Chapter 441: Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group

Below, the battle between the Honored Douluo and the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group has entered a fierce stage.

As the Beast King Soul Mentor Group that excels at siege warfare, the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group's offensive power is not to be underestimated; with no defensive‑type Super Douluo present and only three Super Douluo in total, no one dares to directly withstand their attacks.

Fortunately, every advantage has a drawback; while the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group possesses overwhelming attack power, its speed is merely average, so with the Honored Douluo's strength and mutual support, evading their attacks is not difficult.

The Honored Douluo continuously launch attacks on the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group, draining their energy, yet they cannot breach the opponent's defense, and both sides fall into a stalemate.

Further below, under Dai Hao's command, the Northwest Group Army's Soul Master Team also begins to clash with the Sun-Moon Empire's ordinary Soul Mentor Team.

The Northwest Group Army, the strongest legion of the Star Net Empire, has a Soul Master Team whose combat power is formidable; high‑rank Soul Masters are countless, and even when Honored Douluo‑level elites all ascend to the sky to face the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group, they still retain considerable strength.

Although the Soul Mentor Team possesses a Linked Soul Conductor that can unify all Soul Mentors' power, with an average cultivation not even reaching the Fourth Ring, they are still outmatched when facing hundreds of Soul Saints and even Soul Douluo‑level warriors.

Dai Hao, while commanding the Soul Master Team against the Soul Mentor Team, watches the sky with some nervous attention.

He knows that the ground battlefield is only the main arena, but the core of the war lies in the heavens.

Whether it's the battlefield where the Beast King Soul Mentor Group faces the Honored Douluo, or the battlefield where the Extreme Douluo clashes with Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, as soon as any one battlefield yields a victor, the war's situation will turn upside down.

Just after Ye Xi Shui rose into the high sky, the entire heavens quickly turned blood‑red, and shortly thereafter, accompanied by a resonant dragon's roar, the crimson light vanished.

In the ensuing period, terrifying pressure kept descending from the sky; even without being on the battlefield, everyone could clearly feel the ferocity of the fight, causing an instinctive unease.

And just now, the intense soul‑power fluctuation in the high sky suddenly stalled; the battle seemed to pause, and the likely victor was about to descend to the Honored Douluo's battlefield to influence the situation.

Dai Hao subconsciously tightened his coat's hem; after decades of service, he had never felt as nervous as today.

For some reason, the image of the familiar girl named Huo Yutong flashed in his mind—was she alright?

Soon, the answer was revealed.

A man and a woman descended from above the clouds; the victors were Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong! Dai Hao instantly breathed a heartfelt sigh of relief.

In his mind, the battle above the clouds was the most important of the three battlefields.

The participants in this fight were the strongest, and while they could directly affect the war's outcome, more importantly, Tang Wulin, as the newly appointed Sea God Pavilion Master, held a highly sensitive position.

His opponent was the head of the Holy Spirit Sect, Ye Xi Shui; as the world's strongest Evil Soul Master, she would not let Tang Wulin live. If Tang Wulin died here, Shilake Academy could soon fall into leaderless chaos, and the hard‑won cooperation with the Main Body Sect would be delayed.

Honestly, Dai Hao greatly admires the handsome young man Tang Wulin—strong, calm, courteous, knows when to advance or retreat, and can bear immense pressure to forge the long‑standing‑rival Shilake Academy's cooperation with the Main Body Sect; he finds almost no flaw in Tang Wulin.

At least compared with the former Sea God Pavilion Master Xuanzi, Dai Hao finds Tang Wulin much easier to get along with.

And Tang Wulin not only avoided defeat but seemed to achieve a complete victory, which was an unexpected delight.

The Sea God Pavilion Master's direct defeat of the Holy Spirit Sect's strongest, Death God Douluo Ye Xi Shui, was an extraordinarily uplifting news.

This means the myth of the Holy Spirit Sect's two invincible Extreme Douluo has been shattered; as the military decision‑maker of the Star Net Empire, Dai Hao felt genuine joy.

In that state, he subconsciously ignored his earlier worry for Huo Yutong. Not only Dai Hao, but the Honored Douluo of the Star Net Empire and the two Senior Elders of the Sea God Pavilion were overjoyed at Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's arrival.

They knew that in the previous Sunrise City campaign, the forces that annihilated the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group included Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, so they certainly possessed ample experience dealing with the Beast King Soul Mentor Group.

Even at the very least, the addition of two strong warriors could instantly tip the previously stalemated situation.

They were pleased, but the members of the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group were not.

"The Death God Douluo actually lost?!"

Within the Linked Soul Conductor shield, a middle‑aged man in black armor stared in disbelief at the two descending from above the clouds.

He is Liao Mengkai, the leader of the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group, and also its strongest member.

Yet even he dared not imagine a scene of defeating Ye Xi Shui.

He knows clearly that Xu Tianran never expected to defeat the Northwest Group Army solely with the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group, thereby opening a breach in the Star Net Empire.

The newly ascended emperor truly relies on Ye Xi Shui, this Extreme Douluo.

Now that Ye Xi Shui has fallen, what should be done—withdraw? What Tang Wulin and the others don't know is that the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group, which bears the Dark Golden Fear Claw Bear as its title, excels not in heavy firepower but in close‑combat soul conduits.

Among Soul Mentors, close‑combat Soul Mentors are relatively few, but that does not mean they are weaker; on the contrary, many times their strength surpasses that of conventional, ranged‑attack Soul Mentors.

As the leader of the Fear Claw Soul Mentor Group, Liao Mengkai is also the Sun-Moon Empire's strongest close‑combat Soul Mentor; if given free rein, he could even face Super Douluo‑level warriors head‑on with his transcendent sword technique.

He had held back his full strength, waiting for Ye Xi Shui to eliminate the opponent's two strongest, then using this Death God Douluo to finish the foe.

Now, what about Ye Xi Shui? This isn't what was promised.

He had witnessed Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong effortlessly intercept dozens of fixed‑mount Soul Conductor shells, and he believed even giving his all he could not achieve such feats.

If they fought here, perhaps they would indeed fall into the same fate as the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group.

Thinking this, Liao Mengkai resolved and ordered:

"All units retreat! Return to the camp!"

Off‑topic, regarding whether to go to Dou Three later, I already answered in the group; here I'll answer formally in the book.

Definitely going, otherwise after being Honored, who would fight those two on the wall?

As for how to go, note that Tang Wulin's time‑travel essence is a 'parallel world,' not a reversal of time, and the next Dragon King soul bone to obtain is the Dark Dragon King's; I needn't say whose it will be last. He'll be sent over by her, and once there, Yutong will have to reveal her true identity (laughs).

However, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong cannot stay there long; they will eventually return. The reason is that, over there, Tang Wulin's only attachments are his parents, his teacher, and Na'er; beyond that there's little else. In Dou Two, however, his ties are many—just Mu En's gratitude alone remains unfinished (Mu En has not yet revived), not to mention many other matters—so he must ultimately return to Dou Two, but rest assured, he'll bring his parents and sister along.

(End of Chapter)