Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

Chapter 160 The Fierce Battle Between Sky and Sea (Part 1)

You Chen was like a happy-go-lucky old woman, relentlessly unleashing Star God Thorns even though he couldn't really inflict serious damage on Poseidon.

Since it is only a fragment of spiritual power, the Star God's Thorn is not very powerful as a spiritual attack.

Its advantage lies in its strong penetrability. You Chen's spiritual energy is of high quality, making it virtually impossible to defend against. However, against enemies of the same level, it can only serve to wear them down.

However, not to mention the difference in mental strength between the Divine Origin Realm and the Spirit Realm, the difference in mental strength recovery speed between You Chen and Poseidon is like heaven and earth.

Even if he stabs from beginning to end, You Chen's mental strength will not weaken much. What is really worth noting is that he must devote some attention to condensing the Star God Thorn.

In just a dozen seconds, Poseidon felt his mental sea riddled with holes by Youchen's Star God Thorn attack.

Of course, the fact that it was riddled with holes was just an illusion. Given the vastness of the spiritual sea, such damage was still not enough to truly cause Poseidon's spiritual power to go out of control.

"Damn it! This is so annoying!"

Aside from the initial tsunami that caused Poseidon's control to collapse, the subsequent Star God Spikes, after she got used to them, only made her feel uncomfortable.

If her peak condition is 100%, then with the constant mental interference, she can probably only exert about 90% of her strength now.

But actually, how much of one's strength is exerted doesn't matter at all; the most important thing is...

"This guy is way too slippery!"

Poseidon thought with immense frustration after yet another attack failed.

As the three Limit Douluo remnants of the previous era, their speed ranking is as follows: Qian Daoliu > Poseidon > Tang Chen.

Simply put, the first two people's martial souls both enhance speed. If the speed enhancement of Qian Daoliu's martial soul is a 6-point exceptional level, then Poseidon's is a 5.5-point near exceptional level.

In addition, the advantages brought by the soul power level and the physical body at the limit level meant that even though You Chen used the Starlight Path to accelerate, the two were still about the same speed.

In addition, the open terrain here is different from the narrow core palace before, which allows for better utilization of speed advantages.

However, the reason why Poseidon was unable to successfully attack Youchen was not only because Youchen was indeed more adapted to high speed and could make more flexible responses than Poseidon, but also because of his fifth soul skill, "Stardust Mirror Annihilation".

By continuously producing red mirrors, it becomes very convenient to use them for defense or to hinder Poseidon's movements.

Once one's spiritual power reaches the Spirit Realm, which is the realm of tangible form, one can naturally condense spiritual power into a physical form. However, most people do not do this because it is too inefficient.

But it's different when you rely on this spirit ring and spirit skill.

In fact, with You Chen's talent in mental power, he will eventually be able to use similar moves without relying on spirit rings by constantly using this soul skill. However, it will probably take quite some time for it to surpass the Demonic Tiger Whale King's talent skill in strength.

However, the difficulty of cultivating a similar effect of rapidly forming a mirror is no less than that of cultivating the Soul-Sealing Technique from scratch to perfection.

Furthermore, if it reaches the intensity of the Stardust Mirror's Annihilation, even with You Chen's current spiritual power and thinking speed that have reached the level of divine consciousness, it would take him years.

Therefore, at least in the short term, Youchen will not consider transforming it.

Poseidon's repeated attacks proved fruitless, and his mood grew increasingly somber.

She didn't believe she would lose if she continued fighting, but... she couldn't win either!

Unless you use your Martial Soul True Body to elevate all your abilities to a new level!

However, that was his trump card. Moreover, his opponent also did not use his Martial Soul True Body—You Chen concealed his Soul Rings with the Breath Concealment Technique in a state of super focus, and Poseidon did not realize that You Chen did not have a Martial Soul True Body in this state.

Most importantly, if even using your Martial Soul True Form fails to defeat your opponent, you risk being defeated once you are weakened!

"Forget about catching him, I can't even defeat him."

Poseidon couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

Even though it was in his own home turf, the ocean, he still couldn't crush this man who was clearly not yet a peerless Douluo.

On the one hand, this man is indeed not to be underestimated.

On the other hand, it is because this man does not use any other attacks besides that strange mental attack, but only focuses on dodging, which greatly reduces the possibility of revealing gaps and weaknesses, thus making him invincible.

It's like two people with similar strength engaging in a duel. If one side focuses entirely on defense, even if the other side is stronger, they won't be able to defeat them in a short time.

But Poseidon couldn't help but think of two old acquaintances who were on the same level as him.

"If it were either of them, even if this evil man always avoids battle, they would definitely find a way to break the deadlock. If it were Qian Daoliu, his speed could surpass this man's. If it were Tang Chen, he could use his skills to restrict this man in various ways, forcing him to retaliate and thus finding an opportunity for an effective attack. Unfortunately… I have neither Qian Daoliu's speed nor Tang Chen's skills. My superior mental strength, which is considered an advantage among the three, is useless against this man. Oh well… his clone just now took two mermaids to the mermaid clan's crystal palace; saving them is the priority now!"

Poseidon made a decision immediately, turned around, and decided to leave Youchen behind and head towards the Crystal Palace.

"Trying to escape?"

You Chen frowned slightly.

This is not the outcome he wanted to see.

In You Chen's plan, he would rely on his superior mental strength to gradually wear down Poseidon's mental strength by using the Star God Thorn, like boiling a frog in water. Once Poseidon was mentally exhausted to a certain extent, he would use the Star Wheel to at least severely injure and knock her unconscious.

The reason You Chen switched to his second incarnation was to increase his mental strength by a small step, so that he could better implement this tactic.

The Star Wheel is derived from the Soul-Slaying Technique, but it places even greater emphasis on "power" and "crushing". This kind of mental impact is naturally most effective before the opponent can adapt.

The focus is on making a decisive statement, rather than on continuous output.

If the first use is ineffective, its power will likely gradually decline to a level where it is even less effective than the Star God's Thorn if used repeatedly.

Therefore, You Chen held back from unleashing this move, and even tried his best to dodge Poseidon's attacks, avoiding using other powerful techniques to attack her, so as not to make Poseidon think that he was too strong.

However, he thought that this Poseidon was completely out of control and would attack without listening to his explanation, but he didn't expect her to suddenly calm down and choose to give up the fight.

All I can say is... it's definitely best not to try to understand a madwoman with the mindset of a normal person.

A cold glint flashed in You Chen's eyes.

Now that things had come to this, he could not simply let Poseidon leave.

An endless storm swept across the sea.

The wind domain that covered an area of ​​a thousand miles hindered Poseidon's flight.

To be honest, this is not a domain, but a super-wide-range move that You Chen unleashed through his powerful control over the power of wind and the pouring out of a large amount of soul power.

Poseidon turned his head, his eyes cold: "Evil one, so you've finally stopped hiding your intentions?"

You Chen: "???"

Although You Chen was full of questions, he didn't intend to waste any more words with Poseidon now that things had come to this.

The creation of this wind domain can greatly hinder Poseidon's flight, but if she does nothing else, it will only take a few seconds for her to escape if she is determined to do so.

You Chen flashed and rushed towards Poseidon.

"Instead of running away, you're actively approaching me!?"

Poseidon chuckled and went to meet her.

The reason she chose to back down was because You Chen kept avoiding confrontation with her, leaving her with no way to use her strength.

But if the other party takes the initiative, then the meaning is different.

A black spirit ring flashed suddenly, and Poseidon's azure, wave-like spirit power condensed into a giant trident, which she swung towards You Chen.

The trident was not formed by a soul skill, but rather handcrafted by Poseidon using the Sea God Domain and her extremely high level of martial soul skill.

The soul skill she used was called Sea God's Embrace, and its effect was to increase attack speed!

The ten-meter-long halberd slashed out with incredible speed, enhanced by the Sea God's Embrace! Even an ordinary Limit Douluo would be caught off guard and struck!

however……

Poseidon completely underestimated You Chen's level of spiritual power. Spiritual power at the level of divine consciousness is already a dimensional reduction attack for mortals.

Such an attack speed was not enough to prevent You Chen from reacting.

You Chen was like a butterfly dancing gracefully, directly circling the huge sky-blue trident, spiraling and flying straight towards Poseidon's west gate!

"What!?"

Poseidon gasped in surprise as another spirit ring flashed, a blue halo spreading out like a resisting wave, trying to push You Chen away.

But then, a magnificent golden sword appeared in You Chen's hand. The wind domain he had set up beforehand surged into the golden sword, blurring its blade and giving it an even sharper penetrating quality, piercing through Poseidon's water resistance ring in one fell swoop.

puff--.

Blood ripped through the sky.

Poseidon only had time to gather her azure soul power and punch You Chen away, but she was ultimately stabbed by You Chen's golden sword.

Although she was a woman, she was the epitome of bravery in the Douluo Continent. Even though her clothes were torn, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin, which, against the backdrop of blood, displayed a kind of imperfect beauty, Poseidon's expression remained unchanged.

Her expression grew increasingly solemn, and she looked at You Chen with even greater seriousness: "You actually managed to wound me. Who exactly are you? There has never been a strongman like you on this continent."

Looking at Poseidon's stunningly beautiful face, You Chen had to admit that she was just like Lina, a peerless beauty standing at the pinnacle of beauty alongside Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. No wonder Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, both of whom had been married before, were attracted to her.

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However, compared to his ambition and ambition, appearance was ultimately insignificant in You Chen's eyes.

If one could control a world, the so-called peerless beauties would be nothing more than mass-produced goods that would inevitably emerge every few decades or centuries.

If we take into account the extra points brought by strength and halo, a peerless beauty with excellent looks, temperament and strength is a rose that can be picked at will over time.

You Chen might be moved and amazed by a beautiful woman, but... that's about it.

Just like how normal people might like a game or a toy, even if they enjoy it, they still need to return to their normal lives after experiencing and playing with it.

Sometimes, You Chen even felt that if he were in a novel world, his personality and the trait of "being fond of beautiful women" might just be a setting imposed by the creator to satisfy the perceptions of normal humans.

Just like countless fantasy novels, where beings with lifespans of tens of thousands or even infinite lives are still obsessed with lust and beauty, it's utter nonsense.

From a rational perspective, aside from the reproductive impulse, it would be more reasonable for immortal beings to develop a deep, soulmate-like bond like that of Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng among themselves.

Physical desires gradually fade over time, while the fulfillment of spiritual desires gradually becomes the mainstream. Opposite sexes with different ways of thinking should gradually be excluded from the social circles of the immortals.

But You Chen had to admit...

The system's task descriptions most likely omit a portion of his mental state.

The phrases that frequently appear in the task descriptions, such as "As a being destined to become a god, how can I tolerate such humiliation?", are most likely because after obtaining the system, he subconsciously developed a sense of superiority, as if he were a god looking down on mortals.

It's a little embarrassing to admit, and I might even seem a bit arrogant, but as his strength and potential have grown, he has indeed begun to show a tendency to look down on everything except himself. Only those he had previously invested emotionally in have earned his slightly more special treatment.

In particular, the Douluo Continent is filled with people who are generally intellectually deficient and clueless. The thought that he and these clueless fools are biologically the same species makes You Chen feel inexplicably disgusted and irritated.

He had gradually come to consider matters from the perspective of an immortal god. It seemed strange that he would still waver in his attraction to beauty at this point.

Fortunately, You Chen's rationality is ultimately very strong, especially after he recently awakened his divine consciousness and truly entered the selfless state of a clear and still mind. His control over himself has reached a new level.

After the initial conversation broke down, You Chen's eyes no longer lingered on the stunning beauty, but only on the leader of the opposing force. His gaze was cold as he said indifferently, "Sea God Douluo Poseidon, if you haven't heard of me before, I can only say you're ignorant. However, from now on, you'd better remember... I am the new master of the North Sea!"

"Arrogant!"

Upon hearing this, Poseidon's eyes widened in fury.

All the seas under heaven belong to the Sea God, and even their Sea God Island is merely managed on behalf of the God. How dare this wicked person defy all conventions and claim to be the master of a sea area!

You Chen's words undoubtedly offended Poseidon.

"You want to be the ruler of the North Sea? Have you asked the Sea God? Have you asked our Sea God Island?!"

Even if You Chen was unaware of the Sea God's existence, judging from his previous familiarity with her, he should at least know that the sea area is the territory of their Sea God Island! These words are tantamount to a direct declaration of war!

Driven by extreme rage, Poseidon finally showed no mercy, activating her seventh spirit ring and unleashing her true spirit form.

The golden phantom of the sea god merged into Poseidon's body, and three pairs of sky-blue transparent cicada wings on Poseidon's back grew in the wind, as if she had become a blue angel.

Even You Chen showed a solemn expression as he sensed Poseidon's terrifying soul power fluctuations.

Although Poseidon's seventh spirit ring is not a 100,000-year spirit ring, with the blessing of the top-level eight trials, it is definitely the top-level seventh spirit ring of the old era.

Coupled with its ultimate level of soul power, the resulting boost is undoubtedly terrifying.

If Poseidon in her normal state was considered a disgrace to the Limit Douluo level in an era where there was no such title as Limit Douluo and only the Peerless Douluo level, belonging to the weakest quasi-demigod, then after unleashing her Martial Soul True Form, she was already infinitely close to the demigod level.

Bang!

The sea exploded, and a blue-gold trident, tens of meters long, rose from the sea and swept towards You Chen.

Wow, so fast!

You Chen's pupils contracted, and the trident formed by his soul power became even larger, but the speed at which he swung it did not slow down. With its larger size, the speed was equivalent to several times greater!

You Chen's consciousness had already reacted, but his speed couldn't keep up. Just as he was about to be stabbed by the halberd, You Chen swung his golden sword and tried his best to resist.

However, this was, after all, the Sea God Douluo's full-power attack in the sea. Even though he used his weapon to block and barely resisted, thus avoiding direct damage, the violent impact still shook You Chen's internal organs, causing him considerable injury in a short time.

Whoosh—.

While manipulating the giant trident, Poseidon had already arrived in front of You Chen. After being infused with soul power, the sacrificial scepter in her hand transformed into a miniature version of the trident, three meters long, and she thrust it toward You Chen.

You Chen's eyes sparkled with starlight. On the surface, there was no change, but in reality, he had already entered the state of spiritual realm explosion!

Having maintained a state of perfect tranquility for the longest time to date, You Chen has recovered from his weakness and is now able to unleash this explosive secret technique once again!

Just as Poseidon's trident was about to pierce You Chen's body, three figures identical to You Chen suddenly emerged from his body and joined hands to block Poseidon's attack.

This sudden obstacle caused Poseidon to furrow her brow.

"Is it that clone skill? No, no, their power is definitely not like those fragile clones from before!"

Before Poseidon could fully understand the Stardust Phantom, several whooshing sounds suddenly rang out from behind her!

It turns out that You Chen did not only create three clones, but also summoned eight clones that he could control after his spiritual power reached the level of divine consciousness and naturally broke through to the Nine Hearts Realm!

Thump thump thump—.

Even if Poseidon reacted quickly, he wouldn't have time to defend himself.

The five clones attacked simultaneously, firing five shots at supersonic speed, which hit Poseidon directly in the back!

This is a killing move that is enough to instantly kill a Title Douluo and severely injure an ordinary Super Douluo, with five consecutive attacks hitting the same target at the same time!

however……

boom!

Poseidon once again wielded the giant trident, simultaneously attacking the five clones that were firing at the speed of sound.

Poseidon was disheveled, the six azure cicada wings on his back were dim, and he was covered in blood, but... such injuries could hardly be considered serious for Poseidon!

This is the true strength of a Limit Douluo!

Even a killing move like shooting at the speed of sound, relying on the soul power strength of a Soul Douluo, still couldn't seriously injure Poseidon!

The five clones either dodged or took the hit head-on, and no matter what, they shouldn't have been blown apart by Poseidon's halberd while she was injured. However, the attack range of this blow was huge, and one of the clones ended up in the main attack range of the giant trident and was directly and severely injured.

Upon seeing this, You Chen's expression slightly hardened.

The biggest difference between Stardust Illusion and Starlight Avatar is that the former is condensed using the power of the Martial Soul's origin, while the latter is simply condensed using Soul Power.

Only then can one possess power comparable to the original.

On the other hand, this also means that this clone cannot be created at will like a starlight avatar.

With You Chen's current martial soul origin power, the eight clones represent the upper limit of the Divided Mind Refining Soul Technique, which is also the upper limit of the martial soul origin.

With greater strength comes greater consumption; once lost, it cannot be replenished in a short time, and starlight avatars can only be used to make up the difference.

These clones can even unleash the same sonic speed as the original, but correspondingly, they are also subject to cooldown restrictions. In other words, there are currently five clones that cannot use Stardust Dragon's most powerful move again for a short period of time.

One of them was particularly badly damaged.

With such injuries, if he remains on the battlefield and is completely defeated, You Chen's martial spirit essence may even suffer a backlash.

You Chen could only disperse this clone, which had become a burden.

Although clones are comparable to the original body, they are still subject to limitations. First, they cannot use Soul Bone Techniques; second, skills with limited uses will share the same number of uses as the original body; and finally... they cannot use Sacrifice Sanctuary.

They can only enjoy the domain enhancement of the main body of Youchen, but cannot cast their own domain, which means they do not have the ability to unleash their domain for super healing.

It's easy to imagine that if the eight Stardust Illusions, along with You Chen's true form, were to unleash the Sacrifice Sanctuary together, with nine layers of domains stacked upon each other, even a god would likely be unable to break through You Chen's defenses at this stage.

It makes sense that the Stardust Illusion cannot unleash its domain like the original.

However, before You Chen could regret that his killing move had failed, and as he was activating his Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone to recover from the injury he had sustained from being knocked away by the halberd, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Poseidon let out a low shout: "Sixth Soul Skill—Lost Pearl of the Ocean!"

A black spirit ring flashed, followed by a dreamlike blue fluctuation, and Poseidon's injuries were completely healed. Not only were her injuries restored, but her spirit power and mental energy were also replenished.

It's no wonder he's one of the three most famous peerless Douluo in this world. It's not surprising that he has such a trump card.

but……

You Chen glanced at the somewhat dormant sixth spirit ring, guessing that it was probably a mechanism-based spirit skill with a long cooldown. At least in this battle, there was no need to worry about Poseidon using it again.

Although the Star God's continuous attacks were essentially wasted, that didn't stop You Chen from relentlessly continuing to stab his opponent. It just meant he'd have to start all over again.

Just as You Chen was analyzing, Poseidon suddenly glowed, having activated her Soul Bone Skill, and instantly teleported to You Chen's front.

The clones did indeed execute their defense and attack flawlessly, but You Chen's main body was still knocked away and pushed back a certain distance by the impact of that attack.

Poseidon judged that with You Chen's abilities, as well as his technique and control to directly pass through the clone, once he mixed into the clone, she would probably quickly confuse the real body with the clone, so she immediately used her teleportation trump card.

You Chen was startled, but remained calm.

Just as Poseidon's trident, which was gathering unprecedented high-pressure water waves, was about to pierce him, he activated his Imperial Body, his whole body glowing with golden light. At the same time, completely disregarding Poseidon's attack, he thrust his golden sword toward Poseidon's chest.

If the attack was aimed at the head, Poseidon could easily dodge it by slightly turning his head, but an attack aimed at the chest, no matter how much he twisted his body, could not possibly miss such a large area.

This time, it was Poseidon who changed her expression.

She had never seen the golden light on You Chen before, but as the High Priestess of the Sea God, she was not lacking in knowledge. Without thinking, her intuition told her that this golden light gave You Chen extremely strong defensive power.

This is not a trade of injuries at all, but a completely unprofitable exchange of damage!

Poseidon, disregarding the waste of her carefully prepared killing move, forcibly twisted the trident in an attempt to block Youchen's golden sword.

However, at the same time as the golden sword was thrust out, You Chen had already used another soul skill.

The sixth spirit ring flashed, and the Light of Despair was unleashed, the white light wave striking Poseidon at close range without obstruction.

In an instant, Poseidon's figure froze, and all fluctuations of soul power were suppressed.

Without the support of soul power, Poseidon's physical defense might not even be comparable to You Chen's in the present state.

Boundless fear descended, and the Light of Despair, just as its name suggests, brought Poseidon immense despair!

Poseidon suddenly realized what a foolish decision she had made to choose to attack the man at close range.

The wind pressure gathered on the golden sword and the Wind King Barrier suddenly exploded. You Chen had already activated the active soul skill of the Emperor Golden Lion Beast Soul Bone - Emperor Golden Sword!

At the moment the extreme wind pressure is released, its power surges even more. If it successfully hits a vital spot, it will be enough to kill Poseidon on the spot!

A hint of panic finally appeared on Poseidon's face.

With his soul power imprisoned, all nine soul rings seemed to fall silent. Just then, the Sea God phantom in his Martial Soul True Body state flickered slightly, and the eighth black soul ring emitted a faint light.

Poseidon grasped at this lifeline with all her might and immediately activated her eighth soul skill.

Driven by fear, she simultaneously let out a rapid, low growl: "Eighth Soul Skill—Light of the Sea God!"

This chapter is almost 7 words long, does that count as an extra chapter?

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