Chapter 71: Electrolux! One Against Two!
The Tian Shen, Tianshen, looked as if victory was already in his grasp, his eagerness to act more than obvious.
His calculated plan was to personally restrain Lei Chen, a Plane Master of the same rank, while relying on the "unexpected surprises" of Tang Hao and Ah Yin—two Second-Tier God combatants—to form an overwhelming force on the battlefield below.
As long as Tang Hao and Ah Yin successfully slaughtered the living beings of Douluo and fed back a massive amount of life energy and soul origin to the Abyss Plane, the Saint Lord's power would continue to grow, while Lei Chen would gradually weaken as his plane's origin was continuously devoured.
When the balance was eventually broken, he could use that momentum to completely crush Lei Chen and complete the devouring of the entire Douluo Plane.
This plan seemed simple and crude, yet due to the addition of the Tang Hao couple, it was almost impossible to counter.
However, he had ultimately thought things through too simply. Since Lei Chen dared to open the barriers and choose a head-on confrontation, how could he not have a trump card to deal with the enemy's high-level combatants?
Just as Tang Hao and Ah Yin transformed into two divine lights filled with the aura of destruction, tearing through the sky like falling stars and carrying a monstrous killing intent as they were about to crash into the fiercely clashing front lines below to start a one-sided massacre—
"Buzz!"
A beam of milky-white light, not dazzling but incredibly dense and seemingly capable of freezing the soul, rose into the sky without warning from behind the defensive line shrouded by the Golden Ancient Tree!
The moment the light pillar appeared, a vast, holy, yet uniquely oppressive pressure carrying a hint of extinction and death swept across the entire border battlefield like a tide.
This pressure was so strong that it was not at all inferior to the combined momentum of Tang Hao and Ah Yin; in fact, due to its peculiar attributes, it added a layer of mystery and unpredictability.
Within the milky-white light pillar, a figure slowly solidified.
He wore simple, ancient mage robes, his face aged yet full of wisdom, holding a strange staff that seemed constructed from countless white bones and soul crystals. It was the Necromancer Saint God, whose soul and physical body were now fully restored and who held the status of the Undead Space—Electrolux!
Electrolux's appearance instantly drew the gaze of all the powerful experts.
He stood suspended in the air, his staff lightly tapping the void as a gentle ring of milky-white light rippled out, perfectly blocking the path of Tang Hao and Ah Yin's dive like an insurmountable chasm.
"This path is closed." Electrolux's voice was calm but carried an unquestionable authority that clearly reached the ears of Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and even the two Lords of the Plane confronting each other on the mountain peak.
Tang Hao's forward momentum came to a sudden halt, and a massive phantom of the Clear Sky Hammer solidified behind him. His gaze was as sharp as a blade as he stared fixedly at Electrolux and barked, "Who are you? How dare you block my path!"
Ah Yin also frowned slightly. She could feel the energy level emanating from the old man before her was clearly at the God level, and his aura was as deep as the sea, causing her to feel a faint sense of trepidation.
Electrolux did not directly answer Tang Hao's question. Instead, he looked at the two of them and said slowly, "In a struggle between planes, life and death are left to fate. But since you two are no longer of this world, why bother returning to wantonly create slaughter? It would be better to withdraw now; perhaps you might preserve yourselves."
"Withdraw?" Tang Hao laughed out of extreme anger. "Don't even think about it! Today, I shall trample this world to vent the hatred in my heart! Those who block my path shall die!"
Before his voice had even faded, Tang Hao had already struck out violently!
Knowing that time was precious and could not be delayed, the massive Clear Sky Hammer brought with it the momentum to shatter mountains and split seas. Enveloped in surging golden divine power, it smashed down toward Electrolux like an ancient divine mountain!
At the same time, Ah Yin also raised her slender hand, and countless Blue Silver Emperor vines shimmering with blue-gold light appeared out of thin air, coiling toward Electrolux like spirit snakes, aiming to restrict his movements.
Facing the combined assault of two Second-level Deities, Electrolux's expression remained unchanged as he merely uttered a few ancient and obscure syllables.
In the next moment, the light at the tip of the staff in his hand flared brilliantly, and a miniature nine-layered pagoda emitting an aura of eternal immortality flew out, spinning and rapidly expanding in the wind!
This pagoda was precisely the natal divine artifact Electrolux had painstakingly refined during this period, combining his profound understanding of the laws of the soul and extinction with top-tier materials provided by the Douluo Plane—the eternal pagoda!
With Electrolux's Alchemy expertise, which at his peak could refine a "great divine artifact" nearing the level of a Super Divine Artifact, it would not have been impossible to refine a true "great divine artifact" given sufficient time and resources.
However, with the plane war imminent and time pressing, he had put forth all his effort and could only first refine this prototype of the eternal pagoda at the divine artifact level. Even so, its power far exceeded that of ordinary divine artifacts.
"Eternal Soul Suppression!"
Electrolux gave a low shout, and the eternal pagoda instantly became a hundred meters tall. Countless profound runes flowed over the body of the tower, emitting a great power that suppressed souls and froze time and space.
The earth-shattering strike of the Clear Sky Hammer smashed against the tower, producing a dull "thud." Terrifying ripples of energy spread out, shaking the surrounding space into distorted collapse, but the eternal pagoda remained motionless, not even swaying in the slightest!
As for the Blue Silver Emperor vines that came coiling in, the moment they neared the milky-white halo emitted by the tower, they retreated and disintegrated one after another like melting snow.
"What?!" Tang Hao's pupils shrank. His full-strength strike had actually been blocked so easily by the opponent?
Ah Yin's beautiful face also changed slightly, and she lost her voice saying, "His divine artifact... is so strange! It can completely counter my Life Binding!"
With his own strength alone, Electrolux easily neutralized the joint attack of the two Second-Tier Gods, his figure as steady as a rock.
He was in no hurry to counterattack. Instead, he controlled the eternal pagoda to hover above him, shedding paths of milky-white divine light that guarded him airtight, clearly having decided to stop Tang Hao and Ah Yin right here.
The battle that followed left all the observers dumbfounded. Tang Hao roared repeatedly, pushing the Clear Sky Hammer techniques to their limit, the Ninety-Nine-Eighty-One Styles continuous and unending, as if every strike was enough to shatter stars.
Ah Yin also provided full support, her Blue Silver Domain fully open, attempting to erode Electrolux's divine power with the force of life.
However, relying on the absolute defense of the eternal pagoda and his consummate mastery of the laws of the soul and extinction, Electrolux was always able to resolve the crises in the blink of an eye. Occasionally counterattacking once, he forced the Tang Hao couple to retreat and defend, appearing to handle the situation with ease.
On the field, it was actually Electrolux alone fighting Tang Hao and Ah Yin to a draw! Neither side could do anything to the other.
This bizarre scene caused the Tian Shen Tianshen's face on the mountain peak to instantly turn as dark as water, looking extremely unsightly.
"How is this possible?! Where did this old fellow pop out from?!" Tianshen was both shocked and furious. Despite all his calculations, he hadn't expected Lei Chen to have such a powerful God-level existence hidden under him, whose strength could actually withstand the joint efforts of Tang Hao and Ah Yin!
His original perfect plan had completely fallen through at this moment.
Counting on the Tang Hao couple to quickly break the deadlock was no longer possible. The battle below was bound to fall into a cruel war of attrition, and a war of attrition... was precisely where the Douluo side, with the life support of the Golden Ancient Tree and the Plane Master's promise of resurrection, held the advantage!
A situation that was originally a sure thing had taken a sharp turn for the worse because of the sudden appearance of Electrolux. How could he possibly keep his composure?
Compared to the Saint Lord's mixture of shock and fury, Lei Chen's expression appeared somewhat... strange.
He first glanced at Electrolux, who was fighting on equal terms with the Tang Hao couple below, a flash of approval crossing his eyes, before turning his gaze back to the ashen-faced Tian Shen, his thoughts spinning rapidly.
"This Saint Lord... could it be that his trump cards really are just Tang Hao and Ah Yin?" Lei Chen pondered inwardly, his brow furrowing imperceptibly.
He had previously assumed that since the Saint Lord was so certain, he must have obtained support from the Crimson Domain, and even the Crimson Mother might be lurking nearby.
If it were truly a joint invasion of the Abyss and the Crimson Domain, even with Electrolux, he would surely fall into a bitter struggle and might truly have to awaken the Silver Dragon King early to cope.
"But looking at it now..." Lei Chen carefully observed the Saint Lord's unconcealed shock and annoyance, as well as the lack of any sign of a third powerful, hidden force supporting his aura, "It seems I was overthinking it? He didn't collude with the Crimson Domain? Or rather, the Crimson Domain didn't respond to his summons?"
This discovery allowed the string that had been tightly wound in Lei Chen's heart to loosen slightly.
If the enemy was merely an Abyss Plane plus two Second-Tier Gods who had lost their God Positions...
Lei Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of cold killing intent had already entered his gaze as he looked at the Tian Shen again.
"If there are no other variables..." Lei Chen calculated silently in his heart, "Three years... no, perhaps it won't take that long at all. Two years at most, and I can make your Abyss Plane history, completely devouring its origin to strengthen my Douluo!" As for now? A faint, indifferent curve hooked at the corner of Lei Chen's mouth as he stood with his hands behind his back at leisure, casting his gaze toward the Douluo Allied Forces below, who were regaining their footing and even starting to turn the tide thanks to their Spirit Tool advantage and the promise of resurrection, now that Electrolux had blocked Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
"Let's just watch the tug-of-war below first. Regardless..." Lei Chen's gaze seemed to pierce through time, seeing the near future, "The death of your Abyss Plane has already entered its final countdown."
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