High above the imperial palace, the battle had reached a stalemate.
Demon Bear Douluo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes blazing with ferocity.
Severely injured, he had even forgotten the instruction not to harm the young master.
"I'll fight you to the death!"
He exchanged a glance with Ghost Leopard Douluo, and the two simultaneously burned the Titled Douluo Soul Power within their bodies.
Violent waves of energy reformed, attempting to encircle him.
Qian Sha Yu sneered repeatedly.
Blood Qi Barrier!
The blood-fiend aura filling the sky condensed into a thick barrier, forcibly withstanding the two men's savage bombardment.
Heavenly Punishment Demon Sword Burial!
Thousands upon thousands of crimson sword shadows fell from the clouds, crashing down on the four like a torrential rainstorm.
Yue Guan raised an arm against the splashing sword qi, his robes sliced open with countless tears.
More than half the black mist around Gui Mei's body was evaporated by the crimson sword light, leaving him swaying unsteadily.
The four Papal Hall elders were rocked to their cores.
The "Qian Renxue" before them was practically a tireless killing machine.
They could not stop him without going all out.
The urge to retreat spread madly through the hearts of all four.
Yue Guan exchanged looks with the others, preparing to forcibly tear through the bloodstorm and flee.
Just as the four scattered toward the perimeter—
Two powerful auras came hurtling in from the horizon.
"Don't harm my lord!!!"
The furious roar was deafening.
An azure-purple snake spear phantom pierced through the sky, stabbing fiercely at Ghost Leopard Douluo's escape route.
On the other side,
Countless densely packed poison needles formed a curtain of rain, sealing off Demon Bear Douluo's movements.
It was Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue, returning after suppressing the rebel forces of the Heaven Dou Empire!
When the two saw the imperial palace in ruins and their young master fighting four Papal Hall elders, their eyes instantly turned bloodshot.
"Yue Guan! Gui Mei!"
"You Papal Hall lapdogs dare lay hands on the young master!"
She Long's fury surged to the heavens as the Azure-Purple Snake Spear in his hand transformed into a colossal python that reached the sky.
Spirit Hall was divided into many factions and was far from united.
Worship Hall and Papal Hall appeared peaceful on the surface, but had long harbored deep grudges in secret.
Now that the other side had openly torn away all pretenses in an attempt to seize power, how could She Long and Ci Xue possibly show them any courtesy?
"Die for me!"
Ci Xue roared toward the sky, his body swelling into a massive porcupinefish as poison needles filled the heavens.
She Long and Ci Xue attacked with all their strength, forcibly intercepting Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo as they tried to escape.
Above Heaven Dou City, a full-scale death battle between factions officially erupted!
"Elder She Long, Elder Ci Xue, hold down that stupid bear and that mangy leopard for me!"
"I'll kill this chrysanthemum and this little ghost myself!"
Qian Sha Yu's fierce shout shot into the heavens, carrying an incomparably violent pressure of domination.
He had developed killing intent.
She Long and Ci Xue shuddered from head to toe.
Their young master's strength was now unrivaled; his words sounded like the decree of a supreme god.
"By your command, Young Master!"
She Long's eyes reddened as all his Soul Power erupted without reservation.
The Azure-Purple Snake Spear in his hand became a giant serpent reaching the sky, unleashing a piercing howl as it shot toward Demon Bear Douluo's face.
"Damn it! Roar!!!"
Demon Bear Douluo roared repeatedly, his Frenzied Bear True Body, dozens of meters tall, swinging both palms in an attempt to bat away the snake spear.
But She Long was truly risking his life now.
Every move was a mad, mutually destructive attack.
He forcibly held Demon Bear Douluo's enormous body in place.
Demon Bear Douluo was beaten until sweat drenched his head, grievance reaching its peak in his heart.
"She Long! Are you fucking insane?!"
"I'm an elder of Papal Hall! You dare try to kill me?!"
"Heh, you blind old bear, weren't you yapping pretty loudly just now?" She Long sneered.
"Bibi Dong sent you here to bully the young master. You'd better ask whether my Snake Lance agrees!"
On the flank, Porcupinefish Douluo was fighting with equal fury.
The countless poison needles poured down like a storm, completely crushing Ghost Leopard Douluo's speed advantage.
"You two worthless scraps think you can show off in front of the young master?" Ci Xue roared at the sky.
His huge porcupinefish body hung across the void, firing poison spines wildly in every direction.
Ghost Leopard Douluo was forced back step by step by the poison needles, bleeding from numerous wounds.
The peerless speed he had once taken such pride in could not be unleashed at all against Porcupinefish Douluo's indiscriminate area-wide poison needles.
Though both were veteran Titled Douluo,
they were now tightly entangled by She Long and Ci Xue, unable to approach the central battlefield by even half a step.
The air on the main battlefield was even more heated.
Only Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei remained at the very heart of the storm.
The two stared fixedly at Qian Sha Yu, their eyes nearly splitting apart.
The nine Soul Rings surrounding Qian Sha Yu's Slaughter Angel True Body—eight black and one red—slowly revolved, radiating a terrifying aura as heavy as mountains.
The crimson light of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring dyed the entire sky above Heaven Dou blood-red.
The overwhelming killing intent of the Slaughter Demon Body poured down without restraint.
"Shattered chrysanthemum, wounds across the ground!"
Yue Guan felt his legs tremble and weaken.
This Chrysanthemum Douluo, usually elegant and effeminate,
now wore tattered robes, while the exquisite makeup on his face had been completely ruined.
"Papal Hall's reach is really long."
"I spent twenty years infiltrating Heaven Dou City, pouring out my blood and sweat to build this empire. Bibi Dong sends a few dogs over, and they want to pack it up and take it away like takeout?"
The Slaughter Blood Sword in Qian Sha Yu's hand gleamed with a cold, sinister light as he lightly raised its tip.
His teasing yet icy voice echoed through the heavens.
"This peach is sweet, but I'm afraid your teeth are too weak. You may not be able to swallow it—and burst your bellies instead."
Gui Mei's body, hidden within the black mist, convulsed violently.
More than anyone, he knew that the "Qian Renxue" before him had completely transformed into a demon king who killed without blinking.
If they did not suppress this madman today, none of the four Titled Douluo would leave Heaven Dou City alive.
"Old Ghost, let's risk our lives!"
Yue Guan let out a shrill cry toward the sky, endless madness and viciousness lacing his effeminate voice.
Gui Mei did not hesitate in the slightest.
The black mist around him surged wildly.
Two pillars of light, one gold and one black, shot through the clouds.
Their bodies rapidly merged in midair.
Waves of law spread madly in every direction at that moment.
Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Two Extremes Still Domain!
In the blink of an eye, golden-black light of law covered several hundred meters of space.
Gray-white power of law swept across the battlefield.
The raging wind between heaven and earth came to an abrupt halt.
Flying bricks and stones froze in midair.
Space was forcibly sealed.
This was the ultimate trump card the two veteran Titled Douluo were most proud of.
The gray-white force of stillness rapidly crawled up Qian Sha Yu's battle boots through the air.
It attempted to freeze him in place.
Deep within the Sea of Spirit, Qian Renxue's soul rose into her throat.
"That's the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Elder Chrysanthemum and Elder Ghost!"
Hearing Qian Renxue's worried warning,
Qian Sha Yu looked at the gray-white laws crawling over his feet,
and the corner of his mouth curled into a bloodthirsty, contemptuous smile.
"Showing off this kind of trick in front of me? You're nothing but clowns putting on a show."
The Slaughter Demon Body within him fully awakened.
The Slaughter Blood Sword in his hand let out a sharp, jubilant sword cry.
The Slaughter Domain received a double amplification!
A vast sea of blood, dense enough to be tangible, erupted from beneath his feet.
Viscous blood qi collided with the gray-white laws of stillness.
An ear-piercing, agonizing grinding sound rang through the sky.
It was like thousands upon thousands of dull blades scraping wildly against an iron plate.
It was the savage clash between slaughter and stillness!
"Break!"
A bone-chilling killing intent erupted from Qian Sha Yu's scarlet demonic eyes.
That incomparably dazzling red Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring burst forth with soaring blood light.
Hundred-Thousand-Year Ninth Soul Ring, Second Soul Skill!
Myriad Silence Slaughter Heaven!
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