In an instant, a golden Holy Spear radiating an aura of utter devastation took shape.
Lan Minghua didn't hesitate for a moment. He hurled the spear with all his strength.
The instant it left his hand, the air seemed to tear apart. A streak of golden light shot toward Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo at a speed too great for the eye to follow.
"Old Ghost, use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei's expressions changed drastically. They could sense death in the golden Holy Spear.
At the brink of life and death, they exchanged a glance and stood back to back.
Eighteen Soul Rings circled around them, golden and black light rapidly blending together.
The eighteen Soul Rings shot into the sky, and an invisible force spread outward with the two of them at its center.
In an instant, the leaves drifting through the air froze in place.
What was more, everything within range seemed to stop moving.
In the original story, Yue Guan and Gui Mei had achieved impressive results with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
At that moment, they, too, believed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could stop Lan Minghua's attack.
"So this is the Two Extremes Stillness Domain? It's nothing special."
The Two Extremes Stillness Domain might work on Titled Douluo and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but it had no effect on Lan Minghua, who was using the Wretched Fate Hua Peak Experience Card.
He found it laughable that Yue Guan and Gui Mei thought they could stop him with it.
At its highest level, the Indestructible Vajra Body could turn golden light into any kind of cold weapon for defense or attack.
The Holy Spear was merely a weapon he had formed from golden light. Apart from its toughness, there was nothing special about it.
Still, it was more than enough to deal with the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of a couple of mere Titled Douluo.
When Yue Guan and Gui Mei sensed the Two Extremes Stillness Domain fully unfold, a trace of delight appeared on their faces.
"I refuse to believe he can break through the Two Extremes Stillness Domain with one strike! He'll regret daring to defy Spirit Hall!"
Yue Guan was furious that Lan Minghua had shown Spirit Hall no respect.
Gui Mei felt the same way. He believed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was enough to stop the attack.
However, the golden Holy Spear was completely unaffected by the Two Extremes Stillness Domain.
The instant the spear touched the domain, a blinding light burst forth.
With a deafening boom, the domain that should have been able to restrain all things shattered like fragile glass.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei went deathly pale. Their delight was instantly replaced by terror.
"How is this possible? Our Martial Soul Fusion Skill was broken!"
"Ju Hua Guan, get out of the way!"
Gui Mei shoved Yue Guan aside, then used the momentum to dart in the opposite direction.
But it all happened too quickly. They couldn't dodge completely.
"Ah!!!"
With two screams, Yue Guan lost his right arm, and Gui Mei his left. Blood sprayed from their wounds.
In an instant, they were flung away like kites with their strings cut, spraying blood through the air.
Tang Hao, still fleeing, sensed what had happened behind him and smiled smugly.
"Fight! I hope you both suffer terrible losses! Once I recover, I'll tear you limb from limb!"
But he had to survive first for that hope to mean anything.
Lan Minghua watched with amusement. He sensed that Tang Hao had slowed down.
"I gave you your chance, but you're in a hurry to die. Fine, then die."
The golden Holy Spear's power did not diminish after breaking through Yue Guan and Gui Mei's domain. It shot toward Tang Hao.
When Lan Minghua hurled the spear, he had already calculated that Yue Guan and Gui Mei wouldn't be able to stop it.
That single throw was meant to hit two targets.
Just then, the sun had climbed into the sky, and a ray of light shone over the forest.
Tang Hao thought he was safe and was about to conceal his presence.
But an even more dazzling light burst out behind him, completely eclipsing the rising sun.
He turned around and saw the spear, like a bolt of golden lightning, streaking straight toward him.
"How could this happen? No, I don't want to die!" Tang Hao roared.
Lan Minghua's lips curled up slightly as he watched Tang Hao's expression shift from hope to despair.
When prey was allowed to see a chance of survival, it usually meant death was near.
In the blink of an eye, the Holy Spear vanished into the depths of the forest.
A new sun rose from within the forest, brighter than the real one on the horizon.
"BOOM!!!"
A deafening explosion followed. A rolling shock wave spread outward in a ring, centered on the blast.
A huge mushroom cloud slowly rose. The forest shook violently, as if the whole continent were being rocked by an earthquake.
Wherever the shock wave passed, trees were uprooted and rocks and soil flew everywhere.
Lying on the ground, Yue Guan and Gui Mei felt the earth shake and stared in horror.
"Old Ghost, let's go!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei didn't stay. They fled while the explosion continued.
Lan Minghua noticed them moving, but didn't pursue.
He had now officially come to the attention of Spirit Hall.
After displaying such tremendous strength, even Spirit Hall wouldn't dare attack him recklessly.
After all, even a powerful organization like Spirit Hall couldn't afford the losses from making an enemy of an uncontrollable powerhouse.
"Tang Hao's presence has vanished. If nothing unexpected happened, he's dead."
Lan Minghua carefully sensed the area but couldn't detect Tang Hao's presence.
That casual strike of his had been enough to kill a Titled Douluo at rank ninety-seven.
Tang Hao was a cripple, and his strength had fallen far below what it once was.
If he had somehow survived, then he was simply lucky.
"There isn't much time. While the Experience Card is still active, I should find the Sharp-Tailed Swift."
Lan Minghua spread his senses, covering the entire Star Dou Great Forest in an instant.
"Oh, the Titan Giant Ape has already reached the outer area? Looks like Xiao Wu has made her move. But if you want to leave, this is your last chance."
Lan Minghua had already shown her great mercy by not killing her and taking her Soul Bone.
This time, she still hadn't chosen to leave, clinging to the hope that she'd get lucky.
When he needed a Soul Ring or Soul Bone, she shouldn't blame him for being ruthless.
Besides the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, Lan Minghua also sensed the presence of other powerful Soul Beasts.
But they were all still asleep, waiting to become Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
Lan Minghua didn't need them, so he focused his attention on Sharp-Tailed Swifts between a thousand and ten thousand years old.
Oscar's physique wasn't weak. The Indestructible Vajra Body was a technique that even trained the internal organs.
As long as his will was strong enough, a ten-thousand-year Third Soul Ring wasn't impossible.
And if he really couldn't endure it, Lan Minghua would be right there to help.
"Found it. A Ten Thousand Year Swift."
Lan Minghua sighed. "Oscar, you're one lucky kid. Without the Experience Card, I might not have been able to find a Sharp-Tailed Swift at all."
With that, he vanished from the spot and headed deeper into the forest.
Meanwhile, Zhao Wuji led Oscar and the others into the outer reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The forest was vast. Although they hadn't seen the explosion, they had felt the shaking.
"What happened? Why was there an earthquake?"
Ma Hongjun cried out, seeming to realize that the earthquake was unusual.
Oscar and the others had no idea either. They had no clue what had happened deep in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Xiao Wu, however, looked grave.
From the moment she entered the Star Dou Great Forest, the Titan Giant Ape had used a special method to tell her what had caused the earthquake.
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