A Lifeline in Desperation

The battle instantly reached a fever pitch.

Three Super Douluo against two two-hundred-thousand-year soul beasts should have been an even match. But this was the Azure Jade Forest, the soul beasts' home ground. Tiger Emperor's pressure constantly suppressed their strength, while the Radiant Tiger King was bolstered by the forest's will and grew fiercer the longer it fought.

After merely ten breaths, Li Haiwang coughed up blood again. His illusions had limited effect on the Radiant Tiger King. Instead, the tiger king's claw shattered his protective Soul Power, leaving three bone-deep wounds across his chest.

Li Hailong's Sea Dragon Avatar was likewise firmly suppressed by another tiger king. His dragon scales shattered, and blood covered his body.

Relying on his Rank 98 cultivation and the Emperor Sword's sharpness, Li Tianwu barely fought the tiger king before him to a standstill. But he no longer had the strength to rescue anyone else.

"If this continues... we'll all die here." Determination flashed in Li Tianwu's eyes. "Hai Wang, Hailong, prepare to take Xuansheng away! I—"

Before he could finish, Tiger Emperor moved.

This seven-hundred-and-seventy-thousand-year forest overlord seemed to have grown tired of watching. It raised its right forepaw and gently pressed downward.

There was no soul skill, no light.

It was merely a pure, ultimate compression of power.

"Boom—!!!!"

The sky seemed to collapse!

A transparent palm print more than a hundred zhang wide descended from above. Wherever it passed, space warped and shattered! Before the palm print even arrived, the water of Moonshadow Lake had already been pressed down three feet, and the island at its center began to crack apart!

The target of this attack was Li Xuansheng, who was absorbing the soul ring and unable to move!

"No—!!!"

Li Tianwu's eyes nearly split with rage. He wanted to turn