Tang Hao's voice rang through the herb garden, chilling the atmosphere to the bone.
The Upper Three Sects were said to stand together as one. Now, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had sided with Tang Hao and his son, opposing Spirit Hall.
The number of Titled Douluo on each side was suddenly even.
High above in the sky,
Li Xuan watched the scene, raising an eyebrow.
"If they really fight, it'll be hard to predict who wins. Tang Hao alone can hold off a Level 97 Titled Douluo. Even if he can't defeat his opponent, he can certainly keep him occupied."
"Then Sword Douluo, also at Level 97, can fight another one. Bone Douluo and Yu Yuanzhen will have more than enough to deal with Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, especially with Ning Fengzhi supporting them from behind.
"As for Dugu Bo, the old man would be delighted if both sides ended up destroying each other."
After a pause, Li Xuan looked at Tang San standing beside Tang Hao and couldn't help sighing.
"The most important one is Tang San."
"That kid's sharp as a tack. He headed straight for the Snowy Swan Kiss the moment he landed. Even if the Upper Three Sects lose, as long as he holds on to that Immortal Herb, he'll have enough leverage to take everyone here down with him... No, as a disciple of the Tang Sect, he might have some way to save himself. Then all the Immortal Herbs would be his."
"Tsk, tsk. He really has thought everything through."
Li Xuan rubbed his chin, wondering whether he should take the opportunity to hit them with a couple of attacks.
Just as he was about to act, several terrifying auras suddenly appeared on the horizon. He gathered his thoughts and vanished into the void.
As countless terrifying auras descended,
the people confronting each other beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye sensed them too and looked up.
"More powerful opponents?"
Everyone's expressions turned grave, but then they sensed something else. Tang Hao furrowed his brows.
"They're not Soul Masters!"
"These auras... They're Soul Beasts!!!"
"Damn it! If they dared come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, they must be Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old. San, forget these people and get the Immortal Herbs!"
At the urging,
Tang San had no time to think. He activated his Mysterious Jade Hand and rushed toward the herbs.
Knowing he couldn't gather them all by himself, he called out to the others:
"Those few herbs over there are harmless. You can pick them directly!"
Seeing this, the people from Spirit Hall stopped confronting the others. Led by Chrysanthemum Douluo, they began frantically harvesting the Immortal Herbs.
In no time,
the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye had been reduced to a barren wasteland.
Apparently, they hadn't even spared the poisonous Immortal Herbs.
Dugu Bo's mouth twitched, his heart filled with fury.
"Damn it! You're all going to die!"
As he grumbled to himself, the auras on the horizon drew closer, accompanied by a series of roars.
"Roar—!"
Figures that blotted out the sky appeared. Each Black Shadow was as enormous as a mountain, surrounding the entire volcanic crater.
Hidden nearby, Li Xuan saw them and his brows twitched.
They were indeed Soul Beasts, approaching from different directions. Two of them radiated the ultimate power of ice and snow.
The others were wreathed in violent auras.
"Heavenly Snow Woman, Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion?"
The one who spoke was a gigantic tree, a hundred feet tall, with branches and roots twisted together. It was the Myriad Demon King.
"Have you come for the Ice Dragon King's corpse too?"
Snow Empress surveyed the Ferocious Beasts present. Apart from the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, she didn't consider the Myriad Demon King a threat.
"The Ice Dragon King is the ultimate Yin of ice. If I can refine its energy, I may have a chance to become a god!" Snow Empress's eyes glinted with cold light.
"Do you intend to fight me for it?"
"Why wouldn't we?!"
"Wait!"
Just as the Soul Beasts were about to attack, Jade Swan Bi Ji spoke up.
"The human Soul Masters are harvesting the Immortal Herbs. We should fight them, not slaughter one another."
Though Bi Ji wasn't strong in battle, the light radiating from her made the Soul Beasts' violent auras subside.
Her healing power also calmed the minds of the Soul Beasts present.
None of them would dare reprimand her.
"Hmph!"
Snow Empress snorted. Her figure shrank as she charged toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye. Her ultimate ice power froze the poisonous miasma, and the temperature plunged to freezing in an instant.
"Humans really are greedy..."
Snow Empress landed, and boundless ice and snow spread around her.
Though the three factions had been prepared, their faces still paled in shock.
The aura Snow Empress gave off was nothing like that of an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
"What kind of hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast is this?!"
Someone exclaimed in disbelief.
Even the three Level 97 Titled Douluo felt the pressure mounting.
The woman before them was as powerful as a Level 98 or even Level 99 Titled Douluo!
When had such a terrifying being appeared on the Douluo Continent?
"A seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast!!!"
Tang Hao cried out in alarm.
"What?!"
The others retreated at once, all the Soul Masters gathering together as they stared at the woman in front of them, horrified.
A seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast?!
Everyone present swallowed nervously.
No wonder her pressure was so overwhelming.
"Are you the human Soul Master who joined with the Blue Silver Emperor on the Sky Screen?"
Snow Empress furrowed her brows.
The Blue Silver Emperor was spread throughout the Douluo Continent, so she knew of its existence. But she strongly disapproved of its actions.
It was a Soul Beast, yet it had joined with a human.
"Why waste words on them?!"
Xiong Jun's enormous body charged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
Its violent tearing power ripped through space. Flowing Soul Power converged on it, forming a giant claw that smashed toward the human Soul Masters.
"Do you really think we're pushovers?!"
At that moment,
the four factions set aside their differences and summoned their Martial Souls in unison.
Eight Titled Douluo attacked together.
Boom!
Their surging powers collided, forming a terrifying black hole that devoured everything.
"Go!!!"
Tang Hao roared, smashing the poisonous miasma with a hammer before soaring into the air.
But
before he could fly out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, the hundred-foot-tall Myriad Demon King lashed at him with its branches and vines.
And that wasn't all. The icy power descended once more—this time, Ice Empress was the one attacking.
"Damn it! Why are there so many hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts?!"
Everyone was stunned.
"Hold nothing back, or none of us will get out!"
Tang Hao shouted.
The next second, nine Soul Rings appeared.
He activated Divine Slaughter's Domain, and the spirit bones within him glowed with a crimson light.
Without hesitation, he unleashed the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and Explode Ring!
Hum—!
A destructive power spread outward.
The others stopped holding back as well.
Thousand Jun Dragon Douluo performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo immediately performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Bone Douluo focused on defense and sending the other Soul Masters away.
Sword Douluo and Tang Hao attacked the Soul Beasts head-on, breaking through two of their attacks.
Now Dugu Bo didn't dare hold back either. He immediately unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill—Time Freeze!
Hum—!
Law Power descended. Combined with Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo's Two Poles Stillness Domain, it nearly froze everything within several miles.
"Slash!!!"
Sword Douluo and Tang Hao unleashed their attacks.
Rumble—!
The world shattered. A terrifying shockwave swept through the entire volcanic crater, flattening the land for a hundred miles around.
"Freeze!"
Just as this power was about to annihilate everything,
Snow Empress's cold voice rang out.
In the next instant, the tide of energy—enough to grievously wound several Soul Beasts and all the Soul Masters—was halted.
Boom—!
Everyone was stunned.
"This..."
They stared at the enormous snowy figure, trembling with fear.
So strong!
"Humans, you really are rotten to the core!"
Snow Empress roared, and snow and wind filled the sky.
The blizzard blotted out the heavens and shrouded the entire Sunset Forest as if night had fallen. Snow whirled everywhere.
The delicate snowflakes, soft as cotton, could kill a Soul Elder with the slightest touch!
"We can't get away..."
Despair filled everyone. They had been so close.
Hidden in the shadows, Li Xuan swallowed. "Unless several Titled Douluo abandon everyone else, none of us will escape unscathed, even if I join the fight."
Snow Empress was terrifyingly powerful.
With Li Xuan's strength, he had no confidence he could defeat her.
Besides, he couldn't be bothered to get involved.
Just as he was about to head home, his gaze fell on Tang San, who was gripping the Snowy Swan Kiss and looking up at Dugu Bo.
"Senior Poison Douluo, unleash your strongest Soul Skill, the one with the most potent poison!"
Everyone turned to look at Tang San.
"What are you trying to do?"
Dugu Bo frowned.
"Only your poison combined with the Snowy Swan Kiss can get us out of here unscathed!"
Tang San replied.
Dugu Bo considered it for a moment, then abruptly looked up. "All right. In that case, I'll trust you this once!"
With that, he immediately unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill.
Poisonous miasma spread through the air, covering everything within several miles.
"Pointless!!!"
Snow Empress's ice power instantly surged outward, attempting to freeze the poison.
Tang San threw the Snowy Swan Kiss, then shouted to Tang Hao:
"Father, go!!!"
The others didn't hesitate for a moment. They soared into the air, leaving behind only some Soul Masters below Soul King rank.
The moment the Snowy Swan Kiss touched Dugu Bo's poison—
Hum!
The poison reacted like hot oil splashed with cold water and exploded.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!!!
The toxic mist expanded without limit, annihilating everything for a hundred miles.
The Soul Masters who hadn't escaped in time vaporized on the spot. Even the Titled Douluo were corroded by the slightest touch of the poison.
"Roar—!"
"Humans!!!"
The Myriad Demon King let out a heart-wrenching roar. No matter what it tried, half of its body had already been corroded.
Even Xiong Jun, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress looked grave at that moment. Touched by the poisonous mist, their bones dissolved into flesh, their flesh into blood, and their blood into vapor, leaving them gravely wounded on the spot.
"Heal—!"
Just as the poisonous fog spread in every direction, an emerald light bloomed.
A power of healing, pure beyond compare, washed over the entire Sunset Forest.
The poisonous fog dispersed.
The soul beasts were injured.
Numerous soul masters fled the Sunset Forest, dragging their battered bodies behind them, not daring to linger for even a moment.
The battle was over!
Meanwhile,
Li Xuan flew back to the mountaintop where he had been, still shaken, and gasped for breath.
"Damn it, no wonder he's Tang San. He even came up with a dirty trick like that!"
"No, I need to expose the secret as soon as possible. Then someone else will deal with Tang San."
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