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The terrifying purple toxic mist surged once again, pushing deeper into the heart of Abyss No. 7. Countless abyssal monsters were struck down by the "Jade Phosphor Poison" before they could even get close to the Paladins, leaving them gasping for their final breaths.
Suddenly, tens of thousands of Fire Lizards swarmed the front of the Paladin ranks. Their bodies were clad in scales that looked like cooling lava. The moment their jagged maws snapped open, they began condensing spheres of concentrated fire.
In an instant, a barrage of fireballs rained down upon the Paladin Legion, dyeing the purple abyssal sky a searing, molten red.
"Xuanwu!" Zhu Zhuqing commanded without hesitation.
Acting as one, Shi Mo and Shi Mo released a flash of black soul light between their "Xuanwu Turtles."
A massive Xuanwu, standing over two hundred meters tall, materialized instantly and deployed its "Xuanwu Domain."
The area covered by the domain was immediately submerged in black "Heavy Water"—a fluid of the Ultimate Water grade. As the tens of thousands of fireballs slammed into the Xuanwu Domain, they erupted into a blinding, deafening veil of white steam.
Even as the first wave vanished, another ten thousand fireballs followed. Yet, no matter how hard the Fire Lizards struggled, they could not breach the defenses of the Ultimate Water domain.
While the lizards were frantically spitting fire, two women with blue hair and blue attire appeared high above the swarming monsters.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Ice and Snow Drifting!"
Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu transformed into a flurry of ice and snow, vanishing from sight. In their wake, they left a catastrophic blizzard. Every single snowflake functioned like a spinning, razor-sharp blade. The sheer power of the storm shredded the Fire Lizards, sending blood and molten scales flying in every direction.
Before long, the bodies of the lizards and the lava beneath them turned a dull, scorched black-brown. In mere moments, the Ultimate Ice fusion skill had wiped out the tens of thousands of monsters. From within the fading blizzard, the true form of the Ice Phoenix slowly emerged.
Zhu Zhuqing shouted decisively, "Advance quickly while Bing'er and the Shi brothers have their fusion skills active!"
While the two fusion skills held the line, Yu Feng and Feng Xiaotian unleashed wind-type soul skills. Working in tandem with Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Poison, they spread the toxic mist across nearly half of the abyssal plane.
Soon, the group reached a vast marshland teeming with Wave-Riding Mermen.
"Yu Tianheng! It's your turn! Lightning trumps water!"
Wreathed in crackling blue electricity, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon flickered into the midst of the mermen. He let out a thunderous roar: "Tianxin! Try your soul skill now!"
"Wind brings the rain, clouds shroud the sun; the Dragon roams the nine heavens, Jade Sky Thunder!"
Suddenly, dark clouds coalesced in the cloudless purple sky. A colossal dragon of pure lightning dove straight into the marshy waters.
"AAAAAAAAAAH!"
In an instant, countless mermen within the water were charred black, falling into a state of paralysis and heavy injury.
"Shui Bing'er, freeze the ground! Keep moving!" Zhu Zhuqing ordered.
The Jade Phosphor Poison then seeped into the marsh. Those paralyzed and wounded mermen perished slowly in agonizing pain.
From that point on, the Paladins worked in perfect harmony, rotating their ultimate moves and recovering their soul power in turns.
By utilizing various medicinal pills developed by the Medicine Hall, the Paladin Legion fully implemented their "Shield-Poison-Heal" system. They successfully spread the Jade Phosphor Poison throughout the entirety of Abyss No. 7. Under the influence of the lethal toxin, countless abyssal monsters began bleeding from their eyes and ears, their internal organs dissolving into puddles of purple gore.
Because these monsters weren't all killed simultaneously, the team had to slay them at least three times each to prevent resurrection. However, once the initial wave was cleared, there were fewer monsters to interfere with the poisoning process.
Dugu Yan continued to release her poison systematically. Any abyssal monster that respawned found itself trapped within a world of Jade Phosphor mist, leaving them to die in despair and agony.
After roughly two weeks, the abyssal fog of Abyss No. 7 could no longer support the resurrection of the monsters. The black, eight-sided core at the center of the abyss finally turned pure white. This signaled that Abyss No. 7 had been successfully conquered—by a team of only eighteen people.
As the Paladins exited the rift, they found countless soul masters and civilians of the Douluo Empire waiting for them. The moment they appeared, a deafening cheer erupted. In that second, they felt the purest sense of glory and joy. As Soul Saint representatives of Douluo Star, they had achieved a total victory over the Soul Saint-level monsters of the Abyss!
Now, only one remained: Abyss No. 9, the final stronghold of the Title Douluo-level abyssal creatures. That abyss contained not only Title Douluo-level monsters but also Limit Douluo and even Rank 100 entities.
Yet, they felt no fear regarding this final plane. They knew that soon, it wouldn't be them conquering Abyss No. 9—it would be Abyss No. 9 trying to figure out how to survive against the God of Life and Destruction, Ye Lan!
A little over a year ago, the sight of Ye Lan's 11,000-meter "Blue Silver Life Mecha" had instilled the people of the Douluo Empire with unshakable confidence.
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*Douluo Star, West of the Douluo Continent, Mysterious Sea.*
Under the reflection of a blood-red sky, the calm, crimson sea stretched endlessly toward the horizon.
A golden meteor streaked across the sky, trailing the sound of rolling thunder. As the meteor drew closer, a man with blue-gold hair came to a halt, floating above the blood-colored waters. The pungent smell of brine hit him, causing Ye Lan to frown slightly. He looked out over the unnervingly still water and murmured, "Is it here?"
"Boss! It's definitely here!" the Sky Ice Silk Worm replied confidently. "There isn't a single marine organism in this entire region. They've clearly all been scared away by the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!"
Then, the worm asked curiously, "Boss, for your ninth soul ring, why didn't you choose Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King? I'm sure he'd be more than willing to become your ring."
Ye Lan shook his head. "Di Tian is my senior. It wouldn't be right to have a senior sacrifice himself for me. Besides, I already owe the Dragon Clan too much; I don't want to trouble him further."
He paused, a glint in his eyes. "Furthermore, this Deep Sea Demon Whale King was originally a gift prepared by the Sea God for Tang San. Since it belongs to Tang San, I'll simply take it for myself."
"As expected of the Boss! As the Lord of Douluo, everything on this planet belongs to you anyway!" the Sky Ice Silk Worm flattered.
"Besides," Ye Lan explained, "with my current level of life essence, I can continue to cultivate the Deep Sea Demon Whale King after the fact, just as I did for you."
"Boss, you're the best! If it weren't for your desire to help soul beasts sacrifice their power, I suppose 'Man-made Soul Rings' would have been the best fit for you," the worm mused.
"Let's get ready to fish," Ye Lan said calmly. "I wonder if this whale has reached Rank 100 now that the planet's limit has been raised."
With a thought, the "Formless Form" sliced his finger. A single drop of golden blood, glowing with an emerald light, fell into the ocean.
The moment that drop hit the crimson sea, the surrounding waters turned a vibrant green. Even the tiny leak of aura from the "Life Blood" was enough to wake countless dormant seaweed seeds, causing them to grow at a frenzied pace. Within seconds, nearly a thousand meters of the sea had turned emerald green.
The drop of Life Blood remained suspended steadily on the surface.
Moments later, the tranquil green sea began to churn. A massive whirlpool centered on the blood began to spin, threatening to swallow everything into the abyss. Countless gallons of water and seaweed were dragged into the darkness, yet the drop of Life Blood stayed perfectly still.
A few seconds later, a terrifying shadow darted past the whirlpool—a silhouette of staggering proportions.
In the next heartbeat, a giant, bloody maw lunged out of the deep toward the sky. The mouth was nearly a thousand meters long, filled with rows of black teeth that were each dozens of meters in length!
Vrrrroooooom—!
A low-frequency, resonant whale song vibrated through the ocean as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King swallowed the Life Blood in one gulp.
The instant it did, the whale's eyes widened. It felt a terrifying surge of life energy coursing through its 2,000-meter-long body. To the whale, the blood was smaller than a speck of dust, yet the vitality it contained surpassed its wildest imagination.
CRASH!
The Whale King, immersed in the euphoria of the Life Blood, slammed back into the ocean. Its massive weight hit the surface like a deep-sea bomb, displacing an incredible amount of water. A tsunami thousands of meters high erupted instantly, its aftershocks reaching tens of thousands of meters away. Countless sea creatures dived frantically to escape the rolling chaos.
As the Deep Sea Demon Whale King closed its eyes to savor the energy, a voice suddenly drifted from a spot it hadn't even sensed: "Does my blood taste good?"
"Who are you?!" The Whale King snapped awake. It had been so caught up in the energy that it hadn't even considered where the blood came from.
"I am the owner of that blood," Ye Lan said plainly. "If you sacrifice yourself to me, you can enjoy an inexhaustible supply of it."
"Hmph! I have become the new God of the Sea!" the whale roared. "I don't even fear the Sea God in the Divine Realm, and you want a God like me to sacrifice himself to a human? If I devour you, I will transcend all gods!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King opened its maw, tearing through space to bridge the ten-thousand-meter gap in an instant. Its massive jaws snapped shut around Ye Lan.
But in the next second, Ye Lan's body erupted with a starlight glow. The 11,000-meter "Blue Silver Life Mecha" materialized instantly!
The 2,000-meter Whale King now looked like a mere carp biting the leg of the colossal mecha.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The whale felt as if it had bitten the hardest substance in the universe. Its massive teeth shattered, spraying black blood into the air.
"What is this?! Why is there a celestial pillar in front of me?!" the Whale King cried out in shock.
Before it could process the situation, it felt its body being seized by a pair of massive hands. Following a series of thunderous booms, the Whale King was lifted into the air and held right in front of the mecha's face.
Staring into two "Golden Dragon Pupils" that burned like suns, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King swallowed hard. Reality set in instantly.
"Great One! My Lord! Please, overlook my ignorance! I was impetuous and didn't recognize your strength. A sacrifice? Of course! Little Sea will do exactly as you say!" The whale's terrifying face tried to contort into a cutesy, submissive expression.
Lines of exasperation appeared on the mecha's forehead. "Didn't you want to devour me?"
"My Lord! Devouring is just my nature. It's really because your aura was hidden so well that I couldn't sense your power!" the whale replied helplessly.
Then, out of the corner of its eye, it saw the mecha's soul ring configuration: Deep Yellow, Purple, Black-Purple, Blood Red, Radiant Gold, Blood Red, Gold-Red, Radiant Gold!
What kind of #@%$ configuration is that for a human?!
While the whale was reeling, a cheeky voice rang out: "Hey, Little Sea. If you call me 'Big Brother Tianmeng,' I might just ask the Boss to go easy on you. What do you say?"
"Big Brother Tianmeng! Big Brother! I'm new here and didn't recognize a celestial being! Please, speak a good word for Little Sea!" the whale pleaded frantically.
"Boss! Boss! Let's take him! I finally found a little brother!" the Sky Ice Silk Worm cheered.
Ye Lan sighed and waved a hand. "Fine."
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King possessed a rare royal lineage. While there were many deep-sea whales, there was only one King. Moreover, it had already survived its lightning tribulations; even if Ye Lan cultivated other beasts, there was no guarantee they would survive the ten-fold lightning trials.
"Thank you, Big Brother Tianmeng!" the whale said, acting like an obedient child.
"No problem! We're brothers now. Big Brother Tianmeng has your back!" the worm laughed.
Ye Lan deactivated the "Blue Silver Life Mecha." The massive whale didn't fall back into the sea; instead, it used the flight ability it gained from its high rank to hover in the air, looking like a giant aircraft carrier from Ye Lan's perspective.
"Boss, shall I sacrifice myself now?" the once-violent whale asked sheepishly.
"Wait a moment. Let me cultivate you a bit first," Ye Lan said.
He deployed his "Life Domain" and "Heart of Life," combining them with "Soul Beast Luck." A thousand-fold growth speed for life forms was instantly activated.
Enveloped by the domain, the whale's massive eyes widened in awe. Only now could it truly feel Ye Lan's aura—an aura like a "Mother" to all life. Its trust in Ye Lan skyrocketed.
So, this blue-gold-haired human was the current "Lord of Douluo"! And a Lord who could provide a thousand-fold growth to any life form!
In the next moment, it saw a torrent of Life Blood surging toward its body.
"Boss... will this be bad for you?" the whale asked with genuine concern.
"Don't worry," the worm bragged. "The Boss lacks many things, but vitality isn't one of them! He carries the legacy of four God-Kings!"
(End of Chapter)