"Crimson Fire Scorches the Heavens!"
After blocking the golden beam cannon, the earthen-yellow wall writhed and sank back underground.
Then a hundred-meter-tall fire tornado surged toward Qian Xunji like a furious dragon, its jaws poised to devour him.
"What?!"
Qian Xunji cried out in horror.
Then he and the Angel God Statue were swept into the fire tornado.
Crack! Crack!
Cracks tore through the Angel God Statue with devastating force. With a bang, the statue shattered into countless motes of light that drifted away.
Pfft!
With his Martial Soul Avatar shattered, Qian Xunji spat out blood mixed with fragments of his organs. His robes were shredded, and his body suffered severe burns.
This Crimson Fire Scorches the Heavens, formed by fusing five soul rings, rivaled the power of a three hundred thousand year ferocious beast soul ring.
Had it not been for the strength of his angel martial soul, Qian Xunji would already have been burned to a cinder.
"Your Holiness!"
The Demon Wolf Elder and Blood Tiger Elder paled. If anything happened to Qian Xunji under their protection, they would face dire consequences even if they returned alive.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Demon Wolf Avatar!"
"Seventh Soul Skill, Blood Tiger Avatar!"
The two Titled Douluo activated their Martial Soul Avatars at the same time and charged into the crimson fire tornado. Ignoring their own burns, they pulled Qian Xunji out.
Qian Xunji was gravely wounded. Without prompt treatment, he would be crippled even if he survived.
They handed Qian Xunji over to the other bishops.
"Go! Hurry and escort His Holiness back to Spirit Hall! Have the Great Enshrined treat him. We'll hold Lin Feng off here!"
"Lin Feng, you dared to gravely injure our teacher! Such outrageous defiance! With us here today, you won't get another chance to wreak havoc!"
A ten-meter demon wolf and a ten-meter blood tiger, their fur scorched black in places, closed in around Lin Feng. Their savage eyes glared at him, their bodies taut and ready to strike.
Behind them, Bibi Dong gritted her teeth in envy and hatred. Why had Lin Feng been able to recover his soul power? Why did he get to have five ten thousand year soul rings? Why had he been able to defeat the stronger Qian Xunji?
Malicious thoughts consumed Bibi Dong's heart. Guided by those thoughts, she heard the whispers of the death spider emperor and soul-devouring spider emperor.
Bibi Dong turned her gaze toward Qian Xunji. She could sense the death spider emperor's and soul-devouring spider emperor's hunger for his flesh and soul.
A glint of greed flashed in her eyes.
As long as I can restore my soul power, there's no rule saying I can only devour Lin Feng. Perhaps devouring Qian Xunji would work even better.
Bibi Dong hurried over, speaking in a frightened voice thick with tears.
"Teacher, wake up! Teacher..."
"Hurry! Escort Teacher back to Spirit Hall!"
The bishops dared not delay. They escorted Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji out of Sunset Forest.
Meanwhile, back at the battlefield!
To buy Qian Xunji time, the Demon Wolf Elder and Blood Tiger Elder charged at Lin Feng from either side.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Demon Wolf Devours the Heavens!"
"Ninth Soul Skill, Blood Tiger Treads the Sea!"
The two Titled Douluo unleashed their ninth soul skills simultaneously while in their Martial Soul Avatars. The resulting disturbance was even greater than before.
The entire sky split into two vast expanses, one black and one blood-red. Sinister winds howled like wailing ghosts and wolves.
Lin Feng's robes snapped in the wind, and his five-colored hair whipped wildly. His gaze flashed like lightning, while the five-colored feather mark between his brows shone brilliantly.
"You two old bastards. I still remember exactly how you acted when Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji conspired to frame me."
"As elders of Spirit Hall, you couldn't distinguish loyalty from treachery or good from evil. All you cared about was currying favor with your superiors. Spirit Hall's corruption and scheming started with vermin like you."
"I wanted to kill Qian Xunji first and settle my old score with him. But since you insist on standing in my way and dying in his place, I'll kill you first today."
"Besides, you had a hand in framing me back then, too."
"Platinum Army Breaker!"
The five-colored soul ring above Lin Feng's head rotated until its white side faced forward. Soul power carrying the sharpness of metal condensed into hundreds upon thousands of golden feathers.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The golden feathers shot through the air. With their innate armor-piercing properties, they tore straight through the black hole and sea of blood, then drove viciously into the demon wolf and blood tiger.
The ferocity in the demon wolf's eyes turned to terror. Tearing pain wracked his entire body, and he felt his life force draining through those wounds.
"Your Ring Fusion technique... Just how many tens of thousands of years old are the soul rings you fused? Why is it so terrifyingly powerful? Pfft..."
The blood tiger let out a final roar like a dying beast.
"Damn it! The Pope and the Great Enshrined really misjudged you. They never saw how much terrifying potential you had, you little bastard!"
"At this point, our only chance is to fight our way out of death! Demon Wolf, attack with me! As long as we tear this little bastard to pieces, we'll still have a chance to live!"
The demon wolf was already thinking of retreating, but the blood tiger still wanted to risk everything on one final strike.
Lin Feng, however, had no intention of giving them that much time to react.
The very next instant!
Golden feathers rained down in a dense barrage, filling the sky as they pierced the demon wolf and blood tiger. Amid their agonized howls, their bodies were torn to shreds, scattering a rain of blood and minced flesh everywhere.
Two Titled Douluo, slain in a single battle!
Lin Feng could well be considered the first person in the entire history of the Douluo Continent to achieve such a feat.
He panted heavily as the fused five-colored soul ring separated back into five soul rings.
Amid a burst of blue light, Ah Yin emerged from Lin Feng's body.
Supporting each other, the two made their way to a fallen tree and sat down.
Lin Feng laughed, his eyes shining with exhilaration.
"That felt good! When Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji slandered me, those elders were right beside them, backing them up."
"Although I couldn't kill Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji today, the two main culprits who slandered me, leaving two Titled Douluo dead here was still a decent haul."
"Ah Yin, it was all thanks to you today. This was my first time fusing five soul rings. If you hadn't helped stabilize my body, that explosive energy would have blown me apart before anything else."
Ah Yin gazed at the elated Lin Feng with a warm smile. She brushed a few loose strands of hair off her forehead, her expression gentle and her voice soft.
"If you say things like that again, you'll be treating me like an outsider."
"Your affairs are my affairs. If you want to demand justice from Spirit Hall, I'll stay with you to the very end."
At that, Ah Yin's eyes flickered.
"But what are you planning to do about Bibi Dong? You were once together. If she begged you for mercy, could you really bring yourself to kill her?"
Lin Feng pinched Ah Yin's cheek. Its smooth, delicate softness made his heart flutter.
"Why wouldn't I be able to?"
"The next time we meet will be the day Bibi Dong dies. Only her blood can fully wash away the slander she cast upon me!"
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