The Battle Begins!
"It's begun. So you've finally decided to enter? Spirit Hall, I'd appreciate it if you could help me test just how powerful Mammon, who once struck fear into the hearts of the entire continent, really is. Hehehehe..."
Beside the Jingguan (a mound of fallen Star Luo Empire stood a dozen or so people dressed in black robes and wearing hoods. The leader, a man in black robes, looked at the huge ice wall in the distance, the Mammon surging in like fish intestines, and the attacks constantly falling from the sky, and let out a strange smile.
If Yu Tianshuang and the others had paid attention, they would have noticed that the Jingguan (a mound of corpses) built by the Star Luo Empire, which originally contained the bodies of 100,000 soldiers slaughtered by Qian Renxue's Angel Legion, had now disappeared. The disappearance of those corpses was probably related to these black-robed men.
In the main hall of the Star Luo City Imperial Palace, a place where ministers used to discuss state affairs, only a few members of the royal family stood below. Their expressions were somewhat strange as they looked longingly at a black bead shrouded in deathly aura in the hand of the Star Luo Empire's emperor.
"May the heavens bless our Star Luo Empire! Ladies and gentlemen, it is your honor to be born in this era, for you will be the heroes who participate in and witness the Star Luo Empire's great feat of unifying the continent. Your names will be recorded in the annals of history, and you will leave a profound mark on this era. Now, let us ascend together!"
After delivering his passionate speech, he looked at the royal relatives below, all of whom had excited expressions. He nodded in satisfaction, then released the death energy from the black bead, enveloping them.
"Ah..."
Despite being surrounded by black mist—a truly bizarre scene—the royal family members emitted extremely pleasurable groans, and the entire magnificent golden hall suddenly became incredibly eerie.
"This... this is the power of Titled Douluo?"
After the death energy within the black bead was completely absorbed into the bodies of these royal relatives, one of them, with a lingering expression of unfinished business, involuntarily clenched his fist and murmured as he felt the terrifying power contained within his body.
What kind of monster is this?
On the border of the Star Luo Empire, in the Spirit Hall camp, the Wind Sword Sect disciples in the center of the formation had just launched their first wave of attack. The sharp sword energy instantly sliced a group of Mammon pouring in from the gap in the ice wall into pieces of flesh, and black blood fell to the ground along with these pieces of flesh.
But a strange scene unfolded: the black blood that had spilled from Mammon's body did not flow into the ground, but instead began to writhe on the ground like a viscous slurry. The pieces of flesh also seemed to be sentient, slowly gathering together.
Everyone was stunned, having never seen such a bizarre scene before. Hu Liena, as the battlefield commander, naturally noticed it too, frowning as she spoke to Huo Wu, "Burn those pieces of flesh and blood! I refuse to believe that they can regenerate after being burned to ashes!"
Huo Wu truly lives up to her reputation as a battlefield weapon of mass destruction. This kind of large-scale combat is perfect for her. She directly unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into a giant fire giant. Then, with a wave of her hand, another fire giant appeared at the same time. The two fire giants hurled huge fireballs at the black pieces of flesh scattered on the ground at the gap in the ice wall, instantly turning the still struggling, writhing pieces of flesh and black, viscous blood into a pile of charred black powder.
Seeing that Huo Wu's attack had worked, Hu Liena secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then continued to shout to the group, "Maintain formation, keep attacking! Huo Wu, you're in charge of finishing off the enemies!"
The three people in the sky and the disciples of the Sparrow Bee Sect also noticed this strange thing. Fortunately, Qian Renxue's holy fire attribute was more effective against these monsters than Huo Wu's simple fire. While she was constantly reaping these monsters, she was also able to purify the pieces of flesh that the Sparrow Bee Sect had killed.
Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er took an even simpler approach: they directly crushed the monsters they had frozen into ice sculptures, turning them into fine ice powder, completely extinguishing their life force and preventing them from gathering together.
"My goodness, Lingling, are you still a healing-type Soul Master? That's amazing..."
Zhu Zhuqing, who transformed into a black phantom on the battlefield, slicing the giant Mammon into pieces of flesh before continuing to her next target, leaving the cleanup to Huo Wu. At this moment, something unexpected happened. Ye Lingling, who originally only possessed healing abilities, recalled the scene of Zhong Meng being burned by her own life Soul Power and, on a whim, released her healing Soul Skill onto the Mammon that were constantly pouring into the gap in the ice wall.
The life Soul Power that originally represented emerald green was supposed to heal injuries, but when it shone on these Mammon, it turned them into black ash like flames. Compared to Huo Wu and Qian Renxue's attacks, it was much faster and more efficient, leaving Yu Hairou, who was also a healing-type Soul Master beside her, speechless.
"I see. Then Lingling, you don't need to worry about healing anymore. Focus on attacking! This is the moment we Auxiliary System Soul Master have been dreaming of. You should experience it!"
Yu Hairou is a Auxiliary System Soul Master with a fighting spirit, as can be seen from the fact that she enters the Ice and Snow Secret Realm at almost the same frequency as Xue Wu. After listening to Ye Lingling's explanation, her voice revealed immense envy.
"Go and rest when your Soul Power is almost depleted. Don't push yourself!"
The battle had lasted for nearly two hours. The fighting below had shifted to the Black Tiger Sect attacking from the center, while the Sparrow Bee Sect disciples in the sky had all gone down to rest. Yu Tianshuang looked at Qian Renxue beside her, who had begun to use her Fifth Soul Skill, Angel Sword, to launch close-range attacks, and put a suit of Ice Emperor Armor on her.
Qian Renxue's Soul Power was indeed less than one-tenth of what it used to be. Feeling the sturdy armor appearing on her body, she felt a surge of warmth in her heart. However, looking at Yu Tianshuang, whose attack intensity remained unchanged from the beginning, she felt quite frustrated. Was this arrogant brat's Soul Power a bottomless pit? Even after fighting to this point, he could still maintain this level of attack intensity. It was too abnormal...
"Hmph, but I'm stronger than Shui Bing'er this time. Oh well, it's normal to lose to this arrogant brat. As long as I'm better than Shui Bing'er, that's enough."
Qian Renxue knew that continuing to stay on the battlefield would not play a crucial role. Fighting a few Mammon in close combat with the Angel Sword would not help the overall situation. It would be better to go back and rest to recover her Soul Power so that she could be in full force for the next battle.
When Yu Tianshuang saw Qian Renxue back to her tent, and before leaving, she gave a provocative look to her senior sister Bing'er, who was sitting on the Ice Phoenix and had long since stopped attacking, Bing'er Tianshuang knew what she was thinking. She couldn't help but smile helplessly. This woman, her competitive spirit is still so strong.
Shui Bing'er naturally ignored her provocative gaze, curling her lip in disdain and saying, "Boring..."
Indeed, due to the attribute relationship between him and Senior Sister Bing'er, their tests showed that if they couldn't guarantee a certain attack strength, they could directly crush these Mammon into dust. As long as the broken ice pieces were larger than the size of a fingernail, they would begin to wriggle and converge, eventually reforming into a new Mammon.