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Spirit Monarch?
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao's expression changed slightly. From the attack just now, what he sensed was an aura that bore quite a few similarities to those abyssal creatures.
Chen Haisheng knew nothing about the abyssal plane and simply shook his head subconsciously. For some reason, although it was a voice similar to the Evil Emperor's from before, hearing it made several peculiar thoughts rise in his heart.
After finally steadying his mind, he turned his head toward Lin Xiao again. "Brother Lin?"
Lin Xiao shook his head slightly. "Brother Chen, the opponent before our eyes is no longer an enemy of just the two of us, but an enemy of our entire world."
Although Chen Haisheng did not know exactly what Lin Xiao was referring to, he did not doubt what Lin Xiao said, and his expression became a bit more serious.
As for the Spirit Monarch on the side, he seemed to pay no attention to Lin Xiao and Chen Haisheng at all. He simply used the Evil Emperor's body to continuously survey his surroundings. His form squirmed slightly, as if greedily breathing in the air of this place.
"Ah, what a wonderful world—"
After a moment, the Spirit Monarch spoke softly. Only then did he have the leisure to turn his gaze onto Lin Xiao and Chen Haisheng before him. "You two are the powerhouses of this world?"
After looking them up and down, a trace of disdain appeared in the Spirit Monarch's tone. "Nothing more than that."
There was no trace of contempt or humiliation in his tone; it was simply as if he were stating a fact.
Chen Haisheng shook his head again. His actions were faster than his words. He raised his hands, and the seawater around him moved accordingly.
However, in that instant, before he could launch an attack, one of the "Evil Emperor's" tentacles suddenly lashed out.
On that originally somewhat tattered tentacle, a golden pattern had somehow appeared at some point, like bones supporting the powerless tentacle.
It had just been raised in the previous instant, and in the next, it had already landed on Chen Haisheng, whipping him into the seawater.
Seeing that the tentacle showed no sign of relenting and quickly shot out to chase after Chen Haisheng, Lin Xiao's left leg lit up with light. His feet stepped repeatedly, and his figure flickered through the air, appearing in front of the tentacle.
His right arm reached out, the entire arm having completely transformed into a dragon claw. Soul power surged within his body as Lin Xiao wielded a mighty force capable of tearing space apart to meet the tentacle head-on.
"Boom—"
Upon collision, a booming sound rang out. The heavens and earth trembled ceaselessly from this impact. Lin Xiao only felt his blood and qi roiling within his body, and a sweet, fishy taste rose in his throat.
Without opening his mouth, Lin Xiao swallowed the unknown liquid that had welled up in his throat. Only then did he slowly raise his head to look at the Spirit Monarch before him, his brows tightly furrowed.
It had been a long time since he had felt this way.
In fact, ever since Lin Xiao entered the Title Douluo realm, there had been almost no opponents among humans who could match him. After breaking through to rank 95, he had become the undisputed number one soul master.
Even against Limit Douluo, Lin Xiao had the confidence to defeat them.
This was also why, although he had felt somewhat uncomfortable with Chen Haisheng's initial politeness, Lin Xiao had still agreed to ascend Sea God Island together with him.
Because he was confident that even with Chen Haisheng's Limit Douluo strength, he would be unable to do anything to him.
Yet what Lin Xiao had not expected was that the Spirit Monarch before him, merely by borrowing the Evil Emperor's body, had made him suffer a considerable loss. The Spirit Monarch's strength had absolutely surpassed the limits that soul masters could reach.
Lin Xiao no longer wanted to investigate where exactly the Spirit Monarch had come from.
Perhaps, just like the abyssal creatures he had encountered before, the Spirit Monarch had also been drawn by the negative energy on the Douluo Continent. After all, everyone knew the Evil Emperor's cultivation methods, and the place where it resided was indeed prone to attracting the attention of the abyssal plane.
The only good news was probably that the abyssal plane had not fully come into contact with the Douluo world. The Spirit Monarch could not descend here in his true body and could only influence this world by borrowing the Evil Emperor's body.
And the words the Evil Emperor had spoken earlier should have been directed at the Spirit Monarch.
The Spirit Monarch should not have noticed the Evil Emperor just today. He had been thinking of using its power to understand this world, but given the Evil Emperor's personality, how could it possibly agree to such a request from a voice of unknown origin?
And just now, when the Evil Emperor sensed the terror within Lin Xiao's power, its survival instinct had led it to seek help from the Spirit Monarch it had communicated with before.
It was just a pity that the price of the Spirit Monarch's appearance was equally heavy.
With countless thoughts swirling in his mind, only an instant had passed in the outside world. Chen Haisheng, whose figure had fallen into the sea, quickly adjusted his posture. As soon as he looked up, he saw Lin Xiao on the sea surface, blocking the Spirit Monarch's pursuit of him.
Looking at Lin Xiao's somewhat unsightly expression, Chen Haisheng spat out a large mouthful of seawater and cast all other distracting thoughts in his heart aside. He charged into the air and stood together with Lin Xiao.
"You are not his opponent." Lin Xiao turned his head slightly.
Chen Haisheng heard the meaning in Lin Xiao's words, yet he had no intention of retreating in the slightest.
"Just as you said, I am after all someone favored by the Sea God."
As he spoke, the aura on Chen Haisheng's body suddenly changed. It became much calmer than before, but Lin Xiao could sense that beneath this calm lay an incomparably violent power, like a storm on the sea surface.
On Chen Haisheng's forehead, a point of golden light lit up. A golden pattern shaped like a trident gradually appeared. Strands of golden light and sea-blue light intertwined, circling around him.
This change made Lin Xiao turn his head slightly to look at him. Such power could indeed only be the favor of the Sea God.
The Spirit Monarch remained unhurried and composed as he watched Chen Haisheng fully stir up his own power. Only after seeing that the two of them had made their preparations did he raise two tentacles and seemingly lightly poke them toward the space before the pair.
Chen Haisheng used the same trick again. Seawater surged upward, but this time it was mixed with dazzling golden light.
On the other side, Lin Xiao tried to dodge the tentacle's attack, but no matter how his figure changed, that attack still clung to him like a bone-eating maggot, impossible to shake off.
His mind racing, Lin Xiao simply gave up on the idea of dodging. Soul power within his body also surged forth.
However, just as he was preparing to meet the attack, a piercing screech rang out beside his ear.
Even with Lin Xiao's spiritual strength, his mind went blank for an instant.
In that moment, it was as if nothing else existed in the entire world except this sound. Clearly, it was just a sound without substance, yet it fell upon Lin Xiao like an unstoppable attack.
There was no time to mount a defense at all. His soul's automatic protection was easily broken through. Lin Xiao only felt something piercing through everything, charging straight toward his sea of spirit.
Neither soul power nor spiritual power could block this attack for even a moment. The powerful aura seemed as if it would split his sea of spirit in two.
Until, deep within his sea of spirit, a cluster of gray light emitted a warm glow.
"Huh?"
The Spirit Monarch showed a slight trace of surprise. It was a pity that Lin Xiao could no longer hear it. He seemed to have lost all his strength, and his body went limp as he fell into the seawater.