The Douluo Duluo, Old Poison, transformed into a giant, whose strength and defense reached a terrifying degree.
His massive fist slammed down like a mountain, instantly crushing a mech that failed to dodge into a metal pancake.
He casually picked up a giant rock from the ground and hurled it toward the sky. An unsuspecting floating warship was hit directly on the broadside, exploding into a huge fireball, its debris raining down.
Like a fierce tiger unleashed into a flock of sheep, he single-handedly tore through the Sun and Moon Empire's tight formation, downing over ten floating warships and shredding dozens of mechas in a short amount of time.
However, individual valor ultimately has its limits against an organized army equipped with top-tier modern weaponry.
The Sun and Moon Empire reacted quickly.
Several Rank 9 Soul Engineers teamed up to build a powerful Soul Tool shield, barely resisting Old Poison's ferocious assault.
At the same time, the three most powerful Doomsday Beasts abandoned other targets and lunged at Old Poison from different directions, their dark-red breaths continuously scorching his massive body.
Furthermore, top-tier sniper Soul Engineers hidden in the warships continually fired highly penetrating Rank 9 Soul Tool cannon rounds at his vital spots.
Though Old Poison was a Rank 99 Limit Douluo with an immensely powerful physical body, under such a dense and targeted siege, he began to sustain injuries.
Blood flowed like a waterfall. His gigantic body was covered in charred marks and deep, bone-visible wounds.
Finally, a specialized Soul Tool beam from a Rank 9 Soul Engineer precisely struck his heart.
"Argh—!"
Old Poison let out a painful groan. His enormous Martial Soul True Body could no longer be maintained, rapidly shrinking back to human form before plummeting from the sky, crashing heavily onto the ground. His aura was extremely weak, and he was critically injured, hovering near death.
Just as the Heaven Dou Empire's army was about to completely collapse due to the defeat of its top powerhouse, a shooting star streaked across the sky, bringing an unparalleled sense of sharpness as it fiercely entered the battlefield.
Fei Xiao had arrived.
She maintained her valiant and heroic appearance, holding a massive longbow and possessing razor-sharp eyes.
Without a word, she immediately drew her bow, and gusts of wind condensed into energy arrows upon her bowstring.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The arrows left the string, flying like they had eyes, accurately shooting toward the Doomsday Beasts in the sky.
These Doomsday Beasts, created by Celenova using materials and technology from the Douluo Continent, were ultimately flawed and far inferior to the ones that appeared in Ming Dou City back then.
Fei Xiao's arrows contained a penetrating property, effortlessly tearing through their scales and piercing their cores.
The Doomsday Beasts wailed as they plummeted from the sky one by one, greatly relieving the aerial pressure on the Heaven Dou Empire.
Next, Fei Xiao landed on the ground battlefield. Leading the Qingqiu Army, she was like a white-hot blade, plunging directly into the core of the Sun and Moon Empire's formation.
Her appearance was like a powerful shot of adrenaline to a dying flame, temporarily stabilizing the Heaven Dou Empire's collapsing situation.
Just as Fei Xiao, with the force of thunder, shot down several Doomsday Beasts with a continuous barrage of arrows and led the Qingqiu Army to cut into the enemy formation like a sharp blade, temporarily reversing the tide, a soul-shivering pressure, like an invisible tide, instantly enveloped the entire Emerald Plain battlefield.
The sky seemed to be stained by some higher-level power, presenting an ominous, bizarre hue somewhere between azure and dark purple.
Every creature engaged in the slaughter, whether human Soul Masters or Antimatter Legion units, involuntarily felt a tremor in their hearts.
Fei Xiao was transforming her longbow into a close-combat weapon, cutting an approaching mech in half with a horizontal sweep. Her keen perception made her suddenly look up.
She saw that in the void not far ahead, energy was boiling, and a single azure flame ignited out of nowhere, quickly expanding and taking shape.
Finally, a colossal figure with a bewitching and mysterious aura, the Extinction Sovereign, floated suspended in mid-air in an elegant and arrogant kneeling posture.
She wore a modified qipao fused with plant elements, her dark-green hair moving without wind, and she held a seemingly delicate but immensely powerful circular fan.
Most striking were the massive, slowly revolving profound lotus suspended behind her and the contradictory aura she emitted, simultaneously containing both vibrant life and silent destruction.
The Extinction Sovereign—Phantylia, had finally entered the fray herself.
"Hehe... The Xianzhou's Heaven-Piersing General is truly a perfect creation."
Phantylia's pale-gold eyes settled upon Fei Xiao, flashing with a hint of appreciation, though that appreciation was more akin to how one would view a precious work of art about to be destroyed.
"It is a pity that you are destined to wither here."
Fei Xiao's pupils constricted. She felt an unprecedented pressure from Phantylia, far more terrifying than any previous enemy, including those Doomsday Beasts.
But her "Three-No General" creed—No Worry, No Regret, No Defeat—meant she did not retreat in the slightest.
Her fighting spirit erupted in her eyes, and the blue wind elements around her body converged like a whirlwind.
"Enough talk, come and fight."
Fei Xiao shouted clearly, deciding to strike first.
She knew deeply that against an Extinction Sovereign like Phantylia, who specialized in manipulating the human heart, she absolutely could not fall into the opponent's rhythm.
Her figure moved like lightning, instantly rushing forward. The long spear in her hand condensed an extremely compressed wind blade, carrying an aura that could tear apart everything, stabbing directly at Phantylia's face.
The strike was too fast for the eye to catch; only a streak of blue afterimage sliced through the air.
However, Phantylia merely smiled slightly, casually fanning the air with the circular fan in her hand.
An invisible yet mighty wind pressure, like a hidden undercurrent beneath a calm sea, erupted with a roar.
Fei Xiao's wind blade, which was strong enough to tear mechas apart, slammed into this wind pressure and was instantly swallowed like a mud ox sinking into the sea. Its speed drastically slowed, and the energy condensed within was rapidly disintegrated and dispersed.
Not only that, but the wind pressure, its momentum unchecked, swept past Fei Xiao's body, causing her blood and energy to churn. Her movement couldn't help but stall.
"Is that all?"
Phantylia chuckled, bending a finger on her other hand.
A highly condensed, azure wind arrow shot out silently, its speed surpassing Fei Xiao's previous rush.
Relying on her battle-hardened instincts, Fei Xiao executed an extreme side-step. The wind arrow grazed her shoulder plate.
The shoulder plate instantly turned to dust, and the skin beneath stung fiercely. A cold, destructive energy attempted to drill into her meridians.
Fei Xiao's heart sank. She dared not hold back any longer. Her aura climbed once more, and her figure became even more erratic, attempting to find a flaw with speed.
She continuously launched attacks, and blue wind blades rained down on Phantylia from all angles.
But Phantylia maintained that unsettlingly elegant kneeling posture. She either fanned or pointed with the circular fan, effortlessly neutralizing all of Fei Xiao's attacks one by one.
The massive profound lotus slowly revolved behind her, scattering specks of light containing life energy, which repaired the damaged units of the Antimatter Legion on the battlefield. With this shift in the balance of power, the Heaven Dou Empire's army was under double the pressure.
"Have you had your fun?"
Phantylia seemed to have lost her patience. She pointed her circular fan at Fei Xiao from afar.
Fei Xiao immediately felt the space around her become incredibly viscous, as if countless invisible roots were extending from the void, wrapping around her limbs and torso.
Her speed plummeted, her movements became extremely difficult, and even the circulation of energy within her body was severely hampered.
She struggled fiercely, the wind blades slashing wildly, severing the invisible restraints, but more "roots" relentlessly wrapped around her.
The corner of Phantylia's mouth curled into a cruel arc. She extended her hand, whose palm was jet-black, and slowly clenched it toward Fei Xiao.
She intended to crush the spirit and body of this tenacious "Heaven-Piersing General" directly, fulfilling her aesthetics of destruction.
Fei Xiao sensed a fatal crisis. A look of determination flashed in her eyes as she prepared to unleash a final, desperate strike regardless of the cost.
It was at this crucial moment—
"Phantylia, cease your arrogance!"
A majestic shout, like divine thunder from the nine heavens, exploded above the battlefield.
A blinding golden bolt of lightning tore through the bizarre canopy Phantylia had created, plummeting with unparalleled speed between Fei Xiao and Phantylia.
As the lightning dissipated, a tall figure was revealed, clad in Divine Sovereign armor, with lion-headed shoulder guards and white hair flying.
He held a battle blade radiating magnificent thunderous power. His imposing aura instantly shifted the focus of the entire battlefield.
The Divine Foresight General—Jing Yuan, had arrived just in time.
"Jing Yuan..." Fei Xiao's pressure eased. She looked at the back blocking her, slightly sighing in relief.
Jing Yuan did not look back, stating in a deep voice:
"General Fei Xiao, please rest for now. This fiend shall be handled by this general."
Before his words fully landed, he had already raised the long blade in his hand. Lightning converged madly on the blade's surface.
"Empyrean Edict: Lightning Shines."
He did not probe, unleashing his combat skill immediately.
The long blade descended, but it did not slash at Phantylia herself; it slashed at the sky.
Instantly, countless golden bolts of lightning, as thick as buckets, descended like raging thunder dragons, covering Phantylia and a large area of the surrounding airspace.
This was not a single-target attack but an area-of-effect thunderous storm. Each lightning bolt seemed to possess its own will, seeking out and striking the place with the most concentrated destructive aura.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!—!!!"
The roar of thunder was deafening, and the dazzling lightning temporarily blinded countless people.
Phantylia's elegant posture was broken for the first time. She waved her circular fan, spreading an azure energy barrier over her head to fend off the violent lightning strikes.
The lightning and the barrier collided, creating an endless burst of energy shockwaves that rattled the nearby low-altitude floating warships. The ground was furrowed with countless charred ravines by the escaping lightning serpents.
"Another one... How troublesome?"
A hint of solemnity entered Phantylia's voice, yet there was more an angry sense of provocation.
"Dare the light of an ant contend with the bright moon?"
She completely abandoned her playful demeanor. She fiercely brandished her circular fan, and the wind pressure that swept away dust clouds collided violently with Jing Yuan's Empyrean Edict: Lightning Shines. Wind and thunder raged, and the turbulent energy formed visible vortices, tearing apart the clouds in the sky.
Some Doomsday Beasts and flying Soul Masters who were too close were instantly shredded by the chaotic energy.
"Fei Xiao."
Jing Yuan called out.
Without needing more words, Fei Xiao instantly understood his intention.
She suppressed her injuries and drew her bow again.
This time, she poured all her strength into it. A single arrow, far more condensed than any before and radiating a destructive aura, slowly formed on the bowstring—this was her all-out attack.
Meanwhile, Jing Yuan stepped forward, and the lightning around him flared up again.
He pointed his long blade at Phantylia, and the void behind him trembled. A mighty, enormous figure composed entirely of lightning—the Divine General—condensed into form.
The Divine General was more substantial and faster than before. The massive Thunder Blade in its hand was wrapped with five terrifying segments of lightning.
The Divine General let out a silent roar, commanding the lightning, transforming into a golden bridge that spanned the sky, launching a devastating charge toward Phantylia.
Faced with this combined strike from two powerhouses, a strike capable of threatening her core, Phantylia's expression finally changed.
She let out a piercing shriek, and the enormous profound lotus behind her instantly burst forth with blinding light.
"Bountiful Profound Lotus, protect my being."
The profound lotus spun rapidly, and countless layers of green shields containing the aura of life appeared before Phantylia.
Simultaneously, she abandoned her elegant kneeling and stood up for the first time.
Her form began to shift. Her skin turned cold white, her hair became snow-white, her eyes lit up with a blazing orange light, and her lips were blood-red. Her aura, built upon 'Destruction,' was once again infused with the boundless and pure Life Essence from the Golden Tree of this world.
"Profound Root Manifestation."
She formed a hand seal, abandoning the circular fan, and directly invoked her most fundamental power.
A massive torrent of energy, mixed with dark gold and pale green, like a star river bursting its banks, surged toward the charging Divine General and the poised Fei Xiao.
The next moment—
Fei Xiao's arrow left the string, turning into a jade meteor that tore through space.
Jing Yuan's Divine General, carrying the might of thunder, fiercely slammed into the energy torrent.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—!!!!!"
An explosion beyond words occurred.
First came the light, an extreme light that swallowed everything. A second sun seemed to appear over the Emerald Plain.
Next came the sound, the monstrous roar of colliding laws and the wailing of space, far exceeding thunder, causing the ground to undulate like waves.
A ring of destruction, mixed with golden lightning, green storms, azure destructive force, and dark-gold imaginary energy, rapidly expanded spherically from the point of collision.
Wherever the ring passed, whether the Sun and Moon Empire's mechas, the Antimatter Legion, or the Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Masters and Qingqiu Army, all were instantly reduced to dust.
The water of the Jade Belt River was instantly vaporized, exposing the dry riverbed, which was then melted by the terrifying energy into a crystalline, glazed form.
The fertile Emerald Plain, centered at the point of collision, now bore a bottomless crater over a thousand meters in diameter, its edges lined with melted rock and twisted metal.
This was the aftermath of a clash between divine-tier powers.
The light and shadow gradually subsided, and the energy turbulence slowly calmed.
In mid-air, Jing Yuan stood holding his blade, his face slightly pale. The phantom of the Divine General behind him was significantly dimmer, clearly having expended enormous energy.
Fei Xiao knelt on one knee on the ground, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. Fine cracks appeared on the longbow in her hand; the last arrow had nearly drained her strength.
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