Cao Dezhi, standing on the Formation Plate, had eyes full of gratification, followed by a sigh.
"A pity... it's still not enough."
Having broken through to the Limit Douluo Realm, Zhang Huanyun's strength had undergone a qualitative leap.
The Bright Mirror Domain operated with consummate skill in his hands; not only could it replicate the opponent's attacks, but it could also use the Plane Power leaking from the Blood God Grand Array to continuously amplify himself.
He single-handedly blocked the Black Emperor's assault. Under the reflection of the Bright Mirror, he repeatedly struck back the opponent's attacks, actually managing to hold his ground for a time.
But this stability lasted for less than ten breaths.
A flash of fury crossed the Black Emperor's eyes as she roared sharply, "You've only just broken through; you're still far from enough!"
Zhang Huanyun's Martial Soul was too troublesome. Although she could slowly wear him down, by now, she had long since lost her patience.
Thus, she formed hand seals, employing a certain secret technique.
The black mist behind her suddenly exploded, transforming into eighteen pitch-black demonic dragons, each emitting a terrifying aura close to that of a Demi-God.
The eighteen demonic dragons roared simultaneously and lunged toward Zhang Huanyun!
Zhang Huanyun's expression changed drastically. The power that had just broken through the limit circulated wildly within his body, and the newly expanded Bright Mirror Domain instantly contracted to its limit.
Countless runes flowed across the mirror's surface, driven to an unprecedented Realm.
The Bright Mirror hung high, and eighteen Light Dragons were reflected within its surface, violently colliding with the demonic dragons.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amidst a series of explosions, both the Light Dragons and the demonic dragons were annihilated.
The dense sounds of collision made the World rumble. With every impact, his figure involuntarily retreated half a step, and more blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth.
Suddenly, the Black Emperor's figure had already pierced through the explosions, appearing three feet in front of Zhang Huanyun.
"Die!"
Her sharp claws went straight for his vital points!
Zhang Huanyun's pupils constricted as he thought of Cao Dezhi, who was presiding over the Blood God Grand Array behind him.
Gritting his teeth, he had no intention of dodging.
The pitch-black claws tore viciously into his chest. Zhang Huanyun spat out a mouthful of blood, his body flying backward like a broken kite, crashing hard beside Cao Dezhi as his aura withered.
"Sigh," Cao Dezhi sighed.
Zhang Huanyun coughed up some black blood but smiled. "Do you remember a month ago? I said I was about to break through the limit, and you didn't believe me."
"It was my poor eyesight, looking down on people, haha." Cao Dezhi also laughed. "You've done very well. Leave the rest to me."
He too was prepared for a final desperate struggle... Within the position protected by the Blood God Grand Array, Long Yuxue's left arm had already been corroded into a bloody mess by abyssal energy, yet she gripped the soul guidance cannon in her hand tightly.
But looking at the Abyss Emperor approaching step by step, she could see no hope.
She turned her head to look at Arthur beside her.
"If only you were really as powerful as you bragged about."
Long Yuxue's voice was raspy, carrying a hint of irrepressible tragic heroism as she asked softly, "Arthur, are we... going to die here?"
There was no fear in her eyes, only regret.
Regret for failing to protect this passage she had guarded all her life.
Regret for not being able to see the day the abyss was completely repelled.
Regret for not being able to go into the Douluo Continent to take a good look at the World.
Arthur must have even more regrets, Long Yuxue thought. Arthur had such great talent and such a good background; he would surely have been a great figure in the future.
But having just arrived at the Blood God Legion, he was about to die here... "The Abyss is still too cautious," Arthur said with some helplessness. Up until now, among the Monarch-level experts of the first ten levels of the Abyss, only the Black Emperor had rushed out recklessly.
As expected, few at this level of strength were fools; they were all watching and waiting.
Even the Evil Soul Masters lurking within the Blood God Legion hadn't shown themselves.
"What did you say?" Long Yuxue didn't hear clearly.
"You won't die." Arthur turned his head, looking at this woman whose left arm was a bloody mess but who was still gripping the soul guidance cannon tightly.
Her face was covered in blood, indistinguishable whether it was her own or someone else's; only her eyes remained bright.
It wasn't the light of hope, but the kind of light from someone who knows they are going to die yet is still holding on.
There were many more eyes like this.
Right here on this battlefield, on the faces of all the soldiers of the Blood God Legion.
Arthur felt that this "light" was even more dazzling than his own light.
He stood up and hopped around to loosen his limbs.
This time she heard clearly, but Long Yuxue was still stunned. "What?"
"You won't die here. I'm going to take action."
Long Yuxue looked at Arthur as he stretched his limbs and suddenly smiled.
In that smile was helplessness, relief, and a little bit of... accustomed tolerance?
"You, still bragging even when death is at the door."
She didn't take him seriously.
She just felt that being able to hear someone say so certainly that they wouldn't die at the final moment, even if it was a bragging fool, was quite nice.
"Change your ways in the next life... okay?"
Long Yuxue froze.
Because Arthur was glowing.
That light erupted from within his body, and pieces appeared out of thin air, starting from his chest and spreading to his limbs. Each part was engraved with complex soul guidance circuits.
These patterns seemed alive, slowly swimming within the halo.
This was the Peak masterpiece of Gu Yue's World-shaking wisdom.
The three-word battle armor appearing around him slowly buckled together; there wasn't much commotion, only crisp clicks.
The final faceplate fell, covering Arthur's face.
three-word battle armor.
Long Yuxue's pupils suddenly constricted; she hadn't expected Arthur to actually be a Three-Word Battle Armor Master!
...The Black Emperor led the Emperors, stepping through the array one step at a time, and stopped in front of Cao Dezhi.
She looked at the pale-faced Cao Dezhi before her. "You've lost."
As she spoke, she raised her right hand, her claws slowly moving forward until they were only three feet from Cao Dezhi's throat.
Cao Dezhi closed his eyes, sensing the aura of death attached to those claws approaching inch by inch.
"Old Cao, I'll be your brother again in the next life." Zhang Huanyun lay at his feet, his breath as thin as silk, yet he was still smiling.
Cao Dezhi didn't speak.
He was going to risk his life.
With a surprise attack, these Emperors would all have to die.
Although Abyssal Creatures could be resurrected, it would still take quite some time.
As for those even more terrifying Emperors deeper in the passage, he would leave them to Douqing and the others... And then... Clang!
The roar of metal clashing shook the entire battlefield.
Cao Dezhi snapped his eyes open.
A gilded figure stood firmly in front of him. His build wasn't particularly burly, but under the pressure of twenty-five Abyss Emperor, he remained motionless.
On that exquisite three-word battle armor, the faceplate concealed his face.
But Cao Dezhi could see a pair of sacred cyan pupils through the eyepieces of the faceplate.
"Is that... a sword?"
The figure faced Cao Dezhi with his back to the Black Emperor. He seemed to be holding something in his hand, held behind his back, which had forcefully stopped the Black Emperor's claws.
Cao Dezhi, who had used swords all his life, recognized it as an Invisible Sword.
"Senior Blood One, leave the rest to me."
Next, Arthur would show the Abyss.
What it means for counters to be supreme, and special attacks to be god-tier!
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