Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 108 Survival in Desperate Circumstances! (3.2k views)

The situation on the battlefield was gradually turning against the people in the inner courtyard, and Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo and others were very anxious.

"Roar!" The Ghost Moon Serpent King suddenly erupted again, its massive body shuddering violently, shoving away everyone who approached it. Then, the two horns on its head emitted a dark silver light, which gathered between the horns into a ball of light that trembled violently, as if it were about to explode at any moment.

"Sister Xiaotao, Senior Luo Wei, run!" Zhu Ziyang had been paying close attention to the changes on the battlefield, so he noticed the strange movements of the Ghost Moon Serpent King immediately. After sensing the energy accumulating on its horns, he shouted.

The Ghost Moon Serpent King's actions seemed to confirm Zhu Ziyang's shout. Its head moved slightly, and the ball of light between its horns shot towards Ma Xiaotao and Luo Wei at an incredible speed, like a high-speed cannonball.

Hearing Zhu Ziyang's warning, Ma Xiaotao and Luo Wei were already on guard. Realizing the Ghost Moon Serpent King was targeting them, they immediately counterattacked. Ma Xiaotao spewed a straight stream of flame, while Luo Wei fired a pink crystal arrow. Both attacks accurately struck the light sphere aimed at them. However, to their astonishment, their attacks were absorbed by the light sphere, which instantly grew larger after absorbing their soul skills!

"Run!" Ma Xiaotao and Luo Wei exchanged a glance, then sprinted to either side without hesitation.

"Boom!" The two had only run a few steps when the ball of light exploded with a deafening roar. The immense power unleashed waves of intense heat, and a dark mushroom cloud rose from the center of the explosion.

The most powerful skill of the Ghost Moon Serpent King is the ultimate development of its own abilities. After fusing with the absorption properties of moonlight, it can absorb all soul skills with less energy than itself to enhance itself. Ultimately, the more energy it has, the stronger its power becomes!

Such terrifying power could easily annihilate a Soul Emperor-level expert in an instant. However, Ma Xiaotao and Luo Wei were extremely lucky; they only suffered slightly more serious internal injuries. This outcome was entirely due to the efforts of Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo. These two strongest students, and also the eldest sisters, truly did their best to protect their juniors. Han Ruoruo had already withdrawn from her Martial Soul True Body state, and her Golden Rope instantly wrapped around Luo Wei a split second before the light sphere exploded, pulling her away from the blast radius. Zhang Lexuan, on the other hand, displayed the demeanor of a senior sister, directly shielding Ma Xiaotao and taking the vast majority of the damage for her!

"Senior Sister!" Ma Xiaotao called out, her voice choked with sobs, as she carried Zhang Lexuan, who was no longer able to maintain her Martial Soul True Body, back to Zhu Ziyang and Su Meng's side.

"Cough cough! Xiao Tao, I'm fine." Zhang Lexuan coughed a few times, her face as pale as paper, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. She pushed away Ma Xiaotao's support and said, "Go and help everyone, don't worry about me."

Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, Ma Xiaotao, and Luo Wei broke away from the battle one after another, causing the pressure on the other four to surge instantly. The Ghost Moon Serpent King unleashed a frenzied barrage of attacks on them. Zhang Weiwei, Shen Xu, Wu Ming, and Long Yu were unable to withstand such a fierce attack and were on the verge of being swallowed up by the Ghost Moon Serpent King.

"Alright!" Ma Xiaotao didn't hesitate, nor did she have time to be coy. She immediately turned around and rushed towards the Ghost Moon Serpent King, even though she had very little soul power left.

"Cough cough!" Zhang Lexuan coughed a few more times, but she didn't have time to recover. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and then prepared to return to the battlefield.

"Senior Sister, wait a minute!" Zhu Ziyang called out to Zhang Lexuan.

"Ziyang, don't worry." Zhang Lexuan turned around when she heard Zhu Ziyang call her. Seeing the worry and seriousness on the young junior's face, she forced a smile and said, "We will definitely win!"

"Senior Sister, if I can control the Ghost Moon Serpent King for three seconds, will you still have the strength to fight back?" Zhu Ziyang asked with a solemn expression.

His words shocked both Zhang Lexuan and Su Meng, their eyes filled with doubt and a faint glimmer of hope. Zhang Lexuan gave a bitter smile; they were on the verge of despair, and now, faced with even the slightest glimmer of hope, she could only believe and asked, "Ziyang, really?"

"Yes, yes!" Zhu Ziyang nodded solemnly and said, "That's the soul skill of my second martial soul! But we only have one chance, so we must be absolutely certain!"

"A second martial soul!" Zhang Lexuan's expression changed, but she had no time to pay attention to that. She pursed her lips, a resolute look in her eyes, and said, "Leave it to me!"

"Alright!" Zhu Ziyang said, then took out a soul-guided shield and looked at Zhang Lexuan, "Senior Sister, take me to the Ghost Moon Forest Serpent King!"

Without saying a word, Zhang Lexuan took Zhu Ziyang's arm, took off, and flew towards the battlefield.

"Keep going!" Su Meng shouted in a hoarse voice. Her soul power had long been exhausted, and she could only hold Zhu Lie, whose condition had stabilized, and pray silently.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield was extremely dire. Han Ruoruo and Zhang Weiwei were both pale, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths. Shen Xu's abdomen had been pierced, Long Yu's two lower legs were crushed, and Wu Ming, Ma Xiaotao, and Luo Wei all bore numerous wounds, large and small. Everyone was on the verge of death.

In contrast to the Shrek Seven Devils, the Ghost Moon Serpent King was in no better condition. Its massive body was riddled with scales; some had only shallow scratches, others were torn open exposing flesh, and still others had simply fallen off, leaving a bloody mess. The worst damage was to its lower jaw, where the potent Azure Scale Serpent venom had spread to its neck, and the seventh scale had begun to fester.

If this fight continues, the Ghost Moon Serpent King will be worn down to death, but the inner court disciples will inevitably be reduced to less than one in ten!

"Senior Sister, get ready!" Reaching the center of the battlefield, Zhu Ziyang leaped down from beside Zhang Lexuan, shouting loudly. Zhu Ziyang's appearance on the battlefield drew the attention of the other inner court disciples, who then witnessed him unleashing his second martial soul. His right arm instantly transformed into a massive, ice-white dragon claw, and a blood-red soul ring with golden patterns rose behind him!

"!" Everyone forgot they were still in the middle of a battle, completely stunned by the blood-red spirit ring behind Zhu Ziyang. Even the Ghost Moon Serpent King was no exception, glaring furiously at Zhu Ziyang.

However, Zhang Lexuan continued to act. Although she was equally shocked, she was even more excited and hopeful. She suddenly realized that Zhu Ziyang's words seemed very likely to come true!

Without hesitation, she mobilized all the remaining soul power in her body and ignited her martial soul origin without hesitation. Her condition instantly returned to its peak. The first, second, sixth and seventh soul rings rose at the same time. With the addition of her martial soul true form and all the amplified soul skills, she far exceeded the combat power level of a quasi-Soul Douluo.

Zhu Ziyang did not hesitate and activated the first soul ring of the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon!

A blue mist of ice appeared out of nowhere, instantly filling a hundred-meter radius around Zhu Ziyang with extreme cold, enveloping even the Ghost Moon Serpent King within it, as if the entire space had been frozen. The Ghost Moon Serpent King immediately realized something was wrong and tried to retaliate, but it was already too late.

Zhu Ziyang's right arm also faintly glowed, and the second soul bone skill of the Silver Dragon Wolf's right arm bone was activated at the same time!

The frost and cold air, combined with the freezing of time!

The frost-like chill of the heavens froze time and space with extreme cold, imprisoning all living things within the area. The freeze lasted for 3 seconds. Since the Ghost Moon Serpent King's cultivation level far surpassed Zhu Ziyang's, the freeze duration was shortened to 1 second.

Frozen Time is a Soul Bone Skill, and its weakening effect is less affected by the difference in cultivation level, so the control duration is 2 seconds.

Together, that's 3 seconds!

The Ghost Moon Serpent King was imprisoned, unable to move a single part of its body except for the fear still visible in its eyes. Zhang Lexuan immediately seized this opportunity, unleashing almost the strongest attack of her life. In her Martial Soul True Form state, the Full Moon was like a soul-guided cannon, shooting out a beam of light even thicker than the Ghost Moon Shockwave, striking the Ghost Moon Serpent King directly in the head, instantly melting its eyes and piercing its brain!

"Roar!" The threat of death caused the Ghost Moon Serpent King to erupt recklessly, breaking free from Zhu Ziyang's control. Its body was no longer under the control of its brain, swinging up and down, while its tail swept around like a pendulum, slapping the ground, trees, rocks, and a black shield with a black dragon coiled around it!

The Ghost Moon Serpent King's final outburst sent a chill down the spines of everyone in the inner courtyard, with Zhang Lexuan and Zhu Ziyang, who were closest to it, bearing the brunt of the attack. The 100,000-year-old domain soul skill drained nine-tenths of Zhu Ziyang's soul power. He used his remaining soul power to activate the Black Dragon Soul Shield's soul skill—Qian Duoduo's sixth soul skill, the Black Dragon Shield Array!

His foresight saved his life; the Ghost Moon Serpent King's wide-ranging tail whip really did sweep towards him. Zhu Ziyang curled his body inside the shield, trying his best to avoid being directly touched by the Ghost Moon Serpent King's tail. With a "bang!", Zhu Ziyang felt a tremendous force, like a mountain collapsing, coming from the shield in front of him. He tried his best to resist this force, but to no avail.

Zhu Ziyang, shield and all, was sent flying.

"Ziyang!" Ma Xiaotao was furious when she saw this. She immediately ran towards the direction where Zhu Ziyang had flown away, but she fell to the ground as soon as she took a step. With both her physical strength and soul power exhausted, she could only watch helplessly as Zhu Ziyang disappeared from her sight.

As for Zhang Lexuan, the side effects of igniting her martial soul's origin caused her to collapse to the ground, where she could only watch helplessly as the snake tail that had knocked Zhu Ziyang away lashed towards her. The other inner court disciples could only watch in agony as well, because some of them had already fainted, and those who hadn't fainted were exhausted and powerless to save her.

Perhaps it was divine intervention, for the enormous snake tail was only a fist's distance from Zhang Lexuan, and the turbulent waves it stirred up had already lifted her clothes. Just when it seemed she was about to perish and be turned into a bloody pulp, the snake tail suddenly stopped, and then slammed straight down in front of Zhang Lexuan.

The Ghost Moon Serpent King is dead!

"You beast, how dare you!" Just as the Ghost Moon Serpent King fell, a loud shout came, and then an old man descended from the sky and landed on the ravaged battlefield.

It was none other than the Gluttonous Douluo, Xuanzi!

"This..." Xuanzi looked at the Ghost Moon Serpent King, whose soul ring had already floated out, and then looked at the pitiful-looking inner court students. He suddenly realized that he was a complete bastard!

(End of this chapter)