Douluo Continent: Starting with the Tiger Emperor Template

The middle-aged man's brows furrowed slightly. His square face was expressionless, but a barely perceptible tremor flickered in his sharp eyes.

He did not answer Lu Ren's question, but instead released his Title Douluo-level mental power without reservation.

That spiritual power was like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing, so immense that the air in the private room seemed to freeze.

The light from the crystal chandelier flickered under this oppressive force, and the thick carpet sank slightly under the pressure of the invisible air currents.

The key members standing on both sides took a step back in unison, their faces drained of color, and those with slightly weaker cultivation even braced themselves against the wall with their hands.

The mental pressure from a Title Douluo-level expert is something even experts of the same level would have to deal with with their full strength, let alone these Soul Saints and Soul Emperors.

But Lu Ren stood still, his feet not moving even a millimeter.

His posture was even more relaxed than before, and there was no sign of being oppressed on his handsome face. The corners of his mouth still had that ambiguous smile.

The middle-aged man's expression finally changed. He withdrew his spiritual power, stood with his hands behind his back, and for the first time, obvious shock appeared in his eyes as he looked at Lu Ren.

What level of cultivation does this young man possess?!

He couldn't see through the other party's cultivation level, his mental pressure had no effect on him, and his combat intuition sensed a deadly danger emanating from the other party. These three factors combined pointed to a conclusion that he found hard to believe.

"What a pity." Lu Ren withdrew his gaze and looked at Shangguan Weier again. "In terms of overall strength alone, you are not even as good as me."

The moment he finished speaking, the soul power spreading beneath his feet simultaneously released a dazzling red light.

Countless red veins radiated outwards from Lu Ren's feet, transforming the floor of the entire private room into a giant blood-red spider web.

Immediately afterwards, those soul power threads began to transform.

It transformed from a translucent pale red filament into a viscous bright red liquid.

Blood seeped from every vein, meandering and spreading across the carpet, staining the thick pile red.

The smell of blood in the air was very faint, but the faint smell of rust seemed to penetrate directly into everyone's nasal cavity.

It was Lu Ren's Crimson Blood Manipulation Technique that had come into play.

At this moment, he had spread his soul power throughout the entire scene and then began to convert it into blood.

The atmosphere in the private room exploded at that moment.

"Protect the Alliance Leader!"

One of the core members roared, and seven spirit rings rose up beneath his feet.

Immediately following, as if in a chain reaction, all the key members in the private room activated their martial spirits at the same time.

In an instant, the various colored soul rings flashed and intertwined, with yellow, purple, and black colors weaving together to form a dazzling light curtain.

A dozen Soul Saint-level auras erupted simultaneously, and the oppressive auras of dozens of Soul Emperors and Soul Kings layered upon each other, forming a force field powerful enough to terrify any intruder.

Everyone simultaneously focused on the boy in the center of the private room, whose feet were treading on a sea of ​​blood, waiting only for Shangguan Wei'er's command.

Ji Juechen reacted faster than anyone else. In the instant the red light flashed, his right hand was already on the hilt of his sword.

With a clang, the silver-white longsword was drawn from its sheath, its blade reflecting a chilling light under the glow of the soul-guided chandelier.

Six spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—rose simultaneously beneath his feet, and a pale gray sword intent domain silently unfolded within three feet of him.

He stepped to the side, blocking Lu Ren from the dozens of key members who had surrounded him.

This level 63 Soul Emperor faced an attack from more than a dozen Soul Saints, dozens of Soul Emperors, and Soul Kings, yet his eyes showed no fear, only an almost pure focus.

No matter how many opponents there are, as long as someone dares to make the first move, he will strike down with his sword without hesitation.

"Sister Shangguan!"

Ye Guyi became anxious.

As she watched the tense scene unfold, her anxiety reached its peak.

She spoke urgently to Shangguan Weier in a low voice:

"They meant no harm; I could sense it. He genuinely just wanted to cooperate. We all have a common enemy; there's no need to fight!"

The moment Ye Guyi finished speaking, Lu Ren raised his hands and made a gesture in front of his chest that no one present had ever seen before.

At the same time, the soul power and spell power surging from his body began to increase exponentially.

Soul power is originally a warm and positive energy, while curse power is a cold and negative energy. After the two merged in Lu Ren's body, they formed an energy that does not belong to any known power system in the Douluo Continent.

At this moment, this energy was pouring out of his body, spreading in all directions along his feet.

Upon seeing this scene, Ji Juechen's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

He recognized the gesture, and he understood even more what the surge of soul power and spiritual energy from his body meant.

That was Lu Ren's strongest trump card, a harbinger of the unfolding of his domain.

He had fought alongside Lu Ren so many times that he had witnessed how Lu Ren could instantly kill evil soul masters at the Soul Saint level.

As long as Lu Ren makes this gesture, and a large amount of soul power and mental power surges out of his body, he is basically about to use his self-created domain.

Once the domain is deployed, it envelops both the user and the enemy. Often, after only about ten seconds, the domain dissipates, and the enemy simply disappears without a trace.

Lu Ren used this method to kill countless Soul Saints.

This time, however, Lu Ren's gesture was completely different from the one he used when employing the Demon-Subduing Chef's domain.

Could it be... that this is his second field?

A layer of cold sweat seeped from Ji Juechen's palm as he gripped the sword.

He was already quite pleased with himself for creating a rudimentary form of sword intent domain, while Lu Ren, a boy several years younger than him, had already mastered two completely different domains?

This is his biggest source of confidence in daring to challenge the Ordinary Alliance today, and it's related to his fourth spirit ring.

Lu Ren coldly looked at the core members who had activated their martial spirits throughout the private room, his lips slightly parted.

"Domain expansion..."

The moment those four words were uttered, it was as if all the air in the private room had been sucked out.

Everyone felt a suffocating sense of oppression, and the blood covering their feet began to throb wildly, as if something was about to burst out from the center of the blood-covered ground.

Just as Lu Ren opened his mouth for the second time, about to utter the name of the domain...

"Stop! I'll agree to all your demands!"

Seeing that Lu Ren was about to unleash his power and sensing a deadly danger emanating from him, Shangguan Wei'er immediately interrupted him.

She stood up from her seat and then, with the utmost decisiveness, issued her command to the entire room:

"Everyone, dispel your Martial Soul Possession state. No one is allowed to make a move without my order."

She stood in the main seat, her beautiful eyes sweeping across the entire room, and wherever her gaze fell, the key members all lowered their heads.

The atmosphere in the private room underwent a dramatic shift from tense confrontation to stagnation in just a few seconds.

Shangguan Weier and Lu Ren locked eyes:

"I agree to all your conditions... Young friend, please be merciful and let us go. We have already suffered one blow from the Xishui Alliance, and we cannot afford any more losses... Otherwise, our Pingfan Alliance will truly be wiped out of Mingdu."

At this moment, Shangguan Weier's tone became very soft, and she pitifully begged Lu Ren for mercy.

"Ye Guyi, from now on, the entire Ordinary Alliance, including myself, will do our utmost to assist you. We will never refuse anything within our capabilities."

She paused, then her standard welcoming smile returned, this time with a hint of relief.

"I have only one additional request, which can be considered as using the Alliance Leader's power for personal gain: please treat Ye Guyi well."