Douluo: From Rusted Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 189 Annihilating the 10-Year-Old Soul Beast Garuda

"Kill me, but I have one request before I die: spare the four of them."

Yu Tianxin was indifferent to life and death. Although he didn't know Ji Wuming very well, he had witnessed everything that had happened before. The person in front of him was no longer the Ji Wuming from the Soul Master Competition, but someone who had a considerable grudge against their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

This enmity stemmed more or less from Yu Tianheng. Although Yu Tianheng is dead, the grudge between them will not disappear.

Upon hearing this, Ji Wuming felt a slight sense of respect for Yu Tianxin.

"Among the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members, only you, Yu Tianxin, are truly remarkable. If you hadn't been born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, you and I might have been very good friends. However, we are on different paths and cannot work together. Today, all of you will die."

"I never create any trouble for myself."

Yu Tianxin burst into laughter, while the four people behind him watched Ji Wuming warily in mid-air.

"Tianxin, let's attack together. Even if we can't kill him, we'll still skin him alive."

Fifth Soul Skill

Before the five people could fully unleash their fifth soul skill, all the surrounding air was sucked away, and the five people involuntarily floated in the air.

Soon, the five corpses fell one after another, and Ji Wuming collected all their storage rings. He did not absorb the life force given to him by Yu Tianxin, but instead took their bodies to a peaceful place for burial.
This was Ji Wuming's greatest respect for his old friend.

Ji Wuming took out the two exquisitely crafted storage rings separately and checked their contents one by one.

"That's right, two Space Keys. Now we just need to wait three years for the teleportation array to open so we can return to Douluo Continent."

"However, before that..."

Ji Wuming slowly turned his head towards the place he had come from, that Death Valley where the world could be turned upside down all night long.

"Garuda, it's time for us to settle things once and for all."

Immediately, he flew rapidly towards the cave, then followed the markings downwards. In just four hours, Ji Wuming arrived at the spot where he had fallen in. He gazed at the crack above him...
From outside the crack came screams like the cries of infants, growing louder and louder as they approached.

Undeterred, Ji Wuming gripped the Blood Thunder Spear tightly and flew towards the rift at top speed. Just as he approached the rift, he unleashed his teleportation skill, instantly disappearing from it.

A massive ball of crimson energy hurtled towards Ji Wuming, but because he had used his teleportation skill beforehand, the energy ball missed him.
Sensing that Ji Wuming's aura still lingered in the dim night sky, Garuda flew rapidly towards its source, angrily shouting...
"You wretched human, how dare you steal my immortal herb and even dare to appear before me! You won't have much luck today; you will surely be devoured by me."

A fierce wind howled around them, and countless strands of blood energy transformed into tens of thousands of long, continuous breaths that surged into Garuda's body. Immediately afterwards, three extremely terrifying Garuda blood-red energy phantoms separated and rushed towards Ji Wuming.
Just as Ji Wuming emerged from his teleportation, he saw three energy phantoms less than 300 meters away. Seeing no way to avoid them, he swiftly unleashed his sixth soul skill, Demonic Annihilation Strike. A blood-red phantom of a Demonic Orca King charged fiercely towards one of the Garuda phantoms. The two energies collided, and a powerful energy shockwave rapidly spread outwards, shattering another blood-red Garuda phantom.
The third remaining crimson Garuda phantom was already hurtling towards Ji Wuming. At the critical moment, he used his Soul Bone Technique, Void, and narrowly dodged the crimson phantom.
However, the next second the blood-red phantom turned around and continued to attack Ji Wuming. With no other option, Ji Wuming had to use his sixth soul skill again to forcibly eliminate the blood-red phantom.

"Human, you're courting death."

Garuda was furious and immediately unleashed its strongest domain, which it had only acquired once every 10 years.
"Garuda Domain".

Countless streams of blood energy erupted from Garuda's body, and within the area covered by his domain, piles of white bones sprang up from the ground, gradually forming a massive army of skeletons that charged towards Ji Wuming.
"You mere human being, within my domain, you are doomed to die."

Ji Wuming merely smiled faintly at Garuda's inexplicable confidence, then quickly activated his second martial soul.
“Endless, boundless blood energy surges toward your true master.”

In an instant, the countless white bones on the ground turned to ashes, and the accumulated blood energy flew towards Ji Wuming's location. Meanwhile, the domain released by Garuda was loosening at a visible speed, gradually decomposing into blood energy.
"What have you humans done? You are my nourishment, my people."

"what--"

Just as Garuda was about to unleash its strongest skill once again, it discovered that the blood energy within its body was rapidly dissipating outwards, then recombinating and surging into Ji Wuming's hands and blood-red eyes.

Although it is still a 10-year-old soul beast without the support of blood energy, its strength has been severely reduced.
"You forced me to do this, you despicable human."

At this moment, Garuda's red eyes became even deeper, and its originally dark red feathers seemed to have been affected by some special effect, turning even more crimson and flashing with a strong blood-red light.
Gradually, it became apparent that Garuda was bleeding profusely, the blood dripping from its fur onto the ground.

"A sea of ​​blood surged."

Thousands of Garuda feathers, carrying the life force of the beast, hurtled towards Ji Wuming. He immediately activated his Blood Eye, attempting to completely disintegrate the life force of a 10-year-old soul beast, but found he couldn't.
At this moment, Ji Wuming couldn't think too much. He alternated between the two soul bone skills, Void and Teleport, dodging Garuda's life force attacks while wielding the Blood Thunder Spear.
"The waves are strange, the sky roars and the sea is overturned!"

Taking advantage of the fact that Garuda was still restrained and unable to break free, Ji Wuming swiftly unleashed his first soul skill and his first self-created soul skill.

Amplified by the first soul skill, the Blood Thunder Spear shot towards Garuda at an incredible speed.

*Pfft—*

The Blood Thunder Spear pierced through its iron-hard feathers and through its throat, ending the life of the 10-year-old soul beast Garuda.
Ji Wuming sat cross-legged before the dead Garuda, beginning to circulate his soul power to encircle the red soul ring onto the Blood Thunder Spear martial soul, while simultaneously absorbing the 10-year-old left arm bone produced by it.
Several hours later, a crimson pillar of light shot into the sky from the bottom of Death Valley, a phenomenon that caused a tremor throughout the entire Dragon Tomb and the two inverted worlds.

Ji Wuming slowly opened his eyes. He had now reached level 74, possessing four 10-year soul bones and a head external soul bone of nearly 4 years. His overall strength was comparable to that of a titled Douluo below level 95.

(End of this chapter)