(First update)
"Stop!"
"Let Third Brother go!"
Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Xiao Wu knew full well that they were no match for Tuo Ba Xi, yet they still emerged from hiding, their eyes filled with grief and fury. They repeatedly pressed the triggers in their hands, sending silver needles streaming from the Peacock Plumes' pitch-black openings. A dense swarm of hidden weapons tore through the night sky, their sheer number enough to make anyone's scalp crawl.
But it was useless!
Had it been Elder Wang or Elder Tian, they might have already fled to one side in fright.
But Tuo Ba Xi was a mighty Titled Douluo. After unleashing his Martial Soul Avatar, the White-Armored Earth Dragon's formidable defenses could negate most of even the Soul-Chasing Life-Reaping Yama's Invitation's power. What could the Peacock Plume's hidden weapons do when they were far inferior to Yama's Invitation?
Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink...
Like rain beating against banana leaves, the hidden weapons battered the powerful dragon body relentlessly, yet they could only leave shallow dents in its white armor. Occasionally, a few managed to lodge themselves in it, but even those could not pierce the dragon scales and sink into the flesh beneath.
Tuo Ba Xi glanced at Ma Hongjun and the other two from the corner of his eye, his lips curling into a contemptuous smile.
This was absolute strength!
Before absolute strength, every scheme and trick was utterly useless!
Just as Tuo Ba Xi prepared to rip out Tang San's heart with a tiger's heart-gouging strike, a deep, furious roar came from Yang Ming's direction.
"You dare?!"
Conqueror's Haki!
An unprecedented pressure surged skyward, like the endlessly rushing Yangtze River, like an avalanche sweeping down the peaks of the Himalayas with the might of heaven and earth. In an