Day-and-Night Patrol Gods

Dai Mubai's eyes blazed with fury as he turned and fixed Gu Hengzhi with a deathly stare. His roar seemed capable of piercing the heavens. "Zhuqing must have been led astray by you! What the hell did you brainwash her with? Why is she so cold toward me?"

A cold smile curled across Gu Hengzhi's lips as he retorted without yielding, "Heh! You still have the nerve to mention Zhuqing? Look at the lipstick mark on your face! Think carefully about what you just did with that dead fat chicken!" With that, he mercilessly fired a massive Earth Spike at Dai Mubai like a cannonball.

At the sight of this, the rage in Dai Mubai's heart ignited at once. His gaze grew increasingly vicious, as though fire might burst from his eyes. He swiftly unleashed his first soul skill, White Tiger Body Shield. A layer of white light flickered around him like an impregnable shield. Yet the fury in his eyes continued to erupt like a volcano, increasing exponentially.

Finally, after yet another White Tiger Fierce Light Wave was effortlessly blocked by Gu Hengzhi, Dai Mubai exploded completely. His third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, activated abruptly. The purple thousand-year Soul Ring shone with dazzling brilliance, like a violet sun. The air around Dai Mubai seemed crushed by an invisible force and twisted violently. His mismatched eyes turned blood-red, like two burning flames that revealed endless killing intent.

His body began undergoing a startling transformation. The muscles already swollen from the possession of his White Tiger Martial Soul expanded further, while the muscles across his upper body grew madly at an unimaginable rate. His shirt was instantly burst apart by that overwhelming power, reduced to countless fragments. Black-and-white stripes also emerged across his skin under the activation of the thousand-year soul skill, like the hide of a white tiger and emanating a terrifying aura.

"Kid! So what if you've cultivated your soul power to rank thirty? So what if you have more soul skills? I'll show you that a thousand-year soul skill is an existence that crushes all hundred-year soul skills!" Dai Mubai's voice boomed like thunder through the air. His tiger palms grew even larger, and the tiger claws extending from them were incomparably sharp, glinting with an eerie cold light as though they could tear through space itself.

Gu Hengzhi's Earth Thorns, Earth Spikes, Earth Balls... all were like paper before Dai Mubai's claws, easily shredded apart. Every one of Dai Mubai's attacks carried incomparable force, as if he intended to rip the entire world to pieces.

A thousand-year soul skill truly is extraordinary. According to the original work, Dai Mubai's skill came from a thousand-year Vajra Tiger. It can last for half an hour, and during that time, his strength, speed, and defense all double. Gu Hengzhi pondered inwardly, a trace of gravity appearing in his eyes. Against such a powerful Dai Mubai, he had to go all out.

Without giving Gu Hengzhi even a moment to think, Dai Mubai's second Soul Ring suddenly lit up. A dazzling beam of white light shot from his mouth like lightning. Gu Hengzhi instinctively wanted to use the Earth Wall Technique as before to block the attack. However, this White Tiger Fierce Light Wave was no longer what it had once been. Empowered by the thousand-year soul skill White Tiger Vajra Transformation, it lunged at Gu Hengzhi like a ferocious beast baring its fangs and claws.

The earth wall had only just struggled up from underground when it instantly crumbled beneath the impact of the White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, as though effortlessly torn apart by an invisible giant hand. Gu Hengzhi's heart jolted, and he silently cursed. He hurriedly mobilized the power of the Earth Vein within him and accelerated away like the wind. At the critical moment, his figure grazed the edge of the White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, escaping by a hair's breadth.

"This—this power... Earth Deity's abilities alone probably won't be enough to withstand it! Looks like I have no choice but to use this move!" Gu Hengzhi gritted his teeth and rose to his feet, determination flashing in his eyes. He took a deep breath, fully circulating the soul power within him as he chanted, "God-Summoning! Day-and-Night Patrol Gods!"

Following his call, a majestic Stone Statue Martial Soul—the Day-and-Night Patrol Gods Statue—slowly appeared behind him. Above and behind the statue stood the phantom forms of two mysterious deities. They shone like the sun and moon: the Day Patrol God and the Night Patrol God.

The abilities bestowed upon Gu Hengzhi by the Day-and-Night Patrol Gods were practically heaven-defying. First came the Day Patrol God's power. When the sun hung high in the sky during the day, his strength would erupt by 50% like a volcano. The Night Patrol God, meanwhile, granted him ghostlike speed in the darkness, also increasing it by 50%. Even when their respective conditions were not met, these two powerful abilities could still exert half their effect—25%. Combined with the soul power food assistance from the Kitchen God, Gu Hengzhi's strength increased by 80%, while his speed received an astonishing 55% boost...

Beyond these passive abilities, Gu Hengzhi also gained active skills. The Day Patrol God's active soul skill—Great Sun Flame Wheel—resembled a blazing sun, radiating scorching light. The phantom of the Day Patrol God merged into the Great Sun Flame Wheel, making it even more formidable. Gu Hengzhi could hurl the Great Sun Flame Wheel at high speed to slice through enemies like a cutting machine, or release scorching shockwaves with the flame wheel as the center. Everything within its range would be seared by intense light and heat, as though cast into an inferno. The flame wheel's power varied with the intensity of sunlight. At noon, its power would reach its peak, even briefly simulating the terrifying suppressive effect of a blazing sun overhead, causing enemies to lose focus in the harsh light and fall into confusion. Even on the darkest night, it could still exert 50% of its power.

The Shadow Binding Kill bestowed by the Night Patrol God worked as the phantom of the ghostlike Night Patrol God instantly melded into darkness and sped toward the enemy like a shadow, like a life-stealing specter in the night carrying out a direct assassination. Its strength grew ever greater as night deepened, like a dancer controlled by darkness. Likewise, even at noon, it still retained 50% of its power.

Watching Dai Mubai charge toward him like a ferocious tiger, Gu Hengzhi showed no fear. The Great Sun Flame Wheel in his hand resembled a blazing sun as he hurled it out without hesitation. The phantom of the Day Patrol God merged into the Great Sun Flame Wheel like an envoy of the sun, causing the entire wheel of light to blaze fiercely. Carrying searing radiance like the sun itself, it shot toward Dai Mubai like a burning meteor.

Seeing the overwhelming momentum of the light wheel, like an erupting volcano, Dai Mubai had no choice but to make all the Soul Rings around his body shine like dazzling stars. The enhancement of White Tiger Vajra Transformation made his body as tough as steel, while White Tiger Fierce Light Wave clashed head-on with the Great Sun Flame Wheel like a roaring dragon. In that heart-stopping collision, White Tiger Body Shield guarded Dai Mubai closely like an unbreakable barrier.