Grievously Wounding Xuanzi, Burning His Blood Essence?

"Where did I go wrong?"

Lin Yuan spoke casually. Xuanzi could only grit his teeth and once again humiliate himself by revealing his intentions.

"This old man... was jealous, and I feared that once you grew stronger, you would threaten Shrek. Xu Sanshi and Ma Xiaotao died because of this old man's arrogance."

Lin Yuan clapped lightly upon hearing that, then gave Gu Yuena a look.

"Those are some very good last words when death is at hand. Go ahead."

Xuanzi froze, then, realizing he had been played, roared furiously at Lin Yuan.

"This old man has already been humiliated by you to this extent. Do you truly intend to make Shrek your mortal enemy?"

"You don't know where you went wrong. Look, all you know is that you're about to die."

"Besides, wasn't that the truth?"

Lin Yuan looked at Xuanzi with complete seriousness as he asked, without the slightest hint of mockery.

Even Jing Hongchen beside him nearly failed to hold back his laughter.

In truth, when people targeted geniuses, most of them had such thoughts. Some things simply seemed rather...

As Gu Yuena unleashed Elemental Tide, seven-colored radiance carried the terror of world destruction.

Even if only part of that terrifying power landed on him—

Xuanzi had to pour all his soul power into defending himself.

As the various meteor-like forces revolved, they seemed like seven elemental stars locking onto Xuanzi. He could feel that there was no escape.

Boom!

Under that world-ending roar, Xuanzi was reduced to a state of utter misery, blood streaming from all over his body. His already ragged hair and his now tattered clothes made a perfect match. Other than the bleeding, he looked almost exactly like a certain Clear Sky Douluo.

Only after being grievously wounded did Xuanzi realize—

If he truly died, then he would have nothing left.

"Then this old man will drag you down with me even in death!"

With an enraged roar, Xuanzi transformed into the Taotie Divine Bull once more.

He appeared to be attacking, but in reality, he was fleeing for his life.

Xuanzi was no fool. Once he understood the gap in their strength and the other side's intent to kill him, he naturally used his Martial Soul Avatar to run for his life.

Yet before Xuanzi could get very far, Gu Yuena appeared before him again.

As she swung the elemental staff in her hand, countless elements condensed once more, forming a cage.

As Elemental Cage took shape, numerous Elemental Tides gathered as well.

And the might of this move was even more terrifying than the previous one.

Clearly, she intended to end Xuanzi completely this time.

"This time, this old man will drag you down to hell."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xuanzi glared viciously at Lin Yuan. Jing Hongchen merely shook his head.

After all, Xuanzi had already said the same thing three times. It was getting a little stale.

But in the next instant, Jing Hongchen's expression changed drastically, because the soul power fluctuations around Xuanzi were steadily rising.

Moreover, the increase in his soul power had clearly reached an abnormal level.

As for Xuanzi, his once somewhat rosy face was gradually aging and even withering.

"Burning his life force?"

Jing Hongchen cried out, then even called tentatively to Gu Yuena.

"Your Excellency, should we protect Lin Yuan first?"

A dying counterattack from a Rank 98 Super Douluo was extremely terrifying.

Although the strength Gu Yuena had displayed so far had faintly reached the Ultimate Douluo level—

She had not truly stepped into that realm.

If Gu Yuena still insisted on killing him under these circumstances, then should Xuanzi break free in his counterattack and charge over without regard for his life, she alone would have no way to save Lin Yuan from a Xuanzi determined to die.

Xuanzi was now burning through his life force at a horrifying rate.

That Ultimate Douluo realm, which had once seemed so unattainable—

Was now within reach?

The Taotie Divine Bull's originally deep yellow body was covered in a blood-red hue at this moment.

Even the sky itself seemed as though it had been dyed half-red by Xuanzi's burning life force.

The two of them seemed to have returned to an evenly matched standoff?

"Ha ha ha! Let's go to hell together!"

Xuanzi sneered savagely, his face covered in blood. Empowered by his burning life force, he forcibly smashed through Elemental Cage.

He charged straight toward Jing Hongchen, making Jing Hongchen's scalp go numb as he brought out every defensive soul tool on his body.

He was hoping Gu Yuena would rush back in time, yet Gu Yuena showed no intention of retreating to defend him.

Then, in the next instant, Xuanzi's unusual state actually broke through space!

"!? Another feint."

Jing Hongchen was so frightened that he did not even have the strength to complain.

Gu Yuena lightly tapped her elemental staff and sneered. "Manipulating spatial power in front of me? With you?"

As her words fell, Xuanzi, who seemed to have given up on escaping, charged toward Gu Yuena.

The elemental staff in Gu Yuena's hand actually began to disappear.

Jing Hongchen's heart leaped into his throat. What was Gu Yuena doing? Was she giving up?

Lin Yuan crossed his arms and shook his head.

Only now, perhaps, had Gu Yuena truly become serious.

As her seventh soul ring flashed, a thousand-meter silver dragon surrounded by seven-colored light descended abruptly.

Roar!

Under that dragon roar, Jing Hongchen felt as though his waist was about to snap from the pressure.

This was clearly Gu Yuena's seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar.

As the phantom gradually merged with her, Gu Yuena's body was slowly covered in silver dragon scales shrouded in seven-colored radiance.

The fluctuations of soul power around her surged instantly. Though she had not reached the Ultimate Douluo level, she had already come close to Xuanzi.

Though this was temporary, both states were temporary. One came from the special fusion of a Martial Soul Avatar, while the other was merely burning life force.

"At the same rank, he wouldn't even have the chance to fight Gu Yuena."

After Lin Yuan spoke softly—

The Silver Dragon Spear appeared in Gu Yuena's hand. Before even the hazy illusion of an afterimage could fully form, the Silver Dragon Spear had already reached Xuanzi.

And at that moment, for some reason, Xuanzi felt as though death itself had enveloped him.

That was right. Though she had not even used a soul skill, though she had not even directly attacked him, he had a feeling that if this spear pierced him, he would definitely die!

Thus, faced with it head-on, he tried to force himself away, but Gu Yuena was simply too fast.

Squelch!

Before Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon Spear, Xuanzi's unusual state was as fragile as paper.

Not only was his special fusion state pierced through, Xuanzi also felt his soul power being rapidly drained away.

Even his life force seemed to be faintly getting absorbed. And this was without the spear directly piercing his body. If the Silver Dragon Spear entered his body, what then?

Xuanzi was horrified, but he had no more methods left to use.

His defenses were utterly worthless before her.

Was he going to die today?

No!

He refused to accept it!

Xuanzi roared, trying to transform into the Taotie form once more and gamble on whether he could find a chance to escape.

But the moment that thought arose, he felt a terrifying sense of powerlessness.

Before Gu Yuena, even entering that special state seemed like an impossible dream. The bloodline suppression of the Silver Dragon King placed her a full two tiers above him.

Even if the Taotie Xuanzi transformed into could contend with anything, at most it would only dare to fight one of the Nine Dragon Kings.

Thus, Xuanzi could only burn his life force even more frantically, because only by staying alive could he have anything...

But before he could continue burning his life force, the Silver Dragon Spear had completely dismantled his special form and reached his chest...