Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 377 The Surprise of Fireworks Preparation

Niu Tian's soul beast true form was incredibly powerful, with the strength of its dragon scales comparable to or even surpassing the top-tier defensive soul tools. However, in the face of the bullets fired by the Seven Thunders of Purification, they were as useless as can be, instantly pierced through and reaching the core.

As a level 99 Title Douluo, Niu Tian has already mastered the coveted Soul Master system of dual Soul Cores with resonance in the same position. This is the source of his power and the foundation of his strength.

However, one of the soul cores was instantly decomposed into atoms by the bullet of the Seven Thunders of Purification, while the other soul core, due to the complete disruption of its perfect balance, instantly went out of control and accelerated its demise from within.

This double blow, both internal and external, physical and energy-based, is the real reason for the fall of this peerless powerhouse.

"Is it... over?"

A bolt of lightning pierced through the billowing smoke and dust, arriving in an instant and transforming into the figure of Raiden Mei.

She first glanced with a hint of curiosity at the sniper rifle in Remian's hand, which had a unique design and was crackling with purple lightning, before turning her gaze to Lu Jingming.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Mei."

Lu Jingming chuckled and nodded, his tone calm, as if he had only accomplished a trivial task.

The entire force of the Haotian Sect that came to Mingdu this time, including Tang Wutong with her special identity, has been wiped out.

No enmity or grudge? Perhaps.

But their fate was already sealed—after all, their positions were firmly tied to the chariot of the Sea God Tang San.

For this reason alone, their demise was an inevitable outcome in Lu Jingming's eyes, unrelated to personal grudges, but purely a cold-blooded rule of factional confrontation.

The same applies to Shrek Academy.

The reason he allowed Huanlong to destroy Shrek City lies in this.

Aside from the younger generation, such as Ma Xiaotao and Han Ruoruo, who still have potential or room for growth, he doesn't intend to keep any of the Sea God Pavilion elders who have rigid mindsets and blindly obey Tang San.

The old trunk must be cut down so that new branches can grow according to his will.

Once Xuanzi and other senior powerhouses disappear, it remains to be seen who will take control of the rebuilt Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy's prestige, accumulated over millennia, is a tremendous asset. Lu Jingming needs this brand and the appeal it can bring to reduce resistance to unifying the continent in the future.

A completely destroyed Shrek is worthless, but a Shrek who is reborn and obeys him is an excellent asset.

However, just as Lu Jingming thought the battle here had come to a complete end with the deaths of Tang San's divine consciousness clone, Tang Wutong, and Niu Tian, ​​and was about to clean up the mess—

A grand finale, far exceeding everyone's expectations and capable of completely overturning the entire Ming capital and even the overall situation, is quietly being prepared beneath the ruins.

The instigator was none other than that eccentric, pleasure-seeking, and trouble-loving masked fool—Hanabi.

"Hmm... troublemakers, disobedient actors, and boring audience~"

Fireworks hummed an absurd tune, her slender figure moving and leaping like a ghost through the shadows of Mingdu.

In her hands, as if by magic, she kept pulling out one harmless, even cute and playful firework doll after another.

However, the interiors of these dolls had already been replaced by her in an extremely artistic way with cores that would terrify any Soul Master, and were now terrifyingly powerful level nine fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannons.

They were carefully placed in various vulnerable ley line nodes, soul-guided energy pipeline hubs, and spatial weaknesses torn apart by the previous earth-shattering battle in the Mingdu underground.

Dozens of such dolls, like a malignant cancer buried in the body of this dying megacity, quietly formed a devastating and terrifying array covering the entire Mingdu area.

"Hmph~ Ugly monsters of the antimatter legion, let you be arrogant and dare to disrupt my perfect script."

Hanabi pursed her lips, but her face was beaming with excitement and anticipation.

"Since the stage is a complete mess, let's just... blow it all up, and then build a bigger and more interesting new stage."

Her goal was never merely revenge or destruction.

She intends to use the terrifying energy generated by the simultaneous detonation of these dozens of level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs—enough to instantly wipe the entire Mingdu off the map—as a key to unlock a parallel world spacetime node precisely locked by Vita's all-seeing Heavenly Wisdom Eye.

She intends to use this pure, violent destructive power to blast out a stable passage to an unknown parallel world.

This will be an unprecedented and earth-shattering surprise gift for all survivors, whether they are allies or enemies.

"preparation--!"

Fireworks stopped at a relatively safe vantage point, striking an extremely exaggerated conductor's starting pose, as if brewing the climax of a destructive symphony.

The next second, she snapped her fingers playfully.

There was no order of precedence, and no delay whatsoever.

As if a silent signal had been received simultaneously, dozens of extremely dangerous and heart-stoppingly bright red dots lit up across the entire Mingdu land—whether in the still-standing ruins of the city or in the center of the battlefield that had long since turned to scorched earth.

Immediately afterwards——

Rumble rumble rumble rumble!!!

A terrifying explosion, indescribable in words, erupted simultaneously from every corner of Mingdu.

It wasn't a single explosion, but rather dozens of sounds of destruction stacked together, ultimately merging into a deafening roar that tore through the heavens and earth, robbing everyone of their hearing.

The intense light and violent heat instantly engulfed everything in sight.

Buildings, corpses, metal debris, and even the air were all vaporized and annihilated at this moment.

A colossal sphere of fire, symbolizing absolute annihilation, expanded wildly at an unimaginable speed, its power threatening to obliterate everything within its range.

However, this extremely destructive energy failed to fully unleash its ferocity.

Just as the energy from the explosion reached its peak, the hidden spacetime node located directly below Mingdu, which had been precisely pinpointed by Vita, was finally forcibly opened by this overwhelming torrent of energy.

Om-! ! !
A chaotic passage, far deeper and more bizarre than the light of the explosion, twisting and spinning continuously, suddenly tore reality apart from the core of the destructive sphere of light, opening fiercely.

It was like an insatiable black hole, frantically devouring most of the energy generated by the explosion, as well as all matter within the blast radius.

The terrifying explosive energy was forcibly distorted and absorbed by the channel, turning into nutrients to maintain its own existence and stability.

The destructive sphere of fire collapsed rapidly like a punctured airbag, its terrifying energy and everything contained within it—

"What...what is this?!"

Xuanzi and the others, who were locked in battle with the undead army and the Buliren army, were terrified by this sudden, apocalyptic scene.

They turned back in horror to see the destructive light sweeping towards them at an alarming speed. Terrified, they abandoned all thought of pursuing the Holy Spirit Cult and instinctively fled for their lives away from the light. The energy surge generated by the simultaneous explosion of dozens of level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells, even though most of its power was cleverly guided by Hua Huo to impact the spacetime node, the remaining aftershocks were enough to easily annihilate any Title Douluo, including powerful beings like Xuan Zi and Zhong Li Wu, who were at level ninety-eight.

Run!!! Run fast!!!

Xuanzi screamed in terror. At this moment, he could barely protect himself, so he couldn't care less about Ning Tian and the other young students.

"My Lord is here!"

Joan of Arc's face was extremely solemn, but she did not choose to escape alone. Instead, she resolutely unfurled the Holy Banner and released the true name of her Noble Phantasm.

The dazzling golden light transformed into a solid barrier, firmly protecting Ning Tian, ​​Wu Feng, and the others who were weaker.

She knew very well that, given the speed at which the shockwave from the explosion spread, there was no way these children could survive.

Aglaia turned around almost simultaneously, and countless dazzling golden threads rapidly intertwined in the air, forming a second huge protective shield. The layers of threads gently but firmly enveloped Ning Tian and the others.

Crydella's eyes flashed, and a peculiar chess piece fell into the void. A blue halo instantly lit up under the feet of Aglaia and Joan of Arc—time seemed to echo strangely at this moment.

The defensive skills that the two had just used were briefly reset and then reactivated. Jeanne's Noble Phantasm aura and Aglaia's golden thread shield almost overlapped, forming a double insurance.

The melodious sounds of the harp and sword from Heather's voice turned fervent. A giant phantom whale, composed of sound waves and water vapor, let out a high-pitched cry and charged headlong into the destructive light wave, trying to buy even a moment for the defenses behind it.

"asshole!"

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but curse.

The evil nature of the Holy Spirit Cult was fully exposed at this moment. Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Zhongli Wu and other high-ranking members abandoned their subordinates and even him, the Holy Son, without hesitation, only caring about their own survival, each one faster than the last.

Thanks to the obstruction of the undead legion and the steppe legion, the main force of the Holy Spirit Cult had already escaped quite far, and now they wished they could have grown a few more legs.

"Yuhao!"

A pink figure instantly broke the sound barrier, ignoring the chaotic energy flow, and suddenly appeared in front of Huo Yuhao. It was Xiao Wu.

She grabbed Huo Yuhao and turned to run away without hesitation.

Even she dared not face the explosive force directly, much less tear through space—under such violent energy disturbance, forcibly traversing space was tantamount to suicide.

"Mr. Jingyuan!"

Beibei's face turned pale. Although he had turned his back on Shrek Academy, he couldn't bear to watch his former teachers and classmates perish here. He could only cast a pleading look at Jingyuan beside him.

"Sigh... never mind."

Jing Yuan sighed softly. Although he could easily lead Bei Bei and Tang Ya out of danger, since Bei Bei cared about her old friend, he would not stand idly by.

"Your mighty spirit, obey my decree—!"

As Jing Yuan's eyes, which had been slightly closed, suddenly opened, majestic golden lightning coalesced into a towering, illusory image of a divine lord.

The enormous god-king raised the spear formed from pure lightning and hurled it fiercely at the sweeping wave of destructive light.

A thunderclap resounded, and countless lightning bolts raged through the void.

The destructive light wave arrived in an instant.

The sonic whale summoned by Heather was the first to be hit, but it was completely annihilated after only a moment.

Immediately afterwards, the golden silk threads that Aglaia had laid down, along with the second layer of shield formed by Krydella's abilities, were torn apart one after another with a piercing cracking sound.

Just as the aftershocks of the explosion were about to engulf Ma Xiaotao and the others, the golden lightning spear thrown by the Divine Lord finally arrived and collided head-on with the shockwave.

boom--! ! !
Amidst the deafening explosion, nearly half of the shockwave's power was neutralized by this powerful attack.

But the remaining power was still terrifying, and Ma Xiaotao and the others were violently blown away like fallen leaves in a storm.

If it weren't for the two layers of invincible shields granted by Jeanne d'Arc's Noble Phantasm playing a crucial role at the last moment, Ning Tian, ​​Wu Feng, and other students with lower cultivation levels would probably have been torn apart the instant they came into contact.

Even so, the enormous impact caused them to lose consciousness instantly, drifting helplessly in the chaotic energy turbulence.

However, the shockwave from the explosion was only the beginning.

As the core energy collapsed rapidly, an even more terrifying, black hole-like suction force suddenly emanated from the chaotic passage.

Whether it was the remaining antimatter legion's illusory soldiers, Xuanzi, the elders of the Sea God Pavilion, Ma Xiaotao, Han Ruoruo, Aglaia, Jeanne d'Arc, Ceryldra, and Heather, or Huo Yuhao being pulled by Xiao Wu, Bei Bei holding Tang Ya, Jing Yuan, and countless ruins and remains...

Everything within the suction range was mercilessly captured and pulled by the terrifying gravity generated by the suddenly stabilized parallel world passage, and thrown towards the deep and unknown entrance like rivers flowing into the sea.

"what's the situation?!"

Even Lu Jingming was somewhat taken aback at this moment.

Just when everything seemed to be settling down, such a shocking change suddenly occurred.

This was completely beyond his expectation.

Beside him, Vita, who had just been forced to submit, couldn't help but smile with a hint of triumph at the corner of her mouth.

'Looks like Hanabi-chan succeeded…'

Facing the oncoming shockwave, Gu Yuena and Jingliu instantly appeared in front of Lu Jingming.

The mighty dragon roar and the clear sword cry erupted simultaneously, easily blocking the devastating shockwave.

The terrifying suction force that followed could not shake Jingliu and Gu Yuena in the slightest, and Lu Jingming and the others, who were firmly protected behind them, were naturally safe and sound.

"Little guy, it's a time portal."

Black Tower's slightly mocking voice rang directly in Lu Jingming's mind, seemingly pleased to see his expression after things got out of control.

"Have you forgotten that among this batch of Servants, there's a lawless Masked Fool?"

"Hanabi!"

Lu Jingming's lips twitched. He had almost forgotten about this guy who had been almost invisible from the beginning, yet somehow managed to create the biggest commotion.

"The passage to the parallel world was forcibly blown open. You should know which world it connects to, since we anchored it using the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle before."

The Black Tower's voice continued, tinged with the excitement of a mad scientist.

(End of this chapter)