Chapter 68: Chapter 78: A Clean Sweep
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Da Ming surged forward with Ah Rou on his back, moving even faster than the Titan Giant Ape as he charged toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest. Everything in his path withered away, and trees crumbled into dust under his immense power.
"Er... Er Ming..." Xiao Wu's voice trembled as she looked at the Titan Giant Ape, whose right arm had been severed in half. Blood poured from the wound, and the once-mighty beast that had threatened to avenge Tang San by tearing Qian Renxue to shreds no longer carried the same arrogance.
"Xiao Wu-jie, take that boy and leave—hurry!"
The Titan Giant Ape's wound was too severe. The crimson sword energy still surged through the severed limb, making it impossible for the bleeding to stop. Instead, the energy continuously corroded the wound, preventing any chance of recovery.
Even though the Asura Demon Sword did not yet possess a single soul ring, it was still forged from a divine power fragment of the Asura God. As a true god-king-level martial soul, its sheer sword intent alone was enough to sever a Titan Giant Ape.
"Titan Gravity Domain!"
A yellowish-brown aura erupted from the Titan Giant Ape, enveloping Qian Renxue in its grasp.
The Gravity Domain was the Titan Giant Ape's innate ability, capable of exerting up to ten times normal gravity. The domain's range was completely under the Titan Giant Ape's control.
"Only ten times gravity?" Qian Renxue's eyes flashed with disdain as he raised the Asura Sword once more. The violent killing intent radiating from him shredded the surrounding trees and even distorted the very domain trying to suppress him.
At that moment, a second domain descended—this one a pale blue hue. Qian Renxue's movements visibly slowed, and an enormous bull's head emerged from the mist. The creature's head alone was nearly half the size of the Titan Giant Ape, and its massive eyes glowed like two blue lanterns.
"Er Ge! Er Ming, your arm!" The Azure Bull Python and Ah Rou cried out in shock and fury.
"Aunt Rou! Big Brother!" The Titan Giant Ape's voice carried a mix of pain and relief.
"Mother! Da Ming!" Xiao Wu's face lit up with hope before her gaze darkened. She pointed at Qian Renxue and screamed, "Kill him! Kill that man! He injured San Ge and Er Ming!"
The moment Xiao Wu's voice fell, a crimson domain exploded outward. The terrifying sword aura within it easily shredded the dual-layered domains of the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python. In the blood-red field, Qian Renxue's eyes glowed ominously, and behind him, killing intent condensed into the form of a three-headed, six-armed giant.
"Yet another gift from my little fortune-bringer. Two more hundred-thousand-year soul beasts delivered right to me—how convenient." Qian Renxue's eyes flickered with amusement.
Was Tang San truly his lucky star? Their very first meeting had gifted him the Eight Spider Lances, and now, four hundred-thousand-year soul beasts had been brought straight to his doorstep.
"This power..." Ah Rou hesitated for only a moment before shouting, "Da Ming! Get Xiao Wu out of here!"
A mother may be weak, but for her child, she would fight to the death.
Ah Rou had already made up her mind—if it meant ensuring Xiao Wu's survival, she was prepared to sacrifice everything. The Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python shared the same resolve. They would fight to the bitter end to protect the one they loved most.
The Azure Bull Python exhaled a blast of frigid air, forming a finely woven ice platform beneath Tang San and Xiao Wu. The frozen construct lifted them both into the air, and with a single powerful swing of its remaining arm, the Titan Giant Ape sent the ice platform gliding at incredible speed toward the outer regions of the Star Dou Forest—just like a soaring glider.
"Brother!"
"Young Lord!"
At that moment, three figures streaked through the sky—Snake Spear Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Qian Renxue.
Qian Renxue had just completed the absorption of the Light Goddess Butterfly's soul ring, advancing to Rank 74. A tear had formed in one section of the six wings on her Seraphim martial soul, as though something new was about to emerge.
Qian Renxue immediately recognized this as a sign of martial soul evolution. However, the nutrients from the eighty-thousand-year Light Goddess Butterfly were insufficient. She needed just one more light-attribute soul ring to fully evolve her martial soul.
Not only that, but the once-pure white wings of the Seraphim martial soul were now adorned with intricate blue patterns, giving them a jewel-like sheen as if white snow had been inlaid with sapphire.
"An external soul bone?" Qian Renxue murmured. "The Light Goddess Butterfly actually left behind an external soul bone upon sacrifice... Was its clan leader simply too competent, or did it hate me that much?"
Qian Renxue chuckled to himself. He knew very well that the more a soul beast suffered before death, the greater the chance of it leaving behind a soul bone.
"Young Lord, that's a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form!"
Snake Spear Douluo watched as Tang San and Xiao Wu disappeared into the distance. With the keen spiritual perception of a Titled Douluo, he instantly detected the aura of a soul beast emanating from Xiao Wu.
"You will not harm Xiao Wu!"
Ah Rou shot forward, positioning herself between Snake Spear, Porcupinefish, and Qian Renxue, blocking their path.
"A soul beast that has cultivated to the level of a Titled Douluo?" Snake Spear and Porcupinefish were both stunned. Seeing a transformed soul beast was rare enough, but one that had actually reached the rank of a Titled Douluo was simply unheard of!
Qian Renhan, however, remained indifferent. "Let her go. My little fortune-bringer will bring her back to me… and maybe even gift me something even greater."
Snake Spear and Porcupinefish were slightly puzzled by his words, but their focus quickly shifted. Their immediate priority was dealing with Ah Rou—who, shockingly, was a Rank 95 Titled Douluo.
"Brother, your martial soul!"
Qian Renxue's eyes widened as she finally noticed the blood-red longsword in Qian Renhan's hand. Since when had her brother possessed a twin martial soul?
"I'll explain later." Qian Renhan's voice was calm. "You, along with the two elders, will capture that transformed Soft Boned Rabbit. As for these two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, I will handle them myself."
He had no interest in attaching a soul ring from a mere Soft Boned Rabbit to the Asura Sword—it would be a waste of space. Its soul ring simply wasn't worthy.
"Angel Domain!"
Qian Renxue immediately activated her domain, suppressing twenty percent of Ah Rou's strength while purifying her soul power. Two golden beams of light surged into Snake Spear and Porcupinefish Douluo, boosting their combat effectiveness by ten percent.
With that, Qian Renxue grasped her Holy Sword and joined the two elders in launching a coordinated assault against Ah Rou. Having absorbed her seventh soul ring, Qian Renxue's strength had already reached the level of a Titled Douluo.
Three Titled Douluo-level powerhouses besieged Ah Rou—Snake Spear at Rank 93, Porcupinefish at Rank 94, and Qian Renxue, whose power was not inferior to either of them. Despite her formidable strength, Ah Rou was soon overwhelmed, blood spraying from her mouth as she struggled against their relentless assault.
"Aunt Rou!"
The anguished cries of the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python rang out in unison.
"You'd best worry about yourselves."
Qian Renhan's icy voice echoed through the battlefield, and the sheer intensity of his killing intent sent shivers down the spines of the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python.
Within the blood-red domain, waves of violent killing aura surged. Behind Qian Renhan, his intent took form—a towering three-headed, six-armed giant. Six enormous blood-red swords, each ten meters long and three meters wide, were gripped in the colossus's hands.
"Asura Sword Art: Judgment!"
Qian Renhan raised the Asura Sword and pointed at the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python. The blood-red giant behind him lifted its head—then, in an instant, six blinding sword lights flashed through the air. The six crimson sword beams slashed forward simultaneously, tearing through everything in their path like an unstoppable force of destruction.
"Titan Skybreaker!"
"Azure Silent Thunder!"
The Titan Giant Ape roared in fury, clenching its massive fists. The sheer force of its punch distorted the air itself, pulling in grass, wood, and stone before compressing them into a devastating energy sphere that blasted toward the six incoming sword beams.
At the same time, the Azure Bull Python unleashed a powerful bolt of lightning from its mouth, forming a piercing energy arrow that shot forward alongside the Titan Giant Ape's energy cannon.
"Rip—!"
A sickening, wet sound of flesh being torn apart echoed across the battlefield.
The six blood-red sword beams cleaved through their combined attacks with ease. In the next instant, they tore through the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python, slicing them into nothing more than mangled, blood-soaked remains.
(End of Chapter)