The Reaper Puppet suddenly appeared, swinging its scythe down toward the God of Fate and the Snow Empress, just as they were about to deliver the final blow to Ye Xishui. Both figures swiftly rose into the air, narrowly evading the Reaper's slash!
The scythe of death carved out countless ravines. Standing atop the Reaper Puppet's head was a figure shrouded in a haze of violet light. Strange markings crawled across his face, and his body twitched from time to time.
From him radiated the unmistakable aura of an Ultimate Douluo!
"That is…"
Members of both Soul Engineer legions stared, stunned, at the figure atop the Reaper Puppet. The immense pressure emanating from his body left them trembling.
Another Ultimate Douluo!
Below, the Snow Empress gazed intently at Zhongli Wu, her brows furrowing slightly. She whispered to the God of Fate, "There's something… off about him."
Though the energy erupting from Zhongli Wu was indeed that of an Ultimate Douluo, his second soul core appeared unstable. The soul power storm stirred by his dual-core resonance was far weaker than that of Long Xiaoyao or Ye Xishui.
"To reach the realm of Ultimate Douluo through unorthodox means—an unstable foundation is to be expected," the God of Fate said calmly, raising a hand to summon back the Icefire Dragon Spear.
The spear tore free from Long Xiaoyao's chest, carrying with it a spray of blood. The flesh around the wound was both scorched and frostbitten. Even without the twin dragons' power suppressing him, he could not recover for the moment.
Below, Ye Xishui soared into the sky, unleashing her Blood Soul Puppet, which began to merge with Zhongli Wu's Reaper Puppet, forming a far more terrifying being—
the Shura Demon Puppet!
A crimson killing intent erupted, unrestrained and overwhelming.
The sky over the entire Evil Soul Forest was dyed blood-red!
"This is… the aura of Shura's slaughter? Impossible!"
For the first time, emotion flickered across the God of Fate's calm expression as he beheld the birth of the Shura Demon Puppet.
Hearing his tone, the Snow Empress frowned and asked, "Is something wrong?"
"The Shura's Killing Intent! Since the ancient times ten thousand years ago, no one on Douluo Continent should have been capable of manifesting it again," the God of Fate murmured, lifting his gaze as if he could see through the crimson heavens to the world beyond Douluo itself.
Seeing his reaction, the Snow Empress's expression grew solemn as well.
A moment later, the God of Fate continued, "But even so—Shura's slaughter means nothing. Without divinity, they can never be our match!"
Upon the Shura Demon Puppet, Ye Xishui's face twisted with madness. She let out a frenzied roar:
"Die! All of you! Become the stepping stones upon our path to ascendence!"
The bloodthirsty eyes gleaming from the Reaper's scythe locked onto the Snow Empress and the God of Fate as the weapon cleaved down once more!
Blood rained from the heavens. Each droplet was split apart by the blade's edge. That strike seemed to cut through the very river of time itself—the power born from the fusion of two wicked martial souls far exceeded what a single Ultimate Douluo could ever reach!
The God of Fate slung the Icefire Dragon Spear across his back and raised his head to face the oncoming strike.
Beside him, the Snow Empress lifted her hand, summoning a radiant, crystalline light of ice and snow.
Behind the God of Fate, a crimson soul ring lit up, revolving around the ethereal mirror of the Mirror of Flower, Water and Moon martial soul. Raising his left hand, he extended one finger forward and pressed.
A genderless, ethereal voice resounded through heaven and earth:
"Sixth Soul Skill — Great Wilderness Heaven-Sealing Finger!"
The world trembled!
The annihilating blade of slaughter collided with that single finger. In that instant, countless worlds seemed to be born and destroyed at their point of impact. The swirling lights and colors were so bizarre and dazzling they made one's head spin.
One finger seals the heavens, two shatter mountains and rivers, three extinguish all life, four rend the firmament, five stir the cosmos!
Its power was so vast that even the Snow Empress felt a pang of awe. She had long known that Jiang Shengyu's soul skills could not be measured by the normal standards of martial souls or attributes—each of his abilities could manifest a different power altogether!
In the brief moment of stalemate between the two forces, the Snow Empress seized her chance—she unleashed a slash of Absolute Ice, instantly freezing the blood rain in the air into shards of ice.
One sword carved a massive gash through the Shura Demon Puppet's body, nearly cleaving it in half!
Above, Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui both showed expressions of shock!
The God of Fate exerted his strength once more, pressing down the terrifying power of the Reaper's scythe completely. The ensuing shockwaves sent tremors across the entire Evil Soul Forest.
Under the joint control of Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui, the Shura Demon Puppet moved again, brandishing the Reaper's scythe as it charged toward the God of Fate and the Snow Empress—but its target wasn't them.
It was the soul engineers standing behind them!
The more people it killed, the stronger it would become!
But how could the God of Fate and the Snow Empress allow that? Both ascended once more, soaring toward Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu. One was gravely wounded; the other's realm unstable. Though both were Ultimate Douluo, neither could withstand the onslaught of two gods!
Under the might of the Icefire Dragon Spear's draconic aura, Zhongli Wu was forced into retreat again and again—he had no power to resist!
Ye Xishui, desperate and bloodied, broke free of the Snow Empress's pursuit and appeared behind Zhongli Wu. Just as he thought she was coming to aid him against the God of Fate—
Her hand pierced straight through his chest!
"Mo… ther?"
Zhongli Wu turned back in disbelief to see Ye Xishui's cold, pitiless gaze.
Her voice was frigid. "Don't worry. Your death won't be in vain."
With that, she crushed his soul core in her hand!
Stripped of his second soul core, Zhongli Wu's aura plummeted from the Ultimate Douluo realm. The immense soul power that burst forth was devoured by Ye Xishui's Blood Soul Puppet. In the next instant, his body was crushed into a mass of blood and flesh, which Ye Xishui swallowed whole.
Through this, she gained full control of the Shura Demon Puppet!
Nourished by the blood and flesh of an Ultimate Douluo, Ye Xishui's body rapidly began to recover.
"She devoured… her own son?"
The Snow Empress frowned deeply. Even she, the sovereign of the Extreme North, was appalled by the depravity of these Evil Soul Masters!
"You… all must die!"
Ye Xishui's eyes gleamed with icy malice as her body dissolved into a mass of foul, viscous blood, merging completely with the Shura Demon Puppet. Now, she was the Shura Demon Puppet!
Empowered by the flesh of an Ultimate Douluo, the puppet truly came alive!
The Shura Demon Puppet swung the Reaper's scythe in a frenzy, tearing through everything in its path!
Seeing this, the Snow Empress no longer held back. Behind her rose the majestic phantom of the Ice Sky Snow Goddess, the vast expanse of the Extreme North appearing in her wake.
A holy, resplendent light burst forth, washing away the blood-red heavens.
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