Golden Dragon Claw and Dark Eagle Dragon, God King's Surprise Attack, Deceitful...

Golden Dragon Claw and Dark Eagle Dragon, God King's Surprise Attack, Deceitful Serpent (4K)

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Within the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform, thunderous blasts rang out one after another. The Eastsea Academy students fled in disarray as Yin Yang Qi Vortices mixed with blazing fire and frost relentlessly pursued them. No matter how they turned or dodged, the vortices seemed to have eyes, biting tightly at their heels.

"Absorbs ranged attacks and reflects them at double the power, with a locking effect.

"A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill is actually this terrifying..."

Sweat streamed down Xu Xiaoyu's temples as he panted heavily.

That freakish Soul Skill was practically the nightmare of all ranged attacks.

Unfortunately, Eastsea Academy's two main damage dealers specialized almost entirely in ranged combat. Shining Sun and the ice staff had instead been used by their opponent, becoming weapons to harvest their own teammates!

Watching her classmates leave the Spirit Ascension Platform one after another, Mu Xi bit deeply into her red lips with her ivory teeth and thought bitterly, How could a monster like this appear in Eastsea City? Aren't monsters like this supposed to be specialties of Shrek City and Mingdu?!

At that moment, the young girl regretted her greed beyond measure. She had caused her classmates to lose such a rare opportunity in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.

What she did not know was that, once those eliminated woke up, every one of them was smiling happily, all celebrating the chance to leave a good impression on the Saint Craftsman's daughter and genius blacksmith.

They were all Third Ring Soul Elders. Who had not died a few times while exploring the Spirit Ascension Platform? The first time was bitter and painful, but after several times, they got used to it.

The metals used to create Battle Armor and mechas depended on high-level blacksmiths.

Dying once for Mu Xi in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform today meant forming a connection with her. In the future, if Mu Xi merely put in a good word, Saint Craftsman Mu Chen would surely prioritize forging for them!

"Mu Xi, let's give it one more shot! That reflection Soul Skill must have an absorption limit. If we break through that limit, we can turn this around!" Xu Xiaoyu said urgently.

"Alright!"

Mu Xi nodded heavily. Her Thousand-Year Soul Ring shone as the Shining Sun above her head erupted with scorching radiance. A blazing sun crazily drew in the surrounding Fire Element, like an incredibly unstable high-explosive bomb!

Third Soul Skill, Shining Sun Meteor!

"Xiaoyan, get away from me!"

Xu Xiaoyu told his younger sister to run. If they failed to challenge the BOSS, he did not want the reflected Soul Skill to catch Xu Xiaoyan in its blast!

Xu Xiaoyan obediently turned and ran, her two pale-blue ponytails bouncing up and down.

Seeing that, Xu Xiaoyu silently let out a breath. He raised his ice staff high, and the crystal at its tip burst with blue light. Dense, pure ice-element energy swept through the forest as a spear condensed into form, faint demonic patterns flickering across it.

Third Soul Skill, Ice Fury!

Thanks to the two ranged-attack Soul Masters, Zhao Xuanzhen had easily dealt with most of the Eastsea Academy students. Only a few stragglers remained. It was time to kill the donkey after it had finished grinding!

His pitch-black second Soul Ring flashed, and the Yin Yang Reversal that had previously driven the two into despair descended once more. A black and white vortex wrapped around his body. There was no invincible Soul Skill in Douluo Continent, and Yin Yang Reversal naturally had an absorption limit.

But how could the Third Soul Skills of two mere Soul Elders possibly break through it?

Absorb, spin, redirect!

Black, white, red, and blue energy masses locked onto the two of them. Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyu stared wide-eyed as their twice-enhanced Soul Skills flew back at them. After a violent explosion, their journey through the Spirit Ascension Platform came to an end.

"Sister Muxi! Brother Xiaoyu!"

Aside from Xu Xiaoyu's little accessory, Xu Xiaoyan, Eastsea Academy still had one last Lightning Falcon Soul Elder. At first, he had wanted to use his flight ability to gain an air-to-ground advantage, but he had never found an opening in Zhao Xuanzhen's defense. He had planned to wait for a chance to launch a sneak attack, only for the entire team to suddenly be wiped out while he waited!

"I can't let them keep acting so arrogant. I have to think of something..."

The Lightning Falcon Soul Elder gritted his teeth and slowly shifted his gaze toward the carefree Na'er. He had already lost the courage to fight Zhao Xuanzhen. After all, even a Defense Type Martial Soul as sturdy as the Rock Giant Shield had been broken through by a single charged elbow strike. With the Lightning Falcon's pathetic defense, would he not simply be serving himself up on a platter?

"You're strong, but you can't protect her!"

He threw back his head and roared. His Third Soul Ring blazed as blue-purple lightning wrapped around his entire body. The crackling sounds seemed to foretell the terrifying force of this attack. With a flap of his wings, he descended toward Na'er like a bolt of lightning!

When Zhao Xuanzhen saw the Lightning Falcon's desperate strike, he could not even be bothered to react. Did someone seriously think the Silver Dragon King Half Body was just a decorative vase?

Na'er slightly raised her head, her silver eyes fixed upon the descending lightning with an almost amused smile.

The next second, silver radiance suddenly erupted. A sharp spear covered in dragon scales stretched between Na'er and the Lightning Falcon Soul Elder. Two Thousand-Year Soul Rings revolved above and below it, their magnificent purple color adding a hint of nobility to the spear.

Na'er picked up the Silver Dragon Spear, half-turned, and made a perfect throwing motion. A dragon roar rang out, clear and passionate, as intense silver light surged outward. The Silver Dragon Spear shot through the air and exploded the Lightning Falcon!

"Ah???"

Tang Wulin and the others immediately broke out in cold sweat. Na'er looked otherworldly beautiful, so why was she another absurdly overpowered monster?!

Those two monsters were not even trying. How were they supposed to play this?!

Eastsea Academy's upperclassmen had all been wiped out. Xu Xiaoyan hid behind a tree, trembling as she squeezed her eyes shut and silently chanted, You can't see me!

"Cough, cough!"

Na'er walked over to the ponytailed girl who was trying to deceive herself, tapping the ground with the Silver Dragon Spear.

Xu Xiaoyan secretly opened her eyes a crack. When she saw the second great demon king, she immediately crouched down with her head in her hands, trembling as she said,

"You beat up my brother, so you can't beat me up too!"

"It's no trouble at all," Na'er said with a smile, spinning the Silver Dragon Spear into a beautiful silver flourish.

"Wait!"

Xu Xiaoyan sprang to her feet, her face filled with tragic determination. "I'm scared of pain. Don't move, I'll do it myself!"

There was no room left to turn things around. Xu Xiaoyan stopped trying to struggle, reaching out to slap the rescue signal device and voluntarily withdrawing from the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform!

"The field has been cleared. Time to get down to business."

Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er slowly walked toward the five members of Zero Class observing from afar. Four great Soul Rings—black, black, purple, and purple—shone against one another. Their aura was as deep as an abyss and as imposing as a mountain, forcing Zero Class to unconsciously retreat step by step.

"Gulp..."

Zhang Yangzi swallowed. The black eagle Soul Spirit on his shoulder sensed its master's fear and let out sharp cries. The monsters had dealt with so many Eastsea Academy upperclassmen. It seemed that they were next!

"Wulin, what do we do?" Wang Jinxi looked to Tang Wulin for help.

"Prepare to fight. We can't outrun them..." Tang Wulin said gravely.

Xie Xie gripped the Light Shadow Dragon Daggers tightly, though his expression was the most relaxed of them all. "Don't be so nervous. We've already completed Teacher Wu's final exam, and we've spent enough time in the Riot Period Spirit Ascension Platform.

"Besides, that Man Faced Demon Spider's poisonous spider silk killed so many Soul Beasts. Every one of us absorbed a great deal of spiritual energy, and our Soul Rings have increased by several hundred years.

"This trip to the Spirit Ascension Platform was a huge profit. So what if we get eliminated?"

As soon as he said that, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi relaxed. Zero Class entered the Spirit Ascension Platform once every month, and all their Soul Rings were already nearing the limits of what their bodies could endure. Getting eliminated today was no loss!

Tang Wulin's eyes changed as he said, "They look the same age as us, but they possess Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. They must be peerless monsters standing at the pinnacle of the continent's geniuses.

"Meeting them is our good fortune. It lets us broaden our horizons beyond one Eastsea City and witness the strongest Monster Soul Masters in Douluo Continent!

"Everyone, go all out. Treat this as the final test of the final exam. I'll take them head-on. Yangzi and Jinxi, fuse. Xie Xie, hold back the Silver-Haired Girl. Gu Yue...

"Adapt as the situation demands."

When Tang Wulin mentioned Gu Yue, the black-haired young girl, his words paused for half a second. There was no other reason—Gu Yue's personality was cold and strange. She deliberately kept her distance from her Zero Class classmates and never listened to his commands. He could only let her fight as she pleased.

"Charge!"

Striking first for the advantage, Tang Wulin gave a loud roar and led his companions straight at Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er.

The Bone Dragon King possessed Wang Jinxi, making his body swell larger until he resembled an oversized skeleton. Zhang Yangzi released his Martial Soul, the Dark Phantom Eagle, and black wings tore through his back.

They embraced. Wang Jinxi's body rapidly expanded as a gigantic skeletal dragon tail burst from his tailbone. A pair of bone dragon claws, like Death God Scythes, formed before him. Zhang Yangzi silently merged into Wang Jinxi's body, and the eagle wings transformed into the Bone Dragon King's dragon wings.

Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dark Eagle Dragon!

Strands of Blue Silver Grass crawled across the ground. As Tang Wulin sprinted forward, golden scales began spreading from the fingers of his right arm, covering it completely. His entire arm grew a size larger—it was the Golden Dragon Claw, which possessed a crushing effect!

The three revealed their proudest trump cards. Tang Wulin wielded the Golden Dragon Claw and Blue Silver Grass together, attacking Zhao Xuanzhen from one side while Wang Jinxi, in Dark Eagle Dragon form, attacked from the other.

Zhao Xuanzhen chuckled. The Golden Dragon King's mechanics were simple and brutal, possessing the most overwhelming raw attributes in Douluo Continent. He had long wanted to fight Tang Wulin—Trisolarians versus Primal Celestial!

His hands traced a perfect Yin Yang dividing line, gathering Tang Wulin's incoming Golden Dragon Claw between them. Tang Wulin's expression changed instantly. The Golden Dragon Claw had contributed enormously to allowing him, with only fifteen or sixteen levels of Soul Power, to become a member of Zero Class.

Yet Zhao Xuanzhen's palms seemed to contain a strange force. The Golden Dragon Claw's unstoppable power suddenly slipped beyond Tang Wulin's control. Drawn by his opponent, his body spun like a top, and the Golden Dragon Claw clawed toward the Dark Eagle Dragon!

Taiji Yin Hand, using force to redirect force!

Panic immediately appeared on Wang Jinxi's face. As though bound by an unbreakable caste system, the Golden Dragon Claw naturally suppressed the Bone Dragon King. The Dark Eagle Dragon, as a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, was likewise restrained by the Golden Dragon Claw!

Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi desperately twisted their positions. The Golden Dragon Claw narrowly missed the Dark Eagle Dragon's vital point and struck the overlapping bone dragon claws on its chest. Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, the Golden Dragon Claw's crushing effect activated. A crisp cracking sound rang out, and one bone dragon claw snapped and hung limply.

Hurting my teammate! The Dark Eagle Dragon fusion was severely damaged and dispelled, and cries of agony came from both of them.

Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda, observation room.

Dressed in white with a blue sword, Wu Changkong watched Zero Class suffer a crushing loss through the Soul Guidance Screen. His expression was solemn as he said,

"Supreme technique, especially effective against brute-force Soul Masters. Wulin's powerful strength has instead become his restraint..."

On the other side, the Silver Dragon Spear broke through the Light Shadow Dragon Dagger. Its sharp spear tip pointed directly at Xie Xie's throat. A chill invaded his body and traveled through his limbs and bones, making him shudder.

"Leave on your own, or should I help you?" Na'er asked calmly.

"Big sis, no need for you to do it!"

A wise man did not fight when the odds were against him. Xie Xie's Martial Soul, Soul Power, and Soul Skills were all inferior to Na'er's. After only a few exchanges, the Silver Dragon Spear had caught his weakness. While inwardly marveling that a monster truly was a monster, he honestly withdrew from the Spirit Ascension Platform.

After dealing with Xie Xie, Na'er looked toward Gu Yue, who had yet to act.

Their gazes collided across the distance. The shadows beneath their feet seemed to stretch endlessly toward one another—one silver-white, one pitch-black. They were like the blazing sun and secluded moon appearing in the sky together, or the opposing yet mutually containing poles of Taiji.

"You're quite bold, daring to appear before my eyes," Gu Yue said soundlessly.

"So what?" Na'er mouthed back, letting out a cold smile.

The Silver-Haired Girl looked utterly fearless. In another spacetime, if Gu Yue had been able to forcibly devour Na'er without leaving any aftereffects, the two Silver Dragon King Half Bodies would never have made a bet. Gu Yue would have swallowed Na'er long ago.

After gaining humanity, Na'er had directly become invincible. Come on, bite me!

On the other side, Xie Xie had been eliminated, and Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi had lost their ability to fight. Zhao Xuanzhen and Tang Wulin began a one-on-one battle between true men!

Under the intense emotional upheaval, Tang Wulin's eyes transformed into golden vertical pupils. He violently stomped the ground with his right foot and shot toward Zhao Xuanzhen!

The instant the Golden Dragon Claw reached his nose, Zhao Xuanzhen suddenly twisted his body. Within the arc formed by Cloud Hands, Tang Wulin's wrist was like a fish caught in a whirlpool. His entire right arm was entangled by Taiji's soft force, like a moth falling into the Heavenly Net.

Tang Wulin roared and threw out his left fist, activating Blue Silver Grass's first soul skill, Binding, at the same time. But the weak Blue Silver Grass could not even dream of getting close. Under that force, it shattered into grass fragments filling the sky. Just as his left fist was about to strike, Zhao Xuanzhen blocked his elbow with a backhand, canceling the attack.

"Taiji Slanting Flying Style."

The world spun around him. Tang Wulin's last memory was his vision freezing as his body spiraled through the air and slammed heavily into the ground, his muscles transmitting the power of the full-force strike he had just thrown.

"I... I can still fight!"

Tang Wulin staggered to his feet, his burning gaze fixed on Zhao Xuanzhen. The two nearly launched themselves forward at the same time, the sound of their clothes snapping in the wind like lashes cracking through the air.

This time, Zhao Xuanzhen used no Taiji technique at all. He collided directly with Tang Wulin without any flourish. The air pressure exploded, and the earth could not withstand the two sudden massive forces, splitting into fine black cracks!

"Boom—"

Zhao Xuanzhen remained motionless while Tang Wulin was sent flying backward!

Taiji's redirection displayed its exaggerated mechanics!

A head-on clash of fists revealed the ultimate difference in raw attributes!

"Hm?"

Zhao Xuanzhen narrowed his eyes. In his estimation, Tang Wulin should have been directly forced out of the Spirit Ascension Platform by that strike. Yet that figure rose stubbornly again, like an unkillable cockroach.

At the same time, Tang Wulin's eyes were no longer pure black. They had turned the blue gold of the sea!

"Variable of Fate..."

Tang Wulin murmured softly, but the voice belonged to someone else!

A hazy golden light invisible to others tore through the air and rushed straight into Zhao Xuanzhen's Sea of Consciousness. It was an illusory Golden Trident, and the sound of sea waves crashing against reefs echoed all around!

Poseidon Trident, Spiritual Imprint!

"The Variable of Fate shall return to the Tang family! This God King shall completely end the Plane Spirit's delusions today!"

The voice burrowed into his eardrums like a venomous snake. Blue-gold veins resembling a moving ocean appeared in Zhao Xuanzhen's Sea of Consciousness. Then came a cold hiss. A giant serpent awakened and opened its crimson beast eyes!

Eight Deceitful Gods, Soaring Serpent!

"Deceitful Soul!"

The power of the ocean poured into the Deceitful Soul woven by Soaring Serpent. The will within Tang Wulin believed it had succeeded. The Spiritual Imprint had taken effect smoothly, and Douluo Continent's only Variable of Fate had become an aid to the Tang family!

The blue gold faded. Tang Wulin scratched his head blankly, completely unaware of what had just happened.

"Zhao Xuanzhen! Zhao Xuanzhen, are you alright?!"

Na'er sensed that something was wrong with Zhao Xuanzhen's expression. Forgetting to bicker with Gu Yue, she anxiously ran to him, kicking Tang Wulin away along the way and sending him out of the Spirit Ascension Platform with one kick.

"I'm fine..."

Zhao Xuanzhen gently patted Na'er's silver long hair. Not a trace of warmth remained in those pitch-black pupils—only fury that burned ever more fiercely.

"Honored Master, I followed your command. The Spiritual Imprint has been carried by the Deceitful Soul."

Within the Sea of Consciousness, Soaring Serpent spoke.

"Well done. Awakening you first was indeed the right choice."

The Eight Deceitful Gods were led by Zhi Fu. Soaring Serpent's combat strength was not the strongest, but Zhao Xuanzhen had awakened Soaring Serpent first because he valued its authority, which was exceptionally effective against mental strength!

Deception!

To deal with a God King who loved playing with souls, no one but Soaring Serpent would do!

Zhao Xuanzhen did not hesitate to judge the God King by the lowest limits of human morality. On the surface, there were three chances, but in reality there were far more than three. The God King had once intervened when Tang Wulin encountered an Evil Soul Master's Phosphorus Fire Refining Soul!

To guard against any possibility, Zhao Xuanzhen decisively gave up on Zhi Fu and chose to awaken Soaring Serpent, which controlled Deceptive Power!

"God King, it would be impolite not to return the favor. We'll meet on the night when our stars shine..."