[Thunderclap Axe.]
"Thunderclap cleave!"
Facing the sturdy city wall, Xi Zhao's massive axe flared with white light before he brought it crashing down.
Boom!
The seemingly impregnable defenses shattered in a single blow. The sturdy walls the Heaven Dou Empire took such pride in were nothing more than decorations before Xi Zhao.
"T-too terrifying!"
The soldiers on the wall swallowed hard at the sight of Xi Zhao's overwhelming strength.
Some had already thrown their weapons to the ground, ready to surrender.
The gap was simply too vast. The walls and weapons they took such pride in were nothing more than children's toys to their enemy.
The walls and weapons they took such pride in were easily crushed whenever their enemy exerted even a little strength. With their commander also killed in an instant, the soldiers had long since lost their will to fight and dropped to their knees in surrender.
"All done."
Xi Zhao waved a hand. "Go into the city and get the situation under control. Be quick!"
"Yes!"
Zhou Tan immediately led his squad into the fortress. They were all elite Soul Douluo experts, as well as military commanders.
These ordinary soldiers who had lost the will to resist were easy to control. Everything involving the ten thousand or so soldiers could be settled in roughly half a day.
Meanwhile, in the battle at Sea God Island, Long Wei could no longer contain his impatience.
Although these three Titled Douluo were not particularly powerful, they were Sea Soul Masters, after all, and remained difficult to deal with in the sea.
"I have to say, you've successfully gotten on my nerves!"
Long Wei rested the Black Dragon Spear on his shoulder, thoroughly irritated. These fellows clung to him like stubborn medicinal plasters, refusing to fight him head-on. They merely circled around his flanks, using their advantages as Sea Soul Masters to keep him occupied.
From beginning to end, they had never intended to fight him. They were merely buying time.
"We still have things to do. We can't waste too much time here with you!"
The next moment, Long Wei threw out the Black Dragon Spear, and black light radiated from his body.
"Soul Beast true form!"
With that furious roar, Long Wei transformed into a streak of black light and soared into the clouds.
"Roar!"
With a dragon's roar, a pitch-black true dragon revealed his true form amid the clouds.
"Then let me show you what the power of a true dragon really means!"
The Lake of Life, Star Dou Great Forest.
At that moment, the Ferocious Beasts were cultivating together, but their leader, Di Tian, was "neglecting his duties." He was watching the battle at Sea God Island intently.
The matter of the Sky Screen had indeed alarmed the Silver Dragon King, but her injuries were too severe for her to examine it at length. She could only have Di Tian, the Black Dragon King, observe it on her behalf.
As Di Tian watched the Sky Screen's livestream, his eyes suddenly widened at the sight of Long Wei's Soul Beast form.
"No! That's impossible! Why?!"
"What's wrong?"
Di Tian's cry roused all the surrounding Ferocious Beasts.
"Di Tian, what are you doing?"
Xiong Jun glared at him. "If you want to shout, go outside. Don't disturb our cultivation."
"No, that's impossible."
Di Tian trembled all over as he stared at Long Wei's figure on the Sky Screen, tears seeming to glisten in his eyes. "A Golden-Eyed Black Dragon. It really is a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon!"
"A Golden-Eyed Black Dragon? Isn't that your species, Di Tian?"
Hearing that name, Zi JI looked thoughtful. "I remember you saying that your kin all... in that great war."
"Yes, none of them survived. But now I've seen one! There's absolutely no mistake! That's a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon!"
Di Tian rose excitedly to his feet. "I must report this to our lord! A member of the true dragon race has appeared in the Northern Underworld Empire!"
"Di Tian, calm down."
Bi Ji stopped him. "We can't disturb our lord over something we haven't verified at all. That goes against the rules."
"That is a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon. My senses cannot possibly be wrong!"
Di Tian spoke with ironclad certainty. "I will never forget the aura of my own kind as long as I live. He is a member of our black dragon clan!"
"Hah, who knows whether this Sky Screen livestream is even real?"
Xiong Jun snorted. "If you intend to wake our lord on a whim over this, I'll be the first to object!"
"..."
By then, Di Tian gradually calmed down. This was not mere impulsiveness; it had simply been far too long since he had seen any of his kin.
Ever since that ancient war, when the Dragon God fell and the dragon race was all but wiped out, encountering a true dragon had become extraordinarily difficult.
"I once traveled across all of Douluo Star without finding a single member of my own kind. I never imagined that true dragon bloodlines would exist on this Northern Underworld Continent."
Alongside his excitement, Di Tian also felt puzzled. "Why did I never encounter this continent back then? By all rights, such a vast continent shouldn't have left no trace whatsoever."
"Perhaps that's how those dragons escaped being hunted down."
Zi JI looked thoughtful. "It isn't just us. Those fellows in the Divine Realm are also searching for dragon bloodlines."
"There must be something extraordinary about this Northern Underworld Continent. Otherwise, those gods would have discovered it long ago and wiped them all out."
"That makes sense."
Di Tian drew a deep breath, a smile appearing on his face for the first time in ages. "I'll go to Sea God Island myself and find out whether this dragon is real!"
"You mustn't!"
Zi JI hurriedly reached out to stop him. "Sea God Island is the Sea God's territory. If you go there, you'll definitely be detected!"
"You're right."
Di Tian forcibly suppressed his excitement. "We should observe a while longer and learn what lies behind this Northern Underworld Empire."
"Roar!"
The draconic might unleashed by that roar blasted the three men away. "Ignorant mortals, are you ready to face my wrath?!"
"What overwhelming pressure!"
Sea Spear Douluo raised the Martial Soul in his hand, struggling to withstand his opponent's imposing presence. "There's no mistaking this aura. He's a genuine dragon!"
"So powerful. I can't even summon the will to resist. Is this a real dragon?"
Sea Delusion Douluo spoke with difficulty. His mental illusions vanished without a trace beneath that draconic might, unable to amount to anything at all.
"Roar!"
The Black Demon Dragon King flew through the air, looking down upon these ants. "You should be proud to fall before my true form, the Black Demon Dragon King!"
"Demon Dragon Blaze!"
As his words fell, a blast of black flame erupted from his mouth, becoming a sea of fire that surged toward them.
The three gathered their Soul Power to defend themselves, but this attack was completely unlike the previous ones. The moment the flames touched their Soul Power barriers, the barriers were corroded.
"How can this be?"
Before the three could work it out, all their Soul Power had been burned away. A thick black dragon tail swept across them, knocking them down.
Just like that, all three plunged into the sea, their bodies engulfed in black flames.
"Roar!"
Long Wei ended the battle in a single strike, then raised his head to the sky and roared, spreading the might of a true dragon in every direction.
Everyone on the Douluo Continent watching the Sky Screen's livestream was shocked by his strength.
What Long Wei had said earlier was no idle boast. He truly possessed the strength to take on four Title Douluo alone.
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