Within the vast sky, Li Dalong silently gazed at Soul Duke.
For over a hundred years, after being rescued by Lei Dong only to fall into the hands of the Wu Clan, he had been forced to accept everything he had once been unwilling to, all for the hope that one day he could avenge his clansmen!
He had prolonged a worthless existence in the tribes of the Wu Clan, whom he had once regarded as irreconcilable enemies. In order to survive, he had no choice but to obey Soul Duke's command and marry nine wives.
In truth, he knew with absolute clarity.
On the day he was brought back to the Wu Clan, apart from Lei Dong, who had genuinely wanted to save him, all the other Wu Clan members were reveling in his misfortune.
He was like a caged beast; the Wu Clan people delighted in seeing the very man who had once, from the walls of the Azure Cloud border city, roared back a million Wu Clan warriors, now being gawked at like a clown within their territory.
Even Soul Duke was also toying with him, playing with his soul, and destroying the backbone he had once been so proud of.
And today...
He, just like those dead souls that had been buried deep in the ancient battlefield for so long, had risen up from the soil that never saw the light of day and now stood before these three Wu Clan Divinity Transformation experts!
He looked at Soul Duke. The Soul Duke of this moment was forcing himself to appear calm, but Li Dalong's Rule of Soul allowed him to sense that within the Soul Duke's body was a terrified soul. That soul wanted to beg for mercy, but it could not overcome its final vestiges of pride.
He addressed Luo Xing. "My thanks to Lord Luo Xing. I owe the Wu Clan, and I also owe Brother Lei Dong and you."
Li Dalong smiled towards Luo Xing and Lei Dong. "What comes next, I will do myself. I owe the two of you too much already; I cannot incur any more debt."
Hearing this, the corners of Luo Xing's mouth turned up slightly, and he simply nodded in acknowledgement.
Lei Dong, however, furrowed his brow, a hint of worry appearing in his eyes.
"Brother Dalong," he asked, "you have only just broken through to Divinity Transformation, and you want to fight Soul Duke alone?"
But Li Dalong's attitude was firm, so Lei Dong had no choice but to let the matter drop. Together with Luo Xing, he headed backward into the distance.
In the outer area, they erected an array to prevent Soul Duke from escaping, and also to prevent Li Dalong from escaping.
This was also the Wu Clan's internal method for resolving grievances. They would erect an array. The victor lives, the vanquished dies, and in this way, right and wrong would be decided.
As the totem rose.
Seeing that Li Dalong had actually chosen to fight alone, a faint smile finally appeared on Soul Duke's face, which had been as ashen as death. He saw a sliver of hope for survival!
The reason he had fled was because he was afraid that Lei Dong would fight side-by-side with Li Dalong.
If it was a solo battle, what did he have to fear?!!
The totem has appeared, life and death are decided by fate, and outsiders may not interfere; this is the rule of the Wu Clan!
"Hahaha, you are still that same arrogant member of the Human Race from back then!"
Soul Duke laughed loudly. "You have only just entered the Divinity Transformation realm! Even if yours was a fifth-grade Divinity Transformation tribulation, and even if you have successfully cultivated a Primordial Spirit Dao Technique, I have been at this realm for thirty thousand years. You dare to fight me alone? You're courting death!"
As his voice fell, Soul Duke instantly struck!
Soul Duke was truly worthy of being a Divinity Transformation cultivator who had been immersed in the realm for thirty thousand years.
His Spirit Domain could be seen to have an extremely vast range, and in an instant, it encompassed the entire sky. Just as it had been back then during his great battle with Daoist Shanchen, in a flash, he trapped Li Dalong within his Spirit Domain.
This was Soul Duke's 'Sacred Spirit Domain'.
Within the Domain were the spirit bodies he had generated over thirty thousand years; the more spirit bodies there were, the more powerful his strength would be.
The lifespans of Wu Clan members are much longer than those of the Human Race, and although they cultivate more slowly, this also means that they have more time within the same realm to perfect their own strength!
Now, in his battle against Li Dalong, who had only just entered the Divinity Transformation realm, the strength Soul Duke unleashed was even greater than what he had shown when facing Daoist Shanchen.
An overwhelming horde of spirit bodies blotted out the sky and covered the earth, each one radiating its own oppressive might, causing a seven-colored radiance to rise within the Sacred Spirit Domain.
He saw that within this Sacred Spirit Domain, a chain appeared in the space, and the clanking sound of colliding ironware rang out. Upon this chain were inscribed the patterns of Wu Clan techniques.
It was exceptionally bizarre, radiating a powerful aura, and it swirled within the Sacred Spirit Space like a roaming dragon. In just a moment, the Sacred Spirit Space was entangled by this chain like a complex spiderweb, and spirit body after spirit body stood upon the chains!
"This 'Immortal-Slaying Chain' has not been used for ten thousand years. To be able to die at its hand today, it will not be a loss for you!"
As Soul Duke's voice fell.
The Immortal-Slaying Chain began to move and turn like the gears in a machine, and it actually radiated the aura of a Dharma Treasure!
The spirit bodies within the Sacred Spirit Domain charged towards Li Dalong in a dense, teeming mass!
Totems rose within the space, and Soul Duke's various techniques, requiring no spiritual power from him, were already being unleashed from those spirit bodies, bombarding Li Dalong.
Li Dalong said not a single word.
The ghostly doors that had appeared during his tribulation manifested once more. The doors opened wide, and one by one, ghostly hands stretched out, blocking the assailing chains.
Soul Duke was truly worthy of having nearly killed Daoist Shanchen back then.
Now, going all-out, he forced the ghostly doors to block the majority of his attacks, yet Li Dalong was still compelled to release the Heaven-Piercing Coffin to resist the assault of the chains, his figure maneuvering and dodging within the Sacred Spirit Domain.
But Soul Duke's attacks were too swift, leaving him suppressed in a short period of time!
"Soul Calamity!"
As Li Dalong formed a hand seal, his Primordial Spirit Dao Technique, obtained after his breakthrough to Divinity Transformation, instantly manifested!
He was seen to unleash his Domain in an instant. Ghost after ghost crawled out from within it, beginning to fight against Soul Duke's spirit bodies. Even the four Heavenly Zombies from the 'Four Symbols Death Spirit Formation' appeared and, under Li Dalong's command, charged out to kill.
Upon the Domain battlefield, Soul Duke's great army of spirit bodies clashed with Li Dalong's great army of zombies and ghosts amidst the chains.
Even so, Li Dalong was still at a disadvantage.
He had no choice but to use the Heaven-Piercing Coffin to defend himself.
"In the end, can he truly not defeat Soul Duke?"
Li Wei, besides Li Dalong, had a grave expression. Watching Li Dalong struggle to dodge, he was ready to strike at any moment.
However, for Dalong to be able to fight to this extent was already no simple feat.
And moreover...
Li Dalong's Primordial Spirit Dao Technique, 'Soul Calamity', was not a Dao Technique that focused on direct slaughter.
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