Nirvana, the Damaged Battle Armor

As the spear spirit gradually dissipated, the power it had bestowed upon her returned, and Gu Yuena's aura faintly grew stronger once more.

This was precisely the Silver Dragon Spear's feedback.

At that moment, it was as though someone had pressed pause on the scene. Ye Xishui's eyes held nothing but daze and disbelief.

Even Long Xiaoyao had frozen in place.

He had initially thought that his bloodline was merely being suppressed. Since Ye Xishui was making a move, he had wanted to see just where this person's limits truly lay.

Yet what he saw now was that even Ye Xishui was being restrained. This person's strength seemed as bottomless as an abyss.

Coming back to her senses, Ye Xishui nearly gritted her teeth as she said, "Impossible! Even I might not be able to dispel the resentment within it so quickly! How did you do it? Who exactly are you?!"

Faced with Ye Xishui's roaring interrogation, Gu Yuena did not seem interested in answering at all.

Elemental Authority in her left hand, the Silver Dragon Spear in her right.

As nine-colored light flickered, elemental power seemed ready to erupt completely.

It gradually formed a cage, enveloping both Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.

"Stay."

After a disdainful smile, Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon Spear once again seemed to summon forth its spear spirit, locking directly onto the two of them.

Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui's expressions turned ugly to the extreme. They were both Limit Douluo.

Yet they had been suppressed time and again by a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo, unable to overcome her.

"Xiaoyao, did she really use some secret technique, or is this simply her true strength?"

Ye Xishui nearly ground her teeth as she transmitted this question.

What kind of secret technique could elevate one's power to such a terrifying degree? Even a god borrowing divine power might not be capable of this, right?

Long Xiaoyao, however, fell silent. Was this truly a secret technique, rather than the backing of a god?

As the two unconsciously fell into a daze, they came back to their senses and tried to gather the world's primordial energy to resist her.

Long Xiaoyao felt somewhat humiliated. After all, two against one had never existed in his dictionary; that was simply bullying through numbers.

But if someone wanted to kill Ye Xishui before his eyes, they would have to get past him first.

Yet when the two attempted to mobilize the world's primordial energy, they discovered—

They could not mobilize it at all. The Elemental Cage did not merely restrict their absorption of elemental power. Gu Yuena was also taking this chance to seemingly rewrite the laws of this world itself.

For battles above the Titled Douluo level, gathering and seizing the world's primordial energy was the most crucial thing.

Every move and technique had to borrow the power of heaven and earth.

Having lost that advantage, Ye Xishui thought of an absurd possibility.

If she and Long Xiaoyao joined forces, even the Evil Emperor would have to show them some deference. If they faced Di Tian together, she believed the two of them might not necessarily lose.

And now, were they going to die together at the hands of a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo?

At the same time, through this brief clash—or rather, through contact with and struggle against the Elemental Tide—Long Xiaoyao seemed to realize something.

"She's a Titled Douluo with Dual Soul Cores!"

One had to know that a Soul Core was normally something that could only be condensed twice, with only Limit Douluo capable of condensing the second one. Yet she actually possessed two.

How could Ye Xishui not be dazed by that?

Watching this, Lin Yuan really wanted to remind them that, strictly speaking, it did not count as Dual Soul Cores. She only had a single Soul Core.

Gu Yuena was naturally born with a Dragon Core. The only Soul Core she had condensed was one of spiritual attribute.

Seeing that Gu Yuena truly intended to kill them.

Ye Xishui suddenly erupted. The resentment power of the Reaper Tower seemed to turn into resentful spirits, seeking to devour everything.

Yet those blood-red resentful spirits seemed to have no chance to do anything before they were swallowed one after another by the Silver Dragon Spear's spear spirit.

It was as though they did not even possess the right to fight back...

Were they going to be crippled by force?

And under this suppression, Long Xiaoyao could unleash even less of his strength.

Just as the two seemed on the verge of death, after Long Xiaoyao made a brief decision, Ye Xishui put away the Reaper Tower, and the resentment surrounding her from having committed too many killings gradually dissipated.

As the blood-red color faded, a phoenix cry rang out from Ye Xishui's body, followed by an eruption of incomparably pure light!

It even seemed to raise Ye Xishui's strength to another level.

The already sealed space was forcibly torn open once more.

Then, the two vanished without a trace.

Although Lin Yuan was dazed for a moment by this outcome, he could generally accept it.

After all, Gu Yuena was only rank ninety-eight, yet she had nearly beaten those two to death.

Ye Xishui's second martial soul, the Light Phoenix, possessed the heaven-defying soul skill Phoenix Nirvana! It could unleash an extraordinarily terrifying power.

Though it might only last for an instant, it was perfect for escaping.

The key was that this had truly been an information gap in battle.

He had not even had the chance to transmit a message, as this space had sealed off everything. After all, if sound could travel out—

With Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao both present, if they attacked him.

The two of them would not even need to pay much of a price.

As for Ye Xishui's Nirvana soul skill, the price she had paid to use it was extremely great, including both her lifespan and cultivation.

Whether she would fall below the Limit Douluo realm was uncertain, but if she remained a Limit Douluo, she would probably only be at the level Xuanzi had just entered?

Watching them leave, Gu Yuena showed a faint trace of displeasure. Though she wanted to pursue them, she ultimately restrained herself.

When she came before Lin Yuan, Gu Yuena hesitated briefly before softly explaining.

"Young Master, this is why I felt so guilty last time."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly. What a joke—if Gu Yuena had used this state last time, let alone a portion of Mu En's strength.

Even peak Mu En would merely have accompanied Xuanzi on his final journey.

"Then..."

Before Lin Yuan could continue asking, Gu Yuena slowly explained.

"This is my Four-Word Battle Armor. It is in a damaged state and can only be used five times in total."

As she explained, Gu Yuena moved her thoughts, and the Four-Word Battle Armor, comparable to a divine skill, appeared before Lin Yuan. His spiritual power immediately noticed that while it appeared indestructible, hair-thin cracks ran across its entire surface.

After this use, Gu Yuena could only use it four more times.

"By the way, in your normal state..."

"Against that dragon-type martial soul user—or rather, that blood-red figure—I can fight evenly. But I was afraid he would attack you, Young Master."

Gu Yuena explained somewhat guiltily, while Lin Yuan fell silent for a moment.

Mm... what a very polite way of putting it. So I was the one holding her back.

But this also made him see clearly that only after breaking through to the Limit Douluo realm could Gu Yuena's terrifying strength truly be unleashed.

As for Gu Yuena's arrogance, he did not care much about it.

What a joke. Her true body possessed world-shaking wisdom, so such pride was quite in line with her character.

However, Lin Yuan had a question at this moment.

Was the Gu Yuena before him a clone, or something else?

Yet he did not dwell on that question for long.

If he really pursued that line of thought, then things like being able to choose any martial soul at the start would not be even more absurd? Tracing all those origins would be exhausting...

(Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui were both placed in the second tier of Limit Douluo, Quasi-Demigod. Mu En was the strongest of the three, set at Peak Quasi-Demigod.)