Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 449 Annihilation Form

Ji Lin's figure quickly crossed the south city wall, passed through the south city moat, and headed south. The Fourth Elder and Wu Yu, leading a hundred members of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Corps, pursued him relentlessly.

The members of the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps used various soul tools to accelerate, and released tracking soul tools from time to time in an attempt to lock onto Ji Lin's location. Ji Lin led the pursuers and flew at high speed. He did not want to continue fighting with the enemy in Sunrise City. First, it would harm innocent people, and second, it was too close to Mingdu. The Sun Moon Empire might send reinforcements again, and then Ji Lin would be in trouble.

Ji Lin's speed was astonishing; his figure drew a red trail in the night sky, like a shooting star streaking across the heavens.

Just then, a desolate plain appeared ahead, and this place was far away from Sunrise City. Ji Lin's rapidly flying figure suddenly stopped. Seeing that Ji Lin was no longer running away, the Fourth Elder and Wu Yu also stopped in mid-air with vigilance on their faces. The combat power that Ji Lin had shown before was too terrifying. If it weren't for the fact that they had a large number of people and that this was not their home ground, they would not have dared to pursue him.

After the battle just now, they knew very well that with their current strength, it would be difficult to take down Ji Lin. However, they were not far from Mingdu, and they had a steady stream of reinforcements. As long as they could hold Ji Lin back and keep him out of sight, they would eventually have a chance to take him down.

Ji Lin's sudden stop running naturally put them on high alert.

Ji Lin looked up at the horizon. It was almost dawn, and a faint ray of morning light was faintly visible on the eastern horizon. Ji Lin took a deep breath, feeling the cool morning air, and his eyes gradually turned cold.

"It's time to end this. Qiu'er and the others are waiting for me to join them, so I won't play with you anymore."

Ji Lin did not lower his voice, and his mutterings were clearly heard by the Fourth Elder and Wu Yu. While they were annoyed, they also became more vigilant. Having suffered losses at Ji Lin's hands many times, the two dared not be careless at all.

Taking another deep breath, Ji Lin slowly closed his eyes. He gripped his sword with both hands, raised the Heavenly Fire Judgment high, and seven spirit rings appeared on his body: one yellow, two purple, one black, two red, and one gold.

As the seventh golden spirit ring on Ji Lin's body shone with dazzling golden light, Ji Lin's aura reached its peak.

Seventh Soul Skill, Weapon Soul True Form, Annihilation Form.

Ji Lin suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, a flash of red light passing through them. At that moment, the sword of Heavenly Fire Judgment changed shape, transforming into a strange greatsword that resembled the incarnation of a god of destruction descending to earth.

In that instant, whether it was the Fourth Elder, who was a Title Douluo, or Wu Yu, a Spirit Douluo, or the hundreds of members of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Corps, they all felt that a great calamity was about to befall them, and the aura of death spread in their hearts.

In the instant the Heavenly Fire Greatsword underwent its transformation, the core of the Heavenly Fire Judgment seemed to open a gateway to a world with endless energy, from which an indescribable powerful force surged forth.

This force appeared as a ray of light, which then rapidly expanded into a massive pillar of fire that shot straight into the sky.

The pillar of fire illuminated the entire plain, its temperature so high that it even caused the air high in the sky to ignite, forming countless small fireballs that fell like a meteor shower.

This pillar of fire, shooting straight into the sky, could be seen even in the distant Sunrise City and the even more distant Mingdu. At this moment of dawn, it shone as brightly as a newborn sun.

The members of the Evil Lord Soul Master were stunned by this sudden turn of events. Looking at the pillar of fire shooting straight into the sky, they felt the destructive power contained within it and involuntarily took a few steps back. The Fourth Elder and Wu Yu also had solemn expressions. The power that Ji Lin was displaying at this moment had far exceeded their expectations.

Ji Lin's seventh soul skill, the Million-Year-Old Weapon Soul True Body, Heavenly Fire Calamity Annihilation, fully unleashed the power of Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment. This power was not only strong, but also possessed an almost sacred quality, as if it truly came from the brilliance that erupted when a star was destroyed in the distant universe.

Ji Lin stood in the center of the pillar of fire, his figure appearing exceptionally sacred against the backdrop of the flames.

The light of the Heavenly Fire Calamity was almost comparable to daytime. Its light illuminated the entire southern plain, and even distant cities like Mingdu and Risheng could feel the influence of this power. The heat of the fire pillars was extremely high, and the surrounding air was distorted due to the high temperature. The rocks and soil on the ground began to melt, forming a lava field.

"withdraw!!!"

The Fourth Elder roared, his voice filled with undisguised fear and despair.

But it was too late. Ji Lin slowly swung down the alien greatsword in his hand from within the pillar of fire. With his movement, the thousand-meter-long pillar of fire transformed into a flaming sword and slashed straight down, heading straight for the Fourth Elder, Wu Yu, and the members of the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps they led. At that moment, time seemed to freeze, and everyone's heartbeats stopped. They could only watch helplessly as the flaming sword fell like a doomsday judgment.

The Fourth Elder's voice echoed in the air, and the members of the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps scattered and fled, but their speed was far slower than the speed at which the Flame Sword fell.

The Fourth Elder was the first to bear the brunt. He felt an unprecedented sense of oppression. His skin was burning painfully, and he had difficulty breathing. Even a titled Douluo like the Fourth Elder could hardly withstand the intense heat in this environment.

Despair and fear filled the Fourth Elder's eyes. He raised the Netherworld Sword, and the seventh soul ring flashed. The Fourth Elder's body instantly turned into a black light and merged into the sword. Then, there was another shrill scream. The second of the nine Netherworld souls attached to the Netherworld Sword shattered, and the previous purple sword shadow also appeared.

Sensing a great crisis, the vengeful spirit burst forth from Wu Yu's body, attempting to protect her true form. However, Wu Yu stared blankly at the flaming sword slashing down from the sky, having given up on the idea of ​​escape, and waited blankly for death to come.

The flaming sword swept across the sky, tearing apart the space in its wake and emitting a piercing explosion. The members of the Evil Lord Soul Guidance Corps desperately activated their soul tools, speeding up their escape in hopes of escaping the flaming sword's reach.

Despair filled everyone's eyes; they understood that any resistance against Ji Lin's devastating attack was futile.

The pillar of fire transformed into a flaming sword, carrying the power to destroy everything, like divine punishment descending, leaving no one able to escape.

The moment the flaming sword struck, the entire plain seemed to groan. The ground trembled violently, cracking open deep ravines, and magma gushed out like a fountain. The location where the Fourth Elder and Wu Yu were located was directly hit, and the power of the flaming sword turned everything to ashes.

The members of the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps were powerless against this power; their figures also vanished in the flames, buried beneath the scorched earth.

The figures of the Fourth Elder and the others seemed to be erased in mid-air as if wiped away by an eraser, wiped away by the falling flaming sword.

The flaming sword disappeared as it struck the plain, unleashing even more intense light and heat than before. A massive explosion rang out, causing the entire plain to tremble. Flames raged like a flood, engulfing everything around them.

The earth trembled, flames roared, and a huge mushroom cloud rose over the southern plains. From a distance, it looked like a flower of death blooming on the horizon. The mushroom cloud rolled and rose, blotting out the sun and blocking out the rising sunlight of dawn, shrouding the entire plain in darkness.

Even those far away in Mingdu could feel the slight tremors and clearly see the awe-inspiring mushroom cloud.

"What's going on? Was it an earthquake?" someone asked, puzzled.

"It's not an earthquake, look over there!" someone pointed to the distant sky.

"What is that?!" Everyone stared blankly at the mushroom cloud on the horizon, as if they were reminded of the day of the Mingdu explosion.

The residents of Mingdu were abuzz with discussion, and various speculations and rumors spread among them. Some said it was a natural disaster, while others believed that powerful soul masters were engaged in a fierce battle in the distance.

Inside the Mingdu Imperial Palace, Xu Tianran gazed at the mushroom cloud rising in the distance, his brows furrowed and his expression grave.

"What's that over there? Sunrise City?" Orange, standing next to Xu Tianran, also looked puzzled and serious.

"Could someone have detonated a level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell?"

Xu Tianran shook his head and said, "I only sent the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps to Sunrise City. The rest were handled by the Holy Spirit Cult. Without my orders, the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps could not possibly use Level 9 fixed-position soul guide missiles. Moreover, they did not bring any Level 9 fixed-position soul missiles with them this time. The Grand Preceptor and the others are currently in Mingdu. There are no Level 9 fixed-position soul guide missiles in Sunrise City."

"Could it be... the Limit Douluo!?"

"I don't know, we can only wait for news from Sunrise City."

That magnificent sword strike startled not only Mingdu, but also the Second Elder, who was chasing the hostages, and Commander Wang of the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps, who looked up at the sky in the direction of Sunrise City.

"Oh no! There's a battle going on in the direction of Sunrise City! Such terrifying power... Could it be a Limit Douluo? Or a Level 9 fixed-position soul-guided cannon? Quick, let's go back!"

The Second Elder had a bad feeling. Remembering that his fourth brother was still in Sunrise City, he was anxious. After giving an order, he immediately took off and flew towards Sunrise City.

On the plains outside Sunrise City, Ji Lin stared silently at the scorched earth beneath his feet. He hadn't expected his full-power sword strike in the Annihilation form to be so terrifying. Back when he had just absorbed the million-year soul ring of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and obtained his seventh soul skill, the mere evolution of his martial soul and the transformation of its form were already astonishing. He had estimated its power to be at the level of a level 98 Super Douluo like Xuan Zi. But now it seemed that if he used his full power, it wouldn't be much weaker than a Limit Douluo's full-power strike.

(End of this chapter)