Di Tian had blocked Yun Ming's spiritual attack, but he did not counterattack with spiritual power.
Huo Yuhao understood his behavior.
Because it would be difficult to affect Yun Ming that way.
Although he had never touched Di Tian's Sea of Spirit, judging from the fact that his spiritual consciousness was thick enough to resist divine consciousness, his spiritual power should have undergone similar storage and compression to his spirit power.
Di Tian's spirit power was made up of vortex black holes, containing large amounts of spatial power and spirit power. In other words, he used spatial power to store large amounts of spirit power within his body.
And the benchmarks for each spiritual power realm seemed clear. The upper limit of the Spiritual Domain realm was 50,000. But strictly speaking, the upper limit of a human's spirit power before becoming a god was only level ninety nine. Yet was the amount of spirit power in Di Tian's body really only that much?
Certainly not. By the same logic, if spirit power could increase its storage limit this way, so could spiritual power.
For example, the Second Spiritual Sea that Electrolux had helped him open with the Gold of Life.
One Sea of Spirit could only store so much. What about two?
Obviously, it would be more.
There was plenty of Gold of Life in the Lake of Life. Moreover, with Di Tian's strength, he might not even need the Gold of Life to open a Second Spiritual Sea.
And this was the reason Di Tian's spiritual consciousness had reached such a level.
If Yun Ming qualitative change but insufficient quantity, then Di Tian was quantitative change triggering pseudo qualitative change. His power level was high enough, and his quantity was also terrifying, making his spiritual consciousness stable and thick, allowing him to resist represented divine consciousness. Yet he had ultimately not undergone a true transformation.
After all, the end point of spiritual consciousness was divine consciousness. Without transformation, it meant there was still an essential gap between the two.
The intensity of spiritual consciousness could not truly surpass divine consciousness. Because once the intensity of spiritual consciousness reached the "critical point" of being able to surpass, or even match, divine consciousness, it would no longer fall within the category of spiritual consciousness. It would itself have already completed the evolution to divine consciousness. This was similar to how Di Tian's twin soul core spirit power total exceeded the Yin Yang Complementary Triple Soul Cores of the original Huo Yuhao, but was inferior in quality.
And the vast quantity of spiritual consciousness could construct an indestructible shield, defending against attacks from divine consciousness, but it was very difficult to forge an invincible divine spear against divine consciousness.
To attack quality with quantity, one would need to turn spiritual consciousness into a tsunami, gradually consuming the opponent's divine consciousness until it was completely overwhelmed and worn away. But that required the "quantity" gap between the two sides to reach an extremely disparity degree, and the opponent had no means to quickly disengage or counterattack.
Di Tian had achieved the former. But the latter, Yun Ming clearly would not be stupid enough to stand still and endure Di Tian's spiritual attacks.
"I see. Quantitative change versus qualitative change?"
Yun Ming guarded his body with the Sky Piercing Spear, temporarily retreating after receiving Di Tian's punch.
He was not affected by the failure of his Divine Origin realm spiritual power. Instead, from Di Tian's words and the other's black hole like spirit power vortexes, he understood the terrifying depth of Di Tian's foundation.
While secretly alarmed, he also realized Di Tian's deficiency in spiritual power. Spirit power could accumulate power in battle, supplementing quality with quantity. But spiritual power attacks generally acted directly on the opponent's Sea of Spirit, emphasizing instantaneous penetration and disintegration. No one would stand still and let you drown them with your "Sea of Spirit."
In other words, his defense was more than sufficient, but his offense was lacking.
No wonder Di Tian's spiritual consciousness was so strong, yet he had never made a name for himself with spiritual power.
So in terms of spiritual power, they were evenly matched, unable to do anything to each other.
Having figured this out, Yun Ming's aura suddenly changed. His essence, spirit, and energy merged as one. The golden green divine radiance on the Sky Piercing Divine Spear in his hand suddenly contracted, condensed at the tip of the spear, emitting a pure sharpness that could pierce the heavens, thrusting straight at Di Tian's chest.
In Di Tian's eyes, before the Sky Piercing Spear even arrived, that terrifying will to pierce all things had already locked and solidified in that space.
There was no avoiding it.
"Well struck."
Di Tian was not alarmed but rather excited. A blazing golden light ignited in his dragon eyes. His battle armor blazed with light. On his right fist, space began to collapse inward. Light twisted. A miniature black hole, so deep it seemed to swallow the soul, suddenly formed.
He was not the Evil Emperor. What he was best at was not spiritual power. The Beast God Di Tian had, for ten thousand years, been best at this dragon king body, tempered by lightning tribulation, and the purest, most domineering ultimate darkness.
The spear tip and the fist edge collided in an instant, like Needle Against a Needle.
Space let out a sharp tearing screech. At the collision point, a black dot suddenly appeared, then expanded crazily, turning into a black hole that Devoured all light, crazily consuming everything around it.
Both figures trembled violently, but neither retreated.
So what if space was torn apart?
Such residual power could not affect Yun Ming, who had transformed into a divine body. And Di Tian, who had survived eight tribulations without dying, had a physique no weaker than a divine body.
Yun Ming's Sky Piercing Divine Spear shook. His seventh spirit ring blazed.
Sky Piercing True Body, True Body Possession.
The huge shadow of the Sky Piercing Spear and Yun Ming himself flashed behind him, then all merged into his body, causing his aura to grow even deeper.
Once a soul master reaches the Super Douluo level, they could use another form of the Martial Soul True Body, merging its power into their body to fight in their own form.
For Yun Ming, the wide open fighting style of the Martial Soul True Body was naturally not as good as fighting himself. After all, he used a spear, not a hammer.
A flicker passed through Di Tian's eyes. He slightly raised his right hand. A giant sword appeared in his hand.
This giant sword had a three foot long hilt and an eight foot long blade. The hilt was black, in the shape of a black dragon. The blade was dark purple. The moment it appeared, the terrifying sword intent even tore a huge opening in the sky.
The Black Dragon Sword.
When the Black Dragon Sword appeared, an artistic conception similar to Atlas Douluo's spearman realm appeared on Di Tian.
The realm of the sword path, Sword God.
The ten thousand years in the human world might have been the period of his greatest improvement after reaching a bottleneck in his cultivation.
Four Word Battle Armor, and the realm of Sword God achieved through exchanging sword techniques with the Ji family. These were all gains from his ten thousand years. (In Soul Land II, Di Tian's sword intent was already impressive, which shocked Ji Juechen greatly. But at that time, the concept of Sword God did not exist. Consider this a patch.)
Di Tian and Yun Ming looked at each other. In the eyes of everyone, they suddenly disappeared. The next moment, the two were already a thousand meters high in the sky.
The Sky Piercing Divine Spear and the Black Dragon Sword, on the higher heavens, wage a fierce battle beyond mortal imagination.
But now, both were still holding back, fighting fiercely for a while.
After all, for Yun Ming, this was likely his final battle. He wanted to verify his cultivation after breaking through to the divine level.
For Di Tian, being able to feel divine level power without breaking through to the divine level, and fighting a true god, naturally he also wanted to experience it longer. At the same time, he seized the opportunity to carefully comprehend its mysteries, especially the finer points of divine power operation and law interweaving.
After this battle, whether it would allow him to advance even a little, Di Tian did not know. But he was certain that the next time he faced a true god, he would be able to respond more easily.
Therefore, although the two fought fiercely and earth shatteringly, they did not immediately use killing moves. Instead, in this rare high intensity, equal level confrontation, they continuously tested, dismantled, learned, and confirmed.
But Di Tian had not forgotten his promise to Gu Yuena. He gradually increased the intensity of the battle, slowly taking control.
Yun Ming's foundation was ultimately not as deep as his.
For a time, the clashing of spear and sword was like thunder from the nine heavens, continuous and unending.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao gradually shifted his gaze away from this battle.
Although the divine battle also had much worth watching and learning from, he now had more important matters.
"Yun Ming is not currently carrying any storage soul tool. Although there is an aura similar to the Sea God's divine persona fragment, it is definitely not the Vast Sea Universe Cover."
Huo Yuhao's gaze swept over the Shrek teachers and students who had come to the city wall, finally settling on Shrek Academy.
Not on Yun Ming. Emotionless Douluo had already claimed the status of former Sea God Pavilion elder. Then who else could the Vast Sea Universe Cover be with?
Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded to Gu Yuena, tore through space with spatial power, and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.
The unmasked spatial fluctuations caught the attention of some people who were immersed in the divine battle, revealing surprising expressions.
Earlier, everyone had been curious. Two fifteen year old youths mixed in with a group of Titled Douluo was very strange. But since none of the Titled Douluo had said anything, everyone thought that perhaps they were the ones being strange, that they were overthinking.
Perhaps the Spirit Transmission Tower had just brought the next generation to see the world, or to train them, letting the two fight with Shrek's inner courtyard disciples.
But Huo Yuhao's earlier display of easily tearing through space and disappearing instantly thoroughly shattered their "common sense."
That was absolutely not something a Soul Emperor, Soul Sage, or even an ordinary Titled Douluo could easily do.
Spatial power was profound and unfathomable. Only experts with a deep understanding of spatial laws, or who had reached a very high level of cultivation, could use it with such ease.
But Huo Yuhao had just revealed a cultivation level of only Soul Sage.
Although having a Soul Sage cultivation level at this age was already hard to believe, compared to a Soul Sage mastering spatial laws, the former was actually more acceptable.
No wonder he could stand among a group of Titled Douluo. He truly had the strength.
It was just that his strength was a bit inhuman.
"First two true gods and a divine battle, then a Soul Sage who masters spatial laws. Do you think I am dreaming today?"
Zhuoshi scratched his head and looked numbly at Feng Wuyu, who had somehow come over beside him.
His battle with the Federation Super Douluo had not lasted long before it ended due to the divine battle, and he had come over.
This was the first divine battle in twenty thousand years. Why continue sparing? Watching the battle was more important. Besides, Feng Wuyu wanted to see Yun Ming off in his final moments.
Hearing Zhuoshi's almost sleep talking mutter, Feng Wuyu rolled his eyes and said quietly, "Dreaming? I think you are Senile. If you have the guts, go near the divine battle and feel the residual power, see if it can crush you. This is all reality."
Zhuoshi snapped out of his somewhat numb state, smiled awkwardly, and looked at Gu Yuena, raising an eyebrow slightly.
"Little girl, your friend has gone to Shrek Academy, has he not? What does he want to do?"
He still remembered seeing Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao a few years ago, and vividly at that.
After all, he had gone to compensate them with spirit bones.
Gu Yuena blinked, not thinking his address, and smiled. "He wants to fight someone from Shrek and test his strength."
Then why had Huo Yuhao not sparred with the Shrek teachers and students who had come out just now? Little girl, do not think that just because I was tricked out by my disciple, you can easily fool me.
Upon hearing this, Zhuoshi did not quite believe it. But it was clear Gu Yuena was not going to tell him, so he could only suppress his curiosity and continue watching the divine battle.
On the other side, as soon as Huo Yuhao appeared on Sea God Island, he saw a familiar face.
Yuehua Douluo, the original Soul Land III's Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yue'er.
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