Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 278 Resistance to Death (Daily Written Edition)

The reason they didn't follow the Grim Reaper's route was to leave Dai Yueheng and the others the right to burn down the cave. Those twelve corpse slaves weren't just for show; with a few blocking the cave, it would be extremely difficult for Huo Yuhao and the others to rush out quickly.

Therefore, retreating at this time is the best option. Not only can Dai Yueheng and the others burn down the cave, but Huo Yuhao and the others can also provide support faster. At the same time, once they are out, Huo Yuhao can detonate the fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell without any burden.

Within thirty seconds, both teams had completely withdrawn from the cave. Most of the bandits hadn't even figured out what was happening; they were simply awakened by the faint rumbling sound.

They didn't have a chance to figure out what happened, because the moment Huo Yuhao and the others rushed out of the cave, Huo Yuhao had already detonated the fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell.

In an instant, a deafening roar erupted from the cave, as if the entire mountain was trembling. The raging flames and shockwaves inside the cave unleashed a destructive force far greater than ever before. The intense flames were squeezed into a fiery serpent within the cave, which then burst forth from the cave entrance, shooting hundreds of meters away.

At the other tunnel exit, a fire dragon, similar to this one but slightly thinner, suddenly spewed out, instantly blasting three or four corpse slaves who hadn't managed to escape the tunnel into pieces by the violent shockwave and flames.

Ma Xiaotao could no longer contain her fighting spirit and charged forward. Huo Yuhao tried to stop her, but he couldn't.

"Let's go over there too."

On the battlefield not far away, the Grim Reaper's combat power was extremely exaggerated. He almost single-handedly overwhelmed Dai Yueheng, who was amplified by Gongyang Mo. His black hand was highly corrosive, and even a slight touch to Dai Yueheng would cause damage to his flesh.

Although the other eight liches were not as powerful as the Grim Reaper, they were still extremely troublesome. If Wang Dong hadn't seen the situation was bad and picked up Xiao Xiao and flew into the air, they would probably have been torn to pieces by the liches.

Ling Luochen, along with Xixi and Beibei, joined the battle first, which finally stopped the rampage of the lich witches.

"Gongyang Mo, what are you standing there for? Give me the buff!"

Ling Luochen shouted, and Gongyang Mo then realized about the buffs and quickly cast several halos on the three of them.

The two exits were only a kilometer apart, and Ma Xiaotao and the others were only slightly slower in their approach. Clusters of golden-red fireballs fell from the sky like fiery meteors, and each meteor seemed to have eyes, attacking the lich and the Grim Reaper on the ground.

Phoenix Meteor Shower, Ma Xiaotao's sixth soul skill!

As the fiery meteors approached their opponent, they transformed into phoenixes one by one, accelerating instantly amidst a high-pitched phoenix cry.

"Damn it, damn it! How dare you attack and kill the messenger of God of Death, and destroy his foundation! I will kill you all!!!"

The Grim Reaper roared angrily, his fifth black spirit ring flashing beneath his feet, instantly tripling his speed, and he actually managed to break free from Dai Yueheng's attack and Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Meteor Shower.

"Where do you think you're going!"

Yao Haoxuan shouted loudly, and his martial spirit was activated. He was not even as tall as Ling Luochen before, but his height had now exceeded four meters.

He suddenly thrust out his two pectoral muscles, which looked like chopping boards, and at the same time, five spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—flashed rapidly on his body.

He retaliated with a pair of giant hammer-like fists, slamming them forcefully into his own chest, and two yellow spirit rings lit up simultaneously.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump"

The intense dizziness slowed the Grim Reaper down a step, and Yao Haoxuan stopped him.

"You're asking for it!"

The Grim Reaper suddenly threw a punch at Yao Haoxuan, shattering his arm in the process. But as he threw the punch, his third spirit ring lit up.

A black aura directly entered Yao Haoxuan's arm, and Yao Haoxuan felt a numbness in his arm before losing consciousness.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was extremely anxious. He saw three incredibly powerful soul skills on the soul ring at the feet of the Death Messenger.

[Soul Skill - Death Invasion: Releases death miasma to invade the enemy's body, destroying all life force, consuming vitality, and gradually turning the living into a corpse.]

This was the third soul skill that the Grim Reaper had just used.

[Soul Skill - Death Resistance: Burns half of the body's soul power, randomly increasing movement speed by ● times for ● seconds. The value of ● will not be lower than two and will not exceed twenty.]

The Grim Reaper's fifth soul skill was this Death Resistance, and it was this soul skill that allowed him to break free from the attack between Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao.

But what terrified Huo Yuhao the most was the Death Messenger's fourth soul skill.

[Soul Skill - Death Explosion: Detonates all nearby corpses or beings corrupted by death miasma. The stronger the corpse was in life, the greater the explosive power.]

Huo Yuhao's mental fluctuations transmitted the information to everyone at the fastest speed.

"Note that the lich manipulated by the Grim Reaper are also corpses. To reiterate, liches are also corpses, and the materials used by the Grim Reaper to create liches are corpses!"

Huo Yuhao delivered all the necessary intelligence, his katana ignited with golden flames, and then he stabbed it into Yao Haoxuan's shoulder blade.

Following the muscle lines downwards, they neatly cut open the muscles of Yao Haoxuan's right arm, revealing the bones inside being scorched by the golden flames.

At this moment, the ulna and radius of Yao Haoxuan's right arm had been corroded black by the miasma of death. When the golden flame landed on it, it instantly evaporated into wisps of black smoke.

"snort!"

Yao Haoxuan groaned in pain, watching helplessly as Huo Yuhao cut open his arm as if performing surgery. He remained silent, then threw out his left fist, blasting the Grim Reaper back several steps.

Yao Haoxuan knew very well that Huo Yuhao was saving him. Sure enough, the next moment, the Grim Reaper, who had sensed that Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng had come together, went berserk.

As expected, the Grim Reaper roared, and the purple fourth spirit ring under his feet lit up. The lich who was fighting immediately grew larger and turned red at an astonishing speed.

All the inner court students quickly pulled the outer court students nearby into their arms and activated the invincible shield that Huo Yuhao had given them.

The golden shield lit up, and the next moment...

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...

Violent roars echoed one after another, and terrifying explosions were accompanied by blood and flesh flying everywhere.

"Gah gah, gah gah gah, how does this messenger's corpse explosion taste? No matter how strong you are, you're all doomed before my chain of corpse explosions. Even if you don't die from the explosions, you'll be poisoned to death!"

(End of this chapter)