"As expected of the champion of the Pill Gathering, you certainly have spirit."
"But young people who are too arrogant will have to pay a price."
Soul Hall Master snorted coldly, and with a raise of his hand, winds surged behind him, and majestic Dou Qi instantly transformed into a fierce offensive that bore down on Xiao Li.
This was an attack from a Dou Sheng powerhouse.
Below Dou Sheng, all are ants!
Little Fairy Doctor and Green Scale dared not receive this blow.
But Xiao Li, holding his long spear, pointed it out, unleashing a brilliant spear light that instantly tore apart all of Soul Hall Master's offensive.
Dou Sheng?
Sorry, he is too.
Soul Hall Master's expression changed,
"You are a Dou Sheng?!"
True powerhouses only need one exchange to gauge roughly how strong their opponent is.
Through just one move, Soul Hall Master roughly understood Xiao Li's strength—at least a Dou Sheng!
This was quite unbelievable.
A Dou Sheng, even in the entire Central Plains, was considered an absolute powerhouse.
One must know that even the three giants of the Pill Tower had not reached the Dou Sheng realm.
No matter which faction, as long as it possessed a Dou Sheng powerhouse, it could ascend to the ranks of a super-first-rate force.
A Dou Sheng was that powerful!
Soul Hall Master knew all the factions in the Central Plains that possessed a Dou Sheng.
Only Xiao Li was an unexpected Dou Sheng!
"Can only you be a Dou Sheng, and I cannot?" Xiao Li retorted.
"That you could reach Dou Sheng indeed somewhat surprised This Hall Master."
"However, a mere Dou Sheng... This Hall Master has not failed to kill them before."
The coldness in Soul Hall Master's eyes grew even more intense.
He raised his hand again.
This time, he was serious; fierce Dou Qi condensed into a massive, dark energy palm print,
"Soul Devouring Palm!"
The giant energy palm descended with terrifying force, collapsing even space wherever it passed.
This palm could suppress everything!
"Good timing!"
Xiao Li leaped up, and the long spear in his hand burst forth with a pale white light, as if the vicissitudes of life's reincarnation in the world were condensed upon this single spear.
Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skill: Fleeting Life Spear!
This spear seemed to pierce through heaven and earth, carrying an incomparable desolation and bleakness, dimming the colors of the surrounding world.
'Crack!'
The giant energy palm print unleashed by Soul Hall Master suddenly seemed to freeze in mid-air, then countless dense cracks appeared, shattering like glass.
Boom!
One strike, utterly crushed!
"This is... a Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skill?!"
Soul Hall Master was shocked.
He was a Four-Star Dou Sheng, stronger than the Two-Star Dou Sheng Xiao Li.
But despite this gap, Xiao Li's Dou Skill was able to crush his, which indicated that Xiao Li's Dou Skill level was definitely not low.
Heaven Tier Dou Skill was already a very rare existence.
Generally, only super-large forces possessed Heaven Tier Dou Skills.
The Soul Hall naturally had Heaven Tier Dou Skills, and quite a few of them.
But Heaven Tier Dou Skills also had distinctions.
Heaven Tier Low-Grade and Heaven Tier Mid-Grade were relatively common.
But Heaven Tier High-Grade was too rare.
Even the Soul Hall didn't have many Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skills.
So upon seeing that Xiao Li was not only a Dou Sheng but also possessed Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skills, even Soul Hall Master was greatly astonished.
"This is not the only spear."
"Take another spear from me!"
The purple heaven divine thunder spear in Xiao Li's hand spun rapidly, drawing a cold arc in the air,
"Heaven and Earth Nirvana Spear!"
As this spear thrust out, the entire world instantly dimmed, as if all the vitality of the world had been sucked dry.
Above the firmament, a muffled rumble of thunder echoed.
It was blood-red lightning, quickly condensing into a ferocious thunder beast.
Undoubtedly, this was also a Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skill!
Only Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skills could cause this level of heaven and earth anomaly.
"Another Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skill?"
Soul Hall Master's pupils constricted slightly, then he decisively raised both hands,
"Great Soul Severing Heaven Palm!"
Soul Hall Master once again unleashed a massive palm print.
However, this palm print was even more powerful this time, with vast might, belonging to a Heaven Tier Mid-Grade Dou Skill.
Boom!
When powerhouses clashed, the mortals suffered.
Whether it was Little Fairy Doctor and the others, or Soul Hall Master's subordinates, they were all blown reeling by the energy waves generated by their battle, forced to retreat from the center of the conflict.
The gap between a Dou Zun and a Dou Sheng was simply too vast.
Even a Nine-Star Dou Zun could only avoid battles of the Dou Sheng powerhouse level.
Xiao Li also noticed that if they fought so closely, it would be detrimental to Tianbei City.
So, during his exchanges with Soul Hall Master, he consciously led the battlefield away from Tianbei City.
Soul Hall Master saw through his intention but did not care.
His target was only Xiao Li; as for the people of Tianbei City, he would leave them to his subordinates.
"Kill them all, leave no one alive!"
The people of the Soul Hall clamored, charging towards Little Fairy Doctor and the others.
But how could Little Fairy Doctor and her companions fear them?
The two sides engaged, opening up a second battlefield.
However, the true battle that would influence the outcome of this conflict remained the one between Xiao Li and Soul Hall Master... Boom!
Relying on his Heaven Tier Mid-Grade Dou Skill, Soul Hall Master finally crushed Xiao Li's Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skill.
The remaining power heavily struck him.
Bang!
Xiao Li's body retreated repeatedly in the air.
"I didn't expect you to possess so many Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skills; it truly surprised This Hall Master."
"But the strength gap between us is too great; Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skills cannot make up for it," Soul Hall Master coldly snorted.
Xiao Li's performance indeed greatly exceeded his expectations.
A declining Xiao Clan, how much time had passed, yet a new Dou Sheng had emerged.
And he even possessed so many Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skills.
In fact, if someone told him that the Xiao Clan had not declined but had gone into hiding, Soul Hall Master would believe it.
After all, cultivating a Dou Sheng and producing so many Heaven Tier High-Grade Dou Skills was not something a declining family could achieve.
"Is this the true strength of the esteemed Hall Master of the Soul Hall? If so, then I am truly disappointed."
The distorted space gradually returned to calm.
The scene Soul Hall Master imagined, where Xiao Li was severely injured, did not appear.
Instead, he flew back completely unharmed, with a calm expression,
"Your attack is too weak; it disappoints me a little."
Xiao Li possessed various special physiques that could grant immunity to damage or greatly increase defense.
Did he think such an attack could harm him?
Naïve!
Soul Hall Master's brow furrowed slightly.
He had not held back in that previous strike, but had directly used ninety percent of his strength.
He had attacked with the intention of directly eliminating Xiao Li.
Yet, Xiao Li now didn't even have a minor injury?
"It seems you indeed have some capability to have come this far, stronger than any Two-Star Dou Sheng I've seen."
"This Hall Master will re-evaluate you and use my full strength to kill you!"
A large number of souls began to emerge from Soul Hall Master's body, emitting shrill wails of resentful spirits,
"Myriad Souls Slaughtering Heaven!"
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