Douluo Dalu: Seven Kills

Chapter 605 There's no other way but to confront it head-on (Part 2)

How to do?
Huo Yuhao's brain started working at lightning speed.

He had originally planned to use Brother Gu's spatial abilities to wage guerrilla warfare against Brother Junting, but who would have thought that this entire area would be sealed off? This was undoubtedly a major blow to them!

There's no other way but to try the same method again.

"Do it!"

As the shout rang out, a completely different message was transmitted to everyone's mind through mental sharing.

Immediately, everyone's expression changed.

"Netherworld Poisonous Mist, the Serpent King's Binding!"

Dugu Xin made the first move; with just a surge of dark green soul power, a large amount of miasma containing potent poison spread out. Several giant snakes formed from the poisonous mist bared their fangs, sealing off all directions except for the center, which attacked Chen Junting.

Before Chen Junting could make a move, a strange light emanated from Xiao Xiao. The aura emanating from her petite frame was as imposing as a mountain, with a layer of black light flickering within, seemingly containing countless flashing characters. In that instant, she seemed to suppress the very fate of a nation.

Xiao Xiao summoned the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron directly to the top of Chen Junting's head. The three cauldrons circled around each other, their mouths facing downwards, releasing a powerful suppressive force, as if a black waterfall was hanging down, trying to suppress Chen Junting under the mouth of the cauldrons and thus slow down his movements.

At the same time, her Nine Phoenixes Arrival Flute was already close to her lips. Just as her eyes, which were like two stars, flickered, a melodious flute sound rang out. As soon as the initial poignant beauty was uttered, the air instantly became thick, inevitably giving people a feeling that their whole body was restrained.

Immediately afterwards, the originally mournful sound of the flute suddenly became gentle and melodious. The gentle and pleasant sound lingered, like silk threads. Rings of emerald light were released from Xiao Xiao's body, like coils of silk, continuing to swirl towards him, and then gradually solidified, like a series of binding rings.

This,

These are Xiao Xiao's two major soul skills: Slowness and Ring.

But less than a second later, just as Dugu Xin's several venomous snakes attacked, Chen Junting, whose eyes revealed his appreciation for Xiao Xiao and whose lips were slightly upturned, smiled and launched a counterattack, his body instantly bursting with incomparably sharp sword energy!
Moreover, with the sudden burst of sword energy, all of Xiao Xiao's methods were shattered. The sword energy then traversed the sky, stretching for thousands of miles, annihilating the several poisonous snakes along with it, and continued its momentum towards Xiao Xiao, as if it wanted to sever her.

"Clang——"

As the sword energy attacked, Ji Juechen had already drawn his sword.

For him, whose eyes were only on the sword, Ji Juechen didn't use any fancy soul skills. He simply raised his sword intent to its limit, then merged with the sword, transforming into a dazzling rainbow that pierced straight towards Chen Junting's brow. This sword strike was pure and simple.

Meanwhile, He Caitou shouldered the Soul Guidance Cannon, locked the muzzle on Chen Junting, and fired several high-explosive armor-piercing shells with trails of flame as they roared out!

But these similar measures,
However, Chen Junting saw through their purpose.

Are you still thinking of using the same old tricks?

He simply opened his palm and stretched it forward!
In an instant, the surrounding soul power converged towards Chen Junting's palm. Even before it was halfway gathered, Chen Junting directly manipulated it, forming a giant soul power hand.

Just then, he held in his hand the sword that had struck Ji Juechen and several high-explosive armor-piercing shells. Then, he gently squeezed them!
"boom--"

A terrifying burst of flames and intense heat erupted instantly!

But Chen Junting felt a stinging pain in his palm.

Clearly, Ji Juechen's sword had just broken through the restraints of that soul power hand, and the remaining force continued to stab towards him.

Not bad!

He secretly admired it.

But this doesn't mean Chen Junting will hold back.

Almost without hesitation, the giant hand transformed again, forming a vortex of soul power. Like a tornado, the immense "wind force" began to pull Huo Yuhao and the other eleven people into it. At the same time, Chen Junting continued to descend, clearly intending to ensure that Huo Yuhao and the others left the unsealed area above, giving them no chance to escape.

Instantly, the terrifying pulling force made Huo Yuhao and the others lose their balance, as if their entire bodies were being controlled.

No, we can't go on like this.

Huo Yuhao knew very well that they had to break free of the blockade.

Otherwise, there is absolutely no chance of winning.

Now, they've embraced the mindset that this is the official sixth exam, so they can't afford to worry about anything else.

Dong'er!

Almost as if they were of one mind, the two locked eyes instantly.

The two closest people instantly embraced, then released a dazzling, indescribable light of nothingness, as if everything around them had completely disappeared.

All that remained was a phantom figure.

The figure looked rather strange, completely transparent, with its face obscured. Its hands were clasped in a heart-shaped gesture, but the brilliance in its eyes was exceptionally clear and indescribable.

The brilliant gold seemed to absorb and condense all the starlight in the sky. The moment the strange golden luster appeared, the light in the entire area dimmed instantly.

On the forehead of that ethereal figure, a strange vertical eye slowly opened, its life-giving luster illuminating the entire area in an instant. Faintly, a golden hammer appeared in the void, shattering instantly above the ethereal figure, transforming into countless smaller hammers, which then returned to golden light.

In the next breath, a golden halo spread out from the forehead of the strange, ethereal figure.

Everything seemed to slow down.

But where the golden light passed, cracks appeared in the air, as if the space itself was about to collapse.

And that is it.

The Truth in Nothingness—A Storm of the Soul!
A pure spiritual attribute all-around attack martial soul fusion skill. This is undoubtedly equivalent to fusing the top-tier attack of the Clear Sky Hammer among weapon martial souls into Huo Yuhao's soul impact, and it is an area-of-effect attack.

As a Title Douluo with a mental cultivation system, his mental strength had already reached the Limit Douluo level, plus the presence of a Soul Saint…

This spirit attribute martial soul fusion skill, with a 100% level of tacit understanding, is something even Chen Junting must take seriously!

Therefore, Chen Junting's expression had become solemn.

This solemnity is unprecedented.

While others might not be able to sense it, Chen Junting, whose spiritual power had reached the peak of the mortal realm and was only one step away from the level of a god, was very clear about it. This attack was already a threat.

Even if he could become immune to this mental attack.

but…

He is not prepared to do that.

Facing Brother Junting, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er held nothing back. They had already pushed their potential to the limit, and had never even used their Martial Soul Fusion Technique before. At this moment, Chen Junting's brow slowly cracked open.

Immediately afterwards, "buzz—"

The moment the Heavenly Eye opened, the golden light, like the eye of the heavens, shot out a dazzling brilliance towards the storm of the mind!

The two mental attacks collided silently in mid-air, and then the golden light went straight for the seemingly ethereal figure, while the golden halo also enveloped Chen Junting.

hum-

The next instant, Chen Junting felt as if a giant hammer had slammed into his sea of ​​consciousness. For a moment, his mind went blank. The deepest part of his sea of ​​consciousness seemed to erupt with violent tremors, as if to churn up the entire "seawater."

But in just a moment, the storm had passed.

As for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er...

The two's martial soul fusion skill had disintegrated, and their bodies trembled violently before they staggered backward, but fortunately, they were caught by Gu Tianchen and the others.

However, Huo Yuhao's face turned deathly pale, and blood flowed from his nostrils and ears at the same time, like winding little snakes. His vision blurred for a moment, and it took him a while to regain his senses.

In contrast, Wang Dong'er was in much better condition, only experiencing a brief moment of dizziness. Clearly, Huo Yuhao had absorbed the vast majority of the mental attacks.

However, as soon as they regained consciousness, He Caitou immediately offered them two baby bottles and two cigars to help them recover their soul and mental strength, as well as repair the wounds caused by the attack.

On the other side, after seeing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's situation, Chen Junting did not stop, but instead slashed out with his sword again.

This sword strike, without stirring up even a trace of soul power or sword intent, could tear through space, layer upon layer, reaching its peak.

Seeing this, "Roar—"

Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Tianchen immediately activated his seventh soul ring, shouting, "Bone Dragon Soars Through the Abyss, Traversing the Four Seas and Eight Desolations, Reaching the Azure Heaven and Descent into the Yellow Springs! — Bone Transformation Divine Dragon!"

Seventh Soul Skill - Bone Dragon True Form!
Bone-transforming dragon!

As the signature soul skill of Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo from ten thousand years ago, "Bone Transformation Dragon" was naturally inherited like "Sword Dao: Dust Heart". However, compared to the previous "Bone Transformation Dragon", Gu Tianchen's "Bone Transformation Dragon" this time has been improved!

It's even more powerful than last time!

Because this suits him better!
At that moment, within the imposing blockade range, a massive spatial vortex instantly appeared beneath Huo Yuhao and the others. In the blink of an eye, a pair of enormous ancient wings emerged from the spatial vortex.

Immediately afterwards…

"Roar--"

A dragon's roar, neither quite a dragon nor a dragon, instantly resounded through the sky!

The bone dragon raises its head, spreads its wings, and takes flight!
Despite the sword's spatial force as it slashed down, the bone dragon broke through the spatial barrier and crashed headfirst into the blade.

At that moment, "buzz—"

Spatial upheaval, instantly creating turbulent currents.

However, the bone dragon was unharmed despite being in the midst of it, but the sword that Chen Junting slashed down was instantly torn to pieces by the spatial turbulence!

Upon seeing this, Chen Junting immediately raised his hand.

Invisible array patterns instantly flew from his palm in all directions, then coiled around the eight giant swords that had trapped them. This sudden turn of events puzzled Huo Yuhao and the others. But regardless, it was definitely disadvantageous to them.

"Stop him!"

However, the words had barely left his mouth when, "Whoosh—"

The array patterns activated instantly, and the world spun around in that instant!
When Huo Yuhao and the others could see clearly again, they found that they had been taken back to the original arena. Everything seemed the same, yet everything also seemed to have changed.

At least, that incense stick had burned nearly halfway.

Just as they were trying to break through upwards...

But a six-pointed star array had already sealed it off.

We can't leave!

Then...

"There's no other way but to fight it head-on! Let's go!"

Once a decision is made, it will not be changed.

"Roar--"

With a deafening roar, the bone dragon lit up its eighth spirit ring.

Eighth Soul Skill - Spatial Tear Abyss Slash!
The dragon's wings instantly closed, unleashing a crisscrossing black light blade. The light blade shimmered with distorted light, tearing apart the space within its attack range and swirling it into the blade.

They immediately locked onto the area directly in front of Chenjun Pavilion.

Wang Dong'er's figure was the most agile. With the Martial Soul of the Goddess of Light Butterfly attached to her, the butterfly wings on her back flapped, and the huge light and shadow of the Goddess of Light Butterfly rose into the air, instantly transforming into a dazzling blue-gold stream of light. These light spots seemed beautiful, but they turned into many small Goddess of Light Butterflies, scattering countless golden light spots, which kept approaching Chen Junting from all directions, and then suddenly exploded.

Huo Yuhao also directly changed his martial soul, transforming it into the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. A terrifying beam of extremely cold light, combined with a sword light slashed out by Ji Juechen, transformed into an ice sword that pierced through!

The same applies to He Caitou and Beibei.

In an instant, the entire training ground was enveloped in the light of various soul skills. Space, flames, lightning, poison, sword light, cannon fire, holy light... one after another, completely different yet meticulously coordinated forces surged toward Chen Junting from all directions!

Faced with this relentless onslaught, Chen Junting slightly raised the Seven Kill Sword in his hand. There was no earth-shattering burst of power, nor any complex changes in his moves. He simply drew a circle in front of him with a mysterious trajectory.

However, four forces were instantly mobilized.

诛！
戮！
trap!
Absolutely!
It was none other than the Four Great Sword Intents!

A halo of light, no more than three meters in diameter, appeared out of thin air, completely enveloping him. The halo, seemingly thin, was as if it were a world of its own. All attacks, whether physical or energetic, vanished instantly upon contact with it, like mud sinking into the sea. Even Gu Tianchen's spatially charged slash only stirred a barely perceptible ripple before being deflected by an irresistible force. The terrifying sword intent it contained even pierced through the dragon's wings, leaving a cross-shaped scar on the bone dragon's eight ribs, sending it flying backward.

He Caitou's soul-guided cannonball was silently annihilated the moment it touched the light circle; Dugu Xin's deadly poison was shredded into nothingness by a deathly cold as soon as it approached the edge of the light circle; Xiao Xiao's Soul-Suppressing Cauldron's suppressing power also seemed to be isolated in another space, unable to have the slightest effect on Chen Junting.

Wang Dong'er's Butterfly Dance couldn't get close, Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Flame, Wu Feng's ultimate fire dragon flame, Bei Bei's thunder, and Ye Guyi's angelic holy light were all destroyed and disintegrated by the seemingly fragile sword circle.

(End of this chapter)