Chapter 373: Sea Dragon, Long Time No See!
The Vast Sea Dragon Horse Martial Soul True Body let out a heaven-shaking dragon roar. Sea Horse Douluo's fist rose high, as if gathering the power of the entire sea beneath this single strike!
Next, endless deep-blue Soul Power compressed and condensed frantically, forming a terrifying blue energy sphere over ten meters in diameter in front of Sea Horse Douluo. Stars seemed to swirl and waves roared within it, while electric snakes danced on its surface, emitting destructive fluctuations!
In the next moment, Sea Horse Douluo's fist slammed out!
That massive blue energy sphere was like a comet falling from the Nine Heavens, or a meteor carrying the raging tides of the entire ocean. With a will to purify all evil and trailing a long deep-blue tail of flame, it tore through the air at supersonic speed, letting out a deafening roar as it crashed toward Tang San below, who was encased in his Dark Blue Silver True Body!
This punch was no simple energy blast; it contained Sea Horse Douluo's profound understanding of the ocean's power. The name Comet Sea Meteor Sunset Fist meant it possessed the terrifying impact of a falling comet, the extreme speed of a meteor, and the boundless, infinite power of the great sea!
Before the punch even arrived, the terrifying pressure descended.
It caused the Dark Blue Silver Grass around Tang San to tremble violently, letting out wails of being overstrained. Even the black light on the surface of his true body seemed to dim slightly!
Below on the ground, the surface even collapsed under the weight of the invisible fist wind.
Facing Sea Horse Douluo Oya's terrifying Eighth Spirit Ability, the Comet Sea Meteor Sunset Fist that carried the ocean's raging tides, a purple-black eerie light surged in Tang San's eyes. Instead of retreating, the desire for destruction in his bones—completely amplified after obtaining the Rakshasa Divine Power—was ignited!
"Hmph, a mere Titled Douluo? Today, I shall show you what true power is!"
Tang San growled low. Beneath his feet, that black eighth Soul Ring, which came from an 80,000-year-old evil Soul Beast called the Soul-Devouring Demon Vine King, suddenly erupted with a deep, dark, and sinister light!
"Eighth Spirit Ability, Demon Vine Soul Devour!"
The Dark Blue Silver True Body behind Tang San expanded violently. Countless strands of Dark Blue Silver Grass were no longer just vines; their tips suddenly split open, transforming into hideous giant mouths filled with sharp teeth and dripping with viscous dark energy, as if they could swallow Souls!
Then, all the Dark Blue Silver Grass mouths simultaneously aimed at the incoming deep-blue energy comet and spat out a torrent of purple-black energy, condensed to the extreme, as viscous as liquid darkness, with edges that tore through space!
This torrent didn't strike in a straight line; it spun and intertwined rapidly in the air, forming a dark vortex that constantly collapsed inward, as if it wanted to drag everything into nothingness.
A terrifying suction force emanated from the center of the vortex, twisting even light itself!
This was precisely the evil Soul skills the Soul-Devouring Demon Vine King had bestowed upon Tang San. It could not only devour the energy of an enemy's Soul skills but also erode the Soul, dragging everything into a deathly silence like the Return to Ruins!
Almost at the same time.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, well aware that if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold, also struck out boldly!
"Sixth Spirit Ability—White Tiger Annihilation Kill!"
The Evil Eyed White Tiger behind Dai Mubai roared. Its claws crossed over its chest as violent Soul Power and malevolent Qi compressed frantically, transforming into a dark-gold cross-shaped blade with edges flickering with dark-gold cracks, carrying the power to destroy everything. It arrived later but struck first, viciously slashing at the side of the deep-blue comet!
"Sixth Spirit Ability—Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike!"
Simultaneously, the Evil Fire Phoenix behind Ma Hongjun spread its wings in fury. All the flames instantly condensed at the tip of its beak, then transformed into a flame ray as thin as a needle. It burned with deep dark-purple evil fire, seemingly able to pierce through gold, stone, and even Souls. With a sharp whistling sound, it stabbed straight into the core of the deep-blue comet!
In an instant, in the sky.
Three powerful Spirit Abilities containing evil, malevolence, and destruction.
From three different directions, they slammed into Sea Horse Douluo's Comet Sea Meteor Sunset Fist!
"Rumble—!!!!"
A terrifying explosion, beyond words, erupted over Purple Pearl Island!
Immediately, four types of energy with vastly different properties but equally peerless strength collided, bit, and then annihilated each other like four out-of-control prehistoric beasts!
The dark vortex frantically devoured and corroded the energy of the deep-blue comet, making terrifying sizzling sounds, but the infinite power of the sea within the comet also constantly impacted and purified the darkness.
The White Tiger Annihilation Kill slashed into the comet's flank, exploding into blinding gold and blue light as it tried to tear apart its internal structure. Meanwhile, the Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike acted like the sharpest poisonous needle, attempting to drill into the key nodes of the comet's energy flow to trigger a chain reaction of collapse.
At the center of the explosion, space twisted violently, forming a brief and dangerous field of chaotic energy where countless tiny spatial cracks flickered in and out of existence.
The violent energy turbulence, like an out-of-control hurricane, swept frantically in all directions!
Below, the already dilapidated Gray Shell Village suffered further devastation.
The burning ruins were completely blown away and crushed by the energy turbulence. The ground was plowed into deeper and wider gullies, and even the distant sea surface was whipped into towering waves by the shockwave!
In the next second, Tang San's expression changed slightly. He was sent stumbling back several steps by the terrifying counter-shock of the explosion. Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun groaned, their blood and Qi churning, and the phantoms of the Evil Eyed White Tiger and Evil Fire Phoenix dimmed considerably.
Even the Vast Sea Dragon Horse Martial Soul True Body manifested by Sea Horse Douluo Oya saw its deep-blue light flicker wildly. Its massive body swayed in the air, and the dragon head let out a low growl of pain and anger.
He never expected that his sure-win Eighth Spirit Ability would be forcibly blocked and have most of its power ground away by the three of them working together!
Although it wasn't completely defeated, it failed to heavily injure Tang San as he had anticipated.
Seeing this, Oya felt a chill in his heart. The strength and coordination of these three young men far exceeded his estimates! Especially that blue-haired youth's evil Soul skills, which seemed to have properties that countered and devoured water-attribute energy, and the power of the White Tiger and Phoenix Spirit Abilities was not to be underestimated either!
"Evil heretics, you indeed have some skill!"
Oya steadied himself. The aura of the Dragon Horse Martial Soul True Body rose again, and the Killing Intent in his eyes grew even stronger. He said, "But you alone are not enough to act presumptuously before me! Take another move from me!"
Seeing that the trio had barely blocked his Eighth Spirit Ability and used such bizarre and evil methods, the Killing Intent and sense of urgency in Sea Horse Douluo Oya's heart intensified.
He no longer held anything back, determined to completely suppress and kill these three in one go!
Next, the Vast Sea Dragon Horse Martial Soul True Body roared at the sky. The black Ninth Soul Ring beneath his feet suddenly erupted with a blindingly black light! Instantly, Soul Power as vast as the ocean flooded into the true body, and the surrounding space seemed to be filled with endless water elements!
"Ninth Spirit Skill—Sky-Shattering Dragon Tornado Annihilation Fist!"
At this moment, Oya's roar resounded through the heavens like the wrath of the Sea God!
The Vast Sea Dragon Horse stood suspended in the air. Sea Horse Douluo's fist rose high once more, but this time, it didn't gather a simple energy sphere; it channeled the boundless water elements of the entire sea!
Instantly, with the Dragon Horse Martial Soul True Body as the center, a deep-blue water tornado over a hundred meters in diameter, connecting heaven and earth, was generated out of thin air. Within the tornado, lightning intertwined and waves roared.
It seemed to contain the most violent destructive power of the ocean!
In the next moment, that fist, entwined with the terrifying tornado and destructive energy, descended like a falling heavenly pillar or a hammer of divine punishment. Carrying a will of annihilation to crush all things, it slammed down toward Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun, who had just steadied themselves!
The might of this strike far surpassed the previous Eighth Spirit Ability!
Before the fist even arrived, the ground of the entire Gray Shell Village area below rose and fell violently like waves, then collapsed! The air was completely forced out, forming a vacuum. The terrifying pressure caused Tang San's Martial Soul True Body to let out groans of being overstrained, and his movements became incredibly sluggish!
"What? Such strong pressure... as expected of a Titled Douluo's Ninth Spirit Skill."
His expression changing slightly, the purple-black light in Tang San's eyes flickered wildly. The Rakshasa Divine Power within him circulated rapidly as he tried to activate his Soul skills to resist, but he felt a sense of powerlessness!
Behind him, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's faces turned pale. Under such pressure, even circulating their Soul Power became exceptionally difficult!
However, at that moment, in the void behind the three of them, a blurry figure appeared without warning, as if condensed from the purest shadows and evil.
It was a woman holding a hideously shaped, giant scythe.
The black figure did not attack; she simply gave the giant scythe in her hand a light swing toward where Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun were.
There was no earth-shattering sound, no burst of energy.
Like an eraser wiping away pencil marks, or scissors cutting through a painting, wherever the scythe passed, a strange purple-black ripple like water appeared in space.
Then, at the very instant Oya's Ninth Spirit Skill, filled with the power of annihilation, was about to land.
The figures of Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun, along with the evil aura they emitted, vanished into thin air like bubbles, without any warning!
Only a distorted purple-black spatial ripple remained, which was rapidly closing.
"What?!" Witnessing this scene, Oya was horrified. This sudden turn of events was completely beyond his understanding! Spatial transfer? Or some higher level of power intervention?
However, his full-power Ninth Spirit Skill was already impossible to stop!
"Boom—!!!!"
The Sky-Shattering Dragon Tornado Annihilation Fist, having lost its target, slammed solidly into the ground of Gray Shell Village, which was already unrecognizable!
Amidst the deafening roar, a massive scorched crater over a hundred meters in diameter and dozens of meters deep appeared! The soil at the edge of the crater turned to glass, and seawater poured in, making sizzling sounds as thick smoke and steam billowed into the sky!
Then, a terrifying shockwave swept across the island again, and even the distant sea surface rose in a tsunami several meters high!
When the dust settled slightly, Oya's Dragon Horse Martial Soul True Body hovered over the giant pit, his deep-blue eyes filled with shock, anger, and a hint of lingering fear.
He looked around, his Spiritual Power spreading out like a tide, but he could no longer capture even a trace of Tang San and the others' aura. Even that strange black figure had long since disappeared, as if she had never existed.
"Spatial teleportation? Is this... the handiwork of a Divinity?" Oya's heart was in turmoil. Was there such a terrifying existence intervening behind them?!
Clearly, these three were by no means as simple as ordinary Evil Soul Masters!
But at this moment, he had no time to investigate further.
At the edge of the giant pit, Purple Pearl's dying aura, along with the auras of a few remaining, heavily injured, and unconscious fishermen, were as weak as candles in the wind.
Oya dared not delay any longer. He immediately deactivated his Martial Soul True Body, transformed into a blue light, and dove down, landing beside Purple Pearl. He quickly checked her and found her injuries were extremely severe, with many strange toxins remaining in her body, but at least she still had a breath left.
He immediately channeled pure water-attribute healing Soul Power into Purple Pearl's body to stabilize her life force, while also looking toward the other few survivors.
"I can only take them back to Sea God Island for treatment first, then report this matter in detail to the High Priestess!"
Oya made a prompt decision, using his Soul Power to lift Purple Pearl and the few surviving fishermen. He took a deep look at the spot where Tang San's group had vanished, his eyes filled with gravity.
This matter seemed much more complicated and dangerous than he had anticipated.
Then, he didn't stay any longer. Carrying the survivors, he turned into a deep-blue stream of light and sped toward Sea God Island, leaving behind only the burning ruins, the corpses everywhere, and that shocking giant crater on Purple Pearl Island... Meanwhile, at the border of the Heaven Dou Empire.
A battered group was heading toward Spirit City.
The carriage bumped along the muddy road, the sound of wheels grinding over gravel particularly harsh.
This group of only a hundred or so people moved exceptionally slowly. Everyone looked exhausted and terrified, their armor broken and bloodstained. The carriage in the center, once magnificent, now had its canopy torn and gold paint peeling, casting a long, defeated shadow in the setting sun.
Inside the carriage, Bibi Dong sat cross-legged. Purple-black Rakshasa Divine Power flickered around her like a candle in the wind. Every time she tried to condense it, it was interrupted by the rampaging Asura Killing Intent within her, leading to bouts of violent coughing and purple-black blood seeping from the corners of her mouth.
Hu Liena stayed by her side, carefully wiping the cold sweat from her forehead with a damp silk handkerchief.
"Teacher, have some water," Hu Liena said softly, handing over a water skin.
Bibi Dong shook her head slightly, her gaze passing through the gap in the carriage curtain toward the dim sky. She asked:
"Liena, how much further to Spirit City?"
"At our current speed... it will take at least five more days to reach the nearest encampment," Hu Liena answered softly, her fingers unconsciously clutching the handkerchief.
Five days—for her heavily injured and weakened teacher, and for this group of remnants who could encounter pursuers or ambushes at any time—was truly too long.
As she continued her cultivation and recovery, the spiderweb pattern on Bibi Dong's forehead suddenly lit up. She, who had been in a weakened state of cultivation, snapped her eyes open. Her eyes were filled with unconcealable horror. In a flash, she rushed out of the carriage and looked toward the sky ahead.
"Teacher!" Seeing this, Hu Liena cried out and followed her out.
The remaining hundred Soul Masters immediately went on alert, their Soul Rings lighting up as they protected the two in the center. Everyone's gaze nervously scanned the surroundings. The wilderness was silent, with only the sound of the wind wailing.
But Bibi Dong's gaze remained locked on the sky ahead. Though there was clearly nothing there, she seemed to see something terrifying, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
In the next instant, the air rippled like water, and a blue figure appeared silently in mid-air, as if he had always been there.
"Bibi Dong, long time no see!"
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