Chapter 179: Magic Prohibition? No! Severing Heaven and Earth!
"Clap clap clap clap!"
Just as Zhu Zhuqing was feeling delighted, a round of applause suddenly sounded from behind her.
"Hm?"
She abruptly turned around, only to discover herself falling into an embrace.
Just as she instinctively wanted to struggle free, she suddenly sensed a familiar aura.
Her spirit trembled, and she immediately softened as she leaned back into his embrace.
Warm breaths brushed against her ears.
"As expected of my dear little kitty, truly amazing!"
Bai Lu gently held the girl in his arms, his fingers restlessly stroking her cheeks.
"When did you come out? Why didn't I sense anything at all?"
A trace of embarrassment and annoyance flashed across Zhu Zhuqing's face.
Just now, she hadn't released a single strand of soul power, nor had she felt any movement from her soul rings!
"When you released the Death God Domain, I used the skull bone as a medium to come out."
"Surprised? Unexpected?"
Bai Lu smiled as he sat atop the spider web, placing the girl onto his lap.
"The skull bone?"
Zhu Zhuqing froze momentarily before slightly raising her head to look at Bai Lu in surprise.
"So you can become a spirit soul too?"
"The Slaughter Skull and spirit soul secret technique were both created by me. Naturally, I can also appear in the form of an undead spirit or spirit soul."
Bai Lu smiled faintly.
Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing became even more puzzled.
"Then, when I fought Tang Chen before, why didn't you help me in spirit soul form?"
"Isn't the answer obvious? Your body is much easier to use~"
"And besides..."
Bai Lu smiled lightly as his hands became increasingly restless.
"With your ready-made body available, why would I bother using my own body to fight?"
"That works too~."
Zhu Zhuqing didn't really care about those details. Instead, she asked:
"My domain is basically complete now. How's the development of your magic prohibition domain going?"
"Everything's going smoothly. In a few days, you'll witness the most unique domain in this world!
As Bai Lu spoke, he suddenly frowned.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly asked.
"This armor of yours is really too solid. There's not even a seam. My hands can't get in at all."
Bai Lu sighed regretfully.
For the first time, he felt that this set of armor fit a little too perfectly.
"Smack!"
Zhu Zhuqing embarrassedly slapped Bai Lu's hand away.
"We're talking business! Be serious!"
"Being serious is no problem, but..."
Bai Lu paused, his expression becoming difficult to maintain.
"Why are you taking off your armor?"
"I've worn it for too long. Taking it off to air out and relax a little while rewarding myself.
Zhu Zhuqing replied matter-of-factly.
"That's perfectly reasonable, right?"
"Reasonable, sure, but why are you hanging all over me?"
"I'm tired. Let me rest on you for a while."
"So what does that have to do with you using martial soul possession to turn into a White Tiger girl?"
"What? You don't like—Mm~!"
In an instant, the atmosphere within the blood sea became increasingly heated.
The scorching lava continuously churned as raging waves surged upward until a different kind of spark suddenly bloomed!
Beautiful beyond compare.
Only after a long while did the restless heat gradually subside.
Zhu Zhuqing lay half-asleep within Bai Lu's embrace, her face filled with satisfaction.
Meanwhile, Bai Lu maintained a calm expression as he contemplated the true meaning behind the Death God Domain.
Once everything returned to normal, the two once again devoted themselves to development, attempting to perfect their domains even further.
Time quietly flowed onward.
About a week later...
"Hahahahaha! This Dao Master has succeeded!"
Bai Lu's somewhat crazed shout, filled with uncontrollable ecstasy, tore through the "silence" of the blood sea.
He spread both arms wide, as though wanting to embrace the entire world!
At this moment, it felt as though heaven and earth themselves belonged to him!
"As expected of you! You're amazing!"
Zhu Zhuqing immediately rushed over to Bai Lu's side and impatiently said,
"Quick! Release it and let me take a look!"
She had already anticipated this long ago—the "most unique" domain Bai Lu kept talking about.
And now, she would become the very first person to experience this Death God Domain!
"No problem; guaranteed to satisfy you!"
Bai Lu laughed loudly before his gaze sharpened as he directly released his Death God Domain.
Barely perceptible bloody light spread outward. In the blink of an eye, it completely enveloped the surrounding ten-thousand-meter area!
A strange killing aura lingered throughout the space like endless spider silk, completely isolating some invisible form of power!
As she sensed this peculiar Death God Domain, Zhu Zhuqing's expression gradually became strange—
Her initial delight slowly turned to a frown, then to complete bewilderment, before finally becoming utterly dumbfounded.
In the end, she fell silent.
The more she sensed the domain, the more speechless she became.
Several times she wanted to speak, only to close her mouth again.
After quite some time, she finally hesitantly looked toward Bai Lu.
"Your magic prohibition domain feels... kind of really weird."
"Who cares whether it's weird or not!"
Bai Lu merely raised a brow and asked:
"I'm only asking whether it's good or not. Did you feel it yet?"
"Oh, I definitely felt it..."
Zhu Zhuqing's expression became extremely complicated.
She had never imagined that after all of Bai Lu's hard research, this was what he would end up creating.
It completely exceeded all her expectations.
It was absolutely nothing like the magic prohibition she had imagined in her mind!
Besides the most basic effects of weakening opponents and strengthening himself, the primary ability of this Death God Domain was "magic prohibition."
Except this magic prohibition did not prohibit soul rings, soul bones, or soul power.
Instead, it directly prohibited the energy of heaven and earth itself!
The moment the domain was activated, the energy of heaven and earth would gradually collapse and be absorbed by the domain!
What was the actual effect?
Simple.
Within the domain, all beings—including the user himself!
Their soul power would gradually leak away, continuously extracted by the domain. Even soul cores capable of absorbing the energy of heaven and earth would become useless decorations, unable to absorb any external energy.
This domain harmed the enemy by a thousand while harming oneself by a thousand.
She seriously doubted whether activating this domain actually weakened enemies or weakened him instead!
"I knew it! My magic prohibition domain is absolutely the coolest!"
Bai Lu immersed himself in self-admiration. The more he thought about it, the more incredible he found himself.
To think he had mastered such an almost invincible magic prohibition domain.
Zhu Zhuqing struggled to maintain her composure as she asked with a complicated expression.
"I just want to ask one thing. In actual combat... where exactly is it strong?"
"This isn't strong?"
Bai Lu looked at the girl strangely before sighing.
"You don't understand the mysteries of domains. I don't blame you!"
Zhu Zhuqing pressed further.
"Is there some mystery I still haven't sensed yet?"
"Of course there is!"
Bai Lu nodded firmly.
"Within the domain, there's no distinction between friend or foe. The energy of heaven and earth and everyone's soul power are gradually extracted to sustain the domain. You already know this."
"But do you know what happens once the opponent's soul power is completely exhausted?"
Zhu Zhuqing shook her head.
"What happens?"
"Then the domain will begin extracting the soul master's soul power origin!"
A distant, profound light filled Bai Lu's eyes.
"At first, the domain directly extracts soul power ranks, soul ring and soul bone age, soul core origin, martial soul origin..."
"It won't stop until the soul master has been drained into an ordinary person incapable of even summoning their martial soul, completely devoid of any extraordinary power!"
"Within the domain, all extraordinary power will gradually wither away!"
Rather than calling this domain magic prohibition...
It was more accurate to call it Severing Heaven and Earth!
End of Chapter
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