Sword Douluo's long hair hung to his shoulders, and a white light seemed to shoot from his eyes.
He held two fingers of one hand upright before his chest, unleashing his nine-ring Soul Ring Configuration.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!
"Another Titled Douluo!"
Spirit City, Worship Hall.
Qian Daoliu recognized the member of the Seven Kill Sword clan at a glance.
"The Xili Sword Hero once challenged me. He was a rare genius with the sword. Unfortunately, he later fell to me and met an untimely end."
Qian Daoliu stood with his hands behind his back, lofty and aloof, speaking in a cold voice.
At that moment, his gaze was fixed intently on everything unfolding on the Heavenly Screen overhead.
"I wonder whether the two of them can defeat the opponent before them by working together."
The Second Worship, Golden Crocodile Douluo, spoke from beside him.
He was, after all, an old monster who had lived for over a hundred years.
Though he was conceited, the sheer size of that Super Beast form alone made his heart tighten.
He felt that this person's strength should be no lower than a Soul Saint's.
At the very least, he was an existence capable of matching a Soul Douluo.
Tap!
The Jedi Lion Super Beast began to stride forward.
"Sixth Soul Skill: Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin!"
"Seventh Soul Skill: Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor True Body!"
Poison Douluo and Sword Douluo.
The Heaven Dou Empire's two single-character-titled Douluos joined forces for the first time, launching a deadly assault on the outsider, Lion King.
"Hah!"
Lion King faced that swift, fierce sword intent and the poison steeped in the breath of death.
He did not hesitate.
Instead, he sent his entire body charging straight ahead at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Pfft!
The two figures were actually knocked aside in an instant.
The next second.
"I have no intention of killing you."
Although Lion King was powerful.
He did not kill the innocent.
He had only one purpose in coming today: to obtain the Xuanming Key!
"All of you, stop."
After dealing with Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo.
He straightened and turned to look in another direction.
There, Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was leading the imperial guards in surrounding the Underworld warriors.
"Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo were defeated in a single blow!?"
Those watching the Heavenly Screen.
Were all shaken by the sight.
Yet Lion King still did not stop.
Not only that, he reached out, and the next second, a blurred streak flew out.
"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud!"
Someone cried out upon seeing the phantom image of the supreme treasure on the Heavenly Screen.
At that very moment.
Deep within the palace, an imperial guard delivered an urgent report.
"Report! Your Majesty, the national treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, has been stolen!"
The entire great hall.
Fell silent.
"Get out!"
Xue Ye had already been in poor health.
He coughed repeatedly. "Cough, cough!"
"Imperial Brother."
Prince Xue Xing was dumbfounded.
None of them were blind.
One second, they had all been watching the two Titled Douluos battle Lion King on the Heavenly Screen.
The next second.
The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had flown away.
The shock was no different from watching an anime, only for a character to fly out of it and cut you down.
It defied all reason.
The Xuanming Key flew into Lion King's hand.
"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud!"
"It's fallen into Lion King's hands!"
"This is the key the Heavenly Screen said could revive Hades!?"
"Shouldn't a treasure like that be under heavy guard? How could someone obtain it so easily!?"
Yu Xiaogang lost it.
A treasure like this had not fallen into his hands.
Instead, this Lion King of unknown origins had obtained it with ease!
Watching Yu Xiaogang's impotent rage.
Xue Qinghe, standing some distance away, could barely restrain himself either.
But for the sake of Spirit Hall's grand plan.
His true identity could not be exposed!
"I really want to kill this man!" Xue Qinghe's gaze flickered darkly.
His pride made him unwilling to submit.
He had been born with rank-twenty Soul Power. How could an ordinary Titled Douluo compare?
Yet he could not cast everything aside here and fight him!
"Young Master!?"
In a secluded corner, two Titled Douluos were about to act.
However, just then.
Lion King seemed to have noticed the people lurking in the shadows, who seemed about to make their move.
Lion King glanced sideways. "I have no intention of slaughtering anyone. I merely want to show you all my methods."
His words fell.
As everyone watching the Heavenly Screen felt doubt and alarm rise within them.
The next second.
Lion King struck.
"Seven Injuries Tribulation!"
Lion King assumed an attacking stance.
He spread his hands, and two masses of golden Super Beast Energy appeared in his palms.
Then he alternated his hands, tracing a taiji pattern.
The two merged into one enormous energy sphere.
It shot toward the palace gates at the very center of the Heaven Dou Imperial City ahead.
In his Jedi Lion form, he unleashed a full-power strike of [Seven Injuries Tribulation]!
Its might could well be imagined.
Boom!
On the Heavenly Screen, a golden light-a dazzling golden radiance-directly engulfed the live broadcast.
It obscured the palace and everyone present.
Everything was over.
"Heavens-what happened!?"
"Seven Injuries Tribulation? Could that be Lion King's Ninth Soul Skill?"
By this point.
Everyone agreed that this Lion King had very likely reached the level of a Titled Douluo, or even a Super Douluo. His strength was far too astonishing!
"Cough, cough."
"Xiaogang, are you all right?"
"I'm fine. Flender, I'm over here. Erlong, where are you?"
A second earlier, the Heaven Dou Imperial City had been resplendent and endlessly prosperous.
Now, it had been razed to the ground.
"Fengzhi."
"Uncle Jian, I'm all right."
At the very last instant, Sword Douluo had formed a defensive sword formation.
Protecting Ning Fengzhi.
But contrary to his expectations, although that strike had been terrifying.
It had not been directed at the people.
Its target had been the Heaven Dou Imperial City, an inanimate thing!
"Young Master!"
"Your Highness!"
"Quick, protect His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Immediately afterward.
Elsewhere, both groups were deeply concerned for Xue Qinghe's safety.
And at that moment.
Xue Qinghe himself wore a terrifyingly dark expression.
"Where is Lion King! Where are the people from the Underworld!?"
Xue Qinghe cast aside his earlier gentleness.
His reaction was intense.
Lion King had come from afar, not only defeating them all, but also taking the Heaven Dou Empire's supreme treasure.
Looking again now, the entire prosperous Heaven Dou Imperial Palace had been razed to the ground, as though a natural disaster had descended.
By the time everyone came to their senses.
The entire palace had become a field of ruins!
No one could accept such a change.
"Soul Masters of the Heaven Dou Empire, I hope we will not become enemies."
In the sky.
Lion King's voice echoed.
Even long afterward, that voice still made their hearts tremble.
Far away, on the outskirts of Sunset Forest.
Tang San moved at tremendous speed.
Rushing toward the Heaven Dou Imperial City.
But before he even entered the city, he heard an echo.
"That's Lion King's voice!"
Tang San's expression changed.
He had heard that voice on the Heavenly Screen.
But he had never seen Lion King in person.
At the same time.
He felt an earthquake that seemed to split the earth apart.
Rumble!
"What happened in the Heaven Dou Empire!?"
Tang San raised his head to look at the sky.
The Heavenly Screen was showing the second before Lion King struck.
The scene of him unleashing Seven Injuries Tribulation, followed by a golden light engulfing everything.