The void rippled like water. A green skull emerged from the void. Seeing it, Bone Dragon Douluo was startled.
"Lord Ghost Emperor, why have you..."
Come personally?
Before he could finish, Ghost Emperor's voice cut him off.
"If I had not come, could you have handled it?"
The green skull looked indifferently at Bone Dragon Douluo, causing him to bow his head in shame, before turning back to look at Huo Yuhao and praising him with a smile.
"A Soul Emperor who can fight a Super Douluo to this extent is truly impressive."
Huo Yuhao met the skull's gaze. His expression gradually became condensed.
Ghost Emperor, Nine Ghost Kings, a control type Near Divine. In the original work, he was one of the Holy Spirit Cult's Two Emperors. His strength ranked among the top even among Limit Douluo.
Excluding those who cheated and had breached the divine level in some aspect, Ghost Emperor's cultivation already stood at the peak.
It was just that his manner of death was somewhat strange. He was killed by Saint Spirit Douluo's self destruction, resurrection, and another self destruction. But this did not mean he was weak.
Ghost Emperor's death was equivalent to two Semi Divines sacrificing their lives to achieve. Compared to the Abyssified Emperor who died together with Wu Changkong, Ghost Emperor's Prestige was at least preserved.
If the one before him was not just a doppelgänger, he would have already called for help or used his trump cards.
Seeing that although Huo Yuhao's expression was condensed, he showed no fear or timidity, Ghost Emperor's appreciation for him grew. Then, without further ado, he unhesitatingly made his move.
The green skull suddenly spewed out a stream of green mist. Wherever the mist passed, even space made a hissing corrosion sound.
Ghost Emperor had seen the battle between Huo Yuhao and Bone Dragon Douluo. He could only remain undefeated by relying on his spatial power, which was even better than Bone Dragon Douluo's. But if facing a Limit Douluo's clone who also had a deep understanding of spatial power, Huo Yuhao would not be able to suppress him.
Sure enough, when Huo Yuhao tried to mobilize spatial power to evade the attack, he found the surrounding space was like solidified amber, completely unable to be shaken.
Ghost Emperor's voice was like the cold wind of the underworld, quietly sounding. "Playing with space before me, you are still too Inexperienced. Even if your mastery of spatial power can match mine, your current weak cultivation cannot defeat me."
As his voice fell, the green poison mist was already close at hand. Huo Yuhao could even smell the nauseating smell of decay within.
What was more terrifying, the skull's eyes continuously flashed with eerie green light. Wave after wave of spiritual shock came like a tide, making his consciousness somewhat stagnant.
However, with a burst of brilliant golden light from Huo Yuhao's eyes, Ghost Emperor's spiritual attack was instantly dissolved.
The two's spiritual powers were like needles against wheat awns, colliding in the void to create invisible sparks. At first, neither could do anything to the other. But as time passed, the battlefield gradually tilted toward Huo Yuhao.
Ghost Emperor's skull clone was primarily composed of spiritual power. Being suppressed, it now could not help trembling slightly, looking at Huo Yuhao with some surprise.
Although he had only branched out a portion of his power, his spiritual power was still at the Spiritual Domain realm in quality. Moreover, as a Limit Douluo, his control over spiritual power was not something ordinary soul masters could match.
Even if Huo Yuhao was also at the Spiritual Domain realm, blocking his spiritual power should not have been this easy theoretically. Not to mention that Huo Yuhao was gradually gaining the upper hand in the spiritual power contest.
Was the other's spiritual control ability stronger than his?
Ghost Emperor looked at Huo Yuhao thoughtfully, finding it interesting.
After he succeeded, if he had time, he would definitely study their "Holy Son" carefully.
Thinking this, Ghost Emperor glanced at Bone Dragon Douluo beside him.
"What are you waiting for? Why are you not acting yet?"
"Yes, Lord Ghost Emperor."
Bone Dragon Douluo was first startled, then immediately reacted. The Soul Devouring Eye, which he had carefully guarded, appeared at his forehead in an instant, emitting an eerie light. Gray streamer brewed within it.
Seeing this, for the first time, a sense of crisis rose in Huo Yuhao's heart. He did not ignore this premonition. He immediately responded. The fourth spirit ring, which he had never used in front of outsiders, suddenly burst with light.
At the moment the Soul Devouring Eye shot out its eerie streamer, Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly turned with dark golden ripples. He raised his hand and pressed down. An invisible wave suddenly spread. Centered on his body, it covered a hundred meter radius.
In an instant, the space within a hundred meters was like glass crushed by an invisible giant hand. Twisted gray-white streamer seeped from the cracks.
Domain like spirit ability, Temporal Collapse.
As Huo Yuhao responded, Ghost Emperor naturally did not just watch. He also acted, wanting to further restrict Huo Yuhao. But after his attack and the eerie streamer fell into that twisting space, they became unusually slow, as if falling into a bog.
"This is... a time spirit ability?" For the first time, a note of shock appeared in Ghost Emperor's tone.
Huo Yuhao's spiritual power and spatial power had already shocked him. Now he was even showing a trump card like a time spirit ability. How many more surprises was the other party going to bring him?
But after the shock, watching the eerie streamer continuing to advance within the domain, Ghost Emperor let out a slight laugh. "What a pity. If you had used this spirit ability to escape this place before I arrived, you might have had a chance to avoid disaster. Now, you have no way out."
The characteristics of the two one time divine weapons researched by the Holy Spirit Cult were different. As a spiritual attack type divine weapon, the Soul Devouring Eye possessed the basic characteristics of most spiritual attacks.
Spiritual attacks were generally very fast and extremely difficult to dodge. The Soul Devouring Eye also had this property.
Therefore, this one time divine weapon was much easier to use than the Demon God Sword. As long as the enemy was within the user's line of sight or spiritual perception range, they could be locked.
This was also the main reason this divine weapon was given to Bone Dragon Douluo to carry.
After all, given Bone Dragon Douluo's proficiency in spatial power, theoretically, keeping Huo Yuhao within his spiritual perception at all times should have been no problem, enough to deal with various unexpected situations.
But Huo Yuhao was not within reason.
His mastery of spatial power was stronger than Bone Dragon Douluo's. He would occasionally hide in the void, making it impossible to lock him. This made Bone Dragon Douluo, worried about exposing his trump card, afraid to act rashly. He instead planned for a war of attrition, waiting for an opportunity to Launch an attack.
And now, Ghost Emperor had come personally and blocked the nearby space. Was there a better opportunity than this?
Watching the eerie streamer, although slow, continuously approach Huo Yuhao, Bone Dragon Douluo showed a trace of joy.
"Lord Huo Yuhao, do not resist. The control of the Soul Devouring Eye is perfect. As long as you are irradiated by its radiance, even a Limit Douluo at the peak of the Spiritual Domain realm will become a member of our Holy Spirit Cult."
"With your cultivation and strength, you cannot resist its divine power. Accept it peacefully. From now on, you are the Holy Son of our Cult."
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