Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 72 Total Suppression

In that brief moment, the two sides had already closed to within fifty meters of each other. Xiao Xiao immediately used the first soul skill of the Nine Phoenixes' Arrival Flute: Slow.

The speed of Dai Huabin and the other two slowed down significantly. Zhu Lu was obviously the most affected, as two of her illusory figures disappeared, and she no longer looked so illusory.

When the two were less than thirty meters apart, Ji Lin made the first move. His first spirit ring lit up, and a crimson sword aura, amplified by his first spirit skill, slashed toward Dai Huabin with astonishing heat and momentum.

Dai Huabin roared, and intense white light instantly converged at his head as his second soul ring lit up. Immediately afterward, a burst of white light shot towards the crimson sword energy.

Zhu Lu's figure flashed, her speed suddenly increasing, leaving a trail of afterimages behind her as she rushed straight at Huo Yuhao. Even with the slowing effect of the Nine Phoenix Arrival Flute, her speed was still astonishing.

Clearly, she wanted to eliminate the weakest player first.

Cui Yajie's attack target also changed instantly, shifting from Ji Lin's first soul skill to Xiao Xiao.

The three worked together seamlessly and each sought out their opponent.

However, Xiao Xiao was no pushover either. While using the Nine Phoenixes' Auspicious Flute, the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron appeared above her head, transforming into three large cauldrons that smashed towards Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie respectively. Huo Yuhao also used his soul skill to interfere with Cui Yajie, interrupting the charm skill that Cui Yajie was using on Xiao Xiao.

The two sides engaged in fierce fighting.

On Ji Lin's side, Dai Huabin's second soul skill, White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, although it failed to shatter Ji Lin's sword energy, it did neutralize the power of the sword energy, which Ji Lin withstood with his first soul skill, White Tiger Protective Shield.

Dai Huabin roared, his soul power surging like a raging white tiger. He charged at Ji Lin again, his speed incredibly fast. Like a bolt of lightning cutting through the air, his goal was clear: close combat, using his strength and skill to deal with Ji Lin.

Ji Lin smiled faintly, but getting close wouldn't be so easy. His second soul ring lit up, and fiery tornadoes swirled around him.

Ji Lin snapped his fingers lightly with his left hand, and several fiery tornadoes rushed towards Dai Huabin, while others rushed towards Cui Yajie and Zhu Lu, clearly to relieve the pressure on Xiao Xiao and the other two.

Ji Lin is currently handling the situation with ease, attacking Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie while dealing with Dai Huabin.

Seeing that Ji Lin still had the strength to take care of his teammates, Dai Huabin roared again, his claws glowing white, and swung out fiercely. Claw shadows flashed through the air like lightning, tearing apart the fire tornadoes that were approaching him with a strong wind, and attacked Ji Lin.

Ji Lin's lips curled up, and he swung the Heavenly Fire Judgment sword energy to shatter the claw shadow. He smiled faintly and said, "Want to fight in close combat? I'll grant your wish."

Ji Lin was enveloped in flames, and with a slight push of his right foot, he transformed into a ball of fire and rushed towards Dai Huabin.

Ji Lin swung his greatsword with unparalleled power, slashing directly at Dai Huabin.

Seeing this, Dai Huabin was not to be outdone. He took a deep breath, his muscles swelled, and the air around him became distorted. His evil eyes suddenly turned blood red, and his third-ranked soul ring, which shone with a noble purple light, rose up. His body, which had become even more robust due to the possession of his martial soul, the White Tiger, expanded again. His muscles bulged exaggeratedly, and his upper clothes were completely stretched, revealing clear muscle contours. Most strangely, black horizontal stripes appeared on his skin. If it weren't for the fact that he had no hair, he would look almost exactly like a tiger skin.

His tiger paws grew even larger, and the blades that sprang from them turned a bright silver. Most remarkably, his entire body was enveloped in a strong golden light, as if he were gilded. His blood-red eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light, and his whole being exuded the domineering aura of a king among beasts.

This is Dai Huabin's third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

He swung his claws at Ji Lin, and their attacks collided in mid-air, creating a deafening explosion. Firelight and golden light intertwined, forming a spectacular scene.

Dai Huabin felt the powerful impact coming from his hands and was forced back a few steps. He felt a sharp pain in his hands, but he endured the pain and swung out several claw shadows to force Ji Lin back. Looking at his hands, he saw several wounds, dripping with blood, and marks from being burned by the high temperature. His lips twitched.

He never expected that even after using the White Tiger Protective Shield and the White Tiger Vajra Transformation, he would still be injured like this. If he didn't have the protection of his soul skills, that sword would have been crippled upon contact. If he were to actually take a hit from that sword, he would make Ji Lin kneel down and beg him not to die.

While Dai Huabin was getting beaten up, the battle on Xiaoxiao's side also reached a fever pitch.

Xiao Xiao was also fully in the zone. Her cultivation level was no less than Zhu Lu's. Although Zhu Lu's Netherworld Cat Martial Soul was a top-tier agility-type Martial Soul, Xiao Xiao was no less impressive! She possessed twin Martial Souls, and her overall attributes were even superior to Zhu Lu's. Furthermore, the slowing effect of her Nine Phoenixes' Arrival Flute was perfectly suited to counter the opponent's speed.

In this situation, with Huo Yuhao's mental interference to help her, if Xiao Xiao still can't stop Zhu Lu, she might as well give up.

Cui Yajie was forced back by Ji Lin's previous fiery tornadoes and was temporarily unable to help Zhu Lu.

Three black cauldrons, each a meter in diameter, darted and weaved in the air, each time appearing with the ability to anticipate the enemy's moves. Although Zhu Lu was fast, she felt as if she were trapped in a cage made up of the three Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons. No matter how hard she tried, she could not break free from it.

She also tried to launch a strong attack, but although her attack power was not weak, it was impossible to break through a top-level weapon spirit like the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.

Of course, Xiao Xiao herself is not good at attacking, so it would be difficult for her to defeat Zhu Lu. Therefore, the two sides were completely caught in a tug-of-war.

The current situation is that Dai Huabin is being suppressed by Ji Lin, Zhu Lu is being suppressed by Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao, and Cui Yajie is being chased by the fire tornado controlled by Ji Lin. She doesn't have Dai Huabin's attack power to shatter the fire tornado, so she can only dodge.

Seeing that his side was being completely suppressed, Dai Huabin's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he roared, "Zhu Lu!"

Then he used all his strength to bypass Ji Lin and ran to the side.

At the same time, Zhu Lu on the other side also moved. She suddenly launched a Netherworld Thrust at Xiao Xiao, then instantly accelerated and turned to run, chasing after Dai Huabin.

Ji Lin could have stopped Dai Huabin, but after thinking about it, he decided not to. He also wanted to see the famous Netherworld White Tiger.

This wasn't arrogance, but rather his confidence in himself, his firm belief that he could defeat the Netherworld White Tiger.

Because even he himself didn't know how strong he was now. He had the fourth soul skill of Heavenly Fire Judgment, the 30,000-year soul skill, the Ice and Snow Maiden martial soul, and those four 700,000-year soul skills. He hadn't even used the innate domain that Heavenly Fire Judgment came with, the Heavenly Fire Domain.

(End of this chapter)