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"What a sharp aura." Sea Lance Douluo's pupils constricted slightly, and his expression became a bit more serious.
From the aura Shi Quan displayed, his sword art was definitely not simple.
"Then let me experience your sword art."
Sea Lance Douluo launched the first attack, his golden long spear simply thrusting straight out, yet it lunged forward like a giant golden Dragon.
As the saying goes, a spear out like a Dragon, which perfectly describes this scene.
Sharp Sword Intent appeared in Shi Quan's eyes. He raised his sword and slashed diagonally, bringing it smoothly along the spear shaft towards Sea Lance Douluo's hands.
Sea Lance Douluo's hands shook, he lifted the long spear upwards, and then swept it horizontally towards Shi Quan's head.
As the saying goes, a longer inch is a stronger inch, a shorter inch is a more dangerous inch.
Using the length advantage of the long spear, Sea Lance Douluo did not intend to give Shi Quan any chance to get close.
Shi Quan raised his sword to block, tilted his head, loosened his grip, and used the momentum to guide the long spear to the side.
Sea Lance Douluo only felt as if there was a suction force on Shi Quan's long sword pulling his long spear forward. He quickly kicked his foot, forcibly changing the direction of the long spear, sweeping it towards Shi Quan's chest.
Shi Quan raised his hand to block, and the long spear and Xuanyuan emitted a buzzing sound of clashing metal.
Sea Lance Douluo only felt as if the long spear had swept against a copper wall and iron barrier, his foot aching from the impact, and his body retreated several meters.
"Indeed, as Sea Horse said, this kid's strength is astonishing, and his sword art is not simple. My spear art can't gain any advantage against him."
As a Titled Douluo, his observation skills were incredibly keen. In just two simple exchanges, Sea Lance Douluo keenly perceived the extraordinary aspects of Shi Quan's sword art.
Seeing Shi Quan pursuing him, Sea Lance Douluo knew he couldn't continue like this. His third spirit ring lit up on the long spear, and the spear shadow split into three. Two of them pierced towards Shi Quan's shoulders, and the third directly pierced towards Shi Quan's incoming Xuanyuan long sword.
The attack was extremely condensed, like three sharp needles. Before the attack even arrived, the bone-chilling coldness had already made one's hair stand on end.
"Break!"
Shi Quan lightly shouted, raised his hand and flicked it, and the Dragon Spine Xuanyuan in his hand immediately flew out, then split into three, blocking the three attacks respectively.
Piercing explosive sounds rang out.
Sparks erupted between the Dragon Spine Xuanyuan and the long spear.
Both the long spear and Xuanyuan paused. Xuanyuan flew back, and Sea Lance Douluo also slid several meters on the ground before stabilizing his body.
"He can even control a sword remotely?" Sea Lance Douluo's heart tightened. During the previous clash, he felt that the opponent's strength was not as strong as his, but the opponent seemed to be able to see through his flaws, breaking his attack.
"Go!"
Shi Quan's eyes narrowed slightly. He raised his hand and formed a sword finger. The three Xuanyuan sharp blades split again, directly forming eight Xuanyuan short blades of varying lengths, attacking Sea Lance Douluo from all directions.
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
Crisp clashing sounds continuously came.
Sea Lance Douluo reacted extremely quickly, but he was still forced to retreat under the suppression of the eight Xuanyuan short blades, and his clothes began to show damage.
Just as Sea Lance Douluo approached the Sea Middle Sea, he finally counterattacked.
His fifth spirit ring on the golden long spear suddenly lit up.
As the golden long spear swung wildly, the long spear's Spear Intent condensed, like a soaring Dragon. As it swung wildly, the seawater boiled and turned into swimming Dragons. The powerful energy instantly forced back all the surrounding Xuanyuan short blades.
Sea Lance Douluo then leaped up, his figure steadily landing on the water surface.
"Meld!" Sea Lance Douluo roared. He gripped the long spear with both hands and thrust it violently into the water. With a thunderous roar, water splashed everywhere. As his seventh spirit ring lit up, the scattered water did not return to the Sea Middle Sea. Instead, as if pulled by some mysterious force, it merged into the golden long spear, just like Sea Lance Douluo.
When Sea Lance Douluo merged into the long spear in front of him, the repelled Xuanyuan short blades flew back again. The eight short blades landed on the long spear, creating a piercing clang, and countless sparks continuously erupted from the Sea Lance.
However, strangely, when the eight Xuanyuan short blades landed on the long spear, besides the splashing sparks, they did not cause any damage at all.
Shi Quan's eyes narrowed slightly. He instantly detected the anomaly. With a swipe of his finger, the eight Xuanyuan short blades immediately turned into eight streams of light and returned to Shi Quan's surroundings.
With a brief touch, Shi Quan recognized that this was Sea Lance Douluo's eighth Spirit Ability, which could block enemy attacks through the long spear and even absorb a portion of the enemy's attack energy to instantly rebound it. The higher the intensity of his own attack, the stronger the rebound he would endure.
Shi Quan did not attack, and Sea Lance Douluo did not strike either. The spear tip trembled rapidly, then transformed into countless spear shadows, stirring the seawater below, instantly dyeing it golden. Like a long whale sucking water, it pulled the seawater into the air and merged it into the long spear. And the golden long spear rapidly expanded during this process.
Taking advantage of the invulnerability phase of his eighth Spirit Ability, Sea Lance Douluo unleashed his special Domain. By devouring seawater, he absorbed the energy within the seawater to strengthen himself.
"Go!"
Shi Quan lightly shouted. The eight Xuanyuan blades split into sixteen again. Eight of them guarded Shi Quan's side, while the other eight immediately flew out. Eight golden lights streaked across the Sea Middle Sea, and water splashed.
Although he couldn't attack Sea Lance Douluo, Shi Quan could affect the speed at which Sea Lance Douluo absorbed seawater.
According to Shi Quan's estimation, the duration of Sea Lance Douluo's eighth Spirit Ability was definitely not long, and this Spirit Ability was clearly stronger when facing stronger opponents and weaker when facing weaker ones. If the absorbed attacks were not strong, the unleashed offensive would not be as powerful as imagined.
As long as he dragged it out until his eighth Spirit Ability ended, it would be time to counterattack.
Seeing that Shi Quan wasn't actively attacking, and under his influence, the speed of seawater absorption was greatly reduced.
The long spear finally couldn't hold back and launched an attack. The absorption action paused, and then it suddenly sprang up. Countless golden lights exploded like rain. It was like the sun bursting, emitting countless golden light and shadows.
The Xuanyuan short blades beneath the long spear were instantly repelled. Shi Quan directly allowed the Xuanyuan short blades to be repelled. His Spirit Sense condensed, and the eight Xuanyuan short blades in front of him instantly moved.
Like a round shield, they spun rapidly and pushed forward in front of Shi Quan. Each golden thread caused a series of air explosions in the air, like sharp long spears.
The golden light struck the sword shield formed by the Xuanyuan short blades, immediately producing muffled thuds like a long spear piercing a shield. The powerful force slowly pushed the sword shield backward.
However, the golden light quickly disappeared. Without absorbing enough power, the intensity of the offensive brought by the long spear's eighth Spirit Ability was clearly significantly reduced.
The sharp Xuanyuan short blades directly withstood the attack. As Shi Quan's strength grew, the sharpness and toughness of the Dragon Spine Xuanyuan had already reached a terrifying degree. Its strength was probably no weaker than any Tool Spirit that had unleashed its true Martial Spirit form.
His Divine Sense reconnected with the eight repelled Xuanyuan short blades, and the sixteen short blades once again combined into eight.
With Shi Quan's current mental force, he could only control eight flying blades without affecting the intensity of the attack. Each flying blade could exert 100% of Shi Quan's mental force. If the number increased, the attack intensity of each flying blade would be reduced to a certain extent.
Seeing the flying blades attack again, the golden long spear had no chance to catch its breath. The long spear fiercely struck the sea surface. With a ringing sound, a layer of golden water curtain was brought up by the golden long spear. The long spear swept horizontally, and thousands of water droplets turned into specks of light, attacking Shi Quan with a piercing whoosh.
The Xuanyuan flying blades danced Smartly, powerfully breaking through all the water droplet attacks.
The powerful attack power and toughness displayed by the Xuanyuan flying blades clearly exceeded Sea Lance Douluo's expectations. Facing his own attacks, the Xuanyuan flying blades were actually able to directly clash head-on.
Seeing Shi Quan controlling the flying blades to clash with him on the platform, dragging him and preventing him from absorbing water, and with his mental force unable to sever Shi Quan's control over the flying blades, and his every move seemingly seen through by Shi Quan, able to attack and defend, Shi Quan played these flying blades to perfection.
He had no advantage in close combat, and he was completely suppressed in long-range combat.
His powerful attack power was not even fully utilized.
"Be careful!" Sea Lance Douluo's voice came. Seeing that if this continued, he would only lose, so he prepared to directly release his strongest strike, ready to decide the outcome with one blow.
The golden long spear instantly burst forth with sunlight-like brilliance. The black ninth spirit ring lit up, and the golden long spear rapidly expanded. Countless demonic patterns appeared on the smooth long spear, exactly identical to the patterns on the Sea Lance Sacred Pillar. The enormous energy fluctuations caused the seawater below to split along the direction of the long spear. The terrifying energy fluctuations even caused dozens of distorted black electric lights to swirl around the long spear.
Shi Quan's expression also showed seriousness for the first time. He could feel the power of Sea Lance Douluo's strike. Eight golden Xuanyuan sharp blades quickly gathered in front of Shi Quan.
The next second, the long spear sped forward, its terrifying attack speed like Teleportation.
Eight golden Xuanyuan sharp blades formed a straight line in front of the long spear, erupting with brilliant golden light and pressure.
The Emperor's might was vast.
The golden long spear's movement slowed. The Xuanyuan flying blades immediately met it. The flying blades' trajectory was very slow, so slow that their movement could be clearly seen, yet at the same time, they gave a contradictory feeling of being extremely fast.
With every movement of the flying blade, it seemed to release a fine thread that wrapped around the golden long spear. The eight flying blades moved with the long spear, and these threads accumulated more and more, seemingly forming balls of silk floss that enveloped the golden long spear.
Using one's dullness to block the enemy's sharpness, this was the method of Tai Chi Yin and Yang, the method of deflecting force. Shi Quan had already mastered it, and even flying blades could be used.
Under the suppression of the Emperor's might, Sea Lance Douluo already felt his spirit power consumption increasing, making it even more difficult to control.
Now, being entangled by these flying blades, not only was his offensive weakened, but he also felt increasingly heavy, giving him a feeling of insufficient spirit power to continue.
But with this alone, it was of course impossible to directly break through a Titled Douluo's ninth Spirit Ability.
Although the rapidly moving long spear was suppressed in power, it had already arrived in front of Shi Quan in an instant.
"Indestructible Divine Skill!"
A golden glow appeared beneath Shi Quan's skin. He raised his hand and clenched his fist, brilliant light bursting from his eyes. His entire body's muscles and internal spirit power surged like raging waves, layer upon layer.
Boom!
In an instant, the entire Circular Sea seemed to be subjected to immense pressure, sinking sharply by several meters.
The golden long spear flew backward, splitting into two, and Sea Lance Douluo's figure fell into the seawater from within.
Shi Quan's figure also flew backward and fell into the Circular Sea, sliding for tens of meters. He repeatedly tapped his toes, dissolving all the impact force, before steadily landing outside the Circular Sea.
Fresh red blood stained Shi Quan's right palm. Even after doing his best to suppress and weaken Sea Lance Douluo's ninth Spirit Ability,
But in the clash, Sea Lance Douluo still broke through the defense of Shi Quan's Indestructible Divine Skill, causing him injury, which was enough to show how astonishing Sea Lance Douluo's attack power truly was.
"As expected of Sea Lance Douluo."
In the original work, it was said that Sea Lance Douluo's ability was known for its powerful attack power. His characteristics were his relentless offensive power and formidable Breakthrough ability.
Now he had witnessed it.
However, Sea Lance Douluo on the other side was also not feeling well. His ninth Spirit Ability was suppressed too severely, leading to insufficient spirit power for the subsequent Spirit Ability. The recent clash was almost equivalent to taking a solid punch from Shi Quan.
"I lost."
Sea Lance Douluo, whose person and spear had separated, leaped out of the seawater, breathing heavily, leaning on the golden long spear which now had a layer of cracks. The front of his clothes was already stained with blood.
"I apologize for the offense, Senior, please be magnanimous."
With a thought, Shi Quan summoned the scattered Dragon Spine Xuanyuan back and merged it into his body, then bowed to Sea Lance Douluo.
"Minor injuries are inevitable in sparring. I am inferior in skill, don't blame yourself." Sea Lance Douluo clutched his chest, withdrew his Martial Spirit, and sat down in front of the sacred pillar.
Shi Quan's figure swayed, then floated out again, landing back on the sacred pillar platform. "Junior possesses healing abilities, so I can help Senior with some treatment."
Saying that, Shi Quan released the Blue Silver Light from his Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone. Under the illumination of the Blue Silver Light, Sea Lance Douluo's complexion quickly returned to rosy, and the injury on Shi Quan's right hand also recovered as before.
"What strong healing ability." Sea Lance Douluo was surprised, stood up and thanked him: "Thank you."
Facing a powerful individual, this was the respect due.
"It's nothing." Shi Quan waved his hand, "Senior, could you please tell me the direction of the next sacred pillar?"
"This way."
"Then Junior will not disturb Senior." Shi Quan looked in the direction Sea Lance Douluo pointed, then soared into the air.
During the battle with Sea Lance Douluo, although he was injured, he recovered immediately under the healing effect of the Blue Silver Light. The consumed mental force and spirit power should also recover on the way.
He flew slowly for about half an hour, and when his condition had almost recovered,
Shi Quan finally reached his next destination.
From the previous two stops, Shi Quan had deduced that his route should be consistent with the route Tang San and the others challenged in the original work. When he saw the slender, straight, fifteen-meter-high hexagonal pillar in the center of the platform, Shi Quan became even more certain of his deduction.
Because this place was precisely the Sea Illusion Sacred Pillar.
Sea Illusion Douluo was a middle-aged man who looked about fifty years old, with a rather handsome appearance.
Sea Illusion Douluo stood up and looked at Shi Quan with a faint smile, "To be able to continuously defeat Sea Horse and Sea Lance, you are indeed very powerful, but it won't be that easy to win against me…"