Fell into their own hands (minor revision)

Facing such a powerful soul beast, Lin Chuan clutched his swollen, aching chest in a disheveled state and began to cough lightly.

The blood pooled in his chest surged out with his coughing, splattering onto the nearby blades of Blue Silver Grass.

Just as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger prepared to strike again, Giratina, Chrysanthemum Pass, and Ghost had all arrived, forming a triangular formation to surround the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

"Damn beast, how dare you hurt little Chuan Chuan!"

Having recovered, Chrysanthemum Pass was the most furious. He held the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum aloft in his right hand, and his third soul ring began to flicker beneath his feet:

"Third Soul Skill, Breath Barrier!"

The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum expanded, its petal blades layering over one another to envelop the surroundings, creating a barrier that integrated both offense and defense under the agitation of soul power.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Hellish Specter!"

Ghost followed up with an attack, and within the barrier, over a dozen half-meter-tall portals resembling passages to hell instantly appeared.

Black hands erupted from them, accompanied by unsettling, shrill shrieks, as they slaughtered their way toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger from all directions.

Each pitch-black hand rolled with evil energy; wherever they passed, the grass and trees withered instantly, leaving all things pale and deathly silent.

Facing these attacks, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger stomped its right claw against the ground, unleashing its final trump card.

In an instant, a purple-black vortex measuring a hundred meters in size appeared overhead.

While Ghost and Chrysanthemum Pass remained vigilant for any other strange moves, Giratina had already sensed that something was wrong.

Just as it thought to retreat a step to reconsider, the vortex erupted with a terrifying suction force, covering three hundred and sixty degrees without a single blind spot.

The Blue Silver Grass and thick trees on the ground were uprooted and sucked into the space, including Ghost's ninth soul skill.

The suction was incredibly overbearing; Chrysanthemum Pass, Ghost, and Giratina could not struggle in time, and even Lin Chuan was sucked in along with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The sensation of dizziness and weightlessness made the two Title Douluo instinctively try to use their soul power to protect themselves, only to be stunned to find their bodies constantly growing younger!

Their mental strength was continuously suppressed after being sucked into this black hole, leaving them feeling dizzy and faint.

When the scene before them returned to normal, they had already appeared in a new world.

Chrysanthemum Pass and Ghost were the most astonished, constantly observing their current selves.

The reality of their situation and the regression of their strength made them realize.

They had actually returned to their youth!

Their strength had regressed directly to the Soul Saint level!

Among the three, only Lin Chuan's strength had regressed the most severely, dropping from a Soul Emperor to a Soul Grand Master.

His own soul power had become thin, clearly at only the Soul Grand Master level.

Noticing the situation here, Giratina said with some interest:

"A battle in an alternate space! My favorite!"

"The soul ring of this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger might help your domain undergo a metamorphosis. Give it your all, little Lin!"

Chrysanthemum Pass was still preening over his now more delicate, handsome face.

Ghost, wearing a younger face, came to the side of Lin Chuan, whose age had regressed to eleven, and asked:

"What do we do now? The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's abilities are too bizarre. Now that we are trapped here, can we even get out?"

Before Lin Chuan could answer, an ethereal female voice echoed throughout this space:

"Welcome to the Death Arena. Only when one side dies can you leave this space."

In the blink of an eye, a vortex appeared in the firmament, and the wounded figure of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger suddenly dropped back to the ground.

The marble floor engraved with patterns was instantly crushed into several cracks, but in the next second, these cracks instantly restored themselves to perfection.

Compared to the composure of Lin Chuan and the others, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which had suffered heavy injuries and a brief burst of power, was furious and physically exhausted.

After this battle, even if it won, the consequences would be unbearable.

In its heavily wounded state, it would gain nothing from this.

But now it wanted revenge, to tear apart this group of annoying insects before it!

Immediately, pitch-black energy surged around the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

A majestic power, as if coming from the dawn of time, rippled out, causing waves to stir in this space.

At this moment.

Chrysanthemum Pass, Ghost, and Lin Chuan naturally sensed the strange sensation in their bodies.

An indescribable power was stripping them of everything except their memories and physical instincts!

They understood that this was one of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's major abilities: Time Regression.

If this skill were successfully activated, the effects would be extremely severe!

"Stop it!"

Chrysanthemum Pass turned his head, only to be shocked to find that Lin Chuan had already regressed to about six or seven years old.

"This skill is Time Regression. If it successfully activates, we might not be able to beat this monster when we were children!"

"Even if it is only a few decades old, it is still a creature capable of tearing apart thousand-year soul beasts."

Listening to Lin Chuan's explanation, Ghost realized the gravity of the situation, his expression turning solemn as he recalled the voice from moments ago.

Death Arena, a constant reminder to them all.

Only by killing the opponent can one leave!

They had even been subjected to restrictions the moment they entered.

Now, there was no room for hesitation!

Having adapted to the strange sensation of his strength being stripped away, Ghost suddenly unleashed a chilling killing intent, as cold as a deep pool in the Nine Netherworlds.

Behind him, a massive evil spirit surged, formed from pure darkness and resentment, struggling as it crawled out from the ground!

"Yue Guan!"

A youth's soft shout rang out.

The energy here had already stripped their levels down to that of a Soul Ancestor.

But their memories remained, and Chrysanthemum Pass reacted in an instant, summoning his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Strange Flower!"

The deep purple fourth soul ring beneath his feet flickered.

The cold-glinting blade petals, carrying the youth's surging killing intent and the majority of his soul power, transformed into a ticking time bomb, instantly darting to the side of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Chrysanthemum Pass folded his arms across his chest, not forgetting to elegantly snap his fingers.

"BOOM!!"

Guided by soul power, the fourth soul skill, capable of blowing a ten-thousand-year soul beast to pieces, detonated right in the face of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Ghost's figure flickered, his fourth soul ring flashing in tandem.

He pressed his palms together, condensing a black orb within them, inside which ghostly shadows flickered incessantly.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Ghost Shadow Emergence!"

The moment it condensed, Ghost raised his right hand high, and the black orb in his palm began to spin.

Once the black soul power vortex was fully formed, all manner of demons and monsters drifted out from within.

They flew toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which was still caught in the midst of the explosion, with clear intent.

Chrysanthemum Pass's attack had interrupted its skill, bringing the Time Regression to a halt.

Time Regression had affected not only Lin Chuan, Chrysanthemum Pass, and Ghost.

Even the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had been regressed to its youth, though the wounds on its body could not be undone.

This domain only stripped away strength and regressed the body to a previous state.

It did not revert the physical body to a specific point in time; the scars remained.

Thus, after fully absorbing the impact of Chrysanthemum Pass's attack, it could no longer hold on.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger suppressed the weakness in its body, gasping for air with its chest heaving violently, while the purple-black barb at the end of its tail probed left and right like a scorpion's stinger.

Beneath its magnificent exterior lay a body that was already tattered and broken...

Ghost, accompanied by the four ghostly shadows hovering at his side, continued to assault it, adding insult to the severe injuries it had already sustained.

Chrysanthemum Pass looked at the youthful Ghost with a hint of infatuation.

That gaunt yet delicate face brought back a flood of memories shared between them.

Recalling the past.

"Sixty years, gone in the blink of an eye~"

Lin Chuan stood by as a spectator, waiting.

Because his own strength was the weakest, he had been stripped of it the fastest.

He had already reverted to the appearance of a six-year-old, but his authority to use his martial soul had not been revoked.

This was because the awakening of his martial soul was tied to the initial awakening of Giratina.

Since it had already awakened, it could not be forcibly shaken unless it reached a level of immense power.

Under Ghost's brutal beating, it took only a moment.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's limbs were shattered, its spine broken, and its lower body rendered incapable of any movement.

The youthful Ghost dragged it along, as if he were hauling a dead dog.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was tossed before Lin Chuan on the verge of death, followed by Ghost's youthful, yet gentle voice:

"Little Chuan, kill it and begin absorbing the soul ring. It looks to be around fifty thousand years, but you should still be careful."

"The impact from these powerful soul beasts when refining a soul ring is terrifying; it is better to be cautious."

He knew the limit of Lin Chuan's fifth soul ring; it was thirty thousand years, while this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was five to six thousand years.

After Lin Chuan's level increased, his soul rings could typically increase by ten to twenty thousand years in limit.

Furthermore, before entering the Capital of Slaughter, he had absorbed a seventy-thousand-year soul bone, which had enhanced his physique significantly.

Facing this soul beast, Ghost and Chrysanthemum Pass only worried about Lin Chuan absorbing an unknown soul ring.

The person in question, Lin Chuan, felt no such concern and walked up to the whimpering Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Holding a two-foot-long dagger in his right hand, he thrust it into its eye, easily ending its life.