Seven-on-seven duels with everything at stake? Bo Saixi's trump card: with a Super Divine Artifact, why fear defeat?

Ye Shaozhe looked down at Sea Dragon Douluo from above, his expression cold as frost:

"A Titled Douluo with a loach for a Martial Soul dares bark before His Third Highness?"

"You think you're worthy of representing the sea?"

"Her Majesty Sea Emperor Liya of our Xuanwu Empire's Northern Abyss has seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, yet even she honors the Ancestor's divine oracle and obeys our great emperor's laws!"

"You believers in a false god, waving a dead man's chicken feather as a command arrow, dare call yourselves masters of the ocean?!"

At those words, the Douluo section of the Sky Screen Livestream fell deathly silent.

Above Sea God Hall, Bo Saixi's figure finally rose slowly, scepter in hand.

Her vast Soul Power as a Peerless Douluo intertwined with Sea God Divine Power into an immense azure curtain of light, shutting out Ye Shaozhe's pressure as her icy gaze stabbed toward Lu Wudao:

"Your Highness of the Xuanwu Empire, you have crossed the oceans and invaded my Sea God Dojo. What exactly do you intend?"

Facing the pressure of a rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, Lu Wudao did not retreat even half a step. His lips curved into an arrogant grin:

"What do I intend?"

"Beneath all heaven, no land is not the Ancestor's.

To the farthest shores, no subject is not the Ancestor's!"

"I didn't come here to negotiate with you. I came to read out a decree on behalf of my imperial father and the Ancestor!"

Lu Wudao swept his hand sharply, his voice as keen as a blade:

"Sea God Island will either kneel in submission, renounce its divine title, and be incorporated into the Xuanwu Navy!"

"Or..."

Killing intent surged in Lu Wudao's eyes, and his merciless words resounded through heaven and earth:

"Today, this Sea God Island will become scorched earth amid the ocean beneath the Level 9 Heavenly Retribution Soul Cannon!"

Rumble-!

As Lu Wudao's words fell, the main cannon at the Sea-Breaker's bow reached a full hundred-percent charge!

A blinding platinum pillar of light tore through the sky, carrying destructive fluctuations as it locked firmly onto Sea God Island's central defensive barrier!

War hung by a thread!

Bo Saixi hovered high in the sky, her expression grave.

Her gaze passed beyond the Sea-Breaker toward the more distant horizon.

At the far end of the churning fog and storms, the shadow of a boundless landmass was faintly visible.

That was no ordinary island, but a towering, enormous continent!

What made Bo Saixi's very soul tremble even more was this.

Beneath that landmass, her keen spiritual perception as a rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluo faintly sensed a rhythm of life beyond words.

That presence was deeper than the ocean, vaster than the sky.

A mere wisp of breath that occasionally escaped brought the laws of the entire outer sea to a standstill.

That was a deity.

And an ancient being far above the Sea God as Bo Saixi understood him.

"High Priestess... what exactly is that?"

Sea Maiden Douluo's lovely face was deathly pale, and her fingers could not even hold her jade flute steady.

Sea Horse Douluo, Sea Delusion Douluo, and the other Sacred Pillar Guardians also looked dispirited.

Under the pressure of the Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon, even as Titled Douluo, they could clearly smell death.

"That is the Xuanwu Continent the Sky Screen spoke of."

Bo Saixi spoke bleakly.

"They aren't bluffing.

This warship is merely a scout vessel sent ahead to clear the way."

"A scout?!"

Sea Dragon Douluo clenched his teeth, his eyes bloodshot and his fists cracking as he tightened them:

"A mere scout warship dares force the Sea God Inheritance into submission?

High Priestess, Lord Sea God's glory must not be desecrated!

Even if we fight to our last drop of blood, we will never cling to life in disgrace!"

"Sea Dragon, calm yourself."

Bo Saixi turned to look at the seven Sacred Pillar Douluo beside her.

Looking at these loyal subordinates who had followed her for decades, even a hundred years, Bo Saixi felt a pang of sorrow.

Sea God Island lay deep in the ocean, a world unto itself.

Now, the island's core fighting force and foremost experts numbered only these eight, herself included.

If the Sea-Breaker's main cannons truly unleashed a salvo, the Sea God Formation could certainly hold out for a time.

But once its power ran dry, Sea God Island would become scorched earth in the blink of an eye.

Then, twenty thousand years of inherited faith would end here.

But was she truly to bow her head, admit defeat, and submit as a subject just like this?

Bo Saixi tightened her grip on the Sea God Scepter.

The dignity of a divine servant and her faith in the Sea God would not permit her to surrender without a fight.

Even in this desperate plight, she had to fight for a thread of survival for Sea God Island!

Bo Saixi drew a deep breath. The azure divine light around her surged explosively, making her seem like an empress of the ocean.

She strode over the waves, crossing more than a dozen li in an instant to stand far ahead, at the edge of the Sea-Breaker's main cannon range.

Her cool, majestic voice echoed over the entire sea, borne by mighty Sea God Divine Power:

"Your Highness of the Xuanwu Empire, you rely on your giant soul-guidance warship and weapons that can destroy heaven and earth to bring your forces to our gates and force our sacred island to bow. Is this how the Xuanwu Ancestor conducts himself?"

On the Sea-Breaker's deck, Lu Wudao raised an eyebrow.

He lifted a hand to signal the gunners to hold their fire, looking down with interest at the blue-haired woman ahead:

"Bo Saixi, the victor becomes king and the loser a bandit. That has always been this world's only truth.

Our Xuanwu Empire's armies and technology are also part of its strength.

Why shouldn't we sweep aside obstacles in the fastest, most thorough way?"

Lu Wudao sneered:

"Or do your Douluo Continent's rules require you to tell the enemy how sharp your weapons are before going to war?"

Bo Saixi's expression remained unchanged, her gaze calm:

"Soul Tools may be formidable, but ultimately, they are merely external implements.

Without powerful Soul Masters to wield them, armored ships and giant cannons are nothing but heaps of scrap iron."

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Lu Wudao folded his arms, his expression mocking.

"Stop beating around the bush. My patience is limited."

Bo Saixi raised the Sea God Scepter and slowly pointed toward the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo behind her before looking straight at Lu Wudao:

"Only the eight of us remain on Sea God Island now.

If you use this giant warship and its cannons to raze Sea God Island, we may die, but Sea God Island's countless inhabitants will never submit in their hearts.

All the Xuanwu Empire will gain is a ruin filled with bitter hatred."

Lu Wudao narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled faintly:

"So?

How do you want to play?"

Bo Saixi enunciated each word, her voice ringing between sea and sky:

"Seven against seven, in individual wagered duels!"

"Sea God Island will send its seven great Sacred Pillar Douluo into battle.

Your Xuanwu Empire will likewise send seven Titled Douluo of the same ranks to fight one-on-one duels to the death!"

"Seven matches, first to four wins!"

"If you lose, the Xuanwu Empire must withdraw from these waters and must not encroach upon Sea God Island in the slightest for three hundred years!"

"If you win..."

Bo Saixi closed her eyes briefly. When she opened them again, they were filled with resolve:

"Only if you defeat Sea God Island fair and square in Martial Soul duels at equal cultivation ranks will you truly have the right to conquer Sea God Island!

If, in the end, even I am defeated.

Then I, Bo Saixi, on behalf of Sea God Island, will recognize your Xuanwu Ancestor as the rightful authority. All of us will submit, renounce our divine titles, and harbor no disloyalty!"

Bo Saixi believed she would never lose!

Though Lord Sea God was wary of that 'Lord Xuanming,' Sea God Island still had the Super Divine Artifact, the Sea God Trident!

As long as Lord Sea God granted her, Bo Saixi, the authority to wield the Sea God Trident.

She could use the Sea God Divine Power within her to drive back the invading enemy!