This Darkness, as You Wished—You've Been Holding Your Heads Too High!

High in the sky, amid blazing radiance, a commanding voice rang out.

"Qian Daoliu, it's been years. Let me see just how much you've improved!"

From the clouds on the other side, golden light mingled with weightless feathers as it slowly descended.

"As you wish, Poseisi!"

Everything in the sky was sharply divided.

Other than the azure Sea God soul power and the brilliant golden Angel soul power, no other colors remained.

Without question, the two were about to unleash domain-type soul skills.

On the reefs below, Qian Ni was practically infuriated into laughter by those two old geezers.

The corner of his mouth curled as he called out inwardly.

System, what happens if I exceed the time limit for using Ultimate Power?

[Dad, you will lose your rationality and act on instinct, gradually merging with the darkness.]

[When the environment no longer poses a threat, the transformation will automatically end.]

Qian Ni tested the waters. "Add a condition. When those two old fogies in the sky are about to die, cancel the transformation. Just this once."

[Received. Command activated.]

The weight in Qian Ni's heart finally lifted, and he could not help laughing aloud.

"So I really have been looked down on!

"Since you're all worried that Ultimate Power will go out of control, then why not see what I look like when I lose control?!

"A domain battle with only two people—don't you think it's missing something?

"In my ears, AIZO's intro has already begun!"

He suddenly raised his head, staring straight at the battlefield in the clouds, where two level ninety-nine Divine Guardians clashed.

Qian Ni slammed a fist against his chest and shouted toward the heavens.

"Hey! You two idiots up there who won't listen to a word anyone says!

"Where I go is my own decision!

"Watch carefully!

"What is the White Devil?! What is... Ultimate Darkness?!

"Transform!"

Under Sea Dragon and Sea Witch's utterly baffled gazes,

profound darkness enveloped Qian Ni.

The next instant, the white devil appeared once more.

A deep, dark aura burst forth without restraint. Sea Dragon and Sea Witch's hearts skipped a beat, leaving them frozen for a moment.

Qian Ni's small body kicked off fiercely. The reef shattered across a wide area as he shot straight into the sky.

The ten seconds of transformation time were completely used up during his ascent.

Yet he felt no fear whatsoever. As darkness gradually flooded his heart, Qian Ni slowly gained an understanding of how to wield this power.

The price was that his reason quietly receded, leaving instinct to govern everything.

Above the clouds, Qian Daoliu and Poseisi were locked in fierce battle.

"Sea God Domain! Activate!"

"Angel Domain, activate!"

Just then, a darkness Qian Daoliu found both familiar and terrifying suddenly appeared, rapidly rising.

It charged directly toward them.

This dark power had initially been weak, but it grew stronger and stronger.

Like a drop of water gradually turning into ink, going from gray to dark, until it swallowed everything!

"Domain Expansion!"

A third voice cut into the battlefield.

Did Qian Ni have a domain? He had a damn domain! He was bluffing!

The atmosphere had already built up to this point. Even if he did not know how to use a domain, he still had to shout it out!

Still, although he had no domain, he possessed an even stronger power—Microscopic Particle Manipulation!

In this sky dominated by Angel soul power and Sea God soul power, a third force emerged.

Ultimate Power!

"Oh no! Why now?!"

Qian Daoliu cried out, his control over the Angel Domain faltering for an instant.

That single instant of vulnerability was seized by Poseisi. The Sea God Domain immediately launched an all-pervasive assault.

Even if their battle was meant to give Poseisi a reason to take Qian Ni in, their clash was genuine.

It was merely that, through their mutual understanding, the outcome had long since been decided.

The Angel Domain instantly collapsed.

But Qian Daoliu was now thinking only of joining forces with Poseisi as quickly as possible to suppress Qian Ni's out-of-control dark power.

Boom...

The heavens suddenly changed. Winds howled, rain poured, thunder roared, and lightning flashed.

A newborn white devil intruded upon their battlefield.

His mere appearance came accompanied by wind, rain, thunder, and lightning!

Qian Ni's controllable transformation lasted only ten seconds.

After ten seconds, he would be affected by Ultimate Power, sink into darkness, and lose his reason until he lost himself entirely. Only once his instincts sensed that the environment was completely safe would the transformation end.

By now, Qian Ni's transformation had long exceeded its limit.

At this moment, he was a wild beast deep in darkness, acting purely on instinct in a state of complete loss of control!

A faint spark flashed and vanished at the boundary between the two domains.

Then an explosive force destroyed everything between Qian Daoliu and Poseisi.

The Angel Domain and Sea God Domain both shattered.

With his control lost, the Ultimate Power that Qian Ni had once been unable to fully grasp began opening itself to him.

Microscopic Particle Manipulation!

Merely the lowest-level burst of supernatural flame—the fleeting, faint spark—effortlessly tore apart the domains unleashed by two level ninety-nine Divine Guardians.

It was a terrifying power that turned atoms and molecules into plasma to launch attacks.

In Douluo Continent, known as the gutter of fantasy worlds, what could possibly withstand it?!

At that moment, Qian Daoliu and Poseisi were both stunned by the sudden upheaval.

They had never imagined that their domains would be so utterly vulnerable before Qian Ni.

What kind of power was this?

Could it also be some legacy left behind by a god?

The small white devil entered their field of vision.

Facing his foster son's pitch-black eyes after transforming, sweat could not help trickling down Qian Daoliu's forehead.

He had wanted to entrust Qian Ni to Poseisi, but now it seemed that the two of them might both end up dying here.

"Have you two finished acting yet?!

"Stop fighting already! Fighting like this won't kill anyone!"

Qian Ni's somewhat crazed voice rang out.

His rationality had receded, but he had not yet been swallowed by darkness. He was merely letting himself go a little.

Qian Daoliu and Poseisi exchanged a glance through the air. A trace of delight appeared in his eyes.

Ah Ni still has his reason! He hasn't lost control!

Just as he was about to speak, Qian Ni extended both hands toward them.

"Neither one of you will listen.

"You both want me to decide whether to stay or leave according to your wishes!

"Is it just because you're strong while I'm weak?

"If the strong are supposed to ruthlessly humiliate and control the weak,

"Then now it's my turn!

"Either get beaten flat by me,

"Or become my lackeys!"

Words beyond comprehension entered their ears.

Qian Daoliu only felt somewhat helpless, but Poseisi was already growing angry.

"Qian Daoliu, is this how you educate a child?!"

Poseisi's voice trembled with anger.

She could understand a martial soul mutation giving rise to dark power.

She could also understand that this dark power was incomparably powerful, perhaps a legacy or inheritance of some god.

Qian Ni was still too young, and his power had gone out of control. She could still understand that.

What she could not accept was that Qian Ni, who had lost control and was clearly acting on instinct at a glance,

opened his mouth and immediately demanded lackeys!

This was the result of Qian Daoliu's upbringing!

There was killing intent in Poseisi's gaze as she looked at Qian Daoliu.

She had heard some things about this old geezer's biological son. She had not expected that Qian Ni's upbringing would now show such bad signs as well.

She should never have trusted him in the first place! She should never have let him adopt Qian Ni.

But even more lethal than her gaze was Qian Ni, whose patience had run out.

"You ask a question and don't answer. How rude!

"Looks like you're refusing.

"Then today, I can only be merciless."

Before his words had even faded, Qian Ni vanished from where he stood.

Boom!

A bone-chilling killing intent suddenly struck from an unknowable place, like countless sharp blades slicing through flesh and spirit.

At this moment, Qian Daoliu and Poseisi received the same treatment.

"You two!

"You've been holding your heads too high!"

The small body of the white devil appeared above their heads.

Thud! Thud!

One kick each!

"Excuse me!"

In his transformed state, empowered by Ultimate Power, his armored whip kicks smashed the two of them out of the clouds.

Ultimate Power, which belonged to Daguva and came from the tokusatsu studio next door, was a force from an entirely different dimension than Douluo Continent's soul power system.

What could mere level ninety-nine Divine Guardians use to resist it?!

First came the supernatural flames of Microscopic Particle Manipulation! Then came Ultimate Power's killing-intent assault, and finally, whip kicks reinforced by Ultimate Power and covered in exoskeletal armor!

Domains shattered, their spirits wounded, and their bodies struck!

Just a few attacks left both of them severely injured.

One middle-aged old geezer and one elderly maiden plummeted like meteors.

The reef could not bear the impact and instantly shattered.

"What kind of power is this?!"

"Even the High Priest..."

Sea Dragon and Sea Witch cried out in alarm and hurried forward to check Poseisi's condition.

Before losing consciousness, Poseisi exhausted all her strength to point toward the sky.

She had wanted to tell the two of them to run, but when they looked up, they saw that because the two had been severely injured, Qian Ni's transformation had already ended. With his eyes tightly shut, his small body was now plunging straight toward them.

Sea Dragon understood immediately and flew up to catch Qian Ni.

As for Qian Daoliu, leave him alone for now.