Douluo Continent: The Twin Sons of the Styx River, Shaking the World and Destroying the Heavens

Chapter 212 The Judgment of the Blazing Sun: With this spear raised, the end is near.
Xu Sanshi's second soul skill can defend against damage of all attributes. As long as the damage is not greater than his own defense, he can resist it.

Xu Sanshi knew he couldn't just sit and wait to die; he had to find Jiu Li as soon as possible. The enemy was in the dark while he was in the light, a situation extremely unfavorable to him. He dared not delay and immediately began searching Xuan Turtle Island for Jiu Li's whereabouts. He left no corner unchecked, no hidden place unsearched, determined to find Jiu Li quickly and escape this predicament.

Jiu Li was perched on a tree, her long legs, clad in black stockings, swaying gently as she said, "Oh my, this kind of game is really interesting."

On her ear, she wore a soul-guided device that served as an earpiece, capable of detecting the movements of any enemy within a 500-meter radius. While it didn't possess the same level of mental detection as Xia Die's...

Jiu Li stretched her body, raised her arms slightly, twisted her waist and stretched, her joints making a barely audible cracking sound. Then she lowered her arms, her tone both lazy and decisive: "I'm not playing with her anymore, it's time to end this."

Jiu Li leaped into the air, charging towards Xu Sanshi like a celestial fire falling to earth. The spear in her hand was like burning fuel and raging flames, unleashing terrifying power.

"boom!"

Xu Sanshi noticed in time that the force of their collision had instantly triggered a violent explosion.

Jiu Li's spear slammed into the Xuanwu Shield held by Xu Sanshi, sending out terrifying sparks.

As they collided, steam rose continuously from Xu Sanshi's body.

The battle lasted for a while before Xu Sanshi truly felt that Jiu Li's power far exceeded the ordinary. She suddenly exerted force in her arm gripping the spear, the tip of the spear flicking upwards along the edge of the Xuanwu Shield, the brute force instantly shattering the defense. Xu Sanshi felt a violent tremor in his arms, and his entire body was lifted into the air by this force, flying backwards like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into a large rock not far away.

Jiu Li seized the opportunity to pursue, her figure closing in like an arrow released from a bow. Her soul power surged suddenly, and her fourth soul ring lit up. A halo of dark purple and deep red light slowly rotated beneath her feet, radiating a heart-palpitating sense of oppression.

"Crimson Cannon Sky-Cutting Formation!"

With a clear shout, she pointed her spear sharply at the sky, the crimson light emanating from its tip shooting straight into the heavens. In an instant, the clouds churned, and nine thick, pillar-like flames descended from the sky, carrying the power to scorch mountains and boil seas, precisely encircling Xu Sanshi within a hundred-foot radius.

The flames on the outer layer of the pillar of fire spun rapidly in a spiral, and the crimson sparks flew everywhere with the airflow, quickly weaving together into an impenetrable red array—the array patterns moved in mid-air like flame totems, and there were even crackling lightning at the edges, highlighting the power of the array to the extreme.

This was Jiu Li's Judgment Array. The moment the array was formed, scorching waves of heat surged towards Xu Sanshi at its center. Most of the moisture rising from his body was instantly evaporated, and his exposed skin felt a stinging pain. Even more troublesome was the strange energy permeating the array, seeping into his body through his arm where it touched the Xuanwu Shield. Wherever it passed, his protective soul power melted away like ice meeting fire, and his once indestructible defense was weakening at a visible rate—this was the terrifying aspect of the "Incineration" state. With each moment he was trapped, his defense would weaken further until he completely lost all ability to resist.

Xu Sanshi's fourth spirit ring suddenly lit up, and the enormous Xuanwu phantom behind him roared, its sound shaking the surrounding area. In an instant, a vast ocean surged in the void, giant waves rolling and crashing towards the red array, attempting to break through it. However, the moment the seawater touched the flames within the array, it was instantly devoured, absorbed directly by the flames.

Xu Sanshi's face instantly darkened to the point of being almost dripping with water. He gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Damn it, you forced me to do this, Golden Xuanwu Domain!" He knew that if he continued to be passively attacked like this, he would surely be trapped in a desperate situation.

Xu Sanshi's eighth spirit ring originated from an extremely rare golden hawksbill turtle. Because of this, his martial spirit successfully evolved into a golden black tortoise. Now, he possesses a unique ability: he can freely switch between an ordinary black tortoise and a golden black tortoise.

As soon as he finished speaking, a surge of powerful soul energy erupted from Xu Sanshi, spreading outwards. In the blink of an eye, the surrounding space seemed to be distorted by an invisible force, and vast expanses of seawater appeared out of thin air, instantly forming a body of water. To be precise, this was his unique domain, a mysterious black water that rapidly spread out. In the blink of an eye, a vast black ocean with a diameter of a hundred meters appeared before everyone's eyes. This ocean was no ordinary sea; its waters faintly radiated a golden luster, shimmering and mysterious yet majestic. The golden luster, like flowing molten metal, blended with the black seawater, creating a bizarre and breathtaking visual effect.

Once the Golden Xuanwu Domain unfolded, it surged forth like an unstoppable torrent, directly impacting Jiu Li's Judgment Array. Under the impact of the domain's power, the crimson array formed by Jiu Li's Crimson Cannon Heaven-Slaying Array began to shake violently, and cracks appeared in its originally stable structure, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

Xu Sanshi's domain power spread rapidly, and the black ocean with golden luster was like a giant beast, instantly tearing apart Jiu Li's great formation and quickly destroying it completely.

However, Jiu Li's figure hovered in mid-air, her toes half a foot off the ground, without stepping into the black water area at all. The power of the domain had no effect on her, and her eyes remained sharp as a blade.

Just then, Jiu Li's fifth spirit ring suddenly lit up, an orange-gold halo swirling around her, and an even more intense fighting spirit erupted like a volcano, the air itself seeming to crackle as it was cut by this will.

"Lingyuan Hundred Slashes!"

With a low shout, she swung her gun-wielding arm violently, not thrusting the gun directly, but using it as a blade to concentrate her surging fighting spirit at the tip.

In an instant, several condensed, tangible golden blades shot out from the sky, shaped like crescent moons with tiny flames burning along their edges, whistling as they tore through the air, and slashed at Xu Sanshi one after another.

Even more astonishingly, these crescent-blade-like attacks advanced in layers. While the first one was still in progress, the second one followed closely behind, its power surpassing the former; the third, the fourth... the power of each blazing blade increased, the golden radiance grew brighter and brighter, and the sound of cutting through the air became increasingly piercing, as if it were about to shatter space itself into pieces.

Finally, Jiu Li crossed her arms, drawing a perfect cross with her spear. The two most refined and dazzling golden blades suddenly converged, forming a massive cross slash. As soon as this cross slash took shape, the surrounding temperature soared, and even the black waters began to bubble. The power that erupted was terrifying—it possessed the cutting power of the blades themselves, the impact force of battle intent, and was also accompanied by the fiery energy that could incinerate everything. Like a decree of judgment, it ruthlessly cleaved towards the center of the waters where Xu Sanshi was located.

The air around Xu Sanshi suddenly froze. The terrifying pressure of the cross-shaped slash crashed down like Mount Tai, making every inch of his skin tremble. He instantly realized that this was no ordinary attack. Almost instinctively, Xu Sanshi's soul power erupted without reservation, his bones emitted a muffled hum, and golden light shone brightly around him—his Martial Soul True Body activated!
In an instant, his body swelled up like an inflating balloon, fine golden patterns appeared on his dark green tortoise shell, and the black scales that originally covered his limbs turned into a dazzling golden color. His huge snake tail swayed slowly behind him, and every scale reflected a dazzling light. In just a few breaths, a golden Xuanwu, more than three times larger than before, stood between heaven and earth. Its tortoise shell was ten zhang in diameter, and when its snake head was raised, it almost touched the clouds. The golden light emanating from its body spread like a tide, dyeing half the sky golden red, and even the distant clouds were plated with a layer of gold.

However, even with his Martial Soul True Body activated, Xu Sanshi still underestimated the ferocity of Jiu Li's attack. He abruptly retracted his limbs, his golden tortoise shell forming a shield in front of him, his snake tail taut and gathering power, attempting to withstand the attack head-on. The first few golden blades struck the tortoise shell, producing crisp clanging sounds, sparks flying as they were forcefully deflected. Although the impact caused his blood to surge, he managed to block them with relative ease.

But when the final cross-shaped slash came crashing down, everything changed.

The instant the golden light clashed with the golden tortoise shell, there was no earth-shattering roar, but rather an eerie stillness—the golden light, like a red-hot iron, clung tightly to the shell, the golden patterns visibly dimming, and several scales were even melted into charred fragments by the intense heat. The next second, a terrifying impact erupted. Xu Sanshi felt an irresistible force emanating from the tortoise shell, as if struck by a colossal axe of a god, his massive body flying backward like a kite with a broken string!

"boom--!"

The golden Xuanwu's body slammed into the ground, shattering the hard rock layer like paper. The ground instantly collapsed, creating a massive crater tens of meters wide, with rubble and soil shooting skyward. Even more terrifying, the fire energy contained in the cross slash was completely detonated upon impact. Countless sparks fell into the vegetation around the crater, instantly igniting the dry grass and trees into a raging sea of ​​fire. The flames soared into the sky, turning half the sky crimson, and even the air became unbearably hot.

“Xu Sanshi, it’s time to end this. The blazing sun burns the heavens, and when it descends upon me, it is time to draw my spear. This spear strike is the blow that breaks the dawn; there is no more chance in this world—the judgment of the Holy One, the judgment of the blazing sun, with this spear strike, is the moment of end.” Jiu Li said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)