"Death Spider Emperor, you dared to set foot in our territory. Perfect. Aunt Rou's ninth Soul Ring will be yours."
Azure light shone from the Sky Azure Bull Python's body, instantly enveloping an area thousands of meters wide. This azure glow was the Sky Azure Bull Python's Talent Domain—the Slow Domain.
"Second Brother."
An earthy yellow glow lit up, intertwining with the azure light. The Titan Giant Ape likewise unleashed his Talent Domain—the Gravity Domain.
The Titan Giant Ape, Sky Azure Bull Python, Ah Rou, and Xiao Wu had all fought the Death Spider Emperor before. They knew exactly how difficult she was to kill; her innate soul skills were practically all focused on survival. The four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had joined forces, yet she had still escaped.
The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python used their Talent Domains together to suppress the Death Spider Emperor precisely to prevent her from fleeing.
The Death Spider Emperor grinned viciously. "Ganging up on me again? Unfortunately, this time, I brought someone along too."
Golden light flashed and slammed into the Slow Domain and Gravity Domain, forcing both domains back.
Six wings spread from Qian Daoliu's back as he descended beside Bibi Zhu.
"I'll deal with the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python. Leave those two rabbits to you. Don't kill them."
The Death Spider Emperor asked, "You want those two rabbits' Soul Rings and Soul Bones?"
Qian Daoliu gave a slight nod. It was best not to waste anything if possible. Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings were indeed precious, but the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python were far too enormous. Even if they could be captured and brought back to Spirit Hall, there would be no suitable place to imprison them. There was no choice but to slaughter them and take their Soul Bones back.
Xiao Wu was not that large and could be kept in captivity. Ah Rou, who had already transformed into a human, required even less consideration.
"Human!" the Sky Azure Bull Python roared. "Death Spider Emperor, you traitor! You actually joined forces with humans!"
Creatures capable of dropping Soul Rings and Soul Bones were collectively called Soul Beasts. Although Soul Beasts slaughtered one another, when faced with the catastrophe of their race's extinction, the various Soul Beast races would still gather together and unleash beast tides to resist.
Therefore, the Death Spider Emperor did not refute the Sky Azure Bull Python's accusation of treachery. She merely sneered inwardly. She had found a path to becoming a God Beast. Who still cared about ordinary Soul Beasts like them?
Eight black and one red Soul Ring rose beneath Qian Daoliu's feet. The aura of a Limit Douluo erupted without restraint. The terrifying pressure and astonishing Soul Ring configuration left the Sky Azure Bull Python, Titan Giant Ape, Xiao Wu, and Ah Rou frozen for a moment.
The next instant, the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python's eyes bulged as they spat out blood. Two golden fist imprints had struck their chests.
The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python were sent flying, hurtling from one end of Life Lake to the other before their enormous bodies crashed heavily into the ground.
Boom!
The earth trembled and mountains shook. Vast swathes of vegetation were shattered, dust soared into the sky, and the waters of Life Lake churned violently.
"Da Ming! Er Ming!" X2
Ah Rou and Xiao Wu shouted.
Qian Daoliu shot into the air and charged once more at the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
The disgust constantly welling up in the Death Spider Emperor's heart faded, and her strength recovered.
Because the Six-Winged Angel had zero tolerance for Evil, unless the Death Spider Emperor's bloodline evolved to a level equal to the Six-Winged Angel, Qian Daoliu's Angel Domain would only completely purify her Death Domain before suppressing her, drastically reducing her strength. She could not, like the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, release her own Talent Domain and weave it together with another to fight their enemy.
"Soft Bone Rabbits, your time has come!"
The Death Spider Emperor released her Death Domain, engulfing Ah Rou and Xiao Wu. The strength of the human and beast instantly fell by thirty percent, while death energy laced with poison entered their bodies through every breath, slowly poisoning them and making them increasingly weaker.
The Death Spider Emperor's lower body receded as six Spider Spears grew from her body. Her fair, slender arms also transformed into two Spider Spears as she returned to her Soul Beast's original form.
Only in her Soul Beast's original form could the Death Spider Emperor unleash one hundred percent of her power.
Ah Rou shouted furiously, "Death Spider Emperor, do you know what you're doing?"
The Death Spider Emperor sneered. "Of course I do. I'm taking revenge. I'm embarking on a road with limitless prospects. You fake Soul Beast should stop whining."
Transformed Soul Beasts could be said to be rejected by both humans and Soul Beasts. Humans wanted to kill them for their Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, believing that beasts were still beasts; meanwhile, Soul Beasts as a whole did not regard transformed Soul Beasts as Soul Beasts either.
As soon as she finished speaking, the Death Spider Emperor lunged forward. Eight scythe-like spider legs stabbed toward Ah Rou. Compared to Xiao Wu, she bore a deeper grudge against Ah Rou.
"Mom!"
Xiao Wu immediately Teleported in front of Ah Rou. Golden light flashed around her body as she unleashed Invincible Golden Body, blocking the Death Spider Emperor's spider strike.
With a flash of pink light, Ah Rou also activated her Teleportation soul skill and appeared behind the Death Spider Emperor. She seized the Death Spider Emperor's massive spider abdomen with both hands, inverted herself, and exerted force through her waist. The opening stance of Explosive Eight-Stage Throw was ready.
Had Ah Rou used this move against another Soul Beast, it might have worked. But unfortunately, she faced the Death Spider Emperor. On Douluo Continent, spiders were rabbits' natural nemesis.
The Death Spider Emperor's spider abdomen swelled slightly, and she sprayed out a sticky purple net toward Ah Rou. The net gave off a strange fragrance and contained potent venom.
Ah Rou had no choice but to stop her Explosive Eight-Stage Throw and activate her Teleportation soul skill again, evading the spiderweb.
Empowered by her domain, the Death Spider Emperor's strength had officially risen to that of a level 96 Title Douluo. Xiao Wu could contend with a human level 95 Title Douluo, but under the domain's weakening effect, she could only display the combat power of a level 93 Title Douluo. Ah Rou possessed level 90 cultivation but had not obtained her ninth Soul Ring. Though she was called a quasi-Title Douluo, she was actually only a Soul Douluo. Weakened by the Death Domain, she could only display the strength of a low-level Soul Douluo.
Coupled with the Death Spider Emperor being rabbits' natural nemesis, Xiao Wu and Ah Rou were already in grave danger after only a brief exchange, repeatedly using Invincible Golden Body to save their lives.
"Aunt Rou, Sister Xiao Wu!"
Sensing that Ah Rou and Xiao Wu were in dire straits, the Sky Azure Bull Python roared. Massive amounts of cold air blasted from his thick nostrils as he stared fixedly at Qian Daoliu, lightning flickering around his bull head.
"Human, why are you helping the Death Spider Emperor?" the simple-minded Titan Giant Ape asked foolishly, believing Qian Daoliu was helping the Death Spider Emperor take revenge.
"Helping her is also helping myself. Have you forgotten what you are? I can't take your Soul Rings, but your Soul Bones are still quite desirable."
Seeing the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, whose chests had caved in after taking his attack, Qian Daoliu could not help but marvel at the Soul Beasts' formidable vitality. If Xiao Jiji had suffered such injuries, he would already be lying in bed.
"Second Brother, stop talking! Azure Sky Annihilation Thunder!" The Sky Azure Bull Python let out a piercing bellow as blue-green lightning erupted from his bull head and rapidly surged in every direction, sweeping over the Titan Giant Ape.
Titan Giant Star!
The Titan Giant Ape followed immediately, smashing both fists heavily into the ground.
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