Douluo: Steal Tang San's luck and become stronger!

This is not a difference in the level of power, this is... a crushing defeat of the essence of life and the dimension of energy! It is the powerlessness of mortal forces in the face of a higher level of existence!
"The gap between a demigod and a Limit Douluo... I see."

Long Xiaoyao muttered to himself, a trickle of dark golden blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, his face growing paler.

He clearly sensed that Tang Lan had held back with that last shot.

The trajectory of that shot precisely avoided his heart, piercing only his shoulder. Otherwise, given the terrifying nature of that shot—ignoring defense and striking directly at the source—if it had been aimed at his heart or head, he would probably already be a corpse completely annihilated by the power of chaos.

The opponent possesses the ability to easily kill him! This realization, like a cold steel needle, pierced Long Xiaoyao's heart, which had been proud for nearly two hundred years.

He slowly raised his head, his gaze passing over Tang Lan and looking towards the Death Tower, which hung high in the sky, its blood-red light growing stronger and stronger, and the vortex at the top of the tower had already transformed into a destructive thundercloud. He looked towards Ye Xishui, who was sitting in the tower, her aura already rising to a certain critical point, as if she was about to explode at any moment.

In those deep, dark eyes, a complex light flickered intensely. There was pain, struggle, and resentment, but in the end, it transformed into an almost obsessive determination and resolve.

For her... for that emotion and promise that had long been ingrained in my bones and could not be severed... even knowing that I was no match for her, even if it was like a moth drawn to a flame, even if it was... death and annihilation, I would not hesitate!

"call……"

Long Xiaoyao exhaled a long breath of foul air, tinged with the smell of blood, as if he wanted to expel all his hesitation and weakness.

He suddenly straightened his blood-stained spine, and the dark aura around him, which had been somewhat weakened by his injuries, surged wildly once again, as if in a final burst of energy! It was even more violent and resolute than in his previous prime, carrying a tragic intensity of burning the very essence of his life!

The dark golden blood flowed even faster through his fingers, but he seemed completely unaware.

"Tang Lan!"

With a roar that shook the heavens, Long Xiaoyao's eyes showed no trace of confusion or wavering, only an indomitable fighting spirit and a will to die.

"Come again! Today, unless you step over my dead body, you will not disturb Xi Shui!"

Before he finished speaking, disregarding the terrifying injury on his chest that would render an ordinary Title Douluo powerless, he forcefully activated his nearly depleted soul power and burning life essence, transforming once again into a fierce and resolute black lightning bolt, rushing towards Tang Lan!

This time, he no longer pursued defense and lingering combat; every move was a life-or-death struggle, a fight to the death! Dark dragon breath, destructive claw strike, annihilating dragon tail... every strike was delivered with all his might, leaving no room for retreat, just to buy Tang Lan even a moment more time!

"Stubborn and obstinate".

Tang Lan watched as Long Xiaoyao charged forward like a madman, burning with life force. A complex emotion flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a cold fighting spirit. Since the other party had gotten what he wanted, he would no longer show any mercy.

"As you wish."

Wielding the Dragon Soul Overlord Spear, Tang Lan transformed into a golden streak of light once more, charging forward. The spear's shadow moved like a dragon, creating chaos and opening the heavens; each strike contained terrifying demigod-level power, clashing fiercely with Long Xiaoyao's life-burning, frenzied attacks!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the sky, golden light and black light intertwined and flashed wildly. Explosions, dragon roars, and the booming sounds of colliding energy continued incessantly, making the eardrums of the troops who had already retreated to a distance below ache and their minds tremble.

The intensity of the battle far surpassed any previous one!
Long Xiaoyao was desperately trying to stall for time. With each collision, his injuries worsened and his aura weakened. Dark golden dragon blood sprayed out as if it were free, but the flames of war in his eyes burned brighter and brighter, and his attacks became more and more brutal and frenzied!
Tang Lan, on the other hand, played it safe and steady, suppressing his opponent with absolute power and realm.

His attacks weren't particularly ferocious, but they were precise, efficient, and unstoppable. Long Xiaoyao's life-burning madness, faced with his absolute power, was like a moth drawn to a flame—tragic, yet futile.

Time flew by in this fierce and one-sided battle.

I don't know how much time passed; maybe a quarter of an hour, maybe half an hour.

suddenly!

The wildly flashing and tangled golden and black lights in the sky suddenly stopped!
Immediately afterwards, a muffled explosion, as if the very heart of heaven and earth had been gripped, erupted from the center of the battle!

A figure covered in blood, with a tattered black robe and an extremely weak aura, fell straight down to the earth from the highest clouds, like a kite with a broken string or a falling black star, with no hope of recovery!
It's Long Xiaoyao!

He lost! Utterly lost!

Boom!
With a deafening roar that shook the earth for dozens of miles around, Long Xiaoyao's body slammed heavily onto the edge of the ruins of Dongyang City, onto a relatively open wasteland!

The ground collapsed and cracked instantly, as if struck by a meteorite from outer space! A terrifying circular crater, over a kilometer in diameter and hundreds of meters deep, was created, accompanied by towering dust and debris.

Suddenly, it appeared! At the bottom of the giant pit, smoke and dust filled the air, and a human-shaped outline deeply embedded in the rock strata could be vaguely seen. Its breath was extremely weak, and its life or death was unknown.

For a fleeting moment, the world seemed to fall into a deathly silence.

Only high in the sky, the billowing smoke and turbulent energy slowly dissipated, revealing Tang Lan's tall figure standing with a gun in hand.

His breathing was slightly rapid, and his clothes were somewhat disheveled, clearly indicating that his life-or-death struggle with Long Xiaoyao had taken its toll. However, his hand holding the gun remained steady, his eyes still clear and sharp, and he looked calmly down at the enormous crater below.

However, at the very moment Long Xiaoyao fell to the ground in defeat, the Death Tower in the distance, which had been gathering power and whose crimson light had thickened to the point of resembling solidified blood, finally... completed its final preparation! "Hahahaha—!!!"

A sharp laugh, filled with madness, triumph, and endless resentment and murderous intent, like the cry of an owl, suddenly erupted from the Tower of Death, resounding throughout the entire world! It was Ye Xishui's voice!
"We succeeded! Power... this is power that is almost godlike! So perfect! So powerful!"

The tower trembled violently, and the dark red crystal at the top of the tower had now expanded to a size of tens of feet, like a pulsating blood-red demonic star. The death and destruction energy compressed inside it had reached a terrifying level that caused space to spontaneously distort and collapse!
Ye Xishui sat atop the Skull Throne, her gaze fixed on Tang Lan high in the sky through the walls of the Death Tower. Tang Lan's beautiful face, hidden beneath a hood, was slightly distorted by extreme excitement and hatred.

"Tang Lan! Do you see this?! This is my true power! This is the power to slay gods!"

Ye Xishui's voice was sharp and piercing, filled with a frenzied determination to succeed.

"You shouldn't have opposed me! You shouldn't have hindered the Holy Church's grand plan! And even more so...you shouldn't have hurt him!"

The last "he" carried a barely perceptible tremor and a deeper resentment, clearly referring to Long Xiaoyao, whose fate was unknown in the deep pit below.

"Today, I, the leader, will use this 'Godslayer Blood Annihilation Cannon' to send you... to be completely wiped out of this world! Your soul, along with your body, will become nourishment for the Tower of Death, helping me... to truly ascend to godhood!"

"Death God Tower's Ultimate Technique - God-Slaying Blood Annihilation Cannon! Fire!!"

Accompanied by Ye Xishui's hysterical scream, the blood-red demonic star at the top of the Death God Tower, which had expanded to its limit, suddenly shrank inward and then exploded!
No sound.

Or rather, the sound was swallowed up and annihilated by the destructive energy itself the moment it was emitted.

Only a single, indescribably condensed beam of energy, only a few feet in diameter, yet possessing a pure, dark red hue that seemed capable of devouring all light and life, shot out from the top of the tower!

The moment this dark red pillar of light appeared, the world lost its color! All living beings who witnessed it, regardless of friend or foe, regardless of their cultivation level, instinctively felt a great terror and despair rise from the depths of their souls! It was as if it were the embodiment of death, a declaration of the end of all things!

Its speed was unbelievable; almost at the same moment it was launched, it had already traversed thousands of feet and appeared in front of Tang Lan! Wherever the beam of light passed, space did not shatter, but was directly annihilated, leaving a long trail.

The black void passage with its edges constantly collapsing! Even the light of the chaotic realm trembled violently and dimmed the moment it came into contact with this dark red pillar of light, as if it were about to be eroded and assimilated by the ultimate laws of death and destruction contained within it!
This is Ye Xishui's God-Slaying Strike, which was unleashed by burning a massive amount of blood energy and soul power with the help of the tenth-order soul tool, the Death God Tower, pushing her power, which was infinitely close to that of a demigod, to its limit. It was enough to threaten a true god!
Faced with this sudden, dark red God-Slaying Blood Annihilation Cannon, which contained an aura of extreme destruction and seemed to freeze even the soul, Tang Lan's brows finally twitched slightly.

He could clearly sense the terrifying energy level and concentration of the law of death contained in this strike, which had indeed reached a level that was enough to make even a demigod like him feel threatened.

However, instead of the panic and fear Ye Xishui had expected, his face showed a hint of amusement, as if he had seen a novel toy.

He even casually stretched his wrist holding the gun, looked at the rapidly approaching, deathly beam of light, and spoke in a calm tone tinged with curiosity.

"Oh? Power that's almost at the level of a demigod, combined with the ultimate attack unleashed by burning and accumulating power from a tenth-tier soul tool?"

"The power looks... quite impressive."

He paused, his eyes gleaming with fighting spirit, and the smile on his lips widened.

"However, I really want to try it myself... to see if it's really as powerful as you say, and whether it can... truly kill a god."

At the same time, facing the dark red Blood Annihilation Cannon that contained the power to kill gods and was about to arrive in an instant, Tang Lan's eyes no longer held any lightheartedness or jokingness, but were replaced by solemnity and absolute focus.

The vast, star-like soul power within him, which had already entered the realm of demigods, was like a volcano that had been ignited, and it was running at an unprecedented speed and intensity!
"Ancient Dragon Protection!"

A deep, majestic dragon roar reverberated from Tang Lan's body! The chaotic halo behind him surged and expanded violently! A beam hundreds of feet high, almost reaching the sky, appeared.

A colossal ancient dragon phantom, its entire body gleaming with a chaotic, dim yellow light, its scales and armor gleaming, its head and horns rugged and imposing, as if it had existed since the beginning of time, suddenly appeared!
This ancient dragon phantom is not a simple energy projection; it is covered with ancient and profound law patterns and exudes a supreme dragon might that surpasses all living beings.

As soon as it appeared, it coiled up in a protective posture, its massive dragon body firmly shielding Tang Lan's body at its core, like the most solid fortress. The sheer pressure emanating from it caused the light at the tip of the rapidly approaching dark red blood-annihilation cannon to become slightly disordered and slowed down.

However, this is just the beginning!
"Black Tortoise Domain!"

Tang Lan's thoughts stirred again, and the void beside him rippled once more! Another massive, solid, and imposing phantom, seemingly capable of bearing the weight of heaven and earth, appeared almost simultaneously with the ancient dragon phantom!
That was the phantom of an ancient sacred beast resembling a giant tortoise, but with a shell covered in mysterious runes, and a dragon's head and a snake's tail—Baxia! It was Tang Lan's fifth soul ring, a domain-type soul skill attached to the 250,000-year-old dragon tortoise Baxia—the Xuanwu Domain!
As soon as the Xuanwu Domain opened, a solid and thick light shield, in shades of earthy yellow and dark green, rapidly spread out from the center of Tang Lan, overlapping and merging with the ancient dragon phantom on the periphery!
This domain not only grants Tang Lan unparalleled defensive power and control over the power of the earth, but also possesses a powerful suppressive and stabilizing effect, which can greatly weaken the penetrability and destructive power of enemy attacks!
Double protection: one is the supreme dragon's might protecting the body, and the other is the strongest defensive domain!
But this is still not the limit of Tang Lan's current state!

hum!hum!hum!
Three dazzling golden halos, radiating a powerful aura that sent shivers down one's spine and possessing an incomparably pure color, suddenly rose from beneath Tang Lan's feet, hovering around his body and slowly rotating!

Each halo seemed to be forged from pure laws and vast energy, and the pressure it emitted far exceeded that of an ordinary 100,000-year soul ring, even dimming the blood light of the Death God Tower in the distance for a moment!
These are the first three spirit rings of Tang Lan Ancient Dragon Martial Soul—each one is a genuine million-year level!

The first golden spirit ring shone brightly!
"First Soul Skill - Mighty Ancient Dragon True Form!"

As the spirit rings shone, Tang Lan's body suddenly erupted with dazzling chaotic golden light! His figure rapidly expanded and deformed within the golden light! His bones cracked, his muscles bulged, and his skin shimmered with layers of metallic luster.

The dragon was covered in chaotic-colored scales engraved with innate Dao patterns! Dragon horns burst from its forehead, its tail extended and swung behind it, and its limbs transformed into sharp dragon claws!
In the blink of an eye, Tang Lan had vanished, replaced by a true ancient dragon... over fifty feet long, with chaotic-colored dragon scales all over its body, ferocious horns, golden flames burning in its dragon eyes, and every inch of its body exuding an aura of primordial antiquity and supreme majesty!
This is the first form of the Ancient Dragon's true form—the Ancient Dragon Form! In this form, Tang Lan can fully activate the Ancient Dragon bloodline within him, revealing a true form that is no different from that of an ancient pure-blooded Ancient Dragon!
Its strength and defense have been enhanced by an unimaginable magnitude; every gesture carries the power to shake mountains and tear the heavens apart, and its attack range is extremely wide! Although its agility is slightly inferior to that of a human, its pure destructive power and survivability have reached a terrifying level! (End of Chapter)