Utter Extermination

Qian Daoliu's gaze swept across them!

Dugu Bo felt a chill run down his spine, his body stiffening as he gritted his teeth and faced Qian Daoliu head-on.

"Great Enshrined, you cannot kill me!"

"My body is filled with Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison. Once I die, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison will spread, and by then, every single commoner in this Heaven Dou City will be buried with me."

"Not just every commoner in Heaven Dou City, but even all of you soul master legions from Spirit Hall who came to attack the city this time-anyone below the Titled Douluo rank will likewise be buried with me."

"Didn't that Sky Screen say just how terrifying my Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison is? You should know, Great Enshrined, surely you don't want this Heaven Dou City to turn completely verdant either."

Qian Daoliu's expression remained unmoved, though his gaze grew even more disgusted at the thought of what the Sky Screen had said: it was this very Dugu Bo who had poisoned fifty thousand soldiers of their Spirit Hall Empire to death.

That was a full fifty thousand lives!

"Die, old man!"

"From the moment I learned you poisoned fifty thousand of our Spirit Hall Empire's soldiers to death, I already sentenced you to death in my heart!"

Qian Daoliu flashed forward.

Shock and anger crossed Dugu Bo's face as his Eighth Soul Ring flashed rapidly. "Eighth Soul Skill, Time Freeze!"

This was Dugu Bo's signature trick!

In the past, when facing pursuits from Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, he had relied on this very Time Freeze to escape death time and again.

Facing Qian Daoliu this time, this was already Dugu Bo's final hope.

Yet...

The result left him disappointed!

As the spatial ripples of Time Freeze enshrouded Qian Daoliu, the corner of Qian Daoliu's mouth curved into a sneer.

The space around him rapidly distorted and fractured, and though he seemingly still stood in his original spot, he had actually isolated the space.

All those spatial ripples were blocked at that distorted and fractured spatial boundary.

Dugu Bo retreated step after step, his expression filled with shock and wide-eyed disbelief as he muttered under his breath:

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"No one has ever been able to block my Time Freeze. Why is it having no effect on Qian Daoliu?"

A peerless Douluo with ninety-ninth-rank soul power had already touched the threshold of spatial power, let alone Qian Daoliu, who was an outstanding figure among peerless Douluo and possessed a fairly proficient mastery of spatial power.

Although Dugu Bo's Time Freeze could be called a divine skill of the control type, it still required the aid of a spatial medium to be cast.

Qian Daoliu had directly isolated the space.

This move of Dugu Bo's had already lost its effect.

The next moment!

Qian Daoliu had already arrived before Dugu Bo, thrusting out a large hand to seize Dugu Bo's throat in a tight grip. Infused with holy and radiant Angel Soul Power, it now surged ruthlessly and unreasonably into Dugu Bo's body.

"Let... go... If you don't... I'll detonate..."

Dugu Bo's eyes bulged, his face flushing crimson as his hands tightly gripped Qian Daoliu's wrist, still attempting a desperate struggle.

"Heh, preventing your self-detonation is precisely what I guarded against!"

Once Qian Daoliu's Angel Soul Power rushed into Dugu Bo's body, it sealed off all the large and small meridians surrounding Dugu Bo's dantian. Now, Dugu Bo could forget about mobilizing even a shred of soul power.

Under Qian Daoliu's meticulous manipulation, the Angel Soul Power surged into the dantian wave after wave, transforming into holy fire that burned away Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison bit by bit.

He was not stupid; he knew that killing Dugu Bo outright would cause the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison to erupt.

To kill Dugu Bo, he first had to seal the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison within his body and then burn it clean with a single fire.

Only this way could Dugu Bo be killed without hidden troubles.

"Ahhh..."

A hoarse, miserable scream escaped Dugu Bo's lips as the blinding-white holy fire began to burn from the location of his dantian until it enveloped his entire person.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Dugu Bo was burned into a pile of ashes, leaving behind only a single head bone.

"I didn't expect an unexpected harvest!"

Putting away the soul bone, Qian Daoliu looked toward Xue Ye, Xue Xing, and Xue Beng, and walked over with his sword in hand.

"Xue Ye, it's your turn now!"

Xue Ye's face was ashen, breathing out more than in. His already frail body now relied entirely on a single breath to sustain itself.

"Qian Daoliu, do you truly intend to show no mercy whatsoever?"

Qian Daoliu raised the Sword of Judgment, his gaze turning stern:

"If I show you mercy today, how will you show me mercy tomorrow!"

"Time to hit the road!"

Qian Daoliu executed exquisite and peerless swordsmanship, his movements light yet swift. With just a few flashes of his figure, he cut down the several imperial guards who had blocked Xue Ye's path.

Then, as Xue Ye stared with wide eyes, he lopped off his head with a single sword strike.

He then turned his head to look at Xue Xing and Xue Beng!

"Don't kill me!"

Xue Xing broke down in bitter tears, his legs turning to jelly as he collapsed to his knees. After witnessing his brother Xue Ye decapitated by a single sword strike with his own eyes, nothing remained in his heart but terror.

"I am willing to submit to Spirit Hall! I am willing to lead the Heaven Dou Empire to submit to Spirit Hall! I only ask the Great Enshrined to spare my life!"

"Crying? Crying is useless!" With another single slash of Qian Daoliu's sword, Xue Xing-who had been weeping bitterly just moments before-had his head and half his shoulder sheared off together.

Xue Beng still wanted to run, but no matter how fast his speed was, how could it possibly outpace Qian Daoliu?

Qian Daoliu chased after him and thrust his sword forward, tearing through Xue Beng's back. Spitting blood from his mouth, Xue Beng lowered his head to take a look, only to see a sliver of the sword tip protruding from his chest.

His hands clawed forward, as if wanting to grasp that imperial throne he had never ascended.

"Hoo~~"

Recalling his sword, Qian Daoliu let out a long breath. Now that the direct bloodline of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family was completely dead, the Heaven Dou Empire was left without a leader. As long as their Spirit Hall Empire's army marched over, flattening the Heaven Dou Empire was merely a matter of time.

"No, there is still Ning Fengzhi. This is a madman who asks for nothing in return and would rather shatter his sword and bones than let our Spirit Hall be destroyed. He must absolutely not be allowed to escape today!"

If Ning Fengzhi knew Qian Daoliu's thoughts, he would surely cry out in grievance.

He had certainly not asked for nothing in return; he simply never expected that hypocrite Tang San to take the benefits and offer zero return whatsoever.

Qian Daoliu turned and pursued them.

Ning Fengzhi had already been carried far away by two Soul Saints.

Yet it took Qian Daoliu only a few breaths of time to catch up to them.

"Ning Fengzhi, and you as well-you might as well hit the road together."

Ning Fengzhi raised a pair of lifeless pupils. Thinking of his daughter who had followed Tang San to Sea God Island, a faint glimmer bloomed in his eyes as his lips moved.

Rongrong, you must pass down the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!

Qian Daoliu flashed forward, his hair flying wildly and his robes snapping, his gaze filled with nothing but incomparably pure killing intent.

With a few cracking sounds!

Ning Fengzhi, along with the two Soul Saint guards by his side, all died beneath Qian Daoliu's sword.

Completely free from the shackles of moral righteousness, Qian Daoliu was simply a god of slaughter; he killed anyone who blocked his path, with no one able to stop him.

The killing intent infected his inner self, causing his very origin to mutate...