Fierce Battle with Sea Dragon Douluo!

Once training began, Sea Spear Douluo was stunned by Lin Hao yet again.

Compared with his own training back then, he felt like a piece of rotten wood, a fool beyond help.

After just one afternoon of instruction, Lin Hao had mastered the Golden Thirteen Halberds and grown proficient with his Spear Force.

How old had Sea Spear Douluo been when he grasped his own Spear Force? How long had he practiced with a spear?

He could not remember, but he certainly had not been this fast.

Time flew during training. In the blink of an eye, the sun had sunk close to the horizon.

After eating in Sea Spear City, Lin Hao returned to Sea Dragon City to rest.

The next morning, after meditating in the Sea God Hall as usual, Lin Hao returned to Sea Dragon City.

That afternoon, it was Sea Dragon Douluo's turn to guide his training.

Lin Hao and Sea Dragon Douluo knew each other fairly well. As soon as they met, Sea Dragon Douluo got straight to the point.

"I have little to teach you, young master. Only my experience in real combat is worth mentioning."

"Next, I'll train you in combat."

"Please teach me, senior!"

Lin Hao nodded excitedly. Yesterday afternoon with Sea Spear Douluo had been frustrating: he had expected a thrilling spear duel between them.

Instead, Sea Spear Douluo had never brought it up. From beginning to end, he had only coached Lin Hao in basic spear techniques.

It had left Lin Hao feeling as though he had punched a wad of cotton.

Sea Spear Douluo: I'd have to be an idiot to pit the Nanook Spear against the Sea God Trident.

As the Sea God's personal weapon, the Sea God Trident held an innate power of suppression over Sea Soul Masters and Sea Soul Beasts.

What was more, as another spear-type Martial Soul, the Nanook Spear was utterly countered by the Sea God Trident.

Sea Spear Douluo would have been better off fighting Lin Hao with his fists than with his Martial Soul.

Sea Dragon Douluo's mouth twitched as he looked at the Sea God Trident pointed at him.

Sea Spear Douluo had not wanted to face the Sea God Trident. Did Sea Dragon Douluo want to?

But there was nothing he could do. Unless the Great Enshrined said otherwise, he, the leader of the seven Sacred Pillar guardians, had to step forward.

As Sea Dragon Douluo slowly rose, a terrifying pressure erupted from his body. The surrounding Sea within the Sea seemed to resonate with him, sending waves rolling across its surface.

"I'll attack with every intention of killing you, so don't count on luck."

Sea Dragon Douluo's icy words had barely fallen when the blue dragon tattoo on his back blazed with light, and intense blue radiance instantly enveloped his body.

Martial Soul Possession!

Sea Dragon Douluo's Martial Soul, the Sea God Dragon, was a powerful Sea Soul Beast whose quality was no lower than that of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the Number One Beast Martial Soul Under Heaven on the Douluo Continent.

With the Sea God Dragon possessing him, Sea Dragon Douluo grew taller and more powerfully built. Scales covered every inch of exposed skin.

Bang! Sea Dragon Douluo swept his right foot hard across the ground, propelling himself toward Lin Hao like a cannonball.

At the same time, five sharp dragon claws, each like a short spear, slashed mercilessly toward Lin Hao's chest.

Fast. Far too fast!

Purple light flared in Lin Hao's eyes as he used the Purple Demon Eye and caught Sea Dragon Douluo's movement. His pupils contracted sharply. Stepping into Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he feinted and twisted sideways, evading the claws.

At the same time, his hands turned white as jade, and golden light burst from the Sea God Trident.

Everything around them turned brilliant gold.

Even Sea Dragon Douluo seemed to be coated in a golden sheen.

"Golden Thirteen Halberds, first form: Unfixed Storm!"

Lin Hao swept the Sea God Trident out with a deft motion, raising a dazzling golden ring. As though it had eyes of its own, the ring flew toward Sea Dragon Douluo.

Sea Dragon Douluo was horrified. He had not expected Lin Hao to know such a profound halberd technique.

He was not foolish enough to take Unfixed Storm head-on, but he did not use a Soul Skill either. Instead, he punched through the air with a thunderous blow.

The air around him seemed to empty in an instant, compressed by his fist into a blast that hurtled toward the golden ring.

To Sea Dragon Douluo's surprise, his attack passed straight through the golden ring without affecting it.

After that strike, it was too late to dodge. He could only watch as the golden ring settled over him.

Sea Dragon Douluo's body froze instantly. His expression went blank, and his aura was completely suppressed.

His Martial Soul and Soul Rings remained, but he could not move a muscle. He could not even struggle.

Unfixed Storm: A powerful control skill. Once it hits an enemy, no matter how strong they are, they cannot move an inch for eight seconds.

With Sea Dragon Douluo immobilized, Lin Hao leaped into the air. The Sea God Trident in his hands became a sky full of halberd shadows that engulfed his opponent.

"Golden Thirteen Halberds, second form: Thousand Years of Emptiness!"

Before the Sea God Hall, Bo Saixi, who had been watching Lin Hao all along, murmured with a complicated expression.

"He's grasped the Sea God's divine technique already?!"

"It seems I've reached this point after all..."

A sigh too faint to hear seemed to linger in the air. Bo Saixi had vanished from the mountaintop.

With a thunderous crash, countless halberd shadows struck Sea Dragon Douluo, battering every part of his body.

When the shadows dispersed, streaks of blood showed beneath the blue dragon scales covering him. The attack had not seriously injured him, but it had hurt him nonetheless.

After those two moves, Unfixed Storm's eight seconds of restraint finally ended. Sea Dragon Douluo looked at Lin Hao, whose halberd was still in motion, and shouted.

"Your halberd technique is powerful, but you've lost your chance!"

The dragon-shaped apparition behind him suddenly grew distinct. As he moved, a deep dragon's cry rose slowly from the sea.

In an instant, it seemed as though every trace of Water Element between heaven and earth had gathered within him. He took a heavy step forward, clenched his dragon claws into a fist, and charged at Lin Hao like a meteor.

"First Soul Skill: Thousand-Layer Water Screen!"

"Second Soul Skill: Raging Sea Waves!"

Lin Hao did not rush to use "Never to Return." Instead, he activated two Soul Skills in succession.

The Water Element Sea Dragon Douluo had drawn from the surroundings seemed to sense a higher call. Before Sea Dragon Douluo's astonished eyes, it broke away from him, took the shape of water dragons, and coiled tightly around him.

If his cultivation had not been higher, he felt that not a drop of the Water Element he had gathered would have remained.

The sea around the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar also rose in towering waves and came crashing toward him.

At the same time, the Sea God Trident shot from Lin Hao's hand, trailing an illusory streak of gold as though it had pierced through empty space.

Driven forward by the waves, this strike of "Never to Return" was more powerful still.

Boom!

When Never to Return, carrying the force of Raging Sea Waves, struck Sea Dragon Douluo's fist, a violent shock wave exploded across the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar platform, throwing up countless towering sprays of water.