Crisis, Three-Eyed Demon Fox!

Shui Bing'er let out a muffled groan as a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. Her body slid backward uncontrollably for several meters, carving two deep furrows into the ground!

"Big Sister Bing'er!" Ning Xiaochun was struck with alarm and hurriedly rushed to steady her.

"I'm fine!" Shui Bing'er wiped the blood from her lips, her gaze growing even colder and more resolute as she locked eyes with the Three-Eyed Demon Fox.

"You beast! Take this poison!" Seizing the opportunity, Dugu Yan waved her hands repeatedly, sending several ink-green poison arrows streaking toward the Three-Eyed Demon Fox like a torrential rain!

The Three-Eyed Demon Fox twisted its body in an uncanny, boneless fashion, easily dodging the majority of the arrows. Only one or two grazed its fur, but the poison seemed to have little effect; a faint, ghostly light shimmered across its coat, sealing the toxins away.

"Its defense and resistance are both incredibly high! Ordinary poison has little effect on it!" Dugu Yan's expression darkened.

Hu Liena also seized the moment to launch an attack. Her nine fox tails whipped out like steel lashes toward the Three-Eyed Demon Fox, while pink-gold light flickered in her eyes, attempting to disrupt it with a charm skill.

However, the Three-Eyed Demon Fox possessed equally formidable mental strength. It merely faltered for a split second before breaking free from the charm and lashing out with a claw to force Hu Liena back.

The battle had been at a disadvantage from the very start!

The Three-Eyed Demon Fox's speed, strength, defense, and mental attacks were all exceptional; it had almost no weaknesses!

Although Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Hu Liena were geniuses among geniuses, they had yet to absorb the soul rings best suited for them.

They were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of soul power rank and soul ring configuration, and lacking effective coordinated tactics, they could only fight individually, allowing the Three-Eyed Demon Fox to toy with them using its speed and cunning.

Had it not been for Ning Xiaochun constantly weakening the beast with his Soft Muscle Evil and Foot-Stalling Bane, they would likely have been defeated long ago!

Even so, the situation grew increasingly dire. The Three-Eyed Demon Fox seemed to have gauged their limits, its attacks becoming increasingly vicious and precise. Every pounce targeted a vital point, leaving the three girls in constant peril.

"This won't do, we'll be worn down to death at this rate!" Hu Liena dodged a lethal throat-strike from the fox, her breathing ragged. "This fox is too cunning! It's intentionally draining our stamina!"

Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan realized this as well, but they had no viable solution. The gap in strength could not be easily bridged by willpower and coordination alone.

In the shadows, Sword Douluo Chen Xin's hand rested on his sword hilt, sharp sword intent coalescing in his eyes. He could no longer bear it and wanted to intervene to save the children.

However, Bone Douluo Gu Rong reached out to stop him, his thin, withered fingers waving slightly as he transmitted his voice: "Old Sword, don't be hasty. Wait a little longer."

"Wait for what? For those children to get hurt?" Sword Douluo frowned, his tone anxious.

"Look at Xiaochun." Bone Douluo's gaze fell upon the black-haired boy in the arena, whose face was pale but whose eyes were exceptionally bright. "His expression... he isn't afraid. He is... calculating."

Sword Douluo was startled. He looked closer and realized that although Ning Xiaochun appeared tense, there was no panic or despair in those large eyes—instead, they shimmered with a... restless eagerness?

At the very moment the three Title Douluo and Ning Fengzhi were observing from the shadows, ready to intervene at any second, Ning Xiaochun took a deep breath.

He knew he could wait no longer. Conventional methods could no longer turn the tide of battle. He had to use his trump card!

He slowly raised both hands.

In his left, nine-colored rays of light bloomed as the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda spun, emitting a sacred, auspicious light of amplification.

In his right, dark, nether light flowed as the Nine Killings Glazed Pagoda quietly emerged, radiating an ominous, baleful aura of weakening and curses.

The twin pagodas had returned!

But this time, he did not fuse the two into a chaotic orb of light as he had done against Yan. Instead, he brought them together slowly in a completely different manner!

He closed his eyes, as if sensing or communicating with something.

Above his palms, the two nine-story pagodas began to resonate at a strange frequency. The seven-colored and dark lights intertwined and coiled, yet they did not fuse; instead, they formed a delicate balance and resonance!

"With the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda as the foundation... and the Nine Killings Glazed Pagoda as the supplement..."

Ning Xiaochun murmured, beads of sweat forming on his forehead; the process was clearly a massive burden on him. "Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Nine-Layer Glazed Pagoda!"

"Rise! Ring!"

The final two words exploded like a thunderclap!

The intertwined seven-colored and dark light suddenly split into three streams, shooting toward Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Hu Liena respectively!

As the three streams of light merged into the girls' bodies, the soul power fluctuations radiating from them underwent a heaven-shaking transformation!

First was Hu Liena! She had originally possessed two yellow and one purple soul ring, but at this moment, a new purple thousand-year soul ring appeared out of thin air outside her third ring! Two yellow, two purple!

A four-ring Soul Ancestor! And the additional fourth ring was equivalent in age to her own third ring, as if she had been born with four soul rings!

Then came Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan!

They had originally possessed two yellow hundred-year soul rings, but now, a purple thousand-year soul ring had appeared outside their yellow rings as well!

"What... what is this?!"

Hu Liena felt the sudden addition of a soul ring and the surging, torrential soul power that accompanied it. She gasped, her charming face showing a look of utter disbelief for the first time!

She could even sense that the soul skill attached to the extra ring was a reinforcement skill perfectly suited to her own martial soul!

Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan were also completely stunned. They clearly felt that although their soul power rank hadn't changed, their overall strength had taken a qualitative leap due to the extra ring!

It was as if they had truly become bona fide three-ring Soul Elders!

"This is impossible!" Hu Liena's voice cracked. "What kind of support skill is this? To be able to conjure a soul ring out of thin air?! This is... it defies the common sense of the soul master world!"

"It's a Martial Soul Fusion Skill! A Martial Soul Fusion Skill led by the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda!"

Ning Xiaochun's voice carried a hint of exhaustion, yet his tone was filled with pride and certainty.

"I reversed the 'Ring Reduction' effect of the Nine Killings Glazed Pagoda and used the amplification power of the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda as the core to create this 'Ring Elevation'! It can temporarily boost your spirit ring configuration, allowing you to possess a higher level of combat power for a short time!"

"However, it can only last for five minutes!" Ning Xiaochun added hurriedly.

"Furthermore, it cannot be used on spirit masters whose spirit power level is more than thirty levels higher than mine! So, don't just stand there! Take advantage of this moment and finish off that fox!"

Upon hearing this, a startling fighting spirit and killing intent erupted in the eyes of the three women!

Five minutes! That was enough!