Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1737 A Series of Schemes! The Self-Destructing Nightmare Douluo

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Barely managing to steady himself, Ming Xingyun turned his gaze to the faint yet intense fluctuations of Title Douluo-level soul power coming from the distant northwest. He immediately understood—his older brother, Ming Xiangyun, was probably also cornered, and the situation was not good.

Their intelligence has been thoroughly investigated! How infuriating!
In that moment, he managed to come to his senses.

From the moment Chen Zhang and his group entered the manor, it was all a trap!
Chen Zhang's seemingly pointless provocation, Zhu Yanfeng and Xia Yun, those two high-level Soul Douluos, jumping out as targets to show their faces, and even Li Xunhuan putting on airs and leisurely drinking tea—it was all an act for him!

All of this was for one purpose: to divert his attention and subconsciously ignore the one person he shouldn't have ignored—Simon Wenlan.

According to Lan Xing, Ximen Wenlan, who should have been a dangerous presence, successfully achieved a kind of psychological "cognitive invisibility" through various carefully designed cover-ups.

This allowed her to operate the secret essence of the Ximen family's Red Lotus Great Dao Treasury Heart Method—the "Great Dao Treasury" of gathering power and accumulating essence—without interference.

While swords are known for their explosive and powerful attacks, they also require careful preparation and accumulation of power.

One of the ultimate secrets of the Red Lotus Great Dao is this kind of secret technique that requires a long time to "accumulate power" before it can be unleashed.

It contains the intent of countless blades invisibly, and stores boundless blazing heat within, like a dormant volcano waiting to finally erupt. Only then can its power surpass the limits of normalcy and surge to an unimaginable level.

Therefore, we need to buy time.

Chen Zhang was right at the beginning; this was a complete annihilation of him.

The sword formation that seemed to be an encirclement but was actually mainly for delaying, along with Zhu Yanfeng's stubborn defense that was as difficult as plaster, was a "time cage" tailor-made for him!
The purpose was to stall him for those ten-odd minutes, giving Ximen Wenlan precious time to unleash her ultimate move.

No, they also cut off his contact with the outside world, rendering him blind and unable to command the outside army.

As for the location, it was no coincidence.

Since this place is under the control of Ming Xingyun, the possibility of running into him is not low.

Even if they hadn't met, Chen Zhang and his men had brazenly caused a ruckus in the Bao family's main hall, so how could he, as the head of the household, not intervene?

As a result, they fell into the trap.

In the end, after Ximen Wenlan had spent more than ten minutes building up her power with the "Great Dao Hidden Treasure," the power level of her "Three Absolute Blades of Hell" that she unleashed was nothing like that of a newly-entered level 91 Title Douluo. It was three strikes that were enough to rival a level 95 peak expert!

Otherwise, even if he was worn down in the fierce battle and suffered minor injuries from the sword formation and flying knives, how could he have ended up with his battle armor completely shattered, his chest and abdomen severely injured, and nearly dying after being attacked by three hidden swords?

This deadly trap aimed at Ming Xingyun was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but a crucial link meticulously woven long before they set foot in the manor. It was the fatal blow in the entire operation to eliminate their Bao family manor stronghold.

With a series of calculated schemes orchestrated by the unsuspecting, how could they not fail?

Therefore, the sword formation is the key to turning the tide in this situation!

Ming Xingyun surveyed the ruins of the battlefield, his gaze finally settling on Chen Zhang, whose aura was somewhat weak but whose eyes were clear. He hoarsely squeezed out, "Today's situation was set up specifically for me. It was all your doing."

Chen Zhang nodded slightly, his expression showing no smugness, but calmly stating: "Preparation is the key to success. I am not very capable, but I can only devise a small plan to invite Mr. Ming to join the game."

"Hmph!" Ming Xingyun grinned, letting out a mocking sneer. "As expected, those who play tactics and manipulate situations have hearts as dirty as sewers!" Chen Zhang: "..."

“Mr. Ming, things have come to this, surrender.” Chen Zhang gasped for breath. “With your current injuries, you have no chance of winning.”

"Surrender?" Ming Xingyun laughed wildly, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. His laughter was full of reckless madness. "Hahahaha... When has my Mingying Ming family ever had a spineless coward who would kneel down to survive! Chen Zhang, you want my life? Come and take it yourself!"

Before he finished speaking, thick, ink-like, extremely restless and ominous black soul power mist suddenly gushed out from the gaps in his heavy, cracked, and nearly falling-off Black Nightmare Battle Armor!

A destructive, rapidly expanding energy surged violently from the core of his severely injured body, and the surrounding space began to tremble and hum under the strain of this energy's dissipation.

"He's about to self-destruct!"

Chen Zhang's expression changed drastically, and he cried out in shock.

At this critical moment!
Om-!
A flash of light, as swift as a shooting star, faster than thought could be conceived!

It was Li Xunhuan, who was injured and standing by his side!
A slender blade of energy, refined to its utmost, moved silently yet with lightning speed, precisely piercing deep into the massive wound on Ming Xingyun's chest.

It pierced through the flesh and bone, and even penetrated the soul power seed behind it that was about to self-destruct and ignite, fluctuating violently. The shockwave from the instantaneous explosion of the blade energy forcibly disrupted the process of the soul nest's self-destruction.

Almost at the same second, Ximen Wenlan, suspended above the ruins, had a cold, icy look in her eyes.

Faced with Ming Xingyun's mad act of mutual destruction below, she gripped the Karmic Fire Demon Blade burning with illusory purple flames with both hands, and her ninth soul ring suddenly erupted with a dazzling light like a black sun.

"Ninth Soul Skill: Crimson Lotus Purification!"

With a clear and icy shout, nine lotus phantoms, composed entirely of highly concentrated, pure, fiery red soul flames, instantly solidified around her.

These nine fiery red lotuses have petals that resemble flowing lava patterns, while their cores reveal an extreme depth of darkness.

The lotus flower spun rapidly, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, before collapsing and contracting inward in the next instant.

In the end, the nine lotuses were united as one!

It transformed into a tiny, yet incredibly heavy, point of intense white light, smaller than a needle tip, yet seemingly compressing a galaxy, and condensed on the burning tip of the Karmic Fire Demon Blade.

There is no earth-shattering power building up, only extreme compression and restraint!

With both hands raised, Ximen Wenlan swung her sword downwards at Ming Xingyun, who was being forcibly suppressed by Li Xunhuan's sword energy, his self-destruction process halted for a moment, and whose body was surrounded by surging black energy. She used all the remaining power from the Great Dao Hidden Secret Technique to strike him.

Cut it down with one knife!

This strike was silent and stealthy!
It was as if only a drop of dew had been swept away.

But in the space where the blade's trajectory traced, that blazing white light spot, which condensed the ultimate burst of "Great Dao Treasury" and the supreme annihilating and purifying power of "Red Lotus Purification," suddenly detached and fell.

As the light spot fell, it rapidly expanded, transforming into a massive, solidified blade of light with a core of interwoven incandescence and darkness.

Within the blade's edge, the vibrant red lotus in full bloom was gone, replaced only by the absolute annihilation that burned everything and sent it all back to nothingness!
(End of this chapter)