, go!" Da Ming growled low.

The Titan Giant Ape had been waiting for those words and immediately broke into a full sprint.

The two colossal beasts turned into blurs, charging toward the forest's edge.

Boom—!

The third meteorite slammed down violently, the earth quaking as lake water erupted skyward into towering waves.

This devastating roar finally tore through the silence of the alien space.

The destruction of the Lake of Life fully alarmed every savage beast.

This was not only their resting place

but also the Common Lord's dormant site for healing his injuries.

Di Tian was the first to charge out, his icy dragon pupils locking instantly onto the burning meteorite.

"Who?" He caught a familiar yet dangerous scent.

Roar—!

The Bear Lord and Scarlet King followed close behind, their savage roars shaking the air with a dull hum.

The Bear Lord was especially furious; the repeated disturbances of late had pushed him to the brink of eruption:

"Di Tian! Where's the enemy?"

High above in the sky, Duanmu Ci looked down at the three savage beasts emerging below, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Fighting all three of you at once... even I might find it a bit tricky right now."

He muttered to himself, but his hands were already forming profound hand seals, "However... I came prepared!"

"Impure World Reincarnation!"

On the ground, beside the Bear Lord.

Crack, crack!

Two wooden coffins burst from the earth without warning!

"Hm?" The Bear Lord turned in startled suspicion.

Di Tian and Scarlet King's gazes were also instantly drawn to the eerie sight.

Di Tian reacted fastest; the Black Dragon Sword, carrying the edge to tear space itself, slashed unhesitatingly toward one of the coffins!

Boom-crack!

The coffin shattered on impact, splinters flying everywhere.

"Empty?" Scarlet King's three heads scanned the airborne debris warily.

But the next second, something bizarre happened—

All the splinters seemed to reverse time, abruptly contracting and gathering!

Two figures rapidly solidified within the dust!

"This place is?" Tang Hao's eyes were dazed.

Tang Chen, however, instantly erupted with fierce battle intent, his gaze locked dead on the three colossal beasts exuding overwhelming savage might before him!

The three beasts before him were terrifying, an unprecedented pressure making his whole body tense.

"What are these things?" Di Tian's dragon pupils narrowed.

He sensed that these two "people" had no life aura, yet they were eerily "alive"!

That sword strike just now had clearly shattered them, yet it had no effect?

Just then, an icy voice rang directly in Tang Hao and Tang Chen's minds:

"Tang Chen. Tang Hao. Beat the three beasts before you until they lose the ability to fight. Understood?"

Duanmu Ci hovered high in the sky, his voice carrying an unquestionable command.

Tang Hao instantly recognized the voice's owner, fury surging within him:

"Duanmu Ci! You promised to let me see my son! When will it actually happen?"

"Complete this mission, and two months from now, you'll see Tang San."

Duanmu Ci's voice was utterly flat. "Stop wasting words. Move."

Tang Hao's heart settled slightly.

Just endure this one last time...

Then let Xiao San take Ah Yin and hide...

He absolutely could not let Duanmu Ci discover Xiao San's talent!

He exchanged a glance with Tang Chen, and in an instant, they reached an unspoken understanding.

WUUM—!

Nine soul rings erupted from both men simultaneously.

A piercing red light blazed forth—unmistakably hundred-thousand-year soul rings.

"Titled Douluo? And they've killed hundred-thousand-year soul beasts?" Bear Lord erupted in rage, a murderous aura soaring skyward.

Killing high-level soul beasts was an eternal blood feud to them.

Without a single wasted word, the battle exploded into action.

"Great Sumeru Hammer! Explode!" Tang Hao roared, his aim locked on the nearest Bear Lord and Scarlet King.

Aside from his ninth soul ring, the remaining eight rings detonated with a thunderous blast.

A torrent of violent energy surged madly into the massive Clear Sky Hammer. The hammer's light swelled, and space itself seemed on the verge of collapse.

"ROAR! You're asking for death!" Bear Lord snarled in fury, his dark-gold claws swinging out with the momentum to tear heaven and earth apart—Sky-Tearing Claw.

Scarlet King began shaking his three canine heads, spewing flames in rapid succession.

On the other side, Tang Chen likewise detonated eight rings with savage force!

Both men's current physical strength only matched a Level 95 Titled Douluo. Only by fully exploding their rings could they briefly unleash the terrifying power of a Limit Douluo, barely holding their own against beasts like Di Tian and Bear Lord.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The earth-shattering collision instantly turned the Lake of Life region into an ocean of energy storms.

The lake water evaporated; the ground was torn apart.

Di Tian swung the Black Dragon Sword in fierce combat with Tang Chen, while his draconic pupils swept sharply across the chaotic battlefield and the surrounding void.

These two bizarre "corpses"...

And that familiar, unsettling aura... who else was hiding in the shadows?

Duanmu Ci looked down upon the deathmatch below.

Tang Chen and Tang Hao exploded their rings again and again. Their bodies split open and healed, barely catching their breath before lunging back in.

This Limit Douluo-level duel had already raged for three days and three nights.

Mountains crumbled; the lake boiled away.

Di Tian's condition still appeared relatively composed.

Though Tang Chen's full ring explosions were fierce, his current strength was ultimately only Level 95—even with Explode Ring, he could only manage to stall Di Tian.

Bear Lord and Scarlet King, however, fared far worse.

Scarlet King had long since collapsed to the ground, his life or death unknown.

Bear Lord had lost one arm, his face a bloody mess, his body drenched in gore, panting heavily.

The ferocity in his eyes had long faded, replaced only by bottomless exhaustion.

"Sky-Tearing Claw!"

"Great Sumeru Hammer!"

"Ninth Soul Skill—Sky-Rending Strike!"

The opponents were powerful, but the most despairing thing was—they couldn't be killed!

Every time they were knocked down, every grievous wound, they always dragged their broken bodies back up, erupting with even wilder strength.

This endless madness was enough to crush any will.

Bear Lord was once again blasted away by the violent hammer force.

High above, Duanmu Ci's tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open!

Time to reap!

Seven deep red soul rings flared open in an instant, and a violent surge of soul power exploded, sweeping across all directions.

Below, Di Tian's pupils contracted sharply as he locked onto the source: "There! The one pulling the strings!"

"Kamui!"

Above, Duanmu Ci's figure vanished in an instant.

Shua!

The next second, he appeared like a ghost behind the Bear Lord, who was utterly exhausted and had no time to react.

A fierce glint flashed in Duanmu Ci's eyes as his sixth soul ring blazed brightly: "Soul Impact!"

The Rinne Sharingan flared with violet light, and under the terrifying amplification of his Eye Power, an invisible Soul Impact slammed into the Bear Lord's mind.

"Urgh—ah—!"

The Bear Lord felt as if his skull were about to explode, the searing pain of his soul being torn apart flooding his entire body.