The air between the two Limit Douluo crackled with hostility.
"Neuvillette, you declared that you would judge Lord Sea God. That alone was blasphemy. Lord Sea God was generous enough to give you a chance to mend your ways, but you refused. Did you really think Sea God Island wouldn't dare touch you?"
Neuvillette handed his wineglass to a Soul Master beside him. Then he looked at Bo Saixi without expression.
"Not just the Sea God," he said, his voice firm, like a teacher correcting a child's wrong answer. "I will also judge the Usurper seated in the High Heaven!"
"Hopeless..." Bo Saixi raised her three-meter scepter. A spear-like point crowned it, glinting coldly as though ready to pierce Neuvillette at any moment. "Fight me, Neuvillette! Your blood will defend Lord Sea God's honor!"
With that, Bo Saixi streaked toward the distant sea. As a Limit Douluo, she would not stoop to threatening Fontaine to gain an advantage over Neuvillette.
Neuvillette followed. Once they reached a calm stretch of sea far from both Sea God Island and Fontaine, they faced each other. Neither struck first.
The pressure of two Limit Douluo alarmed the Sea Soul Beasts in the area. They dared not move, yet the pressure left them struggling to breathe.
The first Sea Soul Beast to break under it fled for its life. Ripples spread across the tranquil sea, and both combatants moved at once.
Behind Bo Saixi appeared a vast, sea-blue humanoid phantom whose features could not be seen.
A divine Martial Soul: the Sea God.
Nine Soul Rings—eight black and one red—flashed beneath Bo Saixi's feet as her Soul Power bore down on Neuvillette. She gave her scepter a light swing. It was no ordinary weapon, but a Pseudo-Divine Artifact. Across all of Douluo Continent, perhaps no