Dozens of Soul Saints, plus a Soul Emperor-level Yan, simultaneously set out, resuming a fierce pursuit within the complex terrain of the soul beast forest.
On the edge of the forest's central region, the nine soul rings on Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's bodies still shone brightly, but the golden and silver flames rising from them had dimmed somewhat.
Within the vast golden and silver dual-colored halo, spanning a hundred meters in diameter, the Titan Giant Ape suspended in mid-air remained frozen, and the blue light the Azure Ox Python had been brewing in its mouth was also solidified.
Within the entire halo's scope, they were like beings excluded from time, out of sync with this flowing world.
Even with their martial soul fusion skill, the longer time passed, the more strenuous it became for Yue Guan and Gui Mei, and the power restricting the two Forest Emperors gradually weakened.
It was at this moment that Tang Sui suddenly leaped out from the pitch-black ground, appearing within the sight of the two pairs of beast eyes and the two Titled Douluo.
"This appearance... is Tang Sui?! She actually came too?!" Yue Guan, seeing Tang Sui appear disheveled and seemingly fleeing in panic, felt a sense of foreboding.
"How did she get here?!" Gui Mei's expression was also grim.
The Titan Giant Ape, familiar with Tang Sui's aura,'s eyes lit up. "Big brother, it's that cub!"
The Azure Ox Python's ox eyes, emitting a faint azure glow, widened slightly, harboring the same confusion as the Titan Giant Ape.
Tang Sui, why was she here? Wasn't she looking for that human named Tang San and Sister Xiao Wu?
Although the Azure Ox Python had never met Tang Sui, it had heard Xiao Wu recount various encounters in human society, and "Tang Sui" was the most familiar name among them.
Furthermore, when the Titan Giant Ape mentioned "cub," it also recalled information about Tang Sui, its eyes brightening. Using a unique communication method among soul beasts, it conveyed a message to Tang Sui, urging her to flee quickly.
However, Tang Sui, completely unable to grasp the Azure Ox Python's communication channel, frowned, staring at the two immobilized divine beasts and Yue Guan and Gui Mei, her eyes flickering with hesitation.
If she were to save them, it would naturally be to save the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Ox Python together, leaving no opportunity for the enemy to sneak attack their base later.
But if she were to include them in her domain now, she knew without a doubt that Yue Guan and Gui Mei's martial soul fusion skill would immediately dissolve, leaving her as the sole target of pursuit for the Titled Douluo and the dozen or so Soul Saints.
A dozen Soul Saints could be managed, but what if Yue Guan and Gui Mei were added...
Tang Sui took a deep breath, her gaze flickering, and quickly made a decision.
After all, time waits for no one.
As soon as her mind was made up, she raised her hand and, using her demonic power to lock onto the Azure Ox Python and the Titan Giant Ape, her sixth crimson soul ring rose from beneath her feet. Before Yue Guan and Gui Mei's widened eyes, Tang Sui aimed her soul skill at Yue Guan.
"Hundred Thousand Years—!"
Before Yue Guan could finish speaking, an intense sense of crisis suddenly struck him, as if he were being targeted by some unknown fierce beast. A chilling killing intent locked onto him instantly.
Not good!
"Sixth Soul Skill, Forbidden Face!"
Four black masks, which doubled attack and critical hit, were coated with a layer of dark red light. A terrifying aura emanated as they transformed into dark streams of light, like falling meteorites, striking Yue Guan with immense destructive power.
"Not good!" Gui Mei reacted swiftly, immediately increasing his soul power output, reinforcing the golden and silver dual-colored halo, forming a power barrier in an attempt to resist Tang Sui's soul skill attack.
However, with the amplified attributes of each mask automatically maxed out, and facing Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who were already heavily depleted, the masks that increased their attack power by 30% were not easily defended against.
"Boom—!"
The first mask was successfully blocked, but the light of the golden and silver dual-colored halo flickered unstably, appearing on the verge of cracking.
Sensing the sudden weakening of the domain's restraint, the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Ox Python's eyes flashed with brilliance. Cooperating with Tang Sui's external attack, they began to gather their strength, attempting to disintegrate Yue Guan and Gui Mei's martial soul fusion skill from within.
"Boom boom—!"
The second mask followed, striking with unstoppable force. Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who were desperately maintaining their domain, involuntarily coughed up blood.
"Boom boom boom—!"
The third mask then landed, and cracks began to appear on the golden and silver dual-colored halo, unable to bear the strain.
"Break for me!"
Dark light bloomed in Tang Sui's eyes, causing the three repelled masks to combine with the fourth, which descended like a lucky god, to strike together.
"Bang—!"
The golden and silver dual-colored halo, under the fourth fierce assault, shattered amidst the roars of the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Ox Python, whose bodies lit up.
Two mouthfuls of rich vital blood spurted from Yue Guan and Gui Mei's throats simultaneously.
In an instant, the martial soul fusion skill formed by the combined efforts of Ghost and Chrysanthemum Douluo could no longer restrain the bodies of the two divine beasts.
The golden and silver light shattered like glass, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei were thrown heavily to the ground as if by a rebound.
"Damn it... If it weren't for the need to restrict the two divine beasts, my soul power would have been depleted... cough, whoa!"
Yue Guan couldn't suppress the surging blood in his chest and vomited another large mouthful of blood.
Gui Mei clutched his chest, calming the turbulent blood, his gaze hardening as he lunged directly at Tang Sui.
"You will pay the price for this!"
"Third Soul Skill, Void Face!"
Tang Sui, who had been anticipating this, instantly activated her third soul skill, causing Gui Mei's lunge to miss.
Yue Guan also tried to charge, but suddenly felt something was wrong and abruptly looked behind him, where there was no movement.
Simultaneously, several urgent shouts were carried to his ears by the wind—
"Bad!"
"Elder Ju, Elder Gui, be careful!"
"She's going to steal soul beasts!!"
Amidst the panicked shouts of several newly arrived Soul Saints, the Titan Giant Ape, having broken free from the martial soul fusion skill—the Two Extremes Stillness Domain—instantly found the ground beneath its feet turning into a bottomless black swamp as it landed, engulfing its massive form.
Even the Azure Ox Python, which had been silently approaching the Titan Giant Ape, saw its hundred-meter-long colossal body disappear into the black shadows in an instant.
And Tang Sui?
After stealing the soul beasts, she immediately turned and fled, not entering the domain, leaving Gui Mei with no chance to track her.
"Not good!"
Watching two living hundred-thousand-year soul rings vanish before their eyes one after another, Yue Guan's expression finally turned ashen.