The blue-gold shadows of the forest instantly blocked Qian Yuelong and the other Holy Soul Knights around her, the jagged, swaying shadows of the trees firmly occupying their field of vision.

"court death."

Now that her soul power cultivation has reached level 96 and she is among the peak Douluo, Qian Yuelong's eyes turned cold. Nine powerful soul rings emerged from her body. The first soul ring released a dense dark light, and a blue sea of ​​flames roared out, instantly burning away the blue silver emperor trees and vines that had formed in Tang San's blue silver domain. It broke his domain and burned towards him with fierce momentum!

"Cough!"

The recoil caused Tang San to cough up a mouthful of blood mist, and his body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the eaves of a house, creating a huge hole!

"Enemy attack—!!"

"Evacuate the civilians first!"

The other Holy Soul Knights reacted quickly as well. Most of them drew their preferred weapons and stood ready, while a few took on three or four civilians who were stunned by the sudden turn of events and carried them away from the dangerous area that was about to become a battlefield.

Ghostly figures and Yue Guan landed gracefully, guarding Qian Yuelong like knights, coldly staring at their surroundings, paying no attention to the dusty houses.

Because Tang San's aura disappeared from the perception range again, just like when he secretly approached before, he concealed himself once more.

But that doesn’t mean they can’t spot other people.

The other few late-arriving auras were fully exposed within the perception range of the Holy Soul Knights, whose five senses and physical constitutions had been greatly enhanced.

"All troops, listen to my command: annihilate the Soul Masters of the Star Luo Empire!"

The words, laced with coldness, were uttered from Qian Yuelong's lips, and a powerful spiritual force emanated from her.

In the blink of an eye, she detected the unusual fluctuations in the air and immediately increased her mental power. Like a marker, she directed Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who had been unable to find their target, to rush toward the place where Tang San was hiding using the Vast Ocean Universe Cover.

Tang San cursed inwardly and activated the teleportation soul skill of the Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone to avoid the ghost's attack.

The ghostly figure, its attack missing, clicked its tongue in displeasure. Qian Yuelong, having activated her spiritual vision, scoffed lightly, and with a slight thought, a thin mist, as fine as smoke, appeared.

"Lotus Heart Domain, open."

Golden lotuses bloom in the thin mist, their slender stems and lotus leaves and roots forming a net-like structure, the misty golden roots instantly covering the entire town.

In this tranquil space, any fluctuation of soul power or spiritual power is magnified infinitely, like ripples spreading across the water's surface.

Even with the excellent concealment ability of the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, it is no longer possible to perfectly hide one's tracks as before.

The harmless, golden lotus stamens, as if they had sharp teeth, wrapped around the crystal blue cube.

Qian Yuelong's slender fingers suddenly closed, and Tang San, trapped in the middle, looked on with a drastic change as the protective and concealing barrier of the so-called divine artifact, the Vast Ocean Universe Shield, cracked with fine lines and was about to collapse.

Although he knew that the shattering of the barrier did not mean that the Vast Ocean Universe Cover would also be destroyed, Tang San was still terrified.

It wasn't just because of Qian Yuelong's current strength, but also because...

"Qian, how come Qian Yuelong's ninth spirit ring is golden..."

As planned, Bai Chenxiang and the others, who arrived a few minutes late, were shocked to see the brilliant golden ninth soul ring surrounding Qian Yuelong.

"Not yellow, but real, golden spirit rings...?" This was practically a challenge to all the spirit ring knowledge Dai Mubai had ever acquired in his life.

Xiao Wu, who was born as a spirit beast, had more guesses when she saw the golden spirit ring, but she didn't dare to voice them.

Before the group could figure out the mystery of Qian Yuelong's soul ring, the Holy Soul Knights, who were poised to attack, swarmed forward. Under the shocked gazes of Ma Hongjun and the others, who had deliberately arrived a step late to support Tang San, a chilling aura suddenly erupted from the Holy Soul Knights wielding longswords.

The next second, a layer of brilliance condensed on the longswords in their hands, and they rose into the air without consuming any food-type soul skill effects or martial soul assistance. Ordinary cold weapons in their hands were like soul skills released by martial souls. Man and sword became one, rushing towards Dai Mubai and his group who had consumed the "Daydreaming Mushroom Sausage" made by Oscar.

The crested serpent's flight speed gave it the upper hand.

Oscar and his companions flapped their two pairs of wings, easily dodging the controlled sword shadows aimed at them, or directly using their soul power to deflect the people or swords attacking them.

Although even the soul energy around their bodies couldn't be pierced, it still left Dai Mubai and the others speechless.

"These people are clearly not Soul Masters; there's no fluctuation of soul power on them!"

Ma Hongjun felt the pressure after burning several Holy Soul Knights who were approaching him to death with Phoenix Fire Line.

It wasn't because of the unexpected abilities of these knights, but because of the 500,000-strong Star Luo army that was still on its way to support them.

"Tang San, prepare to die!"

The moment the protective barrier of the Vast Ocean Universe Cover shattered, the approaching Yue Guan summoned the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum Martial Soul. The nine soul rings, mixed with enormous soul power, erupted violently, and the true form of the Martial Soul was released instantly in the flashing seventh soul ring.

The Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum in its Martial Soul True Form suddenly increased in size, coiling around his body and emitting a series of clanging and exploding sounds.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Gathering of Cold Essence!"

"Fifth Soul Skill: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons!"

The arriving ghosts also unleashed their soul skills and killing moves.

Faced with the deadly attacks of two level 95 Title Douluos, Tang San did not hesitate at all, stacking all the skills he possessed to the maximum to form armor and raising his mental power to the limit.

Blue silver vines entwine, and eight spider spears bind the limbs.

The soul skill attacks from Yue Guan and Gui Mei all landed on the "armor" constructed by Tang San.

Using the momentum propelled by the powerful attack, he accelerated backward without stopping, activated teleportation, and locked himself at the fifty-meter teleportation range limit, continuously increasing the distance outward.

"Since you're already here, leave your lives behind!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei pursued closely.

Just as Qian Yuelong was about to give chase, the sound of a bugle call, symbolizing an enemy attack, suddenly reached her ears.

The horn sound in the former wasn't from the Spirit Empire, so it could only be—

"Holy Maiden, the Star Luo Army has been spotted fifty miles outside Mig Town!"

The Holy Soul Knight in charge of reconnaissance avoided the battlefield in mid-air and flew down to Qian Yuelong's side to report urgently.

Qian Yuelong glanced at the direction that Gui Mei and Yue Guan were pursuing, and after thinking for a couple of seconds, she said, "Immediately notify General Yan, hand over the battlefield command to him, and order the recall of Xie Yue and Hu Liena for support. Don't worry about these people, I will handle them personally."

"yes!"

The main target of the Martial Soul Empire's army has shifted.

But the new Shrek Seven Devils, who are meant to disrupt, won't just leave like that.

Charging outwards while recklessly plunging into the enemy ranks, Tang San's brows were filled with a murderous intent, and the eighth blood-red spirit ring floating around him shone brightly:

"Eighth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Orca Demonic Suppression!"

Pale red ripples mixed in with the broken blue light curtain spread outwards in a wave-like pattern, making everything around seem crystal clear, freezing the Holy Soul Knights who reacted nearby, turning them into beautiful crystals made of life.