Shing—
While blocking the spiked club smashed down by Du Busi's fist, a dark red bloody light spread across the demon scythe. In a mere instant, two demon scythes respectively appeared in "Zhongli Wu's" hands.
Immediately after, the Death Demon Puppet spat out a pillar of light with lightning speed, striking straight at Du Busi's face.
However, this single attack alone couldn't really harm Du Busi; instead, it only fueled his burning rage! At this moment, Du Busi tightly gripped the spiked club, as if he had completely lost his mind.
"You—are dead!!"
Countless amounts of dark green soul power mixed with golden Qi and blood erupted from Du Busi's body, as if transforming into clusters of gorgeous yet dangerous fireworks, all swarming around the spiked club.
A boundless, majestic coercion pressed down overwhelmingly!
Du Busi threw a fierce punch, smashing toward "Zhongli Wu." At the same time, he forcefully swung the spiked club in his hand, smashing it down relentlessly.
But "Zhongli Wu" waved his dual scythes, bringing up two black streaks of light that lunged rapidly at Du Busi like two black flood dragons. The two demon scythes sliced through the air, emitting piercing howls as if they wanted to tear any obstructing object to shreds.
Boom—
As a funnel-shaped vortex formed, Du Busi glared furiously at "Zhongli Wu." His single palm holding up the sky fiercely made a smashing motion in the air. Instantly, right above "Zhongli Wu's" head, a massive green light ball with a diameter exceeding fifty meters abruptly appeared from the void, crashing straight down onto "Zhongli Wu."
"Zhongli Wu" swung his demon scythe, and the light on the scythe blade flashed accordingly. Two dark red lightning attacks pierced into the dark green light ball. Ear-piercing explosion sounds transmitted thousands of miles away, and the dark green light ball had already transformed into a halo expanding in the high sky.
Finally, he mocked with a sentence:
"Mere trickery."
"Hmph—"
Du Busi let out a cold snort and clasped his hands inward.
Instantly, the surrounding space twisted violently. Countless dark green lights appeared around his body like smudges of ink, and massive black holes emerged one after another. Terrifying spatial rifts frantically tore at "Zhongli Wu's" body.
However, which Limit Douluo wouldn't understand the power of space? The demon version of the Death Demon Puppet that "Zhongli Wu" had transformed into extended its six massive arms and swept them forward, instantly filling the spatial gaps.
He even directly gave him a taste of his own medicine.
Without the slightest hesitation, he fiercely swung his dual scythes!
Whoosh, whoosh—
Two sounds of piercing the air rang out almost simultaneously!
The next moment, the void in front of "Zhongli Wu" was actually sliced open directly. A terrifying suction force immediately emanated from the void, directly pulling at Du Busi, attempting to swallow him into the spatial turbulence.
Seeing this Du Busi merely gathered one hand before his chest, and a tiny dark green vortex took shape right there. The next second, the dark green vortex in his hand instantly transformed into a light ball that shot out like lightning. Surprisingly, the light ball was still shrinking as it traveled through the air. Wherever the light ball passed, it left a deep black ravine, as if this space simply could not accommodate the existence of the dark green vortex.
Immediately after, Boom—
Amidst a loud explosion, the spatial turbulence was shattered.
Under the power of the distorted space,
"'Zhongli Wu', today is your doomsday!"
His voice was like a grand bell, shaking the surrounding air until it buzzed.
Before the words even fell, Du Busi stomped fiercely on the void. His figure shot violently toward "Zhongli Wu" like an arrow leaving a bow. The spiked club in his hand was raised high, bringing up a patch of dark green light and shadows as he smashed it down viciously, displaying relentless pursuit!
However, this time, before his spiked club could arrive, a dense poisonous mist had already surged toward "Zhongli Wu" like a raging tide.
As Du Busi's innate life-bound poison, it naturally contained terrifying lethal toxins. Although it didn't emit a pungent stench, wherever it passed, the space was corroded, rippling layer by layer.
"My doomsday? Still making such shameless boasts!"
Hearing this, the corner of "Zhongli Wu's" mouth curled into an arc of disdain. With a cold snort, he tapped his feet lightly, his body gracefully drifting backward. Simultaneously, his hands rapidly danced the demon scythes, carving out two black arcs. The black airflow brought by the demon scythes collided head-on with the oncoming attack, emitting a muffled explosion.
Dark red and dark green lights intertwined, blooming into bizarre radiance in the air. Although Du Busi's innate deadly poison was dispersed partly by the black airflow, quite a bit of the innate deadly poison still broke through the defense line, spreading toward "Zhongli Wu."
"Zhongli Wu" frowned slightly.
If this deadly poison made contact, it would not be pleasant.
Thus, a rich layer of black demonic Qi surged from his body, forming a solid shield that blocked the pervasive deadly poison outside.
"This little poison can't hurt me!"
Taking advantage of the gap in Du Busi's attacks, "Zhongli Wu's" figure flashed, instantly appearing on Du Busi's left side. The dual scythes, like two black lightning bolts, slashed viciously toward Du Busi's waist.
Du Busi reacted extremely fast. Sensing the dangerous aura coming from his left, he immediately twisted his body and swung the spiked club horizontally, precisely blocking "Zhongli Wu's" attack. The demon scythes hacked onto the spiked club, sparking a shower of sparks and slicing open numerous spatial rifts. The powerful impact even made both of their arms go slightly numb.
"Let's see how many moves you can block from me!"
The celestial phenomena were drawn out. Tens of thousands of black-red lightning bolts mixed with purple thunder within the dark clouds tore through the sky, winding around the spiked club and erupting with a suffocating sense of oppression.
Dong—
It was like the great drum of heaven and earth sounding at this moment!
"Zhongli Wu" remained silent, merely raising the demon scythes high. The black demonic Qi on his body surged frantically, converging into a massive black demon phantom.
The demon phantom opened its bloody mouth and let out a world-shaking roar, pouncing toward Du Busi.
Seeing this, Du Busi was not afraid in the slightest. He once again infused his soul power into the spiked club. The spiked club emitted a dazzling dark green light, within which a giant venomous dragon could faintly be seen coiling.
"Break—"
An angry roar vented out, and the spiked club smashed viciously into the black demon phantom. The dark green venomous dragon flew out from the spiked club, colliding fiercely with the black demon phantom.
In an instant, the light in the sky greatly intensified. Intense energy fluctuations, like a raging tsunami, spread out in all directions.
Under the impact of this powerful energy, the space twisted and deformed, as if it could collapse at any moment. The people on the ground could only look up, watching the two colors intertwine in the sky, like waiting for the apocalypse to descend.
In the center of the energy, the demon scythes emitted a blinding black light, within which countless wronged souls could faintly be heard wailing. The intense energy had gradually formed a massive mushroom cloud. Inside the mushroom cloud, the dual-colored lights flashed frantically, and energy turbulence ran rampant.
The surrounding clouds were instantly dispersed, revealing a patch of azure sky, but it was quickly covered again by newly generated dark clouds.
At this very moment, "Zhongli Wu's" hands rapidly danced the demon scythes. His moves were complex and bizarre, the angles tricky and sinister. Coupled with his extreme speed, it made people feel impossible to guard against.
Du Busi, on the other hand, waved his spiked club, constantly taking the initiative to attack, or using soul skills and combat skills to create opportunities.
The two went back and forth in the air, locked in a fierce battle.
However, every attack and clash triggered intense energy shocks, distorting the surrounding space beyond recognition.
Clang—
Just in the next second as "Zhongli Wu" and Du Busi were in a stalemate, Du Busi's heart skipped a beat, and his pupils suddenly constricted.
An intense sense of crisis welled up in his heart, however...
It was too late!
Above the firmament, "dark clouds" instantly shrouded down!
But these "dark clouds" were not a natural phenomenon.
The sea of clouds churned violently like the ocean. The massive tail of the so-called "dark clouds" was unexpectedly whipped up from somewhere, flung high into the sky, and slapped toward Du Busi!
A sheet of dark purple light shot out, sweeping toward Du Busi in a fan shape.
Wherever that massive energy passed, the air was forcefully torn apart, causing layers of fine black lightning to surround the dark purple fan-shaped radiance.
This lightning contained not only thunder, but also the power of space.
Du Busi wanted to defend, but how could "Zhongli Wu" give him such a chance?
This forced Du Busi to throw a hasty punch, wanting to rely on the power of his Second Awakening and Body Sect secret skills to face this sudden yet not unexpected attack head-on.
Boom—
The whipped whale tail violently collided with Du Busi's fist. Instantly, the light in mid-air seemed to suddenly dim!
This time, not a single sound erupted, but the sky was terrifyingly quiet. The previous energy almost silently disappeared at the same time, without leaving a single trace.
But in reality, Whoosh—
Falling head over heels, Du Busi had already fiercely "plummeted."
It turned out that just a moment ago, when the battle between "Zhongli Wu" and Du Busi had reached a feverish stage and it was difficult to distract themselves, the Deep Sea Demon Whale Empress, who had been hiding in the dark, made her move.
At first, with her graceful figure, she let a black long dress cling tightly to her curvaceous body, allowing the hem to sway gently with her movements, like the undercurrents surging in the deep sea.
All of this was just to allow her to approach Du Busi silently. Every step she took was on the air, yet it didn't cause a single ripple, making her as imperceptible as a ghost.
Only after thoroughly closing in did she launch her attack.
With this strike, the Demon Empress reverted to her true form.
It was also this strike that caught Du Busi off guard and injured him.
"Cough, cough—"
Stabilizing his figure, Du Busi quickly adjusted his state.
But before he could properly adjust his state, "Zhongli Wu" suddenly moved. His activation was extremely abrupt, with no charging or posturing at all. His entire person suddenly transformed into a stream of light, crossing the two demon scythes in front of him. However, a creepy light lit up at the glabella of the demon version of the Death Demon Puppet that "Zhongli Wu" had transformed into.
One must know that "Zhongli Wu's" original body, as the Cult Master of the Holy Spirit Cult and a Limit Douluo, naturally wouldn't lack a matching set of soul bones.
And the strike that was about to be unleashed right now was precisely "Zhongli Wu's" skull bone soul skill. The next second, the skull bone soul skill was instantly released, along with his own soul ring soul skill.
At the intersection of the two demon scythes, a pillar of light abruptly shot out from "Zhongli Wu's" glabella. This pillar of light was actually held back and didn't fire, directly transforming into a dark red vortex. Waves of ghostly wails and wolf howls came from the vortex, and creepy, sharp lights emerged from within. It was also at this moment, "Woo, woo, woo..."
Skeletal ghost heads surged out from the vortex one after another. Before they could make any move, "Zhongli Wu" slashed the dual scythes toward the skeletal ghost heads, causing all of them to attach onto the scythes.
And accompanied by the influence and amplification of "Zhongli Wu's" own soul ring soul skill, the aura he had already released expanded once again!
At this moment, the figure of "Zhongli Wu's" Death Demon Puppet seemed to disappear. But what truly disappeared were the two demon scythes in his hands. In Du Busi's gaze, all he could see were two ghostly shadows speeding toward him, pouncing straight at himself.
At the same time, the Deep Sea Demon Whale Empress let out an angry roar. She turned her body, and her massive two-hundred-meter-long torso displayed extreme flexibility. As she adjusted her posture, her giant whale tail was already whipped up, viciously lashing toward Du Busi!
With two Limit Douluos attacking simultaneously, Du Busi was absolutely caught in a desperate situation. He might be able to hold on for a short time, but if it dragged on, Du Busi was undoubtedly doomed!
It seemed he had been forced into a dead end. "Hah—"
Du Busi let out a fierce skyward howl!
A blinding purple flame unexpectedly erupted from his body. His originally hundred-zhang-tall torso unexpectedly swelled once again, instantly growing beyond three hundred zhang, transforming into a thousand-meter giant.
That terrifying coercion directly pressed all the dozen or so figures that had risen from both sides back to the ground. Among them, the few weaker cultivators on the evil soul masters' side were even blown into fine powder in mid-air.
Because these dead evil soul masters were basically forcefully raised using shortcut methods by "Zhongli Wu," and their physical strength fundamentally couldn't compare to real Titled Douluos. Therefore, under the terrifying aura suddenly erupted by Du Busi, they died instantly.
However, this time, it wasn't just them; even the Demon Empress and "Zhongli Wu" plummeted abruptly in the face of the aura erupted by Du Busi, their faces written with "unexpected, yet reasonable."
At this time, Du Busi had already ignited the fire of his life.
Such an action was very impulsive and could detonate his soul core.
But right now, Du Busi had no other choice.
This scene was witnessed by everyone in the imperial palace.
"Hahahaha—, since you've all come, then stay here forever! Today, even if this old man has to pay with his life, as long as I can keep you two scourges behind. It will be worth it!"
"Hahahaha—"
At this moment, Du Busi had already discarded the spiked club. His entire body radiated brilliant golden light, without the slightest trace of dark green, fully activating his Body Sect martial body.
Right now, his own body was his strongest weapon!
Facing the pincer attack, Du Busi threw out two punches.
They seemed ordinary, but in reality, the great way is simple!
Boom—
The first punch heavily slammed onto the whipping whale tail without any suspense. No matter how intense the thunder and lightning permeating around the whale tail were, Du Busi completely ignored them. He just needed to smash it with all his might!
Boom—
With the second punch, Du Busi directly shattered the two skeletal ghost heads. The surging Qi and blood was like a vast ocean, pouncing forward!
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