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The soul bone skill Spiritual Shockwave Explosion was a technique of a seven-hundred-thousand-year inheritance soul bone passed down through the Star Luo royal family: the Seventy-Thousand-Year Spirit Frenzy Head Bone.
Once activated, it instantly converted soul power into spiritual energy, unleashing an indiscriminate, large-scale attack that ignored friend and foe alike. Those affected would experience intense spiritual shockwaves, with the actual effects depending on the relative strength of both parties' spiritual power.
If the target's spiritual power was weaker than the user's by more than double, their soul would be directly annihilated.
If the target's spiritual power was weaker but within a factor of one, it would transform into a spiritual impact, inflicting mental damage while delaying the opponent's consciousness.
However, if the target's spiritual power was stronger, the user would suffer spiritual backlash.
Without a doubt, Dai Tao, a Level 95 Title Douluo possessing a seventy-thousand-year head bone, had slightly stronger spiritual power than Chu Chengzhou, who was currently at Level 79 Soul Saint level. Moreover, his spiritual power marginally exceeded that of Xiao Hei, whose age reached eleven thousand years.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger wasn't a spirit-type soul beast. The reason non-spirit-type hundred-thousand-year soul beasts could dominate most Title Douluos wasn't due to their spiritual power but rather their powerful physical bodies, immense soul power, and innate soul skills that increased in potency as they aged.
Additionally, due to the restriction on Xiao Hei's bloodline level, its overall strength surpassed the Nether White Tiger martial soul fusion technique used by Dai Tao, but its spiritual power was still slightly inferior.
Of course, the gap in spiritual power between Dai Tao, Xiao Hei, and Chu Chengzhou wasn't significant. While control was possible, the duration was extremely brief—so brief that even Dai Tao, who under normal circumstances only possessed the strength of an ordinary Level 95 Title Douluo, might not be able to eliminate Chu Chengzhou, who was fully equipped.
Moreover, the soul bone skill Spiritual Shockwave Explosion had a significant flaw: it attacked indiscriminately, affecting both allies and enemies.
It was precisely for these two reasons that Dai Tao hadn't previously used this move against Chu Chengzhou.
After all, if he failed to kill Chu Chengzhou but instead eliminated his teammates, whose spiritual power was weaker than his own, the losses would have been catastrophic.
A second after the sapphire light bloomed, Dai Tao, his soul power surging violently, flew over a hundred meters away from Chu Chengzhou. Xiao Hei regained consciousness.
Two seconds later, the distance between them closed to just over twenty meters.
At two and a half seconds, Dai Tao, his soul power violently erupting, tightly embraced Chu Chengzhou.
At the same time, Chu Chengzhou regained consciousness.
But in this very instant, Dai Tao's explosive soul power reached its peak.
Looking at Chu Chengzhou, whom he held tightly, Dai Tao's slightly aged face was filled with madness.
Dai Tao knew that Chu Chengzhou was incredibly strong. Although his soul power level wasn't particularly high, his spiritual power wasn't much weaker than Dai Tao's. His soul bone skill wouldn't restrain him for long.
Now that his wife was dead and he no longer possessed the martial soul fusion technique Nether White Tiger, if he missed this opportunity and allowed Chu Chengzhou to react, there was no way he could match Chu Chengzhou and his two summon beasts.
Not only would he die, but the empire and the White Tiger Family would also fall under Chu Chengzhou's hands.
For the survival of the empire and the continuation of the White Tiger Family, even if it meant being reduced to ashes, he had to drag Chu Chengzhou into the underworld with him!
And without Chu Chengzhou as a major threat, though the empire might still collapse in the future, the White Tiger Family wouldn't necessarily perish.
Even without powerful experts to rely on, with the inheritance of the top-tier beast martial soul White Tiger, as long as the family's bloodline didn't die out, they would surely rise again. The Star Luo Empire would once again stand tall on the continent!
"May our White Tiger prosper forever!"
Dai Tao screamed hysterically.
As his scream echoed, a massive white-gold mushroom cloud bloomed in the night sky outside Tian Dou City.
"Boom—"
In that moment, the night sky lit up once more.
The violent explosion of soul power completely engulfed Chu Chengzhou's figure.
In an instant, Chu Chengzhou, who had just regained consciousness, saw the divine light protecting his body shatter, and the flower-like soul power above his head wither.
The defensive ultimate technique Instant Bloom was exceptionally powerful, theoretically comparable to a million-year defensive soul skill.
However, the strength of ultimates or soul skills was directly tied to the soul master's soul power level. Though the technique itself was excellent, Chu Chengzhou's current Level 79 Soul Saint level severely limited its effectiveness.
After all, this was the final strike unleashed by a Level 95 Title Douluo at the cost of his life. Its power rivaled that of a Level 97 or even Level 98 Title Douluo's nine-thousand-year ninth offensive soul skill.
Still, the divine light formed by Instant Bloom wasn't made of paper—it bought him a split second.
In that critical moment, without hesitation, Chu Chengzhou activated the soul bone skill Crystal Body from the left arm crystal armor.
The violent soul power explosion instantly warped the Nine Heavens Mystic Armor, forged from soul-refined metal, that covered Chu Chengzhou's body.
But just as the explosive force was about to reach his body, at the crucial moment, a faint blue crystalline glow enveloped Chu Chengzhou's entire body.
Instantly, the raging, turbulent energy from the explosion was blocked by the faint blue crystalline glow emanating from his body.
The soul bone skill Crystal Body, when activated, could resist all physical and energy attacks below god-level intensity for three seconds.
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Tian Dou City.
On the rooftop of a tall building, Qian Renxue, looking somewhat disheveled, gazed intently at the distant Tian Dou Imperial Palace.
Behind her stood She Long, equally disheveled.
At this moment, Qian Renxue's heart was filled with excitement.
The battle on Chu Chengzhou's side had already been decided in their favor. If her side could proceed smoothly, tonight's plan would be successfully completed, and the efforts she had poured in over the years would finally bear fruit.
Compared to the excited Qian Renxue, She Long's heart was filled with resentment and bitterness.
When a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water can cause choking. She Long hadn't believed it before, but now he did.
The number of experts from Star Luo who attacked tonight had exceeded expectations. Sensing that the situation might spiral out of control, Young Master Qian Renxue, worried about her beloved, immediately rushed to the outskirts to provide support.
But shortly after setting out, the battle situation reversed. Chu Chengzhou unleashed a burst of power, killing several Star Luo experts in quick succession, resolving the crisis. As a result, their trip turned out to be unnecessary.
This alone wasn't a big deal—they wasted some time, but it wasn't significant.
However, just as they were preparing to return to Tian Dou City, an unexpected encounter occurred. They ran into Dugu Bo, who was heading to join the chaos.
And strangely enough, the man who was supposedly the weakest Title Douluo on the continent, Dugu Bo, turned out to possess astonishing strength. Within less than twenty exchanges, She Long nearly had his True Martial Soul shattered.
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