At Star Lake, in the very heart of the Star Dou Great Forest!
Two Titled Douluos and one prospective Soul Saint stared, dumbfounded.
Before their eyes was a seven-year-old child, swinging his fists in a head-on clash with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
And it was the Titan Giant Ape, whose strength exceeded a hundred thousand years, estimated at around a hundred and thirty to a hundred and fifty thousand years.
Yet even so, a seven-year-old child had subdued him.
The Sky Azure Bull Python beside them was already dumbstruck as he watched Lin Gu.
"Is this really a human? How can his body be so outrageously tough!"
The corners of Lin Gu's mouth lifted slightly as he traded blows with the Titan Giant Ape, his bowl-sized fists crashing against fists like enormous boulders.
The sight was like something the size of an egg colliding with a massive rock.
Yet that egg was incomparably hard.
Lin Gu grew more excited the longer he fought. In just a few minutes, he had already "steeled" over a hundred times.
More than two hundred billion health gained.
The Titan Giant Ape was already stupefied. His fists, so fierce just moments ago, had now gone limp and powerless. Was this even a human?
"Er Ming, I'll help you!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python rose and joined the battle. He knew that if he held back any longer, he might truly end up as this human's Soul Ring today. He immediately charged over with a powerful move:
"Sky Azure Annihilation Thunder!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python roared, azure lightning gathering at his horns and taking the form of a colossal dragon before surging toward Lin Gu.
At the sight, the Titan Giant Ape hurriedly sprang up and leaped clear.
"That's Da Ming's strongest attack! Even a Peerless Douluo wouldn't dare take it head-on. Let's see how you dodge this!"
Lin Gu smiled faintly at the sight. "Dodge? Dodge what? Do I need to dodge?"
Then the purple Soul Ring around him lit up, and he said calmly, "Solid as a Rock!"
An orange shield instantly enveloped him, while the shield on Qian Jun vanished.
With Lin Gu's current strength, he could only shield three people at once.
The mighty Sky Azure Annihilation Thunder surged toward him, winds howling throughout the Star Dou Great Forest and snapping trees.
It struck Lin Gu hard.
Smoke billowed everywhere. When it cleared, Lin Gu stood unharmed in the same spot, and even the shield around him remained intact.
Cold sweat streamed down the faces of the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python. That had been Da Ming's full-power strike, yet it had not even broken the shield. Just how strong was this person?
Lin Gu slowly exhaled. Seeing that his shield had lost a hundred billion health, he could not help sighing in admiration.
"Sky Azure Bull Python, that attack wasn't bad. You knocked off a third of my shield's health, but it still wasn't enough. Come on, my turn!"
Lin Gu suddenly leaped over and threw a punch.
Seeing this, the Sky Azure Bull Python lashed out with his serpentine tail, but Lin Gu knocked it back with one punch.
[Heartsteel] triggered, increasing his health by 2.6 billion.
It seemed the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape had roughly the same amount of health. With that, Lin Gu no longer bothered over it and leaped toward the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
In an instant, Lin Gu was fighting the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape to his heart's content.
All by himself, he was actually beating back two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
"Da Ming, I'm afraid we really are going to die here today!"
Seeing that even their combined attacks could not break his shield, the Titan Giant Ape found this person far too powerful. It seemed they would not escape today.
At that moment, the Sky Azure Bull Python said:
"Er Ming, don't be afraid. After fighting this long, I've noticed that although this human child has astonishing defense, his attack power isn't very high. Let's find a chance to escape, meet up with Sister Xiao Wu, and tell him not to stay with humans. It's too dangerous."
The Titan Giant Ape had noticed this problem too, so he nodded, and the two unleashed a powerful joint attack.
In an instant, they finally broke Lin Gu's shield, but the very next second:
"Solid as a Rock!"
Lin Gu's shield was restored, and he immediately charged forward.
But while Lin Gu reapplied his shield, the two hurriedly turned to leave, no longer intending to fight.
How could Lin Gu let them leave? Naturally, he knew what these two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had discovered.
I have no attack power?
Hmph!
I was stacking Heartsteel just now!
"A full five hundred and twenty hits! I don't know how many times I steeled the Titan Giant Ape or how many times I steeled the Sky Azure Bull Python, but I gained 1.322 trillion health in total. I've grown stronger again. Now I'm invincible."
Seeing the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python planning to flee because they thought Lin Gu had only defense and no attack power, Lin Gu chuckled.
His second Equipment Slot, the weapon in his Weapon Slot: [Blade of the Bloodbath]!
Lin Gu took a deep breath. With a thought and a clench of both hands, a two-meter-long greatsword appeared in his grasp.
Lin Gu gripped the hilt tightly and suddenly spun, whirling several times around his own axis before hurling it toward the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.
Dark red blood Qi rose from the entire [Blade of the Bloodbath] as it flew like a missile.
The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python had only just reacted when the [Blade of the Bloodbath] struck them. It was as though a meteor had hit them, instantly leaving both severely injured and unable to flee.
Although it was only a simple basic attack, this sword's attack power was thirty percent of Lin Gu's maximum health.
At this point, Lin Gu's health had already reached 2,522,000,186,000.
Thus, the attack power of a single basic attack could reach 756,600,558,000. An attack like that had long since surpassed a Peerless Douluo.
Fortunately, Lin Gu had held back. He did not want to kill them; he wanted them to sacrifice themselves, maximizing his gains and improvement.
So he had spared their lives!
Lin Gu leaped onto the two-meter-tall greatsword, the [Blade of the Bloodbath], and looked down at the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts like a god as he said calmly:
"I'm sure you felt it just now. I held back with that strike. If I'd used my full strength, you would already be dead."
The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python were utterly weak. Naturally, they knew that; they simply had never imagined they would lose to a seven-year-old human child.
By now, Qian Renxue and the others were also dumbstruck. Ever since seeing Lin Gu's second piece of equipment, this enormous greatsword,
they had never seen him use it. Yet they had never expected that a single strike would instantly defeat two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Its power was far too terrifying.
Lin Gu's defense was frightening, and his attack power was equally frightening.
Qian Jun and Jiang Mo exchanged a look, their faces filled with shock. Does he need our protection? It's more like he should be protecting us.
The three slowly approached Lin Gu, watching as he spoke very calmly to the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts:
"I'll give you two choices. First, sacrifice yourselves. Second, be taken back by me and tortured every day until you're willing to sacrifice yourselves. Choose!"
His tone was utterly calm, but to the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, it was like a bolt of lightning. Was that even a choice?
The Titan Giant Ape sighed, unwilling to accept it, and muttered, "I never thought I'd lose to a seven-year-old human child. Humans have already become this powerful. Damn it! Sister Xiao Wu, I'll never see you again in this life!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python was the same. "Sister Xiao Wu, we'll meet again in the next life. Sister Xiao Wu, you must stay far away from this person."
Hearing this, Lin Gu snorted. "Which one?"
Although unwilling, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape still answered in unison:
"The first!"