If Long Ma could have focused, he might have discovered that Nine Hells Douluo's Holy King tier Soul Skill, Dark Snake Soul-Eater, had suddenly stopped not because he lacked Soul Power, but because the distance had grown too great for him to maintain control.
This Soul Skill was immensely powerful, but it had corresponding limitations.
When unleashing this move, Nine Hells Douluo had to remain close to his target to ensure that its dark-attribute energy could fully exert its devouring and controlling effects.
Yet Nine Hells Douluo had already moved far from the center of the battlefield, leaving him unable to sustain this powerful Soul Skill.
This also indirectly demonstrated just how formidable the concealment effect of Nine Hells Douluo's Shadow Stealth was.
All this deception was thanks to Nine Hells Douluo's powerful ability to conceal himself.
His mastery of Shadow Stealth was so profound that even a Titled Douluo like Long Ma struggled to detect him, allowing him to evade Long Ma's reconnaissance and attacks.
Using this concealment, Nine Hells Douluo silently approached the Heaven and Earth Big Dipper Formation that Chen Cong had laid out.
He stood before the formation, his gaze blazing like a torch, seemingly having already seen through this Sword Formation's weakness.
"Eighth Soul Skill-Void Shadow Burst!" Nine Hells Douluo's voice was low and imposing, as though infused with boundless magic.
At his command, the surrounding air suddenly began to distort, as though an invisible force were surging through it.
Immediately afterward, more than a dozen Void Dark Snake duplicates appeared around Nine Hells Douluo. Their Martial Soul auras were identical to his own, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the false.
These duplicates surrounded the enormous barrier of the Heaven and Earth Big Dipper Formation, like dark snakes swimming around it, ready