Light Feather Douluo's Fury!

No matter how many years passed inside Gao Yang's Sword God Domain, only an instant passed in reality.

The next moment, the world blurred before the Spirit Hall group's eyes, and they returned to reality.

But only Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo remained conscious and lucid.

The other Soul Masters were physically unscathed, but their minds had long since been riddled with wounds.

After three years of blades piercing their bodies without pause, they would either forge an unbreakable will or...

Become useless husks!

Clearly, none of the Soul Masters the two Douluo had brought possessed that one-in-ten-thousand talent!

As for why Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo emerged intact, there were two reasons.

First, anyone who became a Titled Douluo had a will far tougher than most.

Second, Gao Yang's Sword God Domain was much less effective against people whose Soul Power and mental strength exceeded his own.

Gao Yang could trap those Soul Masters for three years, but he could hold the two Titled Douluo for only a month.

A month of slow torture had not been enough to break them completely.

Still, they had suffered. Cold sweat drenched them both, and their faces were deathly pale.

Their minds were plainly on the verge of collapse.

"Sixth Soul Skill: Hundred Rivers!"

While the two Titled Douluo struggled to catch their breath, Gao Yang commanded thousands of flying swords to mercilessly reap the Spirit Hall Soul Masters.

The Soul Masters lay limp on the ground. Though brimming with Soul Power, they looked ready to be slaughtered without resistance.

They had gone numb. Some even felt a strange thrill when they saw flying swords slice their comrades' throats.

At last...

They were free!

"You insolent brat! How dare you!"

Snake Lance Douluo reacted first. These Soul Masters were Qian Renxue's secret force in Heaven Dou!

Losing even one would have pained her for ages!

Yet Gao Yang showed no restraint. He was plainly bent on wiping them all out!

"You came to kill me, but I'm not allowed to kill you?" Gao Yang snorted. He formed a sword seal, and the flying swords accelerated. "Since when does the world work that way?"

In the blink of an eye, every Spirit Hall Soul Master except Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo had become a corpse.

Strangely, not a single scream rose from the slaughter.

There was only the wet slice of blades through throats and the trickle of blood from necks.

"You... you..." Snake Lance Douluo's hands shook with anguish at the sight.

"Even if the young mistress begs for your life today, I'll cut you down myself, you madman!" Porcupinefish Douluo wasted no more words. His Seventh Soul Ring lit up. "Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar!"

"Save your bluster! Both of your lives are staying here today!"

As Gao Yang spoke, his First Soul Skill lit up.

Invisible sword energy shredded the carriage. The Seven Kill Sword carried Ning Rongrong swiftly upward until she reached his side.

The radiance of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spilled across the forest. Not even the blood covering the ground could dim the girl's sacred glow!

Ning Rongrong showed neither fear nor any wish to retreat, only the resolve to fight at Gao Yang's side!

Boom!

A wave of light slammed into the sword energy shielding Gao Yang.

The collision of the two forces sent thick smoke billowing!

"Pufferfish, you let them die too easily!" Snake Lance Douluo frowned when he could no longer sense their life force.

"There's something strange about that brat. Better kill him quickly, before the night grows long and dreams multiply!" Porcupinefish Douluo withdrew his Martial Soul and turned to leave. "Come on. We've made enough noise. We'll be in trouble if someone finds us."

The two were still operating undercover. If their identities were exposed now, Qian Renxue's plan for a palace coup would undoubtedly suffer.

Neither of them could bear the blame.

"True..."

Snake Lance Douluo nodded. Before withdrawing his Martial Soul, he released a burst of Soul Power.

The tremendous force instantly blasted every corpse into fragments.

Even a Titled Douluo would learn nothing from their remains.

"Tell me, what made you so sure one strike would kill me?!"

A sudden snort from high above set alarm bells ringing in both Douluo's minds!

They turned together and saw one character after another hurtling toward them, each a "Kill" formed of sword energy.

Every "Kill" radiated a deathly aura that threatened even Titled Douluo.

"Martial Soul Avatar!"

"Seventh... uh..."

Snake Lance Douluo reacted fastest, summoning his Martial Soul and taking up a defensive stance.

Porcupinefish Douluo was not so lucky.

Before he could summon his Martial Soul, a "Kill" passed silently through his body.

As if to make certain he was dead, seven "Kill" characters in succession minced his body to pieces.

Confidence was the key to a Soul Master's success. Porcupinefish Douluo had been so confident that he believed his full-force strike could reduce Gao Yang, a mere Soul Saint, to ash!

Gao Yang was confident too: even as a Soul Saint, he believed he could fight a Titled Douluo!

The difference was that Gao Yang was more cautious. Though one "Kill" could have finished Porcupinefish Douluo while his Martial Soul was inactive, Gao Yang spent the Soul Power to send several more.

For one reason: to prevent a revival!

"Pufferfish!"

Snake Lance Douluo's eyes nearly split with rage!

A friend of many years had been reduced to a heap of minced flesh before his eyes, with not a bone left intact!

"The road to the Yellow Springs is long. You can travel it with Porcupinefish Douluo!"

With one enemy dealt with, Gao Yang focused all his firepower on Snake Lance Douluo.

Against a Titled Douluo, he held nothing back from his "Kill."

His fighting spirit and sword intent both climbed to their peak.

The full-force "Kill" characters were nothing like those he had used while sparring with the Shrek Seven Devils.

"First Soul Skill! Fourth Soul Skill! Ninth Soul Skill!"

Under the effect of his Martial Soul Avatar, several Soul Rings on Snake Lance Douluo lit up at once.

Bolstered by them, he unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill with all his strength.

Blood-red light flared from his blue-purple snake lance, which gave off a nauseating stench of blood.

His Martial Soul was highly unusual, combining the strengths of both a Tool Martial Soul and a Beast Martial Soul.

Snake Lance Douluo leveled the blue-purple snake lance, its tip angled upward. He spread his legs and crouched slightly.

As a "Kill" descended, he thrust the lance out with fierce resolve.

The thrust was simple and plain, without flourish or any apparent crushing force.

Yet it extinguished the "Kill"!

"You live up to your name, Snake Lance Douluo. Let's see how many of my 'Kills' you can withstand!"

"Brat, the moment your assault slows, you die!"

Faced with an endless stream of "Kill" characters, Snake Lance Douluo showed no fear!

He had honed his spear technique for decades, thrusting at least ten thousand times every day. That seemingly ordinary strike held his lifetime's understanding of the spear.

With Soul Power far beyond Gao Yang's and decades of experience, Snake Lance Douluo was utterly confident!

Three, five...

The confidence on Snake Lance's face did not waver. He thrust again and again, destroying each "Kill."

Ten, twenty.

Steam rose from Snake Lance's body. The instant sweat left his skin, his surging Soul Power evaporated it.

A hairline crack appeared on the tip of his blue-purple lance.

When he destroyed the thirty-fourth "Kill," the blue-purple lance exploded!

Bang!

The tremendous impact hurled Snake Lance Douluo thirty or forty meters away!

"You really are a Power Attack System Titled Douluo!"

Blood ran from the corner of Gao Yang's mouth. Even with Ning Rongrong's support, his Soul Power had long since run dry.

He was fueling the later "Kill" characters with his life force!

Even so, he dared not stop!

As Snake Lance Douluo had said, the moment his assault slowed, he would face the most ferocious retaliation a Titled Douluo could muster!

"Brother Gao Yang, are you all right?"

At Gao Yang's side, Ning Rongrong had witnessed everything!

Her beautiful eyes brimmed with worry and heartache.

"I'm fine!"

Gao Yang dared not give Snake Lance Douluo a chance to catch his breath. He immediately pursued him on his sword.

Strike while he's weak. Take his life!

Sensing Gao Yang close in, Snake Lance Douluo finally realized that if he did not flee, he would die here today!

He forced down the pain of his shattered Martial Soul, activated a boosting Soul Skill, and fled toward the main road!

Avenge Porcupinefish Douluo?

What a joke. Only the living could talk about revenge!

"Snake Lance Douluo, you call yourself a Titled Douluo? A Soul Saint has you running for your life! Come on, fight me for another hundred rounds!"

Just how fast could a Titled Douluo run when his life depended on it?

Gao Yang found out today!

Even though his sword flew faster, he could not catch up anytime soon.

"Don't get cocky, brat!" Gao Yang's taunt made Snake Lance Douluo's old face flush. "Give me time, and I'll make you beg for death! As for your woman, I'll have my strongest Soul Masters take good care of her!"

"Fuck you! You're running away and still making threats? You're even better at putting on airs than I am!" At the mention of Ning Rongrong, Gao Yang's gaze turned icy. "If I don't kill you today, my sword heart will be stained!"

Before the words had left his mouth, he sensed two immensely powerful auras approaching at tremendous speed.

It seemed their battle had drawn powerful fighters after all.

But Gao Yang was not afraid. This was the Heaven Dou Empire, so the newcomers were most likely Heaven Dou Soul Masters.

Then, just as Gao Yang pinned Snake Lance Douluo to the ground with a bolt of sword energy, the two powerful figures descended from the sky.

One looked like a handsome young man with long silver hair and a light-gray robe.

The other looked like a burly old man with long golden hair and ornate armor.

One was cold and aloof; the other, rugged.

Even without seeing their Soul Rings, Gao Yang felt the pressure that belonged to Titled Douluo.

He did not care who they were and had no wish to find out.

He planted a foot on Snake Lance Douluo's back and raised his sword to finish him.

"Fourth Enshrined! Fifth Enshrined! Save me! I'm Snake Lance Douluo of the Elder Hall!"

Enshrined!

Gao Yang's expression changed at the word.

He had long heard that all seven of Spirit Hall's Enshrined were Super Douluo of at least Level 95.

If the man beneath his foot was telling the truth, then today...

"So it's you, brat. You're a Titled Douluo, so why are you in such a sor—brat, don't you dare!"

On Great Enshrined Qian Daoliu's orders, Light Feather Douluo and the Fourth Enshrined, Mighty Lion Douluo, had secretly entered Heaven Dou to support Qian Renxue.

But they had arrived late after indulging the urge to deal with a few Fallen Soul Masters.

Near the Imperial City, they sensed a powerful surge of Soul Power and came to investigate.

Light Feather Douluo had been surprised, to tell the truth, when he saw that Snake Lance Douluo was the one who had lost.

But just as he was about to ask what had happened, Gao Yang struck, driving his sword tip straight toward the back of Snake Lance Douluo's neck!

The sight sent Light Feather Douluo into a fury!

Even a dog's master deserved consideration before it was beaten!

He raised a hand, and a force field instantly enveloped Gao Yang!

But he had still underestimated Gao Yang's determination to kill.

Slash!

Despite the force field pressing down on him, Gao Yang's sword stroke did not falter in the slightest.

Cold light flashed from the Seven Kill Sword, and Snake Lance Douluo's head hit the ground!

"Rongrong!"

Having killed him, Gao Yang immediately flew his sword in the opposite direction.

Ning Rongrong understood at once. She switched Soul Skills, boosting only Gao Yang's speed.

In an instant, they had flown a hundred meters away!

"You damned Fallen Soul Master! How dare you act so brazenly, murdering an elder of Spirit Hall in broad daylight!"

Furious, Light Feather Douluo summoned his Martial Soul. He gripped a longbow imbued with both light and ice.

He drew the bow, and an arrow appeared from thin air. At the same time, his First and Second Soul Rings lit up.

Whoosh!

"Hm?"

A few breaths later, Light Feather Douluo's face darkened.

He could clearly sense that his strike had failed to kill either of them.

"Fifth Brother, your aim is getting worse and worse."

The Fourth Worshipper, Mighty Lion Douluo, spoke calmly.

He seemed hot-tempered, but it was all a facade.

Neither Snake Lance Douluo's death nor Gao Yang's escape stirred anything in him.

"Nonsense! Just wait, Fourth Brother. I'll go kill those two Fallen Soul Masters right now!"

With that, Light Feather Douluo's figure blurred and vanished from the spot.

"We've wasted too much time already, Fifth Brother. I'll meet up with the young master first, lest we delay his plans."

"Fine!"

Light Feather Douluo's voice came from a thousand meters away...