Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

Above the abyss cave, the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor descended upon Douluo Continent. With a sudden jerk of its body, countless dark red orbs of light shot out.

The explosions continued unabated. The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor spread its enormous bat wings, its body diameter exceeding two hundred meters. With a sudden, powerful flap, a strong storm swept in all directions.

"Soul Guiding Array, full power operation." Hu Liena calmly issued the order, and blue light rose from all directions, shooting straight into the sky. A semi-circular barrier with a diameter of a hundred miles intercepted countless abyssal torrents, preventing the abyssal monsters that rushed out from escaping the restricted area.

"This guy isn't that strong, at most he's at the level of a Super Douluo. However, the physical advantage that comes with his size makes him difficult to deal with, and he seems to have a special power within him!" Hu Liena stared intently at the six-clawed demon emperor in the sky, which was two hundred feet in diameter. A chilling killing intent flashed in her eyes. She hadn't made a move much since she took over as the Pope of the Spirit Hall, but that didn't mean her strength had declined. As a 'God of Slaughter' who had walked out of Hell Road, her greatest skill was killing.

The violent roar bombarded the blue light screen, exploding into bursts of fiery red light waves. All the light spheres released by the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor were blocked by the soul guidance array. Seeing that the attack was ineffective, it simply charged around, its massive body crashing directly into a blue light shield.

Outside the fortifications, countless soul-guided rays and shells rained down on it, exploding into bursts of sparks that turned its body crimson, causing its offensive to slow down.

However, its charge just now blocked most of the attacks from the massive abyssal creatures behind it. Countless monsters surged out like a raging torrent, squeezing the blue light shields until they were about to collapse.

"Soul-guided bomb unit, eliminate these guys." Hu Liena brought the Spirit Hall's trump card elite this time. Yan's achievements in weaponry are naturally considerable after years of research. The Spirit Hall's research on unique soul-guided firearms, bombs, and shells has reached a modern level, and their power is naturally remarkable.

Clusters of incandescent orbs of light exploded below, engulfing the entire blockade area. Even the powerful Six-Clawed Demon Emperor could only withstand the barrage of explosions for a few seconds before succumbing to its power.

The massive body plummeted, avoiding a barrage of soul-guided rays and explosive attacks.

"The Soul Guidance Conversion Array needs an upgrade. The current one is too inefficient. A lot of energy isn't being converted on the spot and is being reabsorbed by it." Hu Liena glanced at the clumps of gray mist being reabsorbed by the abyss passage and frowned as she made a request to Yan.

“I know. I’ll set up the new formation after this battle.” Yan nodded in agreement with Hu Liena’s request. He was also somewhat dissatisfied with the current situation, but for a powerhouse of his level, fixing this small loophole was not a big problem. The key was not to scare away the fish.

"These guys are really crazy! All units, upgrade all weapons to maximum power and eliminate these monsters at all costs." Hu Liena's new order was quickly implemented. The light of countless soul-guided weapons shone brightly, some even turning red-hot. Faced with the more intense offensive of the abyss creatures, the Spirit Hall's counterattack was more direct.

More and more abyssal races appeared within the defensive perimeter. The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor hovered in mid-air, directing the battle ahead. Its wings were spread and flapped slightly, indicating that it was ready to launch a full-scale attack at any moment.

More and more abyssal creatures emerged alongside the ever-growing vortex. The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor observed the battlefield without acting rashly. As the vanguard, it knew its mission clearly: to buy more time, allowing more ordinary abyssal creatures to perish and be transformed into abyssal energy, which would then be used to infiltrate the Douluo Continent and expand the passage.

When the abyss passage expands to a certain extent, the suppression and restrictions imposed on them by the will of this world's plane will decrease, and more abyss emperors will be able to descend.

Once all the emperors arrive, they can finish the job in one fell swoop and completely conquer this world. However, for now, only the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor has arrived, and his power is still relatively weak. For the time being, he must be careful.

"Aim at that guy and take him out." Hu Liena also noticed the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor's subtle movements and immediately ordered the Soul Guidance Force to concentrate their attacks on the retreating Six-Clawed Demon Emperor.

Clusters of incandescent light streaked across the sky. Inside each sphere appeared to be a small metal ball, but when the incandescence expanded to its maximum, it would explode with a deafening roar.

As hundreds of high-explosive bombs, each resembling a small sun, unleashed their power, the area around the abyss cave instantly turned incandescent white. A vast expanse of white light covered the entire passage, tearing countless abyssal creatures to shreds and scattering countless abyssal energies in all directions. Surprisingly, the creatures around the passage were completely wiped out.

"Roar~~~" The intense white light gradually dissipated, and the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor let out an angry roar. Its six arms had perished because they had shielded its head when the high-explosive bomb exploded.

It felt no pity for the deaths of its kin. The more abyssal creatures died, the wider the vortex passage opened, meaning more of its own kind would enter. It was eager for humans to kill more abyssal creatures, even if some of its own kind were among them.

Of course, this certainly doesn't include its own; once the Abyss Emperor dies, it takes a very long time to recover.

Moreover, during this process, it will also face challenges from other powerful clans. The succession of emperors is bloody and could very well lead to its complete demise.

In the Abyss Plane, each layer has an emperor who controls the core of that layer, granting it extraordinary abilities and status.

However, once the main body dies, the core will return to its original layer with its energy to be resurrected.

Resurrection takes time, and during this process, if another member of its kind finds it and steals the dimensional core, it will basically be doomed.

Just as the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor was about to remove its six severely burned arms, it suddenly sensed a change in its surroundings. It seemed to feel a sense of alienation from its environment.

The moment it had this thought, it realized that the space around its body seemed to have changed; with its body at the center, the space seemed to have been split apart.

At this moment, there were clearly so many abyssal creatures all around him, but at this moment, these abyssal creatures seemed to have nothing to do with him. He himself was as if he were immersed in another space, isolated from the world, and even his voice could not be transmitted.

"What's going on? What happened?" The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor was shocked. As the emperor of the abyss, he possessed wisdom no less than that of humans and immediately sensed that something was wrong.

But by the time it realized the situation was dire, it was too late. How could the powerful figure who had secretly intervened give it a chance to break free?

A bright light descended from the sky and shone on it. In the next instant, the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor transformed into a beam of white light and rose into the sky. Its enormous body, hundreds of meters tall, crashed into the top of the blue sky and was completely enveloped by a suddenly appearing black cloud.

"Who are you?" The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor was naturally flustered after being sucked into the black cloud. It keenly sensed a pair of eyes, a pair of fragmented golden eyes, full of majesty and indifference.

The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor's compound eyes first showed shock, then fear, because it clearly sensed that this creature, whose size was no less than its own, was extremely terrifying and could easily kill it.

Realizing this, it panicked immediately, knowing that staying in the dark cloud would surely lead to its death. So, after a brief moment of panic, it decided to fight to the death and break free of the restrictions. Only by returning to the Abyss Plane could it have a chance to be resurrected.

As the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor thought of this, its body began to undulate violently, and a faint light appeared—a strange purple light. As soon as the light appeared, its enormous body immediately began to collapse inward.

These Abyss Emperors can be resurrected as long as they have a trace of life left and return to the Abyss Plane, so it is extremely difficult to kill them completely.

"You want to escape by self-destructing? Did you even ask for my opinion? You, a freak who dared to invade my Douluo Continent, it's an honor for you to die under the Dragon King's claw bestowed by the Dragon God." The owner of the golden dragon eyes spoke in a cold voice; it was none other than Di Tian, ​​the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, the leader of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts of Douluo Continent. Accompanied by his icy words, a jet-black dragon claw descended upon the head of the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor.

Inside the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor's body, intense spatial fluctuations suddenly erupted, and everything around it collapsed inward. The surrounding black clouds were torn open by the intense spatial distortion.

"Hehehehe, do you think you can kill the great Six-Clawed Demon Emperor like this? No matter how strong an individual is, how can they possibly fight against a plane? That is a power infinitely close to that of a god, the very foundation of the Abyss Plane. I will definitely return soon..." Seeing that the black clouds that were blocking the movement around him had been torn open, the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and thus became bolder, provoking Di Tian.

It has died many times during its many years of battles in the abyss, but as long as it can escape back to the abyss with its own aura, it can be resurrected. Although the process is somewhat dangerous, it is definitely better than being completely killed by being trapped in this black cloud.

"You're too smug." Di Tian's voice was tinged with anger. The Dragon King Claw mercilessly crushed the head of the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor. A bizarre scene unfolded as the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor's body was instantly engulfed by strange purple-gold flames the moment it was caught.

Its maniacal laughter stopped abruptly.

"What? What the hell is this thing? Ah! Ah... No, no..." The screams stopped abruptly after a moment. Di Tian tightened his right claw slightly, and the life of the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor came to an end at this moment.

The Dragon King's Claw carries a trace of the Dragon God's aura. Once caught and killed, the victim will surely be annihilated, body and soul. Unless one possesses the power to fight against the Dragon God, even a deity cannot change this outcome.

The Abyss Plane's foundation is indeed remarkable, but in the end, it is still far inferior to the Douluo God Realm. Even if you add the Crimson Domain behind it, it's still the same; all of them combined don't even have a single God King.

The Dragon God is an existence that surpasses ordinary God-Kings. The ultimate killing technique he personally taught is almost unbeatable, unless one defeats Di Tian with overwhelming power like Yan did back then, preventing its power from reaching its maximum.

Chapter 705 Seed of Dimensions

After the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor was sealed off by the Beast God Di Tian in the sky, he was killed. A strong energy vibration suddenly burst out from his body, and even Di Tian's domain was instantly torn apart.

"What is this thing?" Di Tian suddenly retreated a hundred meters away to observe the lifeless corpse of the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor. He saw a distinct purple light flashing inside its chest.

The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor's corpse shuddered violently, then was shattered into pieces by a powerful force erupting from within, and a dark purple oval crystal appeared in Di Tian's sight.

The crystal shimmered with an intermittent light, and a surge of life energy instantly brightened Di Tian's golden eyes.

"Such pure life energy, if you swallow it you can advance quickly, and you can easily obtain million-year soul beasts or even higher levels..." A voice suddenly rang in Di Tian's mind. The moment he saw the purple crystal, he subconsciously had the desire to devour it.

This purest form of life energy belongs to the plane-level life energy. If one were to devour it, it would help Di Tian rapidly transform, and advancing to a level of a million years of cultivation or even becoming a god at level 100 would no longer be an unattainable goal.

"This thing...it's demonic!" A silver light suddenly flashed in Di Tian's eyes, and his mind cleared considerably. Looking at the purple object again, his eyes filled with vigilance.

"No wonder the Lord instructed me to be careful. This Seed of the Plane is a real danger if not handled properly. If I were to devour it directly, I would indeed gain great benefits, but there is also the risk of being corrupted by the demon and becoming an abyss creature. At that time, I'm afraid my own soul would be twisted and corrupted..." Di Tian was filled with lingering fear. His jet-black Dragon King Claw suddenly burst forth with a golden light, which covered the deep purple Seed of the Plane and blasted it and the remains of the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor together into the earth.

"Rumble..." The moment the remains of the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor and the Seed of the Plane fell to the ground, countless intersecting blue lights instantly covered and suppressed the two things. A large amount of life energy was converted out, and countless plants sprouted from the originally barren Northern Forbidden Land. The rich energy of heaven and earth made this area seem like paradise.

With the death of the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor and the suppression of the Plane Seed, the overwhelming number of four-clawed and six-clawed bats around the Abyss Cave suddenly began to collapse. Without any human attack, these four-clawed and six-clawed bats exploded one after another.

A large number of abyssal creatures died, turning into clusters of abyssal energy that flowed into the abyssal vortex. However, at this moment, the soul guidance array also reached its limit, intercepting a large amount of abyssal energy and converting it into energy beneficial to the Douluo Continent.

As a large amount of energy poured in, the volume of the entire abyss vortex rapidly expanded. After a brief period of calm, an even more terrifying storm swept out. However, this time, what appeared was not a flood of abyssal monsters, but a large amount of gray-black energy storm.

An unknown source of energy surged forth, triggering a storm that caused violent changes in the northern part of the continent.

"This is just a seed of a plane, yet it has caused such obvious changes in our Douluo Continent plane. The foundation of the Abyss Plane is truly terrifying." Di Tian could clearly feel the changes in the Douluo Continent plane. As a participant and great contributor to the event, he also benefited greatly. His cultivation level rapidly advanced to the 890,000-year level. He only needs to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation to quickly break through to the million-year soul beast cultivation level.

"Pass down the order to all departments: new defensive fortifications must be built as soon as possible. This battle is likely to be quite a fight." Hu Liena and the elders of the Spirit Hall could all feel the obvious changes in the world, and they quickly issued more orders.

She reached out and caught a few drops of blue rainwater shimmering with golden light; the rich life energy was intoxicating. But the thought that this was only one of the lower-ranked levels of the 108-level abyss weighed heavily on her heart. There would be at least a hundred more similar monster hordes to come; the road to completely eradicating them was long and arduous!

With Hu Liena's order, new actions were taken throughout the Spirit Hall, the entire Douluo Empire, and even several gathering places of spirit beasts. Large numbers of humans and high-level spirit beasts gathered in the Northern Territory, all in order to obtain everything they wanted in the upcoming events.

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"Rumble, rumble..." While the Douluo Continent was preparing for battle and actively fighting the enemy, a major event occurred in the Abyss Plane. Accompanied by violent sounds, the earth collapsed, lava flowed, and everything in the entire world was collapsing.

The ninety-seventh layer of the Abyss Plane collapsed completely, and countless abyssal creatures on the ninety-seventh layer turned into dust during the collapse. The entire Abyss Plane trembled violently.

The disappearance of the Seed of the Plane means that this layer of the abyss has lost its source of existence. All the abyssal energy began to dissipate. Some of it flowed into the Douluo Continent plane through the abyssal passage, but most of it drifted away to other abysses.

The abyssal creatures that originally ruled the ninety-seventh floor, including the four-clawed bats and six-clawed bats, were rapidly disintegrated without any resistance under the overwhelming force of the plane's collapse, turning into the purest abyssal energy and dissipating into specks of light.

"What's going on? Can anyone tell me what's happening to the ninety-seventh floor?" In the very core of the Abyss Plane, an angry roar resounded throughout the entire Abyss, alarming countless top experts who gathered together.

One after another, enormous and terrifying figures appeared deep within the abyss, their eyes filled with shock and anger.

"The ninety-seventh floor has collapsed. How is this possible?"

"Since the formation of my Abyss Plane, although emperors have occasionally fallen, there has never been a situation where an entire layer of the Abyss has completely collapsed!"

"The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor probably died during his invasion of other worlds, but he managed to leave behind our Plane Seed. What kind of world is this?"

"Empress of Enchantment, Black Emperor, I remember that Six Claws was under your command before. Don't you have anything to say?"... Many Abyss Lords began to discuss among themselves. These emperors who ruled over the various races of the Abyss were also afraid, and they also feared death.

The Abyss Kings, especially those closest to the 97th floor, felt this most acutely. When one floor collapsed, it was a disaster for the entire Abyss, affecting several adjacent floors. The intense chaotic energy impact caused the deaths of a large number of Abyss creatures.

Although that energy will not dissipate and will eventually strengthen the foundation of each abyss, allowing the newly generated abyssal creatures to command more, the collapse of the abyss has never happened before, and everyone is terrified.

The Black Emperor spoke, "Gentlemen, the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor died in a world dominated by humans. That world is somewhat strange; it has a considerable number of powerful beings, and may even possess the ability to destroy plane seeds." Some of the Abyss Lords expressed their doubts.

"What? The human world? That's impossible! The Seed of a Plane is the purest power of a plane. Unless the humans of that world can mobilize the primal power of their plane, it's impossible..." The Demon Queen also spoke up, "The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor didn't die from the primal power of that world, but was killed by a powerful being from that world, and the Seed of a Plane was also shattered by that powerful being. The Possessed Demon Clan should know more about the specifics." A deep, chilling voice suddenly rang out, and the surrounding clamor instantly vanished.

"Where is the possessed demon? Summon the possessed demon who knows the situation." From the depths of darkness, a huge vertical pupil slowly lit up. It was a blood-red eye, and if you looked closely, you would find that this eye was made up of countless small red eyes, which looked quite disgusting and terrifying.

When this eye opened, the entire abyss plane calmed down, the collapsed ninety-seventh floor completely disappeared, but the dissipated energy could no longer have any impact on the surrounding planes.

"Holy Ruler." All the emperors gathered in the deepest part of the abyss bowed their proud heads in unison, respectfully paying homage to the blood-red eyes.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." The Abyss Saint King personally gave the order, and soon a strange black shadow was teleported to the deepest core of this Abyss Plane.

This eerie black shadow looked exactly like a human, but it was completely black and had a transparent texture, making it impossible to see any features.

It was so light and airy that it seemed to have no form at all, and it had no life force or energy fluctuations.

The Possessed Demon race is the ruling race of the seventh layer of the Abyss, holding a status far above the Demon Enchantress and the Black Emperor, and is one of the most powerful Abyss creatures.

This race itself does not possess strong combat power; it exists in the form of spiritual entities and has a talent ability that is disastrous for most living beings: possession and taking over bodies.

This race is an extremely mysterious existence in the Abyss Plane, and how they came into being is unknown. Because they lack a life source and energy, and are extremely good at hiding, they are very difficult to detect. By the time a living being realizes something is wrong, they have usually already been possessed.

Once possessed by a demon, unless one's mental cultivation is strong enough, there is no way to resist its mental erosion and control. Even those skilled in the mental realm will be greatly affected during the struggle against possession, and their actions will be restricted, making them prone to danger.

Furthermore, because this race exists purely as spiritual entities, it is difficult for ordinary powerful individuals to detect their presence, and most methods are ineffective against them. Only mental skills can be effective, but even then, it is virtually impossible to cause their complete demise.

However, this bizarre demon race naturally has its own weaknesses. First, they fear pure life energy. In addition, there are only thirty-six of them in total. Only when one dies will another be born, and the conditions for their birth are quite harsh.

Also, a possessing demon can only possess three times in its lifetime, so it will not easily choose a target to possess.

Once they successfully possess a body, they will attempt to completely control the possessed entity. They can not only convert all the possessed entity's abilities into their own, but also possess the possessing demon's own special abilities.

The possessing demon's deep voice was filled with fear.

"Your Majesty, according to the information I gathered in the human world, the one who attacked the Six-Clawed Emperor was a powerful figure from the soul beast race of that world, known as the Beast God Emperor Tian. It is said that he used the Dragon King Claw, which originated from the Dragon God, to kill the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor..."

Chapter 706 Second Invasion