Boom!
As Yi Chen's voice fell, a faint radiance swept outward from him. Wherever it passed, the frozen leaves began falling again, and space visibly shattered, scattering into endless fragments of luminous rain.
"This is... a domain!"
Tang Hao was stunned. The powers of domains differed, and they could only be encountered by chance, never sought out. Yet every domain was supremely powerful within its own sphere.
He had never expected this man to possess one as well.
"What?!"
"It really is you!!"
At that moment, the shrill voice cried out again from the shadows of the woods.
Boom! Boom!
The golden barrier enveloped everything within a thousand meters. Thunder rumbled, and two beams of light struck a spot in the woods, exposing the two men hiding there.
One wore black and had a burly frame, while the other was alluringly dressed as a woman.
They were none other than Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
Only they could unleash the Bipolar Prohibition Domain, which temporarily locked space in place!
"A chrysanthemum and a little ghost. Have you forgotten how you fled from me with your tails between your legs?"
Taking Ah Yin with him, Yi Chen stepped forward and rapidly closed in on Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, whose faces were aghast and whose eyes brimmed with fear.
"Damn it, wasn't this fellow overseas? Why is he back?"
"It really is him!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were now filled with regret.
They had thought he was merely a "wild" Titled Douluo whom Spirit Hall had yet to subdue. They had hoped to seize this opportunity to take him away and make him join Spirit Hall.
They could also use the opportunity to build goodwill with Tang Hao.
That would help them bring the Clear Sky Sect under their control once Tang Hao became its chief aide.
It truly would have killed several birds with one stone.
But never in their wildest dreams had they imagined that this "wild" Titled Douluo was actually Tongtian Douluo!
Two years earlier, Spirit Hall's Supreme Pontiff, Qian Xunji, had led six Titled Douluos, including the two of them, to suppress Tongtian Douluo for refusing to submit to Spirit Hall.
Yet before this man, their weapons had broken and sunk into the sand.
Their losses had been devastating.
Spirit Hall had been stripped of every shred of dignity.
And now they had encountered him again.
"Run!"
Terrified, Ghost Douluo shouted in a trembling voice. He transformed into countless ghostly shadows and darted into the distance.
Chrysanthemum Douluo was also extremely fast, trying to escape the Tongtian Realm Domain as quickly as possible.
However, Yi Chen's Tongtian Realm Domain was centered on him. Whenever he moved, the domain moved with him.
Moreover, within this domain, Yi Chen was invincible. Everything inside it was subject to his rule and under his control.
"Damn it, he's become even stronger! This domain makes me feel as though I've sunk into a swamp!"
To Ghost Douluo, being inside the domain felt like being deep beneath the sea, enveloped by the pressure of its boundless depths. Moving took far more effort than before, as though he were carrying a mountain on his back.
Chrysanthemum Douluo was hardly any better off.
His strength was slightly inferior to Ghost Douluo's.
Thus, he was caught between Ghost Douluo and Yi Chen.
He felt needles prickling his back.
Turning his head slightly, he saw that man drawing closer and closer, rapidly approaching with a staff in hand. It seemed that the moment he caught up, he would beat him to death with a single blow.
The staff he saw was none other than Yi Chen's martial soul.
Like the Ruyi Jingu Bang, it could grow or shrink at will. Unlike the Ruyi Jingu Bang, however, it also resembled a pillar.
Sun, moon, and stars, heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers, and plants and beasts were engraved upon it.
Moreover, this Tongtian Pillar martial soul was extremely unusual. Whenever Yi Chen killed a soul beast and turned it into a soul ring,
the corresponding image engraved on his martial soul would light up.
Furthermore, his soul skills seemed to emanate from the illuminated images on his martial soul, so they were not restricted by their soul rings.
In other words, at the Soul Douluo level, even Yi Chen's first soul ring could unleash the power of an eighth soul skill.
The Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul described by Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang in the original work were highly compatible with his Tongtian Martial Soul.
It also possessed tremendous compatibility.
This allowed him to kill all kinds of soul beasts and turn them into different soul rings.
As a result, Yi Chen possessed the continent's only all-round type martial soul.
"Sixth soul skill-Thunderous Roar!"
Yi Chen spoke calmly, his voice like a summons to death, making the two Titled Douluos feel fear closing in around them.
Roar...
Yi Chen lightly flicked the Tongtian Martial Soul in his hand, and a thunderous roar, faintly laced with piercing screeches, swept out in every direction.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo felt as though their bodies had been struck by a crushing blow. Agony wracked them, their soul power fell into disarray, and they even felt their minds coming under attack.
Their bodies shuddered, and their movements instantly slowed until they could barely move at all.
Yi Chen's Tongtian Martial Soul should have been somewhat similar to a tool martial soul, yet he had obtained this skill by killing a soul beast-the Eight-Winged Thunder Dragon Bat.
The Eight-Winged Thunder Dragon Bat was an exceptionally rare soul beast. It could unleash a thunderous roar that attacked a soul master's body from every angle, while also disturbing their soul power and soul.
Its victims would be temporarily paralyzed, then left like meat on the chopping block.
Bang!
The two Titled Douluos stopped.
Yi Chen closed in instantly and brought his staff down. Chrysanthemum Douluo let out a harrowing scream as his head burst open like a flower, blood streaming everywhere.
"Aah!"
Yi Chen swung his staff backhanded into Ghost Douluo's back, directly shattering his spine.
The two Titled Douluos were defeated almost in an instant.
"Stop!"
A deep, thunderous shout came from the distance.
Three figures rapidly approached.
The newcomer wore a black robe and held a Clear Sky Hammer, his aura immensely powerful.
All three men were actually Titled Douluos.
"Tang Lan!"
Yi Chen looked over, his expression calm.
"So you are Tongtian Douluo!"
Tang Lan's expression was impassive. Holding his Clear Sky Hammer, he revealed nine soul rings. Though he lacked a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, he was still extraordinarily powerful.
He ranked among the strongest of all Titled Douluos.
Without a word, Yi Chen swung the Tongtian Pillar down at Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
"Aah!"
Another harrowing scream escaped Chrysanthemum Douluo's mouth.
After that blow, even the tenacious Chrysanthemum Douluo had only one last breath remaining.
Tang Lan flew into a rage. "How dare you!"
He charged toward Yi Chen with the two Titled Douluo elders.
"Seventh soul skill, Tool Soul Avatar!"
The three Titled Douluos immediately unleashed their full strength.
Having witnessed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's miserable state, they were naturally wary of this youngest Titled Douluo and dared not underestimate him in the slightest.
"Seventh soul skill, Tongtian Avatar!"
His expression impassive, Yi Chen withdrew his martial soul. Then a phantom martial soul fully ten thousand meters tall took shape behind him, radiating an endlessly terrifying aura that bore down on the three men.
Tang Lan and the other two men's expressions changed drastically.
"Run!"