"Everyone, pay attention!"
"Our opponent this time is no ordinary foe—there's a very high probability that we're facing a Level 99 Limit Douluo."
Limit Douluo!
These four words carried weight that every soul master present understood all too well.
It could be said...
Apart from Chen Xin and Yang Fan, none of the others would survive a second breath if they encountered this enemy, let alone put up any resistance.
"Clan Leader."
"Which Level 99 Limit Douluo are we talking about?"
Titled Douluos on the Douluo Continent were already exceedingly rare, and as for Limit Douluos, they were even more pitifully scarce.
When this news was announced, the guesses in everyone's minds numbered no more than three.
"Tang Chen!"
The Speed Clan was different from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
They had an irreconcilable family feud with the Hao Tian Sect.
So when they heard Tang Chen's name, the Speed Clan members' emotions fluctuated noticeably.
"Don't let your imaginations run wild here!"
"Our Speed Clan's mission this time is to find Tang Chen and report his position."
"Understood?"
Bai He revealed Tang Chen's name to mentally prepare his clansmen and to let them understand the terrifying strength of their opponent this time.
He had no intention of letting his people throw their lives away, blinded by hatred!
"Understood!"
Both the Speed Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had to alter their strategic plans because of Tang Chen.
After all, a Limit Douluo stood at the absolute peak of the Douluo Continent—no one wanted to send their clansmen to meaningless deaths.
"Little Fan!"
"I'll let Xiangxiang follow you for now."
Bai He was afraid!
As a former subsidiary clan of the Hao Tian Sect, he had witnessed Tang Chen's terrifying power in his youth.
Tang Chen was a once-in-a-century genius that the Hao Tian Sect, and indeed the entire Douluo Continent, rarely saw.
It was precisely because of Tang Chen's emergence that the Hao Tian Sect was hailed as the number one sect on the Douluo Continent at that time.
He knew very well...
If he himself encountered Tang Chen, not to mention Bai Chenxiang, even he would die on the spot.
"Don't worry, Grandpa Bai."
"Xiangxiang will be safe with me."
Bai Chenxiang had sufficient security following him and Yao Lao, while Ning Rongrong on the other side appeared rather awkward.
The Level 96 Chen Xin was already no match for Tang Chen, and now he had to divide his attention to protect Ning Fengzhi and his daughter.
Yang Fan had initially been quite puzzled as to why Ning Fengzhi would bring Ning Rongrong along on such a risky venture.
Later, he understood!
Because Ning Fengzhi was now considering the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Given the current situation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they intended to have Ning Rongrong succeed as the next sect master and recruit a live-in son-in-law.
But Ning Fengzhi also understood his daughter's temperament—if he simply handed over the sect like this...
Within a hundred years, or perhaps even within his own lifetime, he would witness the decline of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
So...
After much internal struggle, Ning Fengzhi decided to keep Ning Rongrong by his side for tempering, letting his daughter experience more hardships and understand the ways of the world and the dangers of the Douluo Continent.
"Brother Yang Fan."
"Could this Level 99 Limit Douluo have already left?"
Yang Fan could only confirm that this person with killing intent was Tang Chen; as for whether he had already departed, that was hard to say.
Logically speaking...
If Tang Chen had already remembered who he was, there were only two places he would go.
Either Sea God Island, or the Hao Tian Sect!
But if he couldn't remember who he was, then he should still be in Slaughter City, being its underground emperor.
But regardless, Yang Fan still hoped to encounter Tang Chen this time.
A Level 99 peak Douluo was always a threat.
The Breaking Clan would eventually settle accounts with the Hao Tian Sect one day, and he didn't want Tang Chen becoming a variable at that time.
"Master."
"Have you discovered anything?"
Yao Lao's powerful soul scanning was incomparable to the Speed Clan's reconnaissance capabilities.
But the Speed Clan had their own advantage: a complete information transmission system.
It allowed them to use their speed to share intelligence in the shortest possible time.
"No!"
"The Slaughter King is no simple character."
"If he suppresses his aura, it would be difficult for me to detect his presence beyond five thousand meters."
At this moment...
Dugu Bo beside him spoke up.
"Why don't we lure him out?"
"Just like how we attracted the Titan Giant Ape back then."
The scene of immortal herbs attracting hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts remained vivid in Dugu Bo's memory.
"That won't work!"
"The Slaughter King is bloodthirsty; ordinary immortal medicinal herbs have no effect on him."
Yang Fan had originally wanted to use the Hellfire to attract Tang Chen, but Yao Lao told him that after being devoured, the Heavenly Flame had lost its original wild nature.
Moreover, this colorless, odorless flame would struggle to spread its aura beyond ten thousand meters in a short time.
The Slaughter King was different from spirit beasts—he was a human, not a beast.
For them, the best method was still to use a carpet search to find him.
From dawn to noon...
Just when everyone thought Tang Chen had left, the Level 99 Limit Douluo appeared.
A signal arrow shot up into the sky above Heaven Dou City...
"It's the Speed Clan!"
"They say they've found Tang Chen, but clan members have already suffered casualties. They're asking us to hurry over and support them."
At this moment...
Even the worldly-wise Yao Lao couldn't help but marvel at the Speed Clan's powerful information transmission system.
A signal arrow that originally summoned thousands of troops and horses had been ingeniously adapted by the Speed Clan.
From the firing of the arrow to Yang Fan's arrival took merely a few breaths' time.
When he arrived, the Speed Clan's four-man squad had already perished.
There were two distinct bite marks on their necks, and their faces had completely withered.
Not only the Speed Clan's four-man squad, but fifty meters away, there was also a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect squad that had just been killed.
"Second Brother!"
Seeing her clansmen die before her eyes, Bai Chenxiang's tears instantly streamed down.
Instinctively, she prepared to rush over...
"Don't move!"
Yang Fan's gaze turned to a large tree a hundred meters away that required two people to wrap their arms around it.
His vision slowly moved upward...
Standing on the treetop was a tall, thin figure with black hair and black eyes, his entire body wrapped in a massive stand-up collar scarlet cloak.
His pale face was smeared with fresh blood, appearing extremely ferocious.
This was Tang Chen!
Yang Fan had been fortunate enough to see him once when opening the Hell Road in Slaughter City.
But compared to last time, his pale face now bore many strange blood-colored patterns, and a sword-shaped demonic mark had appeared on his forehead.
The magic sword pointed vertically downward, its tip positioned right between his eyebrows.
"Blood!"
"I want to drink blood!"
Tang Chen, who had killed multiple people, seemed not yet satisfied with his thirst for blood.
At this moment...
His ferocious gaze looked down at the crowd below, and killing intent erupted from his body instantly.
"You beast!"
"I'll definitely kill you today."
Bai He, seeing four of his clansmen die tragically, was instantly consumed by rage.
The Speed Clan made no distinction between direct and collateral lines—every clansman was directly related to him by blood.
"Don't be impulsive!"
"If you go up now, you'll only be throwing your life away, and might even take the entire Speed Clan with you to their deaths."
Dugu Bo's words instantly calmed Bai He down.
Meanwhile!
Ning Fengzhi arrived with his people at this moment. Seeing his clansmen's corpses, his face also revealed killing intent.
"Since you've all come, then become souls who follow this king."
A pair of blood-red wings suddenly unfolded behind Tang Chen, and a blood-colored longsword suddenly appeared in his right hand.
The sword exceeded two meters in length, its slender yet broad blade densely covered with dark golden demonic patterns, filled with fierce killing intent.
"Sword?"
Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and Ning Fengzhi all felt confusion arise in their hearts at this moment.
Tang Chen had been famous on the Douluo Continent for a long time—anyone who had heard his name knew this old fellow used the Clear Sky Hammer.
"Be careful of that sword!"
The moment the blood-colored longsword appeared, Yao Lao became alert.
Yao Lao could tell at a glance that this sword was no ordinary item; it was the first time he had seen a weapon of this quality on the Douluo Continent.
"Elder Yao has a point."
Chen Xin was also an expert with swords; on the Douluo Continent, there were few sword martial souls that could compare to his Seven Kill Sword.
But this one was completely incomparable to his Seven Kill Sword.
At this moment...
Tang Chen's brow suddenly erupted with a powerful blood-colored light.
The light descended!
Like a massive stone falling into calm water, creating ripples that spread throughout the surrounding thousand square meters in an instant.
"Domain?!"
Everyone was shocked!
Some of those present had seen similar domains on Yang Fan before, but what Tang Chen released now was completely different from Yang Fan's.
Within the domain, they couldn't use soul skills!
Among the soul masters present, only Yang Fan understood the bitterness of having soul skills but being unable to use them.
This wasn't an ordinary Killing God Domain, but rather had the same effect as Slaughter City itself.
Within this barrier, Yang Fan, who possessed the Killing God Domain, naturally wouldn't be troubled by being unable to release his martial soul, but the others were in quite an awkward situation.
"What do we do?"
A soul master without soul skills was no different from trash, leaving every soul master present feeling awkward.
Especially the support soul masters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
At this moment...
The blood-red wings behind Tang Chen suddenly spread open, and holding the Asura Sword, he launched an attack on everyone within the domain.
The first to meet him wasn't Yang Fan, but Chen Xin holding the Seven Kill Sword.
White light flickered around Chen Xin's body, pressing against the surrounding blood-colored light.
The overbearing blood light Tang Chen released wasn't essentially the barrier of Slaughter City, but rather a form of comprehension ability.
So it wasn't only the Killing God Domain that could break it—one needed sufficient comprehension ability to resist it.
Clang—clang—
The Seven Kill and Asura swords clashed in midair, sending sparks flying in all directions.
Chen Xin charged fast and retreated even faster!
In an instant, he was defeated and fell from the sky.
"This sword is too strong!"
Chen Xin wasn't making excuses for his failure, but stating a fact to everyone.
His strength was already inferior to Tang Chen's, not to mention when the opponent possessed a divine weapon. That single clash just now instantly gave him a feeling of powerlessness.
"Fresh blood!"
"I want fresh blood!"
When the Asura Sword descended once more.
A powerful fiery red light suddenly exploded from Yang Fan's body.
In an instant...
His entire person was like a fireball, and fierce flames surged skyward simultaneously.
Yang Fan didn't choose to release the Killing God Domain!
Although the Killing God Domain could guarantee he could release soul skills, it was clearly going to be suppressed by Tang Chen.
That wasn't suppression in terms of strength, but in terms of domain.
The domain Tang Chen released shared the same origin as the Killing God Domain, but was clearly superior to it.
The moment the Asura Divine Sword descended, a wide black ruler appeared in Yang Fan's hand.
The flame waves released from the ruler's body collided with the Asura sword energy, and two shades of red light instantly clashed together, competing for control of this sky.
Although Yang Fan struck second, it was clear his Dou Techniques weren't affected by the domain.
"It's you?"
The bloodthirsty Tang Chen seemed to sober up from the clash of sword and ruler just now, and simultaneously recognized Yang Fan.
"What did you take from Slaughter City?"
"Why is the killing intent in Slaughter City growing weaker and weaker?"
The Slaughter King remembered.
He had run out of Slaughter City because of the weakening killing intent, but as for why he ran out, he no longer knew.
"Want to know?"
"I'm afraid you won't have the chance."
Tang Chen was instantly enraged, and in a flash of lightning and fire, he slashed out with his sword.
The power of one sword!
Directly forced Yang Fan back several hundred meters.
This was still with him being prepared; otherwise, this strike would have forced Yao Lao to confront him personally.
"Foolish boy... don't be careless."
"This scarlet old ghost isn't so easily dealt with. I see he's been completely consumed by killing intent, to the point where he doesn't even seem to know what he's doing next."
Tang Chen's current behavior had a very accurate general term: mad dog.
Compared to the previous Slaughter King, Tang Chen could now be said to be beyond cure.
"Your disciple understands!"
Setting aside Tang Chen's strength for the moment.
Just that Asura Divine Sword alone was enough to command his respect.
At this moment...
Yang Fan took out two medicinal pills from his storage soul guide device.
One was the Seven Core Pill, the other was the Luo E Pill!
Both of these pills were Tier Six!
The Seven Core Pill's effect was to produce extremely keen intuition toward fire attribute Dou Qi and receive a substantial boost to soul perception power.
The Luo E Pill allowed him to temporarily raise his strength to the Dou Huang level within a short time; specifically what level he reached depended on the cultivator's physique and compatibility with the pill, with the cost being a seven-day period of weakness.
He had no choice!
Facing a Level 99 opponent with a divine weapon, he had to give one hundred percent of his attention while simultaneously unleashing one hundred twenty percent of his strength.
Heavenly Flame released, Dou Qi surging!
The medicinal aura exploded instantly within his body.
Perhaps because the Luo E Pill was personally refined by him, the moment he consumed it, he achieved nearly ninety percent fusion with it, causing his strength to instantly soar to the level of a Seven-Star Dou Huang.
Yang Fan's small movements were completely carried out in secret, so when this scene occurred, the soul masters present nearly dropped their jaws in shock once again.
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