Chapter 648: Yue Guan Rebels, the Situation Changes Suddenly

The most critical point was that Bibi Dong discovered her most powerful aspect of "Life and Death in a Dream"—the weakening effect—was having issues. She was originally able to significantly weaken all of an opponent's attributes within this different dimension and then slaughter them within the space, but now, even when combined with her Death Domain and Killing God Domain, the triple weakening had absolutely no effect on Lv Lingqi.

For an average person, being subjected to such a triple weakening would be considered impressive if their overall attributes didn't drop by seventy percent.

Yet, Lv Lingqi was able to maintain her optimal state at all times.

In truth, it was not that Bibi Dong's weakening was useless, but that after being weakened, Lv Lingqi immediately restored it.

The "Fire" among the Ghost God Four Absolutes represents the power of infinity.

In this state, the ability of Lingqi's Reverse Battle Golden Body to grow stronger as the opponent grows stronger is, in theory, limitless.

Therefore, no matter how much Bibi Dong weakens Lingqi, as long as Bibi Dong herself does not become weaker, Lingqi will use the "grow stronger as the opponent grows stronger" trait of her Golden Body, combined with the dual support of the Ghost God Domain, to raise her entire body's power back to a level equal to Bibi Dong's.

However, this "Fire" technique burns one's own life force and consumes even more than the Clear Sky Sect's Ring Detonation. After using it once, Lv Lingqi must rest for several days and cannot use soul power; if a Nine Heart Begonia is present, the duration of the side effects can be significantly shortened.

But the side effects do not manifest immediately; at least for now, Lv Lingqi remains in her strongest state at all times, truly a female war god, invincible in all directions.

The Cross Halberd that had been accelerating her from behind was thrown out by her left hand, shooting toward a corner of the "Life and Death in a Dream" space—the very spot that had just been pierced by the Trident. Lingqi intended to break through from there by focusing her power on a single point.

The ultra-high-speed rotation of the Feilian Halberd brought with it immense piercing power. Under such an attack, even if it could not shatter the different dimension of "Life and Death in a Dream," opening a gap would be no problem, at which point this skill would be rendered useless.

At the same time, Lingqi continued to hold the Trident, parrying left and right with flawless defense, blocking every single attack Bibi Dong launched at her from within the space.

"Where did this girl get such rich combat experience? Her personality is as calm and composed as someone who has been through a hundred battles; she is simply even more outstanding than Qian Renxue." Bibi Dong was filled with astonishment and shock.

She had originally thought her daughter, Qian Renxue, was the most outstanding woman in this world, but she had not expected that Nan Feihuang's childhood sweetheart would be even better.

"Spirit Bone Skill—Dream's Other Shore!"

Bibi Dong knew she could not let things continue like this, so she supplemented her different dimension with powerful illusions.

This was a soul bone taken from Xiao Wu's mother, the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit, and its attached soul skill, "Dream's Other Shore," was capable of creating illusions.

Lingqi closed her eyes and sealed her Spirit Sea, preventing Bibi Dong's illusions from attacking her through her eyes or spirit.

But even without using her eyes, it did not affect Lv Lingqi's use of her halberd techniques in the slightest. Her mastery of the halberd was even above Nan Feihuang's; the only person on the entire continent who could surpass her in technique was Dian Wei.

Seeing one trump card after another revealed, all of which were useless against Lv Lingqi, Bibi Dong grew anxious. She had to take the Heaven Dou Empire today; otherwise, once Nan Feihuang pacified Star Luo, the trouble would be even greater.

Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity must absolutely not be ruined by a young girl.

Bibi Dong did not yet know that while she was locked in a bitter battle with Lv Lingqi, the battlefield below, which she had felt assured about, had undergone a drastic change.

Before Lingqi set out on the expedition, Xun Yu had left her a brocade pouch. The current situation of this war was, in fact, not much different from what Xun Yu had predicted.

Although he had not personally arrived on the battlefield, he was still able to interfere with the outcome of this war.

The two most critical words were "calculation"—calculating the difference in combat power between the enemy and themselves to make that gap continuously shrink.

On the battlefield, neither the Chrysanthemum Douluo nor Yang Wudi, who were engaged in a fierce fight, noticed that their battlefield was gradually shifting toward Dugu Bo's side.

While fighting and moving, others simply assumed their battle was just too intense.

At the main army battlefield, the Spirit Empire had three Title Douluo remaining: the brothers Qianjun and Jiangmo, who were responsible for killing Dugu Bo with all their might, and the Lingyuan Douluo, who possessed wide-range attack soul skills.

When they were closest to Lingyuan Douluo, Yang Wudi and Yue Guan looked at each other and nodded, then retreated after trading a single blow.

At the same time, the brothers Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin also joined forces to force back Lingyuan Douluo.

"Lingyuan, these fellows are truly troublesome. Let's use our Ninth Soul Skill in one go," Yue Guan said.

Lingyuan Douluo nodded. "Fine, I will let these three Spirit Douluo see what the true power of a Title Douluo is!"

Her Ninth Spirit Ring rose up, and she was just about to join forces with Chrysanthemum Douluo to attack.

But just as her soul power was halfway to its peak, Chrysanthemum Douluo suddenly made a move: "Third Soul Skill, Breath Barrier!"

This was Chrysanthemum Douluo's control skill. These petals would blow out pollen that could render opponents who inhaled it unable to move; even when facing powerful enemies, it could, to a certain extent, reduce the opponent's movement speed and the speed at which they could condense soul power.

It could be said to be a weakened version of the Polar Static Domain.

Lingyuan Douluo's rising soul power was suddenly obstructed. She turned her head in shock to look at Yue Guan. "Yue Guan, what are you doing?"

"Hehe, naturally, I am being loyal to my master!" Yue Guan suddenly struck out with a palm, hitting Lingyuan Douluo squarely in the abdomen. The powerful soul power sent her flying; Lingyuan Douluo spat out a large mouthful of blood, her body flying backward, and the direction she flew was exactly where Yang Wudi was located.

"Second Soul Skill: Thrust!"

Yang Wudi thrust his spear out. With his attack power, even if it was merely a second soul skill, it was impossible for a Title Douluo to defend against it purely with soul power.

The Soul-Breaking Spear went straight through Lingyuan Douluo's shoulder, the immense pain causing this beautiful Title Douluo to let out a loud wail.

"Hmph, consider yourself lucky. My master seems to have a deal with Ning Rongrong, so I will capture you alive today; otherwise, you would have been buried under my Soul-Breaking Spear." Yang Wudi swung his long spear, slamming Lingyuan Douluo heavily onto the ground, instantly knocking her unconscious.

"Yue Guan, what exactly are you doing? Are you trying to betray our Spirit Empire?" Qianjun Douluo and Jiangmo Douluo roared, "We have treated you well!"

"Hehe, treated me well?" Yue Guan laughed loudly. "What is meant by 'treated well'? As the public face of the Spirit Hall, I have always been at the forefront for every dirty or exhausting task, with outstanding achievements. I have never lacked in merit or hard work, yet when the Title Douluo were distributing soul bones, I was never given a share. Does this count as treating me well?"

"Since Ghost was captured, has any one of you ever thought of helping me rescue him? Instead, you let my status in the Spirit Hall continuously decline. Does this count as treating me well?"

"Bibi Dong viewed me as a discarded pawn, letting me go deep into enemy territory and fall into an ambush. If not for Lady Lingqi sparing my life, I would already be dead. Does this count as treating me well?"

(End of chapter)