Tang Xuan stumbled and dropped to one knee, suddenly coughing up another mouthful of blood. The soul power in his five soul cores was almost exhausted, and his injuries were far from light. What Pufferfish had swallowed earlier was the spiritual illusion body he had fashioned, not his real body. Facing a Titled Douluo still put him under tremendous pressure. He had clashed head-on with Porcupinefish Douluo at the outset to enrage him, then unleashed successive Spiritual Illusion Barriers as a smokescreen, drawing Porcupinefish Douluo into his trap without his noticing. Porcupinefish Douluo had thought he had broken through the illusion barrier before him, but in truth, he had already fallen into an even larger illusion!
Had Tang Xuan fled at full speed from the start, Porcupinefish Douluo might not have caught him. But fleeing in such a sorry state was not Tang Xuan's style, and he disdained doing so. I'm the one who chases people. Since when does anyone chase me? Besides, his Thunder God's fifth trial required him to kill a Titled Douluo. Porcupinefish Douluo was at rank ninety-three, relatively low among the Titled Douluos he knew of. Even if he waited until later to complete this trial, a Titled Douluo at this level would still be his first choice. But once he was strong enough, how could he be sure he would find another opportunity like today's, to face a Titled Douluo alone?
He was still no match for a Titled Douluo in a head-on fight to the death, so he had to resort to strategy. Porcupinefish Douluo had come to kill him. The greater the strength he displayed, the deeper Porcupinefish Douluo's killing intent would grow, until he would stop at nothing to kill him. When he finally believed he had killed Tang Xuan with his