Douluo Continent: Sword Named Star, Slaying Gods to Prove the Dao

"Palace Master, my name is Tianlang, my title is Tianlang, I am at the peak of level 96, and my martial soul is Howling Moon Tianlang."

"Yue Guan, title Chrysanthemum, level 95, martial spirit Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum."

"Ghostly, titled Ghost, level 95, Martial Soul Ghostly."

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The twelve people were introduced one by one, and surprisingly, there were three Title Douluo, two Soul Douluo, and seven Soul Saints.

Qianren Sandao asked, "Are you the only ones in our Dark Palace?"

Looking at these twelve people, based on his understanding of the power structure in this world, Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu seemed to be treating him very well. It seemed like they were abandoning him, but in reality, it was more beneficial to him.

After all, he was not suitable to be placed in the public eye of the Spirit Hall, as it contradicted the Spirit Hall's noble principles.

"Hey……"

Sirius Douluo sighed and continued, "Originally, our Dark Palace had ten Soul Douluos and forty or fifty Soul Saints. Unfortunately, many of us were killed in the last mission, including a level 95 Title Douluo."

"This is our Dark Temple's greatest enemy."

"However, despite the huge losses, the Dark Palace still has 156 people in various places across the continent, including personnel and intelligence agents. They are all at least Great Soul Masters and at most Soul Emperors. Only those who have reached the Soul Saint level can become middle-level members of the Dark Palace."

"And these seven are currently in charge of various places on the mainland."

This force was considerable, and Qian Rensan was quite satisfied. He then asked, "Who exactly caused us such great losses?"

Sirius Douluo said, "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

"And my hand, that was also done by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School." Chrysanthemum Douluo stretched out his hand with severed fingers; from that moment on, he was crippled.

Although it didn't affect combat power much, it ruined his appearance, making his life incomplete.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is indeed our greatest enemy. From now on, my Dark Hall will make the annihilation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School our goal," Qian Rensan said coldly, a hint of killing intent seemingly emanating from his eyes.

This imposing aura made even Sirius Douluo and the others feel a little frightened. Is this really a six-year-old child?

"Yes, Hall Master."

"Senior Tianlang, I need to acquire a spirit ring next, so I'll have to trouble you all." Qian Rensan said helplessly, thinking that his sister Qian Renxue should already be absorbing a spirit ring at this time.

After looking around at everyone, Qian Rensan already had a plan for the future. First, he would acquire three spirit rings to become a Spirit Master, and then he planned to move the Dark Hall out of the Spirit Hall and recruit more people. The Dark Hall would become the Tang Sect in the future.

With this core team, the Tang Sect will absolutely not be weaker than the Spirit Hall today.

……

In the blink of an eye, only seven days remain until Ning Xingchen's fourth test. Today, he must complete the challenge against the Seven Sacred Pillars within twenty-four hours.

Ning Xingchen remembered that Tang San's challenge was about thirty-six hours long, which was more difficult in comparison. However, Ning Xingchen's soul power was higher at this time, so he should increase the difficulty.

Twenty-four hours is two days. Even if the challenge fails, there is still a chance to try again. However, Ning Xingchen would definitely not write the word "failure".

Everyone followed Ning Xingchen to the Sea Maiden's Sacred Pillar.

The Sea Maiden Douluo also noticed Ning Xingchen's arrival while cultivating under the Sacred Pillar.

"They've arrived?" The Sea Maiden Douluo opened her eyes and saw Ning Xingchen and her group. They already knew the content of Ning Xingchen's divine test, and the test was just around the corner.

Ning Xingchen said, "Sea Maiden Douluo, you are the first person we met when we arrived at Seagod Island, so let's start with you."

It doesn't matter whether you start with the difficult parts or the easy parts; just start with the Sea Maiden Douluo and proceed in order of proximity.

On a circular arena in front of the Sea Maiden's Sacred Pillar, Ning Xingchen and the Sea Maiden Douluo stood facing each other.

"Let's begin!" Ning Xingchen said, releasing his Martial Soul, the Nine Treasures Profound Yellow Pagoda.

The Sea Maiden Douluo's martial soul is the Sea Demon Flute, and Ning Xingchen is also familiar with the characteristics of her soul skills. However, just as the Sea Maiden Douluo was about to activate her skill, Ning Xingchen struck first.

Sixth Soul Skill: Suppress!

A massive Nine Treasures Xuanhuang Pagoda appeared above and fell down. The Sea Maiden Douluo was still resisting, and she activated the Sea Demon Flute, which emitted a strange sound.

The Sea Maiden Douluo attempted to defend herself with a sonic attack, but in just an instant, her soul skill was directly destroyed by Ning Xingchen's soul skill.

She coughed up a mouthful of blood. Under the suppression, the Sea Maiden Douluo had no strength left to resist, and her soul skills had no effect on Ning Xingchen.

Although Ning Xingchen and the Sea Maiden Douluo had similar soul power, both at level 92, Ning Xingchen's mental strength far surpassed hers, and her soul skills were related to this aspect. Therefore, her soul skills caused little damage to Ning Xingchen, and some even caused almost no damage.

"You win!" the Sea Maiden Douluo said directly, completely convinced of her defeat.

"I'm sorry, I hurt you." Ning Xingchen withdrew his soul skill.

"This is a healing pill that can quickly restore the injuries you just sustained."

"Thank you." The Sea Maiden Douluo took the pill given to her by Ning Xingchen and swallowed it without any hesitation.

The person in front of her was the future successor to the Sea God, and she couldn't afford to question him, especially since she truly admired him.

“The next one that’s closer is Seahorse Douluo, let’s go,” Ning Xingchen said.

"Starry Sky is formidable; even I might not be your match now," Sword Douluo said with a smile.

“Uncle Jian, the gap between us isn’t that big,” Ning Xingchen said.

"I think it's about time. Maybe I still have a chance to win now, but once your second spirit soul adds a spirit ring, I definitely won't have any chance at all."

"If you don't have a chance, then I have even less of a chance. Sigh... It's only been a few years, and Xingchen is already about to surpass us." Bone Douluo said with a look of relief.

As they talked, the group arrived at the nearest Seahorse Douluo.

"Have you come to challenge me?" Seahorse Douluo stood up to greet Ning Xingchen when he arrived.

Ning Xingchen nodded and said directly, "Can we begin?"

Seahorse Douluo said, "I'm always waiting for your challenge."

After saying that, Seahorse Douluo released his martial soul, and the Seahorse Martial Soul possessed him. He knew that Ning Xingchen was not weak, so he immediately activated the Martial Soul True Body after releasing the martial soul.

“This Seahorse Douluo is clever; he went all out right from the start, but he’s still no match for Xingchen,” said Bone Douluo.

Ning Xingchen took out the Star Sword and held it in his hand again.

Seahorse Douluo's spirit rings lit up, and he actually used his ninth spirit skill, the Heaven-Shaking Dragon Tornado Annihilation Fist.

"Let's settle this early." By using his strongest power, even if he lost, he could still greatly weaken Ning Xingchen, making it more difficult for him to challenge his later opponents.

After all, there are seven of them, while Ning Xingchen is only one, and they only have twenty-four hours. Only by slowly wearing down Ning Xingchen can they have a chance to win.

Now, watch my sword strike.

The Star Sword was drawn, and with a single slash, it swept across the sky like a galaxy.

Even Seahorse Douluo's strongest ninth soul skill was instantly annihilated by a sword aura that transformed into a galaxy.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood and plummeted to the ground.

The ninth soul skill was thus broken.

Moreover, the starry sky of sword energy lingered above them for a long time.

“Seahorse Douluo, you have lost.” Ning Xingchen said, holding his sword.

"I concede defeat," said Seahorse Douluo. He was speechless. How could his opponent be so strong? He was also level 92, and he had no way to fight against him.

He had used his ninth soul skill, but Ning Xingchen's sword strike looked like a casual strike. The difference was too great. He felt like he was about to die.

Facing the Seahorse Douluo, Ning Xingchen still took out healing medicine.

Ning Xingchen defeated most of his subsequent challenges in just a few moves, including those against Starfish Douluo, Sea Devourer Douluo, Sea Ghost Douluo, and even Sea Spear Douluo.

Ning Xingchen completed the challenge with six people in less than an hour.

However, after challenging six people in a row, he had consumed a lot of his soul power. After only one hour of cultivation to recover his soul power, Ning Xingchen went to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar.

"You've finally arrived!" Hailong Douluo looked at Ning Xingchen, feeling a strange pang of sadness in his heart.

The seven sacred pillars were defeated one by one by this group.

They were originally the best on Poseidon Island, but now they have all fallen into a situation of repeated defeats.

"Let's begin then." Ning Xingchen took his position and released the Star Sword into his hand.

"Alright." Sea Dragon Douluo didn't waste any words and activated his Martial Soul.

Just before the attack began, Sea Dragon Douluo suddenly said, "I heard you have strong physical strength. How about we have a match? We won't use martial spirits or soul power; we'll fight with pure physical strength."

When Ning Xingchen saw that Hailong Douluo had such a request, he said, "Of course I can grant your request."

After speaking, Ning Xingchen put away his martial soul. In fact, during the battle with Sea Dragon Douluo, the other holy pillars came over to talk to him.

They recounted how Ning Xingchen defeated them. After some comparison, they realized that even the Sea Dragon Douluo felt it would be difficult to defeat Ning Xingchen, so he proposed to fight using pure physical strength.

This would give him a better chance of winning, little did he know that Ning Xingchen's physical strength had reached an extremely terrifying level.

The Sea Dragon Douluo put away his Martial Soul, and the effect of the Martial Soul possession naturally disappeared.

"Let's begin."

The Sea Dragon Douluo swiftly attacked Ning Xingchen. Facing the Sea Dragon Douluo's enormous fist, Ning Xingchen remained calm and dodged to the side.

He then swung his hand at Sea Dragon Douluo, who reacted very quickly, blocking the blow with his other arm.

He managed to block it, but he found that the spot where his arm made contact with Ning Xingchen felt like he had hit iron. No, even iron wasn't this strong; it felt like the deep-sea silver mothers he had encountered during his previous divine body-refining trials.

However, in the instant he was thinking, Ning Xingchen threw a punch aimed at his chest, and this time, the Sea Dragon Douluo crossed his arms to block it.

With a bang, the Sea Dragon Douluo was forced back twenty or thirty meters before stopping.

The two are quite different in stature. Hailong Douluo is over two meters tall and his muscles look terrifying, while Ning Xingchen is only a little over 1.9 meters tall and has a well-proportioned figure. Compared to Hailong Douluo, it would be an exaggeration to describe her as petite.

No, how can he be so strong even in terms of pure physical strength? If this continues, I'm going to lose.

However, he possesses the Nine Trials of the Sea God, so losing to him isn't shameful. It's better to put everything aside and fight with all your might.

Suddenly, Hailong Douluo had a breakthrough. He seemed to have no more worries. When he attacked Ning Xingchen with all his might, his moves became seamless and flawless, as if he had suddenly improved his cultivation level.

However, as time went by, even though he had some advantages in punches and kicks, the difference in strength was still too great, which prevented him from winning.

Moreover, as Ning Xingchen gradually adapted to the Sea Dragon Douluo's fighting methods, he also changed and improved himself.

boom……

Hailong Douluo was punched dozens of meters away by Ning Xingchen and fell to the ground.

At this moment, Sea Dragon Douluo realized that his body felt like it was about to fall apart, with more than a dozen injuries all over his body. It was extremely difficult for him to even stand up, and he had no chance of winning at all.

"I lost." In the end, even the Sea Dragon Douluo had to admit defeat.