Chen Xin pointed his Seven Kill Sword at Spirit Kite Douluo and gave a disdainful laugh.
"You lost by one move, that's all. Why all the bluster? Come and meet your death!"
Chen Xin struck with his sword, charging straight at the four of them.
Seeing the hundred-meter vacuum zone that had appeared near the sect, Gu Rong joined the battle between the Titled Douluos.
As the situation grew worse, Spirit Kite knew that if this operation failed, Bibi Dong would punish her severely.
Since they couldn't break through by force, Li Tianyi was her way in. Even if the operation failed, bringing Li Tianyi back would balance out her merits and demerits, sparing her punishment.
As for Snake Lance Douluo and the others, she couldn't care less about them.
When Gu Rong charged into the fray, Spirit Kite Douluo didn't feel her attributes drop at all. She couldn't help being surprised.
"It wasn't you! Then what was that Domain just now?"
Spirit Kite stared in shock at the short figure. That wasn't the Divine Slaughter's Domain. There was no biting killing intent, only a will to stand supreme, a battle spirit peerless beneath heaven.
"Damn it! Everyone! Capture that child alive!"
Spirit Kite Douluo couldn't spare a hand to deal with Ling Chen. Ning Fengzhi could even devote his full support to Chen Xin and the others.
As the saying went, capture the leader to capture the bandits. Take down Ning Fengzhi, and the battle could turn around almost instantly.
But they had already lost their chance to strike first. With the boosts from Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin and Bone Dragon had them pinned down, unable to break free.
Their last opening to turn the tide was to capture Ling Chen alive.
At the order, the Spirit Hall Soul Masters charged again. There was no point in attacking the city now; it was no different from throwing their lives away. Even without Bone Dragon Douluo outside the walls, the Godly Zhuge Crossbows alone could keep the vacuum zone open.
"Kill!"
Soul Ancestors at level 40 and Soul Kings at level 50 surged into battle one after another. A sea of dark figures swept forward like a flood.
But the moment they entered the Peerless Domain, they all froze.
The dead Soul Masters ahead hadn't been able to tell them how terrifying this Domain was. Even Spirit Kite Douluo, up in the sky, hadn't had time to get the warning out.
They had assumed Ling Chen only possessed the Divine Slaughter's Domain, making him a little troublesome to deal with.
But the moment they stepped inside, their strength was cut by nearly half. That was terrifying enough. Worse, they were facing a God of Slaughter. Trying to capture him alive meant they might well leave with a limb missing.
They had heard of the title Severed Limb Demon Child, but he was only known in Slaughter City, and losing a limb was common enough on the battlefield.
They weren't afraid. At their current level, with their Soul Skills at their disposal, taking Ling Chen should have been easy. But the Peerless Domain had thrown a wrench into their plans.
A 41% drop in all attributes was no joke. Their reflexes dulled, their speed faltered, and their strength wouldn't come when they called for it. Their Soul Power drained faster, too...
For some Soul Masters, their defense even fell below zero. A single touch could shatter them.
But with the Titled Douluos on their side losing ground, they could only grit their teeth and attack. They had numbers on their side; hundreds, even thousands of Soul Masters could surround him and block every escape.
Seeing trouble brewing, Ning Fengzhi hurriedly called out to him.
"Tian Yi, come back! As long as you stay inside the sect, they can't do anything!"
But Ling Chen ignored Ning Fengzhi and instead walked toward the Spirit Hall army.
Chances to quickly acquire Martial Soul Origins like this were rare. Large-scale human battles like this in Douluo I could be counted on one hand.
Fortune favored the bold. First, he'd leave them in pieces!
Ling Chen wanted to see whether he could go all out and take on these Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings.
"Kill!"
Ling Chen roared and charged at the mass of dark figures.
He was fast. With all his attributes boosted by 81%, even his small body erupted with strength far beyond that of a level-30 Soul Elder.
"So fast!"
A Soul Ancestor saw the afterimage of a child swinging a Green Steel Sword at him, but his own body felt sluggish.
"Fourth Soul Skill—Ten Tree Wall!"
Ten trees burst from the ground, forming a wooden wall two trees thick. He tried to use it to stop Ling Chen's advance.
Crack! Ling Chen cleaved through both the wood and the man in one stroke. With the 81% boost to his strength and a year of training behind him, the Green Steel Sword had become unstoppable.
The other Soul Ancestors watched, their legs trembling.
Was this even human? He'd broken through a level-40 Soul Ancestor's Soul Skill with brute strength alone, without using a Soul Skill. Did he think he was wielding the Clear Sky Hammer?
Ling Chen looked up at the Soul Ancestors. His scarlet eyes brimmed with bloodlust. In the past year, he hadn't killed a single person. Now, the feeling of cutting through his enemies with swift, clean strokes only stoked his murderous intent.
The Soul Ancestors didn't dare let their guard down. Soul Skills of every kind came thick and fast. Capturing Ling Chen alive was no longer an option. Only by killing him might they leave this place alive.
But under the Peerless Domain's suppression, their Soul Skills were not only weakened dramatically; they also came with a slight delay before taking effect.
To Ling Chen, it looked like children picking up rocks, swinging them around before throwing them. Then came the screams.
Why let those openings go? He wasn't about to wait for them to unleash their skills just to see how powerful they were.
Ling Chen weaved through the crowd, an emotionless killing machine. He avoided the Soul Kings, refusing to engage them.
Some Soul Kings had Soul Skills that boosted a single attribute enough to cancel out the Peerless Domain's reduction. Fighting them would only pin Ling Chen down.
Once they formed a ring around him, he'd be as good as captured.
As for Soul Saints and Soul Emperors within Spirit Hall, most had been sent to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Gu Rong had killed the rest.
After all, Spirit Hall wouldn't send that many high-level fighters to deal with an auxiliary-type sect.
The Soul Kings weren't fools. They might be slower than Ling Chen, but there were more than thirty of them. It was only a matter of time before they surrounded him.
Ning Fengzhi saw what the Soul Kings were planning and wanted to go out and help Ling Chen, but the sect's disciples stopped him.
"Master, Li Tianyi's Domain affects everyone indiscriminately. If you go in to boost him, your attributes will drop too!"
"Exactly! If you go out, Spirit Hall could seize the chance to attack us. Then we'd be finished!"
The disciples had a point. All Ning Fengzhi could do was pace back and forth in agitation.
"Fire! Fire! Even if the range falls short, we still have to support Li Tianyi!"
Ning Fengzhi hurriedly gave the order. He would never allow Ling Chen to be taken away.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
The arrows tore through the sky and landed at the edge of the vacuum zone. No matter how high they angled the Godly Zhuge Crossbows, they couldn't reach Ling Chen's position.
The two were separated by nearly two vacuum zones. They would need siege crossbows to reach that far.
Just as expected, his keen Killing Intent Perception told Ling Chen that he was surrounded.
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