"Boom—!!!"
A destructive explosion sounded again. The God General's figure swayed violently, becoming somewhat translucent.
Xiao Wu was also thrown back by the immense recoil. Her blood surged, and the blue divine light around her visibly dimmed.
Under sustained fierce combat, despite Jing Yuan and Xiao Wu cooperating with each other, they were finally beginning to fall into a disadvantage against a Rank 1 God who had activated the Rakshasa Domain, fallen into madness, and possessed an extremely high divine core essence.
Bibi Dong's Rakshasa Domain was like a massive, evil energy field, constantly absorbing the world's resentment and negative emotions to replenish her consumption and amplify her power. With this power dynamic, Jing Yuan and Xiao Wu's defeat was becoming apparent.
"Calamity Curse Extinction."
Bibi Dong, seizing the advantage, pointed her Rakshasa Scythe towards the sky.
Deep within the foul Rakshasa Purgatory, streaks of eerie red light shot up into the heavens, converging in the sky to form a strange, demonic rune array composed of countless blood-colored eyes.
Within the array, countless vengeful spirits seemed to struggle and wail, exuding an aura of curses and decay, firmly locking onto Jing Yuan and Xiao Wu, about to unleash a terrifying Calamity Judgment.
It was at this critical moment—
Huo Yuhao, who had been hiding at the entrance of the Undead Demigod Plane, watching the battle nervously, showed a flash of resolve in his eyes.
He could not watch Jing Yuan and Xiao Wu fall, or all of them would face Bibi Dong's insane retribution.
"I can only use that..."
He hardened his heart. Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, the blood-colored orb of light, representing the core of the Herrscher of Sentience, suddenly erupted in brilliance.
"Soul Shock—!!!"
Huo Yuhao roared in his mind.
This strike gathered all his spiritual power: the fundamental power of the blood-colored spirit eyes, the strength of the Purple Demon Eye, the Soul Skill bestowed by the million-year Soul Ring, and the spiritual essence left by the Skydream Iceworm. This power was ultimately integrated and amplified by the Herrscher of Sentience core, transforming into an invisible, formless yet terrifying spiritual torrent capable of shaking a god's soul. Like the sharpest spike, it silently traversed space and fiercely pierced towards Bibi Dong's Sea of Consciousness.
It succeeded.
The spiritual attack, which contained Huo Yuhao's everything, indeed penetrated Bibi Dong's spiritual defense, which was slightly relaxed due to her rage, and viciously slammed into her divine soul.
"Ugh ah—!"
Bibi Dong let out a groan mixed with pain and fury. The Calamity Curse Extinction array forming in the sky trembled violently, almost disintegrating.
Her movements froze for an instant, and the light of the Rakshasa Domain flickered erratically.
However, Huo Yuhao made a fatal mistake.
He forgot, or rather, overlooked in his haste, how dangerous a mental ability is when facing an existence whose soul level is far superior to one's own.
Bibi Dong was the Rakshasa God.
Her divine consciousness had long been tempered by the darkest, foulest evil thoughts and resentment in the world. Its tenacity and counter-attack power were beyond imagination.
"Ant! How dare you shake a god?!"
Bibi Dong turned sharply, her purple eyes burning with a fury that could incinerate stars.
She didn't even specifically try to find Huo Yuhao's location. The violated divine might, the utterly evil divine consciousness belonging to the Rakshasa God, surged back like an enraged venomous dragon along the path of the spiritual attack, counter-attacking with a thousandfold momentum.
"Pfft—!"
Huo Yuhao was struck hard, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body falling from mid-air like a kite with a broken string.
He felt as if his soul had been thrown into the fires of purgatory, being torn and gnawed by countless venomous consciousnesses, on the verge of complete fragmentation and annihilation.
Just at this moment of despair, as his soul was about to collapse—
"Buzz—!"
Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, in the corner forcibly sealed by his blackened personality, three previously suppressed consciousnesses suddenly awoke and burst forth, utilizing the shock of this external terrifying force and the violent loosening of the seal.
"Yuhao, wake up quickly."
This was the anxious and concerned spiritual fluctuation of the Skydream Iceworm.
"Such evil power, but it is also an opportunity."
This was the aged yet wise and resolute voice of Electrolux.
"We... are back."
This was Huo Yuhao's long-sealed main personality, speaking with fatigue and determination.
Under Electrolux's guidance, the three consciousnesses instantly combined their strength. Riding the chaos caused by Bibi Dong's divine consciousness counter-attack and the momentary lapse in the darkened personality's defense, they acted like three sharp swords, fiercely stabbing towards the dark core representing the second personality.
"No—!"
The consciousness of the blackened Huo Yuhao let out an unwilling roar, but under the dual assault from inside and out, his resistance quickly crumbled.
Seal chains woven from Necromancy and Light energy reappeared, tightly binding and suppressing him, dragging him back into the deepest part of the Sea of Consciousness.
Outside, Huo Yuhao's falling body suddenly paused, and his eyes snapped open.
But that gaze was no longer the previous frenzy and coldness, nor the clarity of the main personality, but a tranquility that had weathered ages, seen through life and death, and contained infinite knowledge and majesty.
He slowly raised his hand, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. A pure and profound power, carrying a faint aura of death yet immensely sacred, began to swirl around him.
He looked at the distant Bibi Dong, who was even more enraged due to the disturbance to her divine consciousness, and his aged, peaceful voice slowly sounded, echoing between heaven and earth:
"I hold the sun and moon and pluck the stars. There is no one in the world like me. I, the Holy Necromancer God, Electrolux, have returned."
Electrolux had temporarily taken over the body.
The aura emanating from him was completely different from before.
It was no longer the bone-chilling aura of the undead, nor the bizarre spiritual fluctuation of the Herrscher of Sentience, but a deep, vast majesty, as if bearing the weight of ten thousand ages and the profound mysteries of life and death.
Pure Necromancy magic intertwined with a trace of holy radiance, forming a unique domain around him, which actually managed to temporarily resist the pervasive evil erosion of the Rakshasa Purgatory.
"Hmm?"
The enraged Bibi Dong keenly sensed this distinct and powerful aura. Her purple eyes narrowed slightly. She temporarily suppressed her pursuit of Jing Yuan and Xiao Wu, shifting her main attention to this new opponent.
"Your soul... has changed in flavor, but you will die all the same."
Electrolux, controlling Huo Yuhao's body, slowly floated up, forming a triangle with Jing Yuan and Xiao Wu, surrounding Bibi Dong.
He calmly gazed at Bibi Dong, his aged voice carrying a serenity that saw through worldly affairs:
"Rakshasa God, your power stems from the world's resentment and evil. While mighty, it has also blinded your eyes and mind. Cease now, this battle is meaningless."
"Arrogant."
Bibi Dong shouted fiercely. Her Rakshasa Scythe was raised again, and the Purgatory Ghost Hand followed immediately.
The power of resentment and evil crossed to form a huge purple-black cross-slash, tearing space to create a demonic rune array. A purple-black, hideous ghost hand, seemingly reaching out from the depths of hell and carrying endless resentment, fiercely clawed towards Electrolux.
Facing this evil strike, Electrolux neither dodged nor retreated; he simply raised his palm.
He chanted ancient and obscure incantations. It was not any language of the Douluo world, but a magical True Word originating from another plane.
"The Eternal Bulwark, The Sarcophagus of Guardianship—Descend."
As he chanted, a bone bulwark entirely constructed of Necromancy magic and inscribed with countless profound runes appeared out of thin air. Upon the bulwark, faint projections of angels and demons simultaneously emerged, jointly guarding it.
This was not merely a simple defense; it contained Electrolux's profound understanding of the laws of life and death, light and darkness.
"Boom!!"
The Purgatory Ghost Hand violently grasped the bone bulwark, unleashing a deafening roar.
The evil Rakshasa divine power and the pure Necromancy magic fiercely collided and annihilated each other.
Ultimately, the ghost hand and the bulwark both shattered at the same time, resulting in a draw.
Bibi Dong's pupils constricted slightly. She hadn't expected this sudden appearance of a person to be able to block her attack so easily.
"Now is the time."
Jing Yuan seized the opportunity. The God General condensed once more. Ten thousand feet of golden lightning transformed into a Thunder Punishment Spear that tore the sky, carrying the vast heavenly might of judging all evil, and was hurled towards Bibi Dong.
Xiao Wu also moved instantly, her figure transforming into countless pink afterimages, launching the initial moves of Soft Bone Lock and Exploding Eight-Segment Throw from all directions, attempting to restrict Bibi Dong's movement.
Electrolux also made his move. He pressed his hands down virtually. The ground beneath his feet instantly turned gray-white. Countless pale bone spears, shimmering with phosgene, broke through the earth like a forest, thrusting up at Bibi Dong from below. Simultaneously, a powerful spiritual pressure surged out like a tide, interfering with her divine consciousness judgment.
For the first time, three god-level powerhouses formed an effective joint attack.
Bibi Dong finally felt the pressure.
She roared wildly. The Rakshasa Avatar completely merged with her main body, and her aura surged again. The Rakshasa Scythe danced like a wheel. A purple-black divine power storm centered on her swept out, simultaneously defending against the fierce attacks from three directions.
"Nether Rakshasa!"
"Calamity Curse Extinction!"
"Forbidden Annihilation Barrier!"
Various powerful Rakshasa divine skills were deployed effortlessly, fiercely clashing with the trio's attacks.
This battle was far more intense and terrifying than the one before.
Four different attributes, different levels of god-level power, erupted, collided, and annihilated one another without reserve in this area.
The sky was ripped open with more gigantic tears, revealing the chaotic void beyond.
The earth was either collapsing or sinking, even experiencing localized geographical changes. Mountains were leveled, and new abysses were being formed.
The terrifying battle fluctuations swept across the entire Douluo Continent like a tangible tsunami, wave after wave, at an astonishing speed.
Whether it was the harsh, bitter glaciers of the Far North, the bustling capital of the Star Luo Empire, the devotees of Seagod Island, or hidden powerful experts—all Soul Masters who had reached a certain level of cultivation clearly felt the distant, soul-shaking, terrifying aura.
A world-shattering battle of gods was raging in a corner of the continent.
Meanwhile, far across the sea, on Seagod Island.
Inside the sacred Seagod Hall, Helektra, who had been calmly receiving the final infusion of faith power, suddenly opened her eyes.
Her eyes had turned a deep blue, like the vast ocean, within which ten thousand acres of waves seemed to surge.
Having received the complete Seagod inheritance, her body had been entirely reforged by the pure and boundless Seagod divine power. It was no longer the negative energy body molded by the Holy Grail War but the genuine Seagod, possessing flesh, blood, and a divine soul.
Dressed in the azure Seagod attire, wearing a crown inlaid with a golden trident pattern, and holding the golden trident that symbolized the sovereignty of the ocean, Helektra at this moment was majestic and sacred, exuding a vast divine might that commanded the submission of all things.
She clearly sensed the several clashing god-level auras emanating from the mainland's interior, especially the Rakshasa divine power, which was full of resentment and evil, causing her beautiful eyebrows to subtly furrow.
Without hesitation, she raised the Seagod Trident. A soft yet vast light of the Seagod descended from the sky, enveloping the entire Seagod Island like a massive blue shield, isolating it from the oppressive feeling and potential threat brought by the distant god war.
Having done all this, her gaze fell upon Cerydra, who was beside her, examining her new appearance with interest.
"Cerydra, come with me. We are going to find Lu Jingming."
Helektra extended her hand to Cerydra.
Cerydra nodded without hesitation and grasped Helektra's outstretched hand.
The next moment, Helektra pointed the Seagod Trident forward.
"Buzz—!"
An incomparably brilliant blue divine light shot into the sky, tearing through the clouds like a luminous channel connecting heaven and earth.
Helektra pulled Cerydra, taking a single step into the divine light.
Their figures instantly vanished.
Only a blue streak of light, piercing the sky and traversing space at a speed beyond mortal comprehension, raced towards the epicenter where the god war erupted.
The newly promoted Seagod, carrying the boundless power of the ocean, officially intervened in this earth-shattering god war sweeping across the continent.
The prelude to the war of the gods was about to be unveiled.
And Lu Jingming and Qian Renxue, far away in the Spirit Empire's military camp, simultaneously looked up, sensing this powerful, newly ascended, and undisguised divine might.
A trace of sharpness flashed in Qian Renxue's golden eyes, while the corner of Lu Jingming's mouth curled into an even deeper smile.
Just as the newly promoted Seagod Helektra left Seagod Island and rushed towards the earth-shattering god war on the continent, in the vast, boundless, and eternally sunless deepest abyss of the deep sea—a dark chasm that even the most powerful sea Soul Beasts considered a forbidden zone—a cold, cruel, and insane ceremony was quietly concluding its final curtain.
Here, the Demon Sovereign from another world stood amidst the infinite darkness and the terrifying water pressure capable of crushing hardened steel.
Her form indicated that she was no ordinary Soul Beast.
Her long hair had transformed into flowing mercury intertwined with violent golden electric plasma beams, wildly dancing behind her like living serpents of lightning. On her forehead, a spiral, faintly glowing Narwhal Spear pierced the darkness, exuding an unmatched sharpness.
Her eyes were blazing white, pupil-less, as if condensed from pure electricity.
Her face was covered by a shattered whalebone mask, and with every breath, she expelled ionized mist with a pungent ozone smell.
She was the Herrscher of Thunder, the King of Conquest.
The painful experiences from another world—the murder of her husband, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, by the Seagod Tang San, the decline of her race, and the millennia-burning, deeply etched hatred—had completely twisted her mind, forging her into a weapon existing only for destruction and revenge.