Luo Li's Sword Dao

The longsword stood upright, as if answering the frost moon hidden behind the clouds.

Luo Li voluntarily deactivated Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Eight terrifying soul rings circled and flashed around him.

Several of those soul rings lit up in succession.

First Soul Skill: Thousand Refinements Sword Soul.

Second Soul Skill: Flowing Radiance Jade Bone.

Third Soul Skill...

Empowered by one soul skill after another, the aura of the Moon Devourer Sword in his hand surged terrifyingly.

More than half of Luo Li's soul skills were enhancement-type soul skills, like his Fifth Spirit Skill, Life Sword Edge.

Take the First Soul Skill, Thousand Refinements Sword Soul, for example.

Its effect was to enhance the strength of the sword itself and improve its soul power conductivity.

Then there was the Second Soul Skill, Flowing Radiance Jade Bone, which temporarily granted it the trait of "Energization."

Its attacks carried high-frequency vibrations or energy erosion, greatly enhancing its armor-piercing and defense-breaking capabilities, while also allowing it to briefly block energy impacts.

With the support of these various, non-conflicting enhancement soul skills—

Luo Li could develop and wield his own abilities to their utmost limits.

As for his offensive methods...

They were sword techniques he had comprehended himself.

They were, in another sense, soul skills perfectly suited to him!

He had awakened his martial soul at the age of six. Now, at seventeen, eleven years had passed.

He had likewise devoted more than a decade to the path of the sword.

The many soul masters of Douluo Continent were accustomed to relying on soul skills, to the point that they had not developed their own potential sufficiently.

The sword techniques recorded in books were not only few in number, but also crude and simplistic.

Thus, Luo Li could only develop his swordsmanship through his own insights and experimentation, while drawing upon some of the sword techniques he had seen in his previous life.

That process had not been easy, but he had persevered nonetheless.

The facts proved that Luo Li's choice had not been wrong.

Almost all of his sword techniques had been created and comprehended by himself!

Though he possessed only a single martial soul and two swords, the techniques he commanded far surpassed those of so-called Twin Martial Souls.

It was also what allowed him, as a Soul Saint, to enter the combat tier of a Titled Douluo through his own strength alone!

This strike, Toad Palace Wins Laurel, was one of Luo Li's many sword techniques.

Though this strike triggered a celestial phenomenon, the sword technique itself was not particularly grand in spectacle. Yet it was exceptionally exquisite.

Within Silver Frost's silver edge lay complex sword intent.

Slaughter, conquest, life-devouring...

Yet all of it was condensed with utmost simplicity into that single strike.

Its wondrous profundity was like precisely severing the trunk of a laurel tree within the illusory Toad Palace in the Ninth Heaven.

This was that strike...

Toad Palace Wins Laurel!

It was also the strike Luo Li had comprehended at the age of fifteen beneath the cold moonlight, using the bright moon and the illusory Toad Palace to glimpse a higher realm.

Compared to Sword Opens Heaven's Gate of Sun Eclipse, this strike was less imposing, but in terms of single-target killing power, it was even superior.

A sense of danger surged into his heart like churning tides.

Tang Hao felt every hair on his body stand on end, his eyes reflecting Silver Frost's strike.

He no longer dared to overestimate himself. His soul power was frantically driven to its peak.

One hammer against Luo Li's one sword?

Having seen this strike that seemed to slash down the laurel shadow of the Toad Palace above, Tang Hao did not dare take it head-on.

After all, he was not a defense-type soul master.

"Clear Sky True Body!"

Unwilling to sit and wait for death, Tang Hao shouted fiercely as several soul rings on his body lit up one after another.

With the augmentation of his Martial Soul Avatar, the Clear Sky Hammer's momentum had already reached its peak!

"Sky-Piercing Strike!"

The enormous Clear Sky Hammer blotted out the sky and covered the earth as it smashed straight toward that silver radiance.

At the same time, a graceful figure arrived here.

Noticing the newcomer, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo were taken aback before hurriedly flying toward her.

"Miss, why are you here?"

Their voices carried a trace of nervousness.

Tang Hao had most likely come for their young mistress!

Qian Renxue said nothing.

Her beautiful golden eyes were fixed tightly on the scene ahead.

She had seen a portrait of Tang Hao before, and the Clear Sky Hammer along with that ninth Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring were far too distinctive.

Recognizing his identity was therefore not difficult.

"Why would Luo Li be fighting Tang Hao?" Qian Renxue asked in confusion.

In her impression, Luo Li and Tang Hao should not have had any connection.

"We don't know." Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo shook their heads.

They did not understand why the two had come to blows either.

From their perspective, Tang Hao had inexplicably treated Luo Li as an enemy, and the two had then begun fighting.

As for the reason behind it, they were still completely in the dark.

Qian Renxue parted her red lips, intending to ask something more, but her movement abruptly stopped.

The words at her lips went unspoken.

Because in the distance ahead, Luo Li's and Tang Hao's attacks had already collided!

The sword radiance of Bright Moon Silver Radiance crashed into the massive, perilous hammer.

The force of this clash far surpassed their previous exchange!

Vast Soul Power swept through the surroundings like an explosion.

"Miss, be careful!"

Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo hurriedly unleashed soul skills, shielding Qian Renxue from the front.

The aftershock produced by this clash was enough to kill an ordinary Soul Saint on the spot.

Terrifying...

The scene, like the end of the world brought about by a natural disaster, was reflected in Qian Renxue's eyes.

This was the first time she had personally witnessed Luo Li fight in earnest.

This youth, not even older than herself, had already left her completely behind!

Tang Hao's body was sent flying backward like a cannonball.

Only after landing a hundred meters away did he steady himself again with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, while more continued to spill from between his lips.

Tang Hao's face was pale as paper. He could feel that his internal organs had all suffered varying degrees of damage.

At the site of the collision, Luo Li held his longsword, his face also slightly pale.

But compared to Tang Hao, he had not suffered any substantial injuries.

His white robes remained immaculate, untouched by even the slightest dust.

The difference was obvious at a glance!

Anyone with eyes could see that Luo Li had still held the upper hand in this clash.

The corner of his lips curled upward, and he was in a rather pleasant mood. A faint crimson tinged those silver eyes.

It had been too long...

It had been far too long since he had been able to fight so freely!

A love of battle was in the nature of most Sword Cultivators, and Luo Li was no exception.

"Again!"

With sword in hand, he turned into a streak of white light and charged at Tang Hao once more.

Since Tang Hao had taken the initiative to challenge him, then Luo Li would fight to his heart's content!

Madman!

Watching Luo Li charge at him again with sword drawn, Tang Hao had no intention of continuing the battle.

Though unwilling to admit it, this was the truth.

He was no match for this young Soul Douluo!

This fellow was a complete and utter monster!

If they kept fighting, he might truly perish here today!

Sensing that Tang San and the others had already left Aosidela City, Tang Hao no longer had any will to fight.

He had no choice. To break free, he could only use that move!

The spirit rings around Tang Hao began to explode, turning into streams of light that merged into his body.

His previously weakened aura rapidly returned to its peak, even continuing to rise higher and higher!

The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand suddenly unleashed an even more terrifying might than before.

"Clear Sky Secret Skill—Exploding Ring!"

"Great Sumeru Hammer!"