Above Heaven Dou City.
Sword intent stretched across the sky.
Chen Xin stood upon his sword, his white robes snapping in the gale.
He glanced at the vines growing wildly throughout the city, then swept his gaze over Guang Ling, Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, and the others on the opposite side.
Five Titled Douluos from Spirit Hall.
Plus him.
Such a lineup was enough to topple any top power on the entire continent.
Chen Xin gripped the Seven Kill Sword and suddenly chuckled.
"To think."
"That this old man would live to see the day he joined forces with Spirit Hall."
Guang Ling shot him a glance.
"Save your breath."
"Kill this beast first."
Chen Xin did not get angry.
Because he was right.
Below.
With every breath the Ebon Deer of Abundance took, rich golden-green vitality spread outward.
The ground was still splitting.
The vines were still growing.
Those corrupted by Abundance were undergoing constant mutations.
The longer this dragged on.
The more people would die.
The last trace of stray thought vanished completely from Chen Xin's eyes.
Nine Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet.
Two yellow.
Two purple.
Five black!
Sword intent, sharp to the extreme, erupted!
Boom-!
The entire sky seemed to be torn open by an invisible giant sword at that moment.
"Seventh Soul Skill."
Chen Xin tightened all five fingers around the Seven Kill Sword.
Behind him.
A sword phantom so enormous it nearly blotted out the sky slowly rose.
Its tip pointed straight at the heavens.
Countless rampaging vines split with neat sword marks merely from being swept by the sword intent.
"Seven Kill True Body!"
Hum-!
The sword's ringing echoed throughout Heaven Dou City.
The Seven Kill Sword swelled in an instant.
Terrifying sword intent gathered into a blade of light that pierced heaven and earth.
Atop the Ebon Deer's head.
The madness on Yao Kurong's face finally shifted slightly.
Five Titled Douluos from Spirit Hall.
Plus a rank ninety-six Sword Douluo.
Even with the Ebon Deer of Abundance beneath him, he dared not truly disregard such a lineup.
But just as everyone prepared to attack-
"Don't attack yet!"
A roar suddenly came from below.
Lin Yuan stood amid the ruins, the Imperial Bow already drawn.
Yet its cyan-blue arrowhead was not aimed at the Ebon Deer.
Instead, it pointed at Yao Kurong atop the Ebon Deer's head.
"Separate Yao Kurong from the Ebon Deer first!"
Everyone's gazes sharpened at once.
Lin Yuan stared fixedly at the figure standing on the deer's head.
"Their presences are linked!"
"Yao Kurong is borrowing the Ebon Deer's Power of Abundance!"
"If they stay together, whenever one gets hurt, the other can heal him!"
Yao Kurong's expression changed drastically.
"You're courting death!"
He abruptly raised his hand.
Golden-green Soul Power instantly blasted toward Lin Yuan.
But the Soul Power had only just left his palm-
A figure was already blocking Lin Yuan's path.
Snake Lance Douluo held his Snake Lance.
Nine Soul Rings spun furiously.
"Separate them, eh?"
He bared his teeth.
Killing intent surged in his eyes.
"Leave it to this old man!"
The Eighth Soul Ring-
Suddenly lit up!
No probing attacks.
No holding back.
He opened with his Eighth Soul Skill!
"Eighth Soul Skill-"
Snake Lance Douluo gripped the Snake Lance with both hands.
He abruptly took a step forward.
Behind him, a gigantic serpent phantom raised its head and hissed at the sky.
Soul Power poured madly into the lance's tip.
The next instant.
Man and lance all but merged into a savage streak of cold light.
Boom!
The air exploded on the spot!
Snake Lance Douluo crossed hundreds of meters in an instant.
Before Yao Kurong could even control the Ebon Deer to dodge, the chilling lance tip was already before him.
"Get down!"
The Snake Lance swept across!
Bang-!!!
Terrifying force struck Yao Kurong squarely in the chest.
His protective Soul Power shattered with a crash.
Yao Kurong's eyes flew wide.
As though a mountain had struck him head-on, his body instantly doubled over.
Blood sprayed wildly from his mouth.
The next moment-
His feet left the Ebon Deer's head entirely.
Boom!
Yao Kurong was sent flying backward!
One hundred meters!
Three hundred meters!
Five hundred meters!
He smashed through dozens of golden-green vines along the way before finally crashing hard into a distant building.
Rumble!
The entire pavilion collapsed on the spot.
Dust billowed into the sky.
Atop the Ebon Deer of Abundance's head-
There was no one.
Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Now!"
Almost simultaneously.
Guang Ling had already drawn his ice-blue divine bow into a full moon.
His rank ninety-six Soul Power erupted without restraint!
Freezing cold sealed the sky in ice.
Countless ice crystals gathered behind him.
Arrow intent, sharp to the extreme, instantly locked onto the Ebon Deer of Abundance below.
Guang Ling abruptly raised his head.
His voice rang across the sky.
"Everyone!"
"Attack the Ebon Deer with everything you've got!"
As Guang Ling's words fell.
The Eighth Soul Ring-
Suddenly lit up!
In an instant.
Heaven and earth fell silent.
Guang Ling stood high in the sky, his ice-blue divine bow drawn into a full moon.
His rank ninety-six Soul Power poured into the bow without restraint.
All his strength compressed furiously toward a single point on the bowstring.
A nearly transparent ice arrow slowly took shape.
Its arrowhead pointed at.
The Ebon Deer of Abundance!
Hum-!
The Ebon Deer's massive body suddenly shuddered.
It seemed to sense danger.
Its four hooves stamped the ground, and countless golden-green vines shot up, weaving madly together before it.
One layer.
Ten layers.
A hundred layers!
In the blink of an eye, they formed a gigantic wooden wall spanning the street.
Guang Ling's gaze did not waver in the slightest.
His fingers released.
"Eighth Soul Skill-"
"Terminus."
Bang!
The bowstring cracked.
The ice arrow vanished.
No one saw its flight path clearly.
They saw only a straight line of ice-blue light piercing the sky.
The next instant-
Boom!!!
A vast burst of frost exploded across the front of the Ebon Deer of Abundance!
The hundreds of vines shielding it froze the instant they touched the arrow's light, before they could even regenerate.
The ice spread onward!
Antlers.
Head.
Forelegs.
Chest and abdomen!
Terrifying cold spread wildly along the Ebon Deer's enormous body.
But the power of this arrow did not end there.
The arrow's light pierced through the Ebon Deer.
And plunged straight into the city behind it!
Crack-!
The ground froze.
The streets froze.
The houses froze.
Even the golden-green vines still growing wildly froze solid in midair in an instant.
The cold swept through.
Nearly half of Heaven Dou City-
Became a frozen world in the blink of an eye!
Countless buildings donned a layer of icy blue.
Icicles hung from the eaves.
The shattered streets froze completely.
Even the moisture drifting through the air condensed into tiny ice crystals that slowly fell.
The Ebon Deer of Abundance stood at the center of this frozen expanse.
Half its body had already turned completely to ice.
"Yooo-!!!"
Its agonized cry shook the entire city.
It struggled wildly.
The dense power of Abundance within it erupted.
Crack!
The ice began to fracture.
Tender shoots even forced their way out from within the ice.
It was still recovering!
"Hard to kill, indeed."
Guang Ling's gaze turned cold.
And in the next instant.
Two even more violent surges of Soul Power erupted from either side!
Boom!
Boom!
Qian Jun!
Jiang Mo!
The brothers stepped into the air together.
The Coiling Dragon Staffs in their hands expanded wildly.
Dragon roars shook the heavens!
The Eighth Soul Ring behind Qian Jun blazed first.
Vast Soul Power poured into his Coiling Dragon Staff.
Upon the staff, the golden dragon suddenly opened its eyes!
"Eighth Soul Skill-"
"Qian Jun Throw!"
Qian Jun exerted force with both arms.
The Coiling Dragon Staff flew from his hands!
Boom-!
The enormous golden staff, dozens of meters long, tore through the air like a heaven-supporting pillar descending from the sky, smashing straight toward the Ebon Deer's head!
On the other side.
Jiang Mo had already charged high into the sky.
He gripped his Coiling Dragon Staff with both hands.
His Eighth Soul Ring shone with utmost brilliance.
"Eighth Soul Skill-"
"Jiang Mo Coiling Dragon Tornado!"
Roar!!!
A dragon's roar thundered out!
Jiang Mo swept his staff horizontally.
The enormous golden dragon coiled around the staff soared into the sky.
Its massive body spun wildly in midair, carrying destructive Soul Power.
Gales suddenly rose!
Countless chunks of ice, shattered stones, and vines were all swept into the sky.
In the blink of an eye.
A golden tornado connecting heaven and earth had formed!
One above, one below.
The two Enshrined's Eighth Soul Skills-
Bore down on the Ebon Deer of Abundance simultaneously!
Rumble-!
The ground beneath the Ebon Deer's feet split wildly.
Yet.
It was not over.
The Seven Kill Sword in Chen Xin's hand was already completely covered in white sword light.
His robes billowed wildly.
He unleashed all his rank ninety-six Soul Power!
Without holding anything back!
The Seven Kill Sword let out a deafening ring.
Only a keen edge remained in Chen Xin's eyes.
"Human-Sword Unity."
As those words fell.
His figure actually merged into the Seven Kill Sword little by little.
Man and sword.
Qi and intent.
Became completely one at that moment.
Boom-!
An enormous sword silhouette suddenly shot into the heavens!
A hundred meters.
Hundreds of meters!
Its tip pierced the clouds.
Its blade spanned the sky.
Its terrifying sword intent made every sword-type Martial Soul throughout Heaven Dou City tremble at once.
The next instant.
The enormous Seven Kill Sword appeared directly above the Ebon Deer of Abundance.
Its tip pointed downward.
Locking onto the Ebon Deer completely!
There were no flourishes.
Only ultimate sharpness.
Chen Xin's icy voice came from within the sword.
"Slash."
The giant sword-
Came crashing down!
At the same moment.
A purplish-black figure charged in from the side.
Porcupinefish Douluo!
Countless spikes rose simultaneously from the surface of his body, which had swollen to its utmost limit.
His Eighth Soul Ring lit up.
Purplish-black Soul Power surged wildly as though boiling.
"Eighth Soul Skill!"
Boom!
Countless venomous spikes shot free of his body!
Packed densely together!
Blanketing the sky!
Each spike carried Titled Douluo-level Soul Power, turning into streaks of purplish-black light that all hurtled toward the Ebon Deer's frozen wounds!
At that moment.
Guang Ling's extreme cold.
Qian Jun's Coiling Dragon Staff.
Jiang Mo's golden tornado.
Chen Xin's enormous Seven Kill Sword.
Pufferfish's sky-filling venomous spikes.
Five mighty Titled Douluo-level assaults-
Descended simultaneously from different directions!
And while everyone had their attention fixed on the Ebon Deer.
Amid the ruins.
Lin Yuan did not move.
He merely raised the Imperial Bow slowly.
His left hand held the bow.
His right hand rested on the string.
His Fourth Soul Ring-
Quietly lit up.
Cyan-blue light flooded into the bow like a tide.
The surrounding violent aftershocks of Soul Power were pushed aside by an invisible force.
Lin Yuan's breathing gradually steadied.
His gaze passed through the attacks of the five Titled Douluo.
Through the storm.
Through the ice.
And finally locked firmly onto the Ebon Deer of Abundance.
The bowstring-
Was drawn to its fullest, little by little.
Cyan-blue starlight gathered at the arrow's tip.
Growing brighter and brighter.
Sharper and sharper.
Fourth Soul Skill.
Heavenfall Arrow.