Jue made a full circuit of the battlefield, his spear moving freely and fearlessly, living up to its reputation as the "Divine Spear."
Ah Ruheng and the Blood Gods seized the opportunity, stabilizing their respective battles.
Among them, Blood Three and Ah Ruheng both had chances to quickly dispatch their opponents—the evil soul masters before them.
Evil soul masters were indeed a conundrum. Many of their abilities harmed themselves as much as their enemies, trading blows recklessly without regard for consequences.
This made it exceedingly difficult for soul masters of the same rank to suppress them. Forget suppression—even holding their ground against an evil soul master was considered a mark of strength among peers.
Ah Ruheng's soul power had reached level ninety-three. While his innate secret techniques were not yet fully mastered, they were close to perfection. His physical strength alone surpassed that of ordinary three-word battle armor users. With his own three-word battle armor fused, his power was on par with the aggressive-type evil soul master wielding a Soul Devouring Rod.
With Jue's spear providing assistance, he swiftly seized the advantage, expanding it in moments. When Jue returned with another devastating blow, Ah Ruheng's dominance grew even further.
Yun Lan also benefited from Jue's help twice, giving her a chance to resolve her battle quickly.
Yun Lan, also known as Blood Three, was Yun Ming's cousin. Her soul power had reached level ninety-six, second only to Blood Two's ninety-seven. Under Xu Yuan's care, her three-word battle armor had incorporated two pieces of heavenly-forged metal, pushing the other components to the pinnacle of three-word battle armor quality.
Her strength was formidable.
Unfortunately, she was facing a control-type evil soul master, which prevented her from fully unleashing her power.
But with Jue's assistance, she finally found her opening.
The Blood Gods, forged through life-and-death trials, never let an opportunity slip. Once they had a chance, they ruthlessly pressed their advantage.
After throwing Jue into the fray, Xu Yuan swiftly flew toward the spatial entrance, leaving behind a group of spirit companions to continue restraining Dark Bell.
Perhaps because the Malevolent Spirit Thorns were originally part of Dark Bell's soul skills, they hadn't posed a mortal threat but instead kept piercing her sea of consciousness, causing her immense agony.
Xu Yuan's rapid departure from the battlefield caused Zhang Huanyun to grow anxious.
He was naturally concerned about the situation at the spatial entrance, but Dark Hummingbird wasn't someone who could be dealt with easily. The opponent's speed was terrifying—if Zhang Huanyun abandoned his post, Dark Hummingbird would undoubtedly disrupt the surrounding battles in an instant.
It was precisely this frightening speed that allowed Dark Hummingbird to hold his ground, neither gaining nor losing in the fight.
Their mission seemed clear: to stall the elite fighters on this side.
With the Abyss having already dispatched the Ardent Emperor, it was evident that this strike would be severe. The Blood God Legion would have to pay a heavy price if they wanted to retreat.
Now that Ardent Emperor had emerged from the passage, Mu Ye wouldn't last much longer.
What caught them off guard was Xu Yuan—how had he managed to suppress Na Nali so quickly, free himself to assist others, and now head toward the spatial entrance?
Three mirrors appeared around Zhang Huanyun—one above his head and one on each side.
The mirrors illuminated three directions, allowing Zhang Huanyun to observe nearly every angle around him.
A flash of mirror light streaked past, revealing a burst of soul power beneath Dark Hummingbird's feet. In an instant, his speed reached its peak, and he vanished from the mirror's trajectory.
However, countless beams of mirror light sealed off his escape routes completely.
Zhang Huanyun moved forward swiftly, wielding one of the mirrors like a weapon and swinging it down.
"Will you keep flying?"
Dark Hummingbird's eyes flashed with surprise as he quickly sought a new path, narrowly dodging Zhang Huanyun's attack. But soon, disbelief filled his expression.
Something was wrong!
Beam after beam of mirror light illuminated more than half of the surrounding space. This massive display consumed nearly half of Zhang Huanyun's soul power.
But he had succeeded.
The entire space seemed to freeze.
At this moment, Dark Hummingbird felt his body immobilized, completely unable to move.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Demonic Mirror Light!"
Zhang Huanyun's sixth soul ring shimmered with profound depth, resembling a demonic orca opening its massive jaws, freezing everything with its mesmerizing glow.
This soul skill originated from a dominant oceanic spirit beast in the deep sea. It could transform the area illuminated by the mirror light into reflective surfaces, creating a binding effect. Not only did it defend against incoming attacks, but it also amplified Zhang Huanyun's damage. When the mirror shattered, the harm inflicted on the enemy multiplied.
Unfortunately, this wasn't a hundred-thousand-year soul ring but a ten-thousand-year one. Though powerful, the skill was difficult to land accurately. Zhang Huanyun had expended a vast amount of soul power, covering nearly half of the one-kilometer radius surrounding him, to solidify this entire zone.
"A mere evil soul master dares to act so arrogantly?" Zhang Huanyun's voice was icy cold, revealing his ruthless side.
Ordinarily, Zhang Huanyun was calm and patient, giving off the impression of a seasoned strategist. During his recent breakthrough, however, he seemed to have opened Pandora's box, unleashing a torrent of aggression and even displaying a frenzied need for release. Now, Zhang Huanyun's ferocity finally surfaced.
As a soldier, he had never lacked brutality.
Cracks began to appear across the frozen space, resembling shattering mirrors, rapidly spreading outward.
Dark Hummingbird felt as though the surrounding space had turned into blades, bringing terrifying cutting forces upon him.
He sensed a fatal threat. His wings released silver-white light blades, seemingly slicing through space itself as his body transformed into a shadowy blur, attempting to dart out of the mirrored confinement.
"If I've caught you, do you really think you can escape?" Zhang Huanyun said coldly.
His eighth and ninth soul rings flickered.
These were hundred-thousand-year soul skills.
Dark Hummingbird's shadow, moving at incredible speed, abruptly changed direction mid-air, forming a sharp angle as it attempted to break through in another direction.
Alas, nothing worked.
No matter how hard he tried to break out, even after slicing through the mirrored space, he couldn't escape. Outside, an endless cascade of reflected mirror light locked the space down tightly.
Cao Dezhi, like Zhang Huanyun, was desperate to disengage from his current battle and return to support Mu Ye.
Ba Emperor and Mei Emperor were already at the Limit Douluo level, and with the addition of Ardent Emperor, who wielded divine power, there was no way Mu Ye could hold on.
Even with Blood Two and others assisting, they stood no chance.
"How dare you lose focus during battle," Ghost Emperor cackled.
Earlier spoken by Cao Dezhi, the words now came mockingly from Ghost Emperor's mouth.
Xu Yuan transformed into a streak of light, leaving Yao Yao, Huan Xing, and Mountain River behind to deal with Na Nali.
As the streak of light passed, it merged with the spear-like radiance emitted by Jue. Xu Yuan extended his right hand, and the spear returned to his grasp.
A massive glow erupted from his body, and a towering mech suit materialized.
The mech stood ten meters tall but wasn't bulky; rather, it was perfectly proportioned. Every joint mimicked biological structures, and on its arms, half-sections of a spear were mounted on the forearms.
The mech's design was based on the five elemental colors, blending seamlessly without distinct boundaries. From afar, it appeared chaotic, but closer inspection revealed the intricate interplay of five distinct hues—a truly bizarre sight.
Occasionally, purple lightning patterns adorned the mech's surface.
In the center of its chest was a pitch-black circular ring.
Black-grade mech.
And knowing Xu Yuan's usual style, the mech's configuration needed no explanation.
This mech rivaled four-word battle armor in capability.
Crafted entirely from soul-forged metals, top-tier divine alloys, and designed using full battle armor technology.
What did this mean?
It meant this mech represented the pinnacle of black-grade mechs.
Furthermore, the glowing ring on the mech's chest wasn't designed by Xu Yuan—it had formed spontaneously, seemingly influenced by Douluo Star's natural laws. The black color indicated its correspondence to the ten-thousand-year stage, not of the mech itself but of the soul-forged materials used.
The mech's flight speed was astonishing, appearing to teleport instantly to the far end of the battlefield.
A streak of chaotic elemental light shot across the sky, landing with a thunderous boom that forced Ba Emperor to stagger backward.
As the dust settled, the chaotic elemental mech was revealed to all.
The Five Elements Mecha advanced slowly, the spear halves detaching from its arms and soaring into the air. They fused mid-flight, forming a spear identical to Xu Yuan's Tianyuan Five Elements Spear.
From the mech's chest, a streak of light shot out, merging into the spear.
The spear brimmed with vitality, and a powerful ripple emanated from it.
"Teacher, hold on a little longer," Xu Yuan transmitted telepathically to Mu Ye.
Mu Ye was currently battling Ardent Emperor, his blood essence flaring to its limit. His entire body resembled an exploding powder keg as he wielded the crimson blade, clashing repeatedly with Ardent Emperor's halberd, steadily retreating.
His face was flushed red.
Hearing Xu Yuan's transmission, he sighed inwardly.
Even if he couldn't hold on, he had no choice but to endure.
How long is "a while"?
And how exactly should this situation be handled?
Xu Yuan didn't provide an answer.
He charged head-on into battle with Ba Emperor.
Even the massive frame of the mech appeared diminutive in front of Ba Emperor. However, as Xu Yuan unleashed his Blood Essence Domain, the previously overlaid Battle Armor Domain and Dream Realm were fully integrated into it. The black ring on the chest of his Five Elements Mecha flickered, as if another layer of ability had been added to the Blood Essence Domain.
The Blood Essence Domain compressed, forming a colossal Blood Essence Dharma Body.
Within the Blood Essence Dharma Body, the mech rapidly expanded. The original ten-meter-tall mech seemed to absorb the Blood Essence Domain, gradually replacing the Dharma Body and transforming into a towering mech over a hundred meters tall.
The Five Elements Mecha swung its spear.
With a single thrust, a vortex formed in the surrounding space, amplifying the power of the strike.
Ba Emperor roared, swinging a massive, thick dragon claw.
BOOM!
The Ba Emperor was forced back.
Xu Yuan continued his assault.
Under the amplification of his three-word battle armor and black-grade mech, his strength now surpassed Ba Emperor's!
Jue's transformation had significantly impacted Xu Yuan, but that didn't mean Xu Yuan's qualitative leap had ended there.
Jue's breakthrough brought forth the Blood Essence Domain.
At the same time, having mastered heavenly forging, Xu Yuan quickly used the heavenly thunder tribulation to boost his soul power, raising it to level ninety and condensing his second soul core.
Coincidentally, both his battle armor and mech had also completed their upgrades at this point.
His strength was not just an ordinary, unreasonable leap forward.
It was a leap beyond what could even be described as extraordinary.
Yu Guanzhi's assessment that Xu Yuan had reached Limit-level combat strength hadn't been wrong.
Indeed, after completing his three-word battle armor, Xu Yuan already possessed Limit-level combat strength.
But he didn't stop there—Xu Yuan also completed his black-grade mech, advanced to nine rings, and obtained two soul cores!
"Get out of my way!"
The Five Elements Mecha wielded the massive spear, repeatedly striking. It pierced through Ba Emperor's dragon claws and stabbed enormous holes into his body.
This level of damage wasn't fatal to Ba Emperor's energy-based form.
However, the relentless barrage couldn't be ignored.
One strike after another.
Each strike carried terrifying power.
Though it appeared to pierce through everything, with sharpness shattering space, in reality, it was sheer overwhelming force.
Xu Yuan's explosive display was unexpected, completely dominating the Ba Emperor.
However, Blood Two was no longer able to hold off Mei Emperor.
And Mu Ye was also nearing his limit.
Ardent Emperor's divine power wasn't overwhelmingly surging, but its essence far surpassed Mu Ye's explosive strength. This was a power elevated at its core, naturally carrying an oppressive presence.
It was akin to the hierarchy among dragons—higher-ranked dragons inherently suppress lower-ranked ones.
Ardent Emperor's divine power occupied a supreme tier above soul power and blood essence.
However, it wasn't difficult to see from their confrontation that divine power wasn't invincible.
Xu Yuan's spiritual power had already enveloped the entire mountain peak, taking in everything at a glance.
And his ability to do so was thanks to his recent traversal across both battlefields, expanding the range of the Dream Realm and finally linking up with the Primordial Dream Realm.
Cao Dezhi's eyes were tinged with red, urgency evident. Waves of soul power within him seemed on the verge of exploding. His Ruthless Sword emitted constant sword hums, reflecting his turbulent emotions.
Ghost Emperor grew cautious during their battle.
He sensed that this man was about to go all out.
Once he did, there was a chance Ghost Emperor himself might be taken down.
A deep-seated sense of crisis from his soul slowed Ghost Emperor's efforts to block Cao Dezhi's attempts to shift positions, allowing Cao Dezhi to steadily approach the spatial passage entrance.
"This Abyss is really pulling out all the stops."
Xu Yuan's voice was low but carried weight.
Though not loud, his words resonated with spirit, energy, and intent, echoing across the battlefield for all to hear.
Mu Ye turned his head toward his disciple's direction.
Taunting at a time like this?
"The Abyssal Sage King must be watching this battle, right?"
Though Xu Yuan was inside the mech and manipulating its movements—shifting from thrusts to a downward slash that slammed onto Ba Emperor's head—it gave the impression that he was addressing Ardent Emperor directly.
Ardent Emperor didn't respond to Xu Yuan, instead swinging his halberd.
This strike carved a massive gash into Mu Ye's blood-infused blade.
Xu Yuan didn't speak further, instead letting his actions speak for themselves.
From the massive spear, countless threads extended. Five elemental forces surged along the threads, which swiftly wrapped around Ba Emperor, binding him tightly.
Ba Emperor thrashed wildly, tearing apart thread after thread.
But there were always more threads to replace the broken ones.
"Roar!"
This roar carried a hint of fear.
Ardent Emperor abruptly turned his head toward Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan, however, remained silent. The spear plunged into Ba Emperor's body, and a vast surge of life energy was instantly absorbed by Xu Yuan.
"Stop!" Ardent Emperor finally spoke, his voice laced with shock and anger.
So he could devour Abyssal energy.
Xu Yuan didn't reply, nor did he stop.
The massive Five Elements Mecha transformed into a blinding light. The mech's colossal size was only possible due to being filled with the Blood Essence Domain.
Now, as the light shimmered, the mech reverted to its original ten-meter height.
However, a Blood Essence Domain enveloped both Xu Yuan and Ba Emperor.
The Blood Essence Domain transformed into an abyss.
Devouring Heaven and Earth!
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