"Domain of Rakshasa!"
A cold roar, wrapped in endless netherworld evil energy, suddenly erupted from Huo Yuhao's mouth, echoing throughout the entire Soul Fighting Platform.
At this moment, the brilliant starlight released by Xu Jiujiu's Star Crown Spirit was pouring down like a galaxy, completely enveloping the massive Soul Fighting Platform.
The gentle yet majestic Star Power was intended to buff all members of the Star Luo National Academy team, setting the stage for an inevitable victory.
But the moment the starlight covered the field, a towering pitch-black shadow of Rakshasa suddenly rose around Huo Yuhao.
That black shadow, carrying the violent and evil Aura from the depths of the netherworld, instantly broke through the layers of starlight and spread wildly with overwhelming force.
In the blink of an eye, it stood its ground against the starlight, then completely swallowed half of the Soul Fighting Platform.
Countless hideous, terrifying, and tangible netherworld ghost shadows constantly churned and roared within the Rakshasa shadow.
Those were the Soul Fiends remaining after countless living beings were devoured; every ghost shadow emitted a heart-palpitating mental pressure, sweeping straight toward the seven members of the Star Luo National Academy.
In just an instant, the powerful suppression from the Domain of Rakshasa firmly locked onto Xu Jiujiu, Huang Heyun, and the others.
Standing within this bone-chilling Domain of Rakshasa, Xu Jiujiu felt her mind shudder violently, as if her mental force was being gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand.
Not only was it difficult to spread her detection outward, but even maintaining her Spirit Abilities became exceptionally taxing.
Violent waves surged in Xu Jiujiu's spiritual sea, and a faint, needle-like pain began to prick at her.
Not just her, but the faces of the other six members of the Star Luo National Academy changed drastically.
They felt as if their divine souls were being stared down by those ghost shadows, and an inexplicable fear rose from the depths of their Souls.
Their hands and feet turned cold, and the spirit power surging within them became chaotic.
On the other hand, You Ya and the others behind Huo Yuhao felt like fish in water within the Domain of Rakshasa; the evil spirit power coursing through them became increasingly pure and violent.
Their originally restrained Aura climbed frantically, evil energy surged around them, and their eyes grew more bloodshot and violent.
Everyone's Aura became several points stronger than before, with their Battle Intent and lethality reaching their peak.
The effect of this Domain of Rakshasa was strikingly similar to Xu Tianhao's Sun and Moon Under the Same Sky Domain.
On one hand, it suppressed the enemy's mental force and combat state in all aspects, while on the other, it significantly boosted the combat power and attributes of its own teammates.
With one side weakening and the other strengthening, the Star Luo National Academy members, who had seemingly held the home-field advantage, instantly fell into an absolute disadvantage, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
Feeling the irresistible and terrifying suppression of the Domain of Rakshasa and the continuous weakening of her own strength, Xu Jiujiu's face instantly turned deathly pale.
Her eyes were filled with unbelievable horror, and her voice trembled uncontrollably: "This isn't right! How can you still have this kind of strength?!"
Previously, the members of the Mingluo Sect were clearly heavily injured, and their combat power was greatly reduced.
She had thought that the Star Luo National Academy had this match in the bag.
But the terrifying Domain before her, this evil energy and pressure that far exceeded expectations, completely shattered all her predictions, causing a wave of unease to surge in her heart.
Facing Xu Jiujiu's shocked and disbelieving questioning, Huo Yuhao turned a deaf ear, his eyes cold as frost, as if the Star Luo team before him were nothing more than lambs to be slaughtered.
Without the slightest hesitation, the third soul ring on his body, glowing with a lustrous purple light, suddenly shone brilliantly.
"Third Spirit Ability: Soul-Devouring Curse Seal!"
As the Spirit Ability was released, two beams of dark red evil light, condensed to the extreme, suddenly shot out from Huo Yuhao's blood-red eyes.
The evil light sliced through the air without making a sound, yet carried a mental pressure that could pierce through anything.
Like two life-taking arrows, the evil light shot straight toward the center of Xu Jiujiu's forehead, aiming directly at her spiritual sea to tear apart her divine soul defense.
At this moment, Xu Jiujiu felt herself firmly ensnared by a lethal mental lock; her hair stood on end, and a sense of impending death instantly enveloped her.
She was greatly alarmed and did not dare to hold back; her purple fourth spirit ring suddenly flared with light, and the power of the Star Crown Spirit was pushed to its limit.
"Fourth Soul Skill: Stars Protection!"
Brilliant starlight instantly condensed into a thick starlight barrier in front of Xu Jiujiu.
The barrier shimmered with a Star Power halo; the strongest attribute defense Spirit Ability, claimed to be able to isolate all attribute attacks and resist super-strong mental and physical impacts, was thus formed, firmly protecting Xu Jiujiu.
This was the signature skill of the Star Crown Spirit and her greatest reliance against mental attacks.
Even so, Xu Jiujiu still did not dare to be careless, because she knew Qiu Hetian was a mental attribute Spirit Master.
She immediately and without hesitation activated the level-five spirit tool she had prepared—spiritual protection!
Long before the match, she had anticipated encountering powerful mental attacks and had specially equipped herself and the entire team with level-five spiritual protection spirit tools.
This spirit tool's defensive power was astonishing, enough to steadily withstand a full-strength mental attack from a Spirit Emperor level expert.
Using it to defend against a high-level Spirit King's mental attack was more than enough; she had thought it was foolproof.
However, what drove Xu Jiujiu to complete despair...
Was that the Soul-Devouring Curse Seal evil light released by Huo Yuhao actually ignored the Stars Protection barrier she had poured her heart into, piercing through it as if it were thin paper.
The starlight barrier did not provide the slightest obstruction against that dark red evil light.
Immediately after, the evil light broke through all resistance and slammed heavily onto the level-five spiritual protection spirit tool she had activated.
In the next moment, a piercing cracking sound quietly rang out; the spirit tool shield, capable of resisting a Spirit Emperor's mental attack, shattered instantly after taking just this one hit, completely losing its effect.
Xu Jiujiu felt as if she had been struck by a heavy blow, her body staggering back several steps.
Her face was as pale as paper, and the horror in her eyes had reached its peak.
Her voice trembled as she roared: "How is this possible?! Weren't you heavily injured? Why is your mental force still powerful to this extent!"
Huo Yuhao gave a cold laugh, his eyes filled with undisguised contempt, his tone bone-chilling: "So what if I'm heavily injured?"
"To deal with a bunch of trash like you, why would I need to use my peak state? Even with only thirty percent of my strength left, it's enough to crush you!"
As his words fell, Huo Yuhao didn't give Xu Jiujiu any more chance to react; the dark and deep ten-thousand-year fifth spirit ring on his body suddenly erupted with a blinding black light.
Xu Jiujiu's heart went cold; she finally understood that in the face of Huo Yuhao's terrifying mental force, which was comparable to a high-level Spirit Emperor, the level-five spiritual protection spirit tool was nothing more than a decoration that was better than nothing.
Even if it could barely block one attack, it could not possibly withstand his consecutive powerful assaults; the gap was already as vast as heaven and earth.
At the same time, You Ya, Robin, Wang Lufei, and the others, under the boost of the Domain of Rakshasa, had already completely erupted.
The whole team instantly possessed their Spirits, evil spirit power surging around them as they turned into ghost-like black shadows, charging toward the Star Luo National Academy members with a towering Aura of slaughter.
Their eyes were sharp and their Aura was violent; with the evil energy and spirit power surging around them, where was there any sign of the heavy injuries or exhaustion rumored by the outside world?
They were clearly bloodthirsty wolves that had been lurking for a long time, ready to strike.
With every step they took, they carried a battle Aura capable of destroying heaven and earth.
By now, Xu Jiujiu knew there was no way back; she could only fight to the death.