As a member of the Fire Li Clan from the Shenlan Mysterious Region, Tianhuo's knowledge and experience were not comparable to those of the Douluo Continent's natives.
After all, his original continent had divine level experts. Even if someone held a super divine weapon, he could sense it. Demon Emperor's methods of hiding his strength were not sophisticated in his eyes.
"The Fire Li Clan?"
Demon Emperor did not answer Tianhuo's question. Instead, he looked at him with interest.
He naturally knew the intelligence about the War Temple's Eighteen Levels of Hell. So he was not surprised to encounter the Fire Li Clan's block here.
The only thing that surprised him was the other party's strength.
An aura nearing the Limit, and a faint sense of threat.
This Fire Li Clan's clan leader was not simple.
Seeing he did not answer, Tianhuo snorted coldly. "Not answering? Then let me burn out your true form."
Before his voice had faded, he spread the five fingers of his right hand and grasped the void.
No spirit rings appeared. Yet the fire elements between heaven and earth, as if commanded by a sovereign, gathered wildly. A spear, purely condensed from Law Power, rapidly took shape in his palm.
The spear's body flowed with a molten gold like crimson. The spear tip was a blazing white, as if it could pierce space. This was naturally not a martial soul, but a manifestation of his understanding of the fire law.
The spear tip pointed at Demon Emperor from afar. A spear intent that could pierce all things and burn away illusions instantly locked onto its target. The surrounding temperature did not sharply rise, but all those with keen senses felt a burning pain in their souls, as if pressed by an invisible needle of flame.
A purple light flashed in Demon Emperor's eyes. He was not afraid. Instead, he showed even deeper interest.
"A Spear God?"
Not only was this expert from another continent skilled in the fire law, but he was also skilled in the way of the spear?
But thinking that the War God representing the seventeenth level according to intelligence was the War Temple's deputy temple master, Yuetian Douluo Guan Yue, he no longer found it strange.
Having exchanged with a Near Divine who had mastered the spear for centuries, it was not strange that Tianhuo had achieved such a level.
However.
A flicker of amusement passed through Demon Emperor's eyes.
Black, black, black, red, red, red, red, red, red. Nine spirit rings appeared beside him.
At the same time, a dark gold spear, simple and imposing, appeared in his hand, as if coincident with the way of heaven and earth.
A Spear God. As it happened, the Limit Douluo he had possessed also had a martial soul skilled in the way of the spear.
The Demon Emperor's expression became icy. As the spear shot out, a vast and domineering spear intent erupted from it, carrying what felt like the crushing weight of the entire plane. It clashed with Tianhuo's blazing spear intent—the kind of force that could incinerate all things—and the two intents began to vie against one another in midair.
The two different spear intents silently collided and squeezed in the void, producing a gut-wrenching "hiss" sound. Space itself distorted.
The surrounding Fire Li Clan members were forced to retreat, unable to participate in the battle.
The Sixth War God, watching the two battles from afar, was filled with shock.
This guy really was a Limit Douluo.
But aside from Yuetian Douluo and Qingtian Douluo, where else in the Federation was there a Limit Douluo skilled in this way? Was he from another continent?
His gaze swept over the divine spear in Demon Emperor's hand. The Sixth War God felt something was off. The other's displayed artistic conception and spear technique seemed somewhat familiar.
But he did not dwell on it. He immediately notified the entire War Temple to be on alert and also sent a request for support to the Federation.
If the Second War God, Long Tianwu, were here, he could have formed a martial soul fusion technique with the Thirteenth War God to block this man. But he was only a level 95 Three Word Battle Armor Master. Rashly participating in a Limit Douluo battlefield would only cause trouble. It was better to do his own job first.
The Sixth War God's eyes flickered. He then looked at the entrance from the seventeenth level to the eighteenth level and quietly moved toward it.
Regardless of what this guy was up to entering the War Temple, the Eternal Heaven must not be compromised. He must not let the other party enter the eighteenth level.
Demon Emperor perceived the Sixth War God's movement. He raised an eyebrow slightly, then smiled.
He had thought he would be exposed around the fifteenth level. Unexpectedly, because several War Gods were absent, the Sixth War God had sent him directly to the seventeenth level.
And according to intelligence, the most powerful God Slaying Grade soul tool shell, the Eternal Heaven, was in the next level. The Sixth War God's tension further confirmed this.
"Distracted during battle. You are seeking death."
Tianhuo shook his flame spear. The spear shot out like a dragon. The red gold spear light condensed like an entity, carrying the terrifying heat of burning law, stabbing straight at Demon Emperor's throat. The trajectory was mysterious, Sealing Off all paths of retreat.
"Heh."
Demon Emperor's light laugh rang out before Tianhuo's all burning spear momentum. It carried a clear mockery and the composure of absolute control.
He did not even look at that blazing white spear line that would have made any Limit Douluo change color. His gaze still followed the Sixth War God quietly approaching the entrance to the seventeenth level. As if Tianhuo's all out strike was just a breeze that needed no attention.
Only when that blazing white spear line was about to touch his body, reaching within ten feet of him, did Demon Emperor's right hand, holding the spear, simultaneously press down.
There was no burst of spirit ability light, no earth shattering momentum. Just with this simple press, Tianhuo's spear momentum seemed uncontrollable, violently Rolling Back.
Feeling the weapon in his hand becomes uncontrollable, wanting to bite him back, Tianhuo's expression changed slightly.
He could actually control elemental power that he had already mastered?
Tianhuo's gaze condensed. He had no choice but to abandon the spear and manifest a new one.
"Having understood the fire law to such a degree, and reaching the realm of a Spear God, your strength is enough to rival a Semi Divine. What a pity. You have encountered me."
Only then did Demon Emperor slowly turn his head. Those deep eyes looked at Tianhuo.
Although the Limit Douluo he had possessed was only a Semi Divine, when combined with his own abilities as a Possession Demon, it was a different story.
After all, apart from things related to gods, it was almost impossible to harm him now.
And facing a Semi Divine who could be nearly immune to all attacks and control various energies, how many Near Divines could handle it in stride?
In Demon Emperor's view, even among their Abyss, only the dominators of the first three levels could surpass him. Not even the Demon Emperor of the fourth level, whose body had broken through to the divine level, could defeat him.
What could this Fire Li Clan member, whose strength was only at the Semi Divine level, do?
Demon Emperor sneered. He raised his left hand and grasped toward the Sixth War God in the distance.
Spirit power fluctuations span space. The space around the Sixth War God instantly turned into a solid cage, imprisoning him in place.
He himself did not linger in the fight. After Returning Tianhuo's attack to him once more, he quickly crossed space toward the eighteenth level.
The Fire Li Clan were immortal in lava. He had no interest in Wasting time with Tianhuo here and affecting the overall situation.
The Sixth War God, imprisoned at the entrance to the eighteenth level, saw this scene, immediately confirming the other party's goal. He Glared Angrily.
"You were indeed after the Eternal Heaven. Do not even think about it."
A chill erupted with the Sixth War God at its center. Not only did it instantly break free from the spatial imprisonment, but it also transformed into an ice blue cold current chain, reaching the target faster than expected, wrapping around Demon Emperor's figure about to enter the eighteenth level entrance.
This strike was not meant to kill, only to Delay.
"Hehe. Yu Yang, do you think you can stop me?"
A hoarse voice sounded. Demon Emperor's appearance rapidly changed from young to old.
The Sixth War God's eyes suddenly widened. His mind was somewhat dazed. He instantly understood where that previous sense of familiarity had come from.
"How is this possible? You are still alive?"
The appearance of the person before him was all too familiar. Because he was the previous Sea God Pavilion Master, the teacher of War Temple deputy palace master Guan Yue and Qingtian Douluo, Heaven Favored Douluo.
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