Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 179: A Counterattack? The Tang Clan's Reputation is Ruined!
Tang Lie's eyes swept across the icy maze with a sinister gaze, suppressing the sharp pain in his chest and the pent-up frustration in his heart:
"Impossible. He's so badly injured, and his soul power is almost exhausted. He couldn't possibly be faster than us. He must be hiding somewhere here healing or..."

"Waiting to die!" Yu Xinglie added through gritted teeth, his eyes blazing with murderous intent.

However, before Tang Lie could finish speaking, right behind the two of them, a huge ice rock that seemed perfectly normal and was frozen to the ground suddenly burst forth with a chilling blue light.

"Ice Dragon's Claw"

The next moment, an ice crystal dragon claw covered with dragon scale patterns, like a death grip reaching out from hell, suddenly burst out of the ice layer beneath Yu Xinglie's feet.

Yu Xinglie's attention was entirely focused on searching the ice maze ahead, and he was completely unprepared for the sneak attack coming from the ground beneath his feet, the very spot he had just stepped on.

He didn't even have time to react.

The Ice Dragon Claw's five sharp claws, like five giant ice blades, instantly pierced through Yu Xinglie's legs, waist, abdomen, and chest.

Yu Xinglie only had time to let out a short, extremely shrill scream.

A terrifying burst of power.

The crampon ripped upwards with a sudden jerk.

Fresh blood mixed with fragments of internal organs gushed out like a fountain.

Yu Xinglie's tattered body was torn into several pieces like a rag doll by the tearing force contained in the ice dragon's source power.

Scalding blood and shattered internal organs splattered onto Tang Lie's face and body, which were standing close by, like a shower of flowers.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Tang Lie remained vigilant, searching ahead. Half of his face was covered in thick, warm blood and fragments of unknown internal organs, and the pungent smell of blood assaulted his nostrils.

His pupils dilated to the extreme, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets, his mind blank. He could only watch helplessly as Yu Xinglie's torn remains turned into specks of dissipating spiritual energy after the ice claws dissipated.

A gruesome death so close at hand, the scalding blood of a comrade...

The impact of all this was far more direct, bloody, and devastating than the death of Yu Xinghen.

"Uh, uh..." Tang Lie made meaningless hoarse sounds in his throat, his body trembling violently due to extreme fear and anger.

"You...you actually launched a sneak attack?"

Lu Jun's figure emerged slowly from behind the ice rock, like a ghost.

His face was as pale as paper, and his breath was still weak, but his eyes were extremely cold, and there was even a mocking smile on his lips.

He looked at Tang Lie, whose face was covered in blood and who stood there dumbfounded, and spoke in a calm tone as if stating a fact:
"What? You're allowed to bully the weak and gang up on them, but I'm not allowed to launch a sneak attack?"

"You...you..." Tang Lie finally came to his senses from the huge shock. An indescribable rage, enough to burn away reason, instantly overwhelmed all his fear and apprehension.

He pointed at Lu Jun, his fingers trembling violently with extreme anger, his voice hoarse and distorted, like the roar of a wild beast:

"You beast! You treacherous and cunning beast!"

Lu Jun, too lazy to waste any more words with him, absorbed the spiritual energy dissipated by the Jade Star Rift, feeling a slight return of strength within him. He immediately turned and ran, leaving behind only a provocative and contemptuous remark that echoed in the cold air:
"If you're from the Tang Clan, then come after me! Haha, too bad, today is destined to be the day your Tang Clan's reputation is utterly ruined."

The words "utter defeat" were like the most vicious curse, piercing Tang Lie's heart.

For the members of the Tang Clan, the glory of the Tang Clan surpasses everything.

Even if it costs my own life!
Watching Lu Jun turn and flee again, thinking of the tragic deaths of Yu Xinghen and Yu Xinglie, two peak Soul Emperors, thinking of the annihilation of the Soul Kings, thinking of his own disheveled state with serious injuries, and then thinking of Lu Jun's words that the reputation of the Tang Clan was utterly ruined... the string of reason in Tang Lie's mind snapped completely.

"Ahhh! Lu Jun, I'll make sure you die a horrible death!"

Tang Lie let out a hysterical, inhuman roar.

All his humiliation, all his anger, all his despair transformed into the purest and most insane desire for destruction at this moment.

He no longer cared about his injuries, his energy expenditure, or even the rules of the Spirit Ascension Platform.

His eyes were fixed on the fleeing figure in white, and he wanted to tear him to pieces at all costs!
He wanted to cruelly kill Lu Jun here, and then kill him with his own hands after he got out!

He wanted to make that brat Lu Jun disappear from this world completely.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Boundary-Severing Crescent Moon Slash!" Tang Lie's deep black sixth soul ring suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, pitch-black light that seemed capable of devouring all light.

The Soul-Chasing Crescent Blade flew out of his hand, swelling in the wind.

In an instant, it transformed into a huge black full moon with a diameter of over ten meters.

A deep, dark light, seemingly capable of cutting through space, flowed along the edge of the full moon, emanating a terrifying aura that sent chills down one's spine.

"Die!"

Tang Lie used all his strength, his hands clenched into fists, and slashed fiercely in the direction Lu Jun had fled!
The dark, round moon suddenly disappeared, and the next moment, it appeared without warning in mid-air less than ten meters behind Lu Jun.

Immediately following, an indescribably sharp, perfectly circular black slash wave erupted instantly, centered on the black moon, without any blind spots.

360° coverage without blind spots.

Even more terrifying, the instant the dark circular slashing wave spread out, an invisible, eerie force, seemingly freezing time, instantly enveloped the entire area covered by the slashing wave.

Space freezes, time stands still.

All targets within this range, whether it be airborne dust, falling ice chips, or Lu Jun who is fleeing for his life.

All movements were as if the pause button had been pressed, forcibly entering an absolute and irresistible state of time stop.

Smash Varudo!

Lu Jun remained in his forward-leaning posture, his body frozen in mid-air, even the coldness in his eyes seemed to freeze! It was like a still image.

The pitch-black full moon, carrying a destructive cutting power, silently rotated and slowly crushed towards Lu Jun, who had been frozen in time.

Although it only pauses time for one second, it is Tang Lie's strongest soul skill, and it consumes two-thirds of his soul power to use it.

Tang Lie wouldn't use his full strength unless he was desperate and going all out.

In the monitoring room, Leng Yaozhu's gentle smile vanished instantly, replaced by a solemn expression.
"It's actually this type of soul skill? How shameless! To deal with a Soul Master, they even used their trump card. They're really disgracing the Soul Emperor."

Leng Yulai also dropped her teasing tone, her eyes sharpening: "Wait, sister, look, something's getting closer..."

Inside the Shengling Platform.

The dark, round moon, carrying a cutting force, mercilessly crushed towards Lu Jun.

Tang Lie's blood-stained face twisted into a sinister grin, as if his revenge was about to succeed.

As long as we can kill this kid, it's worth any price to pay.

However, just as the devastating circular slash was about to touch Lu Junbai's white robes, a deafening dragon roar suddenly tore apart the frozen spacetime without warning.

This roar did not come from a soul skill, but from the most primal and violent bloodline power.

Its imposing pressure caused the entire frozen battlefield to tremble, and even caused Tang Lie's strike, which had gathered all his strength, to momentarily falter.

This allowed Lu Jun to successfully dodge the attack.

Lu Jun's expression was grave.

Being frozen in time for a second is a really unpleasant feeling.

Moments later, before the roar had even subsided, a huge shadow suddenly enveloped the entire area, as if daylight had instantly turned into dusk.

Tang Lie's ferocious smile froze instantly, and he subconsciously looked up in horror.

A gigantic, indescribably large maw, filled with sharp, white fangs, like a gaping abyss tearing the sky apart, descended from the heavens with a stench-filled gale and a violent aura of destruction.

The target was none other than Tang Lie.

Spatial slashes and the dignity of a Soul Emperor all seem so insignificant and laughable before this gigantic maw.

(End of this chapter)