As blue energy rose, Xue Kui's agonizing screams, like a symphony, contrasted with the deathly blue light that reflected on her expressionless face.
As indifferent as a human crushing an ant, Xue Kui's screams gradually subsided into groans and moans until no sound emanated.
Kerudela retracted her blue short-handled scepter and calmly glanced towards one side of the border army camp.
Countless border soldiers watched this scene in fear, but no one dared to make a move.
Everyone present could hear the royal name Xue Kui uttered before her death.
This was how it was in the Douluo Continent; the mental shackles left in people's hearts for tens of thousands of years were not easily broken, especially since Tang San had personally reinforced this concept ten thousand years ago.
Regardless of their strength, the royal family were the rulers, and subordinates, no matter how powerful, should not be offended.
This distorted aristocratic concept was extremely rare in the entire fantasy world.
However, this actually benefits Cerrudra.
With Amon and Passion building up momentum for so long, no one on the continent will doubt Cerrudra's status as a princess.
She is now the last bloodline of the Douling royal family, the destined Douling Emperor.
The entire continent will only acknowledge her, not the likes of Xue Kui and Xue Leng.
"Lord!"
Two figures flew in rapidly. The one in front had short, fiery red hair, a robust build, and bulging muscles.
The one flying slower behind was so massive it didn't seem human; it was a miniature Titan Ape, already three meters tall even before its martial soul was attached.
The aura emanating from both of them was released without concealment, their eighteen soul rings shining brightly in the sky—they were clearly the last two Title Douluos under Xue Kui's command.
At the same time, twenty more figures arrived from afar, the nine in front being Soul Douluos, and the rest being Soul Saints.
These people represented all of Xue Kui's wealth.
In the original timeline, this wealth would have been wiped out by Huo Yuhao on the day of the ambush of Xu Sanshi.
Most of the border troops lay prone on the ground, many with blood trickling from their mouths.
Normally, with their rigorous training, they shouldn't be this fragile, but the Douling Empire was simply inhuman!
These soldiers were owed wages and supplies, and their coarse cloth clothes were simply stuffed with cotton for warmth.
Forget about meat; they were lucky if their porridge even had a layer of floating rice.
If it weren't for Li Guozhong's constant, gruff requests for grain from nobles across the land, they probably wouldn't even have porridge.
This is why the Douling army, after being incorporated into the Sea God family, fought much more fiercely than before; the Sea God family was even more humane than the Douling royal family.
Of course, now that the Sea God family was essentially the Amon family, they wouldn't do anything truly heinous to the people.
"You little dwarf! What have you done to our lord?!"
The Mad Lion Douluo's fiery red hair shot skyward, his blazing soul power dispelling the winter chill near the camp, causing the ice and snow to melt rapidly and rise up, shrouding the entire camp in mist.
A visible "well" character appeared on Kerudela's forehead.
Behind her, Heather had already produced a violin crafted from pearls and conch shells, its dark purple, sword-shaped bow radiating an eerie aura.
Li Guozhong struggled to his feet, shouting,
"Your Highness, those two are Xue Kui's supporters!
Mad Lion Douluo's spirit is the Flaming Mad Lion, a level 92 offensive titled Douluo.
The one behind him is Rock Elephant Douluo, his spirit is the Rock Mammoth, a level 93 defensive titled Douluo!"
Kerudela looked at the two figures in the sky, gently tapping her blue short-handled scepter on the ground.
Seven spirit rings shone around her body; Huo Yuhao had set her level to 74.
Her spirit was quite interesting—a Law Chessboard.
The main body of her spirit was composed of the White King and the Spirit Eye.
This spirit was a mental attribute spirit; Huo Yuhao had added the Law attribute to her spirit's traits, even cosplaying as the Black Emperor from next door.
She could use her spirit to create and distort laws of heaven and earth.
"Who gave you permission to fly over my head? Insolence!
Flying is prohibited here! Violators will be punished with severed fingers."
A phantom blue chessboard appeared behind Kerudela, her seventh spirit ring gleaming.
All seven of Kerudela's spirit rings were amplification spirit skills; six spirit skills plus her Martial Soul True Body were enough to push her spiritual power to the Spirit Abyss Realm.
Mainly, Huo Yuhao believed that the characteristics of this Martial Soul were strong enough; needing offensive spirit skills would be superfluous.
Mad Lion Douluo and Rock Elephant Douluo suddenly felt a new law from heaven and earth, an unknown force forcibly pressing them to the ground.
Instinct told them that if they resisted this will, they would be punished by the law.
"What kind of martial soul is this?!"
"How could the royal family have such a martial soul?
Is it really as the Sea God family said, that you are the last trump card of the Douling royal family?!"
Mad Lion Douluo's face showed horror.
He knew that they were both titled Douluo, and a Soul Saint who could be easily crushed could actually affect them!
"The lord is dead, I have no heart to distinguish right from wrong! Dwarf! Be buried with the lord!"
Mad Lion Douluo's second, third, and fourth soul rings shone brightly, the flames on his body turned blue, the temperature rose rapidly, and the air crackled and popped from the heat.
Soon his fifth soul ring shone brightly, and a phantom of a fire lion appeared behind hi
The phantom's mouth opened wide, and a deafening lion's roar, carrying terrifying heat, swept across the entire area.
The ground was first shattered by the sound waves, and then incinerated by the high temperature.
"No noise here, no impact here, no high temperatures here!"
The three decrees instantly rendered Mad Lion Douluo's soul skill ineffective.
Kerudela's face was pale; the more detailed the decree, the less energy it consumed, and vice versa.
The prohibitions on high temperatures and impacts were too broad—how much temperature constituted "high temperature," how much vibration constituted "impact"?
Because they weren't detailed enough, the energy consumption was enormous.
Mad Lion Douluo couldn't understand. Was her martial soul legal?
Why did she have the right to command the world with just a few words?
Did she own this Douluo Continent world?
"I don't believe your martial soul is invincible! Your energy consumption must be huge!"
Mad Lion Douluo didn't have time to think further; he could only rely on the fact that her martial soul required a lot of soul power.
He and Rock Elephant Douluo exchanged a glance, and the two immediately activated their martial soul true forms.
A gigantic Flame Lion King and an even more robust and majestic Rock Mammoth appeared in the core area of the military camp.
Kerudela looked at these two martial soul true forms, her slightly immature voice remaining calm.
"Two beasts who only know brute force, they've even abandoned human dignity, utterly disappointing.
In the name of Caesar, I command the heavens: no movement here! Those who disobey shall be skinned alive!"
"Sword Banner Lord, kill them."
Kerudela took some Dream Coins from the magic network to replenish her energy, turning away from the two roaring Martial Soul True Forms behind her.
Mad Lion Douluo and Rock Elephant Douluo began their charge, the punishment for disobeying the law falling upon them. Countless bloody wounds appeared out of thin air on their bodies, as if an invisible hand was forcibly peeling off their skin.
The two men froze, then let out deafening screams of pain. The enormous sound shook the ground, shattered the clouds in the sky, and caused many border soldiers' eardrums to rupture and bleed.
Heather's figure flashed by, like a graceful dancer dancing in the air, her dark purple sword-shaped bow drawing a beautiful arc.
Like a master anatomist, she precisely dissected every inch of the lion and the rock elephant's muscles, severing tendons along blood vessels and dissecting spines along nerves.
All the border soldiers watching witnessed a slaughter that resembled art. Horrifyingly, the two behemoths initially wailed in agony, struggling and even attempting to dismantle their Martial Soul forms.
But for some reason, they ceased resistance, falling silent, their eyes calmly watching themselves being dissected piece by piece, until their bodies collapsed with a crash, leaving a pool of blood on the ground, occasionally punctuated by falling snowflakes, the only unusual color in the crimson.
Having completed her command, Heather began to play her violin; her beautiful voice soothed the soldiers' anxieties, and in that song, all fear and worry vanished.
(End of Chapter)
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