Douluo: My summoning cards can generate Title Douluo

Chapter 299 This person's strength is no less than Tang Chen's back then.
The other elders remained silent, but their eyes revealed the same question and chilling killing intent. The injury of the Grand Elder was a momentous event for the Spirit Hall's Hall of Elders!
Looking at his brothers who had gathered around him, filled with shock, anger, and worry, Qian Daoliu felt a slight warmth in his heart, but more than that, he felt a complex mix of exhaustion and emotion. He waved his hand, indicating that everyone didn't need to be so nervous, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Don't get excited, I'm fine. I just overexerted my soul power and suffered some shock. I'll be fine after a few days of rest."

His nonchalant words, far from reassuring the crowd, only heightened their suspicions. Excessive soul power consumption? Some kind of shock? At Qian Daoliu's level, what kind of intense battle would it take to cause such excessive consumption and shock? And how powerful would his opponent be?
"Brother, stop hiding it from us!" Lion Douluo's voice was deep and urgent. "Your behavior doesn't seem like a simple sparring match! What happened? Who is your opponent?"

Qian Daoliu knew he couldn't hide it from his brothers who were with him day and night and who also stood at the top of the Soul Master world.

He took a deep breath and slowly said, "Tonight, a strange peak expert came to Wuhun City. He stirred up the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and his aura was profound. After I sensed it, I went to visit him."

"An unfamiliar peak expert?" Guangling Douluo frowned slightly, his cool voice tinged with doubt. "On the continent, there are only a handful of people who can rival you, brother. Even if we haven't seen them all, we should have heard of them. How could an unfamiliar one suddenly appear?"

"This person's name is Long Xiaoyao." A complex glint flashed in Qian Daoliu's eyes as he uttered the name.

"Long Xiaoyao?" The elders exchanged bewildered glances, searching their memories, but to no avail. The name was completely foreign to them.

"Long Xiaoyao? Never heard of him!" Golden Crocodile Douluo roared impatiently. "Who cares about dragons or insects! Brother, he's the one who hurt you? Where is he now?"

"I'm going to kill him right now and tear his bones apart to feed the dogs!" With that, his soul power surged again, and he turned around to rush forward, as if he really wanted to devour "Long Xiaoyao" alive.

"Second brother! Come back!" Qian Daoliu's voice was deep, weak but carrying an undeniable authority.

At the same time, Azure Phoenix Douluo, Lion Douluo, and others hurriedly stepped in to stop them.

"Second Brother, don't be reckless!" Azure Phoenix Douluo flashed and stood in front of Golden Crocodile Douluo, saying in a deep voice, "Since Eldest Brother said he is a 'peak expert' and was able to injure him, his strength is unimaginable! It would be unwise for you to go there rashly!"

"Yes, Second Brother!" Lion Douluo also advised, "Even Eldest Brother... We need to think this through carefully!"

"What nonsense about planning ahead!" Golden Crocodile Douluo was consumed by rage and wouldn't listen to anything. He pointed at Qian Daoliu's blood-stained golden robe and roared, "Look at our elder brother! Look! When has our elder brother ever suffered such humiliation?"

"When has my Hall of Offerings ever been so humiliated? If this grudge is not avenged, how can my Hall of Offerings maintain its dignity? How can I, Golden Crocodile, still have the face to call myself the Second Offering Master?!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and his terrifying level 98 soul power swept out like a storm. The dark golden light almost solidified, and the ground beneath his feet cracked open with a "crack" sound, revealing spiderweb-like cracks.

He glared at the blue phoenix and the lion blocking his way and roared, "Get out of my way! Today I will kill that Long Xiaoyao! Anyone who blocks my way is going against me!"

Just as Golden Crocodile Douluo was about to rush out recklessly, Qian Daoliu finally spoke again. His voice was not loud, but it was like ice water being poured over his head, instantly causing the enraged Golden Crocodile Douluo to freeze in his tracks:
"You're going? Are you going to your death?" Qian Daoliu looked calmly at Golden Crocodile Douluo. His gaze had lost its usual gentleness, leaving only a deep, all-seeing profundity and... a faint trace of helplessness.

Golden Crocodile Douluo whirled around, his tiger eyes wide open: "Big brother! What... what did you say? You want to die? I, Golden Crocodile, am at the peak of level ninety-eight, with the Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul. Where in the world can't I go?"

"Even if Long Xiaoyao is strong, can he be stronger than Tang Chen back then? Even if I am no match for him, can't I at least fight him to the death?"

"A lose-lose situation?" Qian Daoliu slowly shook his head, a faint, slightly bitter smile curving his lips. "Second brother, you underestimated him too much. And you overestimated yourself too much."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the other elders who also showed expressions of surprise and doubt, and slowly said, "This person's strength is no less than mine. His martial soul is the Dark Sacred Dragon of the dark attribute, and his understanding of darkness has reached a divine level."

"I fought him for hundreds of rounds, from the clash of domains to the clash of soul skills, until finally I used my ninth soul skill... but I still failed to win. Instead, I was injured by his shock, which damaged my lungs and internal organs, and my soul power was almost exhausted."

Qian Daoliu's words were like a series of heavy bombs, exploding loudly in the ears of the several elders!

His strength is no less than Qian Daoliu's?!

A dark holy dragon with dark attributes?!
A divine understanding of darkness?!
Even using the ninth soul skill failed to secure a victory?!

Soul power nearly exhausted?!
Every piece of information was enough to shake them to their core! Especially the last two points!
They knew all too well how terrifying Qian Daoliu's ninth soul skill, "Angel's Descent," was—an attack bordering on divine, imbued with a trace of angelic divinity! And yet they still couldn't win?!

Moreover, the intensity and danger of the battle that could nearly exhaust Qian Daoliu's soul power was simply unimaginable!
Golden Crocodile Douluo's originally furious aura froze instantly, like a punctured balloon, and then quickly deflated. The anger and killing intent on his face solidified, slowly replaced by an incredulous horror and... a belated chill.

"No...no less than you, Big Brother? Even using the Ninth Soul Skill..." Golden Crocodile Douluo's voice was a little hoarse. He suddenly remembered what Qian Daoliu had said earlier about "excessive consumption of soul power" and "suffering some shock." Now he realized that it was just an understatement! The actual situation was far more serious than that!
"Big brother...you...you mean, that Long Xiaoyao is even stronger than Tang Chen back then?!" Golden Crocodile Douluo finally realized the crux of the matter, his voice trembling slightly.

“That’s right.” Qian Daoliu nodded affirmatively, the scene of his battle with Long Xiaoyao reappearing in his eyes: the pure darkness, the domineering devouring and annihilation, the terrifying domain that made heaven and earth seem to “stop” in the end… “His soul power cultivation has indeed reached level ninety-nine. Moreover, his path of darkness is not the filthy path of ordinary evil soul masters, but the most fundamental path. In a sense, my light attribute can no longer restrain him, but is instead restrained by his darkness.”

"Restrains Light?!" Light Feather Douluo couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. The Light attribute of the Angelic Martial Soul is so pure and powerful that it has always only been used to restrain darkness and evil spirits. When have you ever heard of it being restrained by darkness?

(End of this chapter)