Despairing Overwhelming Defeat

Golden Crocodile Douluo's life had been relatively ordinary compared to the previous few: Martial Soul awakening, then joining Spirit Hall.

He became sworn brothers with Qian Daoliu, and his strength rose naturally. He had encountered no opportunities involving deities.

After his life story finished playing, the Prodigy Arena opened once more!

Two figures appeared on opposite sides of the arena.

Golden Crocodile Douluo held nothing back. He instantly activated his Martial Soul Avatar, and the phantom of an enormous crocodile covered in heavy dark-golden scales roared into existence, its terrifying pressure almost tangible.

He understood how strange his opponent was. From the very start, he pushed his defenses to the limit, the Golden Crocodile King's scales gleaming with an indestructible light.

Nine Spirit Rings blazed brightly, especially the red Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, which radiated a heart-pounding fluctuation.

On the other side, Alakazam floated in the air.

It held two curved spoons, its long whiskers stirring without wind. Its wise, profound eyes calmly watched its overwhelmingly imposing opponent as psychic radiance flowed around it, forming an invisible force field.

Now that it had a reason to attack without restraint, there was no need to play tactics like Gengar and Metagross had.

It only needed to crush its opponent with absolute power.

Alakazam did not hesitate.

The psychic glow around it surged, and its form instantly changed amid dazzling brilliance! Its body grew taller and more slender, while its whiskers became extraordinarily long.

The number of spoons in its hands rapidly increased, combining into a staff-like form, while an enormous red gem was set into its forehead.

Mega Evolution, Mega Alakazam!

Terrifying mental pressure swept across the entire arena like a tsunami! It sacrificed all physical strength.

In exchange, it gained the most terrifying Mental Power. This state was incredibly extreme.

What replaced it was Mega Alakazam's Mental Power, which had already come infinitely close to God Rank.

"Playing tricks! Die, old man! Ninth Spirit Skill, Golden Crocodile King World-Extinguishing Strike!" Golden Crocodile Douluo roared. The massive crocodile tail carried world-shattering force, tore through space, and smashed viciously toward Alakazam amid a dark-golden Destruction Torrent!

This was his strongest attack, meant to secure victory in one blow or force out his opponent's trump card.

Blue light flared in Alakazam's eyes! Psychic!

An irresistible invisible force descended in an instant. Rather than clashing head-on with the destructive crocodile tail, it wound around it in layer after layer like countless resilient threads, hindering and slowing its trajectory!

The violent golden crocodile tail was like something trapped in a swamp of incomparably sticky glue. Its speed visibly plummeted, while its destructive energy was continuously broken down and dissolved by the psychic field.

"What?!" Golden Crocodile Douluo's pupils contracted sharply. He felt as though his Spirit Skill had sunk into a mire, its power being wildly siphoned away by an invisible hand! This psychic power far exceeded his expectations!

At the instant when his old strength had faded, his new strength had yet to emerge, and his mind wavered slightly from the obstruction of his attack, the floating spoons above Alakazam's head crossed. An even stranger, more precise fluctuation of rules locked onto Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Seeing through the move allowed Alakazam to pierce the Martial Soul Avatar and lock onto Golden Crocodile Douluo within it.

Psystrike!

Mega Alakazam's will was like a Divine Oracle.

A pinkish-purple mental beam condensed to the utmost extreme, nearly materialized, and instantly pierced through Golden Crocodile Douluo's chest!

"Pu!" There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the dull sound of flesh and bone being pierced.

Golden Crocodile Douluo's massive body stiffened abruptly. The light in his eyes rapidly faded, his Martial Soul Avatar shattered with a crash, and he was sent flying backward like a battered sack before smashing heavily onto the ground, his fate unknown.

The entire Douluo Continent fell deathly silent. If Tang Hao's defeat had still carried surprise and bloodshed, then the crushing defeat of Golden Crocodile Douluo, a peak Douluo, was utter, overwhelming despair!

The Pokemon World's prodigies' "tricks" were by no means isolated cases, but universal rules capable of making every Spirit Master and Spirit Bone owner tremble in fear!

That temporary evolution ability was not exclusive to Charizard.

Other Pokemon World prodigies could do it as well, and the power after their evolution had reached an inconceivable level.

Even a Level 98 Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall had been instantly killed. Was this what a prodigy was?

Mega Alakazam's figure slowly faded amid the dust raised by Golden Crocodile Douluo's fall, returning to its ordinary form holding two spoons.

The Sky Screen's golden light receded, sweeping away two arm bones that glimmered with dark-golden radiance but no longer had an owner. It left behind only shocking bloodstains and cracks on the arena, along with a Douluo Continent so silent it made one's heart tremble.

Three battles in a row, three defeats, three entirely different yet equally despairing methods of overwhelming suppression.

Charizard had torn apart the pride of the "strongest beast Martial Soul" through extreme speed, power, and tactical combinations.

Metagross had displayed a bloody plundering, treating Spirit Bones as things that could be traded.

And Mega Alakazam had demonstrated absolutely crushing mental power. Even a Level 98 peak Douluo had been instantly pierced like paper before it!

Every time, they had struck precisely at the proudest and most deeply rooted beliefs of the Douluo Spirit Master system.

Martial Soul quality, Spirit Ring age, the preciousness of Spirit Bones, level suppression... before those prodigies from the "Pokemon World," they all seemed like outdated rules that could be easily bypassed, ignored, or even toyed with.

Only Dugu Bo's battle against Gengar had been somewhat back and forth. But thinking about it carefully now, the other side had most likely been holding back. Otherwise, a Level 91 Titled Douluo like Dugu Bo would have died in minutes.

"This evolution ability... Charizard can transform, and Alakazam can transform too! After transforming, it was practically a different species!"

"Level 98... that was Level 98! Spirit Hall's Second Worship! And just like that... he was gone?"

"What exactly are the Titled Douluo of our Douluo Continent in front of these monsters?"

Spirit Hall, Worship Hall.

A deathly silence.

Xiongshi, Azure Luan, Guang Ling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo, the five Worships, watched Golden Crocodile Douluo get instantly killed by a single move from Alakazam.

Every one of them was pale-faced and ice-cold from head to toe.

Even with the power bestowed by the Angel God, the outcome seemingly could not be changed.

Qian Daoliu stood before the statue with his eyes closed, his back still straight. Yet his faintly trembling fingertips revealed the stormy waves in his heart and the bone-deep chill.

"What kind of power was that? Golden Crocodile... could not even probe out more of the opponent's trump cards?"

Guangling Douluo wore an expression of utter disbelief.

Qian Daoliu shook his head and sighed. "That evolution sacrificed all physical power and converted it into the ultimate mental attack."

"The current Douluo Continent has no means of dealing with mental attacks. The closest thing is the mental shock from absorbing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring."

"But Golden Crocodile's opponent this time condensed its Mental Power into substance. It could attack when advancing and defend when retreating. This battle had been decided from the very beginning."

"Even if I had entered the arena, the result likely would not have been much better."

At those words, everyone fell silent.

Qian Daoliu was a Level 99 Ultimate Douluo. Even he had no way to deal with that kind of Mental Power.

The consequences of them entering the arena were obvious.