The Dragon Power around Lin Mo surged wildly, and his ninth soul ring blazed to life.
"Abyssal Dragon Emperor Break: Ultimate Form!"
A colossal Abyssal Dragon materialized, carrying world-destroying might as it charged directly at one of the Void monsters.
Zhao Feng, meanwhile, tightly gripped his battle axe. His soul power and Power of Faith erupted frantically as his own ninth soul ring lit up.
"Battle Axe Avatar: Sacred Form!"
A gigantic battle axe condensed into existence, radiating a sacred aura and immense power, as he brought it crashing down toward the other Void monster.
The two Void monsters sneered, waving their hands once more as countless black tentacles lashed out at the Abyssal Dragon and the giant axe.
Boom! Boom!
The dragon and the axe collided with the tentacles in a deafening roar. The resulting shockwave rippled outward, causing the entire Void Space to violently tremble.
The grueling battle raged on for four hours. The three of them had consumed a massive amount of soul power and sustained several wounds, but they didn't retreat a single step. Qian Renxue continuously unleashed her Angelic Light to purify the monsters' Void power, providing crucial support for the two men. Lin Mo relentlessly mobilized his Dragon Power to strike at the creatures' weak points, while Zhao Feng swung his massive axe, constantly hacking away at them to drain their strength.
Finally, through their seamless teamwork, the two Void monsters were completely annihilated, dissolving into black mist. The trio breathed a collective sigh of relief, rested for a brief moment to recover a sliver of their energy, and then strode into the depths of the black palace.
The interior of the palace was pitch black. The only source of light—or rather, dark energy—came from a massive black altar right in the center. Dense Void power pulsed from it, and four gigantic black silhouettes were sealed upon its surface. These four figures were wreathed in an overwhelmingly dense Void power that radiated a terrifying sense of oppression. Their strength was far superior to the Void King's. Without a doubt, these were the Sovereigns of the Void Space.
When the four Sovereigns saw the trio walk in, a flash of anger and venom shot through their eyes. "Insolent humans! You dare trespass into our palace and slaughter our subordinates! You seek death!" The voice of one of the Sovereigns was low and majestic, carrying an aura of absolute destruction that echoed throughout the hall.
"Void Sovereigns, you have committed endless atrocities, eroded the mortal realm, and slaughtered countless living beings! Today, we will use the power of the Heart of the Angel to seal you away forever!" Qian Renxue shouted. She raised the Angel Scepter high. The Heart of the Angel blazed with dazzling golden light as every ounce of her Angelic Power erupted, fusing with the Heart's energy to fire a colossal golden beam straight at the black altar.
"Overestimating yourselves!" The four Sovereigns sneered in unison. They mobilized their Void power and conjured a massive black barrier in front of the altar.
Boom!
The golden beam slammed into the barrier. It convulsed violently, and deep cracks spread across its surface, but it held. The Sovereigns' auras weakened slightly, but they refused to yield, continuously pouring more Void power into the barrier to reinforce it.
"Lin Mo, Zhao Feng, let's do this together! Pour in everything we have! Shatter the barrier and seal them!" Qian Renxue roared. She channeled all her remaining Angelic Power and the energy of the Heart into the golden beam. The beam's intensity skyrocketed, and the fissures in the black barrier widened rapidly.
A flash of absolute resolve appeared in Lin Mo's eyes. His pale-blue soul wings flapped violently, whipping up a gale inside the palace. His Dragon Power surged out like a tsunami. His ninth soul ring lit up again, burning brighter than ever before—this was the ultimate power of a peak Title Douluo, the absolute limit of the Abyssal Dragon Emperor's bloodline!
"Abyssal Dragon Emperor: Myriad Dragons Return!" Lin Mo's roar shook the palace to its core. Countless pale-blue dragon phantoms rushed out of his body, converging into an Abyssal Dragon Emperor far larger and more majestic than any he had ever summoned. Its scales flashed with a cold, sharp light, its eyes burned with raging fury, and it was wreathed in world-destroying Dragon Might. Even the black floor tiles of the palace cracked under this overwhelming pressure.
This phantom of the Dragon Emperor condensed all of Lin Mo's lifelong Dragon Power. Furthermore, bolstered by the sacred blessing of the Heart of the Angel, it was no longer a purely draconic attack. A faint golden halo lingered on every inch of its scales. The sacred power and Dragon Power intertwined, forming a highly destructive composite force that doubly suppressed the Void. The Abyssal Dragon Emperor threw its head back and let out a deafening dragon roar. The sonic wave, like invisible blades, slammed into the black barrier. Coordinating with Qian Renxue's golden beam—one rigid, one soft, one attacking, one supporting—it instantly exacerbated the fractures.
Zhao Feng didn't hesitate for a second. He gripped his battle axe tightly as his soul power and Power of Faith boiled over. Under the infusion of this power, his physical body actually began to enlarge. His muscles knotted, and his veins bulged. His ninth soul ring also blazed with dazzling light—the ultimate symbol of his soul power and Faith fusing to the absolute limit.
"Sacred Battle Axe: Cleaving Heaven and Splitting Earth!" Zhao Feng's roar was like thunder. Bathed in his power, the battle axe in his hands grew to an immense size. Golden runes covered the axe blade—these were the marks of sacred power, forged entirely from his unyielding conviction to protect the world.
Zhao Feng gripped the colossal axe with both hands, raised it high above his head, and brought it crashing down. A massive golden axe aura carrying the power to tear through space cleaved toward the black barrier. This axe aura contained not only all his soul power and Power of Faith but also the sacred enhancement of the Heart of the Angel. It was as fast as lightning and infinitely destructive. Wherever it passed, the Void power in the air was instantly torn apart and purified.
The axe aura, the golden beam, and the phantom Dragon Emperor struck the black barrier simultaneously. A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering boom erupted. The entire black palace trembled violently. Black stones began falling from the roof, and the cracks in the floor widened, looking as if the whole structure would collapse at any second.
Crack—Crack—
The fissures on the black barrier grew denser and deeper, looking like shattered glass, ready to shatter at any moment. The faces of the four Void Sovereigns turned incredibly ugly, a flash of panic finally appearing in their eyes. They never imagined that these three insignificant humans could unleash such terrifying power, coming dangerously close to breaking the barrier forged from all their concentrated Void energy.
"Damn it! We can't let them break the barrier!" one of the Sovereigns roared. He was the tallest of the four, wreathed in black flames. He was the leader of the Sovereigns—the Void Flame Sovereign. His strength was the greatest, bordering infinitely close to the Demigod realm.
Void Flame Sovereign violently forced his Void power to surge. The black flames around him blazed even fiercer as he reached out with both hands, injecting a massive amount of Void power into the barrier. To the trio's dismay, the barrier, which had been on the verge of shattering, actually began to slowly repair itself, the cracks gradually shrinking.
"Everyone, push a little harder! They're almost at their limit!" Sensing the change in the barrier, Qian Renxue grew anxious and increased her output of Angelic Power once more. The golden light radiating from the Heart of the Angel grew so bright it illuminated the entire black palace. Beads of sweat covered Qian Renxue's forehead, and her face grew deathly pale. The prolonged output had drained her soul power massively, and the Angelic Power within her was nearly depleted. But she still didn't give up. A resolute light burned in her eyes. She knew that if they failed now, not only would the three of them die here, but the entire world would be consumed by the Void, and countless living beings would suffer an apocalyptic disaster.
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