Chapter 108: [The Slash that Severs the World!]
The Great God Han Ting Ye Yu brings his new work, 'Douluo Peerless: Sukuna Template, Slaying the Gods,' to Kele Novels!
"Xuan... Elder Xuan?!" Shattering Star Douluo cried out in alarm, his entire being instantly overcome with panic.
To think they had suggested recruiting an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo right in front of Xuan Zi—how was that any different from discussing a rebellion with Duke White Tiger right in front of Xu Jiawei?
"What? Are you surprised?!"
Xuan Zi glared fiercely at Shattering Star Douluo and the others, his tone freezing cold.
"If I hadn't rushed back today, would your Star Luo Empire have committed such a heinous crime as to collaborate with an Evil Soul Master? Well?! Answer me!"
Shattering Star Douluo and the other five Enshrinements remained silent.
"Oh no, I'm afraid it's not as simple as mere cooperation."
Xuan Zi turned his gaze toward the pale Princess Xu Jiujiu, who was standing with Lin Xuan, and said coldly,
"To be so young and yet so poorly behaved, consorting with trash like an Evil Soul Master—is this how Xu Jiawei raised you?"
Hearing this, Princess Xu Jiujiu's expression darkened, and Shattering Star Douluo and the others felt the same.
It was one thing to say a few words, but he just kept on insulting them, didn't he?
Did he really think Shrek Academy could cover the sky with one hand? This was the Star Luo Empire, not Shrek Academy!
After all, the saying "the World has suffered under Shrek for too long" was not without merit. Yes, Shrek did ensure the safety of the original Three Great Empires of Douluo to an extent, but in return, Shrek had frequently interfered in the internal affairs of other nations over the years.
Only Shrek could get away with it; any other power would have been wiped out countless times already.
But they didn't dare say it out loud; after all, looking at Xuan Zi, he was clearly in a fit of rage.
Strange... did Xuan Zi take the wrong medicine today? It was just a few words with an Evil Soul Master, wasn't it?
I don't believe for a second that if Shrek encountered such an opportunity, you wouldn't think about recruiting him too... Shattering Star Douluo grumbled inwardly.
What he didn't know was that after the incident with the Death God Messenger, Xuan Zi now had a visceral reaction whenever he heard the words "Evil Soul Master."
While they didn't dare speak up, Lin Xuan did.
"Old man, is your Martial Soul a mad dog? Do you bite everyone you see?" Lin Xuan looked up at Xuan Zi and said indifferently.
Others feared Xuan Zi, but he didn't. Moreover, he hadn't forgotten how Xuan Zi had plotted against him.
In his original identity, it wasn't convenient for Lin Xuan to say much, but now he was Fallen Heaven Douluo—he could do whatever the hell he wanted!
"You're looking for death!"
Xuan Zi flew into a rage instantly. His old eyes widened, the fire in them seemingly turning physical as a soul-shaking pressure washed over, only to be completely blocked by Mahoraga.
"I won't waste words with you. Fight me outside the city. If I don't kill you today, I'll take your surname!"
With that, nine Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red—emerged one by one beneath Xuan Zi's feet. He then charged out of the city, his terrifying Level 98 Soul Power fluctuations causing the city's residents to look up in alarm.
"...Your Excellency Fallen Heaven, are you really going to accept the challenge?" Princess Xu Jiujiu asked in a low, worried voice as she looked at Lin Xuan.
The six Enshrinements: "..."
Wait, Princess, things haven't even started between you two, and you're already worrying about him?
If he actually says yes to you, won't you just give the whole Empire away to him?
"What? Are you worried about me?" Lin Xuan turned to look at Princess Xu Jiujiu with a playful smile.
"I... I am not!" Princess Xu Jiujiu's cheeks turned crimson. She turned her head away and whispered,
"I... I'm just worried that the Soul Beast embryo I just gave you will fall into Shrek's hands..."
Lin Xuan chuckled and stretched lazily before jumping onto Mahoraga's broad hand.
Spreading its six wings amidst the howling wind, Mahoraga turned into a streak of gray light and charged out of the city. At the same time, Lin Xuan's voice drifted on the wind, reaching the ears of Princess Xu Jiujiu and the six Enshrinements.
"Go back to sleep, everyone. Oh, wait—His Excellency Medical Immortal should stay. After all... you'll have to treat Xuan Zi in a moment."
...
In the sky dozens of kilometers north of Star Luo City, Xuan Zi's appearance had completely changed.
He was now a monster with the body of a goat, the teeth of a tiger, and the claws of a human, with eyes located under his armpits and a pair of massive spiral bull horns on his head. Standing in the void, his overbearing pressure snapped countless ancient trees in the forest below.
The Taotie Divine Bull was over thirty meters long. Intense yellow light erupted as nine Soul Rings hovered as halos between its massive horns, which were over five meters long.
Martial Soul True Body: Taotie Divine Bull!
"You've finally come! I thought you were a coward and had fled!" Xuan Zi shouted sharply as he watched the pale light rushing toward him from below.
However, Lin Xuan's voice did not ring out; all that greeted Xuan Zi was Mahoraga's massive fist!
"Arrogant!"
Xuan Zi laughed out of extreme rage and kicked out!
This kick seemed ordinary, but it was a full-power strike from the Taotie Divine Bull Avatar! Years ago, he had used this very kick to trample a mountain peak into dust! Even a Level 96 Super Douluo would have to keep their distance!
Yet Mahoraga neither dodged nor avoided it, crashing straight into it!
"Boom—!"
The massive explosion shook the heavens and the earth!
The shockwave swept out like a tsunami, clearing the clouds for miles around in an instant! On the ground, crack after crack spread frantically, the deepest reaching a hundred zhang!
But when the dust settled, Mahoraga remained motionless!
He hadn't even retreated half a step!
Mahoraga had already completely adapted to simple physical strikes like this!
Xuan Zi's pupils constricted to the size of pinpricks!
How is this possible?!
The force of his kick was enough to level a small mountain! Even if a Level 96 Super Douluo took it head-on, their bones would shatter and their internal organs would be displaced! Yet this pale monster...
In the next moment, alarm bells suddenly rang in Xuan Zi's heart!
As the eerie Dharma Wheel atop Mahoraga's head turned, it swung the Sword of Exorcism in its right hand, slashing down at Xuan Zi!
"Sshhh—!"
The sound was like a sharp blade slicing through thin paper!
Xuan Zi's protective Soul Power—the divine light of the Taotie Divine Bull that could withstand a full-power strike from an expert of the same rank—was as fragile as paper before this strange longsword!
A terrifying wound was slashed diagonally from his right shoulder to his left ribs! Blood gushed out like a fountain, tracing a shocking arc of red across the night sky!
"Ah—!"
Xuan Zi roared in pain, his voice filled with disbelief!
The defensive power of his Taotie Divine Bull Avatar was something even a Level 97 Super Douluo would find troublesome! Ordinary attacks wouldn't even leave a white mark on him! Yet the sword in this monster's hand could break through his defense effortlessly!
You've got to be kidding me! How is this possible?!!
"Roar—! I will grind your bones to dust and scatter your ashes! I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces!"
Xuan Zi was completely enraged! The sixth Soul Ring beneath his feet suddenly erupted with blinding light!
Sixth Soul skills: Gluttonous Sky-Rending Strike!
He opened his massive maw, and a terrifying blast of energy capable of tearing through the heavens surged from deep within his throat! Everywhere the energy passed, space itself trembled, leaving behind streaks of pitch-black rifts!
The destructive beam struck Mahoraga instantly!
"Boom—!"
Half of Mahoraga's body shattered with a roar! Flesh flew, bones splintered, and pale fragments scattered through the night sky like an eerie snowstorm!
But in the next moment, something so terrifying it made one's scalp tingle happened!
Even though half of its body had been turned to dust, Mahoraga still lunged forward fearlessly! Its remaining arm swung the Sword of Exorcism, leaving a second bone-deep wound on Xuan Zi!
Simultaneously, its shattered half was writhing, growing, and regenerating at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Flesh regrown! Bones reshaped!
This regeneration speed was simply inconceivable!
Not only that, but its body was also expanding!
Its originally ten-zhang-tall body grew several more zhang in just a few breaths! Its hideous mouth curled up slightly, looking sinister and terrifying!
Xuan Zi's heart shook violently! In all his years, he had seen thousands of Martial Souls, but he had never seen such a bizarre monster!
Just what is this thing?!
After several more exchanges, he gradually figured out Mahoraga's capabilities.
It was fast, and the sword in its hand was extremely strange, ignoring all defenses—these two points were indeed troublesome.
As for its defense...
"Hmph, it's simply fragile!"
As long as he could land a direct hit, any of his Martial Soul abilities could completely destroy it!
Xuan Zi sneered, his heart steady. His fifth Soul Ring suddenly lit up, and brilliant golden light gathered in his mouth!
"Fifth Soul skills, Gluttonous Divine Light!"
A golden beam erupted from his mouth, moving with extreme speed! He aimed this strike at Mahoraga's head!
At this moment, the Dharma Wheel above Mahoraga's head had only rotated twice; it was impossible to block this strike!
"Die!"
The golden light instantly submerged half of Mahoraga's body! Under the scouring of the golden light, that pale body melted away crazily, like ice and snow meeting fire!
However, just a second before Mahoraga was about to be completely destroyed, his figure suddenly and eerily disappeared!
Replacing him was Lin Xuan!
And the next moment, Lin Xuan also disappeared!
The object that took his place stayed in the air for less than a ten-thousandth of a second before being completely annihilated by the Gluttonous Divine Light.
"Boom—!"
The Gluttonous Divine Light exploded, illuminating the night sky for a hundred miles as if it were day! The scorching light even outshone the moon in the sky!
Yet, it had exploded into empty air!
Xuan Zi was stunned.
From his perspective, he only saw Mahoraga suddenly disappear, then suddenly reappear on the ground in the distance.
There, Mahoraga's destroyed half-body had completely recovered, as good as new! The eerie Dharma Wheel above his head was slowly rotating for the third time!
And Lin Xuan stood right next to him.
Those two pairs of blood-red eyes pierced through a thousand meters of void, staring tightly at Xuan Zi in the sky.
In that gaze, there was no fear, no anger, only a disturbing calmness, as if everything were under control.
Lin Xuan took a deep breath. Without a word, the next instant, Mahoraga shot into the sky again like a reverse-flying pale meteor, rushing straight at Xuan Zi!
"Seeking death!"
Xuan Zi roared angrily, unleashing his fifth Soul skills, Gluttonous Divine Light, once again!
The golden light poured down like a reversed galaxy, engulfing Mahoraga once more!
However, this time, Mahoraga did not dodge or evade!
The golden light exploded, devouring more than half of his body! Flesh and blood flew, bones shattered.
But just the next moment, that broken body recovered completely at an incredible speed!
Good as new! Even stronger than before!
Xuan Zi's heart sank abruptly.
Something is wrong!
This monster's defensive power is increasing at an astonishing rate!
The first time, one strike could destroy half his body; the second time, one strike could completely destroy him; but now, the same attack, even hitting him head-on, could no longer completely destroy the opponent!
What on earth is happening?!
Could it be that the Fallen Heaven Douluo used some strange Soul skills?!
He guessed right.
Lin Xuan's third Soul skills was currently imbued on Mahoraga. Previously, it increased lightning attribute effects by seventy percent, but right now, what he was increasing was Mahoraga's adaptability!
Now, Mahoraga was analyzing, adapting, and evolving at an astonishing speed!
If the Dharma Wheel turned just one more time, the vast majority of Xuan Zi's methods would be completely adapted to and rendered useless by Mahoraga!
Only a few Martial Soul abilities with special effects and Soul Bone skills would remain usable, but Lin Xuan would not give him that chance again.
Xuan Zi took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said,
"No more holding back. I must slaughter this monster immediately."
He slowly raised his right hand. Within his palm, golden light surged crazily, becoming brighter and more scorching!
That was his trump card, a one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone skill!
It originated from the one-hundred-thousand-year fierce beast he hunted for his ninth Soul Ring! It had two abilities, one of which was a spatial skill with the effect of imprisonment.
Xuan Zi realized that Mahoraga did not dare to take his attacks head-on—the second Teleportation dodge was the best proof. Since that was the case, as long as he restrained him and then delivered a full-power strike, Mahoraga would undoubtedly die!
As the Soul Bone skill was activated, the scarlet one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring at his feet also lit up!
Ninth Soul skills, Gluttonous Heaven Swallowing!
Once released, it was enough to swallow everything within several kilometers! Whether it was mountains or living beings!
The golden light was about to erupt, at this very instant!
Mahoraga suddenly raised his hand and threw something at Xuan Zi!
That object was small, pitch black, like a long, thin rope, flying silently through the night sky, fast as lightning!
As soon as it approached Xuan Zi's right arm, the golden light that was surging crazily suddenly froze!
The Soul Bone skill that was being activated was interrupted!
"What?!"
Xuan Zi widened his eyes, looking at his right arm in disbelief. That black rope was knocked away by his Soul Power, emitting an eerie and unpredictable aura.
Mahoraga flew up and grabbed the rope again.
Xuan Zi finally saw clearly; it was a black rope, not long, only about two meters. One end of it seemed to be burning from some invisible force, shortening at an extremely slow speed...
"What the hell is this?!"
Xuan Zi had lived for so many years; even against high-level spirit tools, he had fought countless times, yet he had never seen anything so eerie!
However, he had no time to think.
Because at the very moment his Soul Bone skill was interrupted, Mahoraga's left hand suddenly opened.
In his palm was the Fallen Heaven Douluo!
At this moment, Lin Xuan's upper garment was completely torn, and six ferocious, dark-red muscular arms protruded from his back. Both pairs of eyes opened simultaneously, the blood-red pupils appearing eerily enchanting in the night!
Demon God Six Arms; two of the arms formed a hand seal in front of his chest.
That was...
—— Yama Heaven Palm Seal!!
At the same time, Lin Xuan's lips parted slightly, whispering,
"Dragon Scale, Repulsion..."
"Twin Meteors."
As soon as he finished speaking, he pointed one hand straight at Xuan Zi, who had just recovered from his stiff state. It was the hand gesture for Cleave: Dismantle!
Hand seals, incantations, pointing... all three conditions were completely met. A strengthened Cleave: Dismantle, bound by a Binding Vow, shot out!
No, Cleave: Dismantle was not its true name.
It should be called...
"The slash that cuts the World!"
"No!!"
Every hair on Xuan Zi's body stood on end. In this time-frozen moment, his bull-like eyes widened to the limit, his pupils shrank, and he stared fixedly at the Fallen Heaven Douluo, who was forming seals with both hands and pointing one at him.
Clearly, he saw no Soul Power light, yet at this moment, an unprecedented sense of crisis swept through his whole body. The chill of death wrapped around him like a python, making him unable to breathe.
"No! How can I die here!"
Xuan Zi roared wildly in his heart. Ignoring the temporary stagnation of Soul Power caused by the interruption of his Soul Bone skill, he forcibly mobilized all the Soul Power in his body and, within a ten-thousandth of a second, forcibly shifted several meters to the left.
The next moment, time began to flow again.
"Swish—!!!"
As a slight sound of wind echoed, the void twisted slightly, as if a transparent plastic film had been cut in two by a steel knife.
Immediately after, a spray of vivid blood splashed across Xuan Zi's eyes like a blooming rose. Then, he felt his right arm go empty, and the Soul Power in his body, which was already chaotic, went completely berserk and began to decline rapidly!
"Ah!!!"
Xuan Zi looked at his empty right shoulder, and the bone-eroding, heart-burning pain instantly spread to every corner of his body.
After a shrill, piercing scream, the giant Gluttonous Divine Ox exploded into countless earth-yellow light spots. The aged figure fell to the earth, blood scattering like broken red silk.
Gluttonous Douluo, defeated!
"Boom—"
Elder Xuan slammed into the earth, creating a massive crater over ten meters in diameter. At this moment, he was vomiting blood incessantly, his momentum falling to an unprecedented level.
The backlash of berserk Soul Power throughout his body, the loss of an arm, and the one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone absorbed within that arm—under these two painful blows, Xuan Zi's Soul Power level fell rapidly.
Peak of level 98...
Level 97...
Peak of level 96...
In the end, Xuan Zi's Soul Power level fell all the way to the level of having just entered level 95!
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