Shui Bing'er grunted, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Her body slid backward several meters against her will, carving two deep furrows into the ground!
"Bing'er!" Ning Xiaochun cried out in alarm and hurried to catch Shui Bing'er.
"I'm fine!" Shui Bing'er wiped the blood from her mouth, her gaze even colder and more resolute as she fixed it on the Three-Eyed Demon Fox.
"Beast! Take this poison!" Dugu Yan seized her chance, sweeping both hands out and sending several dark green poison arrows raining toward the Three-Eyed Demon Fox!
The Three-Eyed Demon Fox twisted with uncanny ease, as if it had no bones, dodging most of the arrows. Only one or two grazed its fur, but the poison seemed to have little effect. A faint glow shimmered over its coat, keeping the toxins out.
"Its defenses and resistance are both incredibly high! Ordinary poison won't do much to it!" Dugu Yan said, her face grim.
Hu Liena took the opportunity to attack as well. Her demon fox's nine tails lashed toward the Three-Eyed Demon Fox like steel whips, while a pink-gold light flickered in her eyes as she tried to disrupt it with her bewitching skill.
But the Three-Eyed Demon Fox's mental power was just as strong. It faltered for only an instant before breaking free of the charm, then wheeled around and lashed out with a claw, forcing Hu Liena back.
They had been on the back foot from the very start!
The Three-Eyed Demon Fox excelled in speed, strength, defense, and mental attacks. It had almost no weaknesses!
Water Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Hu Liena were all geniuses among geniuses, but none of them had absorbed a Soul Ring suited to her yet.
Their Soul Power Levels and Soul Ring Configurations put them at an absolute disadvantage, and they had no effective combined attack strategy. Forced to fight separately, they were toyed with by the Three-Eyed Demon Fox, which used its speed and cunning to keep them dancing in the palm of its hand.
If Ning Xiaochun hadn't kept weakening the Three-Eyed Demon Fox with Soft Muscle Evil and Foot-Stalling Bane, they would probably have been defeated already!
But even so, the situation was growing more and more dangerous. The Three-Eyed Demon Fox seemed to have figured them out. Its attacks grew increasingly cunning and vicious, every pounce aimed at a vital spot and leaving the three girls in constant peril.
"This won't work. If this keeps up, we'll all be worn down to death!" Hu Liena dodged a lethal attempt to tear out her throat, her breathing somewhat ragged.
"This fox is too cunning! It's deliberately exhausting us!"
Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan realized it too, but at that moment, they had no good solution. A gap in strength couldn't be made up so easily with willpower and teamwork.
In the shadows, Sword Douluo Chen Xin had a hand on his hilt, sharp sword intent gathering in his eyes. He could no longer hold back; he wanted to step in and save the children.
But Bone Douluo Gu Rong reached out to stop him and gently shook his thin fingers, sending a voice transmission. "Old Sword, don't rush. Wait a little longer."
"What are we waiting for? For one of those children to get hurt?" Sword Douluo said, brows knitted and voice anxious.
"Look at Xiaochun." Bone Douluo's gaze settled on the black-haired boy in the middle of the fight. His face was pale, but his eyes were unusually bright. "His eyes... he isn't afraid. He's... calculating."
Sword Douluo froze. Looking more closely, he saw that although Ning Xiaochun looked tense, there was no panic or despair in his wide eyes. Instead, they glittered with a kind of... eagerness to give it a try?
At that very moment, while the three Titled Douluo and Ning Fengzhi watched from the shadows, ready to step in at any time and save them...
Ning Xiaochun took a deep breath.
He knew they couldn't wait any longer. Ordinary methods could no longer turn the tide. He had to use his trump card!
He slowly raised both hands.
In his left hand, nine-colored light blossomed as the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda spun in the air, radiating sacred, auspicious light that amplified those around it.
In his right hand, dark light flowed as the Nine Killings Glazed Pagoda quietly appeared, radiating an ominous aura that weakened and cursed its targets.
The twin pagodas had appeared again!
But this time, unlike when he had dealt with Yan, he didn't fuse the two pagodas into a chaotic ball of light. Instead, he slowly drew them together in a completely different way!
He closed his eyes, as if sensing something, communicating with something.
The two nine-story pagodas began to resonate at a strange frequency above his palms. Seven-colored and dark light intertwined, circling one another, yet they didn't fuse. Instead, they formed a delicate balance and resonance!
"The Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda as the main... the Nine Killings Glazed Pagoda as support..."
Ning Xiaochun murmured, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. The process was clearly placing an enormous strain on him. "Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Nine-Layer Glazed Pagoda!"
"Ring! Elevation!"
The final two words exploded like thunder!
The mass of intertwined seven-colored and dark light suddenly split into three streams, shooting toward Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Hu Liena!
The streams of light entered the three girls' bodies, and the fluctuations of Soul Power around them changed in an instant, turning upside down!
First was Hu Liena! She had originally possessed two yellow Soul Rings and one purple Soul Ring. Now, beyond her purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, another purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring appeared out of thin air! Two yellow and two purple!
A Four-Ring Soul Ancestor! And the newly added fourth Soul Ring was comparable in age to her own third, as if she had been born with four Soul Rings!
Then came Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan!
They had originally possessed two yellow Soul Rings and two Hundred-Year Soul Rings. Now, beyond their two yellow Soul Rings, each of them also gained a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring!
"W-what is this?!"
Feeling the sudden appearance of a Soul Ring within her and the surging Soul Power that came with it, Hu Liena cried out. For the first time, her charming face looked as if she'd seen a ghost!
She could even sense that the added Soul Ring's Soul Skill was some kind of enhancement perfectly suited to her own Martial Soul!
Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan were completely stunned too. They could clearly feel that their Soul Power Levels hadn't changed, yet the additional Soul Ring had brought about a qualitative leap in their overall strength!
It was as if they had truly become three-ring Soul Elders!
"This is impossible!" Hu Liena's voice rose to a shriek.
"What kind of support skill is this? It can give someone an extra Soul Ring out of thin air?! This is simply... against everything the Soul Master World knows!"
"It's a Martial Soul Fusion Skill! A Martial Soul Fusion Skill led by the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda!"
Ning Xiaochun's voice was tired, but his tone brimmed with pride and certainty.
"I reversed the Nine Killings Glazed Pagoda's Ring Reduction effect and used the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda's amplification as its core to create Ring Elevation! It can temporarily improve your Soul Ring Configurations, letting you wield a higher level of strength for a short time!"
"But it can only last five minutes!" Ning Xiaochun added hurriedly.
"And it can't be used on a Soul Master whose Soul Power Level is more than thirty levels higher than mine! So quit standing there! Take this chance and finish that fox!"
The three girls heard him, and astonishing fighting spirit and killing intent erupted in their eyes!
Five minutes! That was enough!
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