Duan Yu watched Zhao Wuji strike at him with an incoming palm, intending to suppress him through sheer strength. A contemptuous smile curled across his lips.
Zhao Wuji, Zhao Wuji, you wanted to suppress me with strength? Then you had miscalculated. Even with your Martial Soul Avatar, comparing strength with the Mountain Dragon King was simply ridiculous.
Duan Yu neither dodged nor retreated. A trace of pity unconsciously appeared in his eyes as his right arm swelled as well, covered in dragon scales and growing a full size larger than before.
However, even Zhao Wuji himself failed to notice that at this moment, the originally silver dragon claw on Duan Yu's body had quietly changed color. Earthy yellow now dominated it, with silver as a secondary shade.
The instant the bear paw collided with the dragon claw, Zhao Wuji felt an indescribably terrifying force.
This time, the battle did not become one-sided again. With the amplification of his Martial Soul Avatar, Zhao Wuji barely withstood the bloodline suppression from the Mountain Dragon King.
Yet the two terrifying powers remained locked in a stalemate. The ground beneath their feet began to crack, with fissures spreading continuously in all directions.
Duan Yu snorted coldly and raised his left palm. The mountain range on the Mountain Dragon King's Crown quietly lit up as he shouted, "Mountains and Rivers!"
With one hand supporting the sky, a towering mountain suddenly surged upward. It was clearly not a real mountain, yet in that instant, it seemed as though a great mountain had truly appeared between heaven and earth.
"Boom—"
A violent roar erupted as Mountains and Rivers shattered. Zhao Wuji was blasted away by the sudden development.
Zhao Wuji, who had briefly gained the upper hand through his Martial Soul Avatar, was once again pushed into a disadvantageous position.
Before Zhao Wuji could recover and react, Duan Yu's aura surged again. A terrifying pressure bore down on Zhao Wuji.
Zhao Wuji was horrified. What was this? How could there be such a bizarre dragon-type martial soul?
Zhao Wuji had no time to evade. He raised his arm and took the claw head-on, only to be sent flying.
Dust filled the air. Zhao Wuji staggered to his feet and lowered his head, only to see clear dragon claw marks carved into his palm.
Zhao Wuji was utterly shocked. He had activated his Martial Soul Avatar, increasing his strength by two hundred percent. Yet even in a pure contest of strength, he had gained no advantage?
At that moment, Zhao Wuji understood clearly. If there was any place on the continent that possessed such a powerful and terrifying dragon-type martial soul, it could only be the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
If this continued, he would likely be the only one who died.
"Are you from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"
Zhao Wuji stared at him intently, but he took the initiative to retreat. "I do not know how I, Zhao Wuji, have offended the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Please give me a hint. Next time, I will personally bring gifts to your door and apologize."
Duan Yu laughed at that, disdain flashing through his eyes. "Zhao Wuji, Zhao Wuji, saying you will apologize next time is far too perfunctory."
"Taking your head would be the finest gift. So, please do me a favor, Unmovable King, and obediently offer up your head."
"You do not intend to settle this peacefully?" Zhao Wuji narrowed his eyes, pushing his Soul Power to its limit.
"Enough nonsense. If you do not die, I will never be at ease."
As his words fell, Duan Yu flashed with silver light and rushed before Zhao Wuji, throwing a punch.
"Boom!"
The Martial Soul Avatar could not last long. Seeing that reconciliation was hopeless, Zhao Wuji could only charge forward to meet him, hoping to find that sliver of opportunity.
"Zhao Wuji, before me, the strength you are so proud of is no different from that of a clown."
With that, Duan Yu's aura suddenly changed. His previous Dragon Transformation had only covered his upper body; it had not been complete.
But now, as earthy-yellow light burst from his body, the Mountain Dragon King's Crown floated above his head, and the Mountain Dragon King coiled atop a high mountain manifested behind him.
His arms swelled once more, undergoing three successive enhancements. Each enhancement doubled his previous strength.
"Die!" Duan Yu exerted force and tore toward Zhao Wuji.
At that moment, Zhao Wuji felt that he was no longer facing a Soul Master, but nature itself.
The gravity suppression, unmatched defense, and immense strength of his Mighty Vajra Bear, which he had always been proud of, began to collapse step by step.
This was simply too terrifying. It was not something he could possibly contend against.
Duan Yu pointed at him through the air. The phantom of the Mountain Dragon King appeared, and countless streams of power gathered in his hand.
With a "boom,"
Zhao Wuji no longer had the strength to resist. He was sent flying backward, smashing a hundred-meter-wide crater into the ground.
Duan Yu slowly walked forward and looked at the heavily injured, unconscious Zhao Wuji. Calmly, he said, "If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for insisting on meddling in other people's business."
Just as Duan Yu flashed with silver light and stepped forward to finish Zhao Wuji with a single palm strike,
This palm strike possessed heaven-shaking force.
Once it fell, Zhao Wuji would have no chance of survival.
However.
At that moment, several figures suddenly appeared behind Duan Yu.
Duan Yu sensed the auras of three Soul Douluos and several Soul Emperors behind him. He froze for a moment, because those three Soul Douluos were none other than Meng Shenji and the others.
Several killing intents suddenly erupted from behind him.
Countless Evergreen Vines descended from the sky and surrounded him, while a Black Demon and the Celestial Star Furnace smashed toward him as well.
Those were clearly full-force attacks from Soul Douluo-level experts.
"Damn it! Where did those three old men come from? Why did they have to come here and interfere at a time like this?"
Duan Yu sensed the several terrifying killing intents behind him. By the time he wanted to dodge, it was already too late.
Light burst from the top of the Mountain Dragon King's Crown. It circled around him, forcibly protecting him.
The Mountain Dragon King's Crown's innate divine skill: Absolute Defense.
When faced with fatal danger, the divine artifact would automatically protect its owner and block the deadly blow.
No matter how powerful a divine artifact was, it still depended on its user. Even though it was the Mountain Dragon King's natal divine artifact, the crown symbolizing the ruler of the Mountain Dragon Clan,
Duan Yu was only a four-ring Soul Master. After blocking the combined sneak attack of three Soul Douluos for him, the light of the Mountain Dragon King's Crown gradually dimmed.
This meant that the Mountain Dragon King's Crown had entered cooldown and could not be used freely again for the time being.
Looking at the three old men and the group of Soul Emperors, how could Duan Yu still fail to understand?
Before launching their ambush, they had feared alerting Zhao Wuji. Aside from the area within Shrek, which they had not investigated, they had searched everywhere else, and the surrounding space had also been sealed off by the Seven-Leaf Spatial Grass.
There was absolutely no way for three Soul Douluos and a group of Soul Emperors to suddenly appear without being noticed.
Unless... the rumor that the Unmovable King Zhao Wuji had fled in fear of punishment had been a complete sham from the very beginning.
They had guessed that he would find an opportunity to attack Zhao Wuji. After discussing it with Zhao Wuji, they had staged this act for him, all to lure him out.
They had truly gone to great lengths to capture him.
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