One Against Two

"Kill—!"

Ye Xishui let out a long, shrill cry.

Her body crackled and popped, swelling violently until it had more than doubled in size in the blink of an eye!

A nauseating, terrifying aura of blood and violent soul power surged outward from her like a tsunami, staining half the sky a dark, bruised red!

"Boundless Sea of Blood!"

Ye Xishui shrieked, throwing her arms wide.

In an instant, monstrous waves of blood erupted from the void beneath her feet, sweeping toward Mu En with the terrifying momentum of something that would devour all existence!

Within the Sea of Blood, countless twisted, wailing faces of vengeful spirits rose and fell, adding a hellish dimension to the scene.

With the Sea of Blood surging ahead, several Level 9 Soul Engineers poised for a lethal volley on the flanks, and Kong Deming hovering overhead like a hawk ready to strike with thunderous force.

Mu En was instantly plunged into a flawless, inescapable encirclement!

Yet, at the center of the storm, not a trace of panic crossed Mu En's face.

He pressed his palms together before his chest, then slowly pushed them outward toward his sides.

"Rumble—!"

Centered on Mu En's body, a brilliant golden light, indescribable in its radiance, erupted in all directions like a supernova, unleashed without reservation!

When the golden light collided with the incoming attacks, a violent explosion tore through the air.

"Boom—!"

A terrifying energy storm, impossible to describe in words, expanded outward in a ring-shaped shockwave faster than the speed of sound, like a ring of destruction cast by a god!

This was the most extreme collision possible beneath the god-level; even Di Tian, were he here, would have to brace himself for it without the use of his Dragon God Claw.

Mu En, at the very core of the explosion, bore the brunt of the impact.

Even Mu En himself felt the force of an unimaginable shockwave at that moment.

The instant the impact hit his body, intricate, pale golden dragon scale patterns emerged on his skin, automatically coalescing into an indestructible layer of defense.

Even so, he clearly felt a massive, surging force—as if it would shake his soul from his body—slam into him, causing the vast, sea-like soul power within him to churn violently.

As for the attackers, their situation was far more dire.

Kong Deming reacted the fastest; the moment before the shockwave arrived, a diamond-shaped silver pendant on his chest flared, unfolding a silver barrier that encased his entire body.

The barrier flickered under the impact, emitting a rapid, rhythmic clattering like rain on plantain leaves. He barely managed to block it, yet his figure was still sent flying backward for hundreds of meters.

Ye Xishui was more direct, forcibly channeling the turbulent mix of light energy and physical shock into the boiling Sea of Blood beneath her feet, stirring up monstrous waves.

She let out a muffled groan, her aura suffering a subtle, barely perceptible disruption.

The most wretched, however, were the other Level 9 Soul Engineers providing support.

The various soul tool barriers they had hastily deployed seemed on the verge of shattering under the scouring of such high-level energy turbulence.

The terrifying vibrations penetrated their shields, making it feel as though their internal organs had been displaced.

Their soul power poured out like water from a broken dam, depleting rapidly. Their faces turned paper-white, their eyes filled with shock and lingering fear.

A mere aftershock of a single collision had made them feel the chill of death!

In contrast, Mu En, at the center of the storm, saw the surging, sun-like light aura around him merely flicker for a peak moment during the collision.

Then, like an inexhaustible spring, even more vast and pure light soul power surged from deep within his body.

He quickly smoothed out the fluctuations in his aura, returning to that unfathomable state.

The depth of his foundation and the terror of his recovery speed were enough to drive one to despair.

"All of you, stay back," Kong Deming said in a deep voice.

"For the rest of this battle, provide support with your long-range soul tools only.

A clash of this level is no longer something you can intervene in at close range."

The several Level 9 Soul Engineers felt as if they had been granted a reprieve.

Without a moment's hesitation, they activated their Soul Guidance Thrusters, turning into streaks of light and retreating at top speed until they stopped thousands of meters away, still shaken.

They exchanged bitter smiles, knowing Kong Deming spoke the truth.

One more step closer, and the next aftershock would be enough to tear them and their barriers to shreds!

In the blink of an eye, the core of the battlefield, where the violent energy turbulence had slightly subsided, was left with only three figures standing in defiant opposition.

Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming and Death God Douluo Ye Xishui—the two greatest pillars of the Sun Moon Empire today.

And opposite them stood Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

He stood alone, the aura of light that purifies all things radiating naturally from him, yet it contained a terrifying power that made even the other two feel a sense of dread.

Two against one!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The battle reignited, its intensity far surpassing what had come before!

Kong Deming completely abandoned his probing, his ten fingers dancing rapidly in the air; with every tap, a soul-guiding beam or ring of a completely different nature was unleashed.

However, Mu En's response caused Kong Deming's heart to sink continuously.

Facing a soul-guiding storm that would have sent any Super Douluo into a panic, Mu En did not even pay it much mind.

His figure shifted and dodged within the limited space with a precision that bordered on prophecy.

He would often wait until the very last instant before a beam touched his body to evade it by a hair's breadth, as if he had already seen through the trajectory of every attack.

The vast majority of his energy and those eyes shining with brilliant light remained locked firmly onto Ye Xishui!

Mu En's suppression of Ye Xishui had reached an absolute limit.

Every palm strike he delivered, seemingly light and effortless, erupted with radiant soul power that acted upon the power Ye Xishui had condensed from vengeful spirits like a red-hot iron brand dropped into snow!

"Hiss—!"

With another palm, he scattered several blood-colored ghost claws.

The remaining force of the light power, persistent as maggots on bone, traced back along the path of Ye Xishui's attack and struck with precision the two clusters of vengeful spirits hidden deep within the Sea of Blood.

"Awoo—!"

Amidst a shrill scream that pierced straight to the soul, those two powerful vengeful spirits, which Ye Xishui had tempered and nurtured for over a hundred years, could not even manage a struggle before they dissolved under the radiance of the light like shadows exposed to the scorching sun.

They ultimately turned into two wisps of insignificant green smoke and were completely annihilated.

"You...!"

Ye Xishui's blood-red pupils contracted violently; within the madness and spite that always lingered, a trace of genuine panic and heartache emerged uncontrollably!

One had to know that every Blood Soul refined by her Blood Soul Method had undergone over a hundred years of cultivation.

Ten thousand vengeful spirits would devour one another under the effects of the secret technique, and the strongest survivor would become a single Blood Soul.

This Blood Soul then required a long period of devouring more vengeful spirits to grow even stronger.

When a Blood Soul was first formed, it was only the size of a fingernail.

Knowing how much she had nurtured them until they reached the size of a human head, one could only imagine how many vengeful spirits had been consumed!

In just a brief moment of confrontation, Mu En had already managed to forcibly erode two more clusters by relying on his light attribute!

At this rate, her stockpile of vengeful spirits, accumulated over a hundred years, might truly be purified into nothingness by the other party!

Yet, even though she knew the consequences, she was utterly helpless!

The strength Mu En displayed was simply inconceivable!

In the face of his pure, extreme light power, the effectiveness of her monstrous Sea of Blood was weakened by more than half!

Often, she could only manifest three or four parts of effect from ten parts of force.

Conversely, the light power in his counterattacks could inflict twelve parts of damage upon her!

This feeling of being suppressed to the point of extreme frustration left her with monstrous madness and power, yet it was as if she had fallen into a quagmire of light.

The more she struggled, the deeper she sank, and the faster she was consumed!