The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

But a streak of blood arrived in an instant, piercing through Xu Zihuang's chest from behind.

Ye Xishui emerged silently from the crimson light, her left hand, which had pierced Xu Zihuang's chest, still outstretched, and laughed sharply.

"You little bastard, I've got you! Haha ...

Not only was it ancient, but even Long Xiaoyao stared blankly at the scene before him. Warm blood slid down Ye Xishui's bloody claw, and Xu Zihuang's chest was a bloody mess, incredibly realistic.

Before anyone could react, the space within a radius of several kilometers instantly froze. Like a shattered mirror, countless fine cracks appeared in this space before it shattered with a deafening roar.

"Splash—"

The world had lost its color, and this space remained exactly as it was, yet Xu Zihuang appeared perfectly unharmed before Ye Xishui. It was as if what had just happened was merely an illusion.

Among the eight spirit rings, six red and two gold, the blue-gold spirit ring ranked eighth is radiating a noble and majestic light.

Eighth Soul Skill: Mirror Flower Water Moon!

This is one of the soul ring skills granted to Xu Zihuang after the Sea Princess soul ring and the Golden Eye martial soul were combined. It is not an illusion-type soul skill, but rather involves the mysteries of time and space, turning unfavorable situations into illusions.

At the same time, Xu Zihuang gripped Ye Xishui's left wrist with his right hand, and slammed his left hand into Ye Xishui's cheek. The terrifying power displayed by his god-level physique almost instantly caved in Ye Xishui's cheek. Blood mixed with broken teeth spurted from her mouth.

Gu Lao and Long Xiaoyao remained blankly focused, but the situation had already reversed.

The mighty Limit Douluo was now in a sorry state in Xu Zihuang's hands, and was being humiliated in every way.

"Small animal—"

Ye Xishui recovered from the illusion, and was about to retaliate in a seemingly frenzied manner, when she heard a loud 'bang'. Xu Zihuang's left hand slapped her face again, followed by a cold voice.

"Old dog, what are you barking about?"

Chapter 497 The Iron Fist of Justice

Although Ye Xishui is a Limit Douluo, her Blood Soul Demon Puppet Martial Soul excels in ranged attacks and the control of vengeful spirits and souls. Among Soul Masters of the same level, her physical strength is far inferior to that of the Body Douluo Du Busi and the Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao.

Not to mention compared to Xu Zihuang, whose physical body has already reached the god level.

Moreover, Ye Xishui's control over spatial power was precisely countered by Xu Zihuang, which led to her revealing such an unbearable state.

Xu Zihuang currently lacks only soul power cultivation and a second soul core. Once he successfully condenses his second soul core and breaks through to the Title Douluo realm, even without obtaining his ninth soul ring, he will be able to completely suppress Ye Xishui head-on.

However, Ye Xishui was a renowned expert who had been in the industry for many years. After being slapped twice by Xu Zihuang, she finally broke free from his control.

Her figure transformed into a streak of blood-red light once more, appearing a hundred meters away in the next instant.

A clear red mark remained on Ye Xishui's face, and bright red blood oozed from the corner of her mouth as she stared intently at Xu Zihuang opposite her. The expression on her face was extremely terrifying.

Before she could even catch her breath, Xu Zihuang, his entire body crackling with lightning, appeared before her in a flash. His golden eyes were filled with indifference, and the purple-gold lightning swirling in his right hand condensed into a sharp blade of light.

His two soul skills, Source of Lightning and Blade of Lightning, both originated from that lightning beast. Using them simultaneously has a synergistic effect.

The raging lightning element was completely contained within Xu Zihuang's palm, without the slightest leakage of its aura. With the sweeping motion of his right hand, the passing purple-gold light even sliced ​​through space, leaving behind a thin, dark line that was slow to heal, within which faint starlight could be seen.

In his soul skill, Lightning Blade, he incorporated the power of spatial cutting. The power of spatial cutting is essentially achieved through a deeper level of control over spatial forces. His Golden Eye martial soul inherently possesses time and space attributes, giving him a unique advantage in this regard.

Since breaking through to the eighth-ring Soul Douluo realm and gaining a deeper understanding of the origin of the Golden Eye Martial Soul, Xu Zihuang has initially mastered the power of spatial cutting.

Like the Bear King in the Star Dou Great Forest, who also comprehended the power of spatial cutting and combined it with the Dark Gold Terror Claw, the innate soul skill of the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear lineage, to create his signature move, the Sky-Tearing Claw. This demonstrates the formidable power of spatial cutting.

If this Xiong Jun can successfully condense a second soul core with spatial attributes, he might actually be able to compete with the Beast God Di Tian.

Xu Zihuang's lightning blade, infused with the power to cut space, may not be as powerful as Xiong Jun's Sky-Tearing Claw, but its unique extreme lightning attribute is more effective against Ye Xishui's Blood Soul Demon Puppet Martial Soul.

The lightning blade swept out, countless purple-gold lightning arcs leaping within the space, causing large swaths of crimson light to dissipate.

Ye Xishui, already mentally unstable, was humiliated by Xu Zihuang's slap and nearly lost her mind. Instinctively, she tried to use her spatial powers to avoid Xu Zihuang's attack. However, Xu Zihuang's control over spatial power far surpassed hers, instantly counterattacking and sealing off the area.

Xu Zihuang's golden eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled coldly. He had foreseen all of Ye Xishui's reactions through the innate ability of his Golden Eye Martial Soul True Body. This confrontation had been unfolding exactly as he had predicted from the very beginning.

Having faced such a perilous situation, Ye Xishui finally regained some of her composure. At the critical moment, the nine spirit rings around her—six black and three red—simultaneously shone brightly. A dense burst of blood-red light erupted, engulfing her figure.

Xu Zihuang felt as if his right hand had struck a wisp of light mist, without any obstruction whatsoever.

Suddenly, a sharp, piercing shriek rang out from within that mass of blood-red light.

"what--"

Blood-red light coalesced and reformed into Ye Xishui's body, but a hideous scar remained on her face. This scar stretched from her left cheek to her right cheek.

Blood trickled down her wounds, ruining her stunning beauty. The very thing she had once been so proud of—seducing Long Xiaoyao and Elder Mu—was now completely gone.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; neither Long Xiaoyao nor Gu Lao could react. Who could have imagined that Yu Tianhuang, who was only a Soul Douluo, could suppress and injure Ye Xishui, who was a Limit Douluo?

"Xi Shui!" Long Xiaoyao roared excitedly, but when he saw Ye Xi Shui's disfigured face, he was stunned. He was not someone who only cared about appearances, but Ye Xi Shui's face had haunted his dreams and deeply moved him countless times in his youth.

Ye Xishui seemed to realize something, raising her hands to touch her cheeks. Seeing the blood stained her palms, she seemed to lose her soul. It was only Long Xiaoyao's anxious calls from the side that brought a glimmer of color back to her eyes.

"Xi Shui, are you alright?!"

"Don't come any closer! Don't look at me like this!" Ye Xishui hysterically unleashed a dense, almost tangible, crimson soul power, blasting Long Xiaoyao away. Then she covered her face with both hands, turning her back to Long Xiaoyao.

Over the years, she has been able to do countless heinous things without caring about her image, showing her dark and ugly side to Long Xiaoyao, but she has an almost insane obsession with her appearance.

What she wanted Long Xiaoyao to see was always her appearance when she was young.

On the other side, Gu Lao arrived at Xu Zihuang's side in time, his face showing a mixture of shock and joy, and he thought to himself.

"It seems I underestimated Tianhuang's current strength."

The two sides remained locked in a stalemate high in the sky. Meanwhile, the battle between the elders of the Body Sect and the elders of the Holy Spirit Sect below was drawing to a close.

With Kong Deming leading the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps in retreat, the evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Cult naturally wouldn't stay behind to fight the experts of the Body Sect and the Heavenly Soul Empire. They are now covering each other as they prepare to withdraw from Heaven Dou City.

After quickly assessing the current situation, Du Busi didn't stubbornly continue pursuing Kong Deming. He hadn't forgotten Ye Xishui's existence. If Ye Xishui were to free up her hands to kill those Title Douluo elders who were the backbone of their Body Sect, then it would truly be a hopeless situation.

The only thing that made Du Busi feel fortunate was that the most outstanding young elites of the Body Sect, such as Long Aotian, were all in Dragon City. Moreover, there was also Vina, the princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family, so the Heavenly Soul Empire still had hope.

The most urgent task at present is to stabilize the situation in Tiandou City.

Therefore, Du Busi ordered the titled Douluo elders of the Body Sect to stop the pursuit and head towards Xu Zihuang.

Thousands of meters above the ground, Xu Zihuang saw Ye Xishui's disgusting appearance, and an invisible anger seemed to surge in his heart.

A terrifying surge of energy swept outwards, and his body instantly transformed into a blazing golden-red. At this moment, he no longer appeared human, but rather like a god. Immediately afterward, a halo of light suddenly shone from behind him.

A flawless golden body!

As soon as the golden body appeared, Xu Zihuang's aura seemed to surge suddenly without limit.

Long Xiaoyao's attention was entirely focused on Ye Xishui. By the time he noticed the commotion, Xu Zihuang had already arrived in front of him, his body, as radiant as the golden sun, completely ignoring Long Xiaoyao's protective soul power and forcefully knocking him away.

During the collision, Xu Zihuang's flawless golden body even threatened to cause Long Xiaoyao's soul power to dissipate.

"Huh?!" Long Xiaoyao was both surprised and angry, but before he could react, Xu Zihuang punched Ye Xishui squarely in the face.

"You old beast, your posture is utterly disgusting!"

Xu Zihuang's golden-red fist sank deep into Ye Xishui's cheek, causing the surrounding space to explode in layers, the sound echoing through the sky. With a single punch, Ye Xishui was blasted a thousand meters away.

Chapter 498 Fallen Bloodshed

"Hahahaha! Well said!" With a flash of dark green light, Du Busi rushed over with a loud laugh and sneered at Long Xiaoyao.

"Long Xiaoyao, for the sake of a woman, you didn't hesitate to associate with evil spirit masters, aiding and abetting evil, causing immense suffering to the people of the continent. If Mu En were still alive, he would be ashamed to be associated with you. You hypocrite, do you even deserve the title of Dragon Emperor?!"

Despite being blocked by the poisoned creature and uttering sarcastic remarks, Long Xiaoyao remained remarkably calm. He wore a long black robe and his white hair flowed freely.

Even when Poison Undying's soul power pressed down on his body, it would be torn apart by an invisible force, unable to penetrate within a three-zhang radius around him.

"How could you possibly understand my thoughts?" Long Xiaoyao murmured to himself, then expressionlessly looked past Du Busi and fixed his gaze on Xu Zihuang.

“I have no intention of being enemies with the Heavenly Soul Empire, but you should not have attacked Xi Shui. This is my bottom line. Even with the connection to Mu En, I can no longer convince myself to let you go today.”

"Long Xiaoyao, stop with your hypocrisy. When you condoned that old beast Ye Xishui's actions, you lost the right to say such things." Xu Zihuang didn't even turn around to look at Long Xiaoyao, his back to him, his tone indifferent.

"This is a fight to the death. If you have the ability, kill me today. Otherwise, I will make you pay the price."

Xu Zihuang smiled coldly, instantly transforming into a golden streak of light and shooting straight towards Ye Xishui.

A purple-gold lightning flowed through his entire body, and his already flawless golden body began to transform from its original golden-red hue to a purple-gold. Every inch of his skin, flesh, bones, and even his hair turned into a translucent purple-gold. Long purple-gold hair floated behind him, making him appear as radiant as a god descending from the heavens.

Transforming oneself into lightning is the soul skill attached to the left leg soul bone of the 100,000-year-old thunder beast, the Source of Lightning.

Based on the source of lightning, countless purple-gold light spots converged towards Xu Zihuang. Wherever the light spots drifted, pieces of purple-gold armor solidified and took shape on his body. Compared to the humanoid soul tools previously displayed by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps, the purple-gold armor covering his entire body fit his body much better.

It is engraved with luxurious patterns, mainly dragon scales and dragon patterns, but also incorporates the strange golden bamboo-like patterns of the Thunderous Hell Vine itself.

Thor's Armor!

The Source of Lightning and the Armor of the Thunder God complemented each other, causing Xu Zihuang's aura to surge exponentially. Thunder roared and surged, as if the Thunder God had descended upon the world.

What's most remarkable is that the two soul skills granted to him by the Thunder Beast's left leg soul bone can be superimposed on the Flawless Golden Body.

Under the tempering of the boundless purple-gold lightning, Xu Zihuang's peak-level Flawless Golden Body was showing signs of approaching the Great Perfection realm. The Great Perfection realm is the limit that the Flawless Golden Body can reach, but for tens of thousands of years, no one from the Body Sect has been able to reach this point.

After all, the innate secret techniques of the Body Sect are extremely difficult to cultivate. Unless one possesses exceptional talent and great fortune, it is nearly impossible to master. Those who have achieved the peak level of the Flawless Golden Body are extremely rare. Even Du Bu Si (Poison Undying) did not cultivate the Flawless Golden Body to its peak.

Xu Zihuang caught up with Ye Xishui and punched her hard in the chest again.

Ye Xishui's chest caved in, and she spat out another mouthful of blood. The terrifying aura of extreme lightning was still relentlessly invading her body.

"You little beast, I'll kill you!" Ye Xishui stared at Xu Zihuang with her terrifying blood-red eyes wide open.

With a flick of her right hand, a blood-red claw appeared at Xu Zihuang's chest. But Xu Zihuang neither dodged nor evaded, instead directly ramming into it with his body.

The blood claws dissipated, but the golden body remained!

Then Xu Zihuang caught up again, his golden fists turning into countless afterimages as he relentlessly bombarded the enemy.

Ye Xishui let out a sharp shriek, and the Blood Soul Demon Puppet appeared behind her, unleashing her ranged attack soul skills at Xu Zihuang in a frenzy.

However, her sinister methods, typical of evil soul masters, were precisely countered by Xu Zihuang's ultimate lightning attribute. Furthermore, her ranged energy attack soul skills were countered by the flawless golden body.

The reason why the Flawless Golden Body is so powerful is that once cultivated to its peak, it can almost completely resist most soul power and energy attacks. Moreover, its stamina is virtually inexhaustible.

Without using his Gold-level Martial Soul for a second awakening, Xu Zihuang might find it difficult to truly injure Ye Xishui. However, it wouldn't be so easy for Ye Xishui to hurt him either.

This is the power of the flawless golden body.

"Go away!"

On the other side, Long Xiaoyao was also extremely worried about Ye Xishui's situation. With an icy expression, he threw a punch at Du Busiyao. The black fist energy immediately surged in the wind, plunging the entire sky into a deathly darkness.

Poison Undying snorted coldly and struck out with a fierce palm with a solemn expression.