Chapter 656: Dian Wei Intercepts Golden Crocodile

Xun Yu looked back at the Spirit Hall soldiers who were still restless; although they had also been caught in the aftermath, they were at least outside the formation and not completely wiped out. Xun Yu threatened coldly, "I have already accomplished most of my goal for today and have no interest in you lot. If you don't want to die, get out of here quickly."

The commander of the Angel Legion looked hesitantly at the unconscious Qingluan Douluo and Guangling Douluo at Xun Yu's feet, as well as the corpse of Ghost Leopard Douluo, and gritted his teeth in frustration, "Retreat!"

He naturally wanted to retrieve Qingluan and Guangling, but Xun Yu's strength had completely terrified him; with a single blow, he had left three Super Douluo of level 95 or higher with one dead and two severely injured.

With this level of strength, how could their remnants possibly fight back? Since the opponent had no intention of killing them all, he could only seize the opportunity to lead the remaining men back to Wuhun City as quickly as possible.

Xun Yu smiled, "Heh, good, you know when to quit."

In fact, he had never intended to kill them all, or rather, he had intentionally let some people leave to return to the Spirit Hall.

After all, to end this continental war as quickly as possible, intelligence needed to be transmitted at the fastest speed, and these deserters were just so many carrier pigeons.

By the time they returned to Wuhun City, he guessed that E Lai and his lord should be about finished as well.

Nan Feihuang, Xun Yu, and Dian Wei had set out together after the battlefield in Star Luo had stabilized.

But at this moment, only Xun Yu appeared here; the other two naturally had other important matters.

Near the border of the Spirit Empire and Xingluo City, there was also a pass named Tianxiong Pass; although not as majestic as Jialing Pass, it was still an important checkpoint.

In order to deal with the Gu Lei Empire and timely investigate war intelligence between the Gu Lei Empire and the Star Luo Empire, Golden Crocodile Douluo was stationed here personally.

This showed the importance the Spirit Empire placed on the Gu Lei Empire.

Unfortunately, Nan Feihuang's blitzkrieg was simply too fast; when Feihuang raided Gengxin City, the news Golden Crocodile received was that the Gu Lei Empire's army had already set out.

By the time Feihuang had captured over a dozen cities in a few days, he had only just received news that the Gu Lei army had entered Gengxin City.

By the time he learned that the Gu Lei Empire was about to have a decisive battle with the Star Luo Empire, Feihuang had already taken the capital of the Star Luo Empire.

"Speed is the essence of war"—this phrase was utilized to the fullest by Feihuang this time.

Therefore, when Golden Crocodile Douluo had organized all the intelligence and prepared to send it back to Wuhun City, it was already too late.

Even though he set out personally to transmit it at the fastest speed, the person blocking his path was none other than the Ancient E Lai, Dian Wei!

During this time, Dian Wei's cultivation had made another breakthrough; through continuous battle-nurtured growth, his level had risen to 95.

His realm was simply too strong, and the concept of a bottleneck did not exist for him; even the Super Douluo realm was merely a matter of accumulating soul power for him.

With Dian Wei's realm, which surpassed the god level, even if his soul power was much lower than Golden Crocodile Douluo's, Feihuang did not believe he would lose, and the odds of victory were even nine to one.

Nine for Dian Wei, one for Golden Crocodile.

As for that remaining ten percent, Dian Wei only needed to guard against him self-destructing his martial soul.

After all, a level 95 Dian Wei was definitely much stronger than a level 97 Tang Hao.

"You are... from Nan Feihuang's side?" Golden Crocodile Douluo looked at the big man in front of him; although he had not paid attention to anyone other than Nan Feihuang in the past, he still had a slight impression of Dian Wei.

Because the aura on this person was extremely sharp, even surpassing his own Golden Crocodile King, which possessed the power of metal.

"Golden Crocodile Douluo, my lord has ordered me to intercept and capture you alive. It is not too late to surrender now, otherwise, my lord has permitted me to execute you first and report later," Dian Wei said.

For the sake of Qian Renxue, Nan Feihuang was willing to leave a way out for her grandfathers, but the premise of guaranteeing that way out was that his own people could not be harmed. Golden Crocodile Douluo's strength was extraordinary; if Dian Wei held back against him, there might be a certain amount of danger.

Therefore, Feihuang's instruction to Dian Wei was that if he could capture him alive while ensuring his own safety, he should do so; otherwise, killing Golden Crocodile Douluo on the spot was also acceptable.

"Arrogant!" Golden Crocodile Douluo was enraged. Had he been out of the mountains for too many years, and because he lost to Lan Xue last time, did even the younger generation think he was easy to bully now?

One must know that he was a level 98 Title Douluo, the first person below the Limit Douluo.

Seeing that Golden Crocodile would not listen to advice, Dian Wei said no more. Nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red, the same as Golden Crocodile Douluo's—appeared on his body. His full set of six soul bones and the "Hundred Battles Heart Technique" elevated his physique to an unimaginable degree.

Dian Wei's personality was decisive, and he could not be bothered to waste any more words with the opponent. He believed in striking first to gain the advantage, and as soon as he moved, he raised his halberd for a horizontal slash.

Dian Wei's halberd technique was completely different from both Nan Feihuang's and Lv Lingqi's.

There were no names and no fancy moves; it was just the simplest slashing, lifting, and thrusting. Even his so-called Flying Halberd Divine Skill was actually just simply throwing the halberd at the enemy.

But it was these simple movements that, in Dian Wei's hands, could turn decay into magic; this was the realm of returning to simplicity.

This great battle began with his halberd strike.

Golden Crocodile Douluo stood in place with his arms crossed, but his Golden Crocodile King martial soul flicked its tail to meet Dian Wei's horizontal slash.

After one collision, both were shaken back, surprisingly evenly matched.

Golden Crocodile frowned; he knew he had underestimated this big man. His cultivation was indeed not as deep as his own.

However, his physique was stronger than his own.

Although both possessed a full set of six soul bones, he only had one hundred thousand year soul bone, while that Dian Wei likely had at least two. More importantly, his soul power's refinement of his physique far exceeded his own.

It was hard to believe that there existed a cultivation method in this world that surpassed the direct lineage meditation method of their Spirit Hall.

While Golden Crocodile was still retreating, Dian Wei charged at him again.

"Vertical Slash—Hundred Slashes!" Dian Wei's two heavy halberds slashed vertically like the wind, cutting dozens of times within a second.

"What?" Golden Crocodile was somewhat shocked; this Dian Wei's speed of gathering power and condensing soul power was too fast, even comparable to the Great Elder Qian Daoliu.

To what extent was his physique and his control over his own soul power truly formidable?

However, Golden Crocodile was, after all, a level 98 Peak Douluo; even though he was an Attack System soul master, his speed was not much inferior to a level 97 Agility Attack System soul master.

In an instant, he not only dodged all of Dian Wei's halberd techniques but also backhanded the center of his short halberd, slamming him toward the ground.

However, the next moment, Dian Wei's muscles bulged, and Golden Crocodile suddenly discovered that he could not move Dian Wei at all.

Dian Wei's strength was still above his.

Thus, it was not him slamming Dian Wei, but Dian Wei slamming him.

Sure enough, Dian Wei raised his dual halberds and pressed down without hesitation; with a "Boom," the Golden Crocodile King was heavily smashed into the ground.

(End of this chapter)