Facing Ye Xishui's attack, Mu En showed no fear whatsoever.
He neither dodged nor used any elaborate Soul Skills.
He merely slowly raised his right palm.
The movement appeared calm and unhurried, yet it seemed to stir the light of the entire world.
Within his palm, a point of pure golden light suddenly flared to life.
The next instant!
"Roar—!"
Accompanied by an even more majestic dragon's roar, that point of golden light exploded!
A solid golden pillar of light, like the sword of dawn tearing through darkness, blasted skyward from Mu En's palm!
The incomparably intense aura of light was no longer warm and gentle illumination, but had transformed into the most piercing and purifying force!
Wherever the pillar passed, Ye Xishui's thick blood-colored domain melted away violently like snow beneath boiling water, releasing sharp sizzling sounds, as though countless resentful souls were vanishing amid wails.
This was Mu En's renowned Self-Created Soul Skill, Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Split!
Based on Reign Over the World and rooted in the Bright Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, it could destroy all evil.
Even someone as powerful as Ye Xishui, who had already reached the limit of the Evil Soul Master path.
When facing this pure judgment of light, the evil Soul Power she relied upon would still be significantly suppressed and weakened.
Of course, though this move was powerful, it also depended on the user's condition.
If it had been Mu En from several months ago, gravely injured and not yet recovered, with his foundation exhausted and able to move only in a wheelchair, then even if he had forcibly unleashed this move, its power would have been greatly reduced.
Unless he had been at Shrek Academy and drawn upon the Golden Tree's power, relying only on the strength he had left back then.
This move might have made Ye Xishui wary, but it would have been impossible for it to pose a genuine threat to her.
But times had changed!
Mu En had now consumed the immortal herb.
Not only had his old injuries completely healed, but the vast medicinal power had refined his meridians and nourished the origin of his Martial Soul.
It allowed him to go a step further even after returning to his peak!
At this moment, he was the complete Dragon God Douluo, even stronger than he had once been!
Personally sensing the immense Soul Power and light attribute contained within that golden radiance, far beyond her expectations.
The madness-shrouded expression on Ye Xishui's face finally underwent a drastic change for the first time!
"How is this possible?!"
A shrill cry escaped her lips.
She had assumed that even if Mu En recovered from his injuries, at most he would return to a state evenly matched with her.
In fact, after absorbing countless resentful souls and advancing in cultivation as well, she had been confident she could overpower him.
Yet the pure and tyrannical force of light before her completely shattered her delusions.
"Recovering from your injuries would have been one thing..."
For the first time, uncertainty and even a faint trace of horror entered Ye Xishui's voice.
"But how could your cultivation be so much higher than mine?!"
Mu En did not answer Ye Xishui's question, which was filled with shock and unwillingness.
Words were unnecessary now.
Two centuries of entangled grudges could never be sorted out with a few words.
By now, he understood very clearly that for an Evil Soul Master whose very soul had been steeped in madness.
Any explanation or conversation would only become nourishment for her twisted mind.
Action was the only answer.
Mu En attacked again, unlike the skyward pillar of light that was Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Split.
This time, vast light-attributed Soul Power spread outward from him in every direction at incredible speed, like mercury spilling across the ground!
Dragon Emperor Quake Domain!
These two Self-Created Soul Skills were created by Mu En after exhausting a lifetime of cultivation and wisdom, specifically to restrain and suppress Evil Soul Masters!
Now, driven by Mu En's peak Soul Power, stronger than ever before, the power of these two Soul Skills was pushed to unprecedented heights.
Their effect was outstanding!
Ye Xishui tried to mobilize her Soul Power to counterattack, only to feel as if she were submerged in an ocean of light. Every movement bore the crushing pressure of ten thousand tons, while the circulation of her Soul Power became extraordinarily sluggish.
For a moment, the notorious Death God Douluo actually revealed a wretched state of near-total helplessness beneath Mu En's successive suppression!
"Damn it! If the Death God Tower had been completed, I never would have lost to Mu En!" Ye Xishui let out an unwilling shriek.
In the original work, the completed Death God Tower was initially a tenth-grade Soul Tool, only for the author to later retcon it into a peak ninth-grade one.
But regardless of which version it was, its power was beyond doubt. It was a devastating weapon capable of decisively influencing battles at the Limit Douluo level!
If she could have used it now, the battle situation would certainly have been reversed.
Unfortunately, beneath the night sky of Ming Capital, there was no terrifying giant tower that harvested lives.
Mu En naturally did not know what Ye Xishui was thinking.
By this point, the melancholy he had felt after seeing an old acquaintance had been completely suppressed, replaced by a powerful killing intent.
Since he had encountered her ahead of time, and this was not the Evil Demon Forest, where the Beast Lord Evil Emperor could overpower him.
This was simply a heaven-sent opportunity!
Perhaps he could take this chance to keep her here.
He could personally bring an end to the evil causes he had sown in his youth, and to the sins that had to be repaid!
"Boom! Boom! Boom—"
Ming Capital's night sky was torn apart by ceaseless explosions of energy.
Mu En remained silent. Golden light surged around him like an ocean as he continuously poured devastating light-attributed Soul Power toward Ye Xishui.
The earth trembled, and the air wailed.
Ye Xishui staggered, her aura clearly thrown into disorder as she endured tremendous pressure.
However, a slight frown appeared on Mu En's otherwise placid face.
He could suppress her, but he could never turn that suppression into a true victory, much less kill her.
The root of the problem lay in Ye Xishui's Martial Soul, the Blood Soul Demon Puppet.
In terms of direct offensive power, the Blood Soul Demon Puppet might not have been the strongest Martial Soul among the three Limit Douluo.
But when it came to survivability and the sheer number and strangeness of her life-saving methods, Ye Xishui was undoubtedly the foremost person on the continent!
At this moment, deep within the blood-colored mist around Ye Xishui that was constantly being purified by the light.
Twelve head-sized clusters of resentful spirits could vaguely be seen twisting and writhing, slowly rotating around her like satellites.
To her, every one of these resentful spirits could be used as an extra life, along with one rebirth through her second Martial Soul.
To truly kill her, one would have to kill her at least fourteen times!
Relying on his current strength, Mu En could steadily suppress Ye Xishui.
But even killing her once was already unimaginably difficult.
Under his continuous suppression, Ye Xishui's counterattacks were weak, yet her defensive methods remained in effect.
Mu En could clearly sense that his attacks, powerful enough to split mountains and seas.
Whenever they were about to reach Ye Xishui's core, they would always be distorted and deflected by the strange Blood Soul power around her, losing most of their damage.
Killing her once was already so difficult, let alone killing her fourteen times in succession?
This was almost an impossible task to accomplish in a one-on-one battle.
Unless he possessed an overwhelming method capable of instantly erasing all her life force and soul.
Or unless he had laid a Heavenly Net in advance, creating a fatal trap that cut off every possibility of escape or substitution.
Clearly, in tonight's unexpected encounter, though Mu En was stronger, he had not yet reached the point of being able to absolutely overwhelm her.
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