No One Gets Away

A massive azure figure slithered out from the forest.

It was a gigantic serpent, its body as thick as an ancient tree that had stood for a thousand years. Its azure scales gleamed with a metallic luster beneath the sunlight.

Yet its head was that of an enormous bull, with two curved horns thrusting toward the heavens.

Bull-headed, serpent-bodied.

The Sky Azure Bull Python, Da Ming.

Human-like fury burned in Da Ming's vertical pupils. Azure light surged around him as terrifying Soul Power swept outward like a tsunami.

"Who dares touch him!"

Da Ming's voice was low as thunder, each word striking Spirit Hall's people in the chest like a heavy hammer.

Then came a streak of pink lightning.

Xiao Wu!

She crashed through branches and undergrowth without a care, charging straight toward Nezha.

At the final moment of Ah Rou's Sacrifice, she had seen it from afar.

That gentle mother who always smiled as she cooked for them had turned into red motes of light that filled the sky.

Xiao Wu's eyes instantly blurred with tears.

She wanted to rush over, to catch those red motes of light, to pull her mother back. But she did not have time to stop, nor could she stop.

She slammed into Nezha, her two enormous rabbit ears trembling violently, her voice hoarse beyond recognition.

"Mom—"

"Mom!"

Xiao Wu collapsed beside Nezha. The enormous pink rabbit trembled as she tried to charge toward where the red light had vanished, only for Da Ming to gently coil his tail around her.

"Xiao Wu, don't..."

Er Ming stood before Nezha, his massive fists clenched until they crackled. Unprecedented fury burned in his bell-sized eyes.

The auras of three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts erupted at once, changing the very color of the skies.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei's faces turned ashen at once.

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill's backlash had just injured them, and they had yet to recover.

Facing three enraged Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, they might not have been able to retreat unscathed even at full strength.

Bibi Dong's expression changed as well.

Her gaze swept across the three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, a trace of wariness flashing through her eyes.

If there had been only one Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she would still have been confident in fighting it.

Two, together with Yue Guan and Gui Mei, could still have been handled.

But three...

And among them were supreme Soul Beasts such as the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.

What was more, Yue Guan and Gui Mei were suffering from backlash, their combat strength severely reduced.

Bibi Dong gritted her teeth, unwillingness flashing in her eyes.

But she quickly forced it down.

She was a rational person.

As the Pope who had raised Spirit Hall to the pinnacle of power on Douluo Continent, she naturally would not fight to the death when she knew there was no chance of victory.

"Retreat."

She spat out the word coldly, then turned into a streak of purple-black light and shot toward the edge of the forest.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei felt as though they had been granted a reprieve. They forced their injured bodies onward and followed close behind.

The Soul Douluos and Soul Sages dared not linger either, turning and fleeing in all directions.

Spirit Hall's encirclement collapsed completely beneath the pressure of three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

But Xiao Wu and the others, consumed by rage, would not let them leave so easily.

"Roar—"

Er Ming was the first to unleash an earth-shaking roar. His enormous body launched forward like a meteor, every step smashing a crater several meters deep into the ground. The entire forest shook violently beneath his wild charge.

He would make these damned Soul Masters accompany Aunt Rou in death.

The Spirit Hall Soul Masters who lagged behind instantly sensed a terrifying change.

Everything around them suddenly became incomparably heavy. The air seemed to turn into an invisible swamp, and their bodies felt as though they had been filled with lead. Their once wind-swift speed plummeted.

Even more terrifying, everything before their eyes began to distort slightly. The outlines of the trees blurred, and their sense of distance became utterly confused. Something that appeared only a few steps away felt like an abyss when they stepped toward it.

A domain.

This was the power of a domain.

As one of the rulers of the Star Dou Forest, the Titan Giant Ape possessed the most despair-inducing Gravity Control Domain.

Among countless Soul Beasts, fewer than ten species could truly control domain power, and among those ten, only a rare few could cultivate a domain.

The Titan Giant Ape was one of them.

The Soul Sage-level Soul Masters found it difficult even to stand upright beneath the suppression of the Gravity Domain.

Their knees bent, their backs hunched, and every breath felt as though it would squeeze all the air from their lungs.

Some tried to unleash Soul Skills to resist, but their Soul Rings dimmed the instant they lit up beneath the crushing pressure. The circulation of Soul Power within their bodies had been suppressed by at least half.

And this was only the beginning.

Following the Gravity Domain came an overwhelming expanse of azure light.

That azure light was so dense that the entire forest was dyed into an azure world in an instant.

The trees turned azure, the ground turned azure, and even the terrified expressions on the faces of those Spirit Hall Soul Masters were coated in an eerie azure hue.

The Sky Azure Bull Python's Slow Domain.

Unlike the Titan Giant Ape's Gravity Domain, which existed to crush enemies head-on, the Sky Azure Bull Python's Slow Domain had only one purpose—to stop its enemies from escaping.

The instant they were enveloped by that azure light, every Soul Master affiliated with Spirit Hall felt their bodies begin to slow.

Raising a hand took half a beat longer, turning around took half a beat longer, and even moving their eyes required several times their usual effort.

This sluggishness was not merely a reduction in speed. It slowed the circulation of Soul Power, mental reactions, and blood flow alike, reducing their speed by at least thirty percent.

Under the overlap of the two great domains, Spirit Hall's retreat formation collapsed completely.

And just as these Soul Masters sank into despair, a streak of pink lightning swept past them.

Xiao Wu.

As a Soft-Boned Enchanting Rabbit, speed was her inborn talent. Bolstered by the two great domains, she became so fast that only an afterimage remained.

No one could see her movements clearly. They only saw a streak of pink light tear straight through Spirit Hall's ranks, charging from the rear all the way to the front.

She blocked Bibi Dong's path.

"No one gets away!!"

Xiao Wu's voice tore through the forest's silence. There was no fear in it, no hesitation—only one thought.

Kill.

Kill them all.

Make these murderers who had killed her mother remain in this forest forever and accompany her mother in death.

Bibi Dong stopped.

She looked at the Soft-Boned Enchanting Rabbit blocking her way, its eyes gleaming with frenzied killing intent, and snorted coldly. Her expression remained icy and arrogant.

She was the Pope of Spirit Hall.

The youngest Twin Martial Souls Title Douluo on Douluo Continent.

How dared a mere Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast block her path?

"Overestimating yourself."

Bibi Dong's voice was as cold as ancient ice.

Before her words had even faded, terrifying purple-black light suddenly erupted from her body.