Blood and Fire Tempering, Might Displayed Beneath the City

The battle of the Limit Douluo in the skies gripped everyone's hearts, while the slaughter on the ground was equally brutal. The arrival of Li Xuansheng and Li Xuanbei was like dropping two drops of water into boiling oil. Though it did not raise towering waves, it still stirred up considerable turmoil in certain areas.

"The Soul Emperor on the left has an injured left leg and can barely move! Xuanbei, restrain him!" Li Xuansheng's gaze sharpened as he instantly spotted an opening. As he swung the Divine Phoenix Halberd to knock aside a slash from a Qiu Family Soul King, he urgently shouted to Li Xuanbei beside him.

"Understood!" Li Xuanbei immediately caught on. The Book of Nature flipped rapidly, shining with dense green light. "Fourth Soul Skill, Nature Entanglement!"

The ground beneath the Qiu Family Soul Emperor, who was fighting a Li Family Soul Sage, suddenly collapsed. Countless iron-tough brown roots burst from the earth like giant pythons. They not only tightly bound his injured left leg, but also climbed up his body, attempting to completely restrain him. This sudden restriction halted his movements and exposed a massive opening.

"Good chance!" The Li Family Soul Sage fighting him flashed with sharp light in his eyes. The long saber Soul Tool in his hand erupted with dazzling cold radiance. "Seventh Soul Skill, Army-Breaking Slash!"

The blade light streaked forward like a bolt of silk, carrying an unstoppable momentum as it chopped directly toward his opponent's face.

The Qiu Family Soul Emperor was terrified beyond measure. He struggled desperately, but with his leg restrained and his movements slowed, he could only barely raise his martial soul to block.

"Boom!"

The blade light crashed fiercely onto his martial soul. The violent force sent both him and his martial soul flying, and he spewed blood wildly in midair. It was clear he had lost the ability to fight.

"Nicely done, Young Master Bei!" The Soul Sage panted heavily and cast Li Xuanbei a grateful look.

Li Xuanbei nodded slightly, his face somewhat pale. Repeatedly using control-type Soul Skills had consumed a considerable amount of his Soul Power. He looked toward Li Xuansheng, his eyes carrying a question.

Just as Li Xuansheng was about to speak, his brow suddenly furrowed, and the Divine Phoenix Halberd swept sharply toward his rear flank.

"Clang!"

With a crisp ring, he precisely knocked away a short arrow gleaming with dark blue light. Not far away, a Five Poisons Valley Soul Emperor coldly withdrew his hand, holding a strangely shaped crossbow.

"Five Poisons Valley scum, is firing sneak arrows all you know how to do?" Li Xuansheng snorted coldly, fixing his gaze on the other man. He could sense that this opponent was far stronger than the Soul Kings he had encountered before. His Soul Power fluctuations had already reached the peak of Soul Emperor.

"Heh heh, the Li Family brat is quite alert." The Five Poisons Valley Soul Emperor gave an eerie laugh as his Soul Rings lit up. "Fourth Soul Skill, Thousand-Spider Ten-Thousand-Poison Hands!"

His hands turned pitch-black. With every wave, countless black palm shadows carrying a fishy stench blanketed Li Xuansheng from all directions. Within the palm winds, tiny phantom poison spiders flickered faintly.

"Brother Sheng, be careful! Those poison palms are dangerous!" Li Xuanbei hurriedly warned him. At the same time, the Book of Nature lit up again as he prepared to use a defensive Soul Skill.

"It's fine!" Li Xuansheng's eyes narrowed. Rather than retreating, he charged forward. He knew that when dealing with poison users, he could not allow them the chance to keep applying poison. He had to shatter their offense with thunderous force!

"External Soul Bone, Flame Wings!"

"Boom!" A pair of magnificent wings burning with blazing flames abruptly unfurled from behind him. They were the External Soul Bone he had obtained from the Blazing Azure Luan! With one beat of the Flame Wings, Li Xuansheng's speed soared instantly. He transformed into a streak of flowing fire and narrowly slipped through the gaps between the dense poison palm shadows.

"What?!" The Five Poisons Valley Soul Emperor was greatly startled, never expecting his opponent to be so fast.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Azure Luan Heaven-Burning Strike!"

At such close range, Li Xuansheng poured all his Soul Power into the Divine Phoenix Halberd. The crescent of flame was no longer a ranged attack, but condensed upon the halberd blade itself. Carrying the power to burn everything to ashes, it thrust straight toward his opponent's chest! This strike was fast, ruthless, and precise!

In his haste, the Soul Emperor could only cross his blackened palms before his chest.

"Squelch!"

The halberd blade, condensed with extreme flames and driven by the impact of the External Soul Bone, directly tore through his poison palm defense and viciously pierced his chest!

"Aaah—!" A miserable scream rang out. Azure Luan fire instantly surged into his body, madly burning his meridians and internal organs. He flew backward like a kite with its string cut, crashed heavily to the ground, twitched twice, and fell silent.

A Soul Emperor had actually been slain by Li Xuansheng, a mere Soul King, through the combination of an External Soul Bone and a powerful offensive Soul Skill!

This scene not only struck fear into the surrounding allied Soul Masters, but also greatly boosted the morale of the Li Family forces!

"Young Master is mighty!"

"Kill! Follow the Young Master and slaughter these scum!"

Li Xuansheng panted heavily. That strike had nearly drained more than half his Soul Power, yet his gaze became even sharper. He withdrew the Flame Wings and looked at Li Xuanbei. The two exchanged a smile, each seeing excitement and resolve in the other's eyes. Tempered by blood and fire, their cooperation had become increasingly seamless, and their combat experience was growing rapidly.

However, the advantage on the ground still seemed insignificant before the absolute disparity in power in the skies.

High above, Li Yunming's Divine Spear Domain remained stable, but facing the frenzied assault of three Limit Douluo at once had taken no small toll on him. Qiu Qiansha's attacks became increasingly mad, She Duyun's poison arts were unpredictable, and Xie Qiyan's spiritual erosion seeped in everywhere. Though he could hold on, he could no longer remain as composed as he had been at the start.

Elsewhere, Dongyue Qing's Heavenly Heart Domain remained mysterious and profound, firmly holding back Wu Xintong and Qiu Wancheng. Yet sustaining the domain for so long against two Level 98 Super Douluo had already brought sweat to his brow.

On the other battlefields, the Titled Douluo of the Li Family and Dongyue Family were nearly all fighting one against two. They were completely at a disadvantage and could only endure bitterly amid constant peril. Chen Jianjun and Li Tianwu, relying on their formidable strength, had suppressed two Super Douluo. However, Li She Long had been forced into a desperate struggle by a Level 95 Super Douluo from Five Poisons Valley, and even the Snake Lance was stained with corrosive poison.

"This can't go on!" While fiercely battling Qiu Miehun, Li Yuanhui anxiously observed the overall situation. Although Qiu Miehun's Soul Power Level was one rank higher than his, Li Yuanhui, as the clan head, possessed endless methods and was able to firmly tie him down for the moment.

"Li Yunming! Let's see how long you can keep this up!" Within the domain, Qiu Qiansha had failed to break through after repeated attacks and grew increasingly frantic. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood essence, merging it into his ghost claw. The claw instantly swelled into an enormous ghost hand that blotted out the sky, carrying a destructive aura as it slammed fiercely toward Li Yunming's domain barrier. "Ninth Soul Skill, Netherworld Ghost Hand!"

At the same time, She Duyun let out a shrill howl, his entire body seeming to transform into a dense source of poison. "Ninth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Poisons Return to the Source!" The dark green poison mist no longer scattered about, but condensed into a grotesque venom dragon. Baring its fangs and claws, it charged at the domain alongside the Netherworld Ghost Hand!

Xie Qiyan remained seated cross-legged, but the speed at which his withered hands formed seals suddenly increased. A more hidden, colder spiritual assault, like an invisible sharp awl, stabbed directly into Li Yunming's sea of consciousness!

The three Limit Douluo had finally unleashed their respective Ninth Soul Skills and launched their strongest attacks!

Facing this earth-shattering combined assault, a trace of gravity finally flashed through Li Yunming's eyes. He took a deep breath, and the Soul Power in his body surged like rivers, all of it pouring into the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear. The divine spear erupted with an unprecedented brilliance, and the patterns on its shaft seemed to come alive.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Divine Spear—Voidbreaker!"

He did not choose to meet the attack head-on. Instead, he raised the divine spear overhead, then fused with it as one. He transformed into an extremely condensed stream of platinum light, as though capable of piercing through every illusion in the world. Rather than retreating, he advanced, charging directly toward the Netherworld Ghost Hand and the Myriad-Poison Venom Dragon!

Would the spear prove sharper, or the shield sturdier? The outcome of this clash between supreme powers seemed destined to be decided in this single instant!

Below, sensing the world-destroying energy fluctuations in the skies, Li Xuansheng and the others felt their hearts leap into their throats. They knew that the outcome of their ancestors' battle would directly determine the fate of Heavenly Phoenix City, and even the entire Li Family!