Chapter 55: Douluo Continent

  The gloomy and desolate aura of death intertwined with the vital energy of life, the two forces clashed and cancelled each other out, momentarily reaching a stalemate.

  Luóu devoured the entire underworld's death energy with his own body, transforming into a monstrous creature ten thousand feet tall, wielding a war halberd that left Huangquan only able to defend.

  The Yellow Spring stirred the Blood Sea, and a large amount of magical power surged into the Blood Sea. The Blood Sea churned up waves of ripples, and on the surface of the Blood Sea, a strip of Heavenly Dao patterns was reflected. The Heavenly Dao patterns formed a thread of blood that continuously intersected, slowly forming a heavenly net that pressed down on the top of Luoyi's ten-thousand-zhang flesh body.

  "Huang Quan shouted: "Seal"! A strange and mysterious power suddenly emerged, and the space within a hundred feet of the Blood Sea was distorted and then sealed off."

  Luó was instantly trapped in space, the blood-colored net emitted an overwhelming power, covering him, and he was wrapped up in a drop of blood formed by the blood-colored net.

  Luóu let out a furious roar in the blood droplets, and suddenly his body surged with wave after wave of black energy, coalescing into an illusory body. Luóu silently spat out a single character: "Kill".

  The word "kill" carried a strange power, and the entire blood drop was filled with endless killing intent. The surging killing intent shook even the space outside the sealed blood drop. Then, the illusory Rakshasa stretched out its hands, crossed them, and made a swift cutting motion towards the void. The illusory scissors formed by its arms instantly separated from its body. As it moved, its two arms transformed into two black dragons that entwined each other. When they separated, they became dragons; when they merged, they became scissors. With one cut of the blade, a tearing force shot towards the blood drop, causing it to shake violently and disperse some of the blood mist.

  That illusory figure closely followed behind, transforming into a sharp sword that smashed towards the Blood Drop Screen. The killing intent and shadow instantly burst open, releasing a destructive force that spread throughout the entire Blood Drop. The Blood Drop suddenly resembled an inflated balloon, constantly expanding.

  "Crack", a faint crack, then the entire blood drop burst open, and an invisible ripple spread in the sealed space. Luo Hui rushed out of the blood shadow.

  Huang Quan saw Luo Rou burst out of the blood-dripping seal, striking out with his hands in a series of intricate hand seals, and the river of blood began to move along a mysterious trajectory.

  "Shura Blood Sword!" Suddenly, a blood-red flying sword flew out of the river of blood, forming a blood dragon that shot out.

  Luó Wù condensed his own black-red war halberd, on which the dragon pattern gradually emerged, and went away with a whistling sound. Nine black-red magic dragons and that blood dragon started to tear each other apart in mid-air. Those war swords formed a larger blood dragon body shape, with powerful strength, while the nine black-red magic dragons were more numerous. Countless bloody auras and dark auras silently disappeared in mid-air, shining with sunlight-like radiance. The blood dragon formed by the war sword was instantly split into two under Huáng Quán's hand seal control: one fought against the nine magic dragons, constantly disappearing. Meanwhile, another blood dragon transformed into countless flying swords that attracted each other, emitting a clear and melodious sword hum as they charged towards Luó Wù.

  Luó Hù raised his hands, and with a gentle grasp, he caught the two Blood Swords that were charging towards him. With a slight exertion of force, the two Blood Swords turned into powder. Others, which had not yet come into contact with Luó Hù, were reduced to fragments and dissipated into bloody gas. Then, he threw out a punch, and a dense killing aura burst forth, directly shattering countless Blood Swords.

  In an instant, the entire blood sea was forced to open a deep groove along the route of the fist wind, and the originally surging blood water was instantly frozen by a power that was extremely cold.

  Naruto clenched his fist, which was like a monster with bone spurs, and slammed it into the frozen blood ice. The sound of "cracking" continued, and the blood ice shattered into powder, instantly blown away by that massive force in all directions.

  That intense gathering of killing intent, the fist imbued with death energy, and the swirling ice shards rushing towards him like a tornado, left him utterly shocked. He raised wave after wave of bloody water to resist and grind against this overwhelming power, sighing in his heart that the gap in their cultivation was indeed insurmountable.

  The Yellow Spring spat out a mouthful of blood, looked at the fist that had been pressed against it, wiped away the bloodstains and sighed: "If I had used this Blood River Formation from the start, my Blood Spirit Pearl would not have been destroyed, and things wouldn't be so dire."

  At this time, a black wind suddenly swept through the bloody sea, enveloping an area of over 100 square meters. The air was filled with eerie whispers and the mournful cries of countless vengeful spirits. Amidst the black wind, one could faintly see a powerful ghost darting back and forth in mid-air - it was the Heavenly Ghost.

  A faint, illusory soul flag appeared in Tiān Guǐ's body, and the method to cultivate this soul flag was passed down by Jiàn Tiān.

  Luoyang raised his spear and continuously stabbed at the constantly moving Tian Gui, although he could collapse a lot of fierce ghosts and evil spirits, but he couldn't hurt Tian Gui in the slightest.

  The Heavenly Ghost cackled with laughter: "This chaotic dance of ghosts isn't that simple, you'd better enjoy it well!"

  A strange aura wafted in, and different spaces flashed by, with light, shadow, sound, and images changing unpredictably. Various auras and illusions confronted him head-on, and Luo Hui knew he was amidst countless alternating spaces. Everything before him was an illusory image connected to some unknown space. These illusions were either fierce and menacing, or alluring and enchanting, making it easy to disturb one's mind. If one's mind wasn't guarded, the heavenly demon would immediately drag them into an unknown space, confining their divine consciousness. Their life force would be devoured by countless malevolent spirits.

  Luóu had always been focused, constantly eliminating the ever-changing images. The Heavenly Ghost let out a shrill cry and disappeared into nothingness, extending a gigantic black hand from behind Luóu's head. The giant hand followed a strange trajectory, slapping towards Luóu. Luóu seemed to have a premonition, and he actually grabbed the ghostly hand that was reaching for him, tearing it apart with a loud rip, and managed to tear off the Heavenly Ghost's ghostly hand.

  Luo's battle halberd swept across, killing intent and death energy instantly destroying countless illusions, and one by one the ghostly spirits were annihilated. However, Tian Gui'er let out a whistle, condensing an arm to shake the soul banner, and those countless black energies were suddenly sucked back into the banner. Rolling up the banner, a single black lacquered bamboo pole struck towards Luo, a desolate, withering breath impacting Luo's heart.

  Luo Yu said faintly, "The light of the rice grains is a pity for this root of Ming bamboo." With a slap, the war halberd pressed down on that root of Ming bamboo. The Ming bamboo trembled and returned to Tian Gui's hand. That war halberd disappeared without hitting Tian Gui.

  Tiangui saw the situation was unfavorable and tore through space to escape.

  However, the dancing war halberd was about to smash into the Tian Gui who had not yet escaped. Even if it could merge into space before the halberd smashed down, this space might also collapse due to the halberd's powerful force. The fate of that Tian Gui could be imagined.

  At this time, a black lotus flower rotated and blocked the halberd, and the Heavenly Ghost calmly left.

  "What a wonderful demonic lotus! What a pity!"

  Ji Tian slowly revealed his figure and sighed: "Why must we provoke so many causes and effects, besides, killing is not a solution to problems."

  Lu E's face turned gloomy, and he said: "You also want to stop me? You and I were originally one body. You know that killing will bring about cause and effect, but you don't know that the Heavenly Way has already incurred cause and effect. This is my response to the cause and effect."

  "We were born because of this Tao, the Tao is the cause and we are the result. How can the Tao owe us?"

  "Who among the living in this desolate land does not owe us a debt of karma? And yet, those ignorant insects actually think I am the greatest evil in the world and want to seal me away forever in darkness."

  "Heaven's way is that it must have rules. Heaven knows when to take away and when to add, supplementing what is insufficient. This is the great trend of heaven's way, which cannot be violated. We should follow the rules."

  "Ha! So you've become a running dog for the Heavenly Way, have you? You're no longer one of us. Fine, if you want to stop me, let's have it out. I'll spare your life."

  Luó Hǒ let out a loud roar, swinging the black-red battle halberd in his hand, fiercely slashing towards Jì Tiān. Jì Tiān's most skilled divine ability was murderous aura, but he knew that Luó Hǒ's true form was the essence of murderous aura born from heaven and earth, so being able to condense a blade of murderous aura was already quite impressive.

  However, Ji Tian now has a defensive treasure, the black magic lotus. The black and red battle halberd was not substantial after all, and it shattered into black and red gas that drifted in the air the moment it came into contact with the magic lotus.

  Luóu didn't expect that the war halberd that could rival Huang Quan's strength would shatter like this. His primordial spirit stirred, and a broken blood-red long halberd floated outside his body. The black-red energy instantly merged into the broken halberd.

  Ji Tian was shocked: "The Devouring Heaven Halberd" is actually his own true body. Although he had transcended the category of a divine artifact, there still existed a thread of connection between his true body and himself.

  Luoye struck out with a series of magical seals, and Ji Tian felt very familiar. The remaining spear had an increasingly significant impact on him.

  "Ha ha, you're familiar with this hand seal, aren't you? This is indeed the Xuan Gui Yin Yang Seal. In fact, it's a technique to control the spirit of the refining vessel. Although you've re-condensed your yuan soul, that one thread of connection can still refine you back into a vessel spirit. What makes you think you can fight me?"

  Jian Tian continued to revolve the power of his primordial spirit to resist this strange pulling force, and said faintly: "Is it that you have always thought so, simply treating me as a chess piece."

  Luoye said: "Whether it is or not depends on whether you can be in line with our intentions. For now, just continue to be a honest instrument spirit. I'll take that black lotus too."

  Ji Tian Dao said, "It's not that simple." At this time, a nine-headed black lion pounced on Luo Hui, and in an instant, it swallowed Luo Hui into its belly.