Chapter 311

Sea God Island.

Ning Rongrong has already begun her Sea God Ninth Trial, which is the final examination for inheriting the Sea God's position.

Because she is a support-type Soul Master, her Ninth Trial differs from Tang San's Ninth Trial in the original.

In the original, Tang San's Ninth Trial was to single-handedly slay the Deep Sea Devilwhale King; now that the Deep Sea Devilwhale King has been slain by Gu Xuan, her Ninth Trial has also changed.

As the Sea God's heir, although she is a support-type Soul Master, possessing the Sea God Trident has greatly increased her own combat power.

Especially after receiving the Sea God's Golden Thirteen Spears' offensive method, Ning Rongrong can not only use the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda to assist herself, but her own strength is no longer to be underestimated.

Moreover, after finally fusing with Ziji's over 300,000-year Ninth Soul Ring, Ning Rongrong can be said to be full of confidence regarding the final Ninth Trial.

Of course, completing all the Ninth Trial contents does not immediately allow her to inherit the Sea God's position.

Because she is only level ninety-three now; even if she completes all the trials, she must cultivate her soul power to level one hundred before she can rightfully inherit the Sea God's position.

Now Ning Rongrong's Sea God Ninth Trial content has changed from Tang San's solo slaying of the Deep Sea Devilwhale King to her alone simultaneously facing the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island.

That is to say, Ning Rongrong needs to defeat seven Titled Douluo in her capacity as a support-type Soul Master.

Although the Sea God does not mind that Ning Rongrong is merely a support-type Soul Master, after so many years of tempering and cultivation she must display combat power far exceeding that of her peers.

After all, the Sea God originally attained godhood with peerless martial strength; his heir cannot be a weakling.

The soul power levels of the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island may not be considered high across the entire Douluo Continent, but in the sea they can exert 120% of their strength.

Ning Rongrong is only level ninety-three; wanting to simultaneously defeat seven Titled Douluo is absolutely a huge challenge.

Of course, this is also the moment to display her strength.

The rankings and soul power levels of the Seven Sacred Pillars are as follows:

Sea Dragon Douluo, martial soul: Sea Dragon, ninety-five level assault system.

Sea Spear Douluo, martial soul: Nanuk Spear, ninety-four level assault system.

Sea Illusion Douluo, martial soul: Sea Phantom Viper, ninety-three level control system.

Sea Horse Douluo, martial soul: Celestial Kirin Sea Horse, ninety-four level assault system.

Sea Ghost Douluo, martial soul: Deadly Poison Devil Fish, ninety-three level agility attack system.

Sea Star Douluo, martial soul: Merged Sea Star, ninety-three level control system.

Sea Maiden Douluo, martial soul: Sea Devil Flute, ninety-two level control system.

Among them, the strongest Sea Dragon Douluo's strength has even reached Super Douluo level; the combined strength of the seven is absolutely an existence capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Even if it is the high priestess Poseisi, when simultaneously facing those seven, she would need to expend some effort to completely defeat them.

Because the combined power of their martial souls, when coordinated, already far exceeds what they could muster at their level.

Facing seven Titled Douluo simultaneously is indeed no small challenge for Ning Rongrong, who is only level ninety-three, but she will not easily admit defeat.

Above the ring-shaped sea of Sea God Island, Ning Rongrong hovers in midair, simultaneously facing the seven Titled Douluo, while behind her Ye Lingling and others cheer her on.

This is Ning Rongrong's trial; they have no right to participate.

"Miss Rongrong, the first trial is about to begin; do you need any more preparation?" the Sea Maiden Douluo said to Ning Rongrong with a slight smile, speaking softly.

Ning Rongrong shook her head: "No need; you shouldn't feel any pressure, just give it your all."

The seven Sea Dragon Douluo nodded upon hearing this, greatly admiring Ning Rongrong's present composure and courage; after all, Ning Rongrong is merely a support-type Soul Master.

On Ning Rongrong's pretty face remained only utter calm; four purple, two black, three red—nine soul rings slowly rose around her body; before her stood a nine-tiered nine-colored pagoda radiating splendid light, and she herself shone brilliantly amidst the radiant glow of her soul rings and martial soul.

At the same time, her left hand supported the pagoda, her right hand made a light gesture, and a two-meter-long brilliant golden Sea God Trident appeared in her hand; the golden trident mark on her forehead flickered, and her entire aura reached its peak.

Although Ning Rongrong is only level ninety-three, both her physical constitution and mental power have now surpassed the Super Douluo level, reaching a degree comparable to a ninety-seven-level Titled Douluo.

This is no exaggeration; first, she has been absorbing soul rings beyond her level since the first; moreover, she has now not only absorbed Ziji's 300,000-year power and soul ring/soul bone, but having assembled a full set of soul bones, she is already vastly different from before.

Ning Rongrong calmly gazed at the seven Titled Douluo who had already released their martial souls before her; the pagoda in her hand had already lit up.

But how could the seven Sea Dragon Douluo possibly allow Ning Rongrong to easily buff herself? After all, this is the final trial for the Sea God's position; as the Sea God's most loyal guardians, they would absolutely not hold back.

Even as Ning Rongrong released her martial soul, they had already moved; but how could Ning Rongrong not know their intentions?

Only saw that Ning Rongrong did not first buff herself, but instead chose to use a defensive soul skill first.

"Eighth Soul Skill: Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light!"

This is Ning Rongrong's strongest defensive skill; its defensive strength is sufficient to withstand at least nine full-power blows from Titled Douluo below the god level.

And just as Ning Rongrong had just released this defensive skill, the Seven Sacred Pillars' attack arrived.

Their only enemy is Ning Rongrong, so there is no probing or draining of her soul power; they aim to take her down in one go.

Only saw the seven simultaneously using their seventh soul skill, all seven Titled Douluo employing their martial soul true forms; their momentum could be described as earth-shaking.

Moreover, after unleashing their martial soul true forms, the seven each used at least a fifth soul skill as an attack.

Because they all know the effect of Ning Rongrong's eighth soul skill; only by consuming its effect as quickly as possible can they defeat her swiftly.

And this is precisely the domineering aspect of Ning Rongrong's invincible defensive soul skill: only when attack power reaches a sufficient level can it directly consume one instance of invincible defense.

Otherwise, to consume one invincible defense would require the opponent's attack power to accumulate to a certain degree; thus the Seven Sacred Pillars had no choice but to lead with their strongest trump card right from the start.

"Seventh Soul Skill: Sea Dragon True Form. Ninth Soul Skill: Coiling Dragon Shattering Heaven Destroy!"

"Seventh Soul Skill: Sea Spear True Form. Ninth Soul Skill: Annihilation — the Sea's Sigh!"

"Seventh Soul Skill: Sea Illusion True Form. Ninth Soul Skill: Illusion — Phantom Viper's Bite!"

"Seventh Soul Skill: Sea Horse True Form. Ninth Soul Skill: Heaven-Shaking Dragon Twister Annihilation Fist!"

"Seventh Soul Skill: Sea Ghost True Form. Ninth Soul Skill: Netherheart Azure Descent Slaughter!"

"Seventh Soul Skill: Sea Star True Form. Ninth Soul Skill: Gravity — Tide Rise and Fall!"

"Seventh Soul Skill: Devil Flute True Form. Ninth Soul Skill: Sea-Subduing Divine Melody!"

The seven Titled Douluo, in the state of their martial soul true forms, exerted their strongest attacks aside from the ninth soul skill, attempting to shatter Ning Rongrong's invincible defense in an instant.

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

In merely an instant, eight bell tolls like those of primordial chaos rang out; the light of the enormous Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda encircling Ning Rongrong's body instantly dimmed, yet her movement suffered not the slightest effect.

The seven soul rings on Ning Rongrong's body, from the first to the seventh, instantly lit up.

"Seventh soul skill: Nine Treasure True Form!"

Under the martial soul true form, the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda's enhancements last twice as long; if Ning Rongrong's single self-buff normally lasts half an hour without it, with the true form it lasts a full hour.

To a certain extent, this soul skill can save Ning Rongrong a lot of soul power.

As the martial soul true form was released, after the six soul ring skills burst forth, six streams of light flowed into Ning Rongrong herself.

"The Nine Treasures are named: one is Strength, two is Speed, three is Soul, four is Defense, five is Attack, six is Enhancement!"

Strength, speed, soul power, defense, attack, and her own attribute abilities all reached a hundred percent effect under the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda's enhancement, directly doubling all of Ning Rongrong's attributes.

Although Ning Rongrong does not possess an attack-type martial soul, the improvement in her physical fitness and all bodily capabilities is indeed real.

No sooner had Ning Rongrong's enhancement taken effect than the Sea Dragon Douluo unleashed his eighth soul skill once more.

The other six Holy Pillars had not unleashed their ninth soul skill again; as Titled Douluo, the ninth soul skill consumes them greatly, so at this moment they were using soul skills of the seventh rank or lower.

All they needed was for the Sea Dragon Douluo to break Ning Rongrong's final invulnerable defense, then they would seize the opportunity and take her down.

But at this moment Ning Rongrong had completed her enhancement; the pagoda in her hand vanished, transforming into a layer of nine-colored glazed armor, and this glazed armor was her final invulnerable defense, capable of blocking a single lethal attack.

This enhancement is enough to sustain her for an hour; her remaining soul power need only be used to activate her ninth soul skill and supply the soul bone ability.

Although her eighth soul skill's defense is overbearing, it also has a major limitation: it can be used only once per day.

"Eighth soul skill: Dragon Emperor Annihilating Claw!"

Upon releasing the eighth soul skill, the Sea Dragon Douluo, transformed into a giant dragon, extended a massive claw with terrifying force, sweeping toward Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong's expression remained unchanged as she flung the Sea God Trident in her hand, attacking the Sea Dragon Douluo's giant claw.

"Sea God's Heart fourth soul skill: Heaven-Earth Devil-Breaker!"

The Sea God's Heart gem atop the Sea God Trident burst forth with brilliant light, and under Ning Rongrong's urging, it erupted with terrifying attack power.

At this moment Ning Rongrong was not using the divine technique—Golden Thirteen Spears—but rather the skill granted to her by the earlier Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover.

Heaven-Earth Devil-Breaker, as the most powerful single-target attack among the Sea God's Heart's four abilities, with the Sea God Trident's support, its power is now fully on par with a Titled Douluo's ninth soul skill.

When the Sea God Trident collided with the Sea Dragon Douluo's giant claw, Ning Rongrong didn't budge an inch, while the Sea Dragon Douluo was hurled back hundreds of meters by the trident's terrifying force.

Moreover, the terrifying attack power of Heaven-Earth Devil-Breaker caused the Sea Dragon Douluo's dragon claw to bleed instantly; though not a serious wound, it was already enough to prove Ning Rongrong's strength.

The instant the Sea Dragon Douluo was repelled, the attacks of the other six Holy Pillars were already launched.

The Sea Mirage Douluo and Sea Maiden Douluo's attacks lean toward mental control, while the Sea Ghost Douluo's attack focuses on agility and poison; the Sea Spear Douluo and Sea Horse Douluo are pure power attackers, and the Sea Star Douluo's attack leans more toward restriction.

But Ning Rongrong gave them no chance to attack her.

Ning Rongrong's eyes suddenly burst with purple divine light, and a huge, terrifying purple magic dragon appeared before her, letting out a fearsome roar at the six Holy Pillars charging at her.

"Ziji, you only need to handle the Sea Mirage Douluo, Sea Maiden Douluo, and Sea Star Douluo; I'll take care of the rest." Ning Rongrong transmitted to Ziji.

Ziji nodded calmly; although she no longer has a physical form, her cultivation of over three hundred thousand years remains, and even as just a soul entity, she can still handle three Titled Douluo without issue.

Even if she cannot defeat them in a short time, merely holding them off is more than enough.

Upon seeing Ziji, the six Holy Pillars couldn't help but twitch their eyelids; they knew of soul spirit techniques, but this was their first encounter with Ziji, who is moreover a ferocious beast with cultivation nearing four hundred thousand years!

Ziji directly attacked the Sea Mirage Douluo, Sea Maiden Douluo, and Sea Star Douluo; her soul power is formidable, and she herself possesses great immunity to mental influences, so taking on three opponents alone is no problem.

Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong raised the Sea God Trident once more, her soul power surging within, and the Sea God's Heart atop the trident again burst forth with brilliant light.

"Sea God's Heart third soul skill: Raging Sea Fury!"

Raging Sea Fury is an area-of-effect skill that, when activated, can summon endless furious waves.

The attacks of the Sea Spear Douluo, Sea Horse Douluo, and Sea Ghost Douluo were directly blocked by this strike; thereafter, Ning Rongrong flung the trident in her hand, and seven rings of light were already cast out.

"Golden Thirteen Spears first form: Undulating Wave!"

Undulating Wave, as the first form of the divine technique, Tang San in the original work fully demonstrated its power: anyone hit by it whose mental strength is weaker than Ning Rongrong's will be forcibly restrained in place for eight seconds.

For a Titled Douluo, eight seconds is enough to decide life or death.

Of course, Undulating Wave cannot always trigger; if the opponent's mental strength exceeds Ning Rongrong's, the activation chance drops, but at most it exceeds fifty percent.

Thus, even if the opponent's mental strength surpasses Ning Rongrong's, Undulating Wave still has a one‑half chance to hit.

Now, the mental strength of all seven Holy Pillars lies beneath Ning Rongrong's, which means Undulating Wave will certainly hit!

The seven rings of light locked onto the seven Holy Pillars; knowing the Golden Thirteen Spears' power, they naturally could not welcome this divine technique, so left with no choice, all seven chose to temporarily avoid the edge, hoping to quickly escape the range of Undulating Wave.

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)