Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Immediately afterwards, its magnificent chest swelled wildly at a visible speed, its skin cracked, and golden-red flames of destruction and icy-blue annihilating cold erupted violently from it, like a volcano that had found an outlet!

A rocky right arm, thicker than the beams of a palace, was blasted off its body, wreathed in eerie flames of ice and fire, and crashed down into the vast forest below like a meteor.

The orange-red light not only did not diminish, but became even more intense and dazzling after absorbing the violent energy transformed from the surrounding extreme ice.

The rising sun in the sky seemed dim and lackluster in the face of this artificial sun blooming on the ground.

If viewed from a great height, one would see a magnificent yet deadly orange-red sphere of light appear out of nowhere in the core area of ​​the Starfall Grassland. Wherever the light reaches, everything vaporizes, leaving only death.

The terrifyingly high temperature and explosive energy clashed and annihilated with the extreme ice that eroded its body. Ice and fire intertwined, and from the worst came the best.

The extreme ice was forcibly transformed into even more intense extreme fire under terrifying high temperature and pressure, becoming the perfect nourishment for this level nine fixed soul tool.

Fireworks cool down easily, so let's use the coolness to fuel the fire and create a double burst of light.

This level-nine fixed-equipment soul tool is called "Fireworks Fade Easily".

Fireworks fade, ghosts and gods vanish!

Almost entirely imbued with his soul power and spiritual energy, Kong Tianxu, while leading the Snow Emperor and the other two in a rapid retreat, locked onto the bright star in the sky, still clearly visible in the sunlight, and shouted:

"Now! Open the door!"

Chapter 223 Exploding Rings? I've surrounded you!

"Hmph, humans, always so untrustworthy. Remember, this is the first divine test I'm giving you. Even gods, even the supreme rulers of the divine realm, even the God Kings, are not worthy of trust. This is the first test, but given the shamelessness of the Asura God Tang San, I'll give you a hint: You can trust that little guy before I came to you. His kind never lies."

……

The God of Destruction's deep, mocking words seemed to still faintly echo in the deepest part of his spiritual sea. Kong Tianxu felt that this moment of waiting was stretched to an unbearably long time, almost frozen in time.

Fortunately, reality didn't keep him waiting long. Just as he released his spiritual intent towards that dazzling star—

"As you wish."

A clear, heavenly voice immediately rang out, and a rift with dreamy silver spatial ripples flowing around its edges, like an open eye of the void, suddenly appeared behind Kong Tianxu!

Within the rift, starlight twinkled, and the space was deep and boundless, like a gateway to an unknown dimension.

"Go!" He grabbed the weak Zhang Lexuan with one hand, gestured to Ma Xiaotao with the other, and at the same time communicated with Xue Di mentally.

The four figures moved like lightning, shooting towards the spatial rift.

Time seemed to stretch out infinitely at this moment, with each frame becoming slow and clear.

This time, it was really slow.

"Can you even leave?!"

Niu Tian's roar, filled with endless anger and humiliation, exploded once more, its sound carrying a hint of heartbreaking despair.

In the distance, the orange-red light, which had burned eternally like the sun, suddenly went out.

As the orange light disappeared, the devastating consequences of this level-nine fixed-position soul tool could finally be seen. There was no trace of the chaos that should have occurred after the explosion; even the ground was clean.

Because the ground has disappeared.

Instead, there was a huge, deep pit. The area around this pit was completely crimson, as if lava had just flowed. At the bottom of the pit, scorching red liquid slowly writhed, devouring everything around it, and continued to sink.

Due to the high temperature, the light inside was completely distorted and dizzying.

The Titan Giant Ape lineage's innate Vajra Indestructible Body is indeed remarkable. Even the most ordinary level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball is equivalent to the full power of a Limit Douluo's attack, with an even greater destructive range. If such a top-tier level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball, which combines ice and fire, were allowed to ravage the body, even a true Limit Douluo would only be annihilated, body and soul.

But Titan actually had a little bit left.

The Azure Dragon, transformed from Niu Tian, ​​extended one of its claws and, with a sorrowful expression, carefully put a dark, hideous monkey head, covered in a layer of dim golden light, into its mouth.

The azure flames on its body had disappeared, replaced by a bluish-gold color.

The cyan-gold flames slowly rose from the massive body of the Azure Dragon. Although the spread seemed slow, the surrounding light and dust seemed to be slowed down by an invisible hand wherever it passed.

Time, in this region, was forcibly dragged into a quagmire.

In an instant, all nine spirit rings on Niu Tian's body—six black and three red—lit up. The original black and red colors completely disappeared, leaving only a dazzling cyan-gold.

At this moment, its nine spirit rings turned completely blue-gold, and its body also turned the same color.

The Azure Dragon extended its claws once more, its eyes now radiating an undisguised chill. The six black and three red spirit rings encircling its body—a total of nine rings—shattered simultaneously at that moment.

The ultimate technique of the Great Sumeru Hammer: Ring Explosion! A unique skill of the Clear Sky Sect, it detonates all of one's soul rings at once, gaining temporary power beyond the limits, a demigod-level strike.

The energy of all the shattered soul rings flowed into the dragon claw like rivers flowing into the sea. The dragon claw instantly transformed into a crystal-clear azure crystal, as if it were carved from the most perfect azure jade divine crystal in the world. It was flawless and translucent, yet it exuded a terrifying aura that made people's breath suffocate.

"Sky—Azure—Slow—Dull—God—Claw!"

Niu Tian's icy dragon roar, as if slowed down tenfold, echoed through the frozen universe, each word distinct and deliberate.

The cyan crystal dragon claw did not continue to expand and extend; it simply made a seemingly casual grab towards the direction in which Kong Tianxu and the other three had fled.

Time seemed to have truly been paused at that moment.

To Niu Tian's surprise, the silver spatial rift did not instantly collapse under the stagnation of time and space. Instead, it stubbornly resisted as if it had its own life. Although the speed of expansion suddenly slowed down, it was still stubbornly pushing open the frozen void.

Like a spoiled child pampered by the origin of space, relying on the favor of his talent, he stubbornly resists the majesty of the absolute power of time.

But outside the rift, whether it was the three elders of the Haotian Sect who were frantically rushing back to help from afar, or the figures of Kong Tianxu and the other three rushing towards the rift, they all seemed to be trapped in invisible yet extremely resilient amber, becoming incredibly slow.

A semi-transparent cyan claw shadow, ignoring the spatial barrier, appeared out of thin air above their heads and slowly descended.

Absolute lock-on, absolute suppression—this is the pinnacle of attacks, completely involving the mysteries of the spacetime domain.

At this moment, Niu Tian even felt a touch of playful and cruel pleasure.

It had to admit that Kong Tianxu had indeed achieved the ultimate.

He had the Snow Empress restrain its strongest members and Titan, while he himself used thunderous methods to break through the Haotian Battle Formation, ruthlessly killing two elders and rendering the formation ineffective.

Just when Tang Qian and the others thought victory was in their grasp and were slowly making their plans, they detonated that incredible level nine fixed-position soul tool, creating chaos and the only chance to escape in their desperate situation. They even summoned this mysterious spatial passage from somewhere, which they themselves could not completely erase for a while.

His scheming was undeniably profound, his timing impeccable, and his decisions ruthless and decisive.

Unfortunately, this kid couldn't have foreseen the extraordinary power that could be unleashed by a level 99 Limit Douluo who had begun burning his own soul power and was willing to destroy all his soul rings, combined with a level 98 peak Super Douluo who sacrificed half of his body. It was beyond all reason! It was unimaginable!

None of you will escape.

Niu Tian coldly pronounced his verdict. It seemed to already see that in the next instant, the cyan claw shadows would close up, crushing these four guys who dared to defy Tang San, along with that stubborn spatial rift, into the cracks of space and time.

His response was also flames, an icy blue flame.

It's Xue Di.

At that moment, icy blue soul power flames suddenly ignited on the Snow Empress's body. Like the last aurora on the ice plains, it was both poignant and magnificent.

She wasn't a true Limit Douluo after all; burning her soul power meant she couldn't stop on her own, but she didn't hesitate at all.

The visor slid open silently, revealing the Snow Empress's pale yet stunningly beautiful face. A relieved smile played on her lips. In the sluggish space where everyone's movements were almost frozen, her deep blue figure seemed to break free from some of its constraints, and her resolute icy eyes gazed deeply at Kong Tianxu.

"Snow Emperor, you!" Niu Tian's shocked voice finally carried a hint of disbelief.

However, Kong Tianxu had outsmarted the Haotian Locking God Formation, Niu Tian and Tang Qian's underestimation of their opponents, and the defensive vulnerabilities of Titan.

Could it be that he doesn't even reach the level of Niu Tian's explosive ring?

"Fool."

Kong Tianxu's deep purple eyes, which had been as cold and frozen as ice since the start of the war, finally showed some tenderness at this moment.

Before this, he had always regarded Xue Di as a soul beast, but at this moment, he finally accepted her from the bottom of his heart.

A turquoise light burst forth from Kong Tianxu's lower left ribcage. It was this turquoise light, which seemed to pose no threat to any life, that made him move.

He gently raised his hand and embraced Xue Di's slender body, which trembled slightly from burning soul power. With his other hand, he pointed his fingers like a sword and slashed across the emerald light source under his left rib.

Then, he casually pointed at the slowly descending blue claw shadow.

"break."

The flames of soul power on Xue Di's body were extinguished instantly.

A stream of emerald light, refined to its fullest extent, shot out from Kong Tianxu's fingertip.

The emerald light was not dazzling, but it contained a boundless and powerful life force, as if it had gathered the vitality of the entire world.

Niu Tian could see clearly that it was just a carving knife only as thick as a finger, but from that carving knife, he could feel an aura that was no less powerful than the Trident of Poseidon.

"A divine... artifact?"

The emerald light silently disappeared into the blue claw shadow.

The power of the Azure Sky Claw remained, but Niu Tian, ​​as the user of the soul skill, felt it most clearly, and the most important meaning of its sluggishness had been dispelled.

The stagnation of time and space completely disappeared at this moment!

The phantom of the Blade of Life's Judgment drew a graceful parabola in the air, its emerald light receding as it disappeared back into Kong Tianxu's body, transforming into the form of the twenty-fifth rib.

Kong Tianxu took one last deep look at the Azure Dragon in the distance, which was enraged and filled with bewilderment and fear due to the sudden and enormous change before its eyes.

He seemed to want to etch the other party's current pathetic and furious state into the depths of his memory.

Then, he turned around without hesitation.

Holding Xue Di, whose breathing was stabilizing, tightly in one arm, and leading Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao with the other, he stepped into the silver spatial vortex that had expanded to accommodate several people.

In the final instant before his figure was completely submerged in the vortex, his icy voice pierced through the spatial barrier, like a death proclamation from the deepest hell, clearly echoing above the deathly silent battlefield, and striking hard into the hearts of Niu Tian and all the survivors of the Haotian Sect:

"Do you think you've surrounded me?"

"In the future—"

"I will personally visit the Haotian Sect."

"The entire household, from top to bottom, was wiped out, not even the chickens and dogs were spared."

The moment the words fell, the silver vortex suddenly contracted, turning into a tiny, almost invisible silver glimmer, which then completely dissipated into the air without leaving a trace.

The remaining power of the Azure Sluggish Claw crashed into the air. The explosive power of a Limit Douluo who had burned his soul power and detonated his rings was nothing short of world-destroying.

In the once clear and bright sky of the Starfall Grassland, a bottomless black void was forcibly torn open, hanging menacingly in the sky, unable to be healed for a long time.

Niu Tian stood frozen in place, its massive dragon head looking around blankly, feeling an unprecedented chill and sense of despair engulfing its entire body. It raised its head and let out a mournful roar filled with resentment and rage.

This is an utter disgrace! An unprecedented and utter disgrace!

A level 99 Limit Douluo, a level 98 Peak Super Douluo, plus two Super Douluos and three Title Douluos... a total of seven nine-ring powerhouses standing at the top of the continent joined forces to besiege a Soul Emperor!

"what--!"