Qian Daoliu flapped the six radiant wings on his back, sweeping rapidly across the area below while unfurling his vast, god-level spiritual power to scour the surroundings.
Qian Daoliu saw only murky, churning clouds and mist, with gnarled, withered branches of ancient trees twisting together. Not a blade of grass grew in the forest, and the air was thick with a viscous, chilling, pitch-black death aura that eroded the surrounding spiritual energy in thin, wispy strands.
The entire mountain range was steeped in a monstrous, sinister atmosphere, bone-chilling and eerie, yet despite exhausting his spiritual power to investigate, he could not find a single trace of an Evil Soul Master. It was bizarre to the extreme.
Such an eerie place! Even with my god-level spiritual power, I cannot probe what lies within!
Qian Daoliu murmured to himself.
Beside him, Bo Saixi lightly drifted to his side. She probed with the spiritual power of a Limit Douluo, but she, too, found nothing.
Bo Saixi frowned and said to Qian Daoliu, "Qian Daoliu, perhaps we should leave this place first! I don't know why, but I keep feeling a lingering sense of unease in my heart!"
Hearing this, Qian Daoliu frowned, looked at the valley below, then at Bo Saixi, and finally nodded in agreement. "Very well!"
As he spoke, Qian Daoliu prepared to lead Bo Saixi away from the area.
Just then, a figure in plain white suddenly tore through the air, blocking their path.
The person was dressed in white as pristine as snow, with a gloomy expression, a faint aura of death swirling around her, and eyes that were cold and piercing.
She stared fixedly at the two of them and shrieked sharply, "Qian Daoliu, it was worth all the effort I spent luring you here. You finally took the bait—go to hell!"
"Zhongli Wu, fire the Death God's Light!"
"Understood!"
Qian Daoliu focused his gaze, and his heart was suddenly struck with shock. The person before him was none other than Ye Xishui, whom he had personally slain that day! At this moment, her body was intertwined with a mix of light and death, her aura strange and unfathomable, completely different from before.
On a distant mountain peak, a blinding black light instantly ignited, and a pillar of pitch-black light, reaching toward the heavens, roared toward their position.
An extreme sense of impending death enveloped him, and Qian Daoliu immediately attempted to teleport away with Bo Saixi.
But Ye Xishui's form shifted abruptly, transforming into a stream of light that coalesced into a black-and-white radiant phoenix. She let out a sharp cry: "Seventh Soul Skill—Phoenix True Body!"
"Domain: Phoenix Burning Heaven Domain!"
"Ninth Soul Skill—Heaven Swallowing Earth Devouring!"
The terrifying power of the domain's flames combined with the devouring force swept across the field, locking onto Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi, leaving their bodies rigid and unable to move an inch.
Qian Daoliu was filled with shock and rage, thinking to himself in horror, No! This woman intends to drag me and Xixi down with her!
With no other choice, Qian Daoliu immediately unleashed his "Seventh Soul Skill—Angel True Body," releasing his Angel Domain and his "Ninth Soul Skill—Breath of the Angel."
Bo Saixi likewise unleashed her "Seventh Soul Skill—Sea God True Body," releasing her Sea God Domain and her "Ninth Soul Skill—Sea God Imprisonment!"
They sought to resist Ye Xishui's Phoenix Domain and her Ninth Soul Skill, "Heaven Swallowing Earth Devouring."
But this delay allowed the distant black pillar of light to reach them.
At this critical juncture, Ye Xishui gave Qian Daoliu a grim smile. "Go to hell, Qian Daoliu, and go keep my Long Xiaoyao company in the afterlife!"
The next instant, Ye Xishui activated her soul skill again: "Ninth Soul Skill—Undying True Body!" Her entire form became illusory.
The pillar of light pierced through Ye Xishui's phantom form and headed straight for Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi. A sense of extreme crisis surged in Qian Daoliu's heart. He tried to take Bo Saixi and flee, only to find himself firmly held in place by Ye Xishui's "Heaven Swallowing Earth Devouring." The Death God's Light was closing in on them.
Just as Qian Daoliu moved to spread his wings to shield Bo Saixi from the terrifying beam, Bo Saixi acted a step faster. At the final, desperate moment, she rushed in front of him and spread her arms, intending to take the horrific blow for him.
Qian Daoliu tried to stop her, but it was too late. He watched as the Death God's Light engulfed Bo Saixi's body. "No!" he roared, before the beam turned toward him.
The moment Qian Daoliu let out a desperate, angry howl, a shocking yellow light erupted around Bo Saixi—it was the Level 9 defensive soul guidance device that Kong Deming had gifted her.
Ye Xishui, who had turned into a void, was also shocked and furious. "A Level 9 defensive soul guidance device!"
"Damn it!"
"Then let's see if my Death God's Light is stronger, or your Level 9 defensive soul guidance device!"
Ye Xishui's face twisted into a mask of madness as she roared.
As soon as Bo Saixi's Level 9 defensive soul guidance device made contact with the Death God's Light, her Sea God Domain and the device began to frantically resist the terrifying beam. Qian Daoliu watched as Bo Saixi was pushed violently by the light, slamming diagonally toward him.
Then, Qian Daoliu's own Level 9 defensive soul guidance device lit up.
Watching this from the side, Ye Xishui gritted her teeth in hatred. "Another Level 9 defensive soul guidance device!"
Then, Ye Xishui watched as both Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi were pushed like a flying leaf by the Death God's Light deep into the canyon. Finally, their defenses were shattered by the beam, and both were left to face the Death God's Light head-on.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
Qian Daoliu felt a violent, raging force tearing through his body. His bones and muscles screamed in agony, his clothes were shredded, and golden blood spilled out as his divine body suffered grievous wounds. The intense impact shattered his form, his mind roared with thunderous noise, and his consciousness faded rapidly.
He was unable to maintain his Angel True Body; his six wings dimmed and drooped, and his body fell out of control, plummeting into the deep valley. Before he lost consciousness, only a hoarse, broken whisper remained on his lips, repeating over and over: "Xixi! Xixi!"
The heaven-reaching pillar of Death God's Light dissipated, and the deathly black mist slowly settled.
Ye Xishui's form slowly solidified, shedding her violent combat stance as the intertwined aura of life and death around her vanished completely.
She gazed at the valley where Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi had fallen, two lines of tears rolling down her cold, clear eyes. A shrill, mournful cry echoed through the mountains: "Xiaoyao, I have avenged you! Wait for me; once my revenge is complete, I will come down to join you!"
As her words faded, she flashed away to a towering mountain peak in the distance.
Standing atop the peak was a massive soul guidance device, pitch-black and solemn, exuding a monstrous pressure. Looking closely, one could see countless vengeful spirits roaring within it. This was the masterpiece Ye Xishui had spent half her life forging—the Death God Soul Guidance Device, the first Level 10 soul guidance device on the Douluo Continent.
Beside her, the man in black twitched his mouth and couldn't help but complain, "Mother, we slaughtered three cities just to accumulate this energy, and it was all consumed in a single strike. Was it worth it?"
"And are you so certain that the Death God Strike is enough to kill two Limit Douluo powerhouses?"
Ye Xishui's expression was cold and stern. How could she not know that her Death God Strike could not completely kill Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi? That was precisely why she had chosen this mysterious and unpredictable canyon; for generations, members of the Holy Spirit Cult had entered, but none had ever returned.
Ye Xishui pulled back her thoughts and said coldly to the man in black beside her, "Zhongli Wu, attend to your own affairs. Does This Seat need you to instruct me on how to do things?"
"If you do not wish to be the Sect Master, This Seat can find someone else to take your place!"
Following this, Ye Xishui's figure flashed and vanished from where she stood.
Upon hearing these words, Zhongli Wu was completely shaken.
At this moment, Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi had fallen completely to the bottom of the valley, their lives hanging in the balance!
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