Unlike the Douluo Continent, the entire Star Sea Continent is located in the central region of Douluo Planet. The surrounding seas have a consistently warm climate, and many powerful sea soul beast groups inhabit this area.
In the turbulent ancient era, what oppressed the original inhabitants of the Star Sea Continent was not only the soul beasts on the continent, but also sea soul beasts from the surrounding seas. It was common for sea soul beasts to invade the continent.
It was only in the recent few thousand years, after the overall strength of soul masters on the Star Sea Continent had greatly increased, that the frequency of sea soul beast invasions decreased significantly.
Although there were disputes between the Northern Alliance and the Southern Alliance on the Star Sea Continent, and even within the nine finely divided territories, when facing sea soul beast invasions, the original inhabitants of the Star Sea Continent would tacitly reach a consensus: to unite and jointly resist the sea soul beasts.
This was really because the history of the Star Sea Continent's struggles against sea soul beasts in the past was too dark and bloody.
Feng Tianyao, Ma Xiaotao, and another Title Douluo lord from the Southern Alliance rushed to the northern part of the Star Sea Continent at the first moment for this very reason.
This Title Douluo lord was named Jin Chenghong, and his martial soul was the Golden Crocodile. The territory he governed was also called the Golden Crocodile Territory.
However, compared to Ma Xiaotao, Feng Tianyao, and Jin Chenghong also had their own selfish motives for coming here.
Judging from the terrifying commotion in the northern part of the Star Sea Continent earlier, the sea soul beast invading the Star Sea Continent this time most likely had a cultivation of one hundred thousand years.
Although a sea soul beast with one hundred thousand years of cultivation invading the continent would bring crisis, it would also bring opportunities. As long as a soul beast had a cultivation of one hundred thousand years or more, it would leave behind extremely rare one-hundred-thousand-year soul rings and soul bones after death.
On the Star Sea Continent, apart from a few Title Douluo-level lords, the others were still far from reaching the Title Douluo realm, so one hundred thousand-year soul rings were out of the question for now. But one hundred thousand-year soul bones, once they fell into the hands of a Title Douluo lord from the Northern Alliance, would once again break the balance between the Northern Alliance and the Southern Alliance.
Of course, Feng Tianyao and Jin Chenghong themselves also had some ideas about this one-hundred-thousand-year soul bone. A one-hundred-thousand-year soul bone was a supreme treasure that could be said to defy the heavens and change one's fate; who wouldn't covet it?
From a distance earlier, they couldn't see clearly, but when they personally witnessed this enormous crater that looked like a meteor from outer space had smashed down, they instantly calmed down. A fear originating from the depths of their souls began to breed in their hearts.
The diameter of this crater was a full dozen kilometers, and its area was comparable to the top-tier large cities on their Star Sea Continent. This meant that the black-purple pillar of light that had shot into the sky earlier was enough to raze any large city on their Star Sea Continent to the ground.
What astonishing power was this?!
Although Title Douluo could easily destroy a city, in reality, they only possessed that kind of capability. To destroy a city with a single strike, one would need to be a Super Douluo-level powerhouse.
At this moment, Feng Tianyao and Jin Chenghong seemed to sense something and followed Ma Xiaotao's gaze.
They saw that in the sky above the northern sea region of the Star Sea Continent, a middle-aged, beautiful woman whose entire body was flickering with brilliant purple-gold light was quietly floating there. Rich blood-colored aura and silver light were converging toward her body.
"A transformation soul beast, it really is a sea soul beast with over one hundred thousand years of cultivation."
The gazes of the two instantly froze.
Sea soul beasts were different from soul beasts on the continent. As long as they broke through the one hundred thousand-year boundary, while they could choose to maintain their original form and continue cultivating, they could also transform into human form in a short time. Therefore, they subconsciously only regarded the Demon Empress as an ordinary sea soul beast with one hundred thousand years of cultivation, and did not associate her with ferocious beasts of over two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
But the terrifying aura emanating from the Demon Empress and her act of devouring the flesh and souls of the original inhabitants of the Star Sea Continent still made their expressions extremely ugly.
Noticing the movement on this side, the Demon Empress coldly looked over, and the smile on her pale face became even more eerie.
"Three more human Title Douluo. It seems this uncivilized continent is not as unbearable as this seat expected. Since you've come, you can offer your flesh and souls to this seat just like them. Hahahahahaha—"
Hearing the Demon Empress's words, the expressions of Feng Tianyao and Jin Chenghong changed once again, and their hearts completely sank to the bottom.
The sea soul beast before them had clearly already killed several Title Douluo from the Northern Alliance.
That made sense. If it were them facing the Demon Empress's strike, they would likely meet the same fate.
Just as Feng Tianyao and Jin Chenghong's thoughts were in turmoil, Ma Xiaotao instead let out a high-pitched phoenix cry with a cold expression.
Her personality was like this, she had been fiercely opposed to evil since childhood. The Demon Empress's wanton slaughter of innocent civilians on the Star Sea Continent was, in her eyes, even more vicious than those evil soul masters who had committed countless crimes.
A majestic aura erupted in the air, and scorching air currents surged accordingly.
Ma Xiaotao's entire body was wreathed in condensed, un-dispersing fiery red light. Although she was already nearing thirty, the passage of time had not left any traces on her beautiful face. On the contrary, with the growth of age and experience, she was no longer as irritable as she had been back then, and she now possessed an even more charming and graceful temperament.
Two yellow, two purple, four black, one red—nine soul rings rose successively from beneath her feet. Her aura surged once again, and even her ambiguous pink pupils transformed into a crimson red.
The pitch-black seventh soul ring shone. The space around Ma Xiaotao instantly became distorted due to extreme heat. Right from the start, she directly unleashed her martial soul's true body.
"Ang!" This time, the phoenix cry she emitted was clearly much clearer and carried even more of the majesty of the king of all birds. As the phoenix cry sounded, a massive fire phoenix appeared across the sky. Fire Phoenix True Body!
Compared to the Fire Phoenix Douluo Luan Feng from the Sun Moon Empire, the current Ma Xiaotao was more qualified to be called Fire Phoenix Douluo.
The Fire Phoenix True Body spread its pair of brilliant wings high in the sky. Every feather on them was like burning golden-red flames, dyeing the entire sky the same color. Ma Xiaotao, transformed into a fire phoenix, shot straight toward the Demon Empress.
Her questioning voice, as if suppressing endless anger, resounded through the heavens.
"As a sea soul beast that believes in the Sea God, you actually dare not to follow the Sea God's divine decree. To attack the innocent civilians on this continent and slaughter countless living beings, aren't you afraid of heavenly retribution?"
The smile on the Demon Empress's face instantly froze because of Ma Xiaotao's questioning, but in the next instant, it turned into a resentful and disdainful, frenzied laugh.
"Sea God?! That hypocritical and despicable person, what qualifications does he have for this seat to believe in him? Back then, my husband was so innocent, yet he still killed my husband for his own selfish desires. Not only did he seize my husband's soul ring and soul bone, but he even spread propaganda on the Douluo Continent that my husband was an evil soul beast. Such a sanctimonious hypocrite also deserves to become a god?! Hahahahaha! A bunch of ants, if you want to stop this seat, feel free to try!"
"Shut up!" Ma Xiaotao coldly shouted in an icy tone. She had been taken in as a direct disciple by Yan Shaozhe since childhood and had grown up in Shrek Academy. During those years in Shrek Academy, what she heard the most was the image of the Sea God as upright and majestic.
The Sea God, who had crushed the Spirit Hall's conspiracy, how could he possibly be the hypocritical person the Demon Empress described?
"This is simply nonsense. Although I don't know what entanglement there is between you and the Sea God, since your husband died at the hands of the Sea God, he must have deserved death!"
Amidst the shout, countless flame meteors condensed in the high sky behind Ma Xiaotao and frantically shot toward the Demon Empress's main body.
Sixth soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower!
Back when Ma Xiaotao was at the Soul Emperor level, unleashing the Phoenix Meteor Shower only covered an area of a few hundred meters. Now, with her Title Douluo cultivation, this soul skill turned an area of several thousand meters into a crimson world. Moreover, the volume of each flame meteor had greatly increased, with astonishing power.
The Demon Empress's expression became extremely cold, but she simply didn't bother to say anything more. Her fair right hand slowly rose to a position level with her chest.
A deep black light condensed in her palm, forming a counterclockwise rotating vortex, like a black hole connected to extraterrestrial space. The surrounding light seemed to be devoured, instantly becoming dim.
"Buzz—"
A strange buzzing sound suddenly rang out.
This space showed no apparent changes on the surface, but Ma Xiaotao's figure and the Phoenix Meteor Shower behind her seemed to be instantly suppressed. After a brief pause, they fiercely shot out in the opposite direction.
Ma Xiaotao's martial soul true body was even suppressed to the point of collapsing. After reverting to human form, her face was deathly pale, and she let out a painful groan. Her eyes were filled with unwillingness and humiliation.
This was what being overreaching looked like. Although Ma Xiaotao's talent was outstanding, she, who had just stepped into the Title Douluo realm, still did not have the qualifications to fight the Demon Empress.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Feng Tianyao and Jin Chenghong had no time to stop Ma Xiaotao at all. Moreover, they were also affected by Ma Xiaotao's sixth soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower.
The Phoenix Meteor Shower was unleashed by Ma Xiaotao in her martial soul true body state. The two did not dare to be careless and each activated their seventh soul skill, martial soul true body.
Feng Tianyao's Azure Jade Phoenix true body was similar in form to Ma Xiaotao's, but its aura was inferior.
After all, the Azure Jade Phoenix was only a phoenix subspecies, while Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, after the evil fire issue was removed, had evolved into a Fire Phoenix. It was just that its bloodline was not as pure as a true Fire Phoenix.
Jin Chenghong, the lord of Golden Crocodile Territory, was a burly old man, at least over two meters tall, with bulging muscles all over his body. His long black hair and fluffy beard were particularly lush, and his aura was fierce. His eyes shone with sharp light, and his entire body was covered in a layer of fine golden scales. A pair of golden claws, though only about three inches long, emitted an extremely sharp aura somewhat similar to the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear lineage's dark gold dreadclaws.
Under the deep black seventh soul ring, he transformed in a flash into a ferocious and mighty golden crocodile. Behind him trailed a huge, thick tail covered in scales and spikes.
Jin Chenghong's golden crocodile true body turned, and its massive tail swept out from behind, carrying a series of golden afterimages that shattered dozens of flame meteors. Intense golden light erupted from his body, and his aura was actually even stronger than Feng Tianyao's by a notch.
While resisting the Phoenix Meteor Shower, Feng Tianyao couldn't help but glance at Jin Chenghong from the corner of his eye, his brows tightly furrowed.
At this moment, he could confirm one thing: this usually low-key Golden Crocodile Territory lord had deliberately been hiding his strength. At the very least, his power was not inferior to his own.
Speaking of which, Golden Crocodile Territory had only risen on the Star Sea Continent ten thousand years ago. In the earliest days, although the Star Sea Continent was also divided and ruled by various great soul master families, there had never been a Golden Crocodile family. The ancestor of the Golden Crocodile family back then seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and rose abruptly on the Star Sea Continent.
The records left behind stated that the ancestor of the Golden Crocodile family possessed a special mutated martial soul and passed down this powerful martial soul.
But in reality, the ancestor of the Golden Crocodile family was not an original inhabitant of the Star Sea Continent. He came from the original Douluo Continent.
Ten thousand years ago, Spirit Hall launched a war against the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. Because they ultimately lost, the high-level members of Spirit Hall were also purged.
Some went into hiding on the continent under new identities, while others, unwilling to accept this reality, ultimately chose to leave the Douluo Continent.
The ancestor of Golden Crocodile Territory lord Jin Chenghong was one of the latter. Their family's lineage originated from the second enshrined Golden Crocodile Douluo of Spirit Hall at that time. The martial soul passed down through their family's direct line was not some mutated crocodile-type martial soul, but the Golden Crocodile King with a golden bloodline.
In the world of soul beasts, gold and silver held special significance for high-tier soul beasts. Silver generally represented multi-attribute or powerful attributes, just like the Silver Moon Wolf King. Gold represented extremely strong physical capabilities, and they all possessed a golden bloodline without exception.
Golden Dragon, Golden Lion King, all were powerful existences with a golden bloodline. Strictly speaking, the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear could also be classified among them.
Back then, Spirit Hall's Golden Crocodile Douluo had chosen to self-detonate to protect the Angel God Qian Renxue. The descendants of Golden Crocodile Douluo were also the most loyal supporters of the Angel family. They could not accept the defeat of Spirit Hall, nor were they willing to accept the boundless slander against the Angel family by the Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires, so they resolutely left the Douluo Continent.
During the peak period of Spirit Hall, they had explored the seas beyond the Douluo Continent. The operation to attack Sea God Island was one of them.
And as early as ten thousand years ago, Spirit Hall actually already knew of the existence of the Star Sea Continent, but this news had not yet spread. The destination chosen by the descendants of Golden Crocodile Douluo was precisely this Star Sea Continent. After overcoming numerous obstacles along the way, some clansmen finally succeeded in reaching here.
At first, they had thoughts of counterattacking the Douluo Continent, but due to reality, they never put it into action. Because, as the Golden Crocodile family's bloodline was gradually assimilated by the original inhabitants of the Star Sea Continent, over the past ten thousand years, not a single clansman had been able to break through to the Super Douluo realm like that Golden Crocodile Douluo.
Without a Super Douluo in charge, how could they talk about counterattacking the Douluo Continent?
Feng Tianyao and Jin Chenghong had just escaped from the Phoenix Meteor Shower when the Demon Empress somehow appeared in the sky above them. With icy eyes, her right hand pressed downward, and the black vortex appeared once again.
"Buzz—"
That feeling of suppression and repulsion arrived in an instant. The soaring Azure Jade Phoenix and the majestic Golden Crocodile King both had their bodies uncontrollably pressed against the ground.
On the foundation of the original enormous crater, the ground below sank once more. Rocks and soil instantly melted, forming an even deeper pit.
Feng Tianyao and Jin Chenghong had already been forced to use their martial soul true bodies. Their figures knelt at the bottom of the deep pit, unable to move even a bit.
At the same time, the Demon Empress's left hand was directed toward the direction where Ma Xiaotao's body was flying backward. Unlike the black vortex on her right palm that rotated counterclockwise, the black vortex on her left hand rotated clockwise.
A bizarre scene appeared. Ma Xiaotao's figure was actually pulled by an invisible force and turned toward the Demon Empress, flying over.
The Demon Empress grabbed Ma Xiaotao's jade neck with one hand, the corner of her mouth curving into a faint arc, her eyes filled with killing intent.
"Die."
Ma Xiaotao's eyes widened. For so many years, this was the first time she felt the sensation of approaching death. Her body grew weak, her consciousness became fuzzy, and her mouth emitted increasingly faint "he he" sounds, looking utterly wretched.
No one dared to say they were unafraid of the threat of death. Even the naturally fierce Ma Xiaotao instinctively developed fear when facing death. Fear and a strong desire to survive were intertwined in her heart. This taste was extremely unpleasant.
But right at this moment, Ma Xiaotao discovered that the Demon Empress's strength had suddenly weakened a little. She hurriedly gasped for air in large gulps, her full chest heaving. Noticing the Demon Empress's abnormal expression, she slightly turned her head and looked back.
A tall and straight black-haired youth was proudly standing in the void behind her. That face, which was so familiar to her, made her nose sting in this instant, and she felt a sense of daze.
"Yu Tianhuang..."
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