At the news, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo stopped merging their Martial Souls and turned their attention to Chu Feng, who was fighting the Sky Azure Bull Python.
As far as the eye could see, Chu Feng's Second Soul Ring lit up, and the projection of a mighty, imposing Red-Armed Giant appeared behind him.
The Red-Armed Giant raised one arm, and a massive Bronze Giant Cauldron materialized in the sky.
As the cauldron appeared, a heavy pressure descended from above, as if a huge meteorite were slowly pressing down from the sky.
Chu Feng raised one arm, pointing the Overlord Spear in his hand toward the sky.
The cauldron spun in midair, slowly descending.
It dropped straight onto the tip of the Overlord Spear. The moment the two touched, they merged into one.
The instant the cauldron fused with the Overlord Spear, an ancient, primordial force surged from Chu Feng.
The muscles across Chu Feng's body bulged one after another, and the explosive power burst his upper-body clothing to shreds.
Each time a muscle swelled, a Dragon-Elephant Sound rang out from within it.
Ten Dragon-Elephant Sounds rang out in succession, each one corresponding to a tenfold increase in strength.
"A strength-enhancing skill?" Sensing the changes in Chu Feng, the Sky Azure Bull Python's lantern-sized eyes filled with scorn and mockery.
Who would think to compete with a Spirit Beast in strength?
As beasts, Spirit Beasts possessed enormous bodies and an innate advantage in strength.
Human Spirit Masters could never match that.
At the same level, a human who tried to compete with a Spirit Beast in strength was just digging their own grave.
The Sky Azure Bull Python moved, channeling its strength into its tail. Its massive tail swept sideways like a Mo Dao, carrying enough force to split mountains and shatter stone as it slashed toward Chu Feng.
"Meet it! Deflect it!"
Facing the Sky Azure Bull Python's brute-force tail strike, Chu Feng showed no fear.
With a low shout, he thrust the Overlord Spear forward, its tip pressing against the scales on the python's tail.
Chu Feng's spear thrust was in no way inferior to the Sky Azure Bull Python's in strength.
He met its purely physical attack head-on.
"W-what? He actually blocked my attack with strength alone!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python was stunned.
It wasn't a Spirit Beast that relied solely on strength, and it was weaker than the Titan Giant Ape in that regard.
But with its Azure Dragon Bloodline, it was certainly no weakling.
And yet this human had matched its strength.
A Spirit Beast's two great innate advantages were strength and defense. Losing its advantage in strength meant losing half of its edge.
To a Spirit Beast, having no advantage was as good as being at a disadvantage.
"I can't keep holding back and hiding my strength!"
"This human in front of me is no ordinary Quasi-Title Douluo!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python realized just how powerful Chu Feng was. If it kept concealing its trump cards, it really might end up losing through carelessness.
"Sluggish Domain!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python let out a low cry, and golden light radiated from its body.
The light formed a special field, and the Sluggish Domain spread outward.
The Sluggish Domain was a rule-based domain, an innate domain of the Sky Azure Bull Python. Within its range, all attacks and movements became sluggish.
The Sky Azure Bull Python's Sluggish Domain covered an enormous area, engulfing the entire Lake of Life.
"Oh no, that's the Sky Azure Bull Python's Sluggish Domain!" When Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo saw Chu Feng get caught in the domain, they grew anxious and hurriedly called out to him. "Under the Sky Azure Bull Python's Sluggish Domain, everything becomes sluggish!"
"Worried about him? You should be worrying about yourselves first!"
"Your opponent is me!"
"Gravity Domain, activate!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo kept wriggling around like loaches, driving the Titan Giant Ape mad.
After the Sky Azure Bull Python activated its Sluggish Domain, the Titan Giant Ape also activated its Gravity Domain to end the battle as quickly as possible.
The Titan Giant Ape clenched both fists. Red light flared around it as it pounded its chest with wild force and stomped the ground repeatedly, shattering the earth.
As the red light spread, the Gravity Domain took effect. Within its reach, gravity suddenly increased several times over.
It restricted the movements of enemies inside the domain.
The Titan Giant Ape's Gravity Domain did not conflict with the Sky Azure Bull Python's Sluggish Domain. To a certain extent, the Gravity Domain could even amplify the Sluggish Domain.
With gravity increased, the opponent's movements slowed under its influence.
And the Sluggish Domain itself made enemies within its range sluggish.
High in the lush treetops, Bibi Dong fixed her eyes on the Lake of Life like a venomous snake.
When she saw the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape activate their domains at the same time, excitement lit up her eyes.
"Yes, just like that!"
"Sluggishness and gravity—he'll be a sitting duck, unable to move!"
"He's as good as dead!"
"But to be safe, I'll make one more preparation!"
Bibi Dong raised her hand, and dark purple ghostly mist rose around her.
As the poisonous fog enveloped her, sinister markings appeared across her pretty face.
Behind her, the enormous phantom of the Spider Emperor emerged. It was shrouded in dark purple poison mist, its fangs exuding an ominous aura and its eyes gleaming with a terrifying light.
Her Soul Ring flashed as she released a control-type Soul Skill. Her body became like a pool of water and sank into the darkness beneath her feet.
After Bibi Dong disappeared, a black-purple marking appeared where she had stood.
The marking spread across the ground, swiftly creeping toward Chu Feng and reaching his feet without a sound.
But just as it was about to transform into a poisonous web and attack Chu Feng, his body suddenly changed. A terrifying aura erupted from him, so powerful that even heaven and earth seemed shaken.
"The Gravity Domain's suppression and the Sluggish Domain's restrictions are indeed interesting!"
"But they're still not enough to stop me, Chu Feng!"
"One force can overcome ten techniques; one spear can shatter ten thousand laws!"
"Before absolute power, all rules and authorities are nothing but lambs waiting to be slaughtered!"
"Now I'll end this battle with one absolute strike!"
With that, Chu Feng took a step forward, and overwhelming Haki burst outward.
Boundless Haki formed a wall of force around him. Within that wall was a world of its own, completely cut off from the outside. No rule or authority could enter.
Chu Feng raised the Overlord Spear in his hand, and his Second Soul Ring lit up once more.
This time, the Second Soul Ring shone with an incomparably dazzling yellow light.
The Soul Ring suddenly contracted, then plunged into Chu Feng's body.
This time, Chu Feng wasn't simply activating his Second Soul Skill.
Instead, he fused the Second Soul Ring directly into his body, fully unleashing its power.
This was an extremely unusual way of activating a Soul Ring, one unique to Chu Feng.
It had something in common with the Ring Detonation secret art of the Clear Sky Sect's Great Sumeru Hammer. Inspired by Ring Detonation, Chu Feng had created a Soul Skill of his own.
But it differed from Ring Detonation.
Ring Detonation blew up a Soul Ring and converted it into pure Soul Power.
Until the destroyed Soul Ring recovered, a Spirit Master couldn't use the Soul Skill it provided.
Chu Feng's method, however, allowed him to use the Soul Skill without suffering Ring Detonation's drawback.
Chu Feng called this technique Spirit Ring Squeezing. It could unleash ten times the Soul Skill's original power.
"Second Soul Skill: Strength to Carry the Cauldron!"
"Strength, one-hundredfold amplification!"
After the Second Soul Ring entered his body, Chu Feng's Seventh and Fifth Soul Rings lit up in succession.
Then they, too, entered his body one after another.
"Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar!"
"Combat power, twentyfold amplification!"
"Fireworks bloom, the starry sky fades; a fleeting moment of beauty lives forever.
"Strength amplified two thousandfold: Single Target Absolute Judgment Spear!"
"Fifth Soul Skill: Overlord Spear Strike!"
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