Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 286 The Princess of the Wasteland, the Spiritual Origin Light Orb, the Seventh Ring of a Million Years
Beyond the battlefield, several streaks of light shot into the sky, dividing the clear blue sky into sections of varying colors, as a vast horde of sea spirit beasts surged forth.

With a single palm strike, Tongtian Bazu shattered the Sea Princess into bubbles. He glanced down at the distance and coldly snorted:
"Purple-robed Dragon Lord, Sea Lion King, Old Octopus, you didn't make a move before, but now that you've come out, do you think I'll stop?"

"We never expected this to happen. We arrived too late, which led to the bloodshed. We hope that you, the Overlord Ancestor, the Emperor Heaven, and the Mountain Dragon King, will forgive us."

The three ferocious beasts transformed into human form and stepped forward to explain. The Sea Lion King, standing in the middle, repeatedly stated that they had been summoned by the High Priest of Seagod Island and had come temporarily without prior knowledge of the conflict between Seagod Island and the Tongtian Baxia clan.

The old octopus seemed to be quite familiar with Tongtian Bazu, and stood by, offering earnest advice, saying that the High Priest of Seagod Island should not die lightly, otherwise the Seagod might take action, and so on.

The Purple-Robed Dragon Lord was a graceful and beautiful woman dressed in a purple dress, with dragon horns on her head, and her elegant face was covered with frost. She remained silent.

Seeing this, Xu Tianxi seemed to understand something; he roughly knew what stance these three people held.

He turned to the Snow Empress beside him and asked, "Snow Empress, what race is this Purple-Robed Dragon Lord? He looks like a die-hard follower of the Sea God."

The one who had previously called out to Tongtian Bazu and Ditian to show mercy was the Sea Lion King. The one who spoke to Tongtian Bazu in a friendly manner was the Old Octopus. Meanwhile, the Purple-Robed Dragon Lord's eyes were shrouded in a bloody mist of murderous intent. Judging from his appearance, he probably wished he could rush into the battlefield.

In his mind, these three ferocious beasts likely represented three different factions.

After pondering for a moment, Xue Di replied via telepathy: "The Purple-Robed Dragon Lord is the patriarch of the Purple Universe Sea Dragon Clan. His cultivation is comparable to that of the Sea Princess. He has been around for 600,000 years. It is said that, like the Sea Princess's clan, he is a loyal follower of the Sea God and Sea God Island and possesses an extremely rare destructive attribute."

"The Sea Lion King has a good reputation among marine soul beasts. He is known as a good-natured person and likes to mediate disputes. The old octopus is the patriarch of the Ten Thousand Claws Heavenly Octopus clan. It is rumored that he once received guidance from the Tongtian Overlord Ancestor."

"Just as I thought, apart from the Sea God's die-hard loyalists, the attitudes of the other sea spirit beasts are quite subtle."

Xu Tianxi understood.

Tongtian Bazu had told him before that the connection between the Sea God and the ocean had been severed at some point, and even top-tier sea spirit beasts might have sensed it, sending their faith power back.

Although it's unclear why Tang San had a change of heart and stopped absorbing the power of the sea and sea spirit beasts, his disappearance undoubtedly raises a question:
The Sea God has temporarily disappeared, leaving only Sea God Island. Will the ocean spirit beasts still worship the Sea God as their master as before?

Originally, everyone might have just tolerated it and let it pass with a laugh, but unexpectedly, even after the Sea God disappeared, the Sea God Island still dared to act arrogantly and came to the Tongtian Baxia clan to coerce and seize things, which aroused fierce resistance from the Tongtian Baxia clan.

Moreover, the resistance has continued until now, and not only have the people of the Clear Sky Sect been killed, but seven Title Douluos from Seagod Island have also died. Yet the Seagod Lord has watched them perish without taking any action. This means that the Lord may truly be unable to connect with the ocean anymore, and he doesn't even care when his most loyal servants are killed.

The three ferocious beasts arrived after receiving a request for reinforcements from Seagod Island, driven by their fear of the Seagod's accumulated power. However, each of the three sea spirit beast factions had its own plans.

The big-breasted, brainless Purple-Robed Dragon Lord clearly wanted to come up and help, but was held down by the old octopus who had a connection with the Tongtian Bazu. The number of sea spirit beasts behind the two races was roughly equal.

The Sea Lion King's attitude was clearly one of trying to please both sides. He didn't want anything to happen to the Tongtian Baxia clan, nor did he want all the experts on Seagod Island to die. He also had the most Sea Soul Beasts following him.

Their bias is obvious: they help whoever wins.

Tongtian Bazu understood these people's thoughts very well. He snorted and raised his eyes, saying, "I can spare the life of this Sea Princess, but she must be cursed with a death curse. From now on, whenever she encounters my Tongtian Bazu clan, the Sea Princess's clan will voluntarily retreat 30,000 miles away."

"Only in this way can I release her today; otherwise, I cannot guarantee it."

The Purple-Robed Dragon Lord's face grew even more frosty, and he was about to say something when, at that moment, a burst of bloody light erupted once more from the battlefield of the two sacred pillars of Seagod Island. All the beasts looked on, their pupils dilating—

The Sea Demon Douluo, who manipulated the illusion, apparently used it on a being with terrifying mental power, causing a backlash that resulted in him bleeding from all seven orifices. The three-headed, ten-thousand-year-old Tongtian Baxia seized the opportunity and, with a few punches and kicks, reduced him to dust.

In the next instant, the last level 96 Sea Spear Douluo was completely unable to resist the siege of the beasts. More than ten 100,000-year-old Tongtian Baxia launched an attack, breaking the Sea Spear and scattering the Holy Pillar.

Thus, all nine sacred pillars that came from Poseidon Island were destroyed.

Seeing this, the three ferocious beasts who came to mediate each had a change in expression. The purple-robed dragon lord was immediately enraged and wanted to make a move, swinging his long whip like a lightning snake spitting its tongue in a movie.

Undeterred, Tongtian Bazu unleashed a palm strike that could overturn the world. The palm print met the whip shadow, but Tongtian Bazu remained unmoved. The plump body of the Purple-Robed Dragon Lord was struck as if by lightning, flying thousands of feet like a kite with a broken string, spitting out a mouthful of thick blood.

"Our clan has never liked to cause trouble, but we are never afraid of it either. You will never make our clan bow down in vain! If you want to die, I will kill you and the Sea Princess together today!"

Tongtian Bazu's long robe hung down, his sleeves billowing, his old eyes like sharp blades, gleaming with a cold light.

"By consuming you and the Sea Princess, I will surely break through my limits and become a million-year-old soul beast, just like the Deep Sea Demon Whale King from ten thousand years ago! At that time, I will definitely slaughter all of you lackeys of the Sea God! As long as one of the Sea God's lackeys remains, I will not stop until the day is over!"

The overwhelming and unparalleled pressure of the dragon race swept across the sky. Tongtian Bazu snorted coldly and stretched out a lightning-fast finger, pointing it out from afar.

A horizontal beam of light, tens of meters in diameter, rose from the ocean, transforming into a massive water dragon that roared out, locking the Purple-Robed Dragon Lord in place and preventing his escape.

She transformed into her true dragon form, but due to the absolute difference in their cultivation levels, she was completely suppressed. Her purple dragon breath was utterly defeated before the Water Dragon, which lashed out with a single tail strike, spinning her like a top in the air for tens of thousands of feet before finally stopping. At the same time, the Sea Princess was not idle either. Tongtian Bazu pointed out that finger and then turned around, clenched his fist, and unleashed a powerful punch.

The force of the fist was layered and stacked, and the fist imprint suddenly grew larger in the air, expanding into a vast fist light with a radius of hundreds of feet.

The terrifying force caused the air to explode and space to collapse piece by piece. The already wounded sea princess's pupils suddenly dilated, and an inescapable fear arose from the depths of her soul.

"Bang~!"

As the sea princess's body was shattered yet again, and her spirit was in excruciating pain, a thought surged into her mind:
Could this be the true power of the Heavenly Overlord Ancestor? She was completely... unable to resist.

"Bang!"

Space was distorted, and the Sea Princess's shattered body was reassembled, not because of her own actions, but because of the control of Tongtian Bazu.

With one hand gripping the Sea Princess's slender and beautiful neck, Tongtian Bazu exerted a slight force, causing the Sea Princess's fishtail to sway and roll incessantly from the intense pain.

"After playing with you for so long, today I'll use you as my first target!"

Tongtian Bazu coldly said something, then lightly waved his left hand, and Xu Tianxi and Xue Di appeared in the spatial vortex.

Xu Tianxi, who was healing his wounds and watching the show, was inexplicably pulled into the top battlefield by Tongtian Bazu and asked in confusion: "Bazu, why did you call me here?"

Tongtian Bazu smiled faintly, his smile very kind. "The Dragon King has helped my clan a great deal. Today, I, your ancestor, am taking this opportunity to express my gratitude."

Having said that, he suddenly exerted force with his right hand, and layer upon layer of soul power surged down his snow-white neck and into the sea princess's brow.

The sea princess screamed in pain, her brow exploded, and wisps of pure light surged out.

"No, Ba Zu, don't..." The Sea Princess's face was filled with terror. Ba Zu had forcefully broken through her mental barrier. If this continued, her mental power would be dissipated.

"Don't say no? You're incompetent yet you dare to follow them and cause trouble. Today you've fallen into my hands. You may be spared death, but you won't escape punishment!"

Tongtian Bazu showed no mercy, his azure eyes were deep and cold, and azure bubbles appeared out of thin air, receiving the spiritual light mist between the sea princess's eyebrows.

Within Xu Tianxi's spiritual sea, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm shivered inexplicably, recalling some unpleasant memories.

"As expected, all the experts of the Dragon Clan are the same. They usually look very proper, but when they get ruthless, they are more terrifying than anyone else. Even the Sea Princess, who had a cultivation level of 600,000, had her spiritual essence forcibly extracted after being captured..."

While cursing the dragon clan experts for being inhuman, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm concealed his aura even more deeply, while Di Tian, ​​who had forcibly seized his power, was right outside.

Hyotei glanced outside and asked in surprise, "Even you, a useless silkworm, had your source power taken away. This Sea Princess is far stronger than you, so how could her source power be taken away so easily?"

"First, I'm a million-year-old soul beast; second, those guys from Di Tian want to absorb more of my essence."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm poked its head out of the seawater, looking very wary, and said, "This old dragon turtle's methods are different from Di Tian's. He's aiming to cripple the Sea Princess. At least Di Tian was thinking of getting me to compromise, but he's going straight for my life."

"So that's how it is. I was wondering how you were able to retain so much of your essence. It turns out those guys from Di Tian weren't using their full strength."

Hyotei glanced at the five golden orbs of light that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm still lingered in the air, and nodded slightly.

Before Tianmeng Bingcan's face could darken, she continued to ask:
"By the way, after this battle, Tianxi will soon advance to level 70. Then it will be your turn to form a soul bond with him. Are you ready?"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's expression immediately became smug again, "Of course I'm ready. Who am I? The only million-year-old soul beast in Douluo Continent and even the entire plane."

"Although my million-year soul power was absorbed by Di Tian and the others, my original power and million-year imprint are still there. With my help, Tianxi's spiritual power and martial soul potential will definitely be released to the maximum extent."

"I have no doubt about this." The Ice Emperor, unusually, did not refute the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. Regardless of whether it was good luck or not, this Great Snow Silkworm was indeed an unprecedented million-year-old soul beast in the history of the plane. No one was more suitable to be the seventh soul ring of the Martial Soul True Body.

Just then, something happened outside. Hyotei's eyes flashed, and she sighed softly: "What a pity. It is not easy to cultivate for six hundred thousand years, yet it has come to such an end."

Before Tongtian Bazu, six clusters of spiritual energy shone brightly, while the Sea Princess looked utterly dejected, her drooping cheeks and lifeless, dead fish eyes staring back at her.

He gave three of the six orbs of light to Xu Tianxi, then carefully kept the remaining three. He tossed a dead-fish-like sea princess towards the three ferocious beasts and coldly said:

"This is the consequence of those who invade my race! A six-hundred-year-old ferocious beast—I crippled her most prized spiritual power, leaving her unable to live or die! Any soul beast that invades my race, just wait and see what happens to the Sea Princess!"

(End of this chapter)