Douluo Continent: The Underworld Emperor Halosa Lets Three Fly

His eyes narrowed, and the Netherworld Chant in his hand suddenly erupted with a deep gray light! It was no longer a casual parry, but a straight thrust imbued with the power of a demigod!

This sword strike was both incredibly fast and incredibly powerful! It seemed to encapsulate the deathly stillness and the will to end of the entire realm of rebirth!

Cao Zang's pupils constricted sharply! He sensed a deadly threat, and his chaotic sword intent erupted wildly in an attempt to block!

boom--!!!

A deep, chilling roar erupted within the domain! The chaotic sword energy that Cao Zang had condensed shattered like fragile glass! The tip of the Netherworld Chant sword, containing unparalleled power, struck his fused form squarely in the chest!

puff!

Cao Zang's figure was like a kite with a broken string, blasted away by this enormous force, directly breaking through the barrier of the Netherworld's Rebirth Domain, and crashing down to the ground below like a meteorite!

Boom!

A huge crater was smashed into the ground, billowing with smoke and dust! In a flash of light, Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin separated from their fused state and crashed to the ground, their faces ashen, blood gushing from their mouths, their auras instantly weakening to the extreme, clearly suffering severe internal injuries, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill forcibly broken apart!

Harosa's figure emerged from the dissipating gray-black domain, his Underworld Chant pointing diagonally at the ground, his gaze coldly sweeping across the battlefield below.

At this moment, with the support of various large-scale soul guidance linkage systems brought by Tang Sect, and the desperate resistance of the remaining Shrek Academy warriors, the situation was temporarily stabilized, the offensive of the undead knights was contained, and a stalemate was formed.

"Hmph, annoying flies." Harosa frowned slightly, impatient with this situation that relied on external forces for support. "I'm too lazy to play with you guys."

Before he finished speaking, the gray-black death aura surrounding him surged and erupted once more! The Netherworld Rebirth Domain, like a rapidly expanding black sun, instantly expanded wildly in all directions from him as the center! This time, the area covered by the domain far exceeded that before!

Om-!

Wherever the domain passed, all the operating soul guidance linkage systems were like engines doused with cold water, instantly shutting down! The intricate soul guidance arrays overloaded, collapsed, and emitted black smoke under the erosion of the dense, tangible rules of death!

The soul guidance network that the Tang Sect relied on to support the battle was like a paper toy in front of Harosa, who had fully activated his domain, and it collapsed instantly!

When the overwhelming, dark gray aura of death receded rapidly like a tide, revealing the battlefield once more, all the survivors were stunned.

Time seemed to stand still.

All I saw was...

Ling Yunzhi, the leader of the Tang Clan, lay dead in a pool of blood, a gaping hole in his chest, his eyes vacant, already lifeless. Beside him, several powerful Tang Clan hall masters also lay dead, their deaths varying in manner.

On Shrek Academy's side, the Light and Dark Douluo Long Yeyue lay quietly on the ground, lifeless. This elder, who had endured many hardships and was still recovering from serious injuries, ultimately could not survive this catastrophe.

The most terrifying thing is that the Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li has disappeared! Where she used to stand, only a scorched mark left by the holy light remains, and she has vanished without a trace!

It is unknown whether they were destroyed in this catastrophe or captured.

Twelve undead spirit knights, exuding a terrifying aura, hovered silently behind Harossa, like killing machines that had completed their mission.

Harosa himself stood in mid-air, a drop of blood slowly dripping from the tip of the sword that sang of the underworld.

He coldly glanced at the crowd below, who seemed frozen in place, their faces a mixture of fear, grief, confusion, and disbelief, without uttering a single word.

With a flash of grayish-black light, Harosa, along with the twelve undead knights, vanished without a trace, as if merging into the shadows. All that remained was a scene of utter devastation, the stench of blood, and a group of utterly dejected survivors, seemingly drained of all their strength.

Silence, a deathly silence, enveloped the entire battlefield.

The surviving Shrek elders, Tang Sect experts, and disciples stared blankly at the corpses of their fellow disciples, at the remains of Long Yeyue, at the spot where Ling Yunzhi had fallen, and at the empty space where Ya Li had disappeared… their minds were completely blank.

Did you win? No, the other side just... had enough and left.

They lost? And it was a crushing defeat, losing a top-tier expert who was like a pillar supporting the sky.

Immense grief, boundless fear, and utter uncertainty about the future overwhelmed everyone like a cold tide.

They stood there, like clay or wooden sculptures, not knowing what to say, what to think, or even what to do next.

The alarms in Shrek City were still blaring mournfully, yet they sounded so hollow and ironic.

Harosa, holding the unconscious Yali, weighed the spatial soul tools he had looted from Ling Yunzhi and the others in his hands. He scanned them with his divine sense, and even with his vast experience, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Tsk, are Ling Yunzhi and those hall masters corrupt officials? They're so wealthy." Inside, there were mountains of rare metals, boxes of high-grade fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells, and various sophisticated and complex soul-guided device core array modules... The sheer quantity and variety far exceeded his expectations. This wasn't a war; it was a gift-giving occasion.

Without further delay, with a slight thought, the profound gates of the underworld opened silently. He stepped in, and when he reappeared, he was under the hazy sky of the realm of the gods of rebirth.

He first went to the area where Yuan Hua was forging to "supervise" the work. On the huge white bone altar, the furnace was blazing, and Yuan Hua, shirtless, was wielding a giant hammer, triggering the seven-colored lightning tribulation of the Douluo plane.

The energy of the tribulation lightning was forcibly torn in by the Gate of the Underworld, forming churning tribulation clouds in the sky. Electrox hovered to the side, mobilizing the authority of the divine realm and necromantic holy magic, constantly dispersing the tribulation clouds into rules of light dust, guiding them to merge into the rules of heaven and earth of the realm of the reborn gods.

Upon seeing Harosa appear, Electrox nodded slightly in acknowledgment. A complex look flashed across his eyes as he glanced at Alyssa in his arms, but he quickly looked away and focused on his work.

"Yuanhua and the others went out once during that time to purchase some living supplies and forging materials," Electrolux reported briefly while manipulating the energy.

"No need to go into such trivial matters with me." Harosa waved his hand, his gaze sweeping over the awe-inspiring looks of Yuan Feng and Zhen Hua in the distance before returning to Electrolux. "How's your progress? How far are you from igniting the divine fire? Do you need me to help you find a suitable physical body?" He saw that Electrolux's soul was solid, but he had not yet broken through, so he thought that he was missing a physical vessel.

Electrolux shook his head, his voice carrying a calm tinge of someone who had weathered many storms: "No need for such trouble. I have wandered for millennia and am long accustomed to harmonizing my soul with the laws of heaven and earth. Forcing myself to remain confined to a physical body would only be superfluous and hinder my enlightenment."

"Alright." Harosa didn't press the issue. "Just ask if you need anything. However," he changed his tone, adding a hint of encouragement, "I still hope to see you break through soon; I need you."

Electrox felt a warmth in his heart upon hearing the first half of the sentence, but the second half made him sigh inwardly: Harosa was still the same pragmatic man after all.

"Speaking of this," Electrox paused his work and looked intently at Harossa, "In these past few days, while assisting in the transformation of the rules, I sensed that the primordial aura of the Realm of Rebirth doesn't seem to be purely the origin of death? It contains a certain ceaseless flow, a mystery existing between life and death... Could you enlighten me on this?"

Harosa hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse. He raised his hand, and a wisp of grayish-white energy appeared at his fingertips. It was no longer the pure chill of death, but a peculiar energy containing the meaning of the cycle of ending and rebirth—the source of rebirth.

"This is the origin of 'rebirth,' created from my own experience when I ascended to godhood. Death is not the end, but the inevitable process of flowing into another form of existence. This power is the manifestation of this 'flow.'"

Electrox sensed the unique charm within that aura, his eyes gleaming thoughtfully: "The cycle of life and death... the branches of reincarnation... wondrous! This path is far more profound and expansive than the simple law of death! I understand now, thank you for the explanation! This will greatly benefit my understanding of my own divine position!" He seemed to have grasped something crucial and immediately resumed his comprehension of the fragments of rules.

In some ways, Electrolux's state also had a sense of passing away. His physical body was destroyed, leaving only his consciousness. His consciousness was shattered, leaving only fragments. These fragments drifted between the universe and flowed through the cracks of time. The danger was that he had actually drifted from the Holy Demon Continent to the Douluo Continent.

Even if one doesn't die, it would be good if one could attain enlightenment and be reborn in the Pure Land.