If Su Ming truly risked his life, his outbreak could certainly be even stronger.
But that would require burning things up.
Currently, Su Ming was only burning his Battle Armor—a set of Two-Word Battle Armor.
One spear, killing a quasi-demigod!
Even with the "quasi-" prefix, it was enough to shake people to their core.
It must be noted that after this spear strike, Su Ming didn't follow up with any finishing move.
On the opposing side, even the demigod-level Monarchs were slightly daunted.
Even the quasi-divine Monarchs revealed a hint of apprehension.
Except for the Spirit Emperor, Blaze Emperor, and Demon Emperor, who gritted their teeth and stood before Su Ming to intercept him, the other Monarchs tried to stay as far away from him as possible.
Chen Xinjie and the other quasi-divine powerhouses were silent.
Su Ming's strength had indeed surpassed theirs.
Each selected their own Monarch opponents and erupted with full force.
Among the demon army, A Er Yi also brought a total of nine Abyssal Monarchs to the front line.
Among the Abyssal Monarchs, there were only thirty-five peak combatants.
At this moment, even if all were deployed, their numbers would still be fewer than those of the Douluo and demon sides combined, especially since Su Ming had already killed several.
Of course, the Abyssal Sage King hadn't sent out all his Monarchs either.
The fact that Douluo Star could devour Abyssal energy made him cautious.
If all the Monarchs of the first thirty-six layers took the field and too many were killed, with too many cores devoured, causing too many Abyssal layers to collapse simultaneously, he would also suffer backlash.
Similarly, neither the Douluo nor the demon sides dared to commit all their peak combatants either.
But that was during normal standoffs.
Now, all the Limit Douluos of Douluo Star had deployed, and the nine Monarchs of the Demon Plane were also swept into action, directly pushing through the Abyssal army.
Soon, the line of engagement between the three sides was pushed to the middle section of the channel.
Douluo's side continued advancing until they neared the sixty percent mark.
Throughout, Douluo Star had been suppressing the Abyssal Monarchs. Occasionally, one or two Limit Douluos would have their hands free and directly massacre the lower Abyssal army, allowing the lower-level battlefront to advance smoothly as well.
During the process of compressing the enemy's battle line, Yu Guanzhi and the others intentionally pressured the opponents to retreat toward Su Ming.
They didn't start forcing the Monarchs to withdraw toward Su Ming immediately; the intent would be too obvious.
The critical point for applying pressure began when the front line had advanced to the halfway mark.
By this point, the Abyss side had basically concluded that the Douluo army's sudden attack was intended to advance the battle line.
Moreover, they were being heavily suppressed and had no choice. As they became more engaged in the fight, their caution gradually diminished.
"Sage King!"
The Spirit Emperor cried out in alarm.
He, the Blaze Emperor, and the Demon Emperor, who was responsible for defense, working together, still couldn't defeat Su Ming. They were forced to retreat step by step.
He was too strong.
With only his Battle Armor burning, Su Ming could already suppress any one of them.
Now, Su Ming had also performed a Deity Invocation, invoking the Pioneer faith, which skyrocketed his strength. He was actually suppressing all three by himself.
The Spirit Emperor possessed spiritual power at the Godly Spirit Realm level, but found that although Su Ming's spiritual power hadn't reached the Godly Spirit Realm, his spiritual defenses were astonishing. Several of his major killing moves were immune by Su Ming as if nothing had happened.
The Blaze Emperor possessed Divine Power, his energy level undoubtedly reaching the divine level. Against Su Ming's Trinity-fused Spirit Power, he couldn't gain any advantage. In fact, Su Ming, using Gold Force to integrate elemental power with Spirit Power, instead gained the upper hand over him.
The Demon Emperor was the master of the Death God Puppet, his physical strength astonishing, reaching the divine level. But he was just a punching bag, posing no threat to Su Ming. Instead, Su Ming borrowed the Douluo 2 side's Fate's Sorrow to directly breach his defenses.
Defense ineffective!
The Monarchs of the Abyss's second, third, and fourth layers, working together, were actually being pushed back by Su Ming alone.
Not to mention the three Monarchs, even the people from Douluo Star felt a tremor in their hearts.
Heavens, what kind of person was this?
Remember, Su Ming's Spirit Power was still below level eighty.
There was still room for improvement.
Mu Ye's eyelids twitched several times, feeling that his worry for Su Ming was somewhat unnecessary.
Over half of this guy's bursting strength had little to do with that sub-level-eighty Spirit Power.
Of course, this didn't mean Su Ming's potential for improvement was small.
Mu Ye knew very well that Su Ming was only a Spirit Sage, and his Battle Armor was only Two-Word.
Although its increase range already exceeded most Three-Word Battle Armor, Two-Word was still Two-Word.
Once Su Ming broke through to the eight-ring Spirit Douluo level, he would change to Three-Word Battle Armor.
Su Ming's Two-Word Battle Armor surpassed the Three-Word Battle Armor of ordinary Battle Armor Masters.
Switching to Three-Word Battle Armor would perhaps be no weaker than the Four-Word Battle Armor of the quasi-divine powerhouses present.
At that point, he might not need to borrow any external power to have peak-level combat strength.
And when borrowing power, he wouldn't need to burn any strength to achieve his current level.
All his methods were enhancements built upon his foundational strength. Battle Armor and Spirit Power were enhancements to that foundational strength.
A single level difference was the difference between heaven and earth for Su Ming's foundational strength.
Therefore, Su Ming had actually been reassuring Mu Ye earlier when he said his strength was unrelated to his Spirit Power level.
The more Su Ming fought, the more unrestrained he became.
At first, he was quite profound, waving his hands to command various elements, raising his hands to condense spears and shockwaves formed from faith mixed with Spirit Power and great formation power.
There was a certain sense of mystery.
It was pleasing to the eye.
However, as the battle continued, whether due to his primal nature being inspired, Su Ming's fighting style became increasingly brutal.
He no longer raised his hand to condense Pioneer Spears. Instead, he attached the Pioneer's Will onto his own body. Gold Force integrated all his power as he engaged in the most primal combat.
He no longer mobilized additional elements to condense energy shockwaves. Instead, with each punch and kick, that power burst outward. The three Monarchs Struggling more and more, finally unable to resist calling for help.
At the opposite end of the spatial channel, the Abyssal Sage King appeared, his deep eyes fixed on Su Ming.
He took out the Heaven Saint Abyss-Cleaving Halberd and thrust it.
Space cracked open. Across this vast distance, a great halberd suddenly appeared before Su Ming's chest, about to rip him open.
Su Ming merely shifted, his body moving through the void, dodging the halberd.
The Abyssal Sage King wasn't surprised.
He mobilized the planar power of the Abyss, throwing a fierce punch into the crack created by the Heaven Saint Abyss-Cleaving Halberd's thrust.
This punch, erupted by him within the Abyss plane, helped the space opened by the halberd, manifested almost perfectly before Su Ming.
A sense of crisis hit.
Su Ming felt all the hairs on his body stand on end.
He didn't hesitate, directly burning all his power, and then—"Explode!"
Boom!
In the past, the Abyssal Sage King had condensed large hands across the distance, with limited power.
Who would have thought he could use the Heaven Saint Abyss-Cleaving Halberd to cleave space, then unleash a full-power blow from his main body within the Abyss and send it over?
"But it's fine. It's within my capacity to handle!"
The sound of Su Ming's self-destruction echoed through the spatial channel.
Where the energy wave reached, aside from the Spirit Emperor, Blaze Emperor, and Demon Emperor, the other Monarchs died on the spot.
A total of six Monarchs died.
The Limit Douluos responsible for pressing the Monarchs were thrown back by the blast wave, only managing to stop after retreating a hundred meters through the air.
The blast wave swept in all directions. Those nearby were immediately flattened against the ground by the pressure.
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