"Uh... AHHH—!!!"
Even though Bei Bei had reached out to rescue him with all his might, Xu Sanshi was inevitably swallowed whole by the demonic totem.
Xu Sanshi's current state was now invisible; only a roar of ultimate agony rang out from the demonic totem. The sound was twisted and distorted, no longer belonging to a human.
"Sanshi!"
Accompanied by the echoing roar, within this unknown totem space, endless demonic energy madly poured into Xu Sanshi's body. As the Black Tortoise Shield crashed to the ground with a clang, Xu Sanshi's hands were already gripping his chest tightly, as if he wanted to rip out his violently mutating heart!
Beneath his skin, countless thick, purple-black blood vessels writhed and bulged like twisted earthworms! His muscular body inflated and shot up uncontrollably like a balloon!
At the moment his muscle fibers tore and recombined, a bone-chilling crack sounded, and his tough clothing was shredded inch by inch like fragile paper by his violently expanding physique.
The next second, a terrifying mutation occurred—
His back seemed to be ripped straight open!
Two incredibly thick, giant demonic wings, covered in jagged bone spurs and viscous black membranes, carrying dripping blood and torn flesh, like two giant butcher's cleavers, forcefully propped open the flesh beneath his shoulder blades, spreading out in a bloody display!
His originally square face elongated and deformed amidst violent contortions, and two curved, spiraling demonic horns, their tips gleaming with a cold light, pushed out from the sides of his forehead! His skin rapidly turned gray and hard as rough rock, covered in cracking patterns.
His eyeballs seemed to have burst, leaving only two clusters of crazily burning purple demonic flames, filled with endless tyranny and a desire for destruction!
"Heh... heh..."
A low, beast-like panting exhaled from that giant mouth full of fangs, carrying a strong scent of sulfur.
Xu Sanshi—no, at this moment, it should be called the demonified Xu Sanshi—violently raised his head and leaped out from the totem.
Those eyes burning with demonic flames actually ignored Bei Bei, who was right next to him, and instantly locked onto Jiang Nannan, who was relatively close and also beginning to be affected by the demonic energy. There was not the slightest trace of familiarity in that gaze, only the most primitive, naked greed and thirst for fresh flesh and blood!
"Nannan! Dodge!"
Bei Bei shouted loudly. Having just retreated to the side, he suddenly counter-charged. A ring of golden light abruptly burst forth from his body. As the golden light bloomed, his entire person turned a brilliant gold. Wrapped in the golden light, a giant dragon head took shape.
In a flash, it lunged to devour the demonified Xu Sanshi!
Boom—
A violent roar exploded. Suddenly, a ring of golden lightning erupted with the point of collision as its center. A sacred aura diffused, spreading a full thirty meters outward. Within this range, the air seemed to have completely turned into a world of lightning; countless golden bolts raged within it. Some of the lightning was even so viscous it seemed liquid, and ball lightning rampaged in this world of light and thunder.
"Tyrant Emperor—Thunder Domain!"
The moment the domain unfolded, "Seeking death!"
An attack sufficient to critically injure an ordinary defense-type Soul Douluo seemed to only serve to enrage Xu Sanshi in his demonified state. He let out a terrifying roar that shook the surroundings, and his giant demonic wings violently flapped, whipping up a gust of wind mixed with rubble, and launched an attack on Bei Bei.
This did allow Bei Bei to draw the demonified Xu Sanshi's attention to himself, giving Jiang Nannan a moment to catch her breath.
But even so, the situation on Jiang Nannan's end wasn't looking good either; she didn't even have the time to grieve over Xu Sanshi's demonification.
Rumble—
Accompanied by a loud bang, the increasingly battered Jiang Nannan was sent flying backward amidst an explosive burst of fire.
She had just stood up and spat out a mouthful of scarlet blood when a blurry gray shadow, moving at the limit of her visual perception, came shrieking down toward her head with a claw strike!
At this critical juncture, an instinctive reaction made Jiang Nannan's body lean backward to the absolute limit like a boneless acrobat the instant the giant claw came down, narrowly avoiding this fatal strike!
The fierce claw wind brushed past the tip of her nose, taking with it a few severed strands of hair. She then quickly flipped, clamped her legs around the attacking demon's neck, and fiercely slammed it into the ground.
But the endless stream of demonified soul masters kept surging toward her. A tail covered in bone spurs, like a sinister steel whip, swept in from below at an unbelievable angle with a sonic boom, lashing fiercely at her waist and abdomen!
Jiang Nannan's pupils contracted! Her Waist Bow activated, her body forcibly twisting in mid-air.
Rip—
A teeth-gritting sound of tearing fabric rang out!
Clearly, although Jiang Nannan had avoided the vital spots at her waist and abdomen, the tip of that bone-spurred demonic tail, like a sharp curved hook, still fiercely tore into the flesh on the outside of her calf!
And as if misfortunes never come singly, just as Jiang Nannan wanted to continue fighting, the power of the demonic totem fully activated, emitting that same viscous and filthy purple-black light, instantly swallowing her up!
"Nannan!"
At this moment, Bei Bei's heart sank to the absolute bottom. It was as if the blood throughout his entire body had frozen in an instant.
The moment Jiang Nannan reappeared, her originally slender and graceful body also began to undergo a terrifying mutation!
Her flexibility was twisted and amplified to an inhuman degree by this demonic energy; the joints of her limbs contorted in reverse at angles that violated physiological structure, like a broken stick insect.
Her skin became pale and transparent, faintly revealing the rapidly mutating purple-black network of blood vessels beneath. Those captivating eyes now had slit pupils, dyed with that same crazy purple-black light.
Her smooth long hair danced wildly without wind, the tips of her hair turning as sharp as steel needles! Her waist became even more slender, yet it contained terrifying explosive power. Her entire being was like a maliciously twisted and enlarged demonified spider-woman, full of deadly killing intent!
"Hehehe—"
The demonified Jiang Nannan slowly turned her head, and making the exact same movement were the other demonified soul masters. All their gazes converged on the sole survivor.
"Join us, join the glorious evolution!"
That voice, full of bewitching intent, coupled with his two friends being converted into demons one after another, made Bei Bei, who was trapped in the encirclement, feel... even though he tried his best to calm himself down, he still couldn't maintain his final mental composure.
"Bastards!"
Bei Bei didn't respond to them, only letting out a dark curse.
But this was like lighting a fuse. The demonified Jiang Nannan was the first to let out a sharp, piercing screech, her slit pupils instantly locking onto Bei Bei without the slightest hesitation or delay.
Those reverse-jointed legs, covered in pale bone armor, violently stomped the ground, her body turning into a phantom as she launched a strangling attack.
Bang!
Amidst a muffled impact, Bei Bei blocked her attack. After a flash of resolve in his eyes, "Boom—"
Jiang Nannan's figure was directly blasted away; wrapped in the light of bright thunder, she powerlessly crashed into a pile of ruins.
Before she could even struggle, attacks against Bei Bei came one after another. A punch blasted out, directly shattering the pervading tortoise shell shield!
Immediately after, Xu Sanshi followed in Jiang Nannan's footsteps.
Following this, even more demons swarmed in, all transformed from those soul masters. They roared, converging into a torrent of destruction, completely turning this block into a hell on earth! Firelight, thick smoke, collapsed buildings, splattering filthy blood, severed limbs and arms... formed a painting of hell.
"Roar—"
A resounding dragon roar echoed as a phantom of the Bright Holy Dragon violently crashed into Bei Bei's body, and then transformed into a giant dragon head appearing out of thin air, carrying an aura of supreme dominance over the world.
"Dragon Emperor Shock Domain!"
In a single breath, a golden light ring with a diameter of thirty meters appeared, completely encircling a large swath of demons.
And at the very center of the ring was that proudly suspended giant dragon head. Within this ring, Golden Holy Dragons materialized one after another. As they hovered, the demonic energy was also suppressed to a certain extent. When those life-like yet illusory Bright Holy Dragons emerged, the oppressive force was pushed to the absolute limit!
"Roar—"
The dragon head in the center let out a long cry, like the command for a full-scale offensive. All the Bright Holy Dragons simultaneously launched fatal attacks. They transformed into streaks of golden lightning, rampaging majestically within the golden ring. In an instant, a lot of demonic energy was shattered by the dragon-shaped bright thunder condensed from the righteous qi of heaven and earth, and the attacks all converged toward Bei Bei.
Boom, boom, boom—
But suddenly, countless tortoise shells opened up, transforming into giant shields in the air, blocking the large frontal attacks, and countless rays of light were bounced back. On the surface of the tortoise shells, golden light shone; a giant demonic serpent coiled around it, its blood-red eyes staring at the enemy before it, as if choosing someone to devour. Clearly, Xu Sanshi had directly activated his Martial Soul True Body.
But amidst a prolonged dragon roar, a giant golden dragon soared into the sky, and countless thunderbolts, as daunting as a prison, suddenly bloomed!
Martial Soul True Body—Bright Holy Dragon True Body!
"Roar—"
Unmatched majesty erupted from the Bright Holy Dragon!
Whoosh—
A tail whipped out, directly shattering the defense.
Meanwhile, on the other side, outside Lingdou City.
Tianyang Douluo and Yan Shaozhe were horrified and on high alert!
"Uwaaaah—!"
Beside Xue Feng, the six top powerhouses who had come with him also let out screams of ultimate agony at this very moment!
They were similarly enveloped by totems, violently twisting and deforming amidst the purple-black light. Their powerful soul power fluctuations were polluted and alienated in an instant; their auras climbed steadily, yet were filled with chaos and destruction! In just a few breaths, these six Titled Douluo-level powerhouses had thoroughly degenerated into so-called Demon Lords!
Their various grotesque forms immediately made Xue Feng's face turn uneasy. However, as an emperor, he still maintained his composure.
"Protect the Emperor!"
Tianyang Douluo and Yan Shaozhe made their move, radiating powerful soul power fluctuations to form a seemingly indestructible defensive line.
However, their expressions were exceptionally grave.
Especially for Tianyang Douluo: *Former comrades-in-arms have now become malevolent spirits demanding their lives!*
But arriving at this situation, Tianyang Douluo also felt it was within reason. Because in order to achieve breakthroughs in their cultivation, all six of these Worships had sought out "Ye Xishui" for guidance; during this process, it was quite normal for them to have been tampered with by an Ultimate powerhouse.
"Roar!!!"
The six demonified Worships let out earth-shattering roars!
Their massive bodies carried a terrifying momentum capable of destroying everything, like six falling demonic stars, brazenly launching a destructive charge! Even where they passed, the earth cracked and demonic flames surged, all reduced to fine powder under their violent energy impacts.
Yet under these circumstances, Chen Junting made a move.
He didn't even leave his original spot; he merely seemed to casually flick a negligible speck of dust from his lapel, and lightly tapped the Qisha Sword in his hand downward.
Dong—
A soft sound.
Extremely faint, like a raindrop falling into an ancient well.
However, the very instant this soft sound was emitted—
Boom—!!!
With the point where the sound landed as the center, an indescribably terrifying power suddenly erupted!
It wasn't a fluctuation of soul power, nor an impact of energy; it was... the tremor of the very rules of the world!
Time seemed to be infinitely stretched and solidified at this moment; space, like fragile glass struck by a giant stone, crazily twisted, folded, and rippled with circles of transparent waves at a magnitude visible to the naked eye. Wherever the ripples passed, light was swallowed, sound was annihilated, and even the air itself lost its meaning of existence!
Immediately after, "Hum—"
It seemed that time and space had returned to normal, but the energy they had erupted was as if thrown into an incinerator. There was no earth-shattering explosion, no gruesome scattering of flesh and blood; there was only silent disintegration!
The next second, the six demonified Worships fell into a peaceful "slumber."
This made Tianyang Douluo and Yan Shaozhe, who had just been "rescued" from the frozen time and space and quickly reacted, both overjoyed and horrified!
The joy was that the demons were dealt with; the horror was naturally that Chen Junting had solved the problem with extreme speed without them noticing at all.
As for how to restore the six Worships... that was a huge problem.
But this wasn't something Chen Junting cared about, much less so when he had even more important matters to attend to.
"This can't be allowed to continue."
His gaze turned toward Lingdou City, and the moment his voice fell, an indescribable sword intent, transcending mortal imagination, erupted from Chen Junting's body and soared into the heavens!
Clang—
A sword cry, seemingly sufficient to cleanse the soul and pierce the nine heavens, rang out without warning across the entire sky above Lingdou City!
Immediately after, as countless survivors and demonified soul masters looked up in unison, a massive array diagram blotted out the sky. From the east, south, west, and north of Lingdou City, four entirely different yet terrifyingly potent, blazing sword lights slashed out!
The next second, these four seemingly world-destroying sword lights instantly converged above Lingdou City. Then, four divine swords appeared out of the void! Slaughter ran rampant, freezing everything... all of it descended upon the array diagram!
Hum—
The moment the sword array completely formed, terrifying energy transformed into a barrier, and the sword intent instantly wove into a massive, three-dimensional sword net covering the entire sky above Lingdou City!
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