100,000-Year Spirit Ring! That Crimson Hue! Shadow Abyss Shark True Form! Dugu Bo is Stunned!

Above the lake, poisonous mist curled and drifted.

Dugu Bo hovered in mid-air, his expression turning incomparably grave for the first time.

His murky, aged eyes scanned the area below, his spiritual power spreading out like an invisible net, yet it caught nothing.

Where were they?

How could they vanish into thin air?

"Vanished..."

On the shore, Ye Lingling's eyes, clear as autumn water, were filled with suspicion and shock; she instinctively grabbed the arm of Dugu Yan beside her.

"Yanyan, he... he's gone!"

Dugu Yan was already stunned, muttering to herself.

"Indeed... gone. What kind of soul skill is this?"

Ye Lingling's voice carried a hint of trembling.

"I've heard that there is an extremely rare type of martial soul in the soul master world that possesses spatial power, capable of teleportation... could it be that he..."

Just then, the pupils of Dugu Bo in mid-air suddenly constricted.

"A spatial-type soul skill!"

He spoke in a deep voice, his tone carrying a trace of shock he hadn't even realized himself.

"This brat... actually possesses spatial abilities!"

As a Titled Douluo, he knew full well how troublesome and terrifying such an ability could be.

However, just as he was fully focused, guarding against the slightest spatial fluctuation in his surroundings.

A ripple, almost imperceptible, quietly spread out behind him.

A calm voice, devoid of any murderous intent, sounded as if it were pressed right against the back of his neck.

"Wave Breaker."

Not good!

Dugu Bo felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end, a lethal chill surging from his tailbone straight to his crown!

He didn't even have time to turn around!

"Fifth Soul Skill, Serpent Python Celestial Shield!"

At the critical moment, Dugu Bo roared, and the fifth black soul ring on his body shone brilliantly!

Hum!

Several massive snake-scale shields, condensed from dark green soul power, instantly appeared and circled around him!

Clang—!

A deafening sound of metal clashing exploded!

A short blade, entirely deep blue, was seen pressed against the snake-scale shield on Dugu Bo's back.

That seemingly indestructible ten-thousand-year soul skill defense was actually dented violently by this strike, and spiderweb-like cracks spread across it instantly!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Dugu Bo's figure was forced to stagger back dozens of steps in mid-air by this immense force before he could barely steady himself.

He spun around abruptly to look at the youth who had appeared out of nowhere, his eyes filled with shock.

"Monster..."

Dugu Bo panted, his chest heaving.

"You fellow, you really are a monster!"

Having reached this point, there was no longer a shred of contempt in his heart, replaced only by pure, competitive battle intent!

"Good lad! To be able to force me to this extent, you have enough reason to be proud!"

A sharp light erupted in Dugu Bo's eyes.

"However, the game ends here!"

"Next, I shall let you witness the true power of a Titled Douluo!"

As his words fell, his aura climbed once more!

"Seventh Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor True Body!"

In an instant, blinding green light swallowed him whole, and a dark green giant serpent over a hundred meters long appeared out of thin air, coiling in the sky. Those giant, lantern-like snake eyes locked firmly onto Lan!

Following that, the eighth black ten-thousand-year soul ring lit up with an ominous glow.

"Eighth Soul Skill, Time Stasis!"

The giant serpent opened its blood-red maw, but instead of venom, it spewed out a gray, eerie current of air!

Wherever that current passed, whether it was the drifting poisonous mist, the boiling lake water, or even the flowing air, everything fell into absolute stillness in an instant!

Lan's figure was also frozen in mid-air, unable to move.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing this, Dugu Bo, who had transformed into the Serpent Emperor, let out a triumphant roar.

"Kid, you've been hit by my Time Stasis. Your body and soul power will be temporarily frozen, and you won't be able to move at all!"

His enormous snake head leaned close to Lan, his voice like thunder.

"What do you say, kid, surrender!"

On the shore.

Dugu Yan's shock and fear vanished from her face, replaced by a sense of pleasure.

She laughed until her body trembled, then turned and winked at Ye Lingling.

"Lingling, look, Grandpa froze him!"

"Should we... go up and 'repay' him now?"

She smiled maliciously.

"For example, let's strip off his clothes and see what his body looks like?"

However, Ye Lingling did not respond to her joke.

The color drained from her exquisite face, leaving only boundless astonishment.

Ye Lingling's hand pointed behind Dugu Yan, towards the battlefield frozen by time.

"Yan... Yan Yan..."

The smile on Dugu Yan's face stiffened, and she turned around with a hint of annoyance.

"What is it, you're so jumpy..."

The next second.

She saw a scene she would never forget in her life.

In mid-air, the young man who should have been "frozen" began to emanate a deep blue spectral light.

The gray "time" domain shattered inch by inch around him, peeling away like a mirror.

A calm voice, filled with supreme majesty, resounded through heaven and earth.

"Shadow Abyss Shark True Form!"

Boom--!

An aura far more terrifying and ancient than the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor erupted suddenly!

Before the disbelieving eyes of Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo.

A spirit ring slowly rose from beneath Lan's feet.

It was not yellow, not purple, and certainly not black.

It was a strange, dazzling, representing the extreme and terrifying—

Red!

A hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, as dazzling as fresh blood, flickered in the air!

That touch of red, like a brand, was deeply imprinted into the pupils of Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

"A... hundred-thousand-year..."

The pride and pleasure on Dugu Yan's face instantly froze, as if she had been slapped hard across the face, the pain burning hot.

"The seventh spirit ring... is a hundred-thousand-year one?"

However, this was only the beginning.

Buzz--!

Under their stunned gaze, spirit rings rose one after another from beneath Lan's feet.

Two purple!

Four black!

Finally, that dazzling blood-red one!

Two purple, four black, one red!

Seven spirit rings, neatly encircling Lan's body, forming a spectacle that would drive any soul master mad!

And Lan's figure also underwent a bizarre transformation amidst the light of these seven rings.

His body did not enlarge like Dugu Bo's; instead, it was enveloped by a vast, boundless deep blue spectral shadow.

It was the phantom of a shark.

An Azure Deep Sea Giant Shark that seemed to have swum out from the deepest seas of primordial ancient times!

Its outline was blurry yet profound, as if composed of the purest deep-sea shadows, and in the position of its eyes were two burning orbs of light, redder than the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.

An ancient pressure, transcending time and space, swept out like a tsunami.

This was not the ferocity of a soul beast, but an absolute suppression from the apex of the food chain, from the very origin of life!