Chapter 109 The Crisis of Yelin City (2) - The Terrifying Black Mist
Chapter 109 The Crisis of Yelin City (2) - The Terrifying Black Mist
"Ninth Soul Skill - Fallen Soul Annihilation Array, activate!" The Seventh Elder in mid-air spread his arms as if welcoming the darkness, and dark currents surged around him.
"Boom—Boom—Boom—"
The airflow bombarded the city wall, making the entire wall seem to tremble.
"What terrifying power—" Baili Qian couldn't help but feel ashamed as he looked at the torrent of energy in front of him.
Just as Han Xue was about to make her move, a figure flashed past like lightning. Baili Qian extended his broad and powerful hand, firmly blocking her path. Then, Baili Qian said to Han Xue with a solemn expression:
"Xiaoxue, this person's strength is unfathomable. With your abilities, you are no match for him. Quickly return to protect your students; there is no time to lose!"
Upon hearing this, Han Xue hesitated, muttering to herself:
"But... how can I back down in the face of battle?"
However, before she could finish speaking, Baili Qian interrupted her with a loud shout:
"Stop talking. This formation feels very strange to me. I don't know what will happen. Your students need you. Go now, don't hesitate—"
Before he could finish speaking, Baili Qian shouted:
"Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul True Body!!"
In an instant, an incomparably powerful aura erupted from his body, seemingly tearing the heavens and earth apart. At the same time, dazzling light flashed in Baili Qian's left and right hands, and two divine spears, one yellow and one blue, gradually emerged. These two divine spears emitted a dazzling yellow and blue light, like two stars shining in the night sky.
With the appearance of the divine spear, Baili Qian's aura suddenly surged, like an erupting volcano, sending chills down one's spine. Behind him, a gigantic humanoid phantom slowly materialized, which upon closer inspection was identical to Baili Qian himself, only this phantom was several times larger. From afar, it resembled a towering giant standing there, giving off an aura of unshakeable majesty.
"You caused so many innocent civilians and tourists to die in my Yelin City, today is your death day—Eighth Soul Skill—" The black soul ring under Baili Qian's feet slowly appeared and flashed, and then Baili Qian shouted in a deep voice:
"Unrivaled in the world!!"
Han Xue kept turning back to look at Baili Qian, and just then, she bumped into Qian Yuhan and the others who were rushing towards the city wall:
"Why did you come out? Quick, go back! The south gate is very dangerous now."
"Director Han, what happened? The house seemed to be shaking just now—" Mu Chen asked Han Xue.
Qian Yuhan nodded, then continued, "Director Han, what happened at the South Gate? Most of us have recovered, Zhao Ke is still receiving treatment in the medical room, and Fang Ya is recuperating. The five of us are fine and can go help—"
"We don't need you. That's not something you can handle! Go back now—"
"Boom—Bang—"
Upon hearing the sound, Han Xue, Qian Yuhan, and the others all looked up in unison. They saw that the previously calm sky, with its purplish-black energy shield, had begun to change, slowly releasing a dense black mist downwards.
Just then, several small and agile flying soul beasts flew into the black mist.
However, something unexpected happened. After these soul beasts entered the black mist, they did not make a sound. It was as if some mysterious force had instantly stripped them of their life force, and they fell straight down from the sky.
As their bodies crashed heavily to the ground, white spirit rings emitting a faint glow slowly rose up.
Upon seeing this, Qian Yuhan was startled and quickly walked towards one of the soul beast's corpses.
He leaned closer for a closer look, his face showing extreme shock, and blurted out:
"this--"
Seeing Qian Yuhan's loss of composure, the others quickened their pace and gathered around her.
Qian Yuhan took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then continued to examine the corpses of the other soul beasts.
After a careful examination, he was surprised to find that these soul beast corpses all shared a very obvious and bizarre common feature—their eyeballs had all disappeared!
Not only that, all of its internal organs seemed to have evaporated into thin air, disappearing without a trace.
"It must be that strange black mist causing the trouble!"
Qian Yuhan finally came to her senses and spoke with a firm tone. Upon hearing this, Mu Chen and the others exchanged glances, their eyes revealing deep fear and confusion.
Han Xue nodded slightly. She seemed to understand something by combining what the Seventh Elder had said, secretly thinking: This black mist is the truly terrifying aspect of his ninth soul skill!
"Fourth brother, look—"
Mu Chen patted Qian Yuhan on the shoulder. Qian Yuhan looked in the direction Mu Chen was pointing and saw the corpse of a nine-thousand-year-old peacock with a deep purple thousand-year soul ring floating on it.
Han Xue went over to check and said to everyone, "Same!"
Everyone: !!!!!! This is terrifying!
"Even a nine-thousand-year-old soul beast is like this, how terrifying—" Tang Xuan said.
Qian Yuhan watched the black mist slowly descending from the sky and couldn't help but tense up: terrifying—
"Is this that bastard's ninth soul skill?"
Han Xue walked back to the group and murmured to herself, because she had been thinking about this matter and unconsciously said it out loud.
Ouyang Luoxue was closest to Han Xue and heard clearly, so she asked, "Teacher Han, what is this ninth soul skill—"
"Huh? The ninth soul skill?" Mu Chen grasped the key point and asked in confusion.
"Hey, this is the ninth soul skill released by a Title Douluo-level evil soul master. He also caused the beast tide, and he even claimed to be from the Chaos Cult—that's why I didn't dare let you get close to the south city wall," Han Xue explained.
“Then—then Lord Baili—” Qian Yuhan said.
"Okay, I have to go check it out. Be careful, don't go upstairs, just stay here and wait for me," Han Xue said.
"Don't worry, I'm here—I'll protect your student and my young lady even at the cost of my life," the guard who had been following Ouyang Luoxue without saying a word finally spoke.
Thank you—
Han Xue nodded slightly in thanks, and then teleported one after another to fly up to the nearly 100-meter-high city wall not far away.
……
"puff--"
With a muffled thud, Baili Qian flew straight backward like a kite with a broken string. A mouthful of scarlet blood gushed from his mouth, leaving a horrifying trail in the air.
"Hahahaha... City Lord Baili, is that all the skill you have? You're so pathetic!"
Upon seeing this, the Seventh Elder burst into unrestrained laughter. He crossed his arms, his face filled with contempt and provocation.
With a loud bang, Baili Qian crashed heavily onto the city wall.
The incredibly sturdy city walls couldn't withstand such a tremendous impact in an instant, and were shattered into jagged cracks that spread rapidly like a spider web.
As Baili Qian fell, the two guns he was holding tightly slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground with two clatters.
At this moment, Baili Qian's body began to slowly slide down the city wall.
Just as he was about to slide to the ground, he gritted his teeth and mustered a burst of soul power.
Finally, he managed to stop himself, avoiding a humiliating fall. He clutched his chest tightly with his right hand, gasping for breath, his face as pale as paper.
However, despite being seriously injured, Baili Qian's fighting spirit remained undiminished.
He stared intently at the smug Seventh Elder not far away, and sneered:
"Hmph—heh heh, old man, don't be too happy yet! The outcome is still uncertain!"
After saying that, he clenched his hands in mid-air, and in an instant, two beams of light, one yellow and one blue, suddenly shone brightly.
Immediately afterwards, two powerful pistols flew over like lightning and landed steadily in his hands.
At the same time, dazzling yellow and blue light burst forth from Baili Qian's body, intertwining and entwining to form a magnificent cocoon of light that enveloped him.
Beneath his feet, the jet-black ninth spirit ring flickered violently, radiating a terrifying pressure that sent chills down one's spine!
"Ninth Soul Skill: Heaven and Earth Through a Line!"
As Baili Qian's angry roar rang out, the entire space seemed to tremble.
Centered on him, a devastating energy storm raged outwards.
Baili Qian gripped the two divine spears tightly with both hands, took a deep breath, and his soul power surged like a turbulent sea.
With his movements, the soul power continuously gathered on the divine spear in his hands, as if to fill every corner of it.
The soul power fluctuations caused by the titled Douluo's ninth soul skill swept around like a terrifying storm. This powerful force was enough to make ordinary soul masters lose consciousness instantly, and some soul masters with weaker mental strength would even have their mental sea explode on the spot because they could not withstand such enormous pressure.
At this moment, Baili Qian was still in the state of "Martial Soul True Body", and his body was radiating a dazzling light.
Moreover, the enhancement effect of his eighth soul skill "Peerless Pride" that he used earlier has not disappeared, further enhancing his strength.
This ninth soul skill was undoubtedly Baili Qian's most powerful attack! His eyes widened in fury, and he roared:
Go—go—
With that roar, he swung his right hand and hurled the combined Qiankun Divine Spear at the Seventh Elder in the air.
In an instant, the Qiankun Divine Spear flew from his hand, surrounded by two dazzling lights, one yellow and one blue. These two lights intertwined and coiled, like two ferocious dragons rapidly circling the spear. At the same time, mysterious runes faintly appeared on the spear, radiating an ancient and powerful aura, as if containing boundless power.
The Divine Spear of Heaven and Earth tore through the void at astonishing speed, leaving a long afterimage in its wake, and charged straight toward the Seventh Elder with earth-shattering force. The two-colored light also grew increasingly intense, illuminating the entire battlefield, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at it.
"That's more like it."
The Seventh Elder's lips curled into a smile, showing no fear in the face of Baili Qian's powerful ninth soul skill.
"Come!"
The Seventh Elder stretched out his right hand towards the sky, and the black mist in the energy shield obediently rushed in, forming a "black shield" in front of him.
As soon as Baili Qian's ninth soul skill touched the shield formed by the black mist, he was shocked to find that "Qiankun Yixiantian" was directly enveloped by the multiple tentacles conjured by the black shield. The soul skill did hit the black mist, but it was as if it had hit a ball of cotton and had no effect at all.
Before long, the black mist completely absorbed all the soul power contained in Baili Qian's ninth soul skill, leaving only the Qiankun Divine Spear itself, which had lost its light.
"What a pity—it's useless—hehe, here you go." The Seventh Elder said.
Then he gripped the Qiankun Divine Spear and hurled it at Baili Qian.
With no soul power left in his body, how could Baili Qian possibly withstand the Seventh Elder's seemingly casual but actually powerful attack?
"It's over, Lord Baili—" the Seventh Elder said with a smile.
"boom!!----"
As the thick smoke dissipated, a dragon-patterned staff and a Soul-Breaking Spear were found crossed on the ground, blocking the Qiankun Divine Spear that had been thrown back.
"Oh ho, Lord Baili, two people have come to accompany you in death!" the Seventh Elder said mockingly.
The Seventh Elder's soul power reached level 95, making him a genuine peak Douluo powerhouse, while Baili Qian was only a level 93 Title Douluo. It should be noted that the difference of one level between Title Douluos is an insurmountable gap unless there is a significant difference in their martial souls.
From the moment he began fighting the Seventh Elder until now, Baili Qian had been relentlessly attacking, yet he hadn't managed to inflict the slightest damage on the Seventh Elder, whose soul power had barely been depleted. Now, with two Soul Douluos arriving, the Seventh Elder didn't even consider them a threat.
"Why are you all here?! Let's go! Even if we all go together, we're no match for him. That black mist is too eerie—"
Baili Qian ignored Gu Yuxing and Han Xue, who had come to his aid, and stared intently at the black mist in the Seventh Elder's hand.
"Hehe, I'll tell you as you die. This black mist is my true 'Ninth Soul Skill'!! My 'Fallen Soul Annihilation Array' is merely a field formed by constantly feeding this black mist. This treasure of mine can only take shape by continuously devouring the internal organs of living beings within this 'Fallen Soul Annihilation Array.' Now, it's complete—uh, it's only absorbed less than ten thousand people, hehe—"
You—bastard!
Baili Qian angrily pointed at the Seventh Elder in the air.
"Don't get excited. I'll disperse this black mist again in a bit, and then you and your Yelin City can head to hell together, hahaha. Blame yourself! If you had discovered the dark crystals my men placed in the eight directions of Yelin City in time, this wouldn't have happened. What a pity—"
"So those soul power fluctuations were actually—" Gu Yuxing said in shock. When Gu Yuxing was sent by Baili Qian to support the East Gate, he felt a strange energy fluctuation outside the East Gate. As soon as he returned to the South Gate to report, he saw his elder brother in danger.
Now Gu Yuxing finally understood everything...
"It's over, hahaha—then let you go scout ahead! Go!" the Seventh Elder laughed loudly.
Then the Seventh Elder blew the black mist toward Baili Qian and the other two.
Hahahaha, bye-bye—
"Eighth Soul Skill: Dragon Pattern Invincible Body!"
"The eighth soul skill: Royal!"
Han Xue and Gu Yuxing simultaneously unleashed their strongest defensive soul skills to resist.
The black mist arrived but then vanished silently, and the purplish-black energy shield that had enveloped Yelin City slowly dissipated into the sky.
"Hahahaha—Huh?? What?? This—"
The Seventh Elder was utterly shocked. "My darling! What, what happened? How could my Soul-Destroying World-Extinguishing Array have failed—"
Just then, a gentle voice rang out:
"Hmph, Nobas, it's been over ten years, and you're still the same—"
Before Baili Qian and his companions, space tore open, and a woman of graceful figure and celestial beauty slowly emerged.
Her slender waist swayed gently, each step exuding endless charm and allure. She wore a milky-white long dress, its hem fluttering in the wind, making her appear like a fairy descended from heaven. Over the dress, she wore a shimmering golden armor cloak, undoubtedly highlighting her incomparably noble status.
Her long, black hair cascaded down to her waist like a waterfall, smooth and silky, and swayed gently in the breeze, adding to her captivating charm. Her exquisite face seemed to have been sculpted by the heavens, with eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes brimming with autumn waves, and lips that parted slightly, seemingly releasing an invisible magic that easily stirred the hearts of men.
The Seventh Elder trembled upon hearing the voice, a strange feeling welling up inside him. The voice seemed strangely familiar.
He quickly turned his gaze to the woman who had suddenly appeared on the ground. Upon seeing who it was, his pupils contracted sharply, his face filled with astonishment and fear—this person was none other than the Fourth Elder of the Spirit Hall: the level 97 peak Douluo, the Time-Space Douluo, Luo Ya!
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